”STILL BUILDING A BETTER GHANA” BY H.E. JOHN EVANS ATTA MILLS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16th, 2012. STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS – 2012 2 | S t a t e o f t h e N a t i o n A d d r e s s 2 0 [...]
Read the rest of this story »Two companies running premium-rate phone competitions on “typosquatted” sites have been fined £100,000. Typosquatters use misspelled versions of the web addresses of well-known brands. Premium-rate phone regulator PhonepayPlus said Amsterdam-based R&D Media Europe and Una Valley BV used typosquatted sites. The regulator said consumers were “misled” and additionally ordered the fined companies to refund callers. [...]
Read the rest of this story »A social network cannot be required to install an anti-piracy filtering system, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. Belgian music royalty collecting firm SABAM wanted the social network Netlog to stop users infringing copyright. But the court said the filtering required would contravene rights to freedom of business, personal data and freedom of [...]
Read the rest of this story »Mobile devices will outnumber humans this year, according to network firm Cisco’s latest analysis of global mobile data traffic. By 2016 it predicts that there will be 10 billion mobile connected devices around the world. By the same date networks will be carrying 130 exabytes of data each year, equivalent to 33 billion DVDs. Mobile [...]
Read the rest of this story »Apple has won a patent dispute against Motorola Mobility regarding a “slide-to-unlock” feature on smartphones. The judgement marks Apple’s first patent victory over Motorola in any part of the world. Patent consultant, Florian Mueller, said the ruling could affect patent disputes involving Android device makers worldwide. Motorola said it planned to appeal and the judgement [...]
Read the rest of this story »A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea. Nouns are usually the first words which small children learn. The highlighted words in the following sentences are all nouns: Late last year our neighbours bought a goat. Portia White was an opera singer. The bus inspector looked at [...]
Read the rest of this story »Adults learn best when their motivation comes from a place of self-awareness and self-direction. Once their motivation has been established, they absorb information in a cognitive manner, and retain such information as a result of critical reflection. I believe adult learning is a process, rather than an end product. The rationalization of what occurs while [...]
Read the rest of this story »-UN report A lack of job opportunities, inadequate education, vulnerable working conditions and insufficient government investment are some of the main concerns of young people around the world, according to a United Nations report on youth. The latest World Youth Report, released by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), for the first [...]
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