Google Maps apologized Wednesday after it emerged that searches using racist language pinpointed the White House, home of President Barack Obama.

Indigenous computer manufacturer and provider of solar power solutions in Nigeria,Omatek Ventures Plc has said it is ready to offer solar power solutions to schools, small businesses and big organizations in the country, in a cost effective rate to ensure that the country’s quest for energy saving is realized. The company said that use of its solar/LED solution can result in provision of power and in significant operational and maintenance cost savings for factories, schools, public offices, hospitals, hotels and SMEs in the country.

At the customer analytics session, IBM explained how the solution could help brands acquire the right customers, optimize the customer experience, understand the customer journey, provide delightful service, and minimize fraud. The session among other things guided marketers, commerce and service teams on best practices and strategies for applying digital analytics, customer experience analytics, predictive analytics and social analytics to better understand customers, accelerate profitability and improve business outcomes.

Relevance is the key word in surviving in the technology industry and social media. The competition is fierce and your target audience is bombarded with several status updates and tweets every other minute. If you wish to get the attention of your fans and sustain it, here are 5 simple things to do. (1) Innovate or be stagnated: Innovation on Facebook refers to looking at a famous story from a different angle. Fans are tired of seeing the same old storyline, plot, picture and pattern. They yearn for novelty, for something new, for something outside the box. If you can provide this, you will hold them in stitches.

“We are looking at ordering initial 1 million Set-top boxes in second week of July for Jos and its environs” he added. On the implication of missing the dateline, the DG said after June 17, 2015, no analogue channel TV station in the country will be protected by the ITU as there would be a lot of interference from stations from neighbouring countries.

One of the pioneers of Information and Communications Technology, ICT journalism in Nigeria, Mr Aaron Ukodie, will in July mark thirty years of Information and Communication Technology, ICT reporting. However, Ukodie has decided to tell the story of his sojourn in three books which he said would be launched that day. The books are “The Privatisation of NITEL: An Archetypal Government Agency”, “Nigeria’s Path to ICT Development” and “The Lead Story”.

Figuratively, the whole of Africa stood still penultimate week, when the organizers of the Beacon of ICT, BoICT awards, announced that the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC was again, voted the Government Agency of the year, in the 2015 edition of the award ceremony. The award was keenly contested by African agencies both within and outside Nigeria, giving distinctive class and prestige to the winner.

The Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN and financial institution partner, the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System, NIBSS, would lead array of banks who have indicated interest to this year’s d CardExpo in Lagos. Organisers of the annual CBN CardExpo Africa, Intermarc Consulting Limited said the 15th edition of the card conference and exhibition, has special focus on Card, Mobile, Identification and payment.

By Emeka Aginam The success story of Abiola, the Chief Executive Officer of Gamsole, a mobile game apps development company that currently develops games for Windows phone mobile and Windows 8 PC must be interesting  to any start-up  in the technology ecosystem. The software code warrior whose games has over 9 million downloads around the […]

Coscharis Technologies recently received an award for its outstanding performance in West Africa from APC technologies at the APC’s Middle East and Africa, MEA conference which held in Budapest, Hugary. The award, according to APC, is in recognition of Coscharis Technologies for the innovation brought into the business of distribution, outstanding sales record and maintenance of the global standard of handling the APC brand in the Nigerian market.