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Facebook Apps to retain names despite Parent Company rebranding to Meta

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Boses Muhinda
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Facebook rebrands as Meta. Courtesy Facebook/via REUTERS

Facebook has announced plans that it is changing its parent Company name to Meta, in what the company’s founder Mark Zuckerberg has called “the next chapter for our company”. 

Amidst the parent company rebranding to Meta, some users have taken to social media platforms to make memes and discuss how it will be difficult for people to get used to the name Meta.

This isn’t the case as the Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp apps will maintain their names. 

You shouldn’t worry about your older family members asking you for ‘tech support’ as their will retain the familiar names they have always possessed.

What has changed?

The company name Facebook Inc has changed to Meta.

Meta will start trading under the new stock ticker MVRS, on December 1,2021. This will replace the old ticker which was FB.

One of the changes that we speculate to see, will be a change on the splash screens on Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook mobile apps that might have the reading “from Meta” rather than the current branding which shows “from Facebook”.

So don’t worry, the app you are used to will still be called Facebook and remain under the domain Facebook.com.

The arrangement will be similar to when Google changed its parent company to Alphabet. 

Facebook rebrands, to be called “Meta”.

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Joel Osekeny
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Facebook rebrands as Meta. Courtesy Facebook/via REUTERS

Facebook Inc, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced plans that it is changing its Company name Meta, in what the company’s founder Mark Zuckerberg has called “the next chapter for our company”.

According to a “Founder’s Letter, 2021”, a statement from Zuckerberg published on the company website, Facebook had been “desktop to web to mobile”, “text to photos to videos”, but with the company under the name Meta will be “more immersive – an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not just looking at it”. It will be the “metaverse”, touching every product that the company builds.

Metaverse has been loosely defined as a “shared virtual world environments which people can access via the internet”, “digital spaces which are made more lifelike by the use of virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR)” , an ambitious protect that Facebook is trying to build for itself. The change of Facebook to Meta is a reflection of the company’s intention for a full virtual reality – based world.

In Facebook’s metaverse, company promises that users would be “able to do almost anything (they) can imagine – get together with friends and family, work, learn, play, shop, create”, and completely new experiences for the users, with the capacity to teleport, be at office without a commute, at a concert, cutdown on traffic and reduce carbon footprint.

“To reflect who we are and the future we hope to build, I’m proud to share that our company is now Meta.”

Uganda Network Operators Group (UGNOG) Hosts Successful Second Summit

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Boses Muhinda
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On 29th September 2021, the Uganda Network Operators Group (UGNOG) held its second summit since its official launch in October 2020.

UGNOG creates an environment where Internet community participants such as operators, enthusiasts, the government, and scholars can discuss best industry practices and empower our community to meet the ever-changing demands of a global network in service of building the internet of tomorrow.

It is managed and organized by a group of volunteers with the aim of capacity building and technology development within Uganda.

The UGNOG summit intends on brought together the Ugandan internet community participants to educate them on a couple of topics, including; Updates from African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC), network security, open access, ISP last-mile service delivery and threat Intelligence.

While there seems to have been a general decline in activities due to the ongoing enforcement of the Covid-19 restrictions, UGNOG is hopeful to engage in more activities in 2021 and 2022.

‘As the network operators’ groups (NOGs) grows, we intend to have more activities such as capacity building, workshops, outreach and more meetings’ said Isabel Odida, the Founder of UGNOG.

She mentioned that she hopes that the NOG engagements would return to physical ones instead of last year’s, primarily virtual engagements due to the pandemic.

Sponsors of the event included Raxio Data Centre, Global NOG Alliance, Flexoptix, Work Online Communications, Internet Society, Uganda Internet Exchange Point, Team Cymru and Roke Telecom.

UGNOG was birthed from the African Network Operators Group (AFNOG), a forum for cooperation and the exchange of technical information between operators of internet-connected networks in Africa.

Network Operators’ Groups are informal, country-based, or regional groups that exist to provide forums for Internet network operators to discuss matters of mutual interest, usually through a combination of mailing lists and annual conferences.

The most promising football stars: who to bet on?

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Brian Code
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Every bettor has an idea of ​​how to organize an effective sports betting process. Football looks like an ideal choice for a beginner since this sport is widely covered on the Internet, which allows you to easily choose an interesting championship and determine the likely winner of the match. You can bet both on the team and the individual statistics of the players. The last beta option is especially interesting, as it allows you to use large quotes even if we are talking about the favorite of the entire tournament. If we talk about the football stars who are on everyone’s lips, then among the new generation of players they will be Leroy Sane, Kylian Mbappé and many others, since they are players of top teams. But there are also a few young talents who are just gaining popularity among fans. Most often, they represent clubs of average popularity, so it will be more profitable to bet on them in terms of the number of dividends.

Which football players should a bettor pay attention to?

You can learn how to bet on football online from the presented material. The article will be useful for beginners who are just discovering the amazing world of sports betting, as well as for more experienced bettors who can find some interesting notes and use them in their practice. You can get an impression of the footballers who will represent the future of the European Football League by looking at players under the age of 22. Among them, the most promising are:

  • Ryan Sessegnon;
  • Nikola Milenkovic;
  • Ruben Neves;
  • Maxi Gomez.

