Why few South Africans on Google+, are we catching technology by the tail?

ICT Politics | ICT Politics | Written by Simphiwe Mkhize

Google announced that Google+ would be getting 41 new features that affect the Stream, Hangouts and Photos sections, free video chat.

Google+, its two-year-old social network. A new interface resembles with several columns of updates filling the page. For photos, Google+ can pare down your vacation photos by automatically selecting highlights, and it can make photos look better with skin softening, noise reduction and other quick editing tools.

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Hawks spokesman McIntosh Polela left jobless after he tweeted about Jub Jub

ICT Politics | ICT Politics | Written by Simphiwe Mkhize

Beware what you post on Social Networks, like Facebook, twitter and Google+. What you cannot  verbal say on public don't post it on public twitter status . Social Network are under scrutiny you are liable of what you post online. You might lose your job or schooling.  

Former Hawks spokesman McIntosh Polela has been fired, The Star newspaper reported on Thursday.

“The officer was dismissed on March 27, 2013, and the internal appeals authority confirmed the same,” Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa reportedly said in a written response to a question from the Democratic Alliance in Parliament this week.

“The officer was paid R323,238.41 during the period he was on suspension,” Mthethwa said, according to the newspaper report.

Polela declined to comment to The Star.

He was suspended last year, apparently after he tweeted in October: “I trust Jub Jub’s supporters gave him a jar of vaseline to take to prison.”