A final year student of the Tweneboah Kodua Senior High School has revealed that his colleagues got the Integrated Science Paper two of the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) ahead of time. This according to him is because they sat for their paper, two hours after the Read more
The Central Tongu National Democratic Congress’ Communication Bureau have apologised for the altercation that ensued between an assigned communication team member of the NDC and a social commentator with strong leanings to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Dela Radio. According to them, the incident which occurred while the two Read more
You might have missed it, but amidst the current political-M&A-pandemic-election-disinformation news cycle we find ourselves in this week, SaaS and cloud companies reached new public market records. Yesterday, the Bessemer-Nasdaq cloud index closed at 2,035.54, a new record finish for the basket of software companies. And, today, the index broached Read more
Apple isn’t the only one accused of kicking out competitive solutions from its App Store. Google did the same — for over a month at least — or so alleges parental control app maker Boomerang. The company’s product competes with Google’s own Family Link solution for controlling screen time and Read more
After more than three decades climbing Apple’s ranks, marketing chief Phil Schiller is taking a step back at the company, being replaced by a long-time product marketing leader inside Apple. Schiller is taking on a new role as an Apple Fellow, where he will continue to lead the App Store Read more
Julian Shapiro Contributor Share on Twitter Julian Shapiro is the founder of BellCurve.com, a growth marketing team that trains startups in advanced growth, helps hire senior growth marketers and finds vetted growth agencies. He also writes at Julian.com. More posts by this contributor Creating a robust churn-reversal system Use dynamic Read more
Qualified, a startup co-founded by former Salesforce executives Kraig Swensrud and Sean Whiteley, has raised $12 million in Series A funding. Swensrud (Qualified’s CEO) said the startup is meant to solve a problem that he faced when he was CMO at Salesforce. Apparently he’d complain about being “blind,” because he Read more
A 17-year-old Florida teenager is accused of perpetrating one of the year’s biggest and most high-profile hacks: Twitter. A federal 30-count indictment filed in Tampa said Graham Ivan Clark used a phone spearphishing attack to pivot through multiple layers of Twitter’s security and bypassed its two-factor authentication to gain access Read more
The online retail giant removes an item for sale after complaints by an MP about offensive language. Source: BBC
The superhero will appear exclusively in the PlayStation version of Marvel’s Avengers. Source: BBC
British Dental Association warns members that their bank details and case notes may be compromised. Source: BBC
Rigetti Computing, the quantum computing startup that is challenging industry heavyweights like IBM, Microsoft and D-Wave, today announced that it has closed a $79 million Series C funding round. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Alumni Ventures Group, DCVC, EDBI, Morpheus Ventures, and Read more
In a typical security team, engineers write one-off scripts to track a particular problem on a cloud vendor such as an unauthorized user on your GitHub account, and while engineers are capable of writing such scripts, it’s not exactly an efficient or scalable way to deal with the range of Read more
Grace Strickland Contributor Share on Twitter Grace Strickland is an attorney with more than six years of experience representing technology clients in cutting-edge industries, including autonomous transportation. John McNelis Contributor Share on Twitter John McNelis is an intellectual property partner and leader of the autonomous transportation and shared mobility practice Read more
Ford Motor CEO Jim Hackett is retiring, leaving the company three years after being tapped to transform the automaker into a leaner, more competitive and profitable company while investing in technology and shifting towards electrification, automation and connectivity. Jim Farley, who many believed was being groomed for the position, has Read more
You have just four days left to access the complete Disrupt 2020 experience for best possible price. You can save up to $300 with early bird pricing, but that’s a fleeting opportunity. Get it in gear and buy the Disrupt pass of your choice before the deadline expires August 7 Read more
In a set-back for Google’s plan to acquire health wearable company Fitbit, the European Commission has announced it’s opening an investigation to dig into a range of competition concerns being attached to the proposal from multiple quarters. This means the deal is on ice for a period of time that Read more
Dancehall musician, Shatta Wale, has surprised controversial social media personality, Andrea Owusu, popularly known as Efia Odo, with $50,000 equivalent to GH¢ 287K. The money was a gift for her birthday which she celebrated on July 18, 2020. A video, sighted on Instagram, which captured the duo mostly described as ‘besties’ in a fan Read more
Zylofon Music, a subsidiary of Nana Appiah Mensah’s (NAM 1) Zylofon Group of Companies’, new signee, Tisha is currently having her fair share of trolls. This follows a grammatical error she made on twitter Tuesday morning. The singer took to Twitter to declare herself as the real queen of Ghana music, adding she Read more
Apple sold a lot of Macs last quarter — 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, there’s little surprise the company’s desktop and laptops moved at such an impressive Read more