Fintech startup overload, a debut unicorn, Chinese investors and Big Tech from Silicon Valley...Africa had it all in 2019
https://qz.com/africa/1777241/the-biggest-trends-in-african-tech-startups-and-innovation-2019/
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I hope this is the right place. My mother has a verizon.net email account which is now run by aol, and she wants them all forwarded to gmail. My dad has it working because he set it up before aol took over. The issue I'm having is that pop.aol.com which is supposedly the pop server isn't working? Or maybe I'm doing it wrong. I go into gmail-settings-accounts-check mail from other account. And then I'm trying to sign in to the verizon.net account and neither the verizon nor the aol pop server seems to work. She has a different password for the verizon and the aol apparently but it's not telling me the password's the issue, the issue is supposedly still the pop server. I've been on the phone with verizon and aol all day, and neither of them can help me. I'll call gmail soon but I doubt they can help too.
I'd appreciate any help so my mother stops yelling at me, thank you!
Hi, I recently purchased an Acer XF250Q 240hz Monitor and have been having some problems. 240hz runs fine, but I usually have trouble pulling the full 240 in some games, so I have tried to use a stretched resolution in order to get the full 240hz experience. However, when I try to apply the resolution (1798 x 1080) the game and my desktop begins to glitch horribly. It should also be noted that I had no problems with this on my old 144hz monitor. I have an AMD RX 5700 graphics card, an Intel i7-6700k processor, and some type of Gigabyte motherboard. (Can find out which one if necessary) Any help would be much appreciated.
Hi everyone, just recently bought a LG C9 oled tv. The tv has and supports HDMI 2.1. Now my understanding is that there isn' much out there that is actually even using this format. I have a ps4 pro and a PC that I am connecting to the TV and will be getting an xbox x soon as well. I have a friend at an electrical store who can get me a couple of HDMI 2.1 cables. My question is is it even worth my time connecting my ps4 and PC up via HDMI 2.1? If the ps4 and my pc don't support 2.1 does it just resort back to 2.0? Thanks for the help
I see a lot of discussion in the news about 'revolutionary' 5G tech that will be 100x faster, and so on. Lots of predictions about how it will impact the economy.
Personally I have a hard time seeing the new applications of it. We already have great video chat, download speeds, streaming, gaming & so on. I rarely ever think "i wish my internet was faster".
What are these huge benefits & impacts on daily life that we can expect from 5g?
Title says it all. I'd like to record footage of an old Xbox game but I have a few technical uncertainties. Biggest one being, could I use my TV to output its audio and video to a computer what can then record the footage without the use of a capture card going directly into the Xbox. I highly doubt it and I probably look like a tech noob asking it but if there is any way I can cost effectively use my mediocre computer to record everything happening on a TV and directly output it to my computer or if there's anyone who can help me do this, please let me know because I'll be grateful. Not too time sensitive but I guess the sooner the better. I doubt I'll get any answers but if it's a possibility, lemme know. TL;DR: Can I record the audio and video from my TV and have my computer record it live so I can record/stream an old Xbox game, preferably for a low cost.
Cluster computing, to my knowledge, is when a program distributes the same task over multiple devices; which results in it being done faster. "I'll mow the lawn, and you clean the bathrooms." You're limited by the speed of the network connecting them and the sophistication of the distribution program, but otherwise the computation power is improved additively.
If that was true, then why isn't clustering more common? Practical considerations aside, wouldn't it be worlds cheaper to frankenstein a bunch of older hardware from a surplus store instead of buying shinier parts?
I am just learning now about how clustering works, and I had this fantasy of duct taping a bunch of raspberry pi units to my tower instead of dropping five grand on a graphics card. I'm sure things aren't that easy, but I am curious about what is possible.
might sound like a dumb or easy thing but i bought a steelseriers game controller and my pc dosnt have built in bluetooth so i bought a usb bluetooth adapter and when i run it, it will detect the controller but wont pair wtf.
Hi,
I want to create a meet-up schedule for 100 people who will be paired randomly based on their availability. Is there a site/app/anything that can help me with this. Thank you.
Clarification: So essentially, people enter how many times they want to meet in a week, and their availability. The software matches 2 different sets of people for a meeting based on how many times each person wants to meet.
