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Facebook issued a statement on Friday that it was hit with a “sophisticated attack” in January, but no user data was compromised. The attack was caused when Facebook employees visited a malicious website that installed malware onto their computers.

4 Years ago, such an attack may have passed the keen interest of Ugandans but it should not as of 2013. Many Ugandans and Ugandan companies are providing Facebook sensitive data and more critically payment information such as debit/credit card details in order for them to advertise on Facebook.

The implication of this is that any security breach of Facebook that may potentially lead to loss of user data can lead some Ugandan data including critical payment information to land in the wrong hands.

It is hence critical that Ugandans that are investing time and resource though advertising with Facebook should pay more interest to such security breaches and where needed act promptly to change to more secure passwords and set more privacy and security controls including setting Facebook to use SSL by default for user accounts that are transacting with Facebook. 

Where there is Pepsi there is Music! Pepsi the sponsor brand of HiPipo Music Award 2013, has in the US embraced the Harlem Sharke the purported  2013’s answer to “Gangnam Style.”

Harlem Shake videos all follow the script of one person, often in a helmet, dancing alone in a room full of bored-looking people. Then, as the beat kicks in on Baauer’s “Harlem Shake,” we smash cut to the entire room going nuts in the most ridiculous ways possible.

Check out Pepsi Harlem Shake video

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Kampala

Understanding of Valentine’s Day differs among people, societies, cultures and state of living. Whereas so many believe that valentine is all about sharing love with the many you care about, majority of the world people think valentine’s day is all about sharing love with those you romantically and sexually care about.

Medi Kimbugwe, the creative director of HiPipo.com yesterday posted on his wall, “Kale bambi with this weather…………..I see many getting pregnant on Valentine’s Day!!!!”

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, Our Valentine’s Day, YOU and YOUR loved one(s). I unfortunately did nothing much about the day, I just spent a little time off to send someone a message, and tell her that she is amazingly gorgeous, special , beautiful and a true friend that I found in my life.

She replied in a sweeter way, with praises, and making me feel like I am a doctor that cures her most hurting wounds, the teachers that writes readable text on a white board using white chalk, or perhaps that musician whose voice makes rhythms without help of any instrument.

In Kampala, a number of events took place with Mampi’s Africana concert as the headliner. Unlike the past Valentine days in this city, yesterday, I hardly saw anyone or a pair of lovers putting on red and black!

Social media was yesterday and days prior attacked by millions of heart breakers and hunters of love all in the name of sharing their love to those they care about! On Facebook and twitter the words #love #valentine #roses were largely used.

This and more reasons make me believe that Valentine’s Day is a romantic affair and nothing else! Why would one be chucked for failure to deliver a rose flower on Valentine’s Day? What do you think Valentine’s Day is all about?? Share your views in the comments section below.

Back Ground

Valentine’s Day, is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it is not a public holiday in most of them.

St. Valentine’s Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire; during his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer Asterius.

Legend states that before his execution he wrote her a letter “from your Valentine” as a farewell. Today, Saint Valentine’s Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion, as well as in the Lutheran Church.

The Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine’s Day, albeit on July 6th and July 30th, the former date in honor of the Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and the latter date in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni).

The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as “valentines”. Valentine’s Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.

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Kampala

Centenary Bank has unveiled CenteMobile, a full banking service, which enables its customers to carry out financial transactions and access banking information using their mobile phones, at anytime and anywhere.

Speaking at the launch of the service at Mapeera House, Allen Ayebare, the Chief Manager Corporate Affairs and Communications said; CenteMobile allows customers to transfer funds from their Centenary Bank accounts to other accounts, monitor and check their account balances, request for mini-statements, purchase airtime and pay utility bills like; electricity and water.

“The launch of CenteMobile means that Centenary Bank’s 1.3 million customers, and mobile user in Uganda can now access and enjoy affordable financial services wherever a mobile telecommunications network exists. All they have to do is sign up for the service to enjoy the benefits. CenteMobile is here to complement our robust network of 59 branches and over 130 ATMs countrywide.”

Ayebare added that CenteMobile has been designed with a variety of services and features to ease the lives of the bank’s customers in a fast paced world.

“Just like many Centenary Bank products and services, CenteMobile comes with affordable and competitive rates. This means that customers are going to save a lot of money and time when it comes to transacting with us.”

Edith Kababure, the chief manager E-Banking, Centenary Bank, noted that CenteMobile is designed to suit the needs of individuals, sole proprietors and companies with capacity of making individualized transactions. “The service will enable customers pay for the goods at Hardware stores, Taxis, pharmacies, boda boda, kiosks, retailers, transporters, contractors, you name it. All one has to do is to open an account with Centenary Bank and ask your supplier or buyer to open an account in the bank.”

Kababure added that the service is very convenient and allows one to transact using any type of phone, whether a simple phone or a smart phone. CenteMobile can be accessed on mobile networks including; MTN, Airtel, Warid, Orange and Uganda Telecom and it allows one to transact using both simple phone and smart phones.

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Nigeria 

Barely two days after she returned to Lagos after attending the Grammys in the United States of America, Nigeria’s version of Lady Gaga, Susan Oluwabimpe Harvey, popularly known as Goldie, is dead. “It is with heavy heart that I have to inform you all that Goldie passed on this night shortly after arriving Lagos from LA. May her soul rest in the eternal peace of the Lord,” message posted by the administrator of the late’s page. RIP GOLDIE.

Kennis Music; the label the former BBA Star was signed to has released statement confirming Goldie Harvey’s death. Below is the full statement

“With a deep sense of loss, we announce the shocking death of our darling music star, Goldie Harvey.” Goldie, 31, died on Thursday after she complained of a severe headache shortly after her arrival from the United States where she went to witness the Grammy Award. She was rushed from her Park View, Ikoyi, Lagos residence to her official hospital, Reddington, Victoria Island, Lagos where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival at exactly 7:30pm in the evening.

“We consider this period a gloomy moment for us and the entire Nigerian music industry in view of the circumstance in which she passed away; the abundance of talent she exhibited in her short but eventful music career and the various opportunities her trip to the United States of America would have availed her.

“She is survived by her father, step- mother, brothers and sisters.

“We deeply sympathise with her family and fans all over the world and very grateful to all and sundry, especially, the vibrant Nigerian media for their concern and prompt reportage. We shall keep everybody informed as events unfold as we are devastated by the sudden loss.

“Meanwhile, the remains of Goldie who hails from Ekiti State has been deposited at the mortuary of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos” the statement concludes.

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Kampala