Author: Trent Meikle

YouTube Premium’s R72/m price isn’t looking so bad after all, huh? The writing has been on the wall (and YouTube’s own blog post) for months now, ever since the company announced it would be bringing “pause experiences” to the platform which, unfortunately, is exactly what it sounds like. And now, advertisers are coming for your big, paused screen, as confirmed by The Verge. “As we’ve seen both strong advertiser and strong viewer response, we’ve since widely rolled out Pause ads to all advertisers, said Oluwa Falodun, YouTube’s comms manager. We’re not surprised by the renewed interest of advertisers for something…

We’re in the endgame, gamers. It looks as though Nintendo’s assassins lawyers will be working overtime this week if the leak coming out of Reddit’s r/GamingLeaksAndRumors is true (thanks, u/MisterSheeple). See, despite all the less-than-substantial talk about the long-rumoured Switch 2 this year, Nintendo may have just been beaten to the punchline by some random warehouse worker who wants to watch the world burn. Time to board the Switch 2 hype train Unfortunately, the leak involving a supposed factory worker on a Chinese forum remains unverified at the time of writing, though we admit it looks mighty plausible. Still, we’d…

Smartphone contracts might just be the bane of existence to most South Africans, but they’re a necessity that most folks can’t avoid. To somewhat lessen the load on customers, Vodacom has introduced 48-month-long contracts, breaking the tradition that usually involves 12-, 24-, or 36-month contracts. Vodacom’s big deal MyBroadband first spotted the new payment solution on Vodacom’s website, allowing customers to pick up devices like the iPhone 16 (128GB) on the network operator’s RED Core 1.3GB 200min plan at R800/m – a R38,400 purchase totalled up. While that might seem a ‘cheaper’ price than, say, a 36-month contract closer to the…

We’re always open to seeing what Meta’s WhatsApp has cooked up in the lab by way of WABetaInfo’s handy glimpses into the inner workings of the messenger’s beta tests. Not this time. In fact, we wouldn’t mind Meta canning the feature headed to WhatsApp to spare us the influx of notifications coming our way. In an attempt to further WhatsApp’s likeness to Instagram, WhatsApp is hard at work on a feature that’ll allow users to mention their contacts when posting a Status update, ultimately disturbing their contacts’ peace and summoning them to arguably the worst addition WhatsApp – not including the…

We’re almost tired of reporting the ever-falling petrol and diesel prices around South Africa these past few months. What happened to the excitement? The danger? The risk that the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy might just entirely derail your Tuesday drive home from work? We’re obviously joking, but the never-ending news of falling fuel prices around the country does somewhat limit our snark potential. The Central Energy Fund (CEF), the state-owned energy company responsible for tracking the various economic factors daily that massively affect the country’s fuel prices before reporting these findings to the Department of Mineral Resources and…

We’ve got a love/hate relationship with Disney+. Sure, it’s got some great content floating around on the surface (Shōgun just won 18 Emmys, by the way), but in recent years, it’s been treading into Netflix territory and not in a good way. It hasn’t just announced some new Star Wars show that’ll be cancelled before the month is out (not again, anyway). No, the House of Mouse is officially hiking prices later this year. Disney (+ a few extra bucks per month) That’s according to a report from MyBroadband, which spoke with the House of Mouse and confirmed that a price hike was…

The Conan O’Brien and Graham Nortons talk shows of the world are slowly dying out, as the population gravitates to the more accessible, truthful and frankly painful accounting of a celebrity’s life behind closed doors. We’re of course talking about Sean Evans’ ‘Hot Ones’ which pits celebrities looking to promote a new movie or what have you against a plate of wings, the hottest sauces known to man, and Evans’ excellent questions. Who woulda thought? Hot Ones is a work of art that has become one of the most popular shows in the world, and now it might be time to…

You know why we’re here. We know why you’re here. Incredible has just announced official local pricing for the iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, and 16 Pro Max. We’ve already covered the first two, shocking ourselves to learn that the price had gone down from 2023’s iPhone 15 figures. You’ll be happy to know that’s the case here, too. The Pros and Maxes of the iPhone 16 Well, “happy” might not be the right word, but you get what we were going for. You’ll still need to whip out nearly R43,000 to get the most expensive iPhone 16 Pro Max…

It’s been a busy week for Apple. Not only was the hardware and software giant slapped with a massive €13 billion tax bill by the EU, but it also launched four new iPhones, some USB-C-ified AirPods and Apple’s most metal Watch yet. Pre-orders officially open today for South Africa, and… well, they’re not cheap. And it only gets worse from there. For one thing, those customers throwing down their cold hard cash this afternoon (or feigning richness by picking up a monthly contract) will have to wait an entire week for their new smartphones to turn up on their doorsteps.…

Flappy Bird is back. Like, officially. No longer will you need to scour e-Bay for a $90,000 Flappy Bird-installed iPhone, for the game is heading back to Android and iOS in 2025 after a dedicated group of fans acquired the game’s rights from Gametech, LLC – the new owners of which form the “The Flappy Bird Foundation Group”. “My death was… greatly exaggerated” If your Flappy Bird lore is a little rusty, we’ll fill you in. When Flappy Bird first launched in 2013, it was an instant classic, whose presence reverberated worldwide. And then, tragedy struck. The game’s original creator, Dong Nguyen, took the game…