Dominica observes Girls in ICT Day 2013

Dominica joined the rest of the international community in observing Girls in ICT Day on Thursday April 25th under the theme: “Girls to Invent for the Future”. ...

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From bricks to clicks – the cell p...

Many inventions have changed the world in many ways but not quite like the cell phone. In 1973 today (April 3), a Motorola employee made the first cell phone call ...

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IT association formed

An association which aims to become the representative body for persons working in the field of Information Technology (IT) has been established in Dominica. The ...

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IRD goes digital

The Inland Revenue Division (IRD) is in the process of implementing new measures to improve its services, which include implementation of a new E-filing system. ...

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Dominica launches local IXP

The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) has joined three internet service providers here, LIME Dominica Limited, Marpin 2K4 Limited and SAT ...

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Dominica’s Director of Telecoms la...

Effective March 1 2013, Sylvester Cadette who has worked as Dominica’s Telecoms Director for the past fifteen years, will take up a new position as Program ...

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MSN Messenger to shut down March 15

As announced last November, Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to discontinue Windows Live Messenger in 2013. In an email to all 100 million-plus Messenger users ...

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Dominica improves E government ranking

Dominica has been ranked 73 in the region, E government development ranking, according to the United Nations. In 2005, Dominica was ranked 119 in the world, jumping ...

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Dominica to develop domestic internet

Dominica will be launching its first Internet Exchange Point (IXP) later this year in a move that will increase broadband services on the island. This, according to ...

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A short history of the village of Warner

Editor’s note: Dominica celebrated Heritage Day on Sunday in the village of Warner. Below is a short history of the community. Warner is a village in the ...

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Dominica to improve security through ICT

Dominica is expected to take on measures to improve its national security through Information and Communication Technology (ICT). That’s according to ...

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Apple unveils iPhone 5

Apple on Wednesday announced the latest version of the iPhone. The iPhone 5 looks similar to previous models but has a larger screen and is lighter and thinner than ...

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Over 83 million ‘fake’ users...

Facebook has revealed that it believes there are now more than 83 million fake users on the social network. In company filings published this week, it said 8.7% of ...

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‘Landslide’ leaves thousands...

DOMLEC officials say a landslide at Picard was the cause of a recent power outage which left thousands of DOMLEC customers without electricity for several hours on ...

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Hundreds of thousands of Internet users in the United States whose computers are infected with a particularly nasty virus will be unable to access the Web starting ...

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Microsoft and HP host IT seminar

Thursday, March 8th Inova Solutions organizes a FREE Seminar in cooperation with their valued partners; Microsoft and HP. This Seminar will highlight important ...

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Dominica to formulate strategy for devel...

Dominica is on course to take the lead among its regional counterparts in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education. “I think even ...

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ICT road show launched

The importance of Information and Communication Technologies, (ICT’s) was underscored on Monday when Dominica launched the second edition of the ICT road show ...

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Apple’s iPhone 4S will be released in Dominica and across the Caribbean on Friday, Jan. 13, the company announced today. The company will begin a rollout in ...

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Dominica is expected to have an internet exchange point (IXP) up and running in January, the third in the English-speaking Caribbean, Bernadette Lewis, secretary ...

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