Author: Marcé

One of the small joys in life is opening a new phone and digging through all the bundled accessories. Even though you know you probs won’t use the bundled earphones, it makes you feel good knowing there’s an extra pair in case you need ‘em. It now looks like Apple won’t ship upcoming iPhones with EarPods in the box, and it’s a shame.  We have to remember that these are the same people who removed the 3.5 audio jack from its devices four years ago in a bid to push more people to the Bluetooth AirPods. This is all according…

Despite the ongoing pandemic and a trade war between China and the US resulting in an embargo on Huawei, the P40 Lite is Huawei’s second Google-less smartphone in South Africa. The first was the Huawei Nova 5T, which was released in December. Now we’ve got the P40 Lite which, as part of the company’s new P40 lineup, is its newest budget-friendly device. This mid-ranger sports a four-camera array on the back and an edge-to-edge LCD display up front. But until Huawei figures out how to give its users a fully capable AppGallery and other Google replacements, it’s going to be…

This South African lockdown has been one hell of a ride. Even though we’re finally progressing toward a more open economy with the introduction of Level 3 on 1 June, many parents are not convinced they can send their children back to school just yet.  Government’s plan right now is to send Grade 7 and 12 pupils back to classrooms on 1 June, but it seems their plan may have a spanner in it. Although the Department of Basic Education made the announcement and detailed plans to have personal protective equipment (PPE) for all staff and learners on each premises,…

With the majority of sport cancelled for the foreseeable future, many leagues have turned to esports in abid to continue bringing us sports entertainment. Probs that and to keep the athletes busy with something. Which is why the Formula E established the Race at Home Challenge — an online competition designed to give fans and drivers some racing goodness during COVID-19 lockdown measures. This means that athletes were given racing simulator kits to race from the comfort of their own homes, and the same is true for Audi racer Daniel Abt. The man decided that he’s not up to racing…

Although it’s no time to celebrate, the country will move to Level 3 of lockdown on the 1st of June. This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s national address late on Sunday evening. What does it mean though? We’re here to unpack some of the details about Level 3, whether you’re going back to work and how to prepare yourself.  Pres Ramaphosa said that Level 3 will bring even more industries economic relief in that it’ll be allowed to open to the public again. This is in a bid to bolster an economy that has been struggling throughout the lockdown…

WhatsApp is testing QR codes for business and personal chats Imagine this: You’re out for a jol post-lockdown, and you’re not in the mood to read out your mobile number to potential friends, so you print out little cards with a QR code on each. Typing someone’s WhatsApp number by hand is just sooo 2012,

Do you know that adorable BB-8 and R2D2 droids? Not the ones in the George Lucas sci-fi films, but rather the small remote-controlled toy robots that look so close to the real thing it’s hard to differentiate. Those adorable critters are made by a robotics company called Sphero, who has invested in educational robotic toys as well as small robotic critters, and it will now develop big-boy toys for the likes of the military.  Sphero, who makes the RC Star Wars droids, has announced that it is creating an independent “spin-off” company called Company Six. Company Six will create some…

Post-2017-iPhones all have one thing in common: no TouchID fingerprint sensor. Since Apple is confident in its FaceID biometric system, the TouchID may have seemed redundant at one point of the design process, but we’re guessing no-one ever thought the world may be plunged into a pandemic, rendering face masks mandatory.  But it now looks like the company has come up with a fix for the current face-covering issue in its latest version of iOS. In iOS 13.5, which is now available for download, Apple has made it easier to unlock an iPhone while wearing a face mask, while incorporating…

Apple wants to replace your laptop with its new iPad Pro (2020), for realsies. Although it’s a cute idea, in theory, we doubt many people will replace their precious lap-machines, but the updated iPad is a beast of a machine that will impress even the most finicky of tech users.  In terms of raw power, there’s no tablet that can beat the latest iPad Pro. it’s fitted with Apple’s A12Z Bionic chip with 64‑bit architecture, a neural engine and an embedded M12 coprocessor. It’s also got a USB-C connector in lieu of the Lightning port, which makes it a great…

We’ve all been there — probably even more during the lockdown. Your sleeping patterns are down the drain, and you need to start getting more sleep before heading back to work in a few weeks. Luckily, good guy YouTube is here to help you with that using bedtime reminders.  Yesterday, YouTube announced that it is rolling out a new feature called bedtime reminders, which will join the platform’s existing “take a break” reminders. The video streaming platform has started to invest more in keeping user screentime limited as part of a group of ‘wellness’ tools as part of Google’s Digital…