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A quiet revolution is taking place in the beautiful mountainous landscape of Rwanda and this has nothing to do with any form of civil unrest as Western media would have us believe whenever Africa is mentioned in a byline. The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) in conjunction AC Group -a Kigali tech startup- and Kigali City bus operators has introduced the Tap & Go Card , a cashless bus Fare payment system similar to the ill-conceived Google-powered BebaPay e-fare payment model, introduced in Kenya in 2013 and promptly killed off....

With a count of nearly 9 billion Wi-Fi devices in active use around the world, more than the number of human beings in existence, the coming of next-generation wireless security protocol is a must-watch. Ever since WPA2 came to be in 2004, Wi-Fi security has been exposed to a lot of risk and exploitation, causing a demand for an upgrade. The Wi-Fi Alliance, which supervises the adoption of the Wi-Fi standard, is rolling out a WPA3 standard that addresses these weak points....

Facebook is fun with groups, it is where people connect, exchange information, and organize events. If you are in any, you could have seen memes going around, with the talk that being a Facebook group admin is being idle and having not much to do. Well, think again. Facebook has announced that it is piloting group subscriptions with a small number of groups in a bid to help admins offer more to their members and continue to invest in their communities....

Buganda is one of the many kingdoms in Uganda, a multi – ethnic nation with over 40 tribes. It also is one of the most pronounced and popular kingdoms with Tooro, Busoga and Bunyoro kingdom closely following. Buganda is also the first Kingdom to have an app developed. (We cannot confirm if the app was commissioned by the Kingdom or if it was someone’s personal or commercial project) by Epearl LLC ....

If you think your car is not smart enough, tighten your seat belt because Microsoft together with Toyota want to jazz things up a bit. A new patent licensing deal announced today between Microsoft and Toyota aims to bring features such as navigation, entertainment, and voice recognition developed by Microsoft to make your car more connected and autonomous. Rather than engineering a high-tech automobile of its own, Microsoft Corporation is licensing a handful of patents to car manufacturers on a program that will allow them to utilize the company’s technology in their vehicles....