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Five Pixel-Perfect Games You Should Check Out

August 1, 2023

Gaming has grown to become an extremely popular hobby over the years. With an ever-growing fanbase comes the need for evolution in high-fidelity graphics…

Quick Beginner’s Guide to DIY PCs

April 24, 2023

Building a computer is arguably one of the best technology investments to make because of its versatility and longevity. A computer can perform various…

Microsoft Announces New Research And Tech To Make Hybrid Work Work

March 23, 2022

Microsoft Corp. released its second annual Work Trend Index report, “Great Expectations: Making Hybrid Work Work.” The company also announced new features across Microsoft Teams,…

Apple now worth $1,000,000,000,000

August 3, 2018

Apple has become the first American company to cross the $1,000,000,000,000 value mark. This happened yesterday when the iPhone maker’s stock passed $207.04 a share. So…

Liquid Telecom to deliver Microsoft cloud products and services to businesses of all sizes across Africa

August 31, 2017

Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Microsoft through the Cloud…

NexTech 2017: Microsoft stays committed to African innovation

February 2, 2017

With the theme, Building for Africa, NexTech Africa is demonstrating in action Microsoft’s commitment to support and empower innately African creativity and innovation. The…

4 ways Windows 10 protects you from modern threats

September 19, 2016

In today’s world, working from 8 to 5 is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and as our work habits change, so do the…

Windows 10 Anniversary Update available 2nd August

July 1, 2016

Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President, Windows and Devices Group, has announced that a new update, the Windows 10 Anniversary update will be launched on 2nd…

Opinion: The acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft, why should you and I care?

June 16, 2016

By now, you have heard about Satya Nadella’s largest acquisition since he took the helm at Microsoft, that Microsoft will be buying LinkedIn for…

Microsoft rolls out Windows 10 for more Nokia Lumia devices

May 5, 2016

In March, Microsoft had rolled out Windows 10 for mobile to select devices, and now they have announced additional devices added to the update…

XBox and PS4 gamers could cross-play across networks

March 17, 2016

In a letter from Chris Charla, Director of ID@Xbox at Microsoft, there are plans to introduce cross-network play for Xbox with other types of…

Windows 10 shifts to ‘recommended’ update on your PC

February 3, 2016

Even if you don’t want it, it looks like your PC may update to the latest Windows 10 operating system if you have Windows…

Microsoft philanthropies to donate ZMW11 billion worth of solutions to universities and NGOs

January 22, 2016

What are the challenges mankind faces, how can technology help, and what is the contribution of Microsoft? “Microsoft is empowering mission-driven organizations around the…

Future PC processors will only support Windows 10

January 18, 2016

Microsoft has announced in a blog post that future processors in PCs will not come preinstalled with Windows 7 or 8.1 but Windows 10….

Windows 10 is out, but its WiFi Sense shares your Wifi with your contacts

July 30, 2015

The latest Windows 10 has a feature called WiFi Sense that allows you to share your WiFi network’s password with your contacts on platforms like…

Will you be upgrading to Windows 10?

July 8, 2015

The official release of the Windows 10 operating system is set for 29th July but will you be one of the first in line…

Nokia and LG sign patent agreement: What Zambian businesses can learn from it

June 17, 2015

Nokia has signed a royalty-bearing patent agreement with LG of whose nature has not yet been specified, but it shows that Nokia still has…

Last week’s major tech stories

June 8, 2015

Here are the stories that caught our attention last week: MTN’s 21 Days of Y’ello Care kicked off: the staff volunteer project aimed at…

Microsoft has released low-budget $20 Nokia 105 smartphone

June 3, 2015

Microsoft has announced the launch of its low-budget $20 Nokia 105 phone. However, that’s $20 before local taxes so it will be slightly more…