Communications Authority Kenya sets up tough measures on use of SIM cards
Giving a stranger your phone to make a distress call could earn you six months behind bars and a fine of Sh10,000 if it is found that your mobile device has been used to [...]
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Samsung Canada halts sale of Galaxy Note 7; customers urged to stop using them
Samsung says it is halting sales of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after a spate of fires involving new devices that were supposed to be safe replacements for recalled models. [...]
Facebook sets eyes on Kenya’s revolutionary mobile money service M-Pesa
Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance in Nairobi last week on a scouting mission. Facebook’s billionaire founder was after the crown jewel in East and Central [...]
Tech-savvy millennials getting scammed more than seniors
Technology-savvy youth are more likely to be swindled by fraudsters than seniors, according to the results of a Better Business Bureau survey that turns the stereotype of [...]
Android users being warned of vicious malware infecting millions of phones
A new report claims 10 million Android smart phones are infected with a new type of malware: HummingBad. But what is this new program and what does it mean for us? According [...]
Husband divorces wife after she was too busy texting to have sex on wedding night
A man has divorced his new bride after she apparently spent their wedding night texting her friends instead of consummating the marriage. The unnamed groom was furious with [...]
Ontario woman follows car’s GPS directions into Lake Huron
Police say following the instructions from a GPS on a foggy night left an Ontario woman taking an unplanned swim in Georgian Bay. The 23-year-old woman from Kitchener, Ont., [...]