Category: Internet
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Google highlights other usefulness of Google Search
Google on Friday highlighted 10 other usefulness of Google Search engine aside from the normal search for obtaining information. Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google Communication Officer, West Africa, said that millions of people made use of Google Search to get answers and information every day. He noted that yet a lot of users were not harnessing…
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Google hit with record fine for privacy abuses
Google has received a record fine from Belgium’s data protection authority (APD) of 600,000 Euro for not complying with European rules on a person’s “right to be forgotten” online. The 600,000 Euro penalty is the largest ever imposed by APD, it said on Tuesday, and more than 10 times bigger than the authority’s previous record…
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YouTube not obliged to inform on film pirates, Europe’s top court says
Google’s YouTube is not required to hand over the email or IP address of users who upload films illegally to its video platform, Europe’s top court ruled on Thursday, saying there must be a balance between protecting personal data and copyright. The case came before the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)…
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Nigerians to start enjoying Internet speed of 25 Mbps at N390 per 1GB
The federal government has designed a new broadband plan for Nigerians to start enjoying Internet speed of minimum 25 Mbps in urban areas and 10 Mbps in rural areas, with effective coverage available to at least 90% of the population at a price not more than N390 per 1 GB of data. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports…
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Big banks join boycott of Facebook platforms
Canada’s biggest lenders confirmed on Friday they had joined a widespread boycott of Facebook Inc. begun by U.S. civil rights groups, seeking to pressure the world’s largest social media platform to take concrete steps to block hate speech. More than 400 brands have pulled advertising on Facebook in response to the “Stop Hate for Profit”…
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Trump eats humble pie after posting video with ‘white power’ slogan
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted and then deleted a video in which his supporters could be heard repeating a “white power” slogan, in the latest instance in which the president was accused of inflaming racial tensions. The phrase is often used by far-right white nationalists and prompted a backlash from within the president’s own Republican…
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Coca-Cola cleans $7 billion off Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and chief executive officer, has had $7 billion wiped off his fortune after Coca-Cola announced halting all social media advertising for 30 days. This follows #StopHateforProfit campaign launched on June 19 in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers and the subsequent worldwide protests. It…
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Twitter pulls another string on Trump
Twitter has pulled yet another string on US President Donald Trump by adding ‘manipulated media’ label on his tweet. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the President’s tweet featured a doctored video clip supposedly meant to be a news item from CNN of two kids. The original video, which went viral on social media in 2019, showed a…
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Google highlights YouTube channels for e-learning
Google on Friday, highlighted five YouTube channels for e-learning with schools in Nigeria closed, due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Communication Officer Google, West Africa, said in a statement that e-learning had become the new normal. Kola-Ogunlade said that this had left many parents stressed as they had to juggle their own…