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You'll soon be paying for fuel using Apple's CarPlay

Apple users have the convenience of using Apple Pay to pay for goods and services. Apple is planning to soon roll out a similar feature on their CarPlay platform which will allow users to pay for fuel and other related goods with ease and convenience.

1 Jul 2022 11 min

Understanding your good and bad emotions

Emotions help us identify how we feel about other people, situations and experiences. But not all emotions are good, some are unhealthy if experienced for a prolonged period of time. How can we discern when we are experiencing bad emotions that need to be addressed through counselling or therapy? Free…

24 Jun 2022 14 min

Don't do everything you see on the internet

When you admire an influencer, creator or artist who makes video or audio content on the internet, it becomes appealing to want to take their advice without doing any research. Even though your favourite influencer means well it's always important for us to do research and scrutinize their advice before…

24 Jun 2022 29 min

Different ways to keep electricity on during load-shedding

South Africans have sadly become too familiar with scheduled power outages, commonly known as load-shedding. It's becoming increasingly common for households to use inverters and solar in order to alleviate this issue. What other tech options can South Africans look at to combat load-shedding?

24 Jun 2022 21 min

Can you build genuine friendships with influencers?

Technology has made it easy to spend time with your favourite influencers, creators or even artists. As a result, a lot of us spend hours on platforms such as YouTube live, twitch and others, watching and connecting with people that we admire. Does this lifestyle distract us from the reality…

17 Jun 2022 31 min

You are not defined by a life of poverty and lack

Many young South Africans grow up in poverty and lack. When you spend your whole life knowing nothing else but the terrible situation that you come from you become like the Israelites who were unable to imagine a life outside of Egypt as slaves. It takes boldness to imagine a…

17 Jun 2022 21 min

Instagram feature to help teens stop obsessing over unhealthy content

Research has found that teenagers who spend a lot of time on Instagram will also obsess over their looks, weight, social class and many other unhealthy things which often lead to depression. Instagram is working on a feature that might help young people have a healthier relationship with the content…

17 Jun 2022 23 min

Influencers are not always interested in your wellbeing

Influencers have the privilege of having access to thousands of people who admire and look up to them. It's so easy to believe that your favourite creator is has your best interest at heart, but it is important to remember that they are only human just like you.

10 Jun 2022 20 min

Can pride and humility coexist?

Humility is the ability to not think too highly of yourself, whereas pride is the act of exalting yourself to an unhealthy extent. Can a person be both humble and prideful at the same time? How do you overcome pride as a Christian?

10 Jun 2022 22 min

What the Apple M2 chipset brings to the Macbook Air

The Apple M2 is the successor to their M1 silicone chip that redefined the capabilities of personal computers. The first device to be introduced with the M2 chip at the Apple WWDC 2022 event was the new Macbook Air.

10 Jun 2022 18 min

What are parasocial relationships?

When you feel emotionally invested in your favourite influencer, singer, actress or author, beyond the work that they do, then you might be in a parasocial relationship with them. Sadly, this kind of relationship will always be one-sided, meaning your favourite influencer or creator will never know that you exist.

3 Jun 2022 12 min

Has online Church made us disconnected from each other?

The Bible encourages us to never "forsake the gathering of the saints". The global lockdown forced us to have our gatherings virtually from within the comfort of our homes. But has meeting online made us more disconnected to each other?

3 Jun 2022 29 min

The USA has the world's most powerful supercomputer

Supercomputers are machines that have an incredible amount of computing power that cannot be matched by any personal computer available to the everyday person. The world's wealthiest governments spent untold amounts of money to build these computers. These computers are theorized to have the capability of solving some of the…

3 Jun 2022 6 min

Should Christian musicians collaborate with secular artists?

A secular artist simply refers to a musician whose music is not intended to convey any religious or spiritual message or agenda. When the Bible says that we shouldn't be unequally yoked together with unbelievers (2Cor 6:14) does it also include featuring secular artists in gospel music?

27 May 2022 19 min

Are Chromebooks the best laptops for students?

Chromebooks are a Google built product that runs Chrome OS, an operating system that runs on Google's servers, also known as the cloud. For this reason, Google has managed to make Chromebooks very affordable and accessible for young people in high school and university students.

27 May 2022 11 min

Who would you be if they took everything you value │ Dineo Phadimenyane

The things we value include all material things and intangible ones such as intellect, popularity, social status and reputation. If all these things were taken from you would God still be enough for you?

27 May 2022 23 min

The Christian film industry and its influence on modern pop-culture

How can Christian films compete with Hollywood in influencing modern pop culture? Media and entertainment are very powerful tools of influence, and it's important for Christian films to start intentionally competing to be watched more than Hollywood films.

26 May 2022 20 min

Ithuteng After School program helps young people improve their academics

Ithuteng After School at LIV Lanseria provides a safe space where learners, in both primary and high school, can receive help with their homework, assignments and studies. There are 250 young people who come to Ithuteng After School to receive free tutoring, guidance with their studies, career workshops and bible…

20 May 2022 11 min

How to protect yourself from digital scams

The most common digital scams of our time are hackers, phishers or crypto-scammers. These are skilled individuals who try to trick or blatantly hack your devices in order to gain access to personal or sensitive information. In some cases, they even trick you into giving them money.

20 May 2022 17 min

The risk of making gospel music more relevant to young people

The taste of gospel music has always changed to suit the current generation. But the older generations tend to fear that changing the type of music may corrupt the art of worship or praise. We cannot deny the fact that Christian music is not in itself a music genre.

20 May 2022 21 min