Technology
The 40th anniversary of monetary cooperation between France and countries of the CFA franc
The fifteen members of the African French zone celebrate the 40th anniversary of monetary cooperation with France on October 5 in Paris.
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GUINEA RELIEF OF ITS DEBTS
Guinea has been relief of a debt of over 2.1 billion this Wednesday and has now been removed from the list of highly indebted...
South Africa: A dish way to cook in compliance with Kyoto protocol
Sun Fire Solutions presents a range on innovative Solar Lighting systems especially suitable to African not easy conditions of life. What is most important...
Facebook removes violent ‘intifada’ page
Facebook has removed a page calling for a new Palestinian uprising against Israel after more than 350,000 people signed up to it.
The page which...
First images of planet Mercury released
NASA released an image of the planet Mercury on Tuesday, the first obtained from a spacecraft orbiting the solar system's innermost planet.
The image is...
News Corp. passes MySpace over to Vevo?
The media giant is said to have approached the music website about exchanging the social network for a stake in a new venture.
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MTV prepares Facebook documentary
What does it take to run a social-networking site that 500 million users rely on and obsess over? Who are the people working to...
Amazon previews digital music locker
Amazon.com plans to introduce a service that will let people upload their digital music to the Web and access it from browsers on any...
MySpace loses 10 million users in one month
Latest statistics suggest attempts to kick new life into MySpace may be failing.
Tech industry analysts comScore say figures show MySpace lost more than 10...
Rap lawsuit raises digital music service questions
The most closely watched lawsuit in the music industry asks this question: how much should a song on iTunes or another digital music service...
Int’l iPad2 launch causes worldwide frenzy
Long lines were reported in Berlin, London, Sydney and other cities as the iPad 2, the newest version of Apple's popular touchscreen tablet, went...
Africans lend tech savvy to elections, banking, education
Africa is wired and fast proving its tech savviness as millions of Africans adopt new technology. A decision by UEMOA, an eight-member country, to...
Social media and cyber-activism in North Africa’s revolution
As hundreds of thousands of Egyptians in Cairo’s Tahrir Square celebrated the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February, some held up mobile...
BlackBerry launches PlayBook tablet at $499
Research In Motion Ltd. said it will sell its PlayBook tablet in North America next month starting at $499, ending months of speculation over...
African hi-tech taking leading position
For 48 long hours, employees of Senegal’s National Telecommunications Company cut telephone and Internet connections to the rest of the world. That bold action,...
Apple sues Amazon over Appstore name
Apple has filed a lawsuit against Amazon accusing the Web retail giant of copyright infringement over the name "app store."
The complaint, filed Friday, is...
Twitter turns five years old
The message was cryptic. Two words. No context, no punctuation, just: "inviting coworkers"
But that short statement proved to be enough to launch a global...
Amazon Appstore opens Tuesday
Amazon.com is entering the mobile app business with an Android app store that will open Tuesday.
The Amazon Appstore, accessible at Amazon.com/appstore and through a...
AT&T buys T-Mobile rival for $39 billion
AT&T Inc. said it was buying T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG for $39 billion in cash and stock, a move that would create...
Namibia and Zimbabwe politicians confront new technology
Following the recent 'Twitter-Facebook inspired revolutions’ in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and other Middle East countries, Namibian leader, President Hifikepunye Pohamba, has sent a strong...
Adobe caves in to Apple by converting Flash
For decades -- dating back to the 1980s -- Apple and Adobe Systems have had a deeply troubled relationship. The most recent phase of...
Racist anti-Asian YouTube rant sparks outrage
When Alexandra Wallace recorded her rant about Asian students using cellphones in the library at the University of California, Los Angeles, she was alone,...
Apple sells over 600,000 iPads in three days
Apple Inc.'s new iPad 2 flew off of the shelves on its first weekend.
The company's stores in major U.S. cities had sold out of...
Hewlett-Packard moves into cloud computing
Since becoming chief executive of Hewlett-Packard four months ago, Léo Apotheker has remained mostly silent about his plans for the world’s biggest technology company.
He...
Warner Bros. allows Facebook movie rentals
The studio, which says it is the first to offer movies directly on the social media site, aims to roll out additional titles over...
Cars may incorporate iPad technology
If you're looking to upgrade your car this year, you can ignore fuel injection, turbo charging, power steering and a streamlined chassis -- the...
Over 15,000 used iPads post on eBay
Steve Jobs was still on stage introducing the new iPad 2 last week when my inbox and Twitter stream started filling up with the...
Verizon’s iPhone 4 holds same antenna problem
Consumers Reports said Friday that the iPhone 4 that works on Verizon Wireless' network has a similar problem to the original: Holding the phone...
Japanese phone makers adopt Android
Japanese mobile phones are a gadget lover’s dream. They double as credit cards. They can display digital TV broadcasts. Some are even fitted with...
Apple prepares iPad2 unveiling
It's pretty much official: After months of anticipation, Apple on Wednesday sent out invitations to a March 2 press event where the company is...