Parents and students will in the coming days enjoy some pricing relief on text books and exercise books, according to the Association of Paper Printers and Converters. This comes in the wake of the reduction in taxes as announced in the 2017 budget by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Attah and the subsequent announcement by government that … Read more
Facebook on Thursday ramped up its fight against “fake news” by adding tips on how to tell when shared stories are bogus. An initiative being launched in the US, France and a dozen other countries added an educational tool in an “awareness display” in news feeds at the leading online social network. “By clicking on … Read more
A Deputy Minister nominee for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has admonished Ministries, Departments and Agencies to embrace the use of Social Media in their work. According to him, social media unlike the traditional media, allows agencies to interact with individuals and in return receive real time information and feedback. “My advice to government, ministries, departments … Read more
A Deputy Minister nominee for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has admonished Ministries, Departments and Agencies to embrace the use of Social Media in their work. According to him, social media unlike the traditional media, allows agencies to interact with individuals and in return receive real time information and feedback. “My advice to government, ministries, departments … Read more
Twitter Inc (TWTR. N) is launching a faster version of its mobile service on Wednesday aimed at people with sporadic connections or little data on their smartphone plans, hoping to pick up users in harder-to-reach emerging markets. The company calls the version Twitter Lite and it will be aimed largely at users outside the United … Read more
German ministers have approved plans to fine social media firms up to 50m euros ($53.3m; £42.7m) if they fail to remove hate speech and fake news quickly. The proposed law would give the companies 24 hours to block obviously criminal content after it had been reported, and seven days for other offensive material. However, a … Read more
Dr. Bettina Ama Boohene-Andah, Physician to Former President John Agyekum Kufuor and Founder of the MENFYD Foundation has described as unfortunate and sickening, the recent “fashion” of sextapes and indecent videos recorded by young ladies in the country. Speaking at the sidelines of the “story of our lives” conference; a program aimed at mentoring young … Read more
Dr. Bettina Ama Boohene-Andah, Physician to Former President John Agyekum Kuffuor and Founder of the MENFYD Foundation has described as unfortunate and sickening, the recent “fashion” of sextapes and indecent videos recorded by young ladies in the country. Speaking at the sidelines of the “story of our lives” conference; a program aimed at mentoring young … Read more
Facebook is taking fresh action to prevent so-called revenge porn from being spread across its platforms. The social network is making it impossible to repost or share intimate images of people thought to have been uploaded without their permission once they have been identified as such and removed. The measure is being rolled out across … Read more
play videoSocial media is ‘on fire’ following the release of the two viral videos Social media is ‘on fire’ following the release of two viral videos of some Senior High School students twerking. In the first of two videos, some female students in uniform are seen having a field day in class as one twerks … Read more
AOL and Yahoo will be combined into a unit called “Oath” after telecom titan Verizon buys the pioneering internet firm, according to a tweet Monday by the AOL chief. Confirmation of a new name for what the world has long known as Yahoo was tweeted from a verified @timarmstrongaol account after reports of the new … Read more
Verizon plans to combine AOL and Yahoo into a new company called Oath, after completing the acquisition of Yahoo. AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong confirmed the move on his personal Twitter account ahead of a planned publicity campaign. The tweet read: “Billion+ Consumers, 20+ Brands, Unstoppable Team. #TakeTheOath. Summer 2017.” However, the new name is … Read more
Google on Monday said it will apply machine smarts and outside eyes to help ensure brands don’t find ads paired with hateful videos on YouTube. The move come as the internet colossus scrambles to derail an advertising boycott of Google’s money-making engine. Google said it was using new machine-learning or artificial intelligence systems to enforce … Read more
play videoAngkaarama David with others in the video One of Ghana’s private universities owned by the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Valley View University has been severely trolled on social media over poor ‘commercial’ video. The one minute sixteen seconds video which was posted by one facebook user Kwadwo Sheldon has garnered over 89K views, over … Read more
A global alliance of tech industry and academic organizations unveiled plans on Monday to work together to combat the spread of “fake news” and improve public understanding of journalism. The News Integrity Initiative will launch with $14 million from Facebook, the Ford Foundation, Mozilla and others, based at the City University of New York’s journalism … Read more
The fake report of the death of prominent personalities is on the ascendancy, courtesy social media. For those who seek to kill social media there could not have been a better point to stand on. Most, if not all, political leaders in the country have been reported dead at one time or the other by … Read more
The new radio show “S-Town,” by the team behind “Serial,” the most downloaded podcast in history, is leading download charts just about everywhere in the world. “Serial” is considered the first big radio hit in the history of podcasts, audio files that can be downloaded from the internet and listened to at any time. Put … Read more
Google was charged £36.4m in UK corporation tax last year, according to its latest annual results. The US search giant recorded sales of £1.03bn and a pre-tax profit of £149m in the UK for the 12 months to the end of June 2016. Google and other major tech firms have come under pressure over their … Read more
The tech entrepreneur who helped kick-start the virtual reality revolution is stepping down from the company which he helped to found. Palmer Luckey – who sold Oculus to Facebook for over $2 billion (£1.6 billion) in March 2014 – is leaving the social network after a series of highly publicised gaffes. Facebook confirmed yesterday that the … Read more
Facebook on Thursday confirmed that trouble-tainted Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey has left the leading social network, which dived into virtual reality after buying the startup three years ago. “Palmer will be dearly missed,” Facebook said in an email reply to an AFP inquiry. “His inventive spirit helped kickstart the modern VR revolution and build an … Read more