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By Wisdom Mumera Google has begun the process of shutting down and deleting all consumer accounts on its Google+ social network platform following the failure of the application to meet expected goals. The move brings to an end Google’s attempt to directly compete with the likes of Facebook and Twitter. The Verge reported that, “the …
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By Staff Reporter Chad has just clocked the record for the longest social media blackout in Africa after reaching a year since March 28 2018 when the government instituted the move aimed at fighting its opponents. Cameroon is second with its 230 day blackout covering the entire internet not just social media. The shutting down …
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By Staff Reporter In a bid to enhance privacy and security Google has announced the introduction of a new feature that allows users to auto-delete their location and activity data after 3 or 18 months. Previously there had been a manual option which one could use but obviously, not everyone remembers to turn it on …
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By Staff Reporter Social media company, Facebook has been embroiled in another scandal after revelations that it harvested over 1.5 million of peoples email addresses without consent. The company has already been reeling from other PR goofs of late and this latest one has led to speculation that it can face legal challenges. In defence …
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By Wisdom Mumera Facebook has thought of going the WhatsApp way, more privacy, end-to-end encryption and keeping itself out of the loop as the global community platform threatens to become another private island. The move, however, is likely to face another barrage of criticism as it lays the ground for fake news. The platform’s founder, …
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By Staff Reporter On Tuesday 26 March 2019 the European Parliament voted in favour of adopting the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. The EU Copyright Directive seeks to govern the way copyrighted material or media is uploaded and shared on the Internet. This makes …
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By Samuel Takawira As ransomware has previously shown no one is safe from cyber-attacks and being prepared against such is no longer a luxury in this digitized world. Cyber-attacks have become one of the main threats to business growth but a number of ways exist to safeguard one from such. 1) There is always going …
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By Staff Reporter Fresh from limiting the forwarding of multiple messages, reducing them to five chats, WhatsApp is allegedly testing yet another impediment for fake news by creating labels for messages forwarded over 5 times. “Last week, WABetaInfo reported that in a new beta version of its Android app, WhatsApp added counts for how many …
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By Staff Reporter Facebook Live streaming faces an unlikely future following an admission by the parent company that they have no control over the application. The admission follows the livestreamed shootings of Muslims in a New Zealand mosque. A Forbes article stated that according to Facebook, “there is too much content in general but not …
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By Staff Reporter Facebook Live streaming faces an unlikely future following an admission by the parent company that they have no control over the application. The admission follows the livestreamed shootings of Muslims in a New Zealand mosque. A Forbes article stated that according to Facebook, “there is too much content in general but not …
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