Black Friday: Outdated online listings may undermine retailers — Google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Umeh Nigerian retailers preparing for Black Friday may lose ready-to-buy customers if their Google listings carry outdated opening hours, unanswered phone numbers or old product photographs.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 […]
Cyber Security: 9,000 Nigerians attacked by Malware in 2019
•Attack represents 39% rise in 2018 vulnerabilities •Attacker disguised as ‘Billie Eilish’ during Grammy award By Juliet Umeh Cyber Security: Beware! Your favourite music icon, movie star, football legend, classic songs, could lead you to danger. Yes, that is because a new attack model is in town. As legitmate and innovative ICT professionals are busy […]
Youtube revenue jumps 36 percent, hits $15bn in 2019,
YouTube generated nearly $5 billion in ad revenue in the last three months, Google revealed today as part of parent company Alphabet’s fourth-quarter earnings report. This is the first report under newly instated Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who took over as the chief executive of the entire company late last year after co-founders Larry Page […]
End of an era: TCL to end Blackberry smartphone sale
BlackBerry’s future as a smartphone brand has been thrown into question after its current manufacturer said it would stop selling BlackBerry mobile phones later this year. Chinese firm TCL said it would halt sales of BlackBerry-branded handsets at the end of August and would end software support for phones in August 2022. The two companies […]
YouTube to ban ‘manipulated’ content linked to elections
YouTube said Monday it would remove election-related videos that are “manipulated or doctored” to mislead voters, as part of its efforts to stem online misinformation. The Google-owned video service said it was taking the measures as part of an effort to be a “more reliable source” for news and to promote a “healthy political discourse.” […]
TCL set to end deal making BlackBerry smartphones
Chinese electronics group TCL will stop producing BlackBerry-branded smartphones this year, the companies said Monday, leaving it unclear whether that will be the end of the line for the once-dominant handsets. At the end of August, TCL will no longer have rights to design, make or sell BlackBerry smartphones, the Canadian company said in a […]
