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Why trust is important in the digital world

As our lives become more dominated by digital services with many aspects of our day-to-day activities fully controllable by our phones and tablets, the question of trust in our technology providers has become more important. Whether you’re buying groceries, dealing in real estate, seeking health advice, finding life partners or even the security of the […]

Lebron James, Spotify, HBO among 2020 Webby Award winners

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James, Jimmy Fallon, Spotify and HBO are among the 2020 Webby Award winners for internet excellence. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences announced the winners Tuesday. Fallon’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” won a Webby for best social media for promoting a celebrity, while James was honored […]

Sending a job application over the Internet? Think again!

In light of the Covid-19, many people on the planet have lost their jobs. Searching for a job is intimidating and frustrating, but should you grasp the first opportunity given to you? Human Resource managers have shifted their strategy to digital recruitment. However, Scamwatch, has reported 990 job employment scams in Australia since January 2020. […]

Is a high-quality network experience attainable in a crisis?

In crises like pandemics, conflict, natural disasters, service providers are facing challenging conditions at a time when customers are very reliant on telecom and network services. When subscribers are pressured into new routines and ways of life, traffic volumes spike in locations and at times when it would otherwise be relatively quiet. The population turns […]

Video app TikTok names top Disney streaming exec as new CEO

>By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer TikTok, the popular short-video app that has also drawn national-security and privacy concerns, has a new high-profile CEO from Disney, Kevin Mayer. Mayer will also be chief operating officer of TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, and report to its founder and CEO, Yiming Zhang, the company announced Monday. He […]

SoftBank racks up losses as Vision Fund investments plunge

>By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. racked up a loss of 961.6 billion yen ($9 billion) for the fiscal year through March, on red ink related to its Vision Fund investments including troubled office space-sharing venture WeWork. SoftBank, founded in 1981, said Monday the drop in […]

China warns US of 'all necessary measures' over Huawei rules

BEIJING (AP) — China’s commerce ministry says it will take “all necessary measures” in response to new U.S. restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei’s ability to use American technology, calling the measures an abuse of state power and a violation of market principles. An unidentified spokesperson quoted Sunday in a statement on the ministry’s website […]

Exploiting the Edge: Research reveals $17 billion in market opportunity for service providers

Only 6% of enterprise decision-makers would turn to service providers for their Edge implementations. Organisations are looking at Edge as a pathway to reducing data management costs by up to 20%. New research from WWT, conducted with Analysys Mason, shows that telecoms service providers are struggling to gain mindshare among enterprises for Edge deployments. Despite […]

Telemedicine consultation now accessible to Telkom Kenya clients

Telemedicine consultation can now be accessed by all Telkom customers, subsidized by the company in partnership with Valentis Health, a health service providing telemedicine founded by doctors. The telemedical consultancy service dubbed Dial Daktari will allow Telkom customers to get in touch with a board of licensed doctors through their phones. This will allow people […]