Tag: internet
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Explore the International Space Station with Google Street View
Google Street View now allows users to see the International Space Station (ISS) as close as they can see the streets of London from their homes. The search giant recently launched the new option for Google Street View that allows users to see the 15 connected modules of the ISS. Thomas Pesquet, an astronaut at…
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Google releases tool to backup your entire computer
There would be no need to fear a personal computer (PC) crashing as Internet giant, Google has released a cloud-based tool that is capable of backing up and syncing all the contents of your computer. “You probably keep your most important files and photos in different places – your computer, your phone, various SD cards,…
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Trump hotels: Data breach compromises card payment details
A data breach at a service provider has compromised card payment details at 14 properties of Trump International Hotels, management said late on Tuesday. The compromised information included payment card numbers and card security codes for some of the hotel chain’s reservations processed through service provider Sabre Corp’s central reservation system, according to a notice…
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Facebook announces Messenger ads expansion for businesses
Facebook has announced Messenger ads will begin popping up on home screens of users globally, while also urging businesses take advantage of it. The social network giant revealed this in an online post on Tuesday saying, “Today we’re pleased to announce the global beta expansion of Messenger ads. People already spend time on Messenger interacting…
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Did you receive the Jayden K. Smith message?
I did as did some millions of Facebook users who received the warning message about a friend request from some Jayden K. Smith. Globally, Facebook and Twitter users have been sent into a frenzy being warned not to accept an unsolicited friend request from one mysterious Jayden K. Smith, who is not Will Smith’s son…
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Death sentence: Facebook meets with Pakistani govt
A senior Facebook official met with Pakistani interior minister on Friday to discuss a demand the company prevent blasphemous content or be blocked. The meeting comes after a Pakistani counter-terrorism court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for making blasphemous comments on Facebook, part of a wider crack-down. Joel Kaplan, Facebook’s vice president of public…
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Google to pay $2.7 billion for abusing its dominance
The European Union (EU) has fined Google a record-breaking 2.4 billion-euro ($2.7 billion) in what is just a fraction of the costs from the EU’s demand that the Internet giant stop skewing search results to favour its own shopping site gaining ‘undue’ dominance in so doing. To some smaller businesses, this might mean ‘torn apart’,…
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China rolls out national cyber-attack response plan
China’s top cyber authority has formalised a new nationwide cyber-attack response plan on Tuesday. The country seeks to ramp up protection in the face of increasingly sophisticated global ransomware scare. The plan requires provinces to upgrade networks and construct expert response teams as part of the centralised reporting system, said the Cyberspace Administration of China…
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NIRA caps dotNG domain name registration at 90,000
Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) first quarter report has capped the country’s domain name at 90,036 in total. The NiRA report reveals that the entire Africa’s continent has less than two million domain names. TheNewsGuru reports South Africa’s .za is having a total of 1,148,095; Kenya’s .ke a total of 61, 623 domain names. The…