Author: Duncan Pike

Xiaomi has been in the news a lot lately. From surpassing Apple in second place in the global mobile market, going on to overtake Samsung as the top phone manufacturer in Europe, releasing a TV in India and now this. The company announced via a Weibo post that they will be reviving the Mi Pad range with the upcoming Mi Pad 5 line. If you aren’t on Weibo then you’ll have to take our word for it. Who wants a Mi Pad 5? Do you? Because Mi do It’s been four years since the Chinese company last released a tablet and it’s looking to wow with this…

Hot on the heels of the Pixel 6 announcement, the rumour mill has ground out some interesting reports about the supposedly upcoming Pixel 5a. When we saw the Pixel 6 announcement, we thought Google would be skipping the 5a, seeing as the Pixel 5 didn’t quite live up to the hype it garnered. Google, however, has other plans. Google says Let them eat(have) cake(the Pixel 5a) A new rumour has suggested the Pixel 5a will be launching on 26 August, but only to the USA and Japanese markets, for around $450 or just over R6,500 at current exchange rates. Its fairly…

Comic Con Cape Town finally has a new scheduled date. The event will take place on 2 October, barring any further major shutdowns. Reed Exhibitions Africa, the event organiser, took to Twitter on Tuesday to announced the new date. https://twitter.com/ComicConCPT/status/1422482386412003328 The company added, “There will be a strong focus on connecting the geek & pop culture communities of Cape Town, with these pop-up activations at various locations with Covid–19 regulated capacities.” Something for every Comic Con fan out there Attendees can look forward to a variety of events including cosplay competitions for the professionals, casuals and kids. There’s also something for…

Mere days before Samsung’s next Unpacked event, an unboxing video of the upcoming Galaxy Buds 2 was released on YouTube from a relatively small channel, The Mobile Central. This channel previously released a video of the Galaxy Watch 3 before it officially launched, so it seems like distributors in this area like to make a habit of jumping the gun. The video confirms many rumoured features that were leaked not too long ago. In this video, we see the buds in the olive green colourway, which we’ll admit isn’t our favourite, but we’re sure there’ll be others to choose from. Samsung’s Galaxy Buds…

Xiaomi has confirmed this morning that its next smartphone flagship, the Mi MIX 4, will launch on 10 August in China. There have been many leaks and rumours leading up to this phone’s launch and a little more hype than usual. The Xiaomi Mi Mix 4’s selfie camera is where? According to several rumours and a few render leaks, the Mi Mix 4 will feature an under-display selfie camera. The next step towards that coveted 100% screen-to-body ratio. Make no mistake, there have been previous attempts to achieve this in a host of different ways, notably, Xiaomi’s own Mi Mix…

At the beginning of the month, WhatsApp began beta testing a ‘view once’ feature, now it’s finally rolling it out. If you’re thinking to yourself, ‘didn’t we already have this?’ you’d be right. Sort of. WhatsApp already had a ‘disappearing messages’ feature but that didn’t go down as well as you may have thought. If we’re honest, it’s more like an auto-delete button than anything else, something to clear out your chats if you’re that type of person. To say it is limited would be putting it lightly. You can’t change the timeframe of how long the messages last, it’s stuck…

If you had something important that you needed to watch on DStv today then you better hope you aren’t one of the customers affected by the current ongoing system outage. If you are, then you have our deepest sympathies. Some people were quick to voice their frustrations on social media as early as 9 am. https://twitter.com/SAGirl996/status/1422453551180173312 https://twitter.com/kagisomarauds/status/1422476210806927394 https://twitter.com/TVwithThinus/status/1422553246401454080 Come on DStv – people need their TV According to TimesLive a Multichoice spokesperson, Sbu Mpungose, said they were experiencing a system-wide issue and it was under investigation. Not long after that, the broadcaster took to Twitter to reassure customers that…

Yesterday, Telegram increased the maximum number of participants in a video call to 1,000, which is great if you have that many friends or want to host a virtual event perhaps. Not to be outdone, Microsoft updated its Microsoft 365 roadmap to show it will be raising the maximum number of participants in Teams video calls to 25,000 — but only in October and only if you’re in the US Department of Defence. Luckily, if you’re in a different branch of the US government then you’ll only need to wait until September to have up to 25,000 people in your…

Last night, Google announced its new line of Pixel 6 phones that will be coming ‘this fall’ over the pond, our springtime. Google has seen varying levels of success with its Pixel line. For the most part, the phones have been okay, quite good even, with the camera capabilities and the stock Android experience usually being the standout features. Now Google is looking to shake things up a bit and finally compete at the top of the game. Introducing the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro, well, sort of. Google has decided not to release all the information all at once and…

The last time we looked at a Zephyrus, we said that laptops hadn’t really changed all that much since their beginning. And this year’s edition hasn’t changed that much from that one. But dual-screen laptops have been around for a good couple of years now, so let’s find out how Asus plans to set this one apart from the rest. The look and feel First, let’s take a look around the outside. As with the previous Zephyrus design, we’ve got a well-engineered, well-constructed, sturdy, all-metal frame with a matt finish that does a fairly good job of fighting off fingerprints, though…