Microsoft want Banks to use Facial Recognition from Azure Cognitive Services on ATMs Felix Omondi October 23, 2018 STEM I don’t know about you, but personally, I have seen an ATM booting up Windows XP. I have also heard people claim they saw ATMs running on Windows 2000. I am careful not to say that this is a developing world...
What’s the difference between Google and Googol? Also, why Google ought to be sued Felix Omondi October 19, 2018 STEM Before we get into the details, how good are you at maths? You must have not been super-extremely excellent if you have not yet come across the word Googol. It is actually a name for a really huge...
Amazon is coming for Google’s lunch of Advertising business, at least what’s left of it after Facebook takes its cut Felix Omondi October 15, 2018 STEM For years, Google has been the only player in online digital advertising space worth talking about. That was until Facebook came into the picture, and now the two companies are sharing the bulk of online...
Sahara Desert could be stopped and rainfall increased if more Wind and Solar farms could be installed Felix Omondi September 14, 2018 STEM As the people wielding political and economic power continue to argue about whether or not climate change is man’s doing; or is it undoing? People and biodiversity on the ground continue to suffer. Africa is...
Camara Education in partnership with Dell Digital Youth Learning Program takes e-learning semi-urban region in Kenya Milicent Atieno September 11, 2018 STEM Camara Education is a social enterprise with a mission to provide ICT skills and products to schools in Kenya incorporating ICT courses in their curriculum. The social enterprise has been in operation for over...
Apple is now America’s first Trillion-Dollar Company Felix Omondi August 27, 2018 Apple, STEM When you think about mobile devices, chances are high the nearest mobile device around you is probably an Android device. In fact, Google’s Android is the most popular mobile OS (or any OS for that matter)...
NASA wants to send submarines to the deep sea floor off Hawaii in a bid to better explore moons in Jupiter and Saturn Felix Omondi August 14, 2018 STEM Remember that ‘layman’s article’ we featured a few years ago in which we questioned why man has spent trillions of dollars lifting off to space, while it would be simpler and cheaper to sink (man) into...
Businesses are collecting so much data than they know what to do with it – Gemalto Milicent Atieno July 15, 2018 STEM The 21st-century mantra for business worth its salt is that information is power. So businesses in Africa as well as around the world have been actively collecting information about their customers, and...
Test Tube Babies – The last remaining hope for Africa’s Northern White Rhinos Felix Omondi July 6, 2018 STEM If you have been following our coverage on the Northern White Rhinos (NWR), you know that the last real hope for the endangered species (a gross understatement since no male species are remaining) was Sudan....
The year is 2019, design your dream house on Computer and hit Print and voila, 3D-Printed House is ready Felix Omondi June 8, 2018 Business Plans, STEM Van Wijnen is an innovative company in the Netherlands working with the city of Eindhoven to build what might become the first community of 3D-printed houses. The community will have firehouses, all of...
