China Blocks Pinterest
Image-curation website Pinterest has become the latest social media service blocked in China, checks on censorship monitoring websites indicated Friday. According to greatfire.org and...
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Intel Deal May Fuel Israel’s Rise As Builder of Car Brains
Intel's $15-billion purchase of Israeli firm Mobileye could help fuel the country's rise in the driverless car industry -- not as a builder of vehicles, but as the brains behind them. Monday's deal,...
Apple Found Guilty of Russian Price-Fixing
Russia’s competition watchdog has found that Apple fixed the prices of certain iPhone models sold in the country. The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (Fas) said that Apple’s local subsidiary told...
Actress Mercy Johnson Gets Government Appointment
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi in Nigeria has appointed Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson as his new Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on entertainment, arts and culture. Johnson’s appointment was...
Facebook, Twitter and Google Grilled By UK MPs Over Hate Speech
Social media giants should “do a better job” to protect users from online hate speech, British MPs have said. Executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google were asked by the Home Affairs select...
Apple Found Guilty of Fixing IPhone Prices In Russia
Apple has been found guilty of fixing the price of iPhones in Russia for several years. Russia's antitrust regulator, the Federal Antimonopoly Service, said today that Apple's local subsidiary...
Snapchat 2017 Ad Revenue Forecast Trimmed To $770 Million
The 2017 advertising revenue forecast for Snap Inc’s Snapchat has been trimmed by $30 million due to higher than expected revenue sharing with its partners, digital marketing firm eMarketer said in...
5 Functional Things Ghanaians Use Smartphones For
It used to be luxury, then it became a privilege. Now it’s a necessity. Smartphones! The new wonder of the world. In many parts of the world, people use this device for many purposes. One may argue...
Google Develops Invisible Web Security Captcha Form
Website security checks that challenge people to prove they are human are likely to “disappear” in favour of a new system developed by Google. Captcha checks typically ask people to complete a...
Ghanaian Benoni Tagoe Working On New Project With Lebron James
U. S. Based Ghanaian Digital Entrepreneur Benoni Tagoe is working on a new project with Basketball star Lebron James. The former will be consulting on digital strategy and the development of...
Wikileaks Is Offering Tech Firms CIA Files First
Technology firms will get “exclusive access” to details of the CIA’s cyber-warfare programme, Wikileaks has said. The anti-secrecy website has published thousands of the US spy agency’s...
Wikileaks Is Offering Tech Firms CIA Files First
Technology firms will get “exclusive access” to details of the CIA’s cyber-warfare programme, Wikileaks has said. The anti-secrecy website has published thousands of the US spy agency’s...
The Women Blazing the Trail In Ghana’s Telecom Sector
I want to celebrate the New faces of telecommunications’ players in Ghana – they are SMART, they are EXPERIENCED, and they are FIERCE. Above all THEY ARE WOMEN making waves in this traditionally...
Should We Be Worried?
Thousands of documents said to detail the CIA’s hacking tools were published by Wikileaks on Tuesday. They included allegations that the CIA had developed ways to listen in on smartphone and smart...
FBI and CIA Launch Criminal Investigation Into ‘malware Leaks
US federal agencies have launched a criminal investigation into the public release of documents said to detail CIA hacking tools, US officials say. They told US media that the FBI and CIA were...
FBI and CIA Launch Criminal Investigation Into ‘malware Leaks’
US federal agencies have launched a criminal investigation into the public release of documents said to detail CIA hacking tools, US officials say. They told US media that the FBI and CIA were...
Uber Vows Not To Trick Regulators With ‘Greyball’ Tool
Uber on Wednesday promised not to use a recently uncovered "Greyball" software program to trick regulators trying to catch drivers breaking the law. The smartphone-summoned ride service last week...
Celebrating Women In the Ghanaian Telecom and ICT Space [Article]
This International Women’s Day I want to celebrate the New faces of telecommunications’ players in Ghana – they are SMART, they are experiencing, and they are fierce. Above all, they are women...
Uber Seeks A Second-In-Command To Steady the Wheel
Uber on Tuesday began searching for a second-in-command to help embattled chief executive Travis Kalanick steady the wheel at the fast-growing on-demand ride service. "This morning I told the Uber...
Social Media Is Full of Sad, Lonely People Pretending To Be OK
A recent research from the University of Pittsburgh, has warned that social media is making us feel lonely. Who knew that perusing 10, 20 or even 30 riotous Facebook pictures of a colleague’s...