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WhatsApp’s Viral Message Forwarding Feature is Updated
WhatsApp is on a mission to slow the spread of fake news between users and that’s why earlier this year it imposed a strict new limit on message forwarding. This feature means users who plan on forwarding a message that has been identified as “highly forwarded” will only be to send it to a single contact at a time. A “highly forwarded” message is defined as media that has been sent through a chain of five or more contacts. This isn’t the first time WhatsApp has introduced a limit like this – in 2019, the Facebook-owned chat app reduced the number of immediate forwarding contacts to five. These messages were labelled with double arrows to indicate they did not originate from a close contact. WhatsApp says that now it is “piloting a simple way to double-check these messages by tapping ...
Samsung Introduces New Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G
Samsung has unveiled its latest foldable device – the Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G – at its annual Unpacked 2020 event. The smartphone is similar to the Galaxy Z Flip and Z Flip 5G which were released earlier this year but The Verge reports that this “marks Samsung’s first major refresh for its flagship foldable phone”. Samsung has unveiled its latest foldable device – the Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G – at its annual Unpacked 2020 event.Click To Tweet “After releasing two foldable devices and listening to user feedback on the most requested upgrades and new features, Samsung unveils the Galaxy Z Fold 2 with meaningful innovations that offer users enhanced refinements and unique foldable user experiences,” says the tech company. “Galaxy Z Fold 2 combines the portability and ...
MTN to Focus on African Markets and Ditch Middle East
MTN has announced that it is focusing its strategy on the African markets. “As part of our ongoing portfolio review, we believe the group is best served to focus in the future on our pan-African strategy,” says MTN Group CEO, Rob Shuter. “We will, therefore, be exiting the Middle East in an orderly manner over the medium term. As a first step, we are in advanced discussions to sell our 75% stake in MTN Syria.” The news comes after the telco announced that it added 11 million subscribers in the first six months of the year to reach a total base of 262 million. By the end of June 2020, MTN had 102 million active data users and 38 million active Mobile Money users. Despite lockdown restrictions impacting network rollout, MTN Group invested R10 billion in capital expenditure across...
The Future of Data Centres Post Pandemic
COVID-19 has altered industries across the globe highlighting just how dependant the world is on data. The Global Data Center Security Solutions Market is expected to grow by $5 billion during 2020-2024. The role of the data centre has never been more important during this pandemic, enabling business continuity with the delivery of remote working tools and cloud-based services. When it comes to healthcare, data has played a key role by facilitating artificial intelligence and other tools for tracking the spread of the virus, including emergency services systems, research and development into vaccines. Other industries such as retail and supply-chain management have also seen a surge in the use of the data centre as a mission-critical tool. This is also applicable to media, content and gami...
Instagram Debuts Reels to Rival TikTok
Facebook-owned Instagram has rolled out a new way to create and share videos – Reels – to rival popular Chinese app, TikTok. The social media platform says that users can share reels with their followers on Feed, and if they have a public account, make them available to the wider Instagram community through a new space in Explore. Here’s a closer look at how to use Reels, according to Instagram: Select Reels at the bottom of the Instagram camera. Reels can be recorded in a series of clips (one at a time), all at once, or using video uploads from their gallery. Record the first clip by pressing and holding the capture button. Users will see a progress indicator at the top of the screen as they record. Stop recording to end each clip. User will see a variety of creative edi...
Do You Need a Reason to have Intelligence at your Fingertips with the Huawei IdeaHub?
If you are looking for an endpoint solution that will migrate your workspace into the 21st century and meet all your smart office needs, Pinnacle has the perfect offer for you. In July 2020, Huawei launched its elegantly simplistic IdeaHub in Southern Africa. When using the term simplistic, this in no way refers to the various functions the unit can offer, but to the modern user-centric design. The Huawei IdeaHub finally gives you the opportunity to throw your outdated whiteboard out the door with its intelligent handwriting capabilities, HD projection, video conferencing feature and open office App Gallery, this all in one solution is all you need to host meetings, presentations, or just a simple brainstorming session. Suitable for meeting rooms, open offices, executive boardrooms or even...
Huawei Launches P40 lite 5G
Huawei has just launched its first 5G phone for the mid-range smartphone market – the P40 lite 5G. Other than its 5G compatibility, this trendy handset boasts a smart look, powerful performance and impressive photography specs. To meet the more diverse needs for photography and videography in the 5G era, the P40 lite 5G is equipped with a 64MP Hi-res AI Quad Camera system. This includes a 64MP main camera, 8MP super wide-angle camera, a 2MP Boken camera and a 2MP macro camera. The 64MP main camera is perfect for shooting in all scenarios, ranging from outdoor settings with strong lighting to low-light settings such as night time photography. The camera setup is designed to let more light in, and so captures hi-res photos with sharp details. For those who want to shoot videos in 4K, t...
Strathmore University selected as Regional VMware IT Academy
VMware has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the University as the first Regional VMware IT Academy for East Africa. In this role, @iLabAfrica-Strathmore University plans to continue to offer VMware IT Academy training as part of its own curriculum, but will also be responsible for implementing the VMware IT Academy program across other higher educational institutions in East Africa. This hopes to help bolster digital skills across the continent and encourage economic prosperity linked to digital skills transfer. Research has shown that the African continent continues to face a technical skills shortage, further highlighted by the sweeping impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on business’ ability to embrace remote working policies. Digitalisation is e...
Google Play Music To Shut Down in December
The time has come for Google Play Music to play dead. The one-time streaming platform is being shut down permanently in December in favor of YouTube Music. This merger between the two Alphabet-owned companies has been in the works since 2017, as Google Play floundered while YouTube became one of… Please click the link below to read the full article. Google Play Music To Shut Down in December Wren Graves You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
17-Year-Old Teen Who Allegedly Orchestrated Twitter Hack Charged with 30 Felonies
A 17-year-old Tampa Bay, Florida teenager who allegedly masterminded the recent hacking of several high-profile Twitter accounts was arrested early Friday morning and charged with 30(!) felony counts. The teenager, identified as Graham Clark, is facing one count of organized fraud, 17 counts of communications fraud, one count of fraudulent use of personal information with over $100,000 or 30 or more victims, 10 counts of fraudulent use of personal information, and one count of access to computer or electronic device without authority, according to WFLA.com. The massive breach on July 15th targeted Twitter accounts for a number of high-profile individuals, including former president Barack Obama, former vice president Joe Biden, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, and Warr...
Trump to Ban TikTok in the US
Donald Trump intends to ban TikTok in the US as soon as Saturday. Speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday night, Trump announced he would use emergency economic powers or an executive order to enforce the ban. Trump also said he is against the idea of a US-based company acquiring the Chinese-owned TikTok. Earlier on Friday, it was revealed that Microsoft had entered into negotiations to purchase the popular video sharing app. TikTok is estimated to have upwards of 65 million active users in the US and consistently ranks as among the most downloaded apps on Apple’s App Store. However, US government officials have expressed concerns over the amount of data collected by TikTok compared to other prominent social media platforms, especially given that TikTok is owned by...
CloudFabric: Leading DCNs into the Intelligence Era
The world is now entering into the era of the digital economy, leaving the industrial era behind with the emergence and rapid development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). According to a survey conducted by global research and advisory firm Gartner, 75% of large enterprises have already transferred their principal strategic focus onto digital transformation. And while the most critical production elements were land and labor in the agricultural era, and capital and technology in the industrial era, data and intelligence have now replaced these industries in the digital economy. A significant amount of data has and is still being generated during digital transformation, which has become a core asset for enterprises. However, data is not an end in and of itself. Rather, it ...
