When it comes to personal security, how sure are you that you are not being hacked into? At a personal level, how do you ensure that your personal confidential data is safe from prying eyes? If you use a computer/mobile device – a smart phone or mobile device like an iPad, a laptop or computer and or use email and other digital gadgets like flash drive, take note. Please read carefully the following short cases. Case study An executive at one of the top telecom companies woke up one day and found his private photos taken while on leisure in…
How to Use the Internet to Grow Your Business and Career
How are you using the Internet to grow your career and or business? According to Wikipedia, global Internet penetration is on the rise. In 2005, a total of 1.04 billion people were using the Internet out of the total global population of 6.5billion. In 2013, about 2.769 billion people were using the Internet out of the total global population of 7.1 billion. That is 39.4% Internet users of the global population. Most importantly, there is an exponential growth in the use of Internet globally. As prices for smart phones and other mobile gadgets reduce due improvements in technology, more and…
Is Qnet.net for real? How is it different from QuestNet
I need your indulgence. Is Qnet another Telex free or it is a good deal? I don’t believe in free things that is why I never play lottery. I have worked very hard for any good thing I own. And the fraud examiner in me always says “before you make more money, first protect the little you have.” I have received several invitations to join multilevel marketing with promises of assured good life and wealth accumulation. I always ignore. When you examine carefully, you realize the person inviting you is struggling financially. How come this business you say will give…
6/11/14. News briefs Tobacco farmers petition Parliament
After the proposed bill on Tobacco Control Bill 2014, this has left many tobacco farmers wondering where they could sell their tobacco. Nearly 60,000 farmers from 25 districts in West Nile, Bunyoro, Mubende and North Kigezi have stormed Parliament demanding for a review of the Tobacco Control Bill, 2014. The farmers, through their association have appealed to legislators not to pass the Bill in its current form. Saying some of the clauses would have an impact on tobacco growing which is their only main source of income. The spokesperson of the Uganda’s Tobacco Growers Association said “tobacco farming provides all…
6/10/14. News briefs Minister who hawked pancakes to raise school fees
Every body has a story in life to tell. This is a story of a minister who sold pancakes to raise school fees. Information and National Guidance Minster Ms Rose Namayanja narrated her story of how she hawked pancakes in order to attend school. Namayanja said she came from a poor humble background that compelled her to sell pancakes.‟ Being poor or rich is not genetic. Every one is bound to succeed in life so long as you set targets,” Ms Namayanja emphasized. Ms Namayanja therefore called upon all girls to take her example. Her selling of pancakes did not…
If I were 22: I would document a personal career plan
It is often said that life is so unpredictable that you don’t have to plan for it. That is not right. Plan for your life but be flexible to change with the times! A plan helps you to regain your focus after drifting. After resigning my job in a bank in early 2004, I suffered on the streets until I met an old man in a taxi who helped me to discover my strengths using the principal of positive float. I am sure I would have continued to suffer a lot had I not met this old man. I resigned a…
