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Prof. Quaynor advocates for a bottom-up approach to internet governance in Ghana

Professor of Computer Science and Chairman of Board of Dot Com, Prof. Nii Narku Quaynor has advocated for the bottom-up multi-stakeholder approach to internet...

Tecno Camon 16 Premier Review: Africa’s top Chinese brand brings the value

In my, nearly, half a decade of covering Chinese phone brands, I have seen them rise from being obscure upstarts or mainly local power...

Hackers steal billions belonging to Airtel, MTN, Stanbic, others

Unidentified hackers broke into the systems of Pegasus Technologies, a company that integrates mobile money transactions between telcos, banks, and other local, regional, and...

Tecno Mobile launches pre-order phase of all-new Camon 16 Series

It was recently reported that TECNO will release its latest TECNO CAMON 16 series in Ghana.The CAMON 16 series will be embedded with upgraded...

YouTube apologises for mocking long videos

YouTube has apologised and deleted a tweet from its official Twitter account in which it mocked content creators for making videos that were too...

Tecno Mobile launches pre-order phase of Spark 5 Pro in Ghana

TECNO Mobile, the premium mobile phone brand of Transsion Holdings with a comprehensive mobile device portfolio that cuts across feature phones, smartphones and tablets,...

People thought Kelvin was insane – Mother of young car manufacturer

The mother of an 18-year-old Junior High School (JHS) graduate, Kelvin Odartei, who manufactured his own car says she prophesized on her children while...

Sony finally reveals how much the PlayStation 5 will cost

After several teasers and mini-events, Sony has finally revealed the price of its much-anticipated PlayStation 5.It costs $499, putting it head to head with its...

Used to forgetting birthdays? This is how Google will assist you

"Yesterday was my birthday, you didn't wish me."At one point, you've probably experienced this and wondered how you could've forgotten such important information...

Expert’s Review: Samsung Note20 and Note20 Ultra

When Samsung first announced the Galaxy Note smartphone some 9 years ago, many were they who said “It’s too big to be a phone.”...

WAEC past questions, answers for BECE and WASSCE app launched

An application that serves as a one-stop-shop for West Africa Examination (WAEC) past questions and answers for Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and West...

Apple first US company to be valued at $2tn

Tech giant Apple has become the first United States (US) company to be valued at $2tn (£1.5tn) on the stock market.It reached the milestone...

Donald Trump joins TikTok rival Triller

Donald Trump has joined Triller, a New-York-based rival to China’s TikTok.After two days on the social-media app, the US president has 11,000 followers.TikTok was...

Nigeria goes digital, set to include DNA data for ID cards

Nigeria has moved from National Identification and Registration of citizens via card-based version to strictly digital, the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and...

Why the iPhone 12 will be the most important Apple product in six years

Apple has long been expected to debut a batch of 5G-enabled iPhones.Now it appears all of the company's new phone releases this year may be able to connect to...

Twitter ‘looking’ at a possible TikTok tie-up

Twitter has approached TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to express an interest in buying its US operations, according to reports.Video-sharing platform TikTok has been at...

Twitter to label state-controlled news accounts

Twitter says it will no longer “amplify” tweets by state-controlled media organisations, by excluding them from its recommendation systems.The move makes affected accounts less...

Check out manufacturing process of new Uber-like cars by Kantanka [Video]

Kwadwo Safo Junior, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kantanka Group of Companies, has released videos showing how its new brand of Uber-like...

Twitter says hackers viewed 36 accounts’ private messages

Twitter has revealed that hackers viewed private direct messages (DMs) from 36 of the accounts involved in last week’s hack.It did not disclose who...

Facebook promises cheaper internet in Africa

American social media giant Facebook says its investments in internet connectivity in Africa will see the continent’s economy grow by nearly $60bn (£47bn) by...

Major US Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam

Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam.The...

Google stops storing photos from WhatsApp and Instagram

Google will no longer automatically back up images and videos from social media platforms in its photo app.Previously, the Google Photos app created a...

WhatsApp trick lets you activate ‘Hidden Mode’ so you don’t appear online

With over two billion users around the world, WhatsApp is without a doubt one of the most popular messaging apps.If you use WhatsApp, it’s likely you...

Meet Maya Patterson the lady behind the new Twitter audio feature

Twitter released its much-awaited feature and it has made a lot of buzz around the world, especially Ghana.Some Ghanaians have used the app already...

Twitter introduces voice recordings

Twitter on Wednesday introduces a new feature that will allow users to tweet using their voice.The social media platform said it has started testing...

Instagram ‘will overtake Twitter as a news source’

Photo-sharing app Instagram is set to overtake Twitter as a news source, research suggests.The 2020 Reuters Institute Digital News report found the use of...

Hack shows how to properly clean headphones – and the results are gross

We rarely leave the house without a pair of headphones to keep us entertained anymore.They're used everywhere - to take work calls, listen to...

PlayStation 5: Sony finally reveals design and its exclusive games

Sony teased Thursday which games will be available to play on its upcoming next-gen PlayStation 5 console and finally revealed the device's new design.The...

What does the ‘I’ in iPhone stand for?

The iPhone took the world by storm when it debuted in 2007 and its popularity has shown no signs of slowing down.But, even...

Half of Facebook’s 45,000 employees ‘will be allowed to work from home’ in future

Facebook has joined other social media giants in saying up to half of its 45,000 employees will be allowed to work from home in...

Rwanda is using Robots to attend to coronavirus patients [photos]

Rwanda on Tuesday said the country will put five high-tech robots into use to fight COVID-19 in its treatment centres.“The use of robots in...

How biggest tech giants of the world are working from home

​​How biggest tech giants of the world are working from homeCOVID-19 has brought the world to a standstill. The global pandemic, better known as...

Ghanaian engineers win ‘Field Ready Ventilator Challenge’

A team of three young engineers from Ghana have won the Field Ready Ventilator Challenge.Students and alumni from Field Ready’s employability programmes in...

RCS Ghana signs contract with Eutelsat for DTH broadcast

Eutelsat Communications, one of the world's leading satellite operators, has secured a multi-year contract with RCS Ghana to provide capacity for the broadcast of...

Covid-19 Fight: mPharma donates remote testing equipment to Noguchi

mPharma, Ghanaian-based pharmaceutical services company, has donated Covid-19 testing equipment or a Molecular workstation to the University of Ghana NOGUCHI Institute for Medical Research....

COVID-19: Video reveals lung damage in coronavirus patient

A video shows the lungs of a man who had been asymptomatic a few days earlier.Now, the patient has Covid-19 and his lungs are...

Coronavirus: OST students create hand-sensitive ‘veronica bucket’

Some students of Obuasi Secondary Technical School’s robotics team, along with their teacher, have manufactured a hand sensitive veronica bucket.The invention is to encourage...

112 to serve as covid-19 helpline as telcos give data-free access to GHS website

Adomonline.com can exclusively confirm that the Communications Ministry will soon announce that the national emergency short code, 112, will be beefed up and used...

WhatsApp security: Is this hidden flaw a new reason to quit?

Consumer-friendly and encrypted, WhatsApp is one of the most popular apps in use today with a whopping 1.5 billion users. But over recent months, an...

NCA, GRA, KelniGVG bust SIM Box fraudsters at Tema

A SIM Box syndicate operating at Community 11 in Tema in the Greater-Accra Region has been busted in a combined operation by officials of...