An initiative to bring internet access to the “next five billion” people has been launched by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The social network has teamed up with Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and Samsung, among others, to lower the cost of mobile data. The group said it wanted to help those in developing countries to […]

HackJos has organised a free 3-day coding marathon where code enthusiasts, developers, teams of programmers and user interface designers will brainstorm on new applications and compete against other developer teams. count | 93

Huawei in collaboration with Windows has unveiled a modified smartphone run by windows completely for Africa. The device was launched in partnership with Microsoft in its 4Afrika Initiative. Mr Gustavo Fuchs who is the director of Windows Phone division in Africa and the Middle East said the main purpose of the scheme was to have […]

Huawei has unveiled what it says is the world’s thinnest smartphone. The Android-based Ascend P6 is 6.18mm thick and is also unusual in that it has a 5 megapixel front camera for “high quality” self-portraits. The Chinese firm has said it expects the handset to do “miracles” for its brand. One analyst praised its […]

According to reports from Premium Times, 47 million Nigerian Internet users are no longer safe as the Jonathan administration has awarded an Israeli firm, Elbit Systems, with headquarters in Haifa, a $40million contract to help it spy on citizens’ computers and Internet communications under the guise of intelligence gathering and national security. “Elbit Systems will […]

The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund Dr. Juliet Chukkas-Onaeko said the agency has trained over ten million Nigerians on different skills in its 43 years of existence and its target is to train two million on skill acquisition annually. Onaeko disclosed this during an interactive session with journalists in Jos. She said, “ITF […]