Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to reach 100 percent mobile penetration by 2021, with smartphone subscriptions accounting for nearly 95 percent of the region’s mobile data traffic. The region will see “a significant shift to mobile broadband” in the next few years as more people look to mobile devices for Internet content and data-intensive apps, said […]
Sub-Saharan Africa Increasingly Going Mobile
Posted November 20th, 2015 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
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Mobile Consumes Teen Generation; Emoji Makes 2015 Word of the Year
Posted November 17th, 2015 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: I’m 15 and I Can’t Look Up From My Phone Mobile devices and their various apps are sucking in a whole generation of teenagers. Writer Ruby Karp notes how young people easily grab their smartphones in the middle of a social gathering or a conversation because they don’t know how to be […]
These Mobile Apps Help With Epilepsy, Depression, Autism
Posted November 6th, 2015 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
Mobile apps are increasingly delving deeper into daily life, extending a helping hand to users with anything from fitness trackers and nutrition data to tools that monitor a host of disorders. Among the latter are these three apps that focus on helping people suffering from epilepsy, depression and Autism. EpiWatch is a new mobile app […]
Dinotrux 5-Minute Favorites; TV Networks Reading Minds
Posted November 4th, 2015 at 2:08 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Netflix, DreamWorks Have Videos to Help Parents Get Kids in Bed Sooner Netflix and DreamWorks Animation have teamed up to give Mom and Dad an upper hand when kids often want to watch ”one more show,” before retiring, Netflix now has three new 5 Minute Favorites based on the animated series Dinotrux — each one […]
Indonesia’s Google Balloons; the Threat to Apple; 000Webhost Hacked
Posted October 29th, 2015 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Alphabet, Indonesian Firms to Expand Web Access via Balloons Three Indonesian telecommunications firms and Google’s holding company, Alphabet, signed an agreement Wednesday to use Google’s solar-powered balloons to expand Internet access. In 2016, Alphabet’s Project Loon will launch hundreds of balloons over the archipelago nation, comprised of more than 17,000 islands, to […]
Mobile Payments Gaining Ground, But Hold on to Your Wallet
Posted October 23rd, 2015 at 12:03 pm (UTC-5)
Mobile payment systems like Apple Pay are gaining users, but security concerns might mean you’ll have to hang onto your credit cards and cash for the time being. While mobile payments still make up only a small fraction of online transactions, their use is growing quickly. That presents a moving target in terms of assessing […]
E-Learning; Women in Tech; Cloud Culture; Kiss Your Piggy Bank Goodbye
Posted October 15th, 2015 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: The Coming Trends in Online Education Online learning has benefited from new and improved tech tools during the past six years. However, these improvements have not produced better learning outcomes, claims writer William Fenton. He argues that priorities need to change as online learning shifts towards “blended initiatives with residential universities.” More […]
Thailand’s Firewall; the Next Big Thing; Android; Steve Jobs
Posted October 8th, 2015 at 3:38 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Thai Military’s Plan for ‘Great Firewall’ Risks Internet Competition Free speech advocates and former officials say the proposal by Thailand’s military government to create a single, controlled Internet gateway would kill competition and be seen as the latest effort to smother freedom of expression and dissent. Android Creator Thinks the Next Big […]
Nong Kalaland; Nepal’s Drones; Internet Use & Teen Health; Microsoft
Posted October 7th, 2015 at 3:37 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Thailand’s Gamers Fight to Save Open Internet Thailand’s idea of controlling Internet traffic through one gateway is not sitting well with a lot of the country’s citizens. Several groups that include privacy activists – even gamers – have united to take down government websites with coordinated Distributed Denial of Service attacks. The […]
Mobile Learning Plugs China’s Education Gap
Posted October 2nd, 2015 at 3:39 pm (UTC-5)
A new Chinese government pilot program is taking aim at the education gap between the country’s urban and rural communities with help from Microsoft Office365 Education and digital classroom platform, Mobiliya Edvelop. Spearheaded by the China Development Research Foundation, a government think tank, the three-year program is being tested in eight participating schools in Qinghai and Guizhou […]