TECHNOLOGY

The biggest US tech firms are rallying behind the 2015 Paris climate agreement, despite President Trump’s decision to leave it. Mr Trump’s move has been met with dismay from other world leaders signed up to the accord – but much of the outcry can be heard on the west coast of his own country. The chief executives of Apple, Google, ...

Learning Skills International School (LSIS) has held its 3rd annual Science Fair at its Adjiringanor campus. On display at the fair were fascinating projects like Tech Demonstrations, Cleaning “Galamsey” water and so much more. Launched in 2014, the Fair was created by LSIS to empower students through Science and Technology to prepare them to succeed in the 21st century. The ...

The Kosmos Innovation Center on Thursday hosted a second round of business plan pitches at the ISSER auditorium at the University of Ghana, Legon. The first in the series of three business plan pitches was held last month on April 28. At Thursday’s session, 16 teams pitched their proposed business plans which aim to address business challenges in a wide ...

Busy has launched the second phase of its e-learning and social portal, JUMP. Branded JUMP Academy, the addition to the online educational portal sees the inclusion of audio-visual materials covering various academic and professional courses put together by experienced professionals and lecturers tailored to the local curriculum. JUMP Academy has been added to the Education category of the portal www.jump.com.gh. ...

The 2016 co-winner for the Tigo Digital Change-makers’ competition, Ernestina Appiah, has organized a one-day coding session for over 400 school children drawn from basic and Junior High schools in the Greater Accra Metropolis. Themed ‘Ghana Code Day’ Appiah brought together app developers from Mobile Web Ghana, Leti Arts among several other experts to teach the children various applications including ...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg returned to Harvard University—the school he dropped out of to start the pioneering social network—to urge its graduating class to help create a new social safety net in order to allow creative risk-taking. The 33-year-old tech founder of the world’s largest social networking company said he would never have been able to risk leaving the elite ...

That would be Google’s 10th annual developers’ conference. Like most devcons these days, its primary audience is software writers. But the opening keynote unveiled lots of developments that even non-nerds can understand: new features coming soon to Google products. CEO Sundar Pichai opened his keynote speech with an observation: That Google (GOOG, GOOGL) may have begun life as a search ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – One of Harvard University’s most famous dropouts, Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg, returns on Thursday to the Ivy League school to address its graduating class. The 33-year-old tech titan, who dropped out the college to found the pioneering social network company, has been on a nostalgia trip during the week leading up to Harvard’s commencement. On ...

We’ve all got smartphones these days, and almost everything we do on them requires using an app. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could make extra money just for using them? Well, you can. You’re not going to get rich by downloading mobile apps, but you can use these to earn a little extra money every month. Considering some of them ...

LONDON — On Wednesday, one of the most hotly anticipated gadgets of the year finally hit store shelves in the UK. No, not the latest iPhone, or an Amazon Echo smart speakers. I’m talking about the new Nokia 3310. The 3310, originally launched in 2000, was a cult classic — hardy, with a long battery life, and an iconic design. ...