Tag Archive for "cellular telephone"

Android malware intercepting incoming text messages – report

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Ephraim Batambuze III
May 24, 2013 3:15 pm

A new piece of Android malware has been discovered that can intercept your incoming text messages and forward them to criminals. Once instal...

Twitter Tightens Security After Recent Hacking Spate

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Daisy Rwemereza
May 23, 2013 12:13 pm

Micro-blogging site Twitter says it is bringing in an optional two-step login for users to beef up security following recent high-profile br...

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TECNO launches the new P3 smartphone in partnership with Etisalat in Nigeria

Andrea Ayemoba
May 23, 2013 12:06 pm

One of the fastest growing mobile phone brand in Africa, TECNO has partnered with Qualcomm Incorporated, a global leader in next-generation ...

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Ex-Nokia Team Makes Rival Smartphone

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Daisy Rwemereza
May 22, 2013 12:14 pm

A company made up of former Nokia employees has shown off Jolla, a new Smartphone with a custom operating system known as Sailfish. The soft...

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Zambia: Suspected ‘State Agents’ Break Into Bufi Singer Pilato’s House

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Africa News Cloud
May 20, 2013 6:24 pm

[Zambia Reports]Suspected state agents have broken into the house of singer Pilato and made away with two laptops, a video camera and his wi...

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Mobile phone boom in Asia-Pacific

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Africa News Cloud
May 20, 2013 12:42 pm

The Asia/Pacific region led worldwide mobile phone sales with 53.1% in the first quarter of 2013. The latest research by Gartner......

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Web-connected libraries for Africa: the dream of digital knowledge for all

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James Bridle
May 19, 2013 12:05 am

New venture Librii is seeking to set up self-sustaining libraries with internet access in poor and isolated communitiesA decade ago, Brewste...

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Jimmy Mubenga security guards had racist jokes on their mobile phones

Matthew Taylor
May 17, 2013 3:01 pm

Inquest hears jokes deriding blacks, Asians and Muslims when G4S officers are asked to read from their mobile phonesA G4S security guard who...

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Nigerian troops fire on suspected Boko Haram camps, killing 21, says official

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Africa News Cloud
May 17, 2013 12:23 pm

Fighting reported in forest near Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, as mobile networks are shut downA security official in north-east Nigeri...

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MTN network down amid Nigeria unrest

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Africa News Cloud
May 16, 2013 9:03 pm

Mobile phone service has been cut in areas of northeast Nigeria as the military sends more soldiers to the region to fight Islamic extremist...

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Warplanes, troops in NE Nigeria; mobile phones cut

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Africa News Cloud
May 16, 2013 9:02 pm

Mobile phone service was cut off Thursday in areas of northeast Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were depl...

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G4S guard in dead deportee case shared racist jokes

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Amelia Hill
May 15, 2013 9:03 pm

The senior custody officer in charge of restraining an Angolan deportee read out racist jokes in court, an inquest has heardThe G4S security...

System to detect fake malaria drugs using SMS launched

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Ephraim Batambuze III
May 15, 2013 6:14 pm

Guilin Pharmaceuticals, the World’s first producer of artesunate prequalified by the World Health Organisation as meeting the global body�...

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Sony unveils new Xperia ZR smartphone

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Charlie Fripp
May 13, 2013 12:07 pm

On Fridcay 10 May Sony Mobile unveiled the Xperia ZR mobile phone, a recent addition to the company’s smartphone range and boasting ...

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Kenya turns to mobile app to stop motorbike mayhem on the roads | Annie Kelly

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Annie Kelly
May 13, 2013 12:00 pm

As young Kenyans have rushed to become motorbike taxi drivers, the death toll from traffic accidents has risenMobile phones, often cited as ...

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Mobile Phone for Children Launched

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Ephraim Batambuze III
May 11, 2013 9:11 pm

A mobile phone for children called 1stFone has been lauched by a British company called OwnFone. The device can only make and receive phone...

