With the spate of flying viruses and nasty malware spread, it could be injurious to consciously insert your USB drive disks into any port. The implication is that it may easily be infected or you suffer “juice jacking”, which is when someone is able to steal your data through a public charging station.

Leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria and Nokia, have partnered to provide Nigerians the opportunity to exchange any of their current handsets for one of Nokia’s swank smartphones, the Lumia 520.

FRESH indications have emerged that the Nigerian state would stop at nothing to hand in very stiff penalties to vandals of telecom infrastructure as well as to those whose activities bridge the country’s cyber security.

Despite its merger and takeover talks that made world headlines recently, the Canadian phone maker, BlackBerry did not give up in re-inventing new devices in the mobile phone ecosystem just as it introduced into the market, BlackBerry 9720 smart phone.

THE search for the top five Etisalat Geek Force Interns came to an end recently with Muyiwa Iyowu, Victor Alayande, Onyemaechi Okafor, Peter Ndirpaya and Valentine Ubalua emerging as winners of the competition. After six weeks of intense trainings and tasks set up to test their individual knowledge, speed and responsiveness, these tech-savvy youths proved their mettle by beating other contestants to qualify for the one year paid internship with Etisalat Nigeria.

ONE of Nigeria’s frontline Cable companies, Main One, is billed to join over 460 decision-makers from 130 different carriers and service providers representing 50 different countries across the continent, to discuss the future of wholesale communications in Africa at the annual “Capacity Africa” event holding at the Hyatt Regency, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Next week.

UNLESS Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria retool for online directory, targeted SMS, website design & optimization, among others, growth rate may be at low ebb, the General Manager, VConnect Global Services Limited , Deepankar Rustagi has said.

Eminent scholars and technology experts, who converged at the NigcomSat auditorium during the official launching of the book, “ Why Run Before Learning to Walk”, written by Professor Turner Isoun and Miriam Isoun last week in Abuja, challenged Nigeria to embark on acquisition of space and innovative technologies for global competitiveness.

Celltick, a global leader in mobile initiated commerce, Monday announced its partnership with Akede media, a leading mobile marketer and advertiser in Nigeria to provide mobile solutions for operators.

About 50 SAP Nigeria employees and partners at the weekend stepped up their wellness routine as they participated in a corporate walk and fitness programme organized by the market and technology leader in business management software.

Telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria and Nokia, have partnered to provide Nigerians the opportunity to exchange any of their current handsets for one of Nokia’s swank smartphones, the Lumia 520.

There are reports that the Nigerian government has ordered 53 units of gold plated version of the newly launched Apple iPhone 5S, to celebrate the country’s 53rd independence anniversary next month.

By Prince Osuagwu Necessity is the mother of invention. That could be a better way to describe new mobile developments in Nigeria today. Almost in quick successions, we have, for the past one year constantly featured Nigerians who invented innovative mobile applications, gadgets and devices out of the frustrations they have either experienced as Africans […]

At the just concluded visit by the Nigerian Computer Society to the Ministry of Communications Technology and the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, how best to tackle Cybersecurity and related issues were the focus of discussion.

BENIN—GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State will, tomorrow, launch Nigeria’s first Open Data Portal in Benin.