Author: Duncan Pike

It’s usually around this time each year that gyms begin to recover from the influx of new members. Some people, armed with a list of resolutions and the determination a new year brings, realise that a whole year of working out is loads harder than it seemed when they drunkenly agreed to it at a New Year’s Eve party. Perhaps you’ve told your friends and family this is the year you’re getting into shape. You were just joking last year and the one before when you said something similar. This is the year. This is your year. The only problem…

The messaging-platform sleuths at WABetaInfo have uncovered yet another feature WhatsApp is trialing through its Google Play Beta program. The new update, with version number 2.23.2.11, allows users to send photos in their original size and quality. As is usually the case with these updates, while it may sound useful, keep in mind it’s still in development. There’s no telling when it’ll show up and things can change at short notice. You know the drill by now. No more squinting at pixels on WhatsApp According to WABetaInfo’s report, the messaging app will finally allow users to choose the quality of…

Samsung Display, a subsidiary of the South Korean conglomerate, has unveiled a new bit of tech. The subsidiary is responsible for — you guessed it — developing and manufacturing the screens for most of Samsung’s devices and even some iPhones. While those have largely remained unchanged, this new one has a cool party trick – it can rotate all the way around. Someone at Samsung saw The Karate Kid recently The new display, dubbed ‘Flex In & Out’, relies on a new type of hinge that features a waterdrop-like design. This is what allows folding in two directions. According to…

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’…