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Facebook to boost ‘trustworthy’ news

Facebook has announced it will prioritise news sources deemed to be more trustworthy on its News Feed. The firm said the social network community would determine...

Facebook to survey users to determine trustworthy news sources

Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the second part of the company’s plan to fix the News Feed, and it includes improving the quality and trustworthiness of...

Facebook moves to tackle sources of misinformation

Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the second part of the company’s plan to fix the News Feed, and it includes improving the quality...

What the newest laptops tell us about 2018 trends

Each and every year we see more and more laptops at the Consumer Electronics Show. We’ve seen insanely small and light ones, giant gaming...

Facebook’s startling new ambition is to shrink

Over the next year, we’ll start spending less time on Facebook. Those of us who used it to catch up on the news will...

Facebook plans major changes to news feed

Facebook is to change how its news feed works, making posts from businesses, brands and media less prominent. Instead, content that sparks conversations among family...

'Mark Zuckerberg has already made $4 Billion in 2018' – Bloomberg

Its just 10-days into the new year and according to Bloomberg‘s billionaires list, Facebook founder Mark Zucckerberg has already made $4 Billion. The report says, 'major market indices are up...

Man sues Google for allegedly discriminating against conservative white men

The author of the controversial memo that upended Google in August is suing the company, alleging that white, male conservatives are systematically discriminated against...

Apple to release update to fix chip bug

Apple has vowed to fix two major bugs which could leave iPads, iPhones and Mac computers vulnerable to being hacked. The tech giant said it is...

PHOTOS: Multichoice Ghana opens ultramodern headquarters

MultiChoice Ghana has officially commissioned its new ultramodern office in Abelenkpe in Accra. At a ceremony to commission the edifice which was designed by Ghanaian...

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...