Bitt officially launched in Barbados
Bitt, the Barbados-based digital asset exchange, remittance channel, and merchant-processing gateway, was officially launched on Monday.Founded in 2013 by Gabriel Abed and Oliver Gale, the company has...
View ArticleCable and Wireless shifts focus to delivering promised benefits
As Cable and Wireless Communications Plc (CWC) prepares for life as a new, enlarged entity, following completion of its acquisition of Columbus International Inc. (Columbus), the Caribbean awaits first...
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The Buff is gone
Photography lost one of its best minds last month with the passing of Paul C Buff, the creator of a cost-effective line of strobe units.The products, most notably the budget, plastic-shelled and...
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Networks of Trust: Caribbean needs to strengthen its Internet infrastructure
Electronic security threats levels are on the rise globally, and the stakes are getting higher.Kaspersky Lab’s Global IT Risks Report (2014) estimated that, after a data breach, small and medium sized...
View ArticleAntigua cops confiscate devices, delete crime scene images
A developing trend among Antigua police is a point of serious concern for anyone taking images or footage at crime scenes, including local journalists trying to do their jobs.According to a story in...
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Faster Internet coming to Belize
Sometimes the best solution to a technical problem is social engineering. After a journey of two years, that’s exactly how Belize has come to a major milestone in its technological development.The...
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App marketing for cash-strapped developers
With millions of apps and hundreds of thousands of app developers out there, it can be difficult for any developer to get their app noticed. Today’s app developer has to have a clear marketing plan if...
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Samsung drops the S6
Like a particularly fine needle seeking its groove, Samsung introduced the new flagship models of its smartphone line at Home a week ago, the design and art collaborative space incorporated into the...
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Expanding Caribbean Internet
Some significant changes have been taking place in the hidden architecture of the Caribbean internet over the past few years. The seeds of change are evident in developments ranging from the...
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Think twice before posting that video online. Here's why.
The evolution of the Internet is creating new opportunities but also new risks for parents, teachers and young people. With the rapid rise of the mobile Internet and the proliferation of smartphones...
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Mind Change: How digital technologies are leaving their mark on our brains
Are computers and cyberspace changing our brains? In a world of ubiquitous technology, when many youth seem to have a closer relationship with their cellphones, tablets, computers or video games than...
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TATT encourages disabled young women to pursue tech careers
A local telecommunications industry official is encouraging disabled young women to pursue careers in technology sector.Speaking at a recent event for young women with disabilities, Sherry McMillan, an...
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Case for court technology
It may not be a widely known fact, but courts throughout the Caribbean have been investing heavily and making great advances in leveraging technology to improve the administration of justice. For...
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Google, Netflix to join Caribbean Internet service providers for historic...
If you live in the Caribbean, you don't need to be a computer expert to know that the region's Internet services need to improve.If your connection falters so often that you've long since stopped...
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LACNIC 23 off to successful start in Lima
LIMA—More than 400 delegates have converged in scenic Lima, Peru for Lacnic 23, an annual meeting of the Internet community from Latin America and the Caribbean, taking place from May 18 to 22.Lacnic...
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Caribbean among slowest in the world to adopt new Internet standard
With its high penetration, heavy consumption and hefty fees, the Caribbean provides Internet service providers with some of their best-paying customers. The region’s Average Return Per User rates,...
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Caribbean "significant" to global Internet governance—ICANN
LIMA, Peru—A top executive of the non-profit that oversees all the Internet addresses has described the Caribbean as “significant” to the governance of the global Internet.Rodrigo de la Parra, vice...
View ArticleHavana to host LACNIC 25
LIMA, Peru—Cuba will host a significant gathering of the regional Internet community next year.Havana will host the 25th meeting of the Internet Addresses Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean...
View ArticleFrench Caribbean moves to establish stronger Internet
Internet users in the French Caribbean could soon be enjoying better, more resilient Internet services.Internet stakeholders from the French Caribbean met in Guadeloupe this month for a workshop on...
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Preysal, Cedros and Montrose win in Atlantic cricket
Victoria District champions Cunjal Government were defeated once again in the Inter-School Boys Cricket Competition in the Atlantic National Primary Schools Cricket League, losing by nine wickets to...
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