So I’m wondering if one were to choose between Google or Apple exclusively for its whole ecosystem which do you guys think is the better option? Google pixel 4 plus chromebook, chromecast, google home and next or iPhone 11 plus Apple TV, MacBook and home? From what I’ve read online it seems like google is cheaper with more options but people feel that Apple is better and better with privacy.
Alright,this is stupid question but I have downloaded a program from aptoide and started to get like a virus that directs me to Samsung browser and shows porn and other ads,would like some help.
Hi there. I was recently having a problem related to WiFi. Recently it wouldn't connect to the laptop. So far, I have done a recent system restore and scooped through some search results to find the problem, but so far I got nothing. Does anyone know a solution to this semingly reoccurring problem?
I want to be able to sign 1000 users up for an event that requires GPS tracking after making a purchase to verify the users to present awards accordingly. I want the app where they are given a qr code to download that I mail with the package and then the event begins
I picture a future where artificial wombs are a commonplace thing. For a woman who cannot have kids, do not have time for kids, or fathers who want kids. I can see private companies taking this on to provide this service and take care of the child from embryo to full-term child. The child would be automatically fed the best nutrients during the pregnancy and will not have the risks involved.
Would you feel comfortable doing this? Or if your wife decided she would want to do this? I think this would be an amazing service and does not require you to give up your life for 9 months to be pregnant.
I see technology, especially in the science field, blowing up within the next 20 years and you will start to see amazing services like this offered.
I currently have heyday headphones but they won't pair to anything. I'm probably going to return them. But I can't find any decent headphones mine keep breaking. The head band snapped for 3 of them and I'm not strong. And I can't get earbuds because they are bad for my ear. I want an over the ear pair of headphones that are wireless and between 20-50$. Please help.
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Hi i am looking for a laptop that can edit some videos for a YouTube channel. I have a budget for around $450-500. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!!
Maybe a little bit off topic but I need to buy a Beamer. With a nice resolution, audio quality doesn’t matter. Mainly for playing xbox and watching movies. Should be under 500€. Thanks please help💙🥺
I’m looking into buying something so my mum can watch DVDs, she’s currently using a windows laptop while she waits to have enough money to by a TV. Thought it would be easy to find something that’s compatible with both so she wouldn’t have to buy a new one in a few months, but I can’t seem to find any. I’ve no one to ask (I don’t live near any shops that know and don’t know anyone personally with any insight) so reaching out here. Thanks for any help you might be able to offer.
I can only find 8.1 ISOs! Please give me a site where i can download Windows 8.0 ISOs! Thanks. =]
I dont have much any experience in building a pc, and I dont want to mess up. I want a new PC that is capable of gaming, and using AutoCAD (because my course is architecture). Any suggested parts? I dont want to mess up the compatibilities of each part, because it will cost so much if I refunded it. (Sorry for bad english, I just studied it last month)
I recently bought a launchpad mini mk3, because i wanted to link it to a voicechanging program, Voicemod. But i can't get them to link. I was wondering if anyone smarter than me out there had a solutÃon to this problem.
Thanks.
Got £100 from my birthday to spend on tech. Tell me what you think I should buy and why. I don't need or want anything in particular, but I do love my technology - the more unique, the better!
Hey tech geeks of reddit!
I have a mic that i want to use on my pc and ps4 at the same time. (The mic is usb 2.0)
Is there a device that makes on usb in to two?
This is fucking sick..
People based in India, the Philippines, and other countries that do not have the resources to go after Siraj legally are those who need the money the most. 200$ could be a months worth of salary, or several months. And the types of people who get caught up in the scams are those who genuinely looking to improve their financial situation and work hard for it. This is fucking cruel.
I'm having a hard time believing Siraj's followers are that brainwashed. Most likely alt accounts controlled by Siraj.
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It's really annoying, especially during playing a game. My phone disconnects from the wifi and it won't connect once again only after like 2 mins. This happens mostly when someone connects or disconnects from the router, but it still happens too without it.
Need some help please!
Hello, I'd like to find out how to find a good on ear microphone that I can use for streaming outside. (Asking for a news reporter friend) to be used with a phone with a stabilizer. I've looked everywhere for a mic like this, I've looked into getting a headphone jack to bluetooth transmitter and just tried to find bluetooth earbuds with a good mic, does anyone have any ideas to help me out?
For the past 10 years probably, I'm using IMAP protocol for my mails which allows me to have my mails synced up between my dekstop computer, laptop and a smartphone.
