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7 Video Conferencing Alternatives to Zoom
With the onset of the COVID-19 remote work exodus that has seen billions stuck at home, video conferencing apps have exploded in popularity. At the forefront is the service Zoom. However, with Zoom’s explosive popularity came a series of highly…
New Microsoft Teams Password Hack a Threat To 75-Million Users
When it comes to doing business from home, apart from Telegram which is planning to move into the video chat space, the most immediate threat to the sector dominance of Zoom is Microsoft Teams. This should come as no great…
TikTok Records All-Time High 200-Million Downloads
Popular Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok continues to grow at a high rate globally based on the number of new app downloads. Data gathered by Learnbonds.com indicates that during the first quarter of 2020, the platform recorded an all-time high number…
Cryptocurrencies Continue to Gain Traction as Global Economy Shrinks
The cryptocurrency sector continues to show strong growth despite a severe economic contraction since the global COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, Bitcoin is up 28% and is now trading at $8993. This could be attributed to the move towards a cashless…
Why COVID-19 Didn’t Break the Internet
In the face of a rapid worldwide traffic explosion from private, public and government entities all across the world, there was some worry from experts that the increasing surge in bandwidth would be too much for the internet’s infrastructure to…
Top 5 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. With the month concluding, this week’s top stories ranged from social media news to Nintendo being hacked. Good news for…
Microsoft Teams Jumps to 75-Million Daily Active Users
Last month Microsoft said that Teams usage had grown to 44-million daily active users during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Now, The Verge is reporting that the platform’s user base has jumped 70%. Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella revealed in an investor…
Safaricom Makes Colossal 86% of Total Telecom Revenue in Kenya
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) recently released its Economic Survey 2020 report, giving new insights into the country’s economy. Kenya’s ICT sector remains an important piece of the economy, and within this sector rests Kenya’s telecom industry, and…
How Blockchain Can Change the Audit Profession
While blockchain is best known for enabling cryptocurrency payment and trade, this technology has a much wider range of potential uses that could disrupt various industries, including the audit profession. In light of this, auditors should embrace all possible blockchain…
Facebook Now has 3-Billion Monthly Users Across All of its Apps
Facebook now has more than 3-billion monthly users active across its suite of applications. [Tweet “#Facebook now has more than 3-billion monthly users active across its suite of applications.”] The company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed this in a call to…
Biotech Startup Rolls Out Mobile Lab to Boost COVID-19 Testing in Nigeria
Biotech company 54Gene has increased Nigeria’s laboratory testing capacity for COVID-19 with a mobile laboratory in Ogun, a state in the South-West of the country. In addition to its DNA biobank lab in Lagos, the number of molecular laboratories in…
SA Government, UCT Partner on COVID-19 Tracing App
A group of researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) are developing a smartphone app that will help the South African government track people who may be unaware that they have contracted COVID-19, writes SABC News. The app will…
Cybercriminals are Abusing Delivery Services in the Age of Social Distancing
Researchers from online safety company, Kaspersky recently discovered a series of spam and phishing attacks seeking to exploit the Coronavirus pandemic by targeting people who are waiting on packages. These scammers often pose as delivery service employees saying that a…
Netflix’s First Original African Series ‘Queen Sono’ Renewed for Second Season
Netflix has confirmed that Pearl Thusi’s espionage thriller Queen Sono has been officially renewed for a second season. The Sowetan reports that Thusi, Vuyo Dabula, Sechaba Morojele, Chi Mhende, Loyiso Madinga, Rob Van Vuuren, Kate Liquorish, Khathu Ramabulana, and Enhle…
Safaricom Customers Use 1GB of Data Per Month on Average
With the release of Safaricom’s 2019/2020 FY results, there are new details about the massive telecom’s userbase and revenue. Service revenue grew by +4.8% year on year to $2.3-billion (KES 251.2-billion) from the $2.2-billion (KES 239.8-billion) recorded revenue of the…
Cybercrime Damages to Reach $27-Billion by 2025, New Estimates Reveal
According to new estimates, from Atlas VPN, damages caused by cybercrime are expected to reach more than $27-billion by 2025. [Tweet “According to new estimates, damages caused by cybercrime are expected to reach more than $27-billion by 2025. “] Throughout…
