Samsung has found another clever way to promote the Galaxy S24’s Circle to Search feature. After redesigning the London Underground map in the UK, Samsung took to the skies in South Africa. Quite literally, Samsung had airplanes draw circles in the skies above Table Mountain in Cape Town to advertise the Circle to Search AI-powered […]
Read MoreApple has increased the price of iCloud storage in several regions around the world, including the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and South America. Every Apple ID receives 5GB of free cloud storage, but users can upgrade to a paid iCloud+ storage subscription plan to get 50GB, 200GB, or 2TB of storage. […]
Read MoreThe HomePod mini will be available in Finland, Norway, and Sweden from Tuesday, December 13, Apple has announced via press releases. Priced at 1,249 Norwegian Krone/Swedish Krone and 109 euros, the HomePod mini will be available in white, blue, orange, yellow and space gray. The HomePod mini delivers 360-degree sound, uses Apple’s voice assistant Siri, […]
Read MoreSamsung Wallet is now available for Galaxy device users in South Africa. Existing Samsung Pay and Samsung Pass users in South Africa will now be greeted with a notification to migrate to Samsung Wallet when they open one of the two aforementioned apps. They’ll gain access to more features, including digital keys, membership and transportation […]
Read MoreAfter antitrust allegations against Google in the EU, it announced a first-of-a-kind billing system with Spotify that would allow users to choose an alternative payment method for the music subscription. This billing system was called ‘User Choice Billing’ or, in short, UCB. This was not specifically meant for Spotify but for all other Android apps and their […]
Read MoreSamsung has revealed that even its TVs can be remotely disabled, similar to its smartphones and tablets. The Television Block Function that is built into its TVs can be activated if the company finds out that the unit is stolen or unlawfully acquired by a user. Recently, a bunch of TVs were stolen from Samsung’s […]
Read MoreThe Galaxy Tab S7 FE is one of the many mobile devices whose original release plans were affected by the global semiconductor shortage. It’s been two months since the tablet’s launch, and availability continues to be limited to a handful of key markets. Thankfully, Samsung is slowly but surely bringing the Galaxy Tab S7 FE […]
Read MoreAndroid iMessage Competitor Puts Pressure on Apple Google and the three major U.S. carriers, including Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, will all support a new communications protocol on Android smartphones starting in 2022, a move that puts pressure on Apple to adopt a new cross-platform messaging standard and may present a challenge to iMessage. Verizon recently […]
Read MoreSamsung has released its convenient ‘Door to Door’ repair service to South Africa, the company confirmed today. Customers who might be experiencing issues with their Samsung products are no longer required to visit a customer care center. Instead, they can have their defective Galaxy devices picked up from home or office by a Samsung representative. […]
Read MoreSamsung has apparently tried to reclassify the Galaxy S7 as anything but a telephone for cellular networks in South Africa in an attempt to convince the South Africa Revenue Service (SARS) to lower import tariffs and get a tax refund. The company failed in its endeavor because, well, the Galaxy S7 is a phone after all, […]
Read MoreIn January, MacRumors reported that Apple Pay was likely to launch in South Africa sometime this year. As expected, Apple Pay has now started to go live in the country for customers of a select number of banks. MacRumors readers and bank customers on Twitter report seeing prompts to add their cards to Apple Pay. […]
Read MoreThe global pandemic is driving the popularity of mobile payment solutions in countless markets, and Samsung Pay in particular has been enjoying a lot of success this year. Consumers are now more willing to make online purchases using a mobile payment solution, and this year alone, South Africans have used Samsung Pay long enough to […]
Read More
