Pineapple, a South Africa–based peer-to-peer insurance provider, has won the top investment of $1.5 million at VentureClash Global Challenge, organized by Connecticut Innovations (CI).
Pineapple is the only startup from Africa that participated in the 2019 VentureClash competition, the $5 million global investment...
iPhone 5 owners have started being warned by Apple to update their devices from their current iOS version to iOS 10.3.4 by November 3 if they want to stay online.
In July, Apple issued an update bringing some older...
Just like everyone else with major resolutions, Apple's got big plans for 2020. The company is set to introduce major new augmented reality initiatives next year with new 3D rear sensors for the iPhone and the likely debut of...
Back in 2016, Apple released the iPhone SE and brought refreshed specs in the chassis of the 2-year-old (at the time) iPhone 5s. Since that release, we’ve been hearing of the Se's successor, the iPhone SE 2 which is finally coming in Q1 2020....
Apple's iOS 13 launched last month, bringing a bevvy of new features, that includes a system-wide Dark Mode, redesigned Reminders app, two-times faster app loads, and smaller app updates to save storage on your iPhone. But Apple is far...
Apple has made the decision to kill off iTunes, the iconic digital music database that revolutionized the music industry. This news comes with the release of Apple's latest update for Macs and MacBooks, MacOSÂ Catalina. Just like iOS 13, which...
Apple has never been friendly to user repairs and yet again the company has stressed its disapproval of using third-party spare parts to repair its devices screens.
Screen and battery replacements are two of the most common smartphone repairs...
Apple in early June this year announced plans to launch a new period-tracking app known as Cycle Tracking that will allow users to record their menstrual cycles and receive notifications when they are fertile.
The new app will be live...
The tech giant unveiled three new smartphones, a new Apple Watch and more.
Apple unveiled its 2019 iPhone lineup: the iPhone 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max and, iPhone 11.
At the Apple Event this year, which took place yesterday (Sept...
Apple's next big event is happening on Tuesday, September 10 (Tomorrow), where the tech giant will finally reveal its iPhone 11 lineup. Like every year, Apple will be live streaming the iPhone event on its own website, but for the very first time,...
If you are an Apple Music subscriber, at last, you can listen to Apple Music on the web, in your browser of choice, instead of needing an iOS or Android app, or iTunes app for Mac or Windows.
While iPhone users...
Apple and Samsung smartphones under investigation by FCC for emitting higher levels of RF radiation than is allowed.
According to an independent test carried out by the Chicago Tribune, certain smartphones from Apple and Samsung are reportedly under investigation by the Federal Communications Commission...
Apple TV Plus is Apple's long-rumored, Netflix-like video streaming service. which was unveiled back in March with a parade of top-level Hollywood talent producing content for the new service.
During the unveiling celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, and...
Apple’s next operating system update has taken privacy to be a renewed focus. One new feature in iOS 13 that seems centered on user privacy could have sweeping consequences for messaging and online call apps. In iOS 13, Apple will restrict...
President Donald Trump on August 1st announced he will impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion in Chinese goods starting September 1, 2019. This most likely means all assembled electronics will be included.
However, the U.S. Trade Representative has not released the...
Fenix International, an ENGIE-owned firm offering Solar Home Systems across Africa has appointed a former Apple executive as CEO, to drive growth across Africa.
The firm has also announced that it has delivered clean, affordable energy to over 500,000 households...
Just four years after introducing the laptop as the slimmest in its lineup, Apple has stopped selling the 12-inch MacBook.
The laptop was first introduced in 2015 and ushered in a new era of MacBook design for Apple. It was the first to...
Intel Corporation has announced intentions to exit the 5G smartphone modem business in a move the firm says will help focus on "assessment of the opportunities for 4G and 5G modems in PCs, internet of things devices and other...
These are more like wireless headphones for people who don’t want AirPods
Apple’s first real competitor to AirPods has finally arrived: Beats Powerbeats Pro. Apple has owned Beats since 2014, of course, which explains much of the magic behind the...
Apple today released iOS 12.2, the second major update to the iOS 12 operating system that first launched in September 2018. iOS 12.2 comes more than a month after the release of iOS 12.1.4, the last iOS 12 update,...
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Apple finally unveiled its software news of new subscription services after days of daily hardware updates. This day brings Apple subscriptions across news, television, and video games just a week after Google unveiled the Google Stadia at the Game Developers...
Pineapple has been accepted into The Hartford Insurtech Hub more than a year and a month after the peer-to-peer insurance tech startup raised R5.2m from Lireas Holdings, the strategic investment arm of Hannover-Re Group Africa.
The Johannesburg-based startup will get to...
Apple could release an iPhone later this year with gray, white, blue, red, and orange color options. The colorful new phone would be a less expensive model that has facial recognition and an edge-to-edge screen, according to details from...
Just the other day, we wrote on how Samsung and Apple tied at number one on the photography rankings at DxO with 94 points. However, their reign was short-lived thanks to the high rating of the new Google Pixel...
....a sequel to Times when other Tech companies copied Apple's products and innovations
Emojis
WhatsApp recently released its own set of native emoji after a long run of using those of Apple’s. The move was a good one and while many were...
Apple is no doubt one of the biggest Tech companies in the world. Their gadgets (laptops, smartphones, music players, accessories, softwares etc) are always of top quality... and often replicated by other top Tech companies and rivals.
It is in...
Spoiler alert: ... it has to do with the Face ID technology
Seem we would never stop hearing new developments concerning Apple's latest device, the iPhone X; particularly the Face ID technology. Well, that isn't surprising. You would all agree...
Back when WhatsApp first brought emoji’s into the chat app, there was no Android emoji set, the company was forced to import the ones that were used in Apple iPhones. Later, Android brought its own version but WhatsApp didn’t...
When wireless charging was invented, leading technology companies that planned to use it came together to form a standard that would guide them forward. Among the companies included heavyweight like Samsung and LG; together with other players, they formed...
The upcoming Apple's event was reported earlier this month to take place on the 12th day of September, 2017 (tomorrow) and the event's date and location have also been confirmed by the iPhone company through an invite it sent to...