Amazon chief Jeff Bezos gives $2bn to help the homeless

Amazon chief Jeff Bezos is putting $2bn (£1.5bn) into a charitable fund he has established to help the homeless and set up a new network of schools. The world’s richest man announced the move in a tweet, saying the charity … Read more →

Apple Inc introduced its largest-ever iPhone and a watch that detects heart problems on Wednesday in an attempt to get customers to upgrade to more expensive devices in the face of stagnant global demand for smartphones. The relatively small changes … Read more →

Apple introduces the iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max

Another year, another set of brand spankin’ new iPhones. But this year, little has been left to the imagination as leaks have continued to spring up over the course of the past few months. Today, however, the new iPhone becomes … Read more →

Apple unveils larger iPhones, health-oriented watches

Apple Inc unveiled larger iPhones and watches based on the design of current models on Wednesday, confirming Wall Street expectations that the company is making only minor changes to its lineup. The world’s most valuable tech company wants users to … Read more →

Google, Facebook, Twitter face EU fines over extremist posts

Google, Facebook and Twitter must remove extremist content within an hour or face hefty fines, the European Commission’s president has said. In his annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament, Jean-Claude Juncker said an hour was a … Read more →

Apple’s newest iPhone could have big screen, big price

Apple Inc is expected to blast further past the $1,000 price barrier when it launches new iPhones on Wednesday, but Wall Street is most intrigued by how deep into its larger-than-ever lineup prices hikes may go. Apple’s market capitalization has … Read more →

Google fights plan to extend ‘right to be forgotten’

European rules that allow individuals the “right to be forgotten” online could be extended worldwide. The European Court of Justice is hearing evidence on the matter and will rule in 2019. Google argues that extending the law could turn it … Read more →

Assist Ghana to showcase its innovations – Ursula woos investors

Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has called on the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and investors, to assist Ghana and other nations to showcase innovations taking place in their countries. ITU, she said can assist by creating a more congenial environment … Read more →

Google removes Putin critic’s ads from YouTube

Google has taken down YouTube ads by Alexei Navalny, a critic of President Vladimir Putin, ahead of elections for regional governors in Russia. The videos showed Mr Navalny calling for Russians to take part in protests on 9 September against … Read more →

Instagram confirms it’s testing video tagging with a percentage of users

Instagram  is testing a way to allow users to tag their friends in their video posts, not just in photos, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. The option works similarly to tagging photos, but instead of pressing the small icon … Read more →

Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang to succeed Jack Ma as chairman

Following speculation about Jack Ma’s  imminent retirement, Alibaba Group announced today that its CEO, Daniel Zhang, will succeed Ma as chairman next year. After stepping down as chairman on September 10, 2019 (exactly a year from now), Ma will continue serving as a … Read more →

Use technology to monitor and improve customer experience – Expert

James Etornam Flolu, the Founder of Eltor Consult, a business consultancy and customer experience training organization, has urged Ghanaian business owners to monitor the preferences of their customers with technology in order to maximize the potential of their business. According to him, using … Read more →

Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour

Twitter says it has permanently suspended the accounts of Alex Jones and his Infowars website. It made the move after a number of tweets that violated Twitter’s abusive behaviour policy, the company said. A number of tech giants, including YouTube … Read more →

Amazon’s Market Value Tops $1tn

Amazon has briefly become the second US-listed firm to have a market value of more than $1 trillion (£779bn). Shares in the e-commerce giant rose nearly 2% to a high of $2,050.50 in morning trade before slipping back. Apple reached … Read more →

The Social Media Universe 2018 [Infographic]

Social media usage continues to rise, with the medium now a key part of our connective and interactive process. But while we all know that people are using social more and more, it’s interesting to take a step back and … Read more →

Twitter admits ‘unfairly’ hiding accounts

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has told US lawmakers the company’s algorithms have not always been “impartial”. He said the platform “unfairly” reduced the visibility of 600,000 accounts, including some members of Congress. But he was unable to immediately say … Read more →

How to Find Almost Anything on Google [Infographic]

Everyone knows a couple of Google search tricks, a couple of operators they keep in mind, or a search request that brings up a game or entertaining result. And while it can be fun to show one of these tips … Read more →

Amazon touches $1 trillion, on pace to overtake Apple

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) on Tuesday briefly joined Apple Inc (AAPL.O) to become the second $1 trillion publicly listed U.S. company after its stock price more than doubled in a year as it grew rapidly in retail and cloud computing. Its … Read more →

Facebook, Twitter face U.S. Congress over foreign bids to tilt politics

Top executives from Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) will defend their companies in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday over what lawmakers see as a failure to combat continuing foreign efforts to influence U.S. politics. Facebook Chief Operating Officer … Read more →

Some Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram users face temporary outage

Facebook Inc on Monday said a technical problem prevented some users from accessing and posting on the social network as well as messaging app Whatsapp and Instagram, and it had mostly fixed the issue. “Earlier today, a networking issue caused … Read more →