Line Launches $10million Cryptocurrency Fund

Messaging company Line has announced the launch of a $10 million investment fund.The fund called Unblock Ventures will have a capital pool of $10 million with it likely to increase over time.It...

Tech Voice Africa’s Ida Padikuor Na-Tei Recieves Award In Memory of Princess Diana

Host of Tech Voice Africa dialogue, Ida Padikuor Na-Tei has been honoured with the Diana Award for going above and beyond in her daily life to create and sustain...

Japanese Banks To Offer Blockchain Payments

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and U.S. tech company Akamai Technologies have partnered to develop a blockchain technology service.The service according to the firms, will drastically reduce transaction times without compromising...

WHATSAPP INTRODUCES NEW BUSINESS APP

WhatsApp has launched a Whatsapp Business app for small business owners to communicate with their customers.This will enable a lot of businesses who are already using Whatsapp be more efficient and...

Africa Loses Billions to Cybercrime

The rapid development of technology improves lives and enables more efficient operations in the private and public sectors.However, the challenges that have emerged has also undermined progress and exposed users to...

PROGRAMMERS, ANIMATORS, DESIGNERS INVITED TO JOIN VEGA GAME JAM 2018

Vega Game Jam 2018 is set to put aspiring young game developers to the test. The annual 48-hour Global Game Jam will be taking place from 26-28 January 2018 at Vega's...

Facebook To Take Legal Action Against Cambridge Analytica Over Data Scandal

CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, says his company is considering a legal action against Cambridge Analytica over the data scandal issue.Testifying before a Congressional House committee in the wake of the...

Facebook to Stop Discriminatory Ad Targeting

Facebook Inc has signed an agreement with the state of Washington to remove third party advertisers' ability to exclude protected groups in the U.S. from seeing their ads.The announcement was made...

Sesi Technologies’ Isaac Sesi Named MIT Technology Review 2019 Innovator Under 35

Sesi Technologies announces that Isaac Sesi, Co-founder of Sesi Technologies, has been named to MIT Technology Review’s prestigious annual list of Innovators Under 35.Every...

INTEL, MICROSOFT, AND GOOGLE SCRAMBLE FOR SOLUTIONS AS PATCHES SLOW DOWN SYSTEMS.

 Major tech companies, including Intel, Microsoft and Google, scrambled to calm the mood this week after a large number of computer users reported performance problems.This is linked to security updates for the...