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- 4 Oct 2016
Yahoo Launches ‘Newsroom’ for Hot Topics
The internet pioneer rebranded its Yahoo app on Tuesday, changing the name to Yahoo Newsroom and becoming a place where people can form groups and enter discussions based on topics. The topics are…
- 21 Oct 2015
Yahoo Snaps Up ad Pact with Google
Yahoo said it had signed a search advertising deal with Google, providing a potential boost to Marissa Mayer's efforts to turn around the company, which also reported revenue and profit that…
- 15 Feb 2017
KairoswebTV Pioneers Online PR, Social Media Communication Platform in Nigeria
KairoswebTV, the proprietary and sole online-TV network in Nigeria, on Tuesday unveiled its online PR and social media communication platform, DigitalPR-Wire (www.digitalprwire.com), which has been…
- 15 Mar 2017
KariosWebTV Launches ‘SMEPR-KIT’ Solution for Small Businesses
KairoswebTV, the proprietary and sole online-tv network in Nigeria, has announced the launch of SMEPR-KIT’, an online PR and social media communication platform focused on Small and medium businesses…
- 28 Dec 2020
WhatsApp to Stop Working on Millions of Phones from January 1 -Report
A new WhatsApp update will prevent the popular messaging app from working on millions of phones from 1 January 2021. Older Android and iPhone devices will no longer support the latest version of the…
- 7 May 2018
Stop using Free Public WiFi - Expert warns
Seyi Akindeinde, Chief Technical Officer (CTO), Digital Encode, has described free WiFi as the surest means for hackers to get access to people’s information. Akindeinde, disclosed this…
- 8 Oct 2014
Google Releases News & Weather App for iOS
Google has ported over its news and weather app from Android to the iOS world. The app dubbed simply Google News & Weather displays the current weather and latest general news headlines on its…
- 9 Dec 2016
KairoswebTV to Unleash Nigeria’s 1st Online PR Distribution, Radio, Other Services
Starting January 2017, KairowebTV will provide simultaneously the “start your own onlinetv channel and online radio” (SYOOCOR) service and the “DigitalPR Online News Distribution. Monitoring and…
- 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. …
- 17 Jul 2012
Blackout on Info Ministry FB, Twitter Pages
The Federal Ministry of Information (FMI), the nation’s gateway to information appears to be out of touch with current realities as its social media pages in facebook and twitter handle lack visitors…
- 16 Dec 2016
Yahoo: Massive Breaches as 1Bn Accounts Are Hacked
It is not just raining for Yahoo, but pouring as the company said Wednesday that it was hit by yet another hacking attack. This time, the hacking activity affects more than 1 billion user accounts,…
- 10 Feb 2023
Yahoo to Lay Off 20 Per Cent of Workforce
Yahoo said Thursday that it will cut 20% of its total workforce by the end of this year as it restructures its advertising unit, just the latest example of the layoffs spreading throughout the tech…
- 8 Sept 2010
Zain Connects Customers to Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo via SMS
Zain Nigeria has introduced a special service that enables mobile phone users to keep up with the latest trends, news, business tips and gossips on leading social networking sites such as Facebook,…
- 25 Jul 2016
Yahoo Era Coming to End with $4.8Bn Acquisition by Verizon
Yahoo’s days an independent company has come to an end with Verizon agreed to pay $4.83 billion for its acquisition, the companies said on Monday. The sale completes Yahoo's evolution from…
- 30 Aug 2013
Microsoft to Officially Launch MSN Portal in Nigeria
Microsoft Nigeria is on top of plans to officially launch its flagship MSN portal for Nigeria, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can report. The portal, although already live is scheduled to be commissioned…
- 30 Aug 2019
NCC Charges Telecom Consumers to be More Vigilant Online
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has again charged telecom consumers to be more vigilant while surfing the Internet or carrying out online financial transactions to avoid falling victims…
- 27 Sept 2012
Nigerians Prefer Mobil Apps to Mobile Websites- Report
Inmobi, the largest independent mobile ad network latest research has revealed that Nigerians are currently more enthusiastic for mobile apps appreciation than mobile websites, as three out of five…
- 23 Sept 2016
Yahoo: 500m Users’ Data Stolen
Yahoo said that "state-sponsored" hackers stole data on about 500 million users in what could be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history. The breach included swathes of personal…
- 13 Jul 2010
Towards a Cybercrime Free Society
Nigerians world over are perceived by the international community as criminals, no thanks to the activities of cyber criminals in the country. The nefarious acts of these scammers in no little way…
- 19 Jul 2010
Towards a Cybercrime Free Society
Nigerians world over are perceived by the international community as criminals, no thanks to the activities of cyber criminals in the country. The nefarious acts of these scammers in no little way…
- 27 Jan 2014
Reasons Your Business Need to Focus on Internet Marketing
If you run a business, you should be spending the majority of your marketing resources on internet marketing. As the internet grows, other forms of marketing and advertising are becoming less and…
- 2 May 2021
Paradigm Initiative Launches 'Ripoti' a Platform for African Citizens to Call Out Digital Rights Violations
Paradigm Initiative, PIN, has launched ‘Ripoti’, a groundbreaking platform geared towards the protection of digital rights of all African citizens. The platform’s aim is to fight the worrying trend…
- 22 Aug 2017
Increasing Threats on Free Speech as Political Terrorism
“Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.” Lord Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, English Catholic historian, politician, and…
- 11 Aug 2017
Increasing Threats on Free Speech As Political Terrorism
“Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.” Lord Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, English Catholic historian, politician, and…
- 5 Dec 2019
Emanuella, Aiyetoro and UEFA most watched on YouTube by Nigerians in 2019
YouTube has released YouTube Rewind, which celebrates the biggest moments on YouTube from 2019. The top trending videos in Nigeria for 2019 reflect the nation’s love of sport and entertainment. The…
- 1 Sept 2017
20 Years of DDoS Attacks – Looking Back, Looking Forward
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are more popular and dangerous today than at any time in history. In 20 years, DDoS attacks have gone from being a novelty to a nuisance, and finally…
- 6 Oct 2015
Google To Conclude $650m Symphony Funding This Week
Google has participated in a new round of funding for Symphony Communication Services, valuing the company at $650 million, reports Dow Jones. The deal is expected to close this week. Launched last…
- 15 Apr 2018
Rack Centre Declared Finalist In The 2018 UK DCS Awards
Rack Centre, Africa’s premium Data Centre, for the second-year running has been announced as a finalist in two categories in this year’s Data Centre Solutions Awards in the United Kingdom. The…