Author: Brad Lang

Nintendo makes some of the best games on the market today. Actually, let’s take that further and really be honest with ourselves. Nintendo has made some of the greatest games of all time and that’s an undeniable fact. Yet while their software is largely exceptional and their hardware has been, for the most part, fantastic Nintendo hasn’t opened their eyes to the realities of the modern age. What I’m trying to say is that Nintendo’s internet services are absolute garbage. Shoddy online connectivity, poor implementation with games and a subscription service that offers very little for the price, the internet…

Everyone and their uncle uses WhatsApp in South Africa. It’s like our common app, the piece of software that transcends languages and cultures because it’s just… well, it’s just a great means of messaging someone. Quick, efficient, simple to use and secure, WhatsApp is… wait, hang on. Oh no, just gimme a second…uh, okay. Well…that will require some tweaking. Did I say WhatsApp was secure? I meant the other things but “secure” might have been a bridge too far as it was recently discovered that WhatsApp has been exposing users’ numbers through Google and I doubt you need to be…

Living with your head in the clouds has never been easier, especially with so many storage options to keep your files as safe as possible. Look, hardcopy is probably the safest option but as the world slowly begins to recognise that maybe cutting down loads of trees isn’t the most efficient method of keeping things jotted down, the cloud has come up as the next best thing. It’s also just so much more efficient and an absolute goldmine for companies looking to break into the business. While Dropbox and OneDrive are probably the two biggest players in the space right now, that’s…

Following the abundance of event and announcement delays last week all held in honour of the Black Lives Matter movement protests currently taking place in the United States, one of the bigger reveals postponed in respect for the harrowing events was Sony’s PlayStation 5 event. The presentation was meant to take place on 4 June but that obviously didn’t happen. Fortunately for all those folks dying to find out what Sony has in store for the next generation, they won’t have to wait much longer. PlayStation took to Twitter to update everyone on their plans for the showcase which has…

Hackers are everywhere! From a faceless internet thug nestled comfortably behind the greasy, thumb-printed screen they should have thrown out ages ago to your ten-year-old nephew who could accidentally leak your personal data all over social media: Hackers are all around us! So screams the paranoid iPhone user as they dash to cover their phone with tinfoil to avoid all those government transmissions. Okay, we might be going slightly overboard with the sentiment but that doesn’t mean you should get lazy with your iPhone’s security. Fact of the matter is that there are so many ways to break into an…

Just because we’re now a couple of weeks into Level 3 doesn’t mean you can stop taking this pandemic any less seriously. You still gotta keep up those hand washing routines and wear your mask wherever possible, otherwise, we might be booted back to level 4…or worse. So, to ensure that people all over the place are still using their masks correctly, the World Health Organisation has updated its list of suggestions and guides for homemade masks and from the looks of things, you might have been doing it wrong this whole time. The WHO made it very clear that…

When you buy an iPhone, especially the latest one of the market, you expect it to be a top-of-the-line piece of hardware. What other reason do you have for wanting an iPhone? You want to be able to whip it out at a family gathering or high school reunion so that everyone around you can bear witness to your amazing wealth and sophisticated taste. The last thing you’d want to do is unlock your iPhone 11 and have everyone gasp in shock and horror as they notice your screen…is green. Which is just the perfect colour if you think about…

We totally understand that you want to delete your Facebook account. Who doesn’t these days? It’s just becoming more and more annoying to keep around. Arguably the only reason to keep your Facebook active is to occasionally peruse all those images and photos you’ve gathered over the years. A lot of people like using Facebook as a source of cloud storage… despite there being plenty of better services all over the internet. Google Photos is one such solution and now transferring all your Facebook photos over to said platform has never been easier. While it used to be a service…

In the year 2020, it’s become very hard to not need a thermometer at very short notice. COVID-19 has reinvigorated the portable thermometer industry to such an extent that it feels like they’re the hottest accessory on the runway. Yet why take up all that extra space in your bag when you could just use a phone to scan someone’s temperature? That’s the idea Honor’s pursuing with its new Play 4 Pro, which will come with an infrared temperature sensor. Perfect for post-COVID dating As reported by XDA-Developers, a video shared by Honor onto their Weibo page shows the Play 4 Pro…

It’s a good thing we have the Total War series around to get us close  to that feeling of conquering everyone. Better yet, you’ll soon be able to take over Troy for absolutely free in the latest Total War Saga game.