Black Friday: Outdated online listings may undermine retailers — Google
By Juliet Umeh Nigerian retailers preparing for Black Friday may lose ready-to-buy customers if their Google listings carry outdated opening hours, unanswered phone numbers or old product photographs. Google’s Director for East and West Africa, Olumide Balogun, gave the warning as Nigeria prepare for Black Friday and December festive shopping season. Black Friday falls on […]
COVID-19: Social media experiences 61 percent increase
By Juliet Umeh As billions of people around the world observe stay at home directives issued by the governments in the wake of the coronavirus, COVID-19, a new report has revealed that social media has experienced boom in its engagements. This is as many people have turn to social media for support, communication and entertainment […]
A Broadcast sector in search of a better future
By Okoh Aihe For broadcasting, the challenging times may be over and a new dawn of orchestrated change on the cards as the acting Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission, Prof Armstrong Idachaba, has pledged to follow every word of the Act setting up the Commission to deliver and refocus the industry. At different […]
WhatsApp launches new feature for call in chat groups
By Rasheed Sobowale WhatsApp has launched a new feature that allows its users to make calls directly from their chat groups. The new feature was announced by the social media chatting app on Tuesday (April 7, 2020) via Twitter. According to the Facebook-owned software, the new feature “made it easier than ever to start a […]
Microsoft offers free Skype video chat as Zoom’s privacy nightmare continues
If you’ve been working from in the past few weeks, the chances are that you attended at least one meeting via Zoom video call. Zoom rose rapidly to popularity during the COVID-19 crisis, as it’s an easy to use app that delivers a reliable video calling experience. You don’t need to be a pro at […]
EXPLAINED: NCC clears doubts over 5G, COVID-19 and security
In view of the recent development in which misleading materials with no proven evidence being circulated to link coronavirus or COVID-19 with 5G Technology, it has become imperative for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to provide the following clarifications; Firstly, there is no correlation between 5G Technology and COVID-19. 5G is an advancement in today’s […]
