Author: Duncan Pike

Twitter’s paid-for premium subscription Blue returns to Android devices a month following its reappearance on iPhones. While it remains $8/m (R140/m) for web users, Android subscribers will have to pay the same price of $11/m (R190/m) as iOS users. This is, supposedly, to offset the commission fees that the respective app stores charge and totally isn’t just so Musk can regain his position as ‘World’s Most Overvalued Person’ after losing an estimated $200 billion towards the end of last year. More money for Musk Twitter Before you get excited at the prospect of a little blue ‘verified’ checkmark next to…

The Department of Small Business Development recently released a statement announcing it has begun work to ease the burden of load shedding for small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) through what it is calling an “energy relief package”. Unfortunately, the press statement didn’t elaborate on how these packages would work, how SMMEs were meant to apply, or what, if any, criteria would need to be met. Those secondary details will “be announced soon.” Hopefully while there are still SMMEs left in the country. Relief for SMMEs coming soon™ “SMMEs are particularly hit hard by continued power outages. Since many cannot…

The WhatsApp team has obviously decided on a slow start to 2023. Or maybe they’re taking the ‘get the easy stuff out the way for a sense of accomplishment so the bigger tasks don’t seem as daunting’ approach. That’s… one way of doing it. We’ll admit we got a little excited when we first saw the update from WABetaInfo. We thought it might be one of the updates we were looking forward to this year, like making transferring chat history between Android smartphones easier. We’ll have to keep waiting because this ain’t that. WhatsApp with all the updates? The newest…

Last night, 17 January, Apple launched new 14in and 16in MacBook Pro models and Mac Mini models featuring the company’s new M2 Pro and Max SoCs (system on a chip). These are the first new Apple products of 2023 and they certainly won’t be the last. The company didn’t make as big a deal with this product launch as it usually does. The announcement came via a simple press release and a pre-recorded video published on YouTube. The MacBook Pro, now more ‘pro-er’ Apple hasn’t changed the design of the new MacBook Pro models from the M2-toting 13in model announced…

The first day of school wraps up and your little one brings you a letter from their school saying they’ll need a Chromebook for this year’s curriculum. Sound familiar? There are two ways this can go down. Either the school will provide one you’ll have to pay for (or maybe it’s included in the school fees, lucky you), or you need to find one yourself. If the latter is true then you have a decision to make. But what even is a Chromebook and which one is best? We’re here to make that choice a little easier with z round-up…

Razer has been a top player in the PC gaming peripherals market for almost as long as gaming peripherals have been around. With its new Viper V2 Pro, the US-based company is zeroing in on esports gamers that want to either improve their skills or remain at the top. The Viper V2 Pro is the latest refresh of the well-known Viper range and an update to 2019’s stellar Viper Ultimate. Upon first inspection, the two appear to be roughly the same mouse. But, in this seemingly isolated case, the product names tell most of the story. Don’t forget you’re holding…

Almost every major tech company was present at CES to announce or reveal some of the products they’ve been working on. We’ve already compiled lists of the ‘actually useful’ stuff and the products that made us scratch our heads. However, there’s a question that always seeps into our minds around this time of year: When is this actually going to be a thing? Some manufacturers are more levelheaded than others with their predicted launch dates. Some don’t even bother with dates. Nevertheless, here are some of CES 2023’s announcements that probably won’t be real for a while. Aska A5 ‘flying’…

The Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, has come and gone along with no news of or hints at Apple’s much-anticipated high-performance mixed-reality headset. You would think a global event dedicated to showcasing the world’s best tech would’ve been a great place for the company to reveal its latest innovation. But that isn’t the Apple way. The company likes all the attention to itself. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman – someone with a decent track record when it comes to the fruit company – Apple plans to unveil its new headset before its World Wide Developers Conference in June. Apple’s Reality…

We are nine days into the new year and apart from CES that took place in Las Vagas last week, not a whole lot has happened. That could be a boon or a curse depending on your outlook. We’d like to think that’s because everyone is saving the good stuff for later in the year. WhatsApp is generally one of the companies that pump out updates fairly regularly. Whether the updates are any good kinda depends on what’s being updated. But since over two billion people use the app every day, we thought we’d take a look at the notable…

Here at Stuff, we like tech of most shapes and sizes. The more exciting the better. But that’s not to say we don’t like the boring stuff. There’s a respectable time and place for the tech that doesn’t faff about. That’s the sort of demeanour the Acer Chromebook Spin 713 (2022) had when we took it out of its box. Inanimate poise notwithstanding, how does it shape up when it needs to be a Chromebook? And how does Acer justify that price tag when it also sells Chromebooks for a fraction of that? It’s one of the best of its…