20 results
- 8 Apr 2015
Mobile Ad Spending to Top $100Bn Worldwide in 2016
The worldwide mobile advertising market will hit two significant milestones in 2016, according to new figures from eMarketer, surpassing $100 billion and accounting for more than 50% of all digital…
- 21 Mar 2022
B2B e-commerce Platforms and the Consumer Goods Distribution Value Chain
By Lere Ojedokun International rating agency eMarketer estimated that the global e-commerce sector would be worth USD27 trillion in 2020. This may not be anything near what the world’s e-commerce…
- 16 Jul 2014
Microsoft to Overtake Yahoo in Global Digital ad Share
Microsoft Corp is expected to surpass Yahoo Inc for the first time in the $140.2 billion worldwide digital advertising market, according to estimates by research firm eMarketer released on Tuesday.…
- 27 Mar 2013
Mobile Ads to Push Twitter Ad Revenue to $1Bn
Twitter will generate nearly $1 billion in ad revenue next year due to a surge in mobile advertising on its Web microblogging service, according to a report released yesterday. Mobile ads will…
- 16 Apr 2015
Microsoft, Yahoo Amend Search Deal
Microsoft and Yahoo have tweaked their partnership to give Yahoo more wiggle room. The amended agreement, signed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, has two main…
- 25 Feb 2015
Facebook Records 2m Active Advertisers, Mostly Small Businesses
Facebook Inc said that its active advertisers rose to 2 million, a 33 percent increase from the 1.5 million it had in July 2014. The vast majority of the advertisers, defined as those that have…
- 10 Sept 2015
Instagram Opens to Advertisers Worldwide
Instagram has opened its platform to most advertisers around the world, as the photo-sharing app seeks to make more money and compete with popular rivals such as Snapchat. Ads, previously available…
- 19 Jul 2017
Google Mobile App Adds Personalised 'Feed'
Google has announced an overhaul of its search app on mobile phones to include a personalised feed of links about hobbies, travel, sports and other topics, a move that puts the search company into…
- 7 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…
- 6 Aug 2018
Globacom Deploys Additional Manpower to Improve Call Centre Access
Integrated telecommunications service provider, Globacom, has improved access to its call centres with an increased manpower deployment in all its customer care contact centres across the country. In…
- 14 Jul 2020
Over 3.4bn People to Use Social Media by 2023
An estimated 3.43 billion people will be using social media networks By 2023, a figure representing 44% of the estimated 7.79 billion global population. This is according to a report issued by…
- 1 Mar 2023
UK Forms Alliance with Africa to Push Digital Commerce, Trade
A new business group to drive to drive digital commerce opportunities on the continent backed by the United Kingdom (UK) has been formed. The Africa Forum for Digital Commerce was announced yesterday…
- 20 Oct 2008
Enhancing Mobile Revenue through Advertising
Mobile network operators in the country have concentrated on voice services to generate revenue without looking at other avenues that can lift their revenue without much pressure on their capacity to…
- 5 Apr 2023
UNICCON Group Launches SmartAfri Labs to Drive Africa’s Inclusion in Blockchain
The UNICCON Group of Companies has launched its blockchain technology - SmartAfri Labs, to drive the inclusion of Africans and adoption of the specialized technology in the region. Speaking during…
- 3 Jun 2015
Instagram Moves to Open Platform to Advertisers
Instagram said that it is taking steps to make its ads available to all types of businesses, not just hand-selected brands. Starting in June, Instagram this year is rolling out to advertisers the…
- 24 Jun 2015
Carmudi, Others for Nigeria's First E-Commerce Exhibition
The Information Technology Developers Entrepreneurship Accelerator (iDEA-Hub), Yaba, Lagos State, will this weekend play host to Nigeria's first ever e-commerce exhibition. The likes of…
- 26 Jul 2015
Apple Pay Rival Set to Hit Stores Next Month
A new mobile-payments system called CurrentC, backed by Walmart, Target and many other major retailers, will get a limited trial in stores starting next month, Bloomberg Business reported, citing…
- 25 Jan 2016
How MaxPoint Recorded Over 80% Surge with Location-Targeted Ads
Mobile advertising accounted for 57.7 percent of all digital ad impressions served by MaxPoint between November 26 and December 25, 2015, versus 30.6 percent during the same period in 2014. According…
- 20 Jul 2016
Facebook Messenger Tops 1Bn Users
Facebook's homegrown messaging app “Messenger”, has joined the 1 billion users club, achieving what is still a rare feat in the technology world. Reaching such a large slice of the world's…
- 16 Mar 2017
6 Reasons Why Your Business Needs Chatbots
A chatbot is a newbie in the tech town. It is a computer program developed to interact with human beings via the internet. The software is designed in such a way that it automatically replies to…