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 […]

Samsung tablets have edged out iPads for the first time in JD Power’s biannual customer-satisfaction survey, although some observers say the results don’t quite add up. Samsung topped JD Power’s rankings with a score of 835 out of 1,000, narrowly beating out Apple’s 833. Amazon was third in customer satisfaction at 826, followed by Asus […]

From this weekend, users will no longer need to own a Blackberry device to access its BBM messaging service. Blackberry has confirmed BBM will be available as a free download for Apple and Android devices but not for Windows phones. The move comes as the Wall Street Journal reports that Blackberry will lay off 40% […]

Plateau State Government is set to partner with the ICT department, University of Louisiana USA in providing online information and communication technology courses. The State Commissioner for information Professor Comfort Piwuna stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria . She said that the courses will range from Certificates, Diplomas, (Bachelors, Masters […]