Monty Mobile is launching a Health Check Mobile App, Corona Care, which will rely on the full cooperation of people and their awareness to fill a daily health check questionnaire covering COVID-19 symptoms. A team of data scientists will build algorithms to analyze the data collected, and the support of medical experts is required to […]
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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 […]
A leaked memo obtained by Vice showed Amazon’s efforts to mount a smear campaign against a worker it fired. The memo was written by one of Amazon’s top lawyers who described the fired worker, Chris Smalls, as “not smart or articulate.” Zoom’s CEO has apologized to the video conferencing app’s millions of users over privacy concerns. “We […]
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. […]
The growing telecoms sector in Bahrain accounts for 4% of the Kingdom’s annual GDP. Mobile penetration is high, and the government have put necessary measures in place to ensure that infrastructure can facilitate 5G deployment. In 2017, the first 5G trial for Bahrain was conducted. As such, Bahrain is driving growth in the telecom sector […]
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 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, […]
1. Tesla has been criticized by 9 of their employees via interviews to a well-known online publication. Workers from the company have complained about a lack of hand sanitizer, unclear communication from their CEO Elon Musk, and a poor enforcement of social-distancing measures. 2. Government-backed hackers from China have targeted the US in a far-reaching […]
In recent months, countries around the world have seen a surge in internet and mobile phone usage. Network traffic is unprecedented, as more and more people are confined to working from home and have no other means to contact friends and loved ones. To some network operators, the burden might seem too great whilst others […]
Today, for the first time since the outbreak, all UK mobile networks are sending a broadcast to the masses with details of the new lockdown measures announced by Boris Johnson. Mobile companies were informed by the government last night of the impending initiative. UK mobile operators – including O2, EE, Three and Vodafone – are adhering to […]