Author: Francis Ebuehi

Norwegian Software company, Opera, has announced that it has accepted a $1.2 billion acquisition offer from a consortium of Chinese firms, led by Kunlun and Qihoo 360 backed by the investment funds Golden Brick and Yonglian According to the press release, “A cash consideration of NOK 71.00 will be offered per share, valuing…

The Babocush is such a nice and convenient innovation. To some, it is seen as a lifesaver while others see it as lazy parenting. The video about this new innovation has racked up over 10 million views and over 24,000 comments on Facebook since it was uploaded on the 18th…

It’s no longer news that Nigerian own mobile-ad rewarding start-up MyAds has changed the game of advertising locally. What is RED HOT News is that the Nigerian based start-up has decided to take on the world.  In the early hours of today, the 10th day of January 2016, MyAds pre-launched…

Great news when I heard that Netflix has launched in Nigeria. The CEO, Reed Hastings, announced this yesterday at his keynote address at the ongoing CES 2016 “Today, I am delighted to announce that while we have been here on stage at CES, we switched Netflix in Azerbaijan, in Vietnam,…

Check out this humanoid, motorcycle-riding robot – the motobot. It was demoed by Yamaha at the recent 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. This is for real and kinda scary. This is Terminator meets Robocop. The video below starts with the message “I was created to surpass you” in apparent reference to…

Today, Blackberry released official photos of its android phone – the Blackberry Priv.  It is not different from the leaked photos reported by Evleaks last week. Blackberry only published 3 photos – two side profiles and a hero image showing off the exposed physical QWERTY keyboard. The hero image is already…

Today, Google has put up a Google Doodle to celebrate its 17th birthday. Google says you can see the doodle in several countries except some parts of South Africa and Asia and the United States of America. I wonder why. Back to the question, “is September 27 really Google’s birthday?” This date…

September 28 2015 will be the first day since early 1999 that Jon Stewart will not be hosting The Daily Show. It will be the turn of South African comedian Trevor Noah. How will the American public take to the South African comedian? Will he be able to fill in the…

Yesterday, Ingressive and Tastemakers Africa treated special guests from the technology, arts, culture, financial, and business sectors