Instagram is attempting to stop the spread of misinformation about the novel coronavirus pandemic that’s surfacing through its augmented reality effects. In an update to its AR creators’ Facebook group, the company wrote that it has removed already-published AR effects and will reject any pending requests for effects that claim to “predict, diagnose, treat, or […]

Apple is temporarily closing all of its retail stores “outside of Greater China” until March 27th, CEO Tim Cook announced in a letter posted on the company’s website late Friday night. “The most effective way to minimize risk of the virus’s transmission is to reduce density and maximize social distance,” Cook wrote. “We are committed […]

By Rasheed Sobowale Tech Review: Excerpt: Cariska is one of the indigenous rideshare services in Nigeria with great inspiration behind it. But needs some amelioration to truly serve its purpose. It is no news again that the Lagos State government has banned popular transportation wheeled motor vehicles ― motorcycle (Okada) and tricycles (Keke Napep) from […]

You’re washing your hands countless times a day to try to ward off the coronavirus. You should also wash that extension of your hand and breeding ground for germs — your phone. Tests done by scientists show that the virus can live for two to three days on plastic and stainless steel. The Centers for […]

All Twitter employees must work from home until further notice in order to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the company announced today. Twitter had already “strongly encouraged” employees to do so in an announcement early last week, but is now making the directive mandatory across the world. ALSO READ:Jordan urges English football to get […]

By Juliet Umeh In honour of 2020 International Women’s Day, Search Engine platform, Google, Monday, announced plans to double commitment to African women and aims to train 20,000 women this year. According to Google, its new programme tagged: ‘Women Will,’ will train 5,000 women in 17 cities across Africa including Abeokuta, Abuja, Ado Ekiti, Ibadan, […]

Despite posting strong revenue earning at the end of 2019 business year, MTN Group has announced that the group president and CEO Rob Shuter will be stepping down from his role in March 2021.

By Juliet Umeh Towards its drive to provide eco-friendly power products and salvage mission-critical equipment, Alternative Power and Consumer Electronics Products brand, Blue Gate, has displayed more capacities of its online UPS series to power back-up dealers and stakeholders across the country. Speaking at the double-presentation of the products to industry stakeholders in Lagos, the company’s […]

By Prince Osuagwu Less is more may sound like a cliché, but in this new age of digital technology and connectivity, people are living more conscious lifestyles and paying more attention to energy usage and waste management. In this new decade, minimalists are focusing on sustainable living. Minimalism is a lifestyle that helps people question […]

Tesla has produced one million electric cars, the company’s CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter. Musk made the announcement by sharing a picture of the car, a red Model Y, and congratulated the Tesla team on hitting the milestone. It’s a significant moment for an automaker that was only founded in 2003. Tesla released its […]

By Juliet Umeh Women are generally regarded as agents of change. In fact a cliché goes that innovation is feminine. However, this narrative, changes when it comes to technology. The information and communications technology sector, ICT, appears to still be male dominated. For instance, 2016 study by a Netherlands-based organisation, that connects start-ups to opportunities, […]

By Prince Osuagwu The Nigerian telecommunications sector has continued to experience substantial growth yearly. With almost 180 million active mobile lines by the end of 2019, Nigeria has retains the largest telecommunications sector in Africa in terms of subscriber numbers and one of the fastest growing telecommunications markets in the world. However, a corollary to […]

Growth and emerging markets investor, Actis, said it has acquired a majority stake in Nigeria’s provider of data centre collocation and cloud services, Rack Centre.

Australia’s privacy watchdog announced legal action against Facebook Monday for alleged “systematic failures” exposing more than 300,000 Australians to a data breach by Cambridge Analytica. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said it had initiated proceedings against the tech giant and that Facebook committed “serious and/or repeated interferences with privacy”. The commission alleges the […]

Multiple rideshare and food delivery companies are following in the footsteps of Uber, which announced it would compensate its drivers who catch the new coronavirus. Uber on Saturday announced that drivers who provided documentation that shown they had been diagnosed with COVID-19 or quarantined by health authorities would “receive compensation for a period of up […]