Apple sold a lot of Macs last quarter ā a record, in fact, for Q3, jumping a full 21%, year over year. Given the state of the world, with most office workers moving to a remote setup, thereās little surprise the companyās desktop and laptops moved at such an impressive Read more…
The service heads to the digital graveyard as the company switches focus to YouTube Music. Source: BBC
Weāve had huge debates about the future of work ā are we going to be working from home, working from the office, or perhaps, working from anywhere? Work From Home is dead, long live Work From Anywhere Well, Facebook has put its wager down, and itās work from office. In Read more…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is holding its weekly briefing to address alleged ethnic discrimination and tribal bigotry in the ongoing voters’ registration exercise. Supported by some party bigwigs, the National Communications Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi addresses the media to highlight some of the issues. Today’s press Read more…
Facebook is making it easier for businesses to leverage its Messenger service on their own websites. The company in November 2017 first launched a new customer chat plugin which allowed customers to talk directly with a business on the business’s own website using the Messenger service. However, that plugin had Read more…
Radish is announcing that it has raised $63.2 million in new funding. Breaking up book-length stories into smaller chapters that are released over days or weeks is an idea that was popularized in the 19th century, and startups have been trying to revive it for at least the past decade. Read more…
South Sudan’s health ministry says about 78 frontline healthcare workers have tested positive for Covid-19. One male healthcare worker has died, according to a health official. “It is very unfortunate to mention that we have lost one of the healthcare workers. He used to work at Juba Teaching Hospital, he Read more…
Secondary schools in Nigeria reopened on Tuesday for classes almost four months after they closed to halt the spread of coronavirus. Final-year students now have just two weeks to prepare for their exams. Face masks, social distancing and hand-washing facilities are mandatory within all schools, the education ministry says. There Read more…
The European Commission’s move has the potential to derail the $2.1bn takeover. Source: BBC
Some residents of Awoshie have blocked major roads in the community to protest the rate of accidents allegedly caused by a malfunctioning traffic light. According to the residents, the traffic light has not been functioning for over three months. During the protest, they claimed that some of these accidents have Read more…
Some players and coaches in Ghana’s professional football leagues have told the BBC they are “scared” to resume playing and that football is “not ready”. This despite the government of the West African country, which has had more than 32,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19, being keen for football to return Read more…
āI will support the Vice President, Prof. Mills, if he decides to contest the 2000 presidential electionā, Prof. Ahwoi quotes NDC founder Jerry John Rawlings as stating at the famous āSwedru Declaration.ā This declaration, over the years, has also been blamed by analysts as what accounted for the divisions in Read more…
Eleven people, including United Nations employees, sustained injuries after a UN aircraft made a hard landing at an airport in Mali’s eastern city of Gao, the UN Mission in Mali (Minusma) said. The plane left the capital, Bamako, Monday morning and had four UN personnel and seven crew members. It Read more…
Social media users across the continent have joined the #ZimbabweanLivesMatter campaign to condemn the military-led crackdown and arrests of opposition politicians and journalists in Zimbabwe. They are calling for Zimbabwe’s government to respect the rights of those protesting against alleged human rights abuses and corruption. The campaign started in Zimbabwe Read more…
After a legal challenge to the automatic algorithm, the UK will “redesign” its visa process. Source: BBC