Tag: Internet
Sony Hack: North Korea’s internet connection downed
North Korea’s weak Internet links appear to have been crippled by a major outage, cyber experts said Monday, suggesting the…
Israel arrests 8 Palestinians for incitement on Internet
Israeli police said Monday that eight Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem have been arrested for allegedly inciting anti-Jewish violence in…
Inventor of World Wide Web warns of threat to internet
The British inventor of the World Wide Web warned on Saturday that the freedom of the internet is under threat…
Man Uploads Nude Photos Of Rape Victim On Internet
Kazeem Ugbodaga A 30-year old man has allegedly raped a 20-year old girl in Lagos, southwest Nigeria and uploaded her…
Internet to boost learning capacity – ASUP Chairman
Mr Yahaya Usman-Baba, the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, Nasarawa state, has said that the…
Links to nude celebrities crash New Zealand Internet
New Zealanders keen to view hacked photos of naked celebrities are being blamed for a nationwide Internet meltdown involving the…
China Tightens Controls On Internet Messaging Apps
China is banning users of Internet messaging services from posting political reports without permission, and demanding they promise to “uphold…
Airtel unveils new internet tariff for Android devices
Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has taken yet another bold step in realizing its corporate vision of becoming the number…
Russian lawmakers pass new bill restricting Internet
Russia’s parliament passed a bill on Friday requiring Internet companies to store Russians’ personal data inside the country in an…
Tiwa Savage’s New Video Causes Ripples
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigerians, both fans and perceived enemies of popular Mavin Records star, Tiwa Savage, have taken to every available…
Spain police seize fake medicine from Asia, detain 13
Spanish police said Tuesday they have detained 13 people suspected of selling large quantities of fake medication, including erectile dysfunction…
Glo, Google Rally Support For Eagles
Globacom, the pillar of football in Nigeria, has launched a comprehensive project dubbed ‘Go Ahead Eagles’ designed to mobilise massive…
Social Media And The Nigerian Youth
By Ufuoma Ogbe Social media is the ‘new media’ that speed up conversations in a more interactive way that makes…
Airlines set to provide internet service in-flight
Wifi in aircraft, hobbled in the past by slow speeds, could soon take off as new technology enables passengers to…
Pope calls Internet ‘gift from God’
Pope Francis described the Internet on Thursday as “a gift from God” and called on Catholics to “boldly become citizens…
Get set…Snooping ‘Joe’ coming to Nigeria soon
Get set…Snooping ‘Joe’ is on his way to Nigeria as your text, voice and internet conversations will now be monitored…
Banks Warn Customers Over Scam Mails
Some banks in Lagos on Tuesday warned customers not to respond to requests for their personal bank details over the…
Jilted Boyfriends Upload Girlfriends’ Nude Videos On Internet
Jilted boyfriends are uploading the nude videos of their former girlfriends on the internet to get back at their former…
Report: Uncle Sam monitors all internet users
WASHINGTON, (AFP) – A secret surveillance system known as XKeyscore allows US intelligence to monitor “nearly everything a typical user…
Microsoft phases out hotmail for outlook.com
Microsoft’s Hotmail, the free webmail service used by hundreds of millions of people around the world, was phased out Friday,…
US, EU crackdown on counterfeit websites
US and European authorities said Monday they seized 132 websites in a transatlantic law enforcement crackdown on online sellers of…
AP: Personal Details of SSS chiefs leaked on the net
Personnel records of former and current members of Nigeria’s top domestic spy agency, the State Security Services, including home addresses…
Coollink Plans New Internet Satellite Launch
Coollink in partnership with YAHSAT has concluded plans to launch a new satellite services that is fast, reliable affordable and…
Alleged Marriage Breakup Tale: Doris Simeon Keeps Mum
In the wake of numerous heartbreaks and marriage break-ups that have been rocking the Nigerian entertainment industry for sometime now,…
Telecoms Services: Quality Vs Quantity?
In the last 13 years since the advent of GSM to Nigeria, we have seen prices of SIM lines, calls…
Google’s new privacy policy draws gaggles
Google rolled out its new privacy policy Thursday allowing the firm to track users across various services to develop targeted…
Nigerians To Earn Revenue From Football, Facebook
Thousands of Nigerians can now earn massive income deploying a powerful social network advertising concept created by TradeSwitch Limited, and…
IPv6 Upgrade: Yahoo To Shut Out A Million Internet Users:
Yahoo is forging ahead with a move to install an IPv6 on its main Web site by year-end despite worries …