Weddings are a social occasion, so what’s better than going to a family or friend’s big day and getting celebrate with them? As a guest you can watch a heartfelt ceremony, hear funny speeches from members of the wedding party, enjoy food and drinks, and dance a little—sounds like a fun time. Since social media has become a part of most people’s everyday lives, people want to document their experiences more than ever and weddings are no exception. While weddings lend themselves to increased social media usage given the countless photo opportunities, guests can be unsure what and if to…
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Sharon Otieno probably never imagined the following three things: one, that her young life would be cut cruelly short, two, that she would become a household name because of it, making news headlines and trending online for several weeks. Three, that she would be crucified on the altar of public opinion, especially on the social media she loved posting her pictures as most women her age do. She couldn’t have imagined these things in her wildest horrors. Even Stephen King couldn’t make this up because truth is always stranger than fiction. Someone is guilty of this heinous crime, and it…
International rapper, Kanye West is known for his opinionated views which most times doesn’t agree with many people but like it or not, Kanye speaks his mind. According to the “Ye” rapper, some people are committing suicide because they are not getting enough likes on social media. The multiple Grammy award winning rap star is adamant about Twitter tweaking some of its functions. This time, the controversial West took his thoughts to Instagram. Responding to an article saying he was absolutely right for wanting Twitter to remove their likes system and follower count, ‘Ye doubled down. “There are people who…
ANC-led KwaZulu-Natal believes it runs a world-class tender procurement system despite the majority of witnesses in the Moerane Commission report suggesting that access to the system was the root cause of the murder of politicians. MEC for Finance Belinda Scott said there was nothing wrong with the current procurement system “but it is people who demand tenders who are wrong”. Scott said the province would provide education to municipalities about the tendering processes. “Ours is to keep educating municipalities so that they know the processes they must follow,” she said. Scott said the breaking of the law would not be…
It took some time, but he got there. Michael Hodge, QC, senior counsel assisting the banking royal commission, had finally had enough of the witness. “Mr Hagger,” the Brisbane-based silk said angrily. “It wasn’t out of your control. You could have told them the number in writing. And you didn’t do so. And that was because you were not being candid with Asic.” “No, that’s not true,” argued the witness Andrew Hagger, a senior executive with National Australia Bank. “That’s not true, Mr Hodge.” The tense exchange happened last month, during a lengthy cross-examination at the royal commission. And this week,…
Ghostbusters World is the latest game to try to get you hooked on its gameplay anywhere in the world. It’s an augmented reality game, like Pokémon Go and Jurassic Park: Alive, where you can use your smartphone to see animated ghosts in the real world. The free-to-play game from Sony Pictures Consumer Products, Ghost Corps, 4:33, and Next Age is the latest to take advantage of Google’s mapping technology, the Google Maps applications programming interface (API). It is coming out later this year, but I got a good look at it on an Android-based Google Pixel 2 smartphone. It has more…
If you’re reading this site, you’ve probably heard of HQ Trivia, the live mobile gameshow where you answer questions to win real money. The HQ team is now looking to branch out with its latest project: HQ Words. As first reported by Digiday, it’s basically an HQ-ified Wheel of Fortune. That means you get a blank grid of potential letters, along with a clue as to what lies hidden beneath. You’ll see a selection of letters to choose from and earn points for each correct guess. Three strikes and you’re out. If you’re wondering how HQ can survive giving out so…
MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN – The lone suspect in a southeast Wisconsin workplace shooting Wednesday morning has died after being shot by responding officers, according to police. Middleton Police Chief Chuck Foulkes said officers were alerted to an active shooter situation at software company WTS Paradigm around 10:25 a.m. Foulkes said the suspect was fatally shot by officers. Foulke didn’t release details about the suspect or how the attack unfolded. He said officers were still interviewing witnesses, many of whom fled the office building or hid inside after gunshots rang out. Foulke said three people were injured in the shooting, though the City…
An abnormally severe bug was discovered in bitcoin’s software, prompting developers to put together and release a fix on Tuesday. Fixed and revealed to the wider public by way of Bitcoin Core software version 0.16.3, the vulnerability is a denial-of-service bug. If exploited, it can be used to take out nodes and at worst, temporarily crash a significant segment of the network. However, not everyone has the power to take advantage of the bug. Only miners – those that run hardware and spend energy ordering transactions on the network – can exploit the vulnerability by double spending a transaction and…
Seven or so years ago, a famous VC penned a manifesto of sorts. Writing at a time the world was still skeptical of the dominance to which his industry has now ascended (to think, such a time existed, and so few years ago!), Marc Andreessen had a message for the doubters, the naysayers, and the Wall St. analysts who were (credibly!) claiming that his investments amounted to not much more than a bubble: Software, he claimed, was eating the world. Seven years later, no one can dispute Andreessen’s prescience. The man was right: If you had purchased a basket of his favorite stocks…