TECH NEWS

    San Francisco, United States | AFP |  Ad blockers on Thursday said they foiled a move by Facebook to sidestep software used to stop marketing messages at social network pages visited on desktop computers. Adblock Plus announced that it is updating its free software with a new filter …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | A judge on Tuesday suspended the WhatsApp smartphone messaging service across Brazil, where it is hugely popular, for failing to surrender user data in a police investigation. “WhatsApp is blocked across the whole national territory,” a spokesman for the court in Rio de …

Principal Information Technology Officer The East African Community is a regional intergovernmental organisation comprising the Republic of Burundi, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Rwanda, the United Republic of Tanzania, and the Republic of Uganda with its Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The EAC mission is to widen and deepen …

Washington, United States | AFP | The “bomb robot” killing of a suspected Dallas shooter may be the first lethal use of an automated device by American police, and underscores the growing role of technology in law enforcement. City police chief David Brown told reporters Friday that officials “saw no …

Uber ready for Kampala Local taxi operators brace themselves for entry of hi-tech cab operator Uber, the US-based mobile app-based taxi service is getting set to open shop in Uganda. The company, which unveiled its services in neighboring Kenya last year, has advertised the positions of operations and logistics manager …