by admin | Aug 31, 2023 | Column, Columns, Derek Watts, News, Toby Shapshak, WhatsApp
It arrived via WhatsApp. I ignored it at first. Another forwarded video meme from a serial forwarder, I suspected. But when I watched it, despite my initial misgivings, I grew increasingly fond of it. There he was, the indomitable Derek Watts, the fearsome interviewer... by admin | Aug 25, 2023 | Column, Columns, Competition Commision, Google, Industry News, News, South Africa, Takealot, Toby Shapshak
Anticompetitive oversight has been ramping up around the world. Lawmakers in the US and the EU have tried to counter the dominance of big tech firms, and in South Africa, too, the matter has received attention — the Competition Commission released its “Online... by admin | Aug 16, 2023 | Galaxy Z Flip 5, Galaxy Z Fold 5, Justin Hume, News, podcast, Podcasts & Videos, Samsung, Toby Shapshak
Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 have folding glass screens, an engineering innovation that still delights Stuff‘s editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak. Mobile executives Justin Hume and Zahir Cajee join in the geek-out. Samsung’s folding glass still astounds Also... by admin | Aug 12, 2023 | MTN, News, Online Learning, podcast, Podcasts & Videos, T2S2, textbooks, Toby Shapshak
Instead of buying expensive textbooks, which learners are stuck with, what if you could “rent” them? Calling it “Spotify for textbooks,” this is the idea behind MTN’s new educational offering, MTN South Africa’s general manager of digital services Jason Probert tells... by admin | Aug 8, 2023 | Apple, Column, Columns, iphone, News, Other Tech News, Toby Shapshak, trillion
One of my son’s favourite books is James and Giant Peach. I was just as enthralled when it was read to me as a child. I recall my mental images of a peach so big it had tunnels inside it, and you could just bite into it to taste that cool, refreshing peach flesh. As... by admin | Aug 5, 2023 | Column, Columns, deinfluencing, Internet News, News, Social media, Toby Shapshak
Whether TikTokker Mikayla Nogueira was wearing false eyelashes or not is probably not a question that has crossed the minds of the average techie reader. But the furore over “mascara gate” as it was dubbed, is whether so-called influencers can be trusted. Finding...