Here is the scenario on the ground: ZESA charges US9.8c/kWh to everyone except for chrome producers who are charged US6.7c/kWh. The prevailing rate in the southern African region is around […]
So ever since we wrote about eMAP (Electronic Ministry Application Platform (eMAP), people have been communicating challenges with the system. I promised to follow up on the inquiries of the people […]
Roku Inc, which recently partnered with Econet Media on Kwesé Play, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in its home country in the USA. They aim to raise $204 […]
Google recently launched a new certification called Mobile Web Specialist. The certification will allow people who are either learning web development or already established to gain an accreditation certificate from […]
Kwesé TV announced the launch of Kwesé Play, starting in South Africa, which had been announced as coming months ago. Kwesé Play is a Roku powered streaming box, similar to […]
Search Lite is a new app being tested by Google. As the name suggests, it is the Google Search app laid down to its bare bones. The guys over at […]
Google Allo, a messaging app like WhatsApp; has like WhatsApp, introduced a web version. Well, before you judge just remember that there’s nothing new under the sun. We wrote about […]
File sharing (especially remotely), has always been of essence to people. This is why we always celebrate whenever WhatsApp introduces a better file-sharing tool e.g. most recently when it enabled […]
A while ago I wrote about the fight between the ZAR registry and DCA. They were fighting a proxy war through their US based lawyers over who should be the […]
Imagine you were reading an article on your laptop at an Internet cafe or maybe at work. It’s going well but then you check the time and discover that either […]
I have no idea what my Techzim password is. If you held a gun to my head right now, I wouldn’t be able to tell you the first character of […]
Eons ago I wrote a guide on how you can install Intel graphics drivers on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. That guide is still good and it should still work but with a […]
How often do you search all the way to page 3 on Google, Yahoo or any other search engine? Unless of course you’re searching for something really specific. So if […]
Econet yesterday launched Kombi WiFi, a service enabling subscribers to use WiFi when travelling in a kombi. In addition to buying WiFi bundles to use the service, subscribers also get 100% free […]
Simply called YouTube TV, the live TV service will be available first in the United States. Subscriptions have been set at US$35 per month which will get you (up to six users per account by the way) 44 channels including access to YouTube Red – the $10 per month ad-free YouTube service that already has…
It is going to be quite a big year folks. The titans of the smartphone arena are out for blood and we cannot wait to see the offerings that will […]
A year ago if you wanted a simple SSL certificate for your site or application you had to part with your hard earned dollars to get it. Granted that the […]
The Techzim team (except for one die-hard Econet loyalist) has been on Net One and subscribed to its One Fusion product for more than a month now. Some team members […]
There other things you can do but vigilance is key to making sure the information you are getting from the internet is timely, accurate, up to date, authoritative and relevant.
The Ministry of Education’s online enrolment system for Form 1 boarding school places which went live on the 10th of December 2016 and is set to work only until the […]
We decided to take a look at Econet’s website to see if there was any public information on what a data bundle is and how it works and we found […]
Its that time of the year again where you find no peace thinking of what to get for Christmas. Maybe I could help you with that. Here are 3 gadgets […]
Last week we looked at how relevant knowledge about basic electrical terms such as Direct Current and Alternating Current communicates with our daily lives. My intention with this series is […]
So you have a browser you like to use for whatever reason. Maybe its download resuming capabilities or its data saving features. Either way with the assortment of browsers out […]
With these releases, Google has commoditised artificial intelligence and it’s turning it into a core feature of everyday products and services, not just a geek feature that’s great as a party trick.
With Zimbabwe having the third most expensive data we all need to come up with cost-effective methods to reduce our consumption and preserve data for when we need it on […]
image credit: marketingland.com Google recently announced that it will be punishing mobile websites that have interstitial ads as of January, 2017. Interstitial ads are ads that show or “pop-up” while […]
In the course of using my internet connection I discovered that my home internet connection was very insecure because my ISP had not bothered to secure it. This is a warning on how your internet connection might not be as safe as you think and what you need to do to protect yourself.
If one of your resolutions for 2016 is “learn/brush-up on Linux”, but you’re (already) feeling too lazy to set up Virtualbox or a HD partition, rejoice, for you can boot […]