Author: Marcé

South Africa’s homegrown streaming service launched its fleshed-out version of the app in 2020 called Showmax Pro. You may want to spend R450 a month to stream primo sports content in South Africa, especially considering the service now officially licensed the UEFA Euro 2020 league. Football fans will be elated to hear that all matches in the 60th Euro 2020 will be available to stream on the Pro package between 11 June and 11 July this year, which is when the league is taking place. The Euro 2020 will be held in 11 cities across 11 countries and is probably…

While it may not have any new smartphones to show off to consumers, today LG South Africa revealed what it’s got planned for the bigger screen. Its incoming slate of OLED evo and QNED MiniLED TVs looks impressive, featuring a panel for every type of television user.  OLED is far from a new term when it comes to TV tech, but LG denotes that levelled up versions of its base OLEDs by adding the ‘evo’ suffix. OLED generally provides some of the best picture quality possible using its millions of self-lit organic pixels. Let’s see what new things LG has…

South Africans are blessed with fantastic digital banking apps and features. Whether it’s world-class banking apps by some local institutions or tap-to-pay features, including barcode-enabled services like Zapper, we’re quite honestly spoilt for choice. One thing’s been missing for a few years, however, and that one thing is Apple Pay accessibility.  Anyone living in the Apple ecosystem will know that completely buying into its hardware and software offerings does pose a significant increase in security as well as accessibility. When everything’s integrated the way Apple Pay allows for, users can pay for just about anything using their Apple hardware and…

Modular phones have been a pipe dream of many tech fanatics for years. We had a small glimpse at the possibilities with Google’s ARA project a few years ago. Obviously, it hasn’t taken off the way we expected it to, but it looks like Xiaomi may still be on the bandwagon, according to a newly filed patent. Xiaomi filed a patent to the USPTO (the United States Patent and Trademark Office) for a smartphone that’s made up of three pieces (or ‘modules’). Each of these modules houses a different set of internals, depending on the location. They all attach to…

In a surprising, but not especially unexpected move, Apple announced that it’s adding two new features to its premium music streaming subscription service. Apple Music will feature lossless HiFi-quality audio playback, as well as spatial audio thanks to Dolby Atmos integration.  Unlike Spotify’s (also recently announced) HiFi subscription, Apple Music will make the option to stream music in higher, lossless quality available to all of its subscribers. This includes everyone from individual plans to those on family plans. There’s one small catch though: none of the tech giant’s own hardware supports HiFi quality audio playback, and it’s a damn shame. …

Over the last few months, reports of a microchip shortage have bombarded social media feeds of all types and sizes. The world is undergoing an extreme semiconductor shortage, and it’s not getting any better, according to new reports.  Full lowdown of the semiconductor situation Why does it affect you? Well, if it has a battery or a plug, it’s probably fitted with some sort of microchip. The same goes for cars and pretty much any electronic device you can think of. This means the shortage will inevitably affect the production and sales of tech in general across the globe.  What…

Apple teases big update to Apple Music This weekend, reports emerged that Apple may be planning a special announcement event for Apple Music. Users started noticing banners displaying the tagline: "Get Ready – Music is About to Change Forever." Of course, this comes at a time where rumours about the third generation of Apple AirPods

While the PlayStation 5 is an impressive piece of gaming tech over, Sony’s DualSense controller is the standout of this generation of consoles. It features truly impressive upgrades in terms of immersing the user, and while the Glacier White colourway is cool, its two new colours look even better.  DualSensing the cosmos Going back to the solid black PlayStation fans are used to, Sony’s revealed a Midnight Black variant of its newest controller today. In addition, fans can expect a Cosmic Red variant that comes across almost as ‘blood of my enemies’ in its specific depth of red. But both…

While the world witnessed traditional platforms migrate to digital 10 years ago, the local national broadcaster is only migrating completely to digital in 2021. According to a new notice published by the South African Broadcasting Commission, customers can register to receive a free digital decoder to watch SABC and eTV free-to-air channels.  The recent push to convert all its customers to digital comes as a consequence of decommissioning all analogue channels. That means connecting to an analogue TV signal won’t suffice anymore — South African’s interested in accessing free national TV channels will need access to a new digital terrestrial…

More than anything, brands are investing heavily in gaming-related tech. This is particularly evident in Asus ROG’s ‘Unleash the Tiger’ digital launch event today, where the company revealed two big-screen gaming notebooks in the shapes of the Zephyrus M16 and the S17.  The Zephyrus M16 manages to squeeze a 16in Quad HD display into an ultraslim 15in chassis. Don’t ask us how it manages, but it does apparently. It’s got WQHD resolution with a 165Hz refresh rate, 3ms response time while featuring Adaptive-Sync and Pantone Validation. Same goes for the S17, but here you get a massive 17.3in display that…