As the world comes to grips with the pandemic’s acute health and socio-economic impacts, it is now certain that we are facing a new reality of unprecedented uncertainty. Covid19, has brought the aviation industry to a halt, and like everywhere else, it has had a massive social, financial and economic Read more…
Microsoft today announced that Minecraft: Education Edition is now available on Chromebooks. Now, if you were hoping that this means that the standard Minecraft game is now available on Chromebooks, too, I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you. The Education Edition not only requires a Microsoft 365 for Education (A3 Read more…
Toshiba has sold its remaining shares in its former personal computing division. Source: BBC
CakeResume is a startup creating an alternative for the tech industry to job search platforms like LinkedIn. The Taipei-based company, founded in 2016, announced today that it has raised $900,000 in seed funding from Mynavi, one of the largest staffing and public relations companies in Japan. The round will be Read more…
A BBC Sport survey uncovered shocking examples of social media abuse sent to sportswomen. Here are three women’s stories in their own words. Source: BBC
The messaging platform has approached under-fire TikTok about a possible deal, according to reports. Source: BBC
As countries around the world ban or threaten to restrict TikTok, interest in virtual private networks has spiked. The use of VPNs can let users access an online service from an encrypted tunnel and thus bypass app blocks. “We are seeing an increasing number of governments around the world attempting Read more…
One of the largest owners of shopping mall real estate in the United Stages, Simon Property Group, has been talking to Amazon about transforming its anchor department stores into Amazon distribution hubs, according to the Wall Street Journal. In the case of Simon Property, the anchor tenants like J.C. Penney Read more…
The Gillmor Gang — Frank Radice, Michael Markman, Keith Teare, Denis Pombriant, Brent Leary, and Steve Gillmor . Recorded live Sunday, August 2, 2020. For more, subscribe to the Gillmor Gang Newsletter and join the notification feed here on Telegram. Produced and directed by Tina Chase Gillmor @tinagillmor @fradice, @mickeleh, Read more…
Officials of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region have apologized for an alleged attack on WAEC officials by students of the school. The school has however dismissed claims that its principal, Bright Nyarko Amponsah, instigated the attacks. On the 6th of August, a number of WAEC Read more…
The day George Amoako lost his right to vote a leader for Ghana football on behalf of Asante Kotoko, he became a walking corpse at the club. That is when his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Asante Kotoko virtually came to an end. A plethora of accusations were Read more…
For China’s global community, the app provides a vital means of staying in touch with home. Source: BBC
Elite British sportswomen speak out about “horrific abuse” on social media, telling a BBC Sport survey about constant comments they receive. Source: BBC
Most gamers may not view Apple as a games company to the same degree that they see Sony with PlayStation or Microsoft with Xbox, but the iPhone-maker continues to uniformly drive the industry with decisions made in the Apple App Store. The company made the news a couple times late Read more…
A 40-year-old man has been lynched in Nyankpala in the Northern Region for stealing goats and sheep. On the spot investigations by the police revealed that the deceased, Fatawu Alhassan and two others were caught stealing some goats and sheep. The two accomplices managed to escape while the deceased was Read more…
The Dean of School of Research and Graduate Studies at GIMPA, Professor Wisdom Akpalu, has said the marine fish stock is being over-exploited. According to Prof. Akpalu, the activities of artisanal fishers and industrial trawlers are bringing the fish stock to the verge of collapse. He said the fishing industry Read more…
One person has died, with two others in critical condition after a renewed clash between some supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District of the Bono Region. This was after some gunshots were fired on Saturday, August Read more…
President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo called on the Paramount Chief of Akwamuman, Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III at Akwamufie on Wednesday, August 5, as part of his tour in the Eastern Region. The President was received by the Chiefs and Elders of Akwamu and ushered into the palace, where traditional prayers Read more…
The Agona District Workers’ Cooperative Credit Union (ADWCCU) has completed consultations with financial experts on a merger with the Church of Christ and Maranatha Credit Unions. The partnership is to help mobilize sufficient savings to avoid insolvency. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Credit union, Mr Wisdom Yaw Read more…
Timothy Bouré and his co-founder Geoffrey Lucks were both near broke when they moved to Dallas to join the first accelerator they entered after forming VenoStent, a company that aims to improve outcomes for dialysis patients. Failed dialysis surgeries occur in roughly 55% to 65% of patients with end-stage renal Read more…