Facebook is introducing new tools in Germany to help combat the spread of fabricated news stories. The world’s largest social network said it would enable German users to flag potentially false stories. The stories will then be passed to third-party fact-checkers and if found to be unreliable, will be marked in users’ news feeds as … Read more
A musician sang a song, in which he says ” I wanna know my destiny.” I therefore, decided to reflect on this question: Do human beings have a destiny? Have you also asked yourself if that is a realistic issue? We have all been made to believe that everyone has a destiny right? Well, the … Read more
A musician sang a song, in which he says ” I wanna know my destiny.” I therefore, decided to reflect on this question: Do human beings have a destiny? Have you also asked yourself if that is a realistic issue? We have all been made to believe that everyone has a destiny right? Well, the … Read more
Amazon.com Inc said it had its best-ever holiday season, shipping more than one billion items worldwide through its Prime membership program. The company said on Tuesday more than 72 percent of its customers worldwide shopped through mobile devices, adding that Dec. 19 was the busiest shopping day this holiday season. The Amazon Echo home assistant … Read more
Bad reviews of Nintendo’s Super Mario Run mobile game have led to an 11% fall in the firm’s share price. The game is Nintendo’s first full venture into mobile gaming and marked a significant shift for the firm which had previously not made apps. The game is only available via Apple’s app store and currently … Read more
From the hard work and creativity of an innovative Ghanaian, a powerful Social Media Platform called KalahSocial has been “born”. A visit to this platform depicts Kalahsocial as the first Social Media Platform with a focus on promoting Socialization and Businesses within the Black and Minority groups around the globe. A platform giving individuals the … Read more
From the hard work and creativity of an innovative Ghanaian, a powerful Social Media Platform called KalahSocial has been “born”. A visit to this platform depicts Kalahsocial as the first Social Media Platform with a focus on promoting Socialization and Businesses within the Black and Minority groups around the globe. A platform giving individuals the … Read more
Facebook says it will start applying warning labels to some “fake news” stories that users share on the social network. Articles that are known to be false — seemingly published with the intent to trick people — will be marked with what Facebook is calling a “flag.” Below the headline there will be a red … Read more
More than One million Yahoo accounts have been hacked The White House has said the FBI is investigating the cyber attack on the internet company Yahoo – which could have resulted the theft of data from more than a billion accounts, reports BBC World Service. It’s the second security breach revealed this year – in … Read more
Yahoo has said more than one billion user accounts may have been affected in a hacking attack dating back to 2013. The internet giant said it appeared separate from a 2014 breach disclosed in September, when Yahoo revealed 500 million accounts had been accessed. Yahoo said names, phone numbers, passwords and email addresses were stolen, … Read more
Just when you think Yahoo’s security issues can’t get any worse, the company proves you wrong. Yahoo (YHOO, Tech30) disclosed a new security breach on Wednesday that may have affected more than one billion accounts. The breach dates back to 2013 and is thought to be separate from a massive cybersecurity incident announced in September. … Read more
Twitter users will now be able to broadcast live video directly from their mobile apps, thanks to tighter integration with live streaming service Periscope, the companies announced this morning. Through updated iOS and Android applications, rolling out shortly, you’ll be able to tap a “LIVE” button directly from the compose screen where you write tweets, … Read more
After the recent Ghanaian elections, CNN published an article that angered a number of Ghanaians. In the piece, Ralph Ellis (reporting from Atlanta) and Stephanie Busari (reporting from Lagos) stated, “Oil reserves were discovered off the coast of Ghana in 2007, but Ghanains struggle to obtain food and day-to-day services. Rolling blackouts are common and … Read more
Cuba’s state-run telecommunications company Etecsa has signed a deal with Google that will enable faster access to content from the American company. Under the deal, the technology giant will install servers in Cuba to improve connectivity speeds to Google services, including Gmail and YouTube. Google and Etecsa have reached their agreement in the final weeks … Read more
Award winning 4G LTE internet service provider, Busy4G, has introduced a new Christmas offer after its initial offer was over-subscribed. Busy, on the 1st of December 2016, introduced an offer which gave internet users within Accra and Tema the opportunity to buy a Busy MiFi with 6GB of free data for GHc49. The offer according … Read more
Salifu Maase, the host of Montie FM’s political talk show, has rejected media reports suggesting there was a Twitter war between him and British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin. A previous news story claims the controversial radio host popularly called Mugabe, “started a turf war with the British High Commissioner to Ghana on Twitter … Read more
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are falling short of a commitment to tackle hate speech quickly, research suggests. The European Commission looked into whether the tech giants were meeting a pledge to remove hate speech within 24 hours of it being reported. Only 40% of reports of hate speech are being removed within a day, it … Read more
These days we are losing our values, standards and morals in our society; dating the married has become fun for some singles. Chasing after someone’s husband has become a career for some lazy single ladies out there. No wonder side-chick has become a new name for a husband snatcher. No matter how nice the name … Read more
Daniel Maithya is the CEO for Social Media Global Drive company, Digital Strategist, Marketer and a Consultant. He is also a Social Entrepreneur, digital content creator and a Social Media Executive based in Nairobi County, Kenya. 1. You need a blog where you can share your landscaping ideas and even run a consultation firm online. … Read more
News-sharing community Reddit is taking action against what it calls its “most toxic” users. Hundreds of members of the site have been identified, Reddit’s chief executive Steve Huffman wrote. Specifically, attention is being directed at /r/The_Donald, a subreddit – section – of the site created and used by supporters of the US President-Elect. Mr Huffman, … Read more