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Liquid C2 launches Africa's first Google partner experience centre

Liquid C2, a business of Cassava Technologies, has launched Africa's first Partner Experience Centre powered by Google Cloud in Johannesburg, marking a significant step in the continent's push toward advanced cloud and artificial intellige…

Published: 13 Apr 2026 at 11:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe in talks with Google, Meta

The Government is developing a dedicated programme to enable Zimbabwean digital content creators to monetise their work online, as part of efforts to grow the digital economy under the National Development Strategy 2 (NDS2).Information, Co…

Published: 07 Jan 2026 at 19:50hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter

Mthuli Ncube imposes 15% tax on Starlink, Google

Zimbabwe will impose a 15 percent digital services withholding tax on payments to offshore tech platforms, including Google, YouTube, and satellite internet provider Starlink, beginning January 1, 2026. The tax, announced by Finance Minist…

Published: 02 Dec 2025 at 11:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

WATCH: James Manyika, Strive Masiyiwa meeting

Whenever I visit Silicon Valley, Iâ€™m always left in awe at the number of black engineers and scientists working on the cutting edge of the most advanced technologies. Being also on an advisory board of Stanford University, I have the pri…

Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:29hrs | | by Strive Masiyiwa

Econet partners X to roll out high-speed broadband technology

Google's parent company Alphabet yesterday announced that it has tapped the Econet Group as its partner to launch a new high-speed broadband technology which uses laser beams instead of fibre optic cables. The new technology can be deploye…

Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 08:15hrs | 11 | by Agencies

Google to remove Android from Huawei

Google has announced that it has with immediate effect suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except those publicly available via open source licensing.American media reported…

Published: 20 May 2019 at 07:25hrs | 2658 | by Mandla Ndlovu

US based Zimbabwean spent US $5K personal money to put home country on Google Street View

For many people with shallow pockets to travel or with no time to travel, it's almost impossible for them to see the proverbial Zimbabwean monuments and nature that the country has to offer. But one Zimbabwean, Tawanda Kanhema figured out …

Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 18:46hrs | 2721 | by Staff Reporter

Google begins promoting fast-loading AMP news articles

Google has begun promoting web-based news articles that comply with its effort to make pages load more quickly on mobile devices.Stories coded according to the Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) initiative's guidelines appear in a dedicated ca…

Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 07:33hrs | 2529 | by Staff Reporter

Google unveils its new logo design

Search giant Google has unveiled a major redesign of its logo, which went live on its landing page across the globe on Tuesday.Google said its new logo, which features a cleaner sans-serif typeface, signifies its growing reach on multiple …

Published: 01 Sep 2015 at 17:22hrs | 5767 | by Staff reporter

Google changes name to Alphabet

Google is to become a new company called Alphabet.However, user won't have to start 'alphabeting' things to look them up on the internet.While Google Inc owns many companies (of which the search engine and Youtube are amongst the largest),…

Published: 11 Aug 2015 at 06:55hrs | 6124 | by Tech Reporter

Google' Gtalk services will be ending in February

Google is sending out messages to users of the Windows Google Talk desktop app that its services will be ending on 16 February 2015, mybroadband reported.The search giant says that the IM service will be wholly replaced by the Hangouts app…

Published: 04 Feb 2015 at 19:28hrs | 4327 | by Staff reporter

Google Glass flop forces search engine guru to reshuffle management

When Google announced it was halting sales of its Glass device earlier this month the firm's message was upbeat: Glass was simply being "graduated" from the research stage towards commercialisation.But now it has admitted for the first tim…

Published: 03 Feb 2015 at 10:02hrs | 2742 | by Tech Reporter

Free voice calls through Google Hangouts

Google has announced that its hangout users can now make voice calls from Hangouts on Android, iOS, and the web."It's free to call other Hangouts users, it's free to call numbers in the U.S. and Canada, and the international rates are real…

Published: 11 Sep 2014 at 15:59hrs | 4116 | by Staff reporter

Google acquires artificial intelligence company

Google Inc said on Sunday it had agreed to acquire privately held artificial intelligence company DeepMind Technologies Ltd.Technology news website Re/code, which reported news of the deal earlier, said the price was $400 million, without …

Published: 27 Jan 2014 at 09:02hrs | 5538 | by Reuters

Google launches Ndebele keyboard App

Google has taken a leap across language barriers by launching its Google Keyboard, an app which has as one of its key languages, a composite Nguni blend of Ndebele and Zulu.The keyboard app which runs on the Samsung Galaxy S3 & S4 andr…

Published: 23 Aug 2013 at 02:30hrs | 3065 | by Staff reporter

Google gets 35 days to delete 'mistakenly collected' data

London - British authorities on Friday gave internet giant Google 35 days to delete any remaining data "mistakenly collected" by its Street View cars when taking city snapshots for its map service.The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO…

