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April 2015

A terabyte on a postage stamp: RRAM heads into commercialization

Follow us on Twitter:@GoAfricaNetwork The makers of a new non-volatile RAM said the memory is ready to move from a prototype to a fabrication facility, where 1TB chips the size of a postage stamp will be produced and tested. Silicon Valley start-up Crossbar expects some of its 3D Restive RAM (3D RRAM) products to be […]

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An Avocado A Day Keeps Bad Cholesterol Away

follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The Huffington Post   Your love for avocados is oh-so right, according to a new study that finds that eating an avocado a day can improve bad cholesterol levels — at least in overweight and obese people. Avocados have gotten a bad rap in the past because they’re high in

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Requirements to Become a Police Officer

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Learn about the education and preparation needed to become a police officer. Get a quick view of the requirements as well as details about education, required examinations, training and job duties to find out if this is the career for you. View 22 Popular Schools Essential Information Police officers are

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Amazon to Sell Predictions in Cloud Race Against Google and Microsoft

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Welcome to the era of low-cost predictions. Your products and services will never be the same, and a couple of big companies may wish we’d never arrived. On Thursday, Amazon Web Services announced that it was selling to the public the same kind of software it uses to figure out

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Amazon, Google and More Are Drawn to Home Services Market

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The installation of Deborah David’s new kitchen faucet was a $180 job. But it lies at the heart of an expanding $400 billion commercial war. Some of the biggest names in e-commerce, along with a growing pool of start-ups, are vying for a chunk of the fragmented, quotidian, heretofore entirely

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Senegal moves to a no visa, low air fare policy for foreign visitors and locals

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Senegal has scrapped visa requirements for foreign visitors and will slash taxes on air fares as it seeks to revive a tourism sector crippled by high costs. The cost and administrative hassle of visas, coupled with taxes on air tickets, led to a fall in the number of visitors to

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Zimbabwe: Telone Rolls Out Metro Wifi

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork STATE-owned Telecommunications company, TelOne has rebranded and introduced Metro Wifi Service and Fibre to the Home (FTTH) services. The new product will see the price of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) of data tumbling by 90%. FTTH, also called fibre to the premises, is the installation and use of optic

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At Silver Moon Bakery, the Baking Never Stops

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Some move to Florida; some volunteer at the library. But when Judith Norell decided to retire as a concert harpsichordist at age 60, she thought she would try her hand at baking bread. “I grew up on packaged bread, the kind that stays squeezed when you squeeze it,” she said.

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Nigeria: Infracos set to connect 60 cities to broadband

According to a report byngrguardiannews.com, Lagos as well as 60 other cities, in the North Central zone of Nigeria, are set to receive improved broadband services. The report revealed that MainOne Cable will be in charge of the Lagos area while IHS will be focusing on the North Central states of the country and Abuja.

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Availability of low-cost smartphones will increase in 2015 – A4AI

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has predicted that availability of low-cost smartphones will increase in 2015. The alliance in its list of predictions for the expansion of global broadband access in 2015 said it also expects National broadband plans across emerging markets will become more comprehensive and focus on

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