A group of Nust (Zimbabwe) Journalism students make it big with Telecel's Telecash

A group of National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Journalism students shined when they organised a very successful two day Public Relations campaign with Telecel. The campaign was held at the University's premises on the 19th and 20th of March, attracting a gigantic crowd of students as they were seen gathering around the temporary Telecel booth.

The student forerunners of the campaign were Mbongeni Zondo, Nastasjia Gwenzi, Patience Magora, Tapiwa Muzondo and Thembi Zulu. With Telecel coming with only their telecash agents, temporary booth and Telecel sim cards, the students extended their efforts and managed to register about sixty nine Telecel users for telecash. Many students and lecturers also purchased sim cards and registered with Telecel on those two days.

Using their Public Relations skills, the students also interviewed participants asking them about the problems they face with Telecel. The responses were submitted to the Bulawayo Main Branch Telecel Manager, Mr Chipangamate, with the hope of seeing improvements on the complaints soon.

Telecash is a mobile transfer service, which allows subscribers to use mobile phones to send money to anyone on any network, pay bills and and pay for groceries and other goods and services.

Registration and transaction is easy. To transact a registered telecash subscriber simply dial *888#, which will result in the menu appearing on the mobile phone screen, from which the type of transaction required can be selected.

The *888# number can be used to, among other things, purchase prepaid airtime for oneself and other Telecel subscribers, pay bills, pay for goods and services, check one's telecash account balance, check one's transactions and change one's pin.

Subscibers can register for telecash at any Telecel office, with selected telecash agents or with telecash ambassadors, who will be found roaming the streets for the convenience of customers wishing to sign on.

All that is needed for one to register is one's identity card, driver's license or passport and a copy of it. Registration is fast, almost instant.

Latest on the disappeared Malsysian Flight MH370

The Chinese never cease to amaze anyone with their extra-ordinary minds that are always looking for solutions to everything. According to the Toronto sun, the Chinese have spotted a new object in the southern Indian Ocean, which they suspect it could be the remains of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

According to the Toronto sun, a satelite image was taken on March 18, 2014 by the Gaofen-1-high resolution optical Earth observation satelite China National Space Administration (CNSA).

An Australian Journalist said that China announced they have discovered a new satelite image, which they suspect could be a wreckage from a missing Malaysian airliner. More palnes and ships have headed towards the direction of the object to join an international search operation.

We might thank China if the wreckages of the plane are found, but it is very unfortunate that China's subnormal technological advancement has come in too late for the lost 239 souls.

Technological institutions world wide should now start working on making new technologies, that will rather help to detect the fault before it happens or before any souls are lost. This particularly goes to flight engineers who should work on developing a better tracking system for all the flying objects that are used to carry people.

My condolences go to those who lost their loved ones in that mysteriously disappeared Malaysian plane.

Technology is an idol: Parents worry over technology use

 

Many would certainly agree that they wouldn't survive if their phones had to be taken away from them for just 24 hours. Technological devices can be likened to very addictive drugs especially to the youths of the 21st Century. Parents really do have reasons to worry about the effects of technological devices on their children.

As defined in the Wikipedia, technology is the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, and methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a pre-existing solution to a problem, achieve a goal, handle an applied input/output relation or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, including machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures.

A technological device  is anything that uses the most recent technological information. A screw driver at one time was a technological device. A technological device can be anything from a can-opener to more complex devices like computers.

Some of the common technological devices

The common technological devices include mobile phones, computers, pads, game consoles  and many others. These technological devices enable people to interact, invent, improve and to do many other things. In our days, technological devices have made youths to feel incomplete when they don't access them for just a short period of time. One can safely say that they have become a god to youths, and even adults as they spend most of their time using them.

It is for this reason that most parents worry about the effects of technologies on their children. Youths now spend most of their time using these technologies and barely have time to chat with their parents, brothers and their sisters at home. In short, these technologies have almost taken over family time.

Educational psychologist Dr Kairen Cullen said: "Modern technology is part of contemporary life and naturally this is reflected in the way families operate. However, it is becoming clear that a number of children and young people use technology excessively.

"Parents now have to adapt to a different climate of communication and work hard to ensure open and meaningful conversations with their children, who have grown up with instant messaging and social media.

"Virtual communication is never going to substitute face-to-face family contact though, and parents are well placed to encourage sensible and balanced use of online facilities in a way that includes time fully offline and supports family dynamics."

It can thus be seen that technological devices are highly addictive, and when not monitored in terms of their use, they can destroy the face to face social life of a person.