Akon says he’s planning to release a new cryptocurrency named after himself – called Akoin. Speaking at the Cannes Lions Festival on Monday, the Locked Up singer said he believed cryptocurrency could be “the saviour of Africa”. AKoin’s official website says the singer wants the app “on every mobile phone”…
Google’s reach into almost all aspects ofpeople’s digital lives – from email and search to maps and calendars – means there isn’t much it doesn’t know about its 1.17 billion users. And now, the technology giant might even know when you’re going to die. The company’s Medical Brain team is…
Remember, eight years ago, the world discovered what a vuvuzela was during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa? Not only did the ‘horns’ give people everywhere a new idea on how to really annoy your next-door neighbours, but it irritated FIFA enough that the horns were banned at the…
Beyoncé has retained her title as queen of the surprise music drop. This time she had some help, as she and husband Jay-Z released a joint album, “Everything Is Love,” Saturday on his Tidal streaming service. The project has long been rumoured and comes as the pair has been thrilling…
Cardi B and Offset are on the cover of July’s Rolling Stone magazine. Rolling Stone captioned the photo, “Here’s a first look at our upcoming cover featuring Cardi B and Offset. You can pick it up on newsstands July 2nd. Photograph by Ruven Afanador (@ruvenafanador)” and I legit just subscribed…
What would you do with $3.3 million in the bank? Actually, let us rephrase that: What would you do with $3.3 million in the bank as a 19-year-old kid? If you’re anything like Erik Finman, the answer is simple: you build a robotic suit. But more on that later. If…
What is happening in East Africa? It has only been a couple of weeks since the government of Uganda imposed a law on taxation on the use of social media in a bid to raise revenue for the government. Some critics say that this is only a way to cripple…
Say what you will about DJ Khaled but if there’s one thing he’s mastered, it’s branding. At this point in his career, he’s coined many catchphrases simply by drilling it through everyone’s head through Instagram and Snapchat. However, another company began using some of his slogans as well as his…
Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, a Chinese multinational e-commerce, retail, Internet, artificial intelligence [AI], and technology company isn’t always on the radar of bitcoin or cryptocurrencies. Contrastingly, lately, he has shown much interest and belief in the blockchain technology. Jack Ma doesn’t believe that blockchain is a rich…
By now, you don’t have to be a smoker to know that April 20 is considered by many to be a sort of national holiday for cannabis culture. Some have suggested that the date comes from “420” being a code among police officers for “marijuana-smoking in progress,” while others say…