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OpenTracks is an open source sport tracking application for Android that completely respects your privacy: Almost a Strava alternative

And Now For Something Completely Different! 10 Hidden Apps NOT Available on the Google Play Store!

SA wants to be involved in innovation, not just be consumers of it: It’s easy! Start with open source software like Brazil, China, and Russia

The Best Way to Bulk Export Your Apple Notes to More Portable Markdown Format

Wireless earbuds, such as AirPods and Galaxy Buds 2, can actually help you hear conversations better with Ambient Sound

Beeper, the universal chat and messenger app for 15 services, is now free to use

Man open-sources the self-repairable AirPods Pro case that Apple won’t make

South Africa’s first laptop library launched – a refundable deposit gives you temporary loan of a laptop

touchHLE emulator runs 32-bit Doom Wolfenstein 3D on both iPhone and Android

Best panic button apps in South Africa – Not just for home use, but when driving or walking too

European radio standard TETRA has had a baked in vulnerability known for years by the vendors: Open standards are a better way to go

NoiseTorch-ng is an easy-to-use open source app for creating a virtual microphone on Linux to suppress noise

HP-1973 is a Python simulator app for the retro HP-45 calculator and 5 other HP ROMs, written by Sarah K. Marr

StreetComplete is a gamified Android app specifically for casual contributors to OpenStreetMap Editor for mapping in the field

ChatGPT for Android launches next week, after launching on iOS in May, and it’s been very popular on iOS

Google throws its weight behind yet another messaging standard: This time though it is the IETF’s MLS standard

Fibre optics could be the answer to water loss from leaky pipes: 48.6 billion cubic meters of water are lost globally daily

Do computer labs in schools still make sense in 2023, and do they still function 5 years after opening?

JD Power’s car owner survey: People are getting fed up with all the useless built-in tech in their cars

The Verge’s Readers pick the Best Tech Books of all time

The Linux systemd Controversy: A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding the Debate

How to easily Install Linux on Windows Using WSL

Biggest South African language Wikipedias and their editors, and quite a few Non-English contributions too

Weawow is a free and ad-free weather service with 4.9 ratings, choice of weather service, and highly customisable widgets

LibreTranslate is Free and Open-Source Self-hosted Machine Translation

Bridgy Fed connects your web site to Mastodon and the Fediverse (and possibly Bluesky and Nostr later)

Complete guide to Nvidia Control Panel and GeForce Experience for Windows users

If you want to install Google apps on your custom ROM phone, this is how to do it

If you want to install Google apps on your custom ROM phone, this is how to do it

5 DuckDuckGo Features You Should Be Using

The xdotool command on Linux can automate just about any keystroke or mouse actions from the command line, or for shortcut keys

ADB tips and tricks: Commands that every Android power user should know about

Awesome Lists: A Community of curated awesome lists on GitHub on numerous tech topics

BMW smart glasses help bikers navigate with head-up display technology: But of course it’s not cheap

Open Source Thunderbird 115 Supernova E-Mail Released: Even If You Use Gmail, Thunderbird Will Back it Up For You

How to Access the GRUB Menu in Virtual Machine: Useful if you want to Test out GRUB changes Safely