TECHNOLOGY

Indian police have arrested four people suspected of leaking an episode of the hugely popular TV show Game of Thrones before it was aired. Three of the accused are current employees of Prime Focus Technology, while one is a former employee. Prime Focus, a Mumbai-based company that stores and processes the series for Indian streaming website Hotstar, had lodged a ...

Telecommunication giant, MTN, has rewarded its subscribers with cars, monies, smart phones and trips paid for to Dubai through the ‘SPIN the WHEEL promo’. The promotion, which started 1st July 2017 and ends June 2018. Speaking at the awards ceremony, General Manager in charge of Consumer Marketing at MTN, Noel Kojo-Ganson said the “SPIN the WHEEL” promo is one of ...

Telecom operator, Tigo is marking the 5th anniversary of its Tigo Digital Changemakers Competition and has committed to reinvesting an additional GHS135,000 to advance the impact of leading social entrepreneurs in the programme. Tigo disclosed that the competition which has been running in partnership with the international non-profit organization Reach for Change, will see a boost from its reinvestment decision ...

Head of Ghana Operations at Inlaks Limited, an information technology firm, Dzifa Abodakpi, has been adjudged as the Most Outstanding Female IT Country Executive at the 3rd Feminine Achievements Awards, which came off in Accra. A citation presented to her read: “Having overseen the sales and strategy functions at Global Solutions Ghana, now Inlaks Limited, your skills in negotiation, presentations ...

Airtel Ghana continues to demonstrate leadership and innovation in the use of Social Media to engage with customers and relevant stakeholders. At the Ghana ICT and Telecom Awards (GITTA) held recently, the Smartphone Network was presented with the “Most Innovative use of Social Media” Award, for the second consecutive year, in recognition of the company’s dexterity at using Social Media ...

Hackers who have leaked Game of Thrones scripts and other data from entertainment company HBO have released a note demanding a ransom payment. In a new dump, they also published a script for the as yet unbroadcast fifth episode of the current series. Company documents and video episodes of other HBO shows were also shared. The hackers claim to have ...

Telecom operator, Tigo has successfully completed point-to-multipoint base stations in four major business districts across Ghana. Businesses and residents within the Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi and Sunyani central business districts now have access to affordable, reliable and wireless dedicated connectivity with speeds of up to 250Mbps. According to the Chief Technology and Information Officer for Tigo, Amir Abdelazim, the service is ...

A Google employee who wrote a controversial memo about workplace diversity has been fired, the BBC can confirm. The controversial memo broke the firm’s code of conduct, Google’s chief executive Sundar Pichai said on Monday in an email to employees. The memo, shared widely at the weekend, suggested there were fewer women at Google due to biological differences. Mr Pichai ...

A Google employee’s opinion criticising the firm’s diversity initiatives is causing a furore at the firm. In an internal memo, a male software engineer argued the lack of women in top tech jobs was due to biological differences between men and women. “We need to stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism,” he wrote in the piece which was widely ...

A driver with private Taxi firm Uber has been arrested after sending threatening messages to a passenger. The suspect identified as Abbas told his victim Monica that she has three days to start experiencing his own type of punishment after she had called back to cancel her booked trip, upon realising that the driver was not conversant with the route ...