Apple says all Mac devices hit by chip bug
Apple has said that all iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are affected by two major flaws in computer chips.
It emerged this week that tech...
2017's biggest stories
For many, 2017 will be defined by fake news and the fight-back against it.
Others will point to the blog that uncovered sexism and sexual...
AirtelTigo launches 'win everyday' promotion
AirtelTigo has launched Ghana’s biggest promotion dubbed ‘Win Everyday!’ to reward and empower its customers to live their dreams to the fullest.
This promo is...
This is the healthiest way to browse Instagram
Social media is a massive part of modern life. For instance, the average user spends a combined 50 minutes on Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger in a typical day, according...
Hack attack shuts crypto-currency exchange
A crypto-currency exchange in South Korea is shutting down after it was hacked for the second time in less than eight months.
Youbit, which lets...
Mobile phones: Send a text to end your contract
Mobile phone users will soon be able to switch providers by sending a text to the operator they want to leave, the telecoms regulator...
WhatsApp ordered to stop sharing user data with Facebook
France’s ultra-strict privacy watchdog CNIL has ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with parent company Facebook.
The app has a month to comply with...
Did Technology Save Humanity?
This is probably a question we may have asked ourselves to ascertain the prose and cones of the new media age. It is a...
Apple iPhone X couldn’t distinguish between Chinese faces
Last week, in Nanjing, a major city in the east of China, a woman by the name of Yan was twice offered a refund...
Sad poop emoji gets flushed after row
Plans to introduce a "frowning pile of poo" emoji have been flushed from the latest proposals by the group in charge of creating the...
Facebook launches first app tailored for young users.
How young is too young to be on social media?
Strictly speaking, only those aged 13 and over are allowed to use Facebook. But the...
Robot automation will 'take 800 million jobs by 2030'
Up to 800 million global workers will lose their jobs by 2030 and be replaced by robotic automation, a new report from a consultancy...
Robot automation will 'take 800 million jobs by 2030'
Up to 800 million global workers will lose their jobs by 2030 and be replaced by robotic automation, a new report from a consultancy...
Instagram’s new feature lets you draw on your friends’ photos
Instagram released a new feature today that lets you edit pictures friends send you via direct message. Here's how it works.
Once someone sends you...
Twitter blocks New York Times by mistake
Twitter has acknowledged that a day-long block of one of the New York Times's accounts was imposed in error.
The @nytimesworld team, which covers international...
WOW! Smartphones can now feed us!
HUNGRY? Just pull out your phone! Give it a few taps, wait a while and food is served!
How easy and convenient. Once upon a...
Facebook Messenger is stealing Snapchat’s streaks feature
Facebook loves to steal Snapchat features to block the popular messaging app’s momentum. Ephemeral stories and messaging have arrived in Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp...
Uber concealed huge data breach
'Long and arduous' deal may get tougher
Analysis by BBC Business
Managing Uber appears to be like a game of Whac-A-Mole - no sooner has one...
You can now send Facebook Messenger photos in higher resolution
Facebook Messenger has gotten a bunch of upgrades over the past year, and now you can add the ability to send higher-resolution photos to the list.
Facebook on...
Amazing ways by which smartphone competition has changed the world
Currently representing the fastest growing market segment in the telecoms industry, smartphones play a massive role in the daily activities of mankind. The impact...
Twitter says it will judge verified users’ offline behaviour
Twitter’s announcement yesterday that it would begin removing verification badges from some accounts had an immediate impact, as the company stripped the blue checkmark...
The 7 problems with our phones
The dark truth is that it’s become very hard to find anyone (and certainly anything) more interesting than one’s smartphone.
This perplexing and troubling realization...
Video: This 10-year-old was able to unlock his mom’s iPhone using Face ID
Since the iPhone X has hit the market, people have been trying all sorts of ways to trick the phone’s Face ID feature, including...
Face ID iPhone X 'hack' demoed live
A Vietnamese cyber-security firm has shown the BBC how a mask can be used to unlock Apple's new iPhone X.
The demo took place about...
iPhone 6 at amazing price for Christmas Festive Season
Redington Gulf, Value Added Distributor(VAD) for Apple products in Ghana, in collaboration with their Authorized Resellers Telefonika and iSHOP, is offering attractive prices for...
Facebook founding president says he is deeply concerned about its impact on society
“God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains.”
A view on social media shared not by some uninformed luddite, but by one of...
meQasa.com acquires Jumia House Ghana
Leading real estate search engine, meQasa.com today announced the acquisition of Jumia House Ghana, for an undisclosed amount, firmly establishing the property portal as...
KNUST students create app for accessing information on campus
Four students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have developed an application for disseminating information at the business school.
Randy Senyo...
Fake WhatsApp App downloaded more than one million times – BBC
A fake version of the WhatsApp messenger app was downloaded more than a million times from the Google Play Store before it was removed.
The...
How to increase you social media likes and shares
With billions of social media posts being shared daily, it’s increasingly important that your content stands out and is worthy of a click. Engaging...
Airbnb customer allegedly murdered
A man has allegedly been murdered while staying in an Airbnb-listed property in Melbourne, Australia.
Ramis Jonuzi, 36, had rented a room in the house...
26 companies bid for Ghana Post GPS
As many as twenty six (26) tech companies bid to work on the National Digital Property Addressing System, Deputy Communications Minister has revealed.The tech...
Apple fires iPhone X engineer after daughter’s hands-on video goes viral
Apple has reportedly dismissed an engineer after his daughter’s iPhone X hands-on video went viral on YouTube.Brooke Amelia Peterson published a vlog earlier this...
Facebook denies ‘listening’ to conversations
A Facebook executive has denied the social network uses a device's microphone to listen to what users are saying and then send them relevant...
Why Zimbabwe has a ‘Minister of WhatsApp’
A spoof government notice hit social media as soon as President Robert Mugabe announced he had set up a new ministry responsible for Cyber...
Galaxy Note 8 hits Ghanaian market
Electronics giant Samsung has partnered with Ecobank to deliver the much-anticipated Galaxy Note 8 device to smartphone lovers in Ghana.The two companies jointly introduced...
Branson’s Virgin invests in Hyperloop One
The Virgin investment group has taken an undisclosed stake in Hyperloop One, one of several companies trying to create a pod-based transport system.The terms...
Facebook: We want a billion people in VR
In its continued effort to take virtual reality mainstream, Facebook has announced Oculus Go - a standalone headset that will be released in 2018.Mark...
Samsung creates VR headset for Windows
Samsung has unveiled a virtual reality rig designed for use with Windows PCs.HMD Odyssey joins previously announced VR headsets and hand controllers from Dell,...
What happened in the city that banned Uber
Uber's new chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi will be in the UK on Tuesday for a meeting with Transport for London (TfL). He hopes the...