Big news week for Bitcoin: G20 refusal to crackdown, Twitter CEO endorsement & China’s new …
On March 21st, Twitter and Square CEO, Jack Dorsey stated that "bitcoin will become the world's single currency in 10 years or fewer" in correspondence with The Times. On March 22nd, it was reported that the newly appointed head of the People's Bank of China (PBoC) stated that "Bitcoin provides … …
Twitter Eviscerates Duke For Slapping Floor While Playing Zone Defense
There was a time when Duke basketball was synonymous with man-to-man defense. A time when Mike Krzyzewski's veteran-laden team would slap the floor at Cameron Indoor Stadium to signal they were about to turn up the heat on defense. But the 2017-18 Blue Devils have been far from a defensive … …
Twitter is toxic for women, and they too are responsible for it
Is Twitter toxic to women? The recent report of the Amnesty International, based on a survey with 1,100 British women, Toxic Twitter, examines the “scale, nature and impact of violence and abuse directed towards women on Twitter. Every day, women face violent threats, sexism, racism and more on … Read More
How to Delete Your Facebook Account – And Why It’s So Hard to Do
The past week's series of revelations about the misuse of Facebook user data by the election firm Cambridge Analytica has led to widespread calls for users to delete their accounts. Prominent supporters of deleting Facebook now include WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Read More
How can Facebook change when it exists to exploit personal data?
The story of how those data made the journey from Facebook's servers to Cambridge Analytica's is now widely known. But it is also widely misunderstood. (Many people were puzzled, for example, by Facebook's vehement insistence that the exfiltration of a huge trove of users' data was not a “breach”.) … Read …
Chinese teacher posts video on social media of him kissing high school student, gets fired
In the video, the 47-year-old teacher from Luonan county in Shaanxi province is seen holding his 17-year-old student by her waist, and kissing her on her face and lips, reports the New Straits Times and South China Morning Post. It is reported by local media that the teacher had uploaded …
Umno IT, social media bureau told not to publish false news
KOTA BARU: Members of the Umno Information Technology (IT) and social media bureau were today told to not be part of those responsible for disseminating false news. Bureau chairman, Datuk Ahmad Maslan, said they should instead disseminate various materials that were positive for the people to … Read More
Social media has been ‘captured’
That is what tech expert Toby Shapshak said on Sunday morning in an interview with eNCA along with social media lawyer Emma Sadleir. Shapshak said: “The Twitter bots‚ the whole WMC (white monopoly capital) campaign run by Bell Pottinger on Twitter‚ all of this stuff ‚ we have suddenly realised … …
Rwanda Sports Awards 2018 back
“Every day, customer expectations are rising, as more people become aware of the importance of customer service in business success.” It's for this reason he believes the country deserves more awards recognizing excellence in different fields of endeavor. “When we started the Service Excellence … Read More
Banking inquiry reveals need to get rid of incentives for selling home loans
The Financial Rights Legal Centre argued in its submission to the commission that “media-grabbing scandals have been the extreme symptoms of an underlying malaise that has gripped the entire finance industry”, namely “a fundamental shift from an individual customer service-based industry to a … Read More