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Work and school from home is a complete F**kApp!

The problem with high-tech is that there is just way too much to choose from

Using AI without critical reflection widens the gap between relevance and convenience.

Learning in the time of Covid-19

WIth classes being cancelled due to the outbreak of the virus, the academic enterprise can be salvaged through the use of technology

Universities have taken steps such as deactivating their biometric systems to combat the spread of coronavirus.

How universities can use the coronavirus outbreak to promote regionalisation

International student and staff exchanges are key components of higher education. But the Covid-19 pandemic offers the chance to look closer to home

Value: The investment into the parent company of Manchester City will give the team’s fans plenty to cheer about. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

Manchester City owners score silver

Club’s parent company awarded global record valuation after United States investment

(Reuters)

A 50-minute work week is remotely possible

In all the offices I’ve worked, I sat in the so-called bullpen — a shared working space modelled on ­war-time sweat shops.

Facebook to ‘team up with Skype for video chat’

Facebook is reportedly planning this week to team up with Skype to launch a video chat function for its millions of users.

Microsoft takes a gamble on Skype

Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype, its biggest, is an $8.5-billion gamble to try to catch up with Apple and Google.

Dot Bomb 2.0?

When does a market go from being a "growth sector" to a bubble? As with falling in love, it’s hard to put an exact date on the event.

Skype’s owners set to make $5-billion

Skype’s owners, led by private equity firm Silver Lake, are set to earn more than three times their investment on the sale of Skype to Microsoft.

Microsoft reportedly mulling Skype buy

US software giant Microsoft is near to clinching a deal to buy internet telephony pioneer Skype for $7-billion to $8-billion, media reports say.

Skype school brings knowledge to Indian village

Once a week, Santosh Kumar uses Skype to teach maths to children in Chamanpura, a poor village in the struggling state of Bihar.

Skype could be designated illegal in China

The popular Internet service Skype could be dealt a major setback in one of the world’s largest markets as the Chinese government cracks down.

Chatroulette: Risqué chat service or pornographic site?

Webcam service developed to allow strangers to chat online has become fast track to carnal gratification for some people.

Skype trade secrets were stolen to help eBay sale, founders claim

The founders of Skype have alleged its trade secrets were stolen to help facilitate its sale by eBay, in a move which could scupper the $2bn deal.

US online giant eBay to sell Skype, claims report

US online auction giant eBay will announce on Tuesday a plan to sell its web communication service Skype to an investment group.

Skype under threat from eBay licence row

Millions of people who use Skype could be forced to find other ways to make phone calls after eBay said it did not own the underlying technology.

‘A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow’

Online video-delivery service Joost, now boasting more than 3 000 hours of content, has finally gone live at the beginning of this month and, to date, two million users have…

Internet telephony pioneers stumble

In spite of its global popularity, internet telephony (voice-over-internet protocol, or VoIP), which is almost free for users, has not become a gold mine for its pioneers such as…