Data Game: Tech Giants Should Go To Iceland
Iceland Gets In On The Data GameICELAND might be famous for rumbling volcanoes, spouting geysers and its Viking heritage, but the big island with a tiny population is hoping to make a new name for...
View ArticleYasir Shah provisionally suspended after failed drugs test
Yasir has taken 76 Test wickets and 18 in one-day internationalsPAKISTAN leg-spinner Yasir Shah has been provisionally suspended after failing a drugs test.Yasir, 29, tested positive for banned...
View ArticleRaw milk production seen surpassing 55,4 million litres
For the 11 month period, raw milk production increased 3,30 percent to 52,28 million litres compared to 50,61 million same period last year.ZIMBABWE’S annual raw milk production is seen surpassing last...
View ArticleGovernment delays paying some salaries as cash crunch bites
Finance Minister Patrick ChinamasaGOVERNMENT has delayed paying December salaries for most of its public sector workers to early next month and has not paid annual bonuses, in a sign of a cash crunch...
View ArticleStar Africa confident of improved performance in spite of widening losses
Joe MtizwaSTAR Africa says it remains confident of an improved performance in the current year on account of the upgraded plant at Gold Star Sugars Harare (GSSH) and the improved market conditions.In a...
View ArticleDrought to cut supply, mulls higher tariffs: Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company is currently supplying 1 194 MW, half Zimbabwe’s peak demandPOWER generation at Zimbabwe’s main hydro station could ease further due to a...
View ArticleFalgold stops all exploration as gold sector remains subdued
Gold production was at 4 798 ounces while sales were 42 percent lower at 4 982 ounces compared to 8 285oz last year.FALCON Gold Zimbabwe says it foresees a bleak outlook for the group in 2016 owing to...
View ArticleAfghanistan down Zimbabwe in second ODI
Zimbabwe reached 253-7 from their alloted 50 overs with half-centures from Craig Ervine (73) (pictured) and opener Peter Moor (50), while Afghan seamer Dawlat Zadran took 3 for 57. Pic by ESPNSHARJAH-...
View ArticleTwitter Gets Tough With ‘Hateful’ IS Profiles
The social media site’s clarified rules on abuse will make it easier for users to report accounts linked to extremist groups.TWITTER is tightening its rules on “abusive behaviour and hateful conduct” –...
View ArticleArsenal finish the year on top after Leicester and Manchester City draw 0-0
Can Arsenal end season on top?ARSENAL end 2015 on top of the English Premiership on goal difference ahead of second-placed Leicester City who drew 0-0 at home to third-placed Manchester City.This was...
View ArticleWar veterans on edge
Christopher MutsvangwaMONTHS of political upheavals in the ruling ZANU-PF party have left Zimbabwe’s liberation war veterans split and on edge as they await the fate of their leader, Christopher...
View ArticleHere’s how people are using WhatsApp as a “search engine”
By Nigel GambangaThere are some people however, who have decided to look beyond all this and add more functionality to WhatsApp. A group from India created a WhatsApp bot which allows its users to...
View ArticleZOL Brings you Netflix. Because You Deserve to Live Like This
ZOL CEO, Denny MarandureJUST as the year began, Netflix announced that it will be providing the video on demand service to Africa, with Zimbabwe being one of the countries were this service will be...
View ArticleZOL promises the best Netflix experience thanks to peering between the VOD...
By Nigel GambangaLocal internet service provider ZOL has just released a statement announcing the peering arrangement between its parent company, Liquid Telecom, and Netflix the VOD service.Articles...
View ArticleEconet sues POTRAZ for $132 million, seeks reversal of tariff reduction &...
By Nigel GambangaLocal telecoms operator Econet Wireless wants POTRAZ the industry regulator to pay over $132 million in damages for losses suffered due to the reduction in voice tariffs.Articles...
View ArticleThis $89 package from TelOne is your best bet for Netflix
By Nigel Gambangaif you are keen on making Netflix your leading entertainment choice but are working within a strict budget (trying to keep the damage under $100) or live in an area where fibre...
View ArticleNetflix to crack down on people who watch shows not meant for their territories
By Nigel GambangaNetflix, the VOD service which was recently opened up to 130 new countries including Zimbabwe has said that it will be clamping down on subscribers who use proxy services or unblockers...
View ArticleWhatsApp and other OTT services face regulation in South Africa
By Nigel GambangaSouth Africa’s Parliament is set to decide whether or not WhatsApp and other Over the Top(OTT) services like Skype and Viber should be regulated following concerns of “freeboarding”...
View ArticleMesut Ozil named 2015 German Player of the Year
Mesut Ozil ARSENAL midfielder Mesut Ozil has been named Germany’s Footballer of the Year for 2015.The in-form Gunners star has been sensational for his club side in recent months, notching up 16...
View ArticleCeline Dion’s Husband And Manager Dies
Angelil and Dion together in 2011. The couple had three childrenCELINE Dion’s husband and manager Rene Angelil has died at the age of 73 at his suburban Las Vegas home.A post on Dion’s Facebook page...
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