What would happen if Facebook and some of its apps — such as Instagram and WhatsApp — were to all go down at about the same time? And then stay intermittently out for hours? On Wednesday, people around the world found out when all three services experienced interruptions throughout the day. The problems began around…

It is rare in this part of our world to hear about technological breakthrough. Most of the heavy industrial machines and the luxury cars we see on our roads are often imported from US, China, Japan among others. Perhaps, the time has finally come for Ghana to invent her own machines. A level 300 Mechanical…

MineX 360 Services have designed an application that will enable parents and school authorities easily check when pupils get to school and when they depart. The application known as SmartSapp will notify guardians of who drops off their kids at school and who picks them up and at the exact time. This innovation has been…

It was meant to be a vision of how we will all live in future – a smart city built from the internet up – offering citizens the chance to experience the very latest technology. That would include autonomous cars, innovative ways to collect rubbish and shared spaces for communities to come together in new…

On Tuesday, Facebook announced that it would start restricting who can live stream video on the platform following the white nationalist terrorist attacks in New Zealand only a few months ago. According to the blog post, Facebook said that it would be applying what it called a “one strike” policy to Facebook Live that would…

Hackers were able to remotely install surveillance software on phones and other devices using a major vulnerability in messaging app WhatsApp, it has been confirmed. WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, said the attack targeted a “select number” of users, and was orchestrated by “an advanced cyber actor”. A fix was rolled out on Friday….

Facebook wants to tell your secret crush how you feel about them. The company is launching a new feature, called “Secret Crush”, which will allow people to tell it who they’re into. If other people say the same about you, there will be a match – and both people will be notified. The feature is a…

Facebook “unintentionally” uploaded the email contacts of more than 1.5 million users without asking permission to do so, the social network has admitted. The data harvesting happened via a system used to verify the identity of new members, Facebook asked new users to supply the password for their email account, and took a copy of…

The official Samsung Galaxy Note 9 launch date is August 9, after an invite was sent out by Samsung on June 27. The unveiling will happen in Brooklyn, New York at 11am EST (8am PST, 4pm BST). It’s the next big Android smartphone to release, and it’ll be here next month. It means the new Galaxy…

Most of the smartphones available in the market are user-friendly; hence, it doesn’t require a strong learning curve to unlock the functioning. Still, there are a few things you probably don’t be aware of what your phone could do for you. Even if you are a tech-savvy person, you probably don’t have awareness about every…