Published: 22 Jun 2013 at 07:14hrs | 3527 | by Staff Reporter

Google launches balloons to beam internet from near space

Christchurch - Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island hardened into shiny pumpkins as they rose into the blue w…

Published: 15 Jun 2013 at 10:55hrs | 3029 | by Tech reporter

Google ordered to give private customer data to FBI

A US judge has ruled that Google must comply with the FBI's demands for private customer data.The internet giant had challenged 19 FBI letters asking for sensitive information on the grounds that it is unconstitutional and unnecessary.But …

Published: 04 Jun 2013 at 08:06hrs | 320 | by Staff Reporter

Google fined after Street View cars gather personal data in Germany

Google must pay a âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã¶Â¬Â¨145,000 fine in Germany for gathering and storing emails, photos, passwords and chat protocols from unprotected Wi-Fi networks with Google Street View cars.The fine was levied by Hamburg's Commissioner for…

Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 16:49hrs | 3955 | by Staff Reporter

Google snaps couple 'having sex' by the side of a highway

Sydney - An Australian couple shot to fame on social media on Thursday after an image of them having sex by the side of a rural highway made it onto Google Street View, sparking speculation it was a stunt.The image, which has since been ce…

Published: 11 Apr 2013 at 05:16hrs | 9647 | by AFP

Google street-view captures couple having sex in an alleyway

UK - A couple was caught engaging in a sex act in a Manchester alleyway, England by Google Street View cameras.The pair were seemingly enjoying a steamy encounter, in what they thought was a discreet back street, when they were snapped.The…

Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 17:25hrs | 17104 | by Staff Reporter

Google to sink rankings for websites hit with piracy complaints

San Francisco - Google on Friday said it is tweaking its search formula to give higher priority to legal content and sink rankings for websites hit with piracy complaints."Starting next week, we will begin taking into account a new signal …

Published: 12 Aug 2012 at 06:04hrs | 1785 | by Staff reporter

Google extends its online search to email boxes

Google has begun allowing users to extend online searches to include messages stored in accounts at Web-based email service Gmail."Sometimes the best answer to your question isn't available on the public Web -- it may be contained elsewher…

Published: 09 Aug 2012 at 04:22hrs | 2177 | by AFP

Apple is set to release iPad Mini - likely cheaper than Google's Nexus 7!

Rumour has its that Apple is set to release its iPad Mini some time this year before the festive season kicks into full swing.According to a report by Bloomberg the new iPad Mini will have either a 7 or 8-inch display and it will not carry…

Published: 05 Jul 2012 at 08:03hrs | 2565 | by Moyo Roy

Google enters the tablet wars with Nexus Seven

Google took another bite at the hardware apple with the announcement Wednesday of the Nexus Seven tablet. The tablet, very wisely, is not looking to compete with Apple's iPad âˆšÃ‰Â¬Â¢âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã¶Â¬Â¨âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â‰ˆÃ¬ the indisputable lead…

Published: 01 Jul 2012 at 06:49hrs | 2167 | by Reuters

Google seals Motorola Mobility acquisition

Google announced on Tuesday that it has closed the 12.5 billion-U.S. dollar acquisition of Motorola Mobility."I'm excited to announce today that our Motorola Mobility deal has closed. Motorola is a great American tech company that has driv…

Published: 23 May 2012 at 08:40hrs | 1999 | by Moyo Roy

Apple to drop Google Maps in the upcoming mobile platform iOS 6

Apple will drop Google Maps from its upcoming mobile platform iOS 6 in favor of its own mapping system, it was reported on Friday.The application design is said to be fairly similar to the current Google Maps program on the iPhone, iPad an…

Published: 16 May 2012 at 06:57hrs | 1841 | by Moyo Roy

Google to introduce driverless cars

Driverless cars will soon be a reality on the roads of Nevada after the state approved America's first self-driven vehicle licence.The first to hit the highway will be a Toyota Prius modified by search firm Google, which is leading the way…

Published: 08 May 2012 at 17:00hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

GoogleâˆšÃ‰Â¬Â¢âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã¶Â¬Â¨âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã»Â¬Â¢s co-founder criticises major rivals Facebook and Apple

GoogleâˆšÃ‰Â¬Â¢âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã¶Â¬Â¨âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã»Â¬Â¢s co-founder Sergey Brin was yesterday quoted as saying the rise of 'walled garden' like Facebook and Apple, which tightly control what software can be released on their platforms, were restri…

Published: 16 Apr 2012 at 21:49hrs | 2901 | by Moyo Roy

Google to sell tablets direct to consumers

Google is planning an online store to sell tablet computers directly to consumers, U.S. media reported on Thursday.The Google online store, expected to be similar to the ones of Apple and Amazon, would offer tablets made by Samsung and Asu…

