As Internet access continues to grow in Africa, with over 450 million people now connected to the Internet, more than 60 percent of the population still remains offline EASTERN CAPE, South Africa, September 3, 2018/ — As Internet access continues to grow in Africa, with over 450 million people now …
Read More »Tech Prize – Africa – Fall Armyworm Tech Prize: Highest Number of Entries from Africa
The Prize aims to find digital solutions to identify, track and protect crops from the pest, which has devastated agricultural produce across the continent JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 25, 2018/ — Nesta (www.Nesta.org.uk), on behalf of Feed the Future (https://goo.gl/dsQfx6), today announced that 228 applications were received, mostly from Africa, for the …
Read More »PCCW Global is a proud partner of TSF – TSF reinforces South-East Asian emergency response mechanism
TSF reinforces South-East Asian emergency response mechanism Within the framework of the pact signed in 2017 between TSF and the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Centre), in March 2018, Télécoms Sans Frontières was invited to play a part in the Association of South East Asian Nations’ first training …
Read More »Put the Assistive Touch to Your Tech Blog Posts with TLC
People who are blind read, too. People who are paraplegic surf the web, too. Both just do it differently from the way others read and surf the web. People who are super busy often can successfully do more than one thing at a time. All three of these type of …
Read More »Jaymie Scotto & Associates (JSA) to Introduce Interactive Video WalkOuts For Enhanced Lead Gen at Industry’s Top Global Conference, International Telecoms Week May 14-17
JSA Interactive Video ‘WalkOuts’ Technology Provides Enhanced Engagement, More Effective Lead Generation, and Higher Sales Conversion Rates MIDDLEBROOK, VA, April 27, 2017 – Jaymie Scotto & Associates (JSA), the preeminent marketing, public relations and event-planning firm serving the telecommunications and technology industries, today announces it will be launching, promoting and recording …
Read More »How Much is Your Government Online?
Guess who’s a member of the United States of America Congressional Internet Caucus? Democratic presidential nominee Bernie Sanders is. So are Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Peter DeFazio, Rep. Al Green and dozens of other U.S. senators and representatives. The ACIC was founded in early 1996 just prior to the cusp of …
Read More »Facebook Announces 16 Million People in Nigeria Use Facebook Every Month 100% on Mobile
LAGOS, Nigeria, February 5, 2016/ — Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) (http://www.Facebook.com) announced 16 million people in Nigeria visit Facebook every month with 100% of them coming on mobile. Each day, 7.2 million people visit Facebook with 7 million on mobile. Facebook’s visit coincided with Friends Day (4 February), or Facebook’s 12th birthday. …
Read More »DIDX VoIP Phone Number Marketplace Nominated for United Nations WSIS Stocktaking
DIDX, a wholesale Internet communications direct inward dialing phone number marketplace and industry conference media partner, has achieved a position on the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in the United Nations (UN) summit stocktaking category of E-business. The sustainable development goals that DIDX was nominated for were goals …
Read More »Why You Should Understand and Take Action re: Zuckerbergs’ Message to Baby Daughter Max
The Zuckerbergs’ message to daughter Max does not invite the world to kill human potential, to exact revenge, to bully each other, to reject the concept of the equality, nor to ignore value of every human. In fact, Mark and Priscilla Zuckerberg’s letter Max born Tuesday teems with inclusiveness, invitation …
Read More »What are State-Sponsored Actors?
There’s something new about Facebook in October 2015. Their systems sends warnings to particular users that they might be in the process of being hacked by a third party system. These messages basically suggest that these users might me the target of “state-sponsored actors”. The phrase “state-sponsored actors” can be confusing …
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