Tech Today: Amazon vs Oracle; Facebook vs Russia

Tuesday, October 03, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : , ,

In news headlines today, Facebook says 10 million people saw Russian-backed ads while Amazon.com hits back at Oracle's Larry Ellison. ere are some things going on today in your world of tech:
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Damaged undersea cables causing Internet slowdown in SE Asia

Tuesday, September 05, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category :

 If you are experiencing slow Internet connection, it is because strong typhoons around Hong Kong have ravaged four main cables connecting South-East Asia to the United States. The damaged cables – ASE (Asia Submarine-cable Express), Asia-American Gateway (AAG), TGA-Intra Asia (TGA-IA), and SEA-ME-WE3 (SMW3) – will take up...

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Women influencing tech in Ghana

Sunday, September 03, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : , , ,

“To the women doing this, there’s no female brain and male brain, we are all persons not just gender. Career and professions don’t have gender. It’s about your ability, not your gender. So if there is something you can do, you don’t have to look at who is...

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Tragedy!!: DEADPOOL 2 CAST AND CREW IN MOURNING AFTER STUNTWOMAN DIES ON SET

Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

The stuntwoman who tragically died while performing a motorcycle stunt on the Vancouver set of Deadpool 2on Monday morning has been identified as Joi "SJ" Harris, reports People. According to her website, Harris was the first licensed African-American female road racer in the U.S. Deadpool 2 was her first...

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Archbishop of Canterbury visits Buhari, pledges to continue praying for his recovery

Saturday, August 05, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category :

The Presidency has disclosed that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, on Friday, paid a personal visit to ailing President Muhammadu Buhari in London, United Kingdom where he has been receiving medical attention since May 7. Read more ...

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Boeing Made a Plane With a Plane So It Can Plane While It Planes

Friday, August 04, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

Late Wednesday evening, a Boeing 787 took to the skies from Seattle, Washington to embark on a nearly 18-hour flight with a planned distance of nearly 16,000 miles over the United States. That's more than enough distance to go coast to coast more than once, so what was...

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Nigerian FG declares state of emergency on science and technology

Thursday, August 03, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : , ,

ABUJA—THE Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday, approved a new policy that bars foreign professionals from practising in Nigeria unless they were registered and certified by all the necessary regulatory bodies. This is even as the Federal Government has declared a state of emergency on science and technology to...

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In pictures: Travel Photographer of the Year 2017

Thursday, August 03, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

An image of a volcano struck by lightning has beaten photographs of crocodiles, dervishes and surfers to win this year's grand prize. ...

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Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in Nigeria. participate to win cash prize of 70,000 Naira

Sunday, June 18, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category :

Wiki loves earth now in Nigeria for the first time ever. for those of you wondering what exactly wiki commons is (also known as wiki loves earth). Wiki loves earth is an international photographic contest that focus on natural heritage sites, and landscape. The contest is organized worldwide...

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Local engineer plans to end Nigeria’s power problem by harnessing lightening for electricity

Friday, June 09, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category :

Power has been a major issue for decades in Nigeria and we are yet to get a solution. Before now, the general expectation was that the privatisation and deregulation of the power sector would usher in a lasting solution to the power outage. That is however not that case. Currently...

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Nokia 3310 Back in Nigeria. and you can get it for ₦18000

Friday, June 02, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

 prior to the relaunch at the WMV 2017, The old reliable Nokia 3310 phone is now back in Nigeria as a modern reimagined handset that would speak for itself. Unlike the old Nokia 3310, the new Nokia came with dual SIM slots and camera. Nokia phones manufacturer, HMD Global,...

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FUTA to make history been the first Nigerian University to launch an Educational Satelite today

Thursday, June 01, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : , ,

The Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria( FUTA), and it Scientific and Technological Prowess gets much bigger today at 9:55 GMT (10:55pm Nigerian Time), when the SPACEX falcon9 Rocket launches BIRD 1 satelites, comprising 5 CubeSats belonging to Japan, Ghana, Bangladesh , Mongolia ,Nigeria into space from the...

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Pinterest opens up autoplay videos in home feed and search with new measurement tools

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

interest is adding another ad to its array of products, now allowing advertisers to publish video advertising that will automatically play in the home feed and search, as it continues to bulk up and woo advertisers with a different pitch from Facebook and Google. Pinterest has had to...

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4 Nigerian startups make Google Launchpad Accelerator final list

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category :

Recently, Google opened applications for the fourth edition of its Launchpad Accelerator to startups in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Startups which emerged successful are to work closely with Google for 6 months, get equity-free support and marketing spotlight opportunities. In addition, successful startups will get a 2-week all-expense-paid...

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'We must leave Earth in 100 years' say's Stephen Hawking

Friday, May 05, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category :

he renowned theoretical physicist believes that life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster. Photo / Getty Images Humans must leave Earth within 100 years if we want to survive, Professor Stephen Hawking has warned. The renowned theoretical physicist believes that...

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