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- 21 Apr 2026
Tim Cook Steps Down After 15 Years as Apple Inc. CEO, John Ternus Takes Over
Apple Inc. has announced that Tim Cook will step down as CEO after nearly 15 years at the helm, with Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus succeeding him effective September 1,…
- 7 Nov 2022
Apple Inc. Appoints TD Africa First Indigenous Distributor for Nigeria
After a painstaking study of the Nigerian market and search for an indigenous distribution company with proven capacity and sound ethical standards, world’s leading technology company Apple Inc. has…
- 9 Jan 2018
Apple Says iPhones Addiction Profitable
Apple Inc investors on Tuesday shrugged off concerns raised by two shareholders about kids getting hooked on iPhones, saying that for now a little addiction might not be a bad thing for profits.…
- 12 Apr 2020
Apple, Google Create Software to Slow COVID-19
Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google have said that they will work together to create contact tracing technology that aims to slow the spread of the coronavirus, by allowing users to opt into logging…
- 24 Jun 2015
Google Launches Free Streaming Service Ahead of Apple Music Debut
Google Inc launched a free version of its music streaming service on Tuesday, as it sought to upstage the debut of Apple Inc's rival service next week. Google Play Music has offered a $9.99 per month…
- 30 Apr 2015
Microsoft Opens Door to Android, Apple Phone Apps
Microsoft Corp is making it easier for apps written for rival Google Inc's Android and Apple Inc's iOS systems to work on Windows phones, in a bid to attract users to its unpopular mobile devices,…
- 28 Mar 2017
Facebook's Messenger App to Allow Live Location-Sharing
Facebook yesterday added a feature to its Messenger app to allow users to share their locations, the company said, ramping up competition with tools offered by Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google…
- 2 Apr 2015
Microsoft Brings Document Scanner App to iPhones, Android
Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it is bringing one of its most popular apps, which lets people take photos of a document and turn it into a editable file, to Apple Inc's iPhone and Google Inc's…
- 3 Jan 2022
Apple Becomes First Company to Hit $3trn Market Value
Apple Inc on Monday became the first company with a $3 trillion stock market value, lifted by investors’ confidence that the iPhone maker will keep launching best-selling products as it explores new…
- 29 Oct 2025
Apple Hits $4 Trillion Valuation, Joins Nvidia and Microsoft in Elite Club
Apple Inc. has officially joined the ranks of the world’s most valuable companies, surpassing a $4 trillion market capitalization and joining fellow tech giants Nvidia and Microsoft in the…
- 22 Dec 2015
Ericsson Signs Patent Deal with Apple
Mobile telecom gear maker Ericsson said it had signed a patent license deal with Apple Inc over technology that helps smartphones and tablets connect to mobile networks, sending its shares up much as…
- 9 Nov 2012
Galaxy S3 Beats Apple, Becomes No. 1 Smartphone
Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S3 has become the world’s best-selling smartphone model last quarter, pushing aside Apple Inc’s iPhone, which has dominated the chart for more than two years, research…
- 21 May 2025
Apple Puts Maliyo Games in the Spotlight with Stunning Africa Day Feature
In a significant milestone, Pan-African game development studio, Maliyo Games, is in the global spotlight as the American multinational technology company, Apple Inc., features three of Maliyo Games’…
- 27 Mar 2014
Microsoft Unveils Office for iPad
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer, Microsoft Corp has finally unveiled Office for Apple Inc's iPad in a polished debut that set him apart from his energetic predecessor while signaling his plans…
- 27 Mar 2013
Bokupon now Available on the Apple App Store, Others
Fusion Blocks Management, Inc. has taken the wrapper of its Bokupon (Plenty Coupon) for Nigeria, a location-based money-saving mobile coupon/discount app for the Blackberry, iPhone and Android…
- 8 Feb 2016
Twitter Suspends over 125,000 Accounts for 'Promoting Terrorist Acts'
Twitter Inc has shut down more than 125,000 terrorism-related accounts since the middle of 2015, most of them linked to the Islamic State group, the company said in a blog post over the weekend.…
- 10 Sept 2014
Visa, Apple Opening New Era of Payments on Mobile Devices
Visa Inc., global leader in payments, on Wednesday announced it is supporting consumer payments with the new iPhone 6 and other Apple devices. The new era comes via Visa’s flagship capability called…
- 30 Oct 2018
Why Only Truly Indigenous E-Commerce Companies Are Champions
By Dr. Ajit Sigh, international trade lawyer spoke in Lagos on a short visit to Nigeria By midday on Tuesday September 4th 2018, a remarkable development,whose reverberations are still felt today,…
- 28 Oct 2021
Austin Okere Appointed to the Global Business Practices Council of AACSB International
The Founder of CWG Plc and the Ausso Leadership Academy, Austin Okere has been appointed to the Global Business Practices Council. The purpose of the Business Practices Council (BPC) is to serve as a…
- 20 Jun 2014
Etisalat Begins Trade-in Program for iPhone 6
Etisalat Nigeria has launched iPhone 5s with 12-month warranty and a trade-in offer that will allow Etisalat customers exchange their iPhone 5s devices for the yet to be released iPhone 6. The iPhone…
- 3 Jan 2015
Samsung Electronics says New Smart TVs in 2015 to Run Tizen Platform
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said that all its new smart television products launched in 2015 will be powered by the Tizen operating system, marking a fresh effort by the company to increase the usage…
- 30 Jan 2015
Microsoft gives Away More Office Software to Attract Mobile Users
Microsoft Corp made its popular Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications available for free on Android tablets on Thursday, marking the latest step in its drive to get as many mobile customers as…
- 17 Jul 2014
Microsoft to Cut 18,000 Jobs this Year
Microsoft Corp said it will slash up to 18,000 jobs, or 14 percent of its workforce, this year as it trims its newly acquired Nokia phone business and tries to transform into a cloud-computing and…
- 9 Nov 2016
CBN Goes Tough on Illegal IMTOs, Banks over Money Transfers
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has threatened to deal with any illegal International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs) in the country when caught, warning Nigerians in the diaspora to desist from…
- 23 Oct 2019
Most Banks Shaky, May Fail- Report
Indication has emerged that majority of the banks in Nigeria and indeed the world over “are not in great shape” or economically viable to withstand imminent downturn about to occur. According…
- 2 Jun 2017
Microsoft Overhauls Skype to Compete With Snapchat, iMessage
Microsoft’s Skype helped pioneer modern video conferencing and instant messaging. But its power has taken a backseat in recent years to the convenience of communicating via nearly ubiquitous social…
- 24 Feb 2014
BlackBerry Unleashes BBM to Windows Phone, Nokia X platforms
BlackBerry limited said, on Monday, it will make its messaging service BBM available to Microsoft's Windows Phone and the upcoming Nokia X platforms in the coming months. BlackBerry Messaging, or…
- 20 Jun 2017
Samsung Plans Galaxy Note 8 Launch Event for August
Samsung Electronics plans to hold a launch event in New York City for its next Galaxy Note smartphone in the second half of August, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The…
- 9 Jan 2015
Samsung Electronics Tips First Annual Profit Fall in 3 Years
Global smartphone leader Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday confirmed expectations for its first annual profit decline since 2011, although a pickup in the fourth quarter hinted that earnings may…
- 19 Apr 2015
Microsoft Unveils Touch-friendly Office apps for Windows phones
Microsoft Corp has unveiled a long-awaited suite of touch-friendly Office apps that allow Windows phone users to work on Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents on their phones with touch commands and…