TECHNOLOGY

Google Launchpad and Google Play South Africa have been launched 2017 to boost African technology start-ups and develop a unique African design aesthetic. The two initiatives will be based entirely in Africa, including in South Africa, and will offer budding and experienced tech entrepreneurs and designers hands-on and direct access to the Google brain trust, which will help them develop ...

Two young athletes of Ghanaian parentage based in the United States of America (USA), Roland and Remy Amarteifio have taken a bold step towards being part of Ghana’s plans for the next Olympic Games to be hosted by Japan in the year 2020. The siblings, both track athletes, were born in Chicago, Illinois to madam Genevieve Kudjodji and Renald Amarteifio, ...

Missouri is launching an investigation into whether Google has broken its consumer protection and antitrust laws. In a statement, the state’s attorney general, Josh Hawley, said that his office has issued a subpoena to the search giant earlier on Monday. The investigation will seek to determine if Google has violated the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act — its principal consumer-protection law — and ...

Airtel and Tigo, leading providers of mobile telecommunication services in Ghana, have announced the launch of a joint brand that will advance their commitment to providing the best mobile and fixed telephony service and solutions to consumers and businesses. The talents, technologies and tactical expertise of Airtel and Tigo are now unified as AirtelTigo. At a staff durbar where the ...

Staff of merged telecom companies Tigo and Airtel have been asked to reapply for their jobs a day after the firms morphed into AirtelTigo, Starr News has learnt. Workers who will not be retained after the screening process will receive a cumulative of their three months’ salary multiplied by the number of years they have worked with the firm. The ...

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vokacom, Nana Osei Afrifa has stated that Ghana’s new digital addressing system which has generated controversy is better than that of the United Kingdom. Vokacom which has been in existence for 14 years is the company behind the Ghana Post GPS software. According to the CEO, some properties in parts of UK do not ...

Merged Telecom companies, Tigo and Airtel will today, November 13, unveil a new name, logo and executives. The announcement will also culminate in the human resource plan for the new entity which involves skills assessment of staff of both companies. The merger, which was first announced in March 2017, required the regulator to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the application ...

YouTube is to restrict the availability of videos showing children’s characters in violent or sexual scenes if they are reported by viewers. Last week, a blog post by writer James Bridle highlighted how YouTube was still being swamped by bizarre and indecent videos aimed at children. The site says it already stops such videos earning advertising revenue. YouTube said its ...

Uber has struck a deal that could lead to a huge investment by a consortium led by Japanese conglomerate Softbank and San Francisco group Dragoneer. The size of the potential investment has not been disclosed, but reports say it could be up to $10bn (£7.6bn). The ride-hailing company said the money would fuel Uber’s expansion and investments in technology. But ...

A Facebook test that promoted comments containing the word fake to the top of news feeds has been criticised by users. The trial, which Facebook says has now concluded, aimed to prioritise “comments that indicate disbelief”. It meant feeds from the BBC, the Economist, the New York Times and the Guardian all began with a comment mentioning the word fake. ...