COVID-19 has turned the world upside down and we are all now looking for the silver lining. Cloud services are an obvious one, with Microsoft reporting an eye watering 775% increase in use of its cloud services Read more…
You would have thought that the impact of COVID-19 on telecoms operators would be positive. Read more…
CovCT, an independent contact tracing platform that hopes to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia has been launched. Read more…
The fate of digital advertising seems to be sealed, at least for now. There were always questions about its effectiveness, always questions about the industry itself and always questions about the companies that used it and make their fortunes from it. Read more…
FraudWatch is encouraging the reporting of possible COVID-19 scams for assessment and possible take-down via its website or by email. Read more…
Ireland’s government is to roll out a voluntary phone-tracking app to alert users if someone they have been in contact with develops COVID-19 Read more…
Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: a squid can edit its genome; shorter days; cameras that can see round corners; COVID-19 Read more…
Several news sites are compiling lists of hoaxes about the COVID-19 virus. Many are amusing. Many create anxiety. Read more…
Thanks to COVID-19, data traffic is spiking as more people work from home and stay indoors. But telcos shouldn’t count on volumes returning to normal. Read more…
It is perhaps premature to think about COVID-19 and the future, about what the virus’ legacy might be. But there are positives emerging. Read more…
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