Ghana Post GPS App create, loot & share – IT Expert
A civil society group, Coalition for Democratic Governance, has waded into the controversy surrounding the Ghana Post GPS App, describing the digital address system deployed by government as a scheme to create, loot and...
ANUC to fight galamsey with Ghanasat-2
The All Nations University College (ANUC) has begun moves to build Ghana's Second Satellite dubbed Ghanasat-2 which will have a commercial mission to help solve most environmental challenges confronting the country.
Speaking to Starr News...
US moves to block AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner
The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to block telecoms giant AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner, the owner of CNN and HBO.
The department said the merger would lessen competition and lead to...
Meet Ghana’s Youngest PhD UX Researcher
Dr. Gloria Opoku-Boateng Osardu is a PhD UX Researcher/ Scientist at Northrop Grumman (a leading global aerospace and security company). She received her PhD in Information Systems at UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)...
Toshiba sells electronics department to Hisense
Toshiba signed a deal today selling its television subsidiary to China’s Hisense, according to the Nikkei Asian Review. The Japanese company will sell a 95 percent stake in Toshiba Visual Solutions to Hisense Electric...
YouTube to restrict ‘disturbing’ children’s videos
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...
Handy smartphone catching up in Ghana
Ghana’s hospitality tag is being further deepened with the adoption of the Handy Smartphone device.
The device serves as a hospitality guide while providing data and voice calls to visitors.
Some16 hoteliers in Ghana have already...
Report: 310 million LTE subscriptions in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2023
The latest regional appendix to the upcoming Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) Mobility Report forecasts that LTE subscriptions will expand by 47 percent from 30 million in 2017 to 310 million by 2023 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The report...
Vodafone partners Statistical Service on “big data for good” initiative
Vodafone is partnering the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to launch a not-for-profit initiative aimed at using mobile-derived customer insights to make better predictions for sustainable development.
The global concept of using data from mobile networks...
Self-driving shuttle bus in crash on first day
A self-driving shuttle bus in Las Vegas was involved in a crash on its first day of service.
The vehicle - carrying “several” passengers - collided with a lorry driving at slow speed.
Nobody was injured...