TECHNOLOGY

The Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) will by the second quarter of next year begin operating a television station. A transactional advisor will be appointed by the end of this month after the company, in November last year, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mega-Choice Digital Network, the mother company of Crystal TV, to jointly produce news programmes for ...

The Broadband Communications Chamber (BBCC), an advocacy group for the development and expansion of the broadband industry has called on the National Communications Authority (NCA) to ensure for regulatory uniformity and fairness in the broadband space. “Currently, there remains a great deal of uncertainty in the Ghanaian broadband industry…If this uncertainty persists, the Ghanaian broadband industry shall not be seen ...

It turns out the Chinese have a problem with fake news too. From Facebook’s Alex Stamos to Steve Ballmer, American tech executives have sought in recent days to dispel the notion there’s a swift solution to the proliferation of spurious or insidious information on the internet, a phenomenon critics say wields an outsized and unhealthy influence on public discourse and ...

Barcelona will consider entering the race to sign Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann next summer, potentially scuppering Jose Mourinho’s transfer plans once again, according to reports. Griezmann agreed a new deal at Atletico this summer, following intense speculation that he would leave for Old Trafford. The Frenchman said it would have been a “dirty move” for him to leave given the ...

It seems Mark Zuckerberg spent his Yom Kippur reflecting on the impact Facebook has had on the world. As the Jewish Day of Atonement — the year’s concluding High Holy Day, observed one week after the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah — came to an end, Zuckerberg posted a raw and emotional message to Facebook asking the public for ...

“For the ways my work was used to divide people rather than bring us together, I ask forgiveness and I will work to do better” Mark Zuckerberg posted to Facebook tonight on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. Yet first Facebook must redeem itself by recognizing how its dewy-eyed trust in the world can be abused. Zuckerberg has recently ...

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has begun investigations into the award of procurement and usage of information technology (IT)-related projects of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) from 2014 to the early part of 2017. This follows the interdiction of the GPHA’s IT Manager, Mr David Boison, who is said to have been implicated in an investigative ...

Ghana’s only 4G mobile network operator, MTN, has urged individuals, institutions and businesses to appreciate the importance of data service in every activity they undertake. This was revealed at the launch of its annual internet festival, MTN iFest at the Kumasi City Mall in the Ashanti region. The seventh edition of the MTN iFest has been designed to propagate the ...

Volkswagen, the world’s biggest carmaker, will offer an electric version of all its 300 models by 2030, becoming the latest manufacturer to move away from petrol and diesel. VW will double investment in zero-emission vehicles to 20bn euros (£18bn) as it seeks to put the diesel emissions scandal behind it. The German firm plans to offer 80 new electric cars ...

Corporate Executive of MTN Ghana, Mrs. Cynthia Lumor, has warned customers and subscribers of the mobile money service against sharing their pin numbers with vendors or agents. According to her, no vendor or agent has the right to demand the private pin numbers of customers when performing a function on the mobile money platform. This has become necessary due to ...