Published: 30 Mar 2012 at 05:45hrs | 2136 | by Moyo Roy

Google's new privacy policy violates EU data protection laws

Google's new privacy policy may violate the European Union's data protection laws, according to the French data regulator.The search giant plans to unify 60 different privacy policies across its products from 1 March.But EU regulators had …

Published: 28 Feb 2012 at 17:44hrs | 1252 | by -

30,000 Google+ users in Zimbabwe

According to a report by a Canadian company focusing on the social network's demographics, about 30 000 people in Zimbabwe are on Google's new social network. The global number of users on the platform is now estimated to have hit 90 milli…

Published: 06 Feb 2012 at 14:51hrs | 213 | by TechZim

Google launches 'Bouncer' service

Google has announced it's new security solution for Android codenamed 'Bouncer' which will be scanning existing and future apps in the Android Market."Here's how it works: Once an application is uploaded, the service immediately starts ana…

Published: 06 Feb 2012 at 06:06hrs | 1524 | by Staff reporter

Teenager finds bugs in Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft code

When he's not at school, 15-year-old Cim Stordal spends his time playing the Team Fortress video game, shooting his Airsoft pellet gun, and working in a fish shop in Bergen, Norway. But his real passion is finding bugs in software used by …

Published: 03 Feb 2012 at 05:37hrs | 1608 | by Elinor Mills

Google profiting from ads for illegal products

The BBC on Tuesday revealed that the online adverting giant, Google is profiting from ads for illegal products generated by its flagship automated advertising system.According to BBC the ads include unofficial London 2012 Olympics ticket r…

Published: 10 Jan 2012 at 09:22hrs | 1257 | by Mafu Sithabile

Google under media fire

Xinhua News reports that the search engine giant, Google, on Tuesday came under media fire for paying bloggers to write about its Chrome web browser.Search engine optimization website "SEO Book" first reported Monday night that over 400 pa…

Published: 04 Jan 2012 at 09:17hrs | 1185 | by Mathews Estell

Google promotes tech entrepreneurs in Africa

CAPE TOWN - Google Africa plans to expand its reach and support for entrepreneurs in Africa. Building on its three-pronged strategy of access, relevance and sustainability, the internet giant aims to ease the way of doing business in Afric…

Published: 28 Nov 2011 at 17:31hrs | 828 | by Entrepreneurship Africa

Google shuts down Google Buzz

Internet search engine giant, Google on Friday announced shutting down the social-networking product "Google Buzz" to focus on its new service, Google+.On the company's official blog, Google announced the death penalty to its code search e…

Published: 15 Oct 2011 at 05:39hrs | 723 | by Moyo Roy

Google TV still on track

Edinburgh - Google is "absolutely committed" to its fledgling television business and expects many more partners to join it soon, executive chairperson Eric Schmidt said on Saturday.Google TV, which allows viewers to mix web and television…

Published: 28 Aug 2011 at 13:11hrs | 752 | by Reuters

Google expands South Africa street view

Pretoria - Google has expanded its South African street view image bank, allowing users to explore even more of the country from the comfort of their PCs, the company announced on Monday.Substantial additions to Street View have been made …

Published: 11 Jul 2011 at 18:35hrs | 1772 | by Ndou Paul

How Can I Get A High Google PageRank

What Is PageRank In FirstPlace? According to Wikipedia PageRank is a link analysis algorithm, named after Larry Page and used by the Google Internet search engine, that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of …

Published: 03 Jul 2011 at 05:01hrs | 708 | by Moyo Roy | Bryan Clark

Can Google+ knock Facebook off perch!

Facebook is the king of social networks and has eclip-sed its predecessors, rising to the peak and since its ascent, all the other social networks like My Space, LinkedIn and other platforms have watched as Mark Zuckerberg's "baby" continu…

Published: 03 Jul 2011 at 04:45hrs | | by Costa Mano

Facebook rival launched by Google

Washington - Internet search giant Google launched its rival to Facebook on Tuesday, a new social networking service called Google+."Online sharing is awkward. Even broken. And we aim to fix it," Google's senior vice president for engineer…

Published: 29 Jun 2011 at 04:35hrs | 697 | by Sapa

French Company to File Anticompetitive Suit Against Google, Seeking Damages

BRUSSELS - An Internet company in France says it will seek heavy damages from Google in what it says is the largest claim of its kind in Europe against the American giant, New York Times reported on Tuesday. The action, which the company, …

Published: 28 Jun 2011 at 08:29hrs | 801 | by James Kanter and edited by Moyo Roy

Google warns of web censuring

Dublin - Google chairperson Eric Schmidt says democracy movements across the Arab world may lead to governments restricting internet access.Schmidt says governments are growing more wary of the web as their citizens become technologically …

Published: 27 Jun 2011 at 16:16hrs | 634 | by .

