The popular messaging app WhatsApp asked its some two billion users on Thursday to accept new terms that will allow it to share more information with its parent company Facebook and roll out advertising and e-commerce. The update sparked criticism among users as they must accept the changes or see …

There have been so many impressive technological gadgets and devices invented over the last two decades. We’ve seen the innovation of smartphones, tablets, VR headsets, and the list goes on. Most households possess at least one of these devices, even those with the lowest income levels. However, the epitome of …

• What were Nigerians searching for this year? • Who was the top trending person over the last 12 months? • What songs, movies/TV shows and recipes trended and grabbed people’s attention? Google today announced the results of its 2020 Year in search, sharing what the world, and Nigerians, searched …

The Twitter account of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), @NgComCommission, has been restored. This followed a temporary suspension by Twitter on Monday, a decision taken to ensure the safety of the account owner, NCC and its thousands of followers. Twitter’s security features had interpreted the multiple Online staff Internet Protocol …

YouTube, this week (Monday 23 to Friday 27 November) is holding its first virtual YouTube Black Africa Creators Week, a week dedicated to engaging, educating and inspiring African creators to grow on the platform. Highlights of the 1-week program include expert-led masterclasses covering topics like assessing channel performance and engaging …

Social media platform, Facebook, has begun its #FBSuccessStory campaign to spotlight Nigerian entrepreneurs using Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to grow their business. The six-week promotion is to celebrate, inspire future entrepreneurs, as well as highlight available tools available to scale up their ventures. Facebook’s Head of Communications, Africa, Kezia Anim-Addo, …

Subscribers to Globacom, will win different cash prizes ranging from N5,000 to N100 million in the next three months. This is courtesy of another season of the company’s recharge-based loyalty programme, Glo Reward Cashtoken, which began on December 18, 2020, and will run up to March 31, 2021. Globacom said …

The Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) family of technologies has provided the world with mobile communications since 1991. In over 20 years of development, GSM has been continually enhanced to provide platforms that deliver an increasingly broad range of mobile services as demand grows. The Global System for Mobile …

Having recorded some regulatory strides in 2020, amid economic headwinds occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has highlighted the key areas that will form the fulcrum of its activities this year. Accordingly, the NCC intends to positively impact the telecoms industry, especially in terms of improved service …

•Says extremists pose threat to peaceful co-existence The venerable writer and 1986 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on Nigerians to take extreme care before imputing any act or pronouncement as an attack on faith. He was reacting to the criticisms that have followed the Christmas …