In this week’s episode of htxt.africa, the crew talks about… oh wait, there is no htxt.africast episode this week.
Due to reasons that involve management driving off with all three microphones, this week’s episode has unfortunately been cancelled/postponed/moved to next week – in its usual place.
We would have loved to tell you about the week’s biggest tech and gaming stories, but just for this week you’ll have to read about it instead.
New SA competitor to Netflix, ShowMax launches: OnTapTV
The South African video-on-demand (VOD) market is quickly reaching saturation point, as another video streaming service, OnTapTV.com, has just been unveiled. The announcement comes little over a month after Naspers rolled out its ShowMax service.
Rugby World Cup 2015 review – Touch, pause, don’t engage
We get it: some sports are just incredibly difficult to replicate in a virtual setting. Take cricket, for instance; there are many technical issues that need to be considered for it to be turned into a decent video game, which is apparently difficult enough that few developers even attempt it. As it turns out, Canadian-based developer HB Studios struggles a bit to make a video game based on rugby.
Housesitter puts couple’s apartment up for rent on Airbnb
Have you ever considered getting a housesitter while your go on holiday or travel the world? Well, you might just want to give it a second thought before you hand over your house keys to a strange. A zealous housesitter in San Francisco took advantage of AirBnB popularity, and placed the couple’s house which he was taking care of, up for rent. Needless to say, things didn’t work out too well for him.
If you want to play the Starcraft 2: Legacy Of The Void beta, we have keys to give away
Ask, and if we have any left, ye shall receive!
We promise that we will be back next week with more exciting stories, but in auditory format.
