Software

Amazon Prime comes
to SA, games in tow

Customers get unlimited free same-day and next-day delivery, international movies and series on Prime Video; gaming...

Meta ‘Buy or bury’ in the spotlight in SA

The Govchat case before South Africa’s Competition Commission highlights a pattern of predatory behaviour, writes Weber...

The search engine you
grew up with is gone

AI has eaten a chunk of your search traffic, and our bot reporter AGGIE Z GATEMAND...

Signpost: Next big thing
keeps the old ones going 

South African companies are frustrated with software vendors, Spinnaker founder Matt Stava tells ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK.

Beware these SARS scams this tax season

Four scam types are consistently in circulation during the filing window, writes THALIA PILLAY, CEO of...

Instagram Instants
sparks upload panic

A new one-tap way to share disappearing photos resulted in confusion and accidental uploads, writes JASON...

Signpost: Does
software have a future?

At Sapphire 2026 this month, SAP, the world's largest ERP company, lined up Anthropic, Nvidia and...

Spotify fights back
against ‘spammy’ AI

As AI blurs the line between human and machine, Spotify used a report launch to address...

Naked prompts a ChatGPT insurance first

With the launch of its app in ChatGPT, Naked is signalling how AI assistants could reshape...

Welcome to the App Graveyard

Small Retailers have numerous unused apps, and that is undermining digital inclusion, writes ANDRE DÉ WET,...

Acer cuts out the cloud

On-device AI processing aims to make advanced computing possible in regions with limited connectivity, writes JASON...

TikTok trend revealed: Emotional value is the future

“Irreplaceable Instinct” has emerged as the platform's the defining cultural theme for 2026, signalling a renewed...

TikTok fuels local
language movement

South African creators are blending culture and edutainment to preserve indigenous languages online.

SA tops Sub-Saharan
mobile speeds

The country ranked 64th globally in 2025, with only two other countries in the region featuring...

US-owned TikTok takes a step backward

Change of control makes TikTok’s privacy policy industry-aligned, but less protective, writes DARIO BETTI, CEO of...

Signpost: When Microsoft
eats its own AI

Microsoft SA's new MD believes his own company is the best case study for the use...

Will 2026 be the Year
of the Super App?

We're standing at the threshold of a revolution in emerging markets, especially in Africa, writes ANDRÉ...