Posted by Wachanga.W.W. on Mar 2, 2012 in
Social Media What’s the current furore about the changes in Google’s privacy policy? Is there a need for concern or is it arising due to fear resulting from lack of information?
Google runs a number of services which users access for free online, the main ones being – YouTube, Gmail, Blogger, Google TV, Google+ and Web History, which records all searches performed on Google.com. As you continuously use these services, Google profiles you on each service. For instance, when you watch a video on YouTube, Google notes the kind of videos you like and it stores that information. Same applies to what you search for using Google.com. Read more…
Tags: Google, Privacy
Posted by Wachanga.W.W. on Feb 28, 2012 in
Cloud Computing Clouds outside my window have been gathering and darkening for the last few minutes and within no time now they will open up and unleash the downpour on us. What’s drifting my thoughts into the clouds to test my weather forecasting skills is the slow loading speed of an internet page I clicked earlier. This is as a result of a technical problem with two of the main undersea fibre optic cables – EASSy and Teams. This problem started four days ago and the technical teams resolving the issue say the problem may persist for a week or two.
This observation of the clouds also brings to mind, a launch I had earlier attended on cloud computing by one of the major telecommunications companies in Kenya. At this forum, bright future promises of cloud computing were brought forth and pertinent concerns were raised by the audience as well. It makes me ponder at what are the main infrastructure challenges that are going to face business in this region as they adopt cloud computing.
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Tags: Cloud Computing, Infrastructure, Kenya
Posted by Wachanga.W.W. on Feb 25, 2012 in
Agriculture & Technology Agricultural extension services are aimed at empowering farmers to carry out and adopt better agricultural practices. It provides an avenue for enabling farmers tackle various challenges they face like crop/animal diseases as well as learn and take advantage of new upcoming technologies, breeds, crops e.t.c. The common practice is that of an agricultural extension officer going round the rural areas and interacting with the farmers.
The advent of technology has brought with it tools that can complement and improve efficiency of the way these services are carried out. If harnessed effectively, technology will not only improve delivery of rural advisory services but also provide the much needed market information.
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Tags: agriculture, farmers, Kenya, mobile
Posted by Wachanga.W.W. on Jan 4, 2012 in
General “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”-Leonardo da Vinci
Simplicity is a mantra the late Steve Jobs lived by and practiced in his innovations. It lacks in most technology tools being developed, designed and released to the market today. The theme of this blog is simplicity as it addresses various applications of the technology and upcoming trends.