Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has put his first tweet, authenticated on the blockchain, up for sale. The highest bid so far is $ 2 million. Twitter boss Jack Dorsey put his very first tweet up for sale on Friday, March 5, and the highest bid was $ 2 million on Saturday, a sign of appetite…
New problems for Google and its services. There are difficulties in accessing Gmail services and anomalies are also recorded for YouTube. The ‘alarms’ triggered by users converge on the downdetector.it site, which collects the reports, and are poured in particular on Twitter, where the hashtag #googledown returns to peep out after the ‘earthquake’ of two…
The music streaming market leader Spotify has also introduced a subscription model for podcasts – a few days after Apple. But some things should be different, it said on Tuesday. Stockholm – A few days after Apple, the music streaming market leader Spotify also presented a subscription model for podcasts. On Tuesday, Spotify announced more…
The iOS platform alone supports more than 250,000 workstations in Germany – says Apple. But is the group abusing its market power? The Federal Cartel Office is now examining this. The Bundeskartellamt is now using its new options for proceeding against large digital platforms for investigations against Apple. “We will now check whether Apple has…
A “historic victory for the nation”… These are the words of the president of Sri Lanka, whose army today seized the city of Kilinochchi, political capital of the rebels of the Tamil Tigers. Last September, UN agencies and humanitarian organizations present in Kilinocchi had to withdraw under pressure from the Sri Lankan state, as a…
On October 30 and 31, the Jacobins convent in Rennes will host “Boost with Facebook”. Free, this event is intended for VSEs, SMEs, start-ups or project leaders who wish to deepen their digital skills in order to develop better. Interested in the digital and digital world? Don’t miss the Boost with Facebook event, which will…
Getting re-elected and staying in power: this is the goal that the outgoing President of Sri Lanka intends to achieve on Tuesday in the presidential elections. Mahinda Rajapakse, whose popularity exploded last year thanks to victory against the Tamil rebellion, hopes to capitalize on it. His main opponent may well thwart his plans. He is…
This morning, the Sri Lankan president formalized the victory of the regular army over the Tamil separatists. In a nationally broadcast address to parliament, Mahinda Rajapaksa declared the end of 25 years of civil war. “The law now reigns over the whole country,” he said. The last fights took place in a handkerchief of 300…
Life is gradually resuming its rights in places of worship in Sri Lanka. The services are celebrated again, for the first time since the attacks of Easter Sunday which mourned Sri Lanka. Around churches, security measures have been tightened. “As Christians, we do not respond to terrorism with terrorism”, explains a faithful. “We must forgive…
In a noteworthy development that signifies the deepening educational ties between India and Sri Lanka, Dr. Satyanjal Pandey, the Deputy High Commissioner of India, paid an official visit to the DP Education IT campus in Nelliyadi, Jaffna. This visit highlights the dedication towards South Asia education collaboration, where DP Education plays a pivotal role in…
Berlin – The Federal Ministry of Justice takes action against the messenger service Telegram. The reason is that opportunities to complain about criminal content are not easily recognizable and accessible, explained a spokeswoman in Berlin. However, this is what the Network Enforcement Act prescribes. In addition, it was not clear where Telegram courts could turn…
Here is the option to listen at double speed. Users cheer on social media On WhatsApp it is now possible to listen to audio messages even at double the speed. The novelty is part of the latest application update, already available for iPhone users on the App Store. The new function allows you to choose…
Politicians will no longer receive preferential treatment on Facebook. The social network intends to end its policy by protecting them from some content moderation rules. The change comes after former US President Donald Trump’s account was suspended. The changes come after Facebook faced criticism from journalists, lawmakers and its own employees for allowing world leaders…
In an impressive feat demonstrating the vitality of Sri Lankan entrepreneurial talent abroad, the Melbourne-based Groovy Graphics and Signs, a vibrant Sri Lankan-owned business, has carved its name as a finalist in the Australian Small Business Champion Awards 2024. The brainchild of Sri Lankan entrepreneur in Australia, Lalantha De Silva, this renowned enterprise has consistently…
Nearly 15 million voters were called to the polls in Sri Lanka to say which of the two main candidates will win the supreme seat. Among them, the head of state, whose term will only end in two years and who has taken the liberty of bringing forward the date of the election. With the…
In Sri Lanka, hundreds of monks demonstrated on Thursday in front of the Bangladeshi embassy in Colombo. A peaceful mobilization to denounce the violence perpetrated last weekend by radical Islamists against Buddhist temples in Bangladesh. At the origin of these inter-religious tensions, the publication on a social network of a photo deemed blasphemous with regard…
Three bombs were discovered in a Sri Lanka: new explosion during a demining operation The vehicle was parked near the Saint-Anthony Church, hit the day before by a deadly attack. The series of bombings this Easter Sunday killed at least 290 people, and left nearly 500 injured.
Pope Francis has started a two-day visit to Sri Lanka, a country which remains deeply marked by three decades of war between the government, dominated by the Sinhala majority, and the Tamil rebels, the ethnic minority. Welcomed at Colombo airport by the new president Maithripala Sirisena, the Holy Father launched an appeal for reconciliation and…
Like all churches in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, St Theresa, remained desperately empty on Sunday … While the threat remains high in Sri Lanka after the attack on hotels and churches that claimed the lives of 253 people on Sunday last, the authorities did not want to take any risks. It is therefore in…
Ceo Satya Nardella: “In the last year we have learned the need to combine technology, data and insight to create sustainable and innovative workplaces” Microsoft Viva is born, the first Employee Experience platform presented today by Microsoft and which integrates tools for engaging, learning, well-being and identifying and sharing employee know-how directly within the workflow….