Author: Brad Lang

One of the best parts of being on Spotify is the end of the year when the app offers up a selection of your personal statistics. Spotify Wrapped is the streaming service’s recap of all the content you listened to over the year and while some folks might not like being reminded of what they listened to throughout the year, it’s a really cool summary presented in a “Stories” format. Hey, some folks might not like being reminded of all the depressing stuff they listened too, but reflection is good for the soul. Spotify Wrapped is rolling out to everyone…

Just like the vast majority of the world, we at Stuff have often just wanted to pack our lives up and become professional Pokémon trainers. Sure, they don’t actually exist outside of your nearest Nintendo console but still, we can dream. Anyone who’s had similar ambitions is now one step closer to fulfilling their lifelong goal as The Pokémon Company and The Wand Company have partnered to make some of the best looking Poké ball replicas we’ve ever seen. The die-cast metal ball, which comes in various designs including the classic red and white Poké Ball, the Great Ball, the Ultra Ball…

Just a few months (or was it weeks) back, we wrote up that WhatsApp was testing out a feature that would allow users to set and customise unique wallpapers for different chats. Well, it looks like that functionality has wrapped up testing and is currently rolling out to devices as we speak. WhatsApp has confirmed that the overhauled wallpaper feature is arriving in a new update and it’s bringing with it a whole load of other goodies. Yes, the ability to use different wallpapers for different chats is probably the biggest addition, but the update has also brought a suit…

eSIM is such a cool, important thing that it’s wild to use that MTN has taken this long to roll it out. Fortunately for everyone on a Samsung or an iPhone, MTN has announced that eSIM support is on the way alongside a host of tweaks and performances to the service. So what exactly is an eSIM? Well, it’s an embedded sim card that’s included in a compatible code that’s simply activated by scanning the card and having your eSIM profile downloaded onto the device. “The digital journey of MTN customers takes another leap forward with the addition of embedded…

This might just be one of the most ridiculous and dystopian things to come out of 2020 which says a lot about the state of the year. Microsoft has filed a patent for an application that serves as an “insight computer system” that’s able to tell how effective a meeting is by monitoring the body language of everyone involved. That’s right, a computer will sit and watch the whole meeting and basically tell on any employees that aren’t paying their fullest attention. The app will be used for the virtual meetings everyone has become so accustomed to but may eventually…

Super Nintendo World Theme Park has an opening date It's baffling to us how turning the myriad of worlds Nintendo has created into a theme park has taken this long. Fortunately, we won't have to wait much longer for the gates of the Super Nintendo World Theme Park to properly open as it was announced

Xiaomi is a company that’s become known for putting out some great tech at a price that’s more than competitive with other major corporations. Now, it’s turning in the direction of the wrist-based technology as it launches the first Redmi smartwatch. Redmi, which is sub-brand of Xiaomi, has had a few decent phones to its name up until now but this marks its first foray into the realm of sophisticated time telling. The imaginatively named the Redmi Watch has officially dropped in China and based on what we’ve seen it looks pretty bog-standard. It looks like the generic idea one…

The annual day of mass consumerism is best enjoyed when it’s at a distance, right? That’s the idea behind a new page published by PayFast, which provides real-time tracking for all Black Friday purchases in South Africa. That graphic itself is interesting because it shows off which of the provinces in our beloved country are compelled to fuel that Capitalism Beast. Surprising absolutely no-one, Gauteng and the Western Cape lead the Black Friday charge with Kwa-Zulu Natal bring up third place. You might know PayFast as that company that facilitates an online payment system for many websites that deal with…

In order to try and do its part in the ongoing battle against gender-based violence, Vodacom is launching an app that will hopefully help people in need and help raise awareness. The free to download app, which has been named Bright Sky, is launching today to coincide with the United Nations initiative 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. Feels like we need more than just sixteen days to solve the problem but it’s a start in the right direction. So what exactly is Bright Sky? Well, it’s free to download on both the iOS App Store and Google Play…

The Samsung Galaxy S20 range was a big deal for the Korean tech giant. Released just a few months ago (even though it feels like years, please can someone just make 2020 end, we need a rest), the Galaxy S20 was both a leap forward to in terms of innovation and, unfortunately, price tag. It was a monumental phone that boasted some really cool features but all that new tech, unfortunately, made the phone inaccessible for a decent chunk of Samsung’s consumer base. That was the rationale behind the Fan Edition, which essentially took what the Galaxy S20 range did…