If I want to read something, or even change read/unread status or a folder - I can do it on a single device and it will be done on all devices as well. And even in the event that I'm on some other computer that is not my own, I can simply login into my webmail client and everything will be there.
So, it got me thinking - in this day and age when everyone has multiple devices, mobile data is cheap etc., is there really a need for using POP protocol?
I don't see a single positive thing compared to IMAP - mails are downloaded to a single device, prone to being not backed up etc. I can't imagine the flow where I get email on a smartphone, then go to my laptop and that mail is not there...
Are you still using POP? If so - how does your flow look like? How are you managing POP over several devices?
What file format do those military bible sticks use? I'm trying to write music to it and when I insert it into my PC is bogs down the file explorer so I can't find the file format. It runs on a 4GB SD card and Im wondering why it doesn't read my 16 GB SD replacement
It's running on 80-90C while playing, max was 97C
i don't think it's normal, what can i do about it?
I got meself some bluetooth earbuds but theyre too loud all the time, is there any way to fix it?
Hey,
So, I’m a 38 year old, single guy, with a “dead end” job, that has never really known what he wanted to do with his life, and I recently realized that what truly makes me happy is when I’m traveling somewhere new, and meeting people, and going on adventures in places foreign to me. Unfortunately, because of the restricted vacation that I have in my current position, when I am able to travel, it’s only for one week (and only once a year). Because I can only travel for such a brief time, I find myself waiting all year, just to have that one week of adventure again, and I don’t want to live the rest of my life waiting for that one week that I get to travel, year after year.
I’ve decided that as the new decade is quickly approaching, I’m going to be making a career change. The only problem is I don’t really know where to start. All that I know is that I want to be able to work remotely from anywhere in the world. I want to be able to just pick up whenever I like, and live somewhere else for three months, if I so choose.
I was speaking to a coworker about this, and she suggested I look into schools, or programs, that can teach me how to do coding, or teach me cloud computing. This interests me very much, but I don’t know which schools, or programs, would be best, or frankly if coding/cloud computing is even the smartest route to take to achieve my goals.
I need advice. What direction would you point a person with no background in tech, that wants a job that will allow him to work remotely from anywhere in the world? What route would this person need to take, so that he has the best chance possible to obtain this job? Is coding/the cloud, the best option for me? Is there a place I can go to speak to an expert, or guidance counselor, about these things? Any help would be very much appreciated.
A good interview this with one of the founders of Instagram, especially for anyone (like me) founding a tech start-up.
https://www.thecut.com/2019/11/instagram-kevin-systrom.html
It captures the shift from users > influencers, self-expression > brand host that the app has experienced since launch, as it has monetized, sought profitability and scaled in a corporate market place.
A point of inflection: the role of community.
"Anyone can create a photo-sharing app; not everyone can create a community. If you can protect that asset — if you can help nurture and grow it — and your product doesn’t suck, you have created something much more valuable than a great product with a terrible community. Our first value at Instagram was always community first. It got changed, by the way, when we left."
Hi, i was wondering if there is any machine technology to catch Noize very low noize with a machine device etc.
The goal is to catch it and prove that this noize was made at that time and hour. Is not loud noize. Is low noize. thanks
Hello! Not sure if this is the place, but i’m looking for recommendations on men’s smart watches (specially NOT Apple Watch or Garmin). Also a sleek, modern, and round watch face is preferred. I’m looking for options and opinions.
True 5g has not been discovered or commercialized yet, with Huawei the closest to making it happen for real. All of the companies advertising 5G are just selling an improved 4G. Is this statement correct?
Like 99% of all earbuds are with rubber that goes to your brain. This kind of earbuds are no comftorable for me. Don't want airpods or freebuds. Looked into Razer's Hammerhead, but they are not released in my country yet... Any suggestions ?
There's a lot of feature phones from the 2000'd that should get a "smartphone" upgrade like the xperia play and lg cholocate? Maybe pen's and mods will make a comeback?
I seriously can't find any printer reviews on YouTube when I search for "best printer 2019".
Every single bloody video is one of those "Top 5" channels that use stock footage, and they just read the specs from the website, and pretend they reviewed them themselves.
I mean, yea sure you can find reviews for an individual printer if you search for that specific one, but if you search for "best printer" or something like that, all you get is these spam channels with their affiliate links telling you the printers are great. And if you're lucky you'll also get it in a robot voice.
