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Nur is an enigma with a passion for creating words. He recently entered a love affair with technology and chorizo sausages. He travels a lot -- you catch him, if you can, at a Silicon Cape event every now and again.
Google has confirmed the existence of Project Loon: its attempt to provide remote areas of the world with internet access using high-altitude balloons.The existence of the project has been suspected for some time now, with Memeburn reporting that the internet giant might also be using blimps to carry out its ambitious project.Google says it believes that it "might actually be possible to build a ring of balloons, flying around the globe on the stratospheric winds, that provides internet ...
The US' National Security Agency (NSA) is set to investigate whether Edward Snowden, the man who unveiled its complex spying progrmme, had ties to Chinese state organs.When Snowden, a private security contractor with experience working for the CIA, came forward earlier this week as the whistleblower responsible for making the world aware of PRISM, a top-secret NSA system that collects emails, documents, photos and other material for agents to review.It was also alleged that much of that ...
WhatsApp today announced that it had processed 27-billion messages in 24 hours, a new record for the mobile messaging service.It's also significantly up from its previous record of 19-billion messages processed on the last day of 2012.According to Whatsapp, the number comprises 10-billion messages sent and 17-billion messages received by its users. If you're wondering why there's such a large discrepancy between the two figures, the company says that it's largely down to group messages. It explains that ...The tech world has been rocked by allegations that tech giants such as Google and Facebook were supplying US intelligence agency, the NSA with personal information. Now the world can put a face, and a voice, to the man behind those revelations.Edward Snowden, a private security contractor with experience working for the CIA, came forward as the whistleblower responsible for making the world aware of PRISM, a top-secret NSA system that collects emails, documents, photos and other material ...
African banking giant Absa today launched a new programme which will allow South African customers on its mobile rewards scheme to redeem cash rewards on its mobile banking platform.Accessed through the bank's mobi site, the new initiative gives Absa Rewards customers the ability to redeem their rewards and view their cash balance on the fly.Absa claims that its rewards programme, which it calls a "South African first" has around a million users and reckons that the changes will enhance ...
While the absence of mature intellectual property laws remains one of the deterrents holding back co-creation or co-innovation in Africa, it's a compelling model for novelty, especially considering the many successful examples abroad.A keen observer of mega trends, Professor Sang M Lee of the University of Nebraska underlines co-innovation for organisations that are looking to remain competitive in a globalised economy.Lee is currently the University Eminent Scholar, Regents Distinguished Professor, and Executive Director of the Nebraska Productivity and ...
A Facebook campaign can do a lot for your business, while a bad one can cause serious damage to your brand's reputation. The line between the two however is often thin and figuring out which side of the divide you're on can be difficult.That's why Habari Media, a media sales company has launched Hummingbird, a campaign management and sales performance tool is designed to help advertisers on Facebook hone in on the right audience, at the right time, for ...
This looks pretty cool. The Wikimedia foundation, the charitable organisation behind Wikipedia and its affiliates, has launched Nearby, a service that surfaces Wikipedia articles based on your location.According to the foundation, the aim of the service is to bring awareness of the surrounding areas to its existing readers, as well as to attract new editors to the articles. One of the main ways Wikipedia will benefit from these articles is by people adding images to them.Upon visiting a ...
Its all up and up for Amazon, today the retailer/hardware maker has announced that its Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9” products will be hitting customers in more than 170 countries.This means that Amazon.com, will be giving customers access to millions of apps, games, books, audiobooks and magazines, including more than 300 000 books that are exclusive to the Kindle Store, starting today.The announcement also states that the company will beef up its app stores, giving users ...
This is bound to raise more than a few eyebrows. Amazon plans on building a massive biosphere for the workers in its Seattle offices.The ecommerce giant this week submitted drawings for a series of giant, domed greenhouses which will be capable of housing multiple forms of plant life as well as mature trees and are intended to provide a space where Amazon employees can “work and socialize in a more natural, park-like setting”.The newly proposed domes are meant ...
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