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- 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…
- 28 Apr 2015
Google Launches Portal to Buy Patents
Google Inc said it would launch an experimental portal that allows interested patent holders to sell their patents to the company. Patent holders can tell Google about the patents they're willing to…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 29 Apr 2015
Google Launches Security Feature for Chrome Web Browser
Google Inc yesterday announced a free extension for its Chrome web browser that better protects Google accounts, including email, against online attackers trying to steal passwords and other personal…
- 25 Apr 2016
Microsoft, Google Agree to Drop Complaints against Each Other
Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc's Google have reached a deal to withdraw all the regulatory complaints against each other, the companies told Reuters. "Microsoft has agreed to withdraw its regulatory…
- 19 Oct 2015
Google Offers Free Apps for Work to Some Customers
Google Inc announced yesterday that it will offer its Apps for Work suite free to businesses currently locked into agreements with other office software vendors. Normally, businesses pay $5 per user…
- 21 Feb 2015
YouTube to Release Kids App Next Week
YouTube is releasing a new app for children next week, called YouTube Kids, which will run on smartphones and tablets and focus on kid-appropriate content. The free app from Google Inc's online video…
- 6 Dec 2017
Google bars Amazon devices from You Tube
Google in an unusually public spat,ever witnessed in the technology industry increase rapidly,when it said that, it would block its video streaming application YouTube from two Amazon.com Inc…
- 23 Jul 2026
Google Profit Soars to $112bn as AI, Gemini and YouTube Drive Record Growth
Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, has reported a sharp increase in profits, with net income rising to 112 billion dollars as the technology giant continues to reap returns from its aggressive…
- 26 Mar 2014
Microsoft, Dell Seal Android, Chrome Royalty Pact
Microsoft Corp and Dell Inc have sealed a patent licensing deal under which Dell will pay the software giant royalties on sales of devices powered by Google Inc's Android or Chrome software. The two…
- 31 Dec 2015
Microsoft to Warn email Users of Suspected Hacking by Governments
Microsoft Corp said it will begin warning users of its consumer services including Outlook.com email when the company suspects that a government has been trying to hack into their accounts. The…
- 4 May 2015
Nigerians Firms Fret over Google Fi, Facebook Drones
Information Technology (IT) experts in Nigeria have waxed worriedly over Project Fi and solar-powered drone, so called new services by Google Inc. and Facebook respectively warning that such gigantic…
- 25 Jul 2024
Osun, Delta Fine Google, Meta $350m Each for Alleged Tax Evasion
Osun and Delta states’ tax authorities have fined Google Nigeria and Meta Platforms Inc. $150 million and $200 million, respectively, for alleged non-remittance of withholding tax. The fine is…
- 7 May 2014
HP to Invest over $1Bn in Open-Source Cloud Computing
Hewlett-Packard said it plans to invest more than $1 billion over the next two years to develop and offer cloud-computing products and services. The company said it will make its OpenStack-based…
- 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.…
- 22 Dec 2016
Content Delivery Network Edges to $23.22Bn
Latest report published by MarketsandMarkets shows the global Content Delivery Network (CDN) market will grow from USD 6.05 Billion in 2016 to USD 23.22 Billion by 2021, at a Compound Annual Growth…
- 10 Aug 2010
UNN Adopts eBoards for Teaching
Nsukka, August 2, 2010: Electronic boards are set to replace the traditional blackboards in classrooms and laboratories at the University of Nigeria, as the institution prepares for full…
- 6 Oct 2021
Google to Invest $1Bn to Support Digital Transformation in Africa
Google has announced plan to invest $1billion over 5 years to support Africa’s digital transformation. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet The investment focuses on enabling fast, affordable…
- 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…
- 9 Jul 2025
UpSkill Universe Launches 'Skills for Business' to Empower 10,000 African SMEs, in Collaboration with HP and Google
UpSkill Universe has announced the launch of the Skills for Business programme, a new initiative to help 10,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria and South Africa build critical…
- 27 Mar 2016
Microsoft Meets Private Equity over Yahoo Deal
Microsoft Corp executives are in early talks with potential Yahoo Inc investors about contributing to financing to buy the troubled Internet company, a person familiar with the situation said. …
- 28 Sept 2010
Pak Datacom Signs Internet Capacity Agreement with O3b Networks
O3b Networks the developer of a new fiber-quality, satellite-based, global connectivity solution has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement with Pak Datacom Limited, one of Pakistan’s…
- 30 Mar 2009
Direct On PC Partners O3b Networks on low latency Bandwidth
Internet Service Provider, Direct On PC has signed multi-Dollar contract with O3b Networks Limited, the developer of a new fibre quality, satellite-based, global Internet backbone infrastructure for…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 10 Aug 2015
Google Shocks Global Tech Community, Now Subsidiary of 'Alphabet'
Google’s leaders are turning the company into a subsidiary of a new “collection of companies” called “Alphabet,” Google co-founder Larry Page announced in a Monday afternoon blog post that shocked…