This is in contrast to if you search for, like "best gpu 2019" or best camera, or whatever. Yea, you'll get some of these spam channels, but you'll get some legit stuff as well from Linus Tech Tips, or whoever.
I dare you, search for "best printer 2019" and try to find a decent result that isn't full of stock footage. Sometimes they're so bad that you can go to Amazon and read along with them.
#rantover
I work for one of the larger IT solutions providers in the U.S. in a sales capacity and I'm looking for some new blogs/magazines/etc to stay current on what is going on in the industry and make sure I'm not just confined to my bubble and what the various vendors are trying to feed me. We hear a lot from HPE, Cisco, Dell EMC, Pure etc but I'm also interested in learning more about the up and coming disruptors. I'm more interested in what is going on in the datacenter, networking, collaboration, cloud, virtualization, spaces than programming. As I mentioned, I'm in sales, so I don't really need to go too far into the weeds on most topics. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
My mother has MSA (a neurodegenerative disorder you can think of as kind of like Parkinson's) and is continuing to have a harder and harder time speaking or using fine motor skills such as typing. I tried some googling on both eye-tracking software as well as Microsoft accessibility options for text-to-speech but it's kind of all either over my head or I just don't know if it would help. My dad went to an Accessibility Expo and found a computer program (don't know the name) but it was $15,000.
Does anybody here know what more affordable options are out there for this kind of support? Or, if not, can maybe point me to a more applicable subreddit?
Thanks.
Lgk4 metro phone. When i go to to settings then notifications then messages and there is 3 options. One default, one silent all, and then there's a phone number thats not my actual number. You can check one or all and chose notification settings for them.. My question is where is that from? Is it a texting app I've used in the past or something else?
Well I have big dillema and I'm thinking a lot so I need ur opinions. Is it better to get iPhone for same or more money and get constantly software and security updates for 4+ years or get android and get major updates for 2 years and then invest almost same money after that? I'm currently using android but I'm thinking more and more for switchi g to ios. What ste your thoughts?
The price of the S10+ and 7T Pro here is the exact same - 40,000 mkd - which is around $730 (with tax). Which one is better?
Source : https://news-taqnia.gjoobs.com/2019/12/google-assistant.html
Travelers are already turning to Assistant for help with searching and checking flights, finding local restaurant recommendations, and more," the US tech giant said in a post on her blog. She added: “To give you more help during your trip, the Assistant’s Interpreter Mode, Interpreter Mode, has started appearing on Android phones and iOS with Assistant all over the world.”
https://gistplayer.com/play/f5503836-e596-4cc8-9221-46c58193a8a4
Hey guys what are you thoughts on this new tool. I think it could be useful for students or anyone learning a new skill
Do you think 5G will be much better then 4G? And what new opportunities will 5G provide for the future? And what about 5G for companies? I am not super tech savvy, so I dont know If this exists, so could you help me?. I have three consoles that are liked to a moniter by a USB plug, and changing it every time is a little frusturating. I was wondering if there was something where I could plug in all three consoles and just plug that into my moniter and not have to change the cord every time?
Sooo.. If I want to find forums, communities and places to discuss [Neural implants] and the like.. Where do I turn? Having a hard time finding these places. Would be super if someone could help me out!
Did anything ever happen in a work place that was corrupt but nobody did anything ...
If you need computing power, why not rent it from a cloud service (Azure, AWS etc.)
anyone know where i can get the most shitty usb mini cabel?
https://www.anandtech.com/show/15212/sponsored-post-arm-eliminating-vr-motion-sickness
Tech journalism has been dying so fast.
Website hygiene probably mean the same as website health (I guess). But “Hygiene Attendant” alone sounds like my dentist about to drill into my molar with excruciating pain 🙂 But I kind of like the idea of a website hygiene attendant. It sounds like there a virtual person standing next to my site waiting for any broken links or something and quickly letting me know to get it fixed. What do you guys think?
it looks like it sounds the rgb is just for reddit
I recently boight a sceptre 4k TV and I'm trying to figureout how to get it to 4k. Whenever I lookup the info it says I'm streaming 1080p 60HZ. I dont know what do do can anyone help me out?
I wander if i could use my old cou on newer motherboard i have this old cpu (core 2 quad) and thé motherboard kinda damaged and want replace it with new one that maybe in the future i can replace the current cpu with newer one as well
Simply want a motherboard except this core 2 quad and maybe in the future can buy (ryzen 5 1600x)
And still work fine with the same motherboard .
