Tag: technology
Between Clicking And Thinking
These days in Nigeria, clicking seems to have replaced thinking and viewing and browsing seem to have replaced reading, discovering…
Apple loses patent war with Samsung
A US trade panel ruled Tuesday in favor of Samsung in a patent dispute with Apple and banned the import…
Solving Nigeria’s Common Problems With Space Technology
By Olawale Salau Since Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation returned to civilian rule in 1999, Nigerians are desperate for a…
YouTube plays April Fool’s prank
In an elaborate April Fool’s prank, YouTube announced Sunday it was going dark for a decade, and that the site…
Over 40billion apps downloaded for Apple gadgets
Apple in San Francisco on Monday announced that more than 40 billion “apps” have been downloaded for its beloved gadgets,…
StarTimes Deploys DVB – T2 Technology
Award winning Digital Terrestrial Technology (DTT) service provider in Africa, StarTimes/NTA has launched the latest modern Pay TV decoder DVB-T2…
HTC unveils new smartphone
Taiwan’s HTC unveiled its first smartphones powered by Microsoft’s Windows on Wednesday, in a boost for the US software giant’s…
MTN Deploys Ericsson’s Latest SSR Technology
Nigerian leading telecommunications company, MTN, says it has deployed Ericsson’s latest wireless packet core network technology, SSR 8020, to provide…
Yahoo, Facebook unveil advertising alliance
Facebook and Yahoo! announced Friday in San Francisco they were launching an advertising partnership as the two tech giants settled…
Google out with Nexus 7 tablet
Google on Wednesday unveiled its own branded Nexus 7 tablet computer designed to challenge Apple’s iPad and be a window…
Smartphones herald the end of paid texts
Text messaging, the simple telecoms service that turned into a global phenomenon, is under threat from free smartphone services and…
Super energy saving bulb goes on sale in USA
A prize-winning, super energy saving LED bulb from Dutch electronics giant Philips, said to last over 20 years, went on…
NCC Supports WAFICT, NiTDA
Two key Federal Government agencies, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) are gearing up…
‘Mass Literacy Must Be Encouraged’
Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Science and Technology, Wahab Alawiye-King, has vowed to ensure…
Firm Develops Tracker For Stolen Phones
An Information Technology firm, TracknShield Limited, has developed a mobile phone anti-theft solution to combat phone theft in the country.…
Hackers hit Vatican’s Website
The hacking group Anonymous took down the Vatican website on Wednesday, saying it was targeting the “corrupt” Catholic Church, a…
‘Japan Quake May Affect Tech Industry For Six Months’
World technology hardware supplies will take as long as six months to resume normal flows following disruptions from last week’s…