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WhatsApp introduces new tools to combat account theft, scams

By Islamiyyah Adekanbi WhatsApp has introduced new security features aimed at helping users prevent unauthorised access to their accounts, strengthen account recovery and make safer decisions when dealing with unknown callers. The messaging platform said the latest upgrades were designed to give users greater control over their account security as scams and attempts to gain […]
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BlackBerry Z10 debuts in Nigeria

BlackBerry has launched the new Z10 smart phone which is the smartphone company’s fastest and most advanced mobile smart device yet powered by BlackBerry® 10 in Nigeria.

Don’t allow your twitter, facebook accounts be hacked!

You’ve most likely heard that since pop singer Goldie Harvey passed away, someone has been using her twitter handle. Everyone seemed comfortable when her ‘admin’ tweeted posts about Goldie’s burial arrangements. But when the tides turned barely three weeks after her death and someone with access to her account saw it as a good platform to advertise Nigerian films and movie, it freaked people out. So everyone knows Goldie is dead, and the massive outcry is against the insensitivity of it all. But, what about you?

Consumers to spend $22b on malware impact recovery – study

While software piracy continues to cause more economic harm than good, new study commissioned by Microsoft and Corp and conducted by IDC has revealed that consumers will spend 1.5 billion hours and $22 billion identifying, repairing and recovering from the impact of malware, while global enterprises will spend $114 billion to deal with the impact of a malware-induced cyber attack.

ICT to contribute 15% to GDP by 2015 – Juwah

Smarting from his exploits at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr Eugene Juwah, has declared that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, would enjoy up to 15 percent increase from ICT contributions in 2015.

Govt must subsidize computers for students

THE Federal Government has been called upon, as a matter of urgent national importance, to initiate a policy of subsidy of computer ownership for students at various levels of education in the country.

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