In recent years, the media has reported tournaments taking on “audio trademarks”- sound reflective of the ‘vuvuzela’ horn sound of 2010 World Cup tournament in South Africa. A sound described as ubiquitous that filled the rooms in homes, bars and public places with the feeling of being at a party.

American privately owned multinational computer technology company, Dell has recently introduced a series of new enterprise appliances and integrated systems to drive simplicity and ease of use across the data centre, and help customers achieve quicker business insights and agility.

Committed to delivering compelling introduction to second-generation devices and software platform, Microsoft devices group yesterday unveiled the Nokia X2, the newest addition to the expanding Nokia X family of affordable smart phones.

Mobile phone operator, Etisalat, has received commendations on its new education package tagged Cliqlite, designed to aid children aged 8 to 15 in their education.

THE long awaited iPhone 6 smartphone from Apple, may come into the country on the stables of one of Nigeria’s telecom operators, Etisalat Nigeria. This is as it has just announced a trade-in offer that will allow Etisalat customers exchange their iPhone 5s devices for the yet to be released iPhone 6. The offer is a follow up on its recent official launch of the iPhone 5s with 12-month warranty. The iPhone 5s was unveiled at its recently launched Gold Series Etisalat Experience Centre at Adeola Odeku, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Nigeria may generally be known as a country whose economy stands on two pillars- oil and the economy. But recent developments suggest that other strong pillars exist which on their own are capable of perfectly sustaining the economy.

IN just about 14 months, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC introduced the Mobile Number portability, a huge traffic of over over 87 thousand is recorded on the system.
This traffic represents a steady adoption of the service and underscores the level of poor network among the operators.

RECENTLY a team of Nigerian app developers, Marvel Web, hoisted Nigeria’s flag in Sweden by emerging winners in a world app contest instituted by renowned telecom equipment manufacturers, Ericsson.
Hi-Tech, recently cornered one of the leaders of the team Mr Toks Ogun, who gave us insight into the preparatory and eventual capture of the contest’s top prize. His account was quite interesting.

Google and Microsoft plan to join Apple in introducing theft-deterring “kill switches” in their smartphone operating systems, as part of an agreement with mayors and police agencies.

While software piracy and related offences are still on the increase causing more economic harm than good despite regulations, panellists at the just concluded Current Issues in Information and Communication Technology conference have called for immediate review of the Nigeria intellectual and trademark laws.

It has been nearly 80 years since the first public demonstration of television took place in a crowded laboratory in London. Since that time television has advanced from blurry black and white pictures to stunning high-definition images with life-like depth, realism, color and resolution. How were these achievements made and how will they affect our technology?

The business of mobiles today is no longer about the name, screen or size. It’s the best of the technology in that device. A customer expects to get real value from the entire ecosystem surrounding the device.

Decision to buy a phone depends on one’s value expectation and proposition the device is able to bring about. It’s either you are deriving first hand information as fast as you want from the device or it’s making your easier one way or the other.

In partnership with the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria, CPN, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, the Federal Government yesterday in Abuja unveiled National Standards for Information Technology Education for teaching and learning of IT.

I was born and raised in Lagos. My Father was a Nurse and my mother, a meticulous, confident and hardworking small scale entrepreneur in the Tobacco industry. I am from a polygamous home, the third in a family of eight from my mother’s side.

The cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has once again received a major boost, with Payment Terminal Service Provider, Grand Towers Limited, promising to inject over $5 million on payments backbone infrastructure, in July, when it would commence services in the country.