
Facebook chooses 60 finalists in Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge
By Press Release 17 May 2017Facebook has selected 60 finalists from the hundreds of entries it received from across the Middle East and Africa for the Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge. FULL STORY >

Facebook's Instant Games on Messenger rolling out to all app users
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 3 May 2017If you open up Facebook Messenger, you'll soon be able to play some Instant Games. FULL STORY >

Facebook rolls out Messenger Lite to 132 additional countries
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 28 April 2017The scaled down version of Facebook's Messenger app is now making its way to a further 132 countries. FULL STORY >

R200 000 up for grabs in annual Entelect Challenge
By Ryan Noik 25 April 2017Entries for the sixth annual Entelect Challenge, which has become known as one of the premium coding competitions among the software development community, are now open. FULL STORY >

McDonald's engineered a new straw for its Chocolate Shamrock Shake
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 16 February 2017We're not sure if McDonald's is joking or serious with this one. FULL STORY >

Facebook challenges developers in the Middle East and Africa to create the smartest Bots for Messenger
By Press Release 15 February 2017Facebook is asking developers across the Middle East and Africa to create innovative bots in the Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge. FULL STORY >

Marvel serves up first look at Avengers: Infinity War
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 13 February 2017Iron-Man, Spider-Man and Star-Lord introduce us to Infinity War, as production on the biggest Marvel movie event kicked off a couple of weeks ago. FULL STORY >

New posters for Guardians Vol. 2, Kong and Pirates
By Staff Writer 7 February 2017There’s definitely an art to designing an amazing movie poster and the past few days have seen some cool ones emerge for upcoming titles. FULL STORY >

Marvel and Square Enix are teaming up to make many superhero games
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 27 January 2017Announcing their partnership with a trailer of what may come. FULL STORY >

Ford's 2018 Mustang won't have a V6 under the bonnet
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 18 January 2017Ford's premier muscle car will be dropping two cylinders for its 2018 edition, but adds more technology to ensure it doesn't lose any speed. FULL STORY >

Mercedes-Benz Streamliner a jet-fuelled concept based on 1950s designs
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 6 December 2016The 2040 Streamliner is Merc's latest concept car. Theoretically powered by a jet-fuelled engine, it's one concept that we'd love to see come to fruition. FULL STORY >

Feersum Engine: the multilingual chatbot launched at Botcon Africa 2016
By Press Release 18 November 2016Feersum Engine: the multilingual chatbot for WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and more launched today at Botcon Africa 2016. FULL STORY >

Facebook launches its Messenger Rooms group chat feature in select markets
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 14 November 2016Facebook appears to be taking the lessons learned from its failed standalone Rooms app and integrate them into a new feature in its messaging platform called Messenger Rooms. FULL STORY >

Johnson & Johnson launches Africa Innovation Challenge
By Press Release 4 November 2016As part of its longstanding commitment to Africa, Johnson & Johnson has announced the launch of the Africa Innovation Challenge, an initiative to support Africa’s vibrant and growing innovation ecosystem and to help develop important and... FULL STORY >

Mozilla Launches Equal Rating Innovation Challenge
By Press Release 21 October 2016Mozilla calls upon innovators to challenge existing approaches; Submissions open on November 1st. FULL STORY >
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