On Tuesday, A Moscow court fined Apple 2 million rubles (about $34,000) for refusing to store the personal data of Russia users on servers in Russia, part of government efforts to control …
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Safaricom unveils 2nd phase of M-Pesa Merchant Interoperability
Kenya’s largest telco Safaricom Plc has announced that mobile network operators Kenyans can now make direct mobile money payments to an M-PESA Pay Bill Number from Telkom and Airtel networks. …
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MTN Group on Friday entered into discussions to acquire Telkom. The news sent Telkom’s share price rocketing higher. MTN has long been interested in Telkom, with market talk about discussions …
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Twitter experiences outage, affects users globally.
Social media site Twitter saw a major outage affecting users globally on Thursday – its first major incident of this kind since February. The outage lasted for close to an …
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Netflix partners with Microsoft
Netflix has partnered with Microsoft to launch a cheaper subscription plan that includes advertisements, the firms said Wednesday, as the streaming giant fights to attract customers. Netflix opted to develop …
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Dotgo launches business messaging hub
Dotgo, a Gupshup company, and the leading provider of Rich Communication Services solutions for business messaging, has announced the launch of RBM Hub. The launch of the RBM Hub expands …
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FedEx Express launches new flights from Clark
On Wednesday, July 13 FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., one of the world’s largest express transport firms announced it is launching eight new flights from the Philippines to …
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FNB retail customers increases their spend on entertainment streaming services by about 70%.
An assessment of consumer behavior from before the Covid-19 period up to June 2022 reveals that FNB retail customers have increased their spend on entertainment streaming services by about 70%. …
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Civil servants will lose Sh2 billion weekly from October after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) set the date for trimming public workers’ juicy allowances. SRC chairperson Lyn Mengich said …
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Tech Firms Thales, Qualcomm and Ericsson Unveils Plan For ‘Space-Based’ 5G Network
On Monday, Tech Firms Thales, Qualcomm and Ericsson unveiled a plan to allow smartphones to communicate directly with satellites, a “space-based network” they hope will bring connectivity to the entire …