Web companies to test the internet's readiness for the future

Web companies including Google, Facebook and Akamai are joining forces on Wednesday to test the Internet's readiness for a future in which billions more people and devices will be connected.The pool of Internet addresses used for most traf…

Published: 08 Jun 2011 at 05:23hrs | 643 | by Moyo Roy

Microsoft attacks Google over security

SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. is lashing out at Google Inc., extending hostilities between two of the most prominent corporations in the technology industry.Microsoft claimed Google has been misleading customers about the security certif…

Published: 12 Apr 2011 at 13:12hrs | 692 | by Byo24News

Google's Android to capture 49 percent smartphone OS by 2012

Google's Android will become the most popular smartphone operating system worldwide and will account for 49 percent of the market by 2012, IT research and advisory firm Gartner said Thursday.According to Gartner's projections, worldwide sm…

Published: 08 Apr 2011 at 10:07hrs | 695 | by Byo24News

Google unveils anti-content farm Chrome tool

Google has launched one of its first experiments aimed at fighting back against content farms, asking the public to help identify the worst offenders.Chrome users can now download an extension from Google called Personal Blocklist that wil…

Published: 14 Feb 2011 at 22:53hrs | | by Tom Krazit

Google targets iPad with Honeycomb

Google provided a glimpse on Wednesday of tablet computer software crafted to dethrone the iPad and courted developers key to the success of Apple gadgets.Google showed off a Honeycomb version of its Android operating system that will debu…

Published: 03 Feb 2011 at 19:23hrs | 808 | by Byo24News

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Mundubile claims victory as Zambia election count suspended

Hichilema's ex-personal lawyer suspends Zambia election results counting

Roki breaks silence over viral assault drama

Malloti, Hullengende rile promoters

Woman abandons injured husband, 4 children, after social media posts

Wife bribes lover's wife to keep affair secret

Co-wife steals panties, kills children

High Court nullifies AFM Zimbabwe leadership elections

Chief bans beer at funerals

Zimbabwe gold deliveries hit 26 tonnes in 7 months

Zambia halts election result announcement

Comedian beats Hichilema ally for Matero parliamentary seat

Zimpapers reshuffles top editorial posts

2.3 million Harare traffic violations recorded by cameras

Liberation War Victims Association mourns Kariba tragedy victims

Afrikaners building white‑owned university in Orania: Naledi Pandor cries racism!

Chin'ono questions government response after Kariba boat tragedy

Mnangagwa's daughter-in-law denied bail

Thousands of Bulawayo council tenants await home ownership

Bulawayo tightens industrial land controls

Speeding kombi driver jailed over fatal crash

Zinara pours US$175 million into roads but . . .

Zimbabwe's Hwange power units hit by US$430m debt bomb

Foreign currency inflows surge 48%

Political prisoner Bhekimpilo Mbedzi finally heads home

Flu surge hits Harare, city records nearly 800 cases in a week

ZTA unveils plan to empower women, youth in tourism

Zimbabwean granny arrested for allegedly killing husband with axe

Zanu PF seeks 50 school buses for church event

Mnangagwa plans major diplomatic shake-up

Benjani celebrates 48th birthday

Mapfumo faces legal war as fight with Kurai Makore turns nasty

When Nyaminyami the River god gets angry or is angered

Harare man bets US$2 100 entrusted to him

ZNA announces death of Brigadier-General Nyamuronda

Zifa pulls junior teams from Cosafa

2 contractors win 15km Bulawayo-Tsholotsho road tenders

Bosso centenary golf tournament tees off

Nehanda ferry victims to be honoured

4 mourners die in Kadoma crash

Man jailed for faking party payment

Thieves steal US$6 200 from parked cars

Harare faces three-day water shutdown

ANC of Ramaphosa begs Jacob Zuma, other defectors to return

Zimra loses millions in customs-system fraud

Acting Chief dies

Zimbabwe waives maths requirement for minority language trainees

Zambia heads to polls

The blame for Kariba boat accident is on Gov, says Sikhala

Nehanda death toll rises to 44

Mnangagwa plans major diplomatic shake-up

Lupane State University students win innovation prize

Chin'ono questions government response after Kariba boat tragedy

Mnangagwa's daughter-in-law denied bail

Afrikaners building white‑owned university in Orania: Naledi Pandor cries racism!

Zinara pours US$175 million into roads but . . .

Chiwenga launches African Dream boat

Zimbabwe is at peace, says Mnangagwa

Mapfumo faces legal war as fight with Kurai Makore turns nasty

Speeding kombi driver jailed over fatal crash

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