 | SOUTH AFRICA Meta slides AI assistant into DMs in 7 African countries Meta has unleashed its AI assistant into all of its social media apps. |
| SOUTH AFRICA Generative AI promises a mobile messaging revolution RCS interoperability will open the marketing messaging floodgates. Source: DALL-E 3 |
| SOUTH AFRICA UMG rejects TikTok’s deal, says platform underpays artists and promotes AI UMG will pull its music off TikTok from 1 February. Source: Ivan Smokov/Pexels |
| SOUTH AFRICA Apple’s decision to bring RCS to the iPhone is big boost to business revenue A2P messaging set to receive 500% boost when Apple brings RCS to the iPhone. |
| SOUTH AFRICA Jury finds Google in violation of antitrust laws, rules in favour of Epic |
| SOUTH AFRICA Epic Games takes Google to court in battle to end app store fees Epic Games is taking Google to court in its fight against app store fees for in-app purchases in Fortnite and other games. Source: Lindsey Schutters |
| SOUTH AFRICA Study shows that TikTok is SA's top platform for product discovery TikTok is winning the battle for most influential social media app. Source: Lindsey Schutters |
| SOUTH AFRICA X rolls out 'Not A Bot' subscription in New Zealand and the Philippines |
| SOUTH AFRICA Elon Musk defends X link changes by attacking media Source: x.com |
| SOUTH AFRICA X CEO Linda Yaccarino claims platform will be profitable next year Linda Yaccarino and Elon Musk at MMA Global Possible conference. Source: LinkedIn |
| SOUTH AFRICA New Apple software updates build higher garden walls Source: Apple |
| SOUTH AFRICA Capitec month end woes continue, but not as bad as last year Capitec has over 20 million users. |
| SOUTH AFRICA Threads for web launches as Trump returns to X Threads for web launches. Source: Meta.com |
| SOUTH AFRICA Is Roblox a gambling platform? New lawsuit will find out Roblox is the largest online gaming platform. Source: Roblox Blog |
| SOUTH AFRICA X brings back live video for the first time since 2021 Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X in July. |
| SOUTH AFRICA Samsung launches Galaxy Z Fold5 and Z Flip5 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 and Z Flip5. Source: Supplied |
| SOUTH AFRICA Google addresses Airdrop envy with Nearby Share for Windows Android Nearby Share comes to Windows. Source: Google |
| SOUTH AFRICA Threads dethrones ChatGPT as fastest consumer app to 100 million Threads by Instagram. Source: Supplied |
| SOUTH AFRICA Meta takes on Twitter with Threads and wins in the market |
 | SOUTH AFRICA #YouthMonth: How Shivad Singh built a revolutionary educational app at 19 |
