Bill Gates once-again world’s richest
Microsoft creator Bill Gates is once again the world’s richest person, as an upsurge in Microsoft’s stock price pushed him beyond former number one Carlos Slim. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, More...
Google Kenya launches Doodle 4 Google competition
As Kenya celebrates its 50th anniversary since independence in December, Google Kenya will launch the Doodle 4 Google 2013 competition, which will be open to all Kenyan school students aged between 6 years to 18 More...
Google Navigation coming to Kenya
Google has announced the next step for Google Maps for mobile in Kenya: the availability of Google Maps Navigation (Beta) for phones running Android 2.2 (or above) and iOS 5.1 (or above). Now available, Google More...
Google pays homage to Wangari Maathai
Google has created a special Doodle on its homepages across Sub Sahara Africa to mark the 73rd birthday of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Wangari Maathai. In the doodle, a figure of a smiling Wangari replaces the More...
South Africa: Google part of country’s first TVWS trial
Carlson Wireless has announced the launch of the first TV White Space (TVWS) trial in South Africa. Led by Google, the trial will test TVWS wireless broadband in ten schools across the Cape Town area. Carlson, More...
Amazon, Google join keynote programme at the Cloud World Forum Africa
Leading representatives from Amazon Web Services and Google have been announced to speak at the 2nd Annual Cloud World Forum Africa – www.cloudworldseries.com/africa – taking place on 23rd-24th of April at the More...
Egypt’s telecom regulator to fight YouTube ban
Egypt’s telecommunications regulator has announced it will appeal against a court order to ban the video-sharing website YouTube for one month over an anti-Islam video that appeared on the site last Autumn, More...
Wii U gets maps from Google
Coming to the Nintendo eShop on Wii U as a free download is a new application that brings Nintendo and Google together to allow users to travel the world using their Wii U GamePad controller. Coming to the Nintendo More...
Kenya: online community galvanised to cover elections
Online focused news agency Storyful and Google are coming together to discuss the role YouTube plays as a tool for monitoring elections around the world, as they prepare to launch a Kenyan elections channel on YouTube. The More...
Google reveals top searches for Africa in 2012
Google has announced its annual Zeitgeist, a look at 2012 through the collective eyes of the world on the web, offering a unique perspective on this year’s major events and hottest trends based on searches More...