The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be involved with Restore a Sense of I Can’s (RSC) Caribbean Girls in ICT 2021 event on Thursday April 22 2021.
In RSC’s Caribbean Girls in ICT (GICT) event, students from 15 Caribbean countries (including Trinidad and Tobago) will be participating in a variety of online sessions on various ICT topics such as coding, robotics, artificial intelligence, digital media and more! To register for RSC’s GICT 2021 event, go to https://cutt.ly/uMHKEW4P
Last year GICT event, the TTCS had a session on Free and Open Source Software.
For GICT 2021, the TTCS will be doing four sessions :
Overview of Free and Open Source Software
Coding with a Raspberry Pi
A Practical Approach to Upgrading and Refurbishing Computers
According to a 22 February 2021 Tweet from Spotify, the streaming music and podcast service, Spotify will be launching in 80+ markets in the new few days which includes Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Belize, Grenada, Bahamas, St. Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, Dominica, Curaçao and Suriname.
TTCS OSSWIN v3.20, a collection of Free and Open Source Software for Windows is available for download or viewing online at https://ttcsosswin.ttcs.tt/ . With over 90 programs organised in various categories from educational software, Desktop Applications, Graphics and more, Apart from many software updates, one new program was added : Lively, which allows you to add animated desktop wallpapers to your Windows desktop.
You can browse TTCS OSSWIN online at https://ttcsosswin.ttcs.tt/ which features the web interface to learn about Free and Open Source programs in various categories, including screenshots or videos of the programs and a link to the program’s website where you can download the program. The web based UI is responsive, meaning it should be usable on non-Windows small screen mobile phones and tablets.
Download TTCS OSSWIN
You can download the entire collection of TTCS OSSWIN as a 7GB file for extracting to your harddrive or USB storage device (or burn on a DVD). The TTCS OSSWIN collection provides a link to install the software directly and in the case of a program providing 32 bit and 64 bit versions installers, TTCS OSSWIN attempts to autodetect whether you are running 64 bit Windows and presents that installer first. The web interface and all screenshots and videos are included in the collection so that you can browse and install software on a Windows computer without internet access.
TTIGF2021 will be held online using Zoom. There will also be a livestream on YouTube. Attendance to TTIGF 2021 is FREE! But you must register to attend to get the Zoom link or livestream link
TECH & EDUCATION – Revolutionising Education for a Digital World
DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
TTIGF 2021 will also have an open forum session where participants can share comments, questions, solutions and best practices on internet governance locally, regionally and globally.
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society and the ISOC Trinidad and Tobago Chapter invite you to a roundtable discussion about the regional Internet outage on December 7 2020.
The date and time of the roundtable discussion will be held via Zoom on Tuesday December 15 2020 from 7:30pm to 9pm local time.
Persons at the roundtable include :
Kurleigh Prescod – Country Manager/Managing Director at Columbus Communications Trinidad Limited
Shernon Osepa – Director, Caribbean Affairs and Development of the Internet Society (ISOC).
Rodney Taylor – Director at Data Processing Department – Barbados Government
Claire Craig – Enterprise Applications Support Manager The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) has refurbished and delivered over 200 computers over the past few months to various schools and students to continue education being done online due to COVID-19.
TTCS donation (with RSC) of computers to Tunapuna Presbyterian Primary School
TTCS donation (in colloboration with RSC) of computers to Belmont Secondary School
TTCS donation (in colloboration with RSC) of computers to St James Police Youth Club
Working with Restore a Sense of I Can (RSC), we received and refurbished over 170 computers. We have also refurbished and delivered 30 computers directly to students and schools in need using machines, parts and financial donations made directly to the TTCS.
Delivering computers to RSC and to persons all over Trinidad.
We want to continue helping students by refurbishing as many computers as we can..here’s how YOU can help :
Donate computers
If you have (preferably) working computers, SSDs, memory you’re not using that is less than 10 years old and running either Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or Windows 10, complete the form at https://ttcs.tt/donate-computers Someone from TTCS will contact you to coordinate pickup.
Make a financial donation
If all you can do right now is make a financial donation to this project, we sincerely need and appreciate your support. The TTCS will use such donations to purchase parts to refurbish computers.
Make a donation to :
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society, Republic Bank Account #160136544031, U.W.I Branch, Trinidad.
Be sure to email us at info@ttcs.tt when you’ve donated so we can acknowledge and thank you!
Have questions or inquiries?
Email us at info@ttcs.tt !
Be a part of the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society
If you wish to be involved with computer refurbishment or assist with other TTCS projects, sign up at https://ttcs.tt/jointtcs/
Several local banks in Trinidad and Tobago – First Citizens Trinidad and Tobago, RBC Royal Bank, Republic Bank and Scotiabank – are rolling out local Visa Debit cards which offer contactless transactions and local online purchases while still offering the ability to be used at ATMs with the LINX logo and LINX purchases as before.
Contactless transactions means that you don’t have to enter a PIN at a merchant’s terminal – you bring the card close to the terminal and it gets approved. Different banks offer different limits on the amount of money that could be done via a contactless transaction.
The newer cards also offers for online payments to local merchants which could be a boon for local e-commerce as more persons with banking accounts can now purchase items and services from local merchants’ websites (or apps).
Also of note is that most banks will offer card holders either notifications and/or will being able to review transaction details via their banking mobile apps and their online banking websites.
Check out the various bank websites for more details :
According to a Tweet by the Honorable Minister of Finance of Trinidad and Tobago, Colm Imbert, the Trinidad and Tobago Government will remove all taxes from “laptops computers, notebook computers and tablet computers.” immediately.
Taxes on other equipment like “mobile and digital equipment, cell phones, software and accessories” will be removed after the completion of the Budget Debate, in or around December 2020.
Taxes are earmarked to be removed on the other devices mentioned on page 35 of our Manifesto, such as mobile and digital equipment, cell phones, software and accessories in the Finance Act of 2020, after the completion of the Budget Debate, in or around December 2020
