{"id":9667,"date":"2021-08-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techrafiki.com\/?p=9667"},"modified":"2021-08-27T17:04:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T14:04:36","slug":"week-34-top-news-stories-this-week-in-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techrafiki.com\/week-34-top-news-stories-this-week-in-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 34: Top news stories this week in tech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A look at the top news stories this week, we feature Tubayo&#8217;s efforts to boost tourism experiences, a mental health campaign unveiled during the Uganda Social Media Conference, the fate of Only fans&#8217; recent ban policy and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techrafiki.com\/tubayo-and-buganda-tourism-board\/\">Tubayo and Buganda Tourism board team up to boost tourism experiences<\/a>: Tubayo, an online travel marketplace, continues to prove that there is no limit to what Uganda\u2019s tourism has to offer. In an event held on Saturday, Tubayo and Buganda Tourism Board launched their partnership at Lubiri Mengo as they unveiled Buganda and its heritage as a tourism experience on the Tubayo app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is just so much to learn from our traditions &#8230;.<br><br>Book an experience about Buganda today on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tOZSyPF5aB\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/tOZSyPF5aB<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tubayoapp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Tubayoapp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c2NU4GeoDv\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/c2NU4GeoDv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud83c\udf3bTubayo.com\ud83c\udf1e (@tubayotravel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tubayotravel\/status\/1429476540400680971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 22, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techrafiki.com\/cyber-bullies-and-what-is-cyber-bullying\/\">Are Uganda media (mis)users cyberbullies and what is cyber-bullying?<\/a>: Most media users have become cyberbullies and quite a number will plead not guilty not because they are actually guilty but rather ignorant of the offence they commit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many media users are victims of cyber-bullying or cyberbullies themselves. In this digital age, cyber crimes seem to be inevitable as each day someone is either being tricked to give in their password by a hacker as another is being disparaged on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techrafiki.com\/mental-health-social-media-campaign\/\">Hit the pause button from social media: KAS Uganda launches mental health campaign<\/a>: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Uganda (KAS Uganda) launched a campaign dubbed \u201cHit the pause button from social media\u201d to promote mental health among media users. The campaign was launched during the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kas.de\/en\/web\/uganda\/uganda-social-media-konferenz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uganda Social Media Conference<\/a>\u00a0happening at Kampala Sheraton Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techrafiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4707eef2-3b88-4b30-bf1d-e26e35647788.jpg?resize=696%2C568&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9731\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techrafiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4707eef2-3b88-4b30-bf1d-e26e35647788.jpg?w=873&amp;ssl=1 873w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techrafiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4707eef2-3b88-4b30-bf1d-e26e35647788.jpg?resize=300%2C245&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techrafiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4707eef2-3b88-4b30-bf1d-e26e35647788.jpg?resize=768%2C627&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techrafiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4707eef2-3b88-4b30-bf1d-e26e35647788.jpg?resize=696%2C568&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techrafiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4707eef2-3b88-4b30-bf1d-e26e35647788.jpg?resize=514%2C420&amp;ssl=1 514w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Dr. Kasenene as he speaks at the Uganda Social Media Conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techrafiki.com\/hootsuite-is-easing-digital-marketing\/\">Hootsuite is easing digital marketing and management<\/a>: Social media managing apps are helping many users with busy schedules save a fortune as they manage their social accounts and HOOTSUITE is one of the world\u2019s favourites. Before media managing apps came on board, users who had less or no time to run their social media accounts would hire someone to do it on their behalf and this came with an extra financial burden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More news stories this week in tech<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techrafiki.com\/week-34-it-opportunities-from-dfcu-bank\/\">Week 34: IT opportunities from DFCU Bank, Orient Bank, Bumu Technologies and more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techrafiki.com\/banned-or-unbanned-the-fate-of-onlyfans-explicit-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/techrafiki.com\/banned-or-unbanned-the-fate-of-onlyfans-explicit-content\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Banned or \u2018unbanned\u2019?: the fate of Onlyfans\u2019 explicit content creators<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" 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