Estimated Reading Time: 1Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has announced the launch of a trial aimed at freeing its users from smartphones. In a blog post on Wednesday, Facebook engineers said the new feature would allow for the hugely popular service be used on multiple “non-phone” devices without needing to connect[Read More…]
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Twitter Fleets will no longer be available from August 3; Here’s why
Estimated Reading Time: 1Fleets, the row of fullscreen tweets at the top of the Twitter timeline that expires after 24 hours is shutting down due to low usage after launching widely just eight months ago. Twitter on Wednesday announced it will discontinue its Fleets feature on Aug. 3. Fleets was[Read More…]
‘Explore other social messaging platforms with respectable privacy limits’ – FG warns against WhatsApp
Estimated Reading Time: 2The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has advised Nigerians to be cautious of privacy concerns while they use the world’s most popular instant social messaging platform, WhatsApp. NITDA expressed this worry in a press statement issued and made available to NewsWireNGR on Tuesday. As a solution,[Read More…]
Digital switchover: Federal Government launches free-to-air TV decoders in Lagos
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Federal Government has launched free set-top boxes in Lagos as the country seeks to implement the long awaited digital switchover (DSO) program. DSO will see the country move from analogue to digital broadcasting, which has the capacity to facilitate video-on-demand, audience measurement and a better viewing[Read More…]
NATCOM proposes December 31 as deadline for NIN-SIM linkage
Estimated Reading Time: 1The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) via its president Adeolu Ogunbanjo said on Wednesday that a one-month extension for the National Identification Number (NIN) registration by the federal government is not enough to capture all Nigerians. The federal government through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had[Read More…]
Failure to register NIN is a punishable offence
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, on Thursday said that Nigerians without a National Identity Number (NIN) risk being jailed The Minister stated this when he spoke at the weekly State House Press Briefing at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday. He said[Read More…]
Digital Switch Over: Nigeria will realise $1 billion from spectrum sale – Lai Mohammed
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says over $1 billion would accrue to the government from the sale of the spectrum after the completion of the Digital Switch Over (DSO). The minister stated this on Thursday in Abuja when he featured on the News Agency[Read More…]
Relief for Indian crypto sector as government rethinks ban
Estimated Reading Time: 3 One of the most concerning developments in the global crypto sector was taking place in India over the past few weeks, where there were strong signs that the government was looking to introduce a law that would ban cryptocurrency trading and ownership in the country. This[Read More…]
It will cost N35Billion to provide internet services to MDAs in Nigeria – Agency
Estimated Reading Time: 3The Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone, Limited (GBB), Professor Mohammad Abubakar, says a total of thirty-five billion naira is needed to provide internet connectivity services at a minimum broadband speed of two megabits per second to all Ministries Departments and Agencies(MDAs) in Nigeria. He disclosed this while[Read More…]
Twitter announces feature that lets you charge for tweets
Estimated Reading Time: 1by The Verge Twitter announced a pair of big upcoming features today (Thursday): the ability for users to charge their followers for access to additional content, and the ability to create and join groups based around specific interests. They’re two of the more substantial changes to Twitter[Read More…]
