SMS remains the most popular two-way communication platform on the planet. In most cases, it’s inexpensive, casual, and discreet for users. It also represents one of the more profitable features offered by mobile network operators. And while SMS does face an increasingly fractured market, largely from the growth of messaging apps, it’s not going anywhere…
Right now at a UN meeting in Dubai, authoritarian regimes are pushing for full governmental control of the Internet in a binding global treaty — if they succeed, the internet could become less open, more costly and much slower. We have only 2 days to stop them. The Internet has been an amazing example of…
An estate agent was dismissed after he praised alleged “Modimolle Monster” Johan Kotze, on social media network Facebook, it was reported on Saturday. George Stegmann from Bloemfontein, Free State, was dismissed from Aida on Wednesday when a newspaper reported on the comments he posted on Facebook, the Beeld reported. Stegmann apparently wrote: “You women think…
By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News Cybercriminals are openly selling illegal access to the computer networks of many of the world’s biggest companies. For only a few pounds or dollars, fraudsters and scammers can get the login in details for a server sitting on the network of a Fortune 500 firm. Those renting access…
French President François Hollande pledged to ditch homework on Tuesday as part of wide-ranging reforms aimed at improving standards for over-worked French pupils, especially those in disadvantaged areas. French President François Hollande potentially won the hearts of millions of future voters on Tuesday when he announced plans to abolish homework and reduce the number of…