Steve Paul Jobs, by any definition a phenomenon that helped shape the digital age passed on in the early hours of Thursday, October 6, at the age of 56. Before then, there had been talk about his health. When earlier in the year Jobs appeared in a black turtle-neck at at an Apple dealers’ conference, not a few hearts went out to him, given his gaunt appearance, accentuated by the baggy-looking denims he wore.

THE death of co-founder and former chief executive of US technology giant Apple, Mr Steve Jobs, yesterday, could be described as a smart exit.

RAJAN SWAROOP, the soft-spoken chief executive officer of Airtel Nigeria, a leading telecommunications operator exudes confidence about the fortunes of his network. Though the network itself is 10 years old, its current business managers, Bharti Airtel is just 15 months in Nigeria. He spoke to Vanguard Hi-Tech

Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson last week, promised that government will take into account, the input of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) before a new IT Policy is released.

The communications service company, Main One Cable, which is the premier fiber optic submarine cable company in Nigeria, has announced the connection of Tara Systems to its state of the art broadband network.

With the entry deadline extended to seven days, no fewer than 32 tertiary institutions are currently scrambling to win the national software innovation cup instituted by the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, (ISPON) .

MTN Nigeria, through its corporate social responsibility vehicle, MTN Foundation, last week provided relief materials to the victims of the recent flooding in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The reality today translates to the fact that it should be abundantly clear to us, that the era and long-addicted habit of physically and blindly chasing the containers and cargo packages at all our import terminals and air/land boarders and throwing away the content of the manifest documents that represent the knowledge-base and real world inside the containers, must be over by now.

To satisfy the needs and aspirations of its consumers with cutting technology and innovation, technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances, LG Electronics last week unveiled an optimus 3D smart phone in the Nigerian market.

Basking on the euphoria of a new office in Lagos Nigeria, Nokia Siemens Networks last week announced the launch of Liquid Net, a new way to deliver broadband and allow an operator to set up its network to self_adapt to meet capacity and coverage requirements based on demand.