Author: Marcé

Deadpool is now available as a skin in Fortnite It’s time for a new season on the game that made the battle royale mode famous. And this time around, Fortnite players can choose to look like the most adored anti-hero in the Marvel Universe: Deadpool. Before this, the character appeared in elements of the game

Just because the gyms are sweaty pits of potential infection right now, doesn’t mean you have to sit at home and grow your mid-section. Now more than ever, it’s so easy to train at home, that you don’t necessarily even need home gym equipment.  Due to the sudden surge in humans being forced to self-isolate and quarantine, a few training apps have made their premium tier free for a limited time. These include the Nike Training Club, Down Dog and Peloton In addition to utilising the apps, YouTube has some stellar trailing content while professional athletes and personal trainers have…

Whether you’re still working from home or on corona-leave at the moment, we all have additional time on our hands. You know how you’ll put things off until ‘you have more time’? And now that you do have time, you can’t get yourself doing anything noteworthy? It’s the sad reality of facing a global pandemic — you’re stressed, and that tends to be unproductive. Push through it though and there is a myriad of free resources online that’ll keep your mind busy.  Online universities and training platforms have realised that this is the perfect time to do humanitarian work and…

First National Bank’s mobile offering FNB Connect has announced reduced data rates, and is giving all of its customers 1GB data for free. Because we’re all in lockdown and a little data goes a long way right now.  It also announced that users on FNB Connect Lifestyle plans will receive double their allocated amount of data. For example, customers on the Top Up XS Lifestyle contract will now receive 200MB of data instead of 100MB for R50, in addition to 30 voice minutes and 30 SMSes.  Starting this weekend, all FNB Connect customers will also receive 1GB of free data,…

Last year Asus revealed the Zenbook Pro Duo — the first laptop with a second display above the keyboard. It was a major hit, and one of our favourite laptops of the year. Today, Asus announced another dual-display machine, and this time it’s part of the phenomenal Zephyrus gaming range.  The Zephyrus Duo 15 features a main 14in 16:9 display with tiny bezels, while the touch-display above the keyboard sizes in at 14in with a 32:9 ratio. The bottom display can be lifted so you don’t have to strain your gamer’s neck injury again. It’s a thing. Not just for…

In September 2018, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that it had classified gaming addiction as a disorder. With the implementation of self-isolation guidelines, it has now suggested people game to keep sane. What a rollercoaster this COVID-19 pandemic is turning out to be.  On the WHO’s website it defines gaming disorder as having “…impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other interests and daily activities, and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences.” Well, due to self-isolation and the current lockdown in…

If there’s one thing good that comes out of this pandemic, it’s the number of support self-isolators are getting from gaming companies. Now, more than ever, we can play games as much as we want without being judged.  The Humble Store has announced a special COVID-19 Bundle featuring more than $1,000 worth of games for just $30 (it works out to about R570 thanks to the disastrous exchange rate). It’s called the Conquer COVID-19 Bundle, and all the proceeds will go to organisations on the frontline, fighting this thing. The money will be used for “delivering protective gear to safeguard…

When was the last time you had enough time on your hands to check out some mobile games (and actually play them)? The self-isolation era has given us ample time to explore new hobbies, other genres of Netflix series and even project management software. Now we’re on the best free mobile games available right now. 

An app designer has created a real-life Dragon Ball sensing app We’re all currently looking for something to keep us busy. And if that includes building an app that tracks magical anime balls, even better. A software developer is working on an app that imitates the Dragon Ball tracking app in the animated series. Dragon

Just in time, eh? As South Africans get used to their new way of life in isolation, DStv has announced it’s launching a special pop-up channel called M-Net Binge.  The new channel will feature critically acclaimed series, documentaries and films from HBO. It’ll be available on both DStv Premium and Compact Plus subscriptions from today, Friday 27 March on channel 114. The catch is, it’ll only function between 18:00 and 6:00. The channel will open tonight at 19:00. Why only twelve hours a day, you ask? Well, knowing HBO, the content isn’t particularly child and family-friendly. Most of it’s kinda…