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Day: <span>14 September 2021</span>

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Tech Tools Could Streamline SA’s Vaccine Rollout

Tech Tools Could Streamline SA’s Vaccine Rollout

Did you know that over three billion messages related to COVID-19 have been sent by governments, non-profits and international organisations to citizens via official WhatsApp chatbots? The South African government was one of the first to harness the power of the platform to share correct, up-to-date COVID-19 information from the National Department of Health, but...

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Twitter Tests a new Safety feature to Remove Followers without Blocking them

Twitter Tests a new Safety feature to Remove Followers without Blocking them

Twitter is taking another step to deal with bullies on its platform.  The social media giant announced is currently testing a new feature on the web that makes it possible to remove followers without blocking them.  Twitter says sometimes, users want to stop a follower from seeing their tweets without outright blocking them — if...

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Microsoft bought Education Platform TakeLessons, an Online and in-Person tutoring platform

Microsoft bought Education Platform TakeLessons, an Online and in-Person tutoring platform

Microsoft is positioning itself right on top when it comes to (edtech) education technology and online collaboration thanks to Covid-19 pandemic.   The software giant has bought TakeLessons, an online education platform for students to connect with individual tutors in academic subjects, professional training, and other vocational persuades like music lessons, hobbies and language learning. ...

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Tinder CEO leaves the Company to Take CEO job at Yahoo

Tinder CEO leaves the Company to Take CEO job at Yahoo

Yahoo has appointed Jim Lanzone as the new CEO of the company. Jim is currently the CEO of dating app Tinder and he has accepted the offer to move across and join the newly re-branded Yahoo company.  The investment firm Apollo Global bought multimedia company Verizon Media and renamed it Yahoo two weeks back.  According...

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