TechCentral https://techcentral.co.za Technology News Leader In South Africa Thu, 30 May 2024 13:13:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 TechCentral Technology News Leader In South Africa false From Talkomatic to WhatsApp: the incredible history of instant messaging https://techcentral.co.za/talkomatic-history-of-instant-messaging/245457/ https://techcentral.co.za/talkomatic-history-of-instant-messaging/245457/#respond Tue, 28 May 2024 12:00:20 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=245457 https://techcentral.co.za/talkomatic-history-of-instant-messaging/245457/feed/ 0 End-to-end encryption comes to Facebook chats https://techcentral.co.za/end-to-end-encryption-comes-to-facebook/236527/ https://techcentral.co.za/end-to-end-encryption-comes-to-facebook/236527/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2023 05:03:12 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=236527 https://techcentral.co.za/end-to-end-encryption-comes-to-facebook/236527/feed/ 0 UK asks Meta: don’t expand use of end-to-end encryption 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apps https://techcentral.co.za/facebook-takes-step-to-integrating-its-chat-apps/177194/ https://techcentral.co.za/facebook-takes-step-to-integrating-its-chat-apps/177194/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2020 04:00:24 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/facebook-takes-step-to-integrating-its-chat-apps/177194/ https://techcentral.co.za/facebook-takes-step-to-integrating-its-chat-apps/177194/feed/ 0 Facebook redesigns Messenger to make it smaller and faster https://techcentral.co.za/facebook-redesigns-messenger-to-make-it-smaller-and-faster/175393/ https://techcentral.co.za/facebook-redesigns-messenger-to-make-it-smaller-and-faster/175393/#respond Wed, 04 Mar 2020 04:49:32 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/facebook-redesigns-messenger-to-make-it-smaller-and-faster/175393/ https://techcentral.co.za/facebook-redesigns-messenger-to-make-it-smaller-and-faster/175393/feed/ 0 SA scores poorly for WhatsApp calls on mobile: report https://techcentral.co.za/sa-scores-poorly-for-whatsapp-calls-on-mobile-report/180171/ https://techcentral.co.za/sa-scores-poorly-for-whatsapp-calls-on-mobile-report/180171/#respond Wed, 02 Oct 2019 07:40:21 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/sa-scores-poorly-for-whatsapp-calls-on-mobile-report/180171/ https://techcentral.co.za/sa-scores-poorly-for-whatsapp-calls-on-mobile-report/180171/feed/ 0 Telkom launches new social media bundles starting at R1 https://techcentral.co.za/telkom-launches-new-social-media-bundles-starting-at-r1/180155/ https://techcentral.co.za/telkom-launches-new-social-media-bundles-starting-at-r1/180155/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2019 04:38:49 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/telkom-launches-new-social-media-bundles-starting-at-r1/180155/ https://techcentral.co.za/telkom-launches-new-social-media-bundles-starting-at-r1/180155/feed/ 0 The unbanked don’t need Facebook’s money https://techcentral.co.za/the-unbanked-dont-need-facebooks-money/179348/ https://techcentral.co.za/the-unbanked-dont-need-facebooks-money/179348/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2019 05:08:29 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/the-unbanked-dont-need-facebooks-money/179348/ https://techcentral.co.za/the-unbanked-dont-need-facebooks-money/179348/feed/ 0 How libra could upend Facebook’s business model https://techcentral.co.za/how-libra-could-upend-facebooks-business-model/179330/ https://techcentral.co.za/how-libra-could-upend-facebooks-business-model/179330/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2019 11:07:03 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/how-libra-could-upend-facebooks-business-model/179330/ https://techcentral.co.za/how-libra-could-upend-facebooks-business-model/179330/feed/ 0 Guardians of money bristle at Zuckerberg’s new financial order https://techcentral.co.za/guardians-of-money-bristle-at-zuckerbergs-new-financial-order/179309/ https://techcentral.co.za/guardians-of-money-bristle-at-zuckerbergs-new-financial-order/179309/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2019 04:46:06 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/guardians-of-money-bristle-at-zuckerbergs-new-financial-order/179309/ https://techcentral.co.za/guardians-of-money-bristle-at-zuckerbergs-new-financial-order/179309/feed/ 0 All the changes coming to WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram https://techcentral.co.za/all-the-changes-coming-to-whatsapp-facebook-and-instagram/178891/ https://techcentral.co.za/all-the-changes-coming-to-whatsapp-facebook-and-instagram/178891/#respond Wed, 01 May 2019 05:58:21 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/all-the-changes-coming-to-whatsapp-facebook-and-instagram/178891/ https://techcentral.co.za/all-the-changes-coming-to-whatsapp-facebook-and-instagram/178891/feed/ 0 Mark Zuckerberg says the ‘future is private’ https://techcentral.co.za/mark-zuckerberg-says-the-future-is-private/178888/ https://techcentral.co.za/mark-zuckerberg-says-the-future-is-private/178888/#respond Wed, 01 May 2019 05:19:07 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/mark-zuckerberg-says-the-future-is-private/178888/ https://techcentral.co.za/mark-zuckerberg-says-the-future-is-private/178888/feed/ 0 Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer widespread outage https://techcentral.co.za/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-suffer-widespread-outage/178514/ https://techcentral.co.za/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-suffer-widespread-outage/178514/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2019 04:00:13 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-suffer-widespread-outage/178514/ https://techcentral.co.za/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-suffer-widespread-outage/178514/feed/ 0 Snap! Facebook adds ‘Stories’ to main app https://techcentral.co.za/snap-facebook-adds-stories-to-main-app/197507/ https://techcentral.co.za/snap-facebook-adds-stories-to-main-app/197507/#respond Wed, 29 Mar 2017 05:37:38 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/snap-facebook-adds-stories-to-main-app/197507/ https://techcentral.co.za/snap-facebook-adds-stories-to-main-app/197507/feed/ 0 Why Facebook is ripping off Snapchat https://techcentral.co.za/why-facebook-is-ripping-off-snapchat/197390/ https://techcentral.co.za/why-facebook-is-ripping-off-snapchat/197390/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2017 07:27:03 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/why-facebook-is-ripping-off-snapchat/197390/ https://techcentral.co.za/why-facebook-is-ripping-off-snapchat/197390/feed/ 0 Money transfer comes to Facebook IM https://techcentral.co.za/money-transfer-comes-to-facebook-im/197228/ https://techcentral.co.za/money-transfer-comes-to-facebook-im/197228/#respond Tue, 21 Feb 2017 03:11:31 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/money-transfer-comes-to-facebook-im/197228/ https://techcentral.co.za/money-transfer-comes-to-facebook-im/197228/feed/ 0