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List of Pivot East 2013 Semifinalists Released

Ephraim Batambuze III
May 10, 2013 6:13 am

East Africa’s premier mobile startups pitching competition, Pivot East, which is held annually has released the list of the 2013 semifinal...

Death toll in Nigeria police attack rises to 30

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Africa News Cloud
May 10, 2013 3:11 am

In this photo taken with a mobile phone, Tuesday, May. 7, 2013, soldiers and journalist looks at bodies of prison officials killed by Islami...

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Zambia Using Cell-Phones to Fight HIV/Aids

Ephraim Batambuze III
May 8, 2013 6:09 pm

By Gethsemane Mwizabi, Times of Zambia Young people in Zambia and all across the world, live in a time of unprecedented expansion of mobile ...

An Op-ed by Donald Kaberuka, President of the AfDB, on the Somalia Conference held in London

Andrea Ayemoba
May 8, 2013 3:06 pm

Leaders from more than 50 states and international organizations have gathered in London, UK to attend the Somalia Conference today on Tuesd...

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Giving Extremists a Second Chance

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Muhyadin Ahmed Roble
May 8, 2013 12:03 pm

At 18, Farah Osman should not be a battle-hardened soldier. He should not have spent the last seven years fighting for the Somali Islamist e...

Zimbabwe woos foreign investors

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
May 7, 2013 6:04 am

After shunning Zimbabwe during its years of hyperinflation and political strife, foreign investors are finding the southern African country ...

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Rwanda: Rwandan Designs Mobile APP to Market Social Life

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Africa News Cloud
May 6, 2013 9:06 am

[New Times]A Rwandan living in Germany has built a mobile phone application that markets Rwanda's lifestyle hotspots....

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Dubai Expo 2020 reports on two social initiatives in Africa that are helping foster sustainability on a local level

Andrea Ayemoba
May 2, 2013 12:03 pm

Under the theme ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’, Dubai is building its Expo 2020 bid on three sub-themes representing the forces...

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Ghana mobile firms offer free insurance to keep customers hanging on | Mark Tran

Mark Tran
May 2, 2013 6:09 am

In Africa, microinsurance offers poor people a financial cushion in case of catastrophe while winning loyalty to mobile operatorsHanging on ...

Africa: Nigeria Follows Kenyan Example for Mobile Banking

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Africa News Cloud
May 2, 2013 6:06 am

[Africa In Fact]More people in Africa use their mobile phone to bank than in any other region in the world....

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‘I Just Wore Google’s Glasses For 2 Weeks And I’m Never Taking Them Off’

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Ephraim Batambuze III
April 29, 2013 9:07 pm

Tech guru Robert Scoble just “demoed” Google’s computerized glasses, Google Glass, for two weeks. His thoughts are b...

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Facebook Losing Millions Of Users

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Ephraim Batambuze III
April 29, 2013 6:18 pm

In the last month, the world’s largest social network has lost 6m US visitors, a 4% fall, according to analysis firm SocialBakers. In ...

How HMRC treated its Goldman Sachs tax deal whistleblower as a criminal

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Rajeev Syal
April 29, 2013 6:03 pm

Tax officials used intrusive powers to rake through Osita Mba's personal data in attempt to prove he had spoken to the GuardianTax officials...

Innovative Things You Can Do With Your Old iPhone

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Ephraim Batambuze III
April 27, 2013 12:07 pm

There’s nothing saying that you can’t continue using your old iPhone for years to come, but whether you ended up switching opera...

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Smartphones outshipped feature phones for the first time

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April 26, 2013 3:06 pm

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 4% year-over-year in the seasonally slow first quarter of 2013 (1Q13) as smartphones outshipped featu...

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Nokia releases an Asha phone with a dedicated WhatsApp button

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Patrick Tumusiime
April 26, 2013 12:12 pm

HTC and Nokia have previously released handsets with Facebook-devoted buttons, but this marks a first for WhatsApp thanks to Nokia relea...

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