Huawei Technologies Co. warned of its slowest revenue growth since 2013, despite making headway against Apple Inc. in global smartphones, reports Bloomberg. Revenue at China’s biggest telecommunications gear maker probably rose 15 percent to 600 billion yuan ($92 billion) in 2017, rotating Chief Executive Officer Ken Hu said in a
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New year, new gear 2017 was a dark year for the tech industry, peppered with cool gadgets, predictable upgrades, and spectacular downfalls. What excitement will 2018 bring? Here are a few of our predictions for the coming year. Augmented reality in your pocket Virtual reality was going to take over
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Apple Inc (AAPL.O) defrauded iPhone users by slowing devices without warning to compensate for poor battery performance, according to eight lawsuits filed in various federal courts in the week since the company opened up about the year-old software change. The tweak may have led iPhone owners to misguided attempts to
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Cars that fly or drive themselves aren't available to the public yet, but many cutting-edge technologies are already featured in today's vehicles. More car companies are leaning on innovations coming out of Silicon Valley and elsewhere to make getting behind the wheel less of a hassle and more fun. Here
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Tanzania said Bharti Airtel Ltd.’s local unit belongs to state-owned Tanzania Telecommunications Co., a claim that sets up an ownership dispute between the government and the Indian phone operator. “Airtel, according to the information we have,” is an asset of Tanzania Telecommunications Co., President John Magufuli said on the East African
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It’s now four years since Airtel Uganda took over the sponsorship of Uganda football senior team, the Uganda Cranes from MTN. Over this period, Airtel has enjoyed unprecedented publicity, thanks to the appealing brand of the Uganda Cranes. In November 2017, Airtel announced a new sponsorship deal worth Shs10bn (approx
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Ecobank Rwanda will invest more funds in agency and e-banking as the lender seeks to increase uptake of its digital products and bring on board the unbanked population across the country, official has said. This comes ahead of planned closure of five of the bank’s branches across the country next
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The Minister of Science Technology and Innovation has applauded Huawei for technological transformation in Uganda. This happened at the Ntare School Alumni fundraising dinner at Sheraton Hotel Kampala on 13th December where Huawei contributed 15 laptops for information technology boost in Ntare. “I thank Huawei for this wonderful contribution of
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a brief hiatus from paternity leave on Wednesday to reflect on the philanthropic work he and his wife Priscilla Chan have pursued over the past year through their charitable foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. In a co-authored note on the social network, Zuckerberg and Chan
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Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has been accused of deliberately failing to renew licenses of media houses that are critical to the ruling NRM government. The remarks were made by Busiro East MP, Medard Ssegona Lubega while on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday. “… There is a high level of
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