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Implications of the High Court Ruling on WhatsApp Contracts for Uganda’s Digital Marketing Sector
The High Court in Kampala, Uganda made a novel ruling that affirmed the legal validity of contracts executed through WhatsApp. Judge Patricia Kahigi Asiimwe of the Commercial Division ruled that under the Electronic Transactions Act, the definition of a data message is something that has to be stored by a computer. And then went ahead and…
Alternative marketing, the death of cookies
#PKTechWeekly; Zimba Women, Drone Technology, Remote Controlled BMW, FinTech, Tech Investment and Support
Facebook brings its Internet.org Innovation Challenge to Africa
Recognition for African developers who are working to deliver apps, websites and services for learning/education and economic empowerment; $US150, 000 awards for winners in two categories. Have you heard yet? Facebook is launching the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa with the aim of recognising developers and entrepreneurs who are using the internet to improve the standard of education…
Project Link Launched, So No More Digging for BlueRedYellowGreen Cable Laying?
#KoikoiUg…. Google project launched last week in Kampala with a promise of improving our internet speed and experience. According to this statement on their site, they have built the first metro fiber network in this, our city Kampala, that was limited to pre-broadband speeds. They continue to say; In Uganda, we also offer wholesale last-mile Wi-Fi…
Blogging on Facebook
One Year as an online freelancer; lessons learnt.
If you can’t record or remember your lessons, you learnt nothing from the great experiences life has to offer. Everyday there is something new to learn, to fail at and to aim at. For the last year I have been learning, failing and aiming; below are my lessons learnt…. Never forget your passion – not…
Google is being bombarded on all fronts
Google my best search engine is at war on all fonts of its business. Earlier in October the company disappointed shareholders with underwhelming quarterly results. The amount of money it makes each time somebody clicks on an ad has steadily fallen for the past three years. Then a concern rose about the disintermediation of search by…
Big Data Facts and Sources
In For These #UgBloggers7days #SMUg14 ? The Platforms You Can Use
Right now as I write this a number of people are wondering how to get involved in the #UgBloggers7days and #SMUg14 blog challenges and where to post their stories. As the introduction blog to #UgBloggers7days said, (paraphrasing) many bloggers are in slumber land and others have never even ventured in these lands, I think some…
WhatsAppDoc, TwitterDoc, FacebookDoc: The social media Revolution.
‘The future of medicine is in using the available technologies to treat as many patients as a doctor can’ – The Medical Concierge Group are using that quote to better many Ugandans’ health , mainly the youth by delivering medical consultation form wherever their are using Social Media channels like Whatsapp , Facebook and twitter…
Support The Petition Against the #TadoobaTax14
Facebook is learning the hard way that with great data comes great responsibility
How much of your information have you given to the social sites that, their are using for their A/B tests to better their companies performances and advertising pitches? Robert Galbraith below writes about the tough responsibilities such sites have… but I also think you have a responsibility as a user to watch what you share…
Congz #Twitter, On The New #Facebook Design
Oh yes thank you Twitter for the new look, yeah… you really outdid yourself. Question though, are you trying to compete with Facebook in anyway? I understand you want adverts but did you have to go and become Facebook? After playing around with the new look I have realised that, the year I joined this Social site…
Winner Takes It All: #Google’s Project Loon Or #Facebook's Internet.org
The Difference Between Likes and People Talking About This on #Facebook
Okay so what do I mean with that title – let me first break it down with what those two phrases mean. “Likes” these show people who clicked the like button on your Facebook page either via the promotion competition you are running or through connections who have shared. You should know that people who…
Farmers Should Use #SocialMedia To Stay Connected #1ACCA
As telecom companies are staying relevant in their competitive market, I think farmers should do the same too. Social media keeps us connected and informed about all the different things happening around the world. Alot of information is passed on through these platforms that it would be necessary for farmers to engage with and learn…
Why You Need To Read Privacy Policies On Social Sites
“Welcome to Facebook, Signup Here,” is what welcomed me nine years ago when I was joining Facebook. I signed in as a true human being without reading the privacy policy. What I didn’t know was the amount of useful information I could get from it. Do you read privacy policies before joining social sites? Now…
Types Of Social Sites
Every day I engage with the internet I learn something new and valuable to my work, beliefs and social presence. I have been Social – meaning engaging with social media – for 9 years. 8 years were just for fun, making friends and penpals, sharing photos and listening to music, writing small blogs under alias…