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"Smart TV" OR Xiaomi Mi Box S media player

Best media player 2018. We stock these for all those in denial that their TV is smart. They have been working well for the least tech clients for years.

Netflix

Net Flieks

*Netflix, Netflix, Netflix. Netflix-Original, "Let's check Netflix!", "Netflix and chill?", "Do you have Netflix?"* Short of living on the moon for the last decade, it is almost impossible to not have heard of movie and TV series streaming giant Netflix

Security

The scariest email you've ever received?

The internet has seen its fair share of scams and tricks to squeeze money out of users all over the world, but a new kind of a scam is doing the rounds, and I personally, have never seen *anything* like this before...

Vanilla

How much freedom do you really have on the internet?

Many internet service providers around the world believe that a unrestricted access to the internet is pivotal to modern internet users' lives. This concept was coined as Net Neutrality by a media law professor from Columbia University in 2003.

Cape Town

Can you handle the heat?

On Friday the 11th of May, I arrived at the Vanilla offices for a very different reason. It wasn't for a meeting, or to work, but rather to taste test chilli sauces. And so, just before 1pm, the rest of the staff at Vanilla and I piled into the Play Room where our trial by fire had been set up

Access Points

Which Access Point Is Fastest?

"There’s something special about experiencing the full speed of fibre for the first time."

Vanilla

How does the internet work

What's the difference between fibre and fixed wireless, or adsl? What is the Domain Name System? Read this to learn some of the basics.

Internet

The Fastest Internet in Africa

Fibre has recently become a much-used buzzword, referring to super fast internet connectivity. Many companies are offering deals of 10Mbps or even 20Mbps Fibre. Compared to Telkom's 2Mbps ADSL lines, this might seem really fast. Yet, this is not even half of what fibre should be giving you. A fibre

Internet

My Partner in Crime (and Sales)

Meet Caitlyn Holiday, part-time model, tutor and sales consultant at Vanilla. In all the business meetings, cold calling and coffee pitstops, Caitlyn is by my side — I like to think we make a pretty impressive sales team. Like me, she is ambitious, curious and ready to explore the wonderful world

people

Walkabout

We've been learning the basics at Vanilla, while trying the first stage of selling... door to door. It's defined; "Door-to-door is a sales technique in which a salesperson walks from the door of one house to the door of another trying to sell a product or service to the