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Telenor Group pushes e-learning into 2020

Telenor Group continues to promote e-learning and digital schooling to customers who are stuck at home, by introducing several remote learning services. With the tremendous rise in internet usage, Telenor subscribers are given the opportunity to read e-books and take courses for both adults and children, while in quarantine. The newest addition to their e-learning […]

5 areas in tech and telecoms that are still making gains

Economies around the world are being hit hard by the current crisis, however some sectors within the tech and telecoms industries may see gains from the current pandemic. Here are 5 areas that are likely to come out on top. 1. Cloud Computing This doesn’t really come as any surprise as cloud computing has been […]

Hackers' new target during pandemic: video conference calls

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and AARON MORRISON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ceri Weber had just begun to defend her dissertation when the chaos began: Echoes and voices interrupted her. Someone parroted her words. Then Britney Spears music came on, and someone told Weber to shut up. Someone threatened to rape her. Hackers had targeted […]

Omantel promotes remote learning within the Sultanate

Omantel, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, has introduced G Suite for Education, a collection of free apps by Google, designed especially for schools throughout the Sultanate. The company has stepped up to meet the challenges educators and students face with the spread of Covid-19 and the consequent lockdown, using remote learning. Teachers and […]

Broadband access – recognized as a fundamental human right

Much like clean water and electricity, access to broadband has become a modern-day necessity. This is more relevant recently due to the spread of the COVID-19 crisis. The closure of schools and workplaces and the requirement for remote diagnostics have made this seem like a new phenomenon but in truth, it’s over 10 years old. […]

School shutdowns raise stakes of digital divide for students

By MEG KINNARD and MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press WINNSBORO, S.C. (AP) — Students struggling to get online in a rural South Carolina county received a boost last week with the arrival of six buses equipped with Wi-Fi, some of the hundreds the state has rolled out since schools were closed by the coronavirus outbreak. With […]

The dangers of digital disinformation

The Corona crisis is the first pandemic in the era of 5G. In today’s competitive and reactive market place, scammers, hackers, conspiracy theorists etc. continue to put out false information that is now spreading quicker than ever. American Professor, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, from the University of Pennsylvania calls this “viral disinformation”. However, what happens now, […]

Meet Eric Yuan, the man who made your Zoom meetings possible

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer If you hadn’t already heard have of Zoom Video Communications, there is a decent chance you’ve made its acquaintance over the past few weeks. Millions of people are now working from home as part of the intensifying fight against the coronavirus outbreak. In addition to using the video conference […]

TV viewership climbing with people stuck at home by virus

By DAVID BAUDER and LYNN ELBER AP Television Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A fixture on television, actress Julie Bowen of “Modern Family” is doing the same thing as millions of other people during the widespread coronavirus shutdown. She’s sitting at home, watching more television than she normally would. In a world turned upside down […]