Paris, France | AFP | Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft has finally spotted the tiny lander Philae stuck in a dark crack on the surface of its comet home — the first glimpse since the robot lab crashlanded in 2014, ground controllers said Monday. The European Space Agency (ESA) released a photograph …
Read More »Launch pad blast destroys SpaceX rocket, Facebook satellite
Miami, United States | AFP | An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad during a test in Florida on Thursday, destroying a satellite that Facebook planned to use to beam high-speed internet to Africa. The blast at Cape Canaveral — though it caused no injuries — …
Read More »Zuckerberg streams live chat with men in space
San Francisco, United States | AFP | Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg took the leading social network on a new journey Wednesday, with a live-streamed chat with astronauts on the International Space Station. In a Facebook Live video broadcast shown at the NASA page of the social network, Zuckerberg praised the …
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By Isaac Khisa Brian Tabaruka is the general manager of the Regus, a virtual office service provider in Uganda. He spoke to Isaac Khisa about their operations and other issues in the virtual office industry. What is your personal philosophy of leadership as a manager? Personally, appreciate that I am …
Read More »Office space scarce in city:
By Patrick Kagenda Turning homes into offices not a solution Bukoto Street was until recently a quiet residential in a narrow backstreet in the Kampala City suburb of Kamwokya. Today, the former colonial-style homes of civil servants and Asian business people have been converted into offices. To walk along the …
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