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COVID-19 | Phones Could Track the Spread of Covid-19. Is It a Good Idea?

THE WIRE - In 2011, two scientists at Cambridge University in the UK devised a clever way to…

March 16, 2020
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Huawei and 5G: UK had little choice but say yes to Chinese – here’s why

The UK’s decision not to ban China’s Huawei from being a supplier for its next-generation mobile network has…

January 31, 2020
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CEO of Digicel Guyana, Gregory Dean says Guyanese are sick of being left behind and missing out on the opportunities that come with a digital economy.

GUYANA | Digicel slams gov’t for “dark ages” telecoms sector, as GTT celebrates 29 years

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 31, 2020 - A day after the Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes, boasted of…

January 31, 2020
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Converting aging paper documents to digital archives can be a painstaking effort.

Building a digital archive for decaying paper documents, preserving centuries of records about enslaved people

Paper documents are still priceless records of the past, even in a digital world. Primary sources stored in…

January 9, 2020
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Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter (right), converses with (from left) Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Marcia Yvette Gilbert-Roberts; Commercial Manager, DHL Express, Michelle Andrew; Senior Vice President, Corporate and Commercial Banking, Scotiabank, Perrin Gayle; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Dianne McIntosh, at the official launch of the agency’s online adult passport renewal application system, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on December 11 | Andrew Wynter photo

JAMAICA | Adult Citizens Can Now Renew Passports Online

KINGSTON, December 12, 2019 - Jamaica's Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) says its online passport renewal application…

December 13, 2019
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), using the new mobile app from the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) on his phone to compare prices of products in John R. Wong Supermarket in New Kingston, at the launch, on Wednesday (December 11). Observing (from left) are Directors of the CAC, Vernon Derby and Daenia Ashpole, and Chief Executive Officer, CAC, Dolsie Allen | Donald De la Haye Photo

JAMAICA | Consumer Affairs Commission Launches Mobile App

KINGSTON, December 12, 2019 - The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has launched a new mobile app, called the…

December 13, 2019
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TikTok has been growing more popular among North American teenagers in paralel to the growing tensions between Washington and Beijing. | Photo: Reuters

US Launches A National Security Investigation Into TikTok

After two years from the $1 billion transaction of Musical.ly to Beijing ByteDance Technology Co, U.S. lawmakers have…

November 2, 2019
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Twitter to ban political advertising as of November

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that starting in November, the United States-based social…

October 31, 2019
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Hurricane Dorian as seen from the International Space Station on 2 September 2019.

UN | WMO wants govts to protect radio frequencies allocated to Met services

Amid growing competition for radio wave space due to new wireless technologies, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday called…

October 24, 2019
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In the near future, the ability to code will be as essential as knowing how to read, write and count. Shutterstock

Coding in South African schools: what needs to happen to make it work

South Africa is training a group of teachers to learn how to code and how to teach coding.…

August 4, 2019
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Supporters of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, at a rally earlier this year. EPA-

WhatsApp played a big role in the Nigerian election. Not all of it was bad

There is growing concern about the potential for the message and media sharing platform WhatsApp to undermine democracy…

July 30, 2019
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