Author: Chidi

A few weeks ago, we reported on Nokia wanting to sell Help Maps division to potential buyers like Alibaba, Amazon, Facebook, Sirius XM, Baidu and Apple. Now it’s been reported that Uber, who rely heavily on Google’s Maps, may be joining this list since the company showed its interest in acquiring Here Maps…

Back at Mobile World Congress, Mozilla announced that it would be making Africa a major focus for its open-source Firefox OS Smartphone. The company has begun shipping phones to countries like Senegal and Madagascar with its Orange Klif, a 3G phone that runs on Orange’s mobile network. Firefox smartphone is also available…

BBM for windows phone had been missing the Channels feature ever since it launched on the platform and over a month ago the Channels feature for added through a beta which is now officially available to Windows Phone through its latest official update to the app. The addition of Channels adds another…

According to reports, German car manufacturer Audi has invented a carbon-neutral diesel fuel for internal combustion engines that has the potential to make a huge change when it comes to climate change. This fuel is made solely from water, carbon dioxide and renewable energy sources which is currently being used by the country’s Federal…

Google released a change to its algorithm that gives higher search scores to sites it deems “mobile-friendly.” Google plan on boosting the ranking of mobile-friendly pages on mobile search results so as to make it easy for searchers to find high-quality and relevant results where text is readable without tapping…

The search giant unveils a new service to its U.S. users that switches between cellular and Wi-Fi signals and lets customers pay for only what data they use. This service is tagged “Project FI”. According to Google’s blog, Project FI automatically connects you to more than a million free, open wi-fi…

Nokia has been trying to sell its HERE Maps division due to it losing revenue which makes the mapping service is still struggling, and as a result Nokia is reportedly seeking companies to buy it. According to a report recently published by Bloomberg, Nokia is currently targeting several different companies…

WhatsApp Messenger has become one of the most popular messaging app on the planet. A few weeks ago the Facebook-owned company released its largest new feature to the service: “Free VoIP calling” to android. Now iOS users just received the latest update which adds WhatsApp calling and even more functionality to its service. The…

MTN Nigeria has strongly condemned the xenophobic attacks taking place in South Africa and plans to help soothe the pain of the victims with financial support to the camps where victims currently reside.Corporate Services Executive at MTN Nigeria, Akinwale Goodluck noted that the attacks were not a state-sponsored act and…

These arguments over which mobile operating system is better happens to be a norm these days, they are even forums online where mobile OS systems are discussed but two men in Tulsa, Oklahoma are hospitalized after an alcohol-fueled argument began over which phone is better: iPhone or Android. Apparently the…

Last week Twitter announced its new quoting system on iOS and web which embeds Tweets you’re about to quote, allowing you to type at least 116 character comment and that’s quite enough, unlike the previous quoting system which the contents of a tweet are literally “quoted” and posted to your…

Apple recently released iOS 8.3 update to fix a lot of bugs as promised and the company didn’t waste any time to push out its first iOS 8.4 beta to developers. iOS 8.4 is said to include a revamped music app and an updated version of iTunes Radio which is available via the…

The Apple Watch was made available online for preorder last Friday 10th of April and it looks like Apple’s potential stock shortages on its Watch is because of ridiculous first day sales with around 1 million pre-orders in the US. According to reports from Slice Intelligence, Apple has already sold roughly…

Are you an App developer? Now is your chance to present yourself and your work to the entire Mobile West Africa delegation, gain publicity and win some prizes too. This is a great avenue to submit your app for assessment and the deadline is fast approaching to enter Mobile West Africa’s App Developer Competition, so…

According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the number of mobile internet users on the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) in January shows a really strong increases. Its mobile internet subscribers rose from 76,324,632 in December 2014 to 81,892,840 in January 2015, gaining 5,570,038 new users in January alone.…

Just last month, Facebook announced Messenger Platform app for mobile devices, now the company is going web. Seems Facebook is taking the spotlight and there’s probably no slowing down anytime soon. Facebook has announced a browser-based version of its popular Messenger service. It’s even has its dedicated page at Messenger.com.…

Finally, the long awaited Mortal Kombat X mobile is now available for iOS via the App Store.Trust me, if you’re a fan of NetherRealm’s mobile fighting game like “Injustice: Gods Among Us, and WWE Immortals”, Mortal Kombat X will definitely blow your mind and satiate your appetite for bone crushing. This game is a lot similar…

MTN South Africa claims it’s the first operator in Africa to release a Firefox OS-based smartphone. The device launched by the telecom operator is the Alcatel OneTouch Fire E smartphone, which will run the latest version of the Firefox operating system. Larry Annetts, Chief Marketing Officer of MTN South Africa…

HERE map is great but a new feature that allows users to contribute to its data was recently released. By visiting HERE Map Creator, users can edit the existing data, and add new data which gets reviewed by the company, since it’s obvious that there are parts of the world where the mapping…

Earlier today, WhatsApp released an update which allows Android users to begin placing voice calls to their WhatsApp contacts. This feature was quietly launched inside of version 2.12.19 of WhatsApp, which is directly available from the company’s website but doesn’t appear to have populated Google Play just yet. The calling…