Thanks !
The file is on archive.org and it won't download past 150mb cus my wifi is slow
Can someone upload https://web.archive.org/web/20140420124214/http://www.oudhitsquad.com/android/LGE/Firmware/LG870/LG870ZV4_06.zip
To mega.nz? Its the only way I can unbrick my phone
I've been seeing this around when I look for portable monitors online, a portable, touchscreen monitor that is super slim and light for only $50 on sale, almost seems too good to be true. Is it? There arent many reviews and the one on youtube that I have seen has it but doesnt actually turn it on and one page says that it's still funding for the project even though there a multiple sights selling it.
Hi , can you please recommend me something like mp3,mp4 that can play audibooks/music and have function to use bluetooth headset? Normally i would listen audibooks on my phone, but my battery sux and i need bluetooth functions coz i need to hide my earphones
not looking for something expensive, long battery life is +
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So I have a ryzen 5 2600 paired with a NZXT kraken m22 and I recently got a vertical gpu mount for my rtx 2060 super. I have the nzxt h500i and I was wondering why my cpu temps are 85 Celsius under load. I don’t think it’s been going that high before. Please help
Hey guy's, not sure if I'm in the right place here but kind of freaking out at the moment ^^"
All my vacation pictures of 3 trips that I took and filmed with my phone are on the sd card, problem is that I can't get them off, trying to move them only stops the system from working and even putting it back in my phone and trying to upload it to Google drive doesn't work. I noticed that the sd card is FAT32, I think it has to do with that but I can't find any solution to put everything from that card on my pc :c
Someone has some advise on what to use?
Looks like the benchmark scores of the latest Snapdragon chips are not even close to Apple's. Is there any fundamental difference because of which Snapdragon is behind ?
Look for more suggestions for replacements for another DVD player unit or another thing I can hook up entirely if know. I recently bought a 06 Ford with a oem DVD player that I have not used, but at the very least know it gets power(I don’t own any dvds and know it gets power by the eject button making the player try to eject). I not opposed to getting dvds to use, The unit is just very dated as looks go and I know I’d at least want to get a better screen. If there’s any ideas outside of a DVD player then I’d also be up to hearing about them as well!
Btw:No recommendations on r/techsupport so came here
Is getting the IPhone 11 worth it, if I have the iPhone XR already?
I never created a memoji on my phone before, and i went on instagram to find out there is an accurate cartoon character of my face on my emoji menu. I never approved of this and i find it disturbing. Maybe with all this invasion of privacy bullshit with iPhones/smartphones I should just go back to using flip phones. Im sure the antiprivacy behavior goes much deeper, and Its sickening
Hi - is there an existing aggregator for trending videos across top video platforms (youtube, vimeo, twitch, etc) and social media (public videos from TikTok, IG, Snapchat, etc) that packages it similar to SmartNews app?
I hope this is the right place to ask this. I am looking for a way to store mp3 files on something tiny that can be read wirelessly, without requiring power (the storage, not the reader of course). Does something like this exist?
Does anyone know any websites where I can buy a fake Razer keyboard? Don't really know any other subreddits to post this on. Thank you very much.
The situation:
I was typing an extremely long text post on a forum (not on reddit, but on proboards), and accidentally clicked one of my bookmarks before I was complete! This has erased all of my text that I have just spent multiple hours writing! I used Ctrl + Z in the hopes of reinstating it, but I think it may be completely gone! Is there any way to have salvaged this?
Thanks for any tips!
Hi guys,
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So Im just gonna start off I don't know jack shit about technology. So I have this grand idea to get a laptop that I could plug my ps4 system into and play "on the go" surprise surprise It don't fucken work well shit. So then in my greif I'm watching basically homeless on YouTube and he said dongle. Is there a dongle that can solve my problem or is that not even what dongles fucken do. I dont know would love some help.
It would be able to access your contacts and restrict communication with individual people for a customisable amount of time. For intance, your crush that you don't want to scare away by not being able to resist messaging them. I could definitely use an app like this right now 😂 if anything like this already exists for Android, for gods sake please let me know!
I've tried recording, but It remains a black screen, can anyone help me? I've selected the application, but I can't recording, I've tried window capture, game capture. But I just can't get it to work.