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IJ Akhigbe (Member ISOC Ng) writes from Nigeria The Internet Society ISOC, plays a vital role in developing human capacity all over the world. Of course, the Society has chapters in different countries of the world and has very interesting forum designated for youths, and then General forums.  They are actively involved in capacity-building and assisting developing countries to build basic Internet infrastructures However, unlike previous years 2020 is different, it is the exceptional year of Covid 19 where the days run into months while the world stays at a standstill.  The Internet Governance forums which take youths around the countries on the ticket of the Internet Society could not hold. Anyway, to drive home the point that it is not all about networking and travelling, the capacity development drive took over. Members all over the world were gathered for some weeks to improve their knowledge of the internet governance space. There were participants from Italy, India, Armenia, Zim

9 (CNN) — African tech startups have had a bit of a moment in the past few years. The continent's major urban centers -- like Nairobi, Lagos and Johannesburg -- have been abuzz with incubation hubs, tech entrepreneurs and developers creating, what they hope will be, the next big app. The tech giants of Silicon Valley have taken notice. In 2016, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced $24 million investment in Andela, a company that trains developers in Africa. Facebook is also opening a community tech hub in Lagos this year. According to new research from Partech Ventures, investment is flowing too. <!– adsense –> Related Article: A post-Brexit pivot to Africa? UK moves to increase trade with Nigeria Their research found that $560 million in venture capital funding was invested in African startups. That's an increase of 53% from $366,8 million in 2016. The total amount was achieved by 124 startups through 128 rounds of funding. African entr

Google is not taking Pinterest’s search ambitions lying down. The company  recently launched  a “Similar Items” feature on mobile web and Android to point users to more products they’ll love – like handbags, sunglasses, and shoes, for example – and today it’s expanding that functionality to include apparel. More notably, it’s also introducing a new feature called “Style Ideas,” which will surface inspirational lifestyle images and outfits that show off the fashion product images you had been browsing. If this all sounds familiar, it should. Pinterest for years has been establishing itself as the home for “inspirational” imagery – often including fashion items and other products – which it then tries to funnel into purchases. It has also been developing  visual search technology  that helps it to identify specific products within images, or even a person’s camera viewfinder, then pull up related content on its service. Ultimately, the goal here is to shift a portion of those in

Hackers have obtained working iCloud passwords. Use these methods to make sure yours isn't at risk. If you use iCloud, do these steps to protect your information. Photo by CNET Despite a daily barrage of hacks, data breaches and malware attacks, millions of internet users still refuse to take some basic security precautions that could make their accounts nearly impervious -- and worry-free. Consider the current situation with iCloud. A group of hackers calling itself "the Turkish Crime Family" says it has access to hundreds of millions of Apple accounts and passwords, and will begin resetting them as well as remotely wiping iPhones  unless Apple pays a ransom of at least $75,000 by April 7 . Has Apple been hacked? Probably not. "The alleged list of email addresses and passwords appears to have been obtained from previously compromised third-party services," the company  said in a statement . Apple also said it is working with law enforcement offi

I often see so many new members asking questions about Google AdSense like, why has Google denied my application or how long does it take to get approved?  But the questions you should be asking are, is Google AdSense worth it and do I want to divert people away from my affiliate ads? ADSENSE VS AFFILIATE ADS Now I realize that in Certification Course 3, Lesson 7, Kyle explains about Google AdSense and how it "could potentially" benefit your website business. However if your website is not getting a lot of traffic and if it doesn’t have a lot of content, which by the way contributes to more traffic, then your application to AdSense may be denied. But should you feel bad about not being approved? NOT AT ALL. First off you will not make nearly as much doing AdSense as you would from affiliate ads, especially when first starting out. Another thing to consider is by having AdSense on your website, not only will it be a visual distraction but could make people leave your

Emoji 5.0 has 69 new candidates coming in a few months. We ranked which ones we thought were the best. 1 Face with finger covering closed lips New emoji are expected to be released in a couple of months, and  Emojipedia on Thursday  offered up a look at all 69 new candidates. Here are our favorites This emoji has the most potential when you want to throw social media shade at people you've never met online. A quick shush is much fewer characters than typing out entirely "never tweet." For now, it's the closest emoji to say "stfu" with some subtlety. Photo by: Emojipedia 2 Face with monocle This emoji is essentially the thinking face, just replace the hand on the chin with a monocle on the right eye. Just look at how perturbed this emoji is. Photo by: Emojipedia 3 Face with one eyebrow raised It's like a toned down version of the thinking face emoji, for when you're skeptical of som

Here's how to listen to and delete recordings on your Google account, and how to stop them from being saved to begin with. When you ask Google a question, these recordings are automatically saved to your Google account. While the recordings are only accessible by you, they may include some private information you don't feel comfortable having in the cloud. There's no reason to panic. It's easy to access and delete recordings, and prevent Google from saving them in the first place. Here's what you need to know: Voice activity management Head to the Voice & Audio Activity page. You may be prompted to sign-in again. Play voice recordings. Nicole Cozma/CNET You can listen to recordings using the Play button under each one. This is useful if you recall using voice search to look up something like a movie or book title recently, can't remember the exact words, and want to learn more about it now. Choose the time frame that you want to delete. Nicol