It Pays To Start From the Scratch
It pays to start from the scratch Most graduates in Ghana these days want to secure gainful employment just after their national service. Some of them think that just dispatching their CVs to...
Tag: Computer Hardware – NEC
The End of Smartphones and TVs Is Coming
It’s no secret Mark Zuckerberg is pinning Facebook’s prospects on augmented reality — technology that overlays digital imagery onto the real world, like Snapchat’s signature camera filters....
Adisadel Old Boys Donate To Countryside Children’s Home
The 2011 year group of Adisadel College Old Boys Association has donated items worth GHC3,000 to the Countryside Children’s Home at Bawjiase in the Central Region. The donation, which formed part...
Apple Touts Greater Use of Recycled Metal In Gadgets
Technology giant Apple wants to "one day" end the need to mine materials from the earth to make its gadgets, the company said in its annual environmental responsibility report out Thursday....
Internet Pioneer Robert Taylor Dies
One of the founding fathers of the internet, Robert Taylor, has died. While working at the Pentagon in the 1960s, he instigated the creation of Arpanet – a computer network that initially linked...
ADISCO Alum Donates To Bawjiase Children’s Home
The Santa 11 year group of Adisadel College Old Boys Association, has donated items worth GHc 3,000 to the Countryside Children’s Home at Bawjiase in the Central Region. The donation, which was...
‘Skinny Bundles’ Step Up Challenge To US Big Cable
For years, US cable operators got rich by offering fat "bundles" of hundreds of channels and raising prices regularly for television consumers. Now the "skinny bundle" is disrupting that model with...
Sound Fails Radiohead At Coachella
Radiohead salvaged a headlining set at the Coachella festival from disaster Friday, following a glitch-plagued opening in which the audio system repeatedly crashed. The experimental rock icons,...
Apple Eyes Backing Hon Hai Bid For Toshiba Chip Unit
Tech giant Apple is considering backing Hon Hai's multi-billion dollar bid for Toshiba's lucrative memory chip business, a report said Saturday. The US firm plans to financially support Taiwan's Hon...
Apple Gets Permit To Test Self-Driving Cars
Apple has joined the list of companies with permits to test self-driving cars in California, according to an updated roster released on Friday by state officials. The iPhone maker has disclosed...
Apple Takes Swatch To Court Over ‘Tick Different’ Ads
Apple has filed a complaint against Swatch in a Swiss court over the use of the phrase Tick Different in a marketing campaign. Swatch is using the slogan to market a wristwatch containing a...
Todd Dulaney, Joe Mettle, Antwi Dadzie Billed To Perform
Dubbed: The Victory Edition, this year’s Harvest Praise promises to be a wild, vibrant, youthful and intense worship and praise night at the Accra International Conference Center this Easter...
Qualcomm To Refund BlackBerry $815 Mn In Royalties
US mobile chip giant Qualcomm is to refund BlackBerry $814.9 million in royalties overpaid by the Canadian company, according to a tentative arbitration award announced on Wednesday. A final award...
Huawei Chief Dismisses Usefulness of Smartwatches
Eric Xu, chief executive of Chinese tech firm Huawei has said he doesn’t see the point in smartwatches. This is despite the fact the company launched a device during the recent Mobile World...
Samsung’s Bixby Voice Assistant Delayed
Samsung has confirmed that its much-anticipated answer to Apple’s Siri will be delayed. The Bixby voice-powered assistant was unveiled at a special event last month and was meant to debut on the...
Large US Firms Stashed $1.6 Trillion In Tax Havens
The 50 largest US companies, including Apple, Microsoft and Wal-Mart, are parking about $1.6 trillion in offshore tax havens to reduce their US tax burden, according to a study published Wednesday....
Business Buys Bright Spot In Dim Computer Market
The personal computer market limped along in the first quarter of this year, its footing aided a bit by businesses buying gear, according to a pair of industry trackers. Gartner Inc. estimated that...
Qualcomm Fires Back At Apple With Countersuit
Qualcomm has moved on the offensive in its legal battle with Apple with a countersuit claiming the iPhone maker breached agreements and encouraged regulatory attacks worldwide on the US computer...
Toshiba Warns Over Survival As It Reports Delayed Results
Toshiba on Tuesday warned its survival was at risk as the struggling Japanese industrial giant reported a loss of $4.8 billion in long-overdue financial results. One of the country's best-known...
Toshiba Faces Earnings Deadline As Delisting Looms
Toshiba faced a deadline Tuesday to publish a long-overdue earnings report with the loss-hit industrial giant's shares at risk of being pulled from the Tokyo stock exchange. One of Japan's best-known...