Hackers crippled government and private websites Wednesday to protest the Cybercrime Prevention Act, which has faced criticism both legally and online since the announcement of its approval. Read more
High-profile ‘DDOS’ – distributed denial of service – attacks used to knock company websites off the internet, rely on the same ‘botnets’ – huge networks of zombie computers, which each send dozens or hundreds of requests to the site under attack. Read More
WHILE crimes such as murder, car hijacking and house robberies dominated headlines last week when crime statistics were announced by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa, experts say cyber crime and hacking in the country have gone largely ignored. Read More
A mobile application that enables one to account for their mobile money transfer transactions has been launched. The app, dubbed Zebumob is downloadable on android phones and is currently applicable to Mpesa users. Read More
Rapid urbanization and mobile phones are converging to drive major changes in Africa. With the continent poised to become primarily urban and with mobile penetration passing 80 percent in many countries, Africans are now consuming their media primarily via their phones Read More
The ICANN Application comments period has just closed. The public comment form an integral part of the application process, in the ICANN guide book – the easily referred to as the application bible – which stipulates that giving the applicants and interested individuals an opportunity to comment further on the applications that affect them. From the …
Plenty of social and news apps will have to adjust their product based on Twitter’s much-publicized API adjustments this summer, and Thirst Lab’s social reader product is no different. But the app is still worth downloading and checking out, as it presents some nice features that will likely carry over into future versions. Read More
Yahoo excels at personalization, Mayer told Yahooligans, according to Business Insider. And mobile is clearly where growth is happening lately. So neither of those are big surprises. Read more
Could you use some help coming up with the perfect domain name for your website? Then you’ll definitely want to check out this archived episode from small business marketing maverick Andrew Lock. Read More
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