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Malawian mothers and guardians of young children who live in villages far from health facilities are heaving a sigh of relief, after the introduction of a hotline through which they can access medical advice. VillageReach, a non-profit NGO, is running a program called Chipatala Cha Pa Foni which mea
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin moved to Singapore in 2009 and renounced his US citizenship in 2011. Now, in one of the few public investments he’s made, Saverin has just led a round of funding, along with other investors, in Singapore-based online grocery store RedMart. RedMart, an online groce
AT&T launched a big list of new 4G LTE markets this morning, opening up about 20 new markets across the US, including Puerto Rico. San Bernardino County in So-Cal has a few new markets to show off, while Michigan also got a hearty serving of improved mobile data speeds. AT&T is now right on
Snapchat now verifies new users aren’t robots by making them choose its ghost mascot within images. It’s an attempt to keep out hackers who could steal phone numbers by exploiting a leaked database of details on 4.6 million accounts. A 16-year-old hacker proved he could do just that by finding the n
Jabra, a leading manufacturer of innovative audio solutions, today announced the answer to the contact center of tomorrow, the Jabra BIZTM 2300. Completely rethinking the role of the headset in the contact center, Jabra is launching the Jabra BIZ 2300 as a direct response to address the needs of the
Mobile apps are expected to see more than 268 billion downloads and generate revenue of over $77 billion by 2017, becoming one of the most popular computing tools, research firm Gartner said. As users continue to adopt and interact with apps, it is their data – what they say, what they do, whe
With Emmy, Golden Globe, and now Oscar nods under its belt, Netflix had plenty to glow about on its fourth quarter report, issued after the bell on Wednesday. The digital video streaming company posted a net income of $48 million, or 81 cents per share. Non-GAAP earnings were 79 cents per share on a
An unexpected side effect of the bring-your-own-device policy many companies are adopting is that smart device owners who either quit their jobs or are fired are finding that their former companies are wasting no time in wiping every last piece of data from their devices. Many users have been surpri
By default, searches on Yahoo.com are now done through a secure server. That means more protection for searchers but less data for search marketers about how they are receiving traffic. Most visits from Yahoo done via search will appear as if someone came to a site directly. As a result, Yahoo’s app
Overwhelming traffic on the fledgling Beats Music service has left many new users on the outside looking in. Excessive demand and use of the service, which became operational Tuesday, led to connectivity issues and new users being unable to register for the service. That led the company to put into
A new Chinese company established by a former Oppo executive wants to buddy up with Android-based CyanogenMod. The company, OnePlus, announced on Wednesday that it has plans to release a flagship smartphone during the second quarter of this year with an “enhanced” version of CyanogenMod out of the b
A weight loss pill that releases a gastric balloon into a patient’s stomach when it is swallowed has been launched in the UK. While other gastric balloons require invasive surgery, the new 10-minute treatment involves the patient consuming a capsule the size of a large vitamin. When the capsule cont
