TECHNOLOGY
Twitter Unveils New Logo, Removes Bird
Twitter launched its new logo on Monday, replacing the blue bird with a white X on a black background as the Elon Musk-owned company moves toward rebranding as X. The social media network’s website showed the company’s new logo, but its URL was still showing as twitter.com and the blue “Tweet” button was visible, suggesting the rebrand was not yet...
We’re Expecting Twitter To Open Nigerian Office In Q1 2022 — Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Monday, that the microblogging site, Twitter, is expected to open its Nigerian office before the end of March 2022. The minister, who disclosed this when he appeared on a radio progarmme, the Radio Link, in Abuja, said the move is part of the agreement the company reached with the Federal Government...
Apple To Unveil iPhone 17 with AI Push Amid Rising Competition, Trade Tensions
Apple will unveil its iPhone 17 lineup on Tuesday at an event themed “Awe Dropping”, with artificial intelligence (AI) upgrades expected to headline the launch. The tech giant has given little away about the new devices, but the event coincides with Apple’s annual iPhone reveal — a product line that remains its biggest revenue driver. Still, the company faces growing...
WhatsApp Will Stop Working On 49 Phones From December 31 (SEE FULL LIST)
WhatsApp, a major social media platform owned by Mark Zuckerberg will from December 31, 2022 block at least 49 mobile phones. Majority of the phones on the list are extremely old, and it’s likely that only a very small number of people use them. Some of them are actually so old that nobody may be using the phone. This merely indicates...
Nigerian man develops application to help people travel to historic sites, network
Collins Nnabugwu co-founded a media streaming app that became one of the most sought after binge/VOD apps with such a great business model. He also created the African Heritage Virtual Museum app which launches in June 2020, a technical partnership with Ecocarrier technology of Canada, a renowned developer of virtual reality, augmented and mixed reality. "So we are rolling out...
5G Network To Roll Out Soon In Nigeria As FG Approves New Policy
The Federal Government has approved the National Policy on the fifth-generation (5G) network in Nigeria. This is according to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, who addressed journalists in Abuja after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday. He explained that the benefits that accrue from using the 5G network include larger capacity, higher data rates, among...
Brazilian Supreme Court Orders Suspension Of X (Formerly Twitter)
A judge has ordered social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, to be taken down in Brazil. Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes made the order after the site's billionaire owner Elon Musk failed to name a legal representative in Brazil. The judge and Musk have been feuding in public for months after X didn't comply with legal orders to block certain...
5 Simple Ways To Use WhatsApp For Business
The simplicity of WhatsApp shouldn’t fool you into thinking its use is limited to mere casual chatter. WhatsApp can be a powerful and highly cost-effective business tool for those who know how to properly employ its features for business. ABN TV shares five lucrative ways to use WhatsApp for business. For customer engagement and support WhatsApp is a great tool...
MTN Confirms Cyber Attack, Says Local Operations Unaffected
MTN Nigeria has confirmed it recently experienced a cyberattack but reassured customers, partners, and stakeholders that its core infrastructure and Nigerian operations were not affected. In a statement issued on Thursday, the telecommunications provider revealed that it had detected unauthorized activity on its network systems and responded promptly to isolate and contain the breach. Chief Executive Officer Karl Toriola stated that...
Cloudflare’s Network Disrupted Access To Many Online Websites Today
Many websites around the world experienced widespread downtime earlier on Tuesday, as a technical issue in Cloudflare’s network disrupted access to major online platforms and services. Companies affected included X (formerly Twitter), OpenAI, Canva, and Spotify among popular news websites in Nigeria and beyond. Dane Knecht, Cloudflare’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), addressed the outage in a statement on X, saying: “I...
