F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Apple to increase iOS app prices
Apple is increasing billings on its app store. The Cupertino-based giant revealed that “prices on the App Store will increase for all territories in…
Facebook shows its hand by acquiring video compression startup QuickFire
Facebook has acquired QuickFire Networks, a startup that helps provide high-quality video to users with low speed bandwidth. The acquisition comes just a day…
Overall app usage grew by 76% in 2014
In 2014, according to Flurry Analytics, overall app usage grew by 76%. Flurry defines app usage as a user opening an app and recording…
Facebook wants you to know its video offering is doing really well
Facebook has been making strides towards being more video friendly. And it appears to be succeeding. In an official blog post, the social network…
Amazon’s very busy 2014: more than five-billion items shipped
Amazon has revealed record figures for 2014. The ecommerce colossus shipped about five billion items in 2014, with more than 40% of those products…
Intel unveils aggressive plans to increase diversity and inclusion in tech with $300M initiative
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has unveiled a US$300 million diversity initiative aimed at making his company diverse from top to bottom. It is no…
WhatsApp continues to surge, gaining 100 million new users in just four months
WhatsApp cofounder and CEO Jan Koum has announced that the messaging app has reached 700-million monthly active users, with some 30-billion messages sent every…
Bill Gates drinks water made from human waste
Bill Gates, American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor, is committed to raising awareness around the issue of sanitation in developing countries….
Kickstarter’s 2014 score card shows a total of $529 million pledged by 3.3 million backers
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has released its 2014 breakdown, which shows a total of US$529 million was pledged by 3.3-million backers. Some 22 253 projects…
Watch live as SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket and tries to land it on a ocean platform [Update]
Elon Musk’s Space X is scheduled to launch its Falcon 9 rocket today. This is a risky test flight that has 50% chance of…
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