Ryan Sessegnon represents Fulham in the English League. He plays as a midfielder. For many, it remains incredible that a player at the age of 17 became the leader of a team that plays in the Premier League. Today he is the first player in the league to be born in 2000 and has already scored a goal. Ryan has a great future in football, so his team has a lot of work to do to keep the young man in its squad.

Nikola Milenkovic plays for Fiorentina at the center guard. He turned 21, which does not prevent the young man from demonstrating an outstanding game on the football field. According to sports tabloids, Manchester United is already ready to pay 60 million pounds for the star. Fans of the club are still wondering who this footballer plays, about whom only a few people in the Premier League know. This is not surprising, since he is now defending the colors of Fiorentina, who managed to lure the player away from Partizan from Serbia. In addition to Manchester United, Milenkovic is also interested in Juventus.

Studying the statistics of players who are under 22 years old, it is impossible not to notice the excellent results shown by Maxi Gomez. He acts as a central attacker in FC Celta, where he has been playing for the past 4 years. Before that, Gomez defended the colors of Defensor from Uruguay and practically nothing was known about him. Celta did a great deal as she got the power forward for just $ 4 million. Given the young age and good performance of the player, this contact was fully justified, which Gomez proved already in his first season with the Celts. Gomez and Aspas have formed a powerful bond that allows the team to smash opponents. Last season alone, the player scored 18 goals and 5 assists. Such results have led to the fact that not only Atlético is in talks with Celta right now, but also the famous Barcelona, ​​which wants to get such a striker in its composition.

Africell Uganda Limited Ceases Provision of Mobile Money Services – Bank of Uganda.

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Joel Osekeny
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According to a statement released today by the Central Bank of Uganda (Bank of Uganda), Africell Uganda Limited (“Africell”) has officially ceased providing mobile money services as of today (7th October 2021).

In a communique released last month, Africell indicated revealed that it would cease operations in Uganda on the 7th October 2021, as part of its plans to exit the country to focus on growth elsewhere. It appears the official closure of business has been presented to the regulators Uganda Communication Commission (the general regulator of telecommunication companies in the country) and Bank of Uganda (the regulator of mobile money).

“Bank of Uganda wishes to notify the public that Africell Uganda Limited shall cease to deliver mobile money services”, reads a statement from the Governor of Bank of Uganda, Mr. Emmanuel Tumusiime – Mutebile. He also adds that the ceasing of business follows the company’s voluntary exit from Uganda. the telecommunication has been offering mobile money in partnership with Stanbic Bank with the approval of the Bank of Uganda.

The bank also advices customers of the exiting telecommunication company to approach Stanbic Bank with their national identity cards and alternative phone numbers or bank accounts to be able to receive their funds that might still be with their Africell lines following the closure.

Stanbic Bank will be making payments to the intended beneficiaries over a period of 91 days with effect from the 8th day of October 2021, and after that date, any pending payments will be made by the Bank of Uganda where the money will be transferred.

When the money is forwarded to Bank of Uganda, beneficiaries will be required to contact the bank through the Director of the National Payment Systems Department, Bank of Uganda.

Google Announces it will be Investing USD 1 Billion in Africa Over 5 Years

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Joel Osekeny
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One of the big technology giants Google, has revealed that over the course of 5 (five) years, it will be investing USD. 1 billion in Africa into internet connectivity, infrastructure, low interest loans and equity investments.  

According to RTE, Google made the announcement at a virtual event as it launched an African Investment Fund where it has plans to support start – ups with about USD. 50 million while affording them access to its employees, networks and technologies. Among the start – ups to be targeted are those in the areas of fintech, e-commerce and local language content.

The company will also be partnering with an Non – government organization called KIVA to provide up to USD. 10 million in form of low interest loans in order to be able to help business particularly in Ghana, Kenya Nigeria and South Africa to enable them go through the COVID – 19 pandemic.

Microsoft’s New Operating System Windows 11 is officially out.

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Joel Osekeny
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New Settings App

As has been earlier promised and announced, on the 5th October 2021, Microsoft released its highly anticipated Windows 11, a new operating system that replaces and overhauls the entire user interface (UI) of Windows 10 that was released in 2015.

The system has been under the testing program, Dev and Beta channels until it was officially made public. The Company (Microsoft) released a test build 22000.194 for the Dev Channel on the 16th September 2021. On the 24th September, the same build was made available for the Beta and the Release preview channels, with speculation running that that same build would be the one that Microsoft would officially release to the public since it was almost a perfect version after it had gone through several revisions. This was the same build that has been released in the official channels.

In order to access the new operating system, users of compatible devices will have to “Check for updates” under the Settings, “Windows Update” of their devices to be able to download the new operating system. The first devices to receive the software will be the new qualifying devices that will be or are being sold by partners to Windows like HP or Dell among other companies, with Microsoft also dropping its own line in the Surface laptops and tablets.        

For a device to be compatible, it must meet the following requirements which include among others 1 gigahertz (GHz) x64 bit processor, 4 GB ram, 64 GB ROM storage, UEFI, Secure Boot capable, a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0, a graphics card that is compatible with DirectX 12 or later with a WDDM 2.0 driver, High Definition capable display with at least 720p, an internet connection and a Microsoft account.

Even as the software has officially launched, not all qualifying devices on the market will receive the upgrade right away as the roll out will be phased starting the 5th October 2021 until the next year.

MTN Announces IPO for 20% of its Shares, Prospectus to be Available 11th October.

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Joel Osekeny
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Internet Photo

On the 11th day of October 2021, MTN will make publicly available, its prospectus, a company document where the company will be officially revealing the total number of shares on offer for sale, the price per share, among others guidelines for users to buy into the company.

This announcement was made yesterday, the 7th of October 2021 when the company held an event to reveal that it will be launching its IPO (the “Initial Public Offering”), an impactful moment for when a company becomes public and listing its shares for the wider public to buy.

In 2016, Uganda passed the National Broadband Policy in 2018 for the years 2016 – 2020 wherein it mandated that in order for telecommunication companies to renew their then expiring licenses, they ought to avail 20% of their shares to the public.

Last year, the same was restated when MTN Uganda was granted its new license for 12 years starting 1st July 2020. The Uganda Communication Commission then stressed the regulatory requirement of listing shares in the stock exchange as a pre – condition for the renewal of a license.

In an event held yesterday, the telecommunication giant made an official statement, announcing plans to reveal its prospectus on Monday next week, making it the biggest IPO in Uganda where it will be expected to raise upon USD. 1.2 billion. It is also the first IPO in Uganda since 2016 when CIPLA went public or the 2nd after UMEME in 2012.

The listing also follows other subsidiaries of MTN South Africa in Nigeria, Ghana and Rwanda that also listed on the country’s stock exchanges.

It is hoped that telecommunication companies listing would be a boost for Uganda’s stock exchange markets. After MTN, Airtel will also be expected to list, given that they underwent the same condition before having its license renewed.

Online Shopping Brand 2gule Starts Campaign to Save The Environment With Every Order Made

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Davis Kawalya
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Uganda’s climate is naturally variable and susceptible to flood and drought events which have had negative socio-economic impacts in the past. Human induced climate change is likely to increase average temperatures in Uganda by up to 1.5 ºC in the next 20 years and by up to 4.3 ºC by the 2080s. Such rates of increase are unprecedented.

About a month ago, 2gule, an online shopping brand that focuses on importing authentic goods from the US, UK and Canada started a campaign to save the environment with each order placed.

On Sunday, 2gule under their campaign 2gule covers planted over 100 trees which basically means that they have over 100 orders during the Month of September – the more orders you place, the more trees that will be planted by the team, fans, and cheerleaders.

The idea is to plant a tree per order made on 2gule. This is all in a bid to disperse the carbon footprint caused by their work. According to experts, Uganda has already lost two-thirds of its forests in the last 20 years and could have lost all of its forested land by 2050, which would have severe repercussions for its poorest people according to environmentalists.

Dubbed 2gule Cares, this is the latest initiative by 2gule to be a part of the moving force in helping make the environment greener and safer by making up for our carbon footprint through planting trees.

This is all under the campaign’s mission to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030. Here they strive for clean operations for climate protection and averting the effects of their own carbon footprint.

With 2gule Cares, every stem counts because they are planting a tree today for a better tomorrow. Sustainable Development Goal 13 aims to “take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact”, while acknowledging that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the primary international, intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change. 

More specifically, the associated targets of SDG 13 focus on the integration of climate change measures into national policies, the improvement of education, awareness-raising and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warnings.

Human induced climate change in the coming century has the potential to halt or reverse the country’s development trajectory. In particular, climate change is likely to mean increased food insecurity; shifts in the spread of diseases like malaria; soil erosion and land degradation; flood damage to infrastructure and settlements and shifts in the productivity of agricultural and natural resources. However, you could be part of the change by making an order today and being part of the 2gule Cares campaign.

Microsoft Announces the Release of Windows 11 is in 4 Days.

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Joel Osekeny
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As previously announced, Microsoft will be releasing the official version of Windows 11 on the 5th of October 2021. According to today’s published socials posts, the Company in the Microsoft Support handle, has announced that users should be ready for the release in 4 days confirming the earlier announced release date of 5th October.

Microsoft announced on the 24th June 2021 that their next Windows would be 11 replacing Windows 10, and has since been releasing builds for the Dev, Beta and Release Preview Channels, where the upcoming features have been tested with the latest preview for the Dev Channel having dropped on the 29th September 2021. For one to get the early release of Windows 11, they have to on the insider program to be able to see the test builds.

The software development for Windows goes through the Dev Channel, Beta Channel and lastly the Release Channel before finally making it available for the general public.

Windows 11 is promising new major features including a revamped user interface. New icons, a new start menu, a rebuild settings app, a rebranded Microsoft Store among others changes. Among the new changes also includes a major upgrade to the Your Phone app, allowing users to seamless access and use their phone on their computer within the app.

New Your Phone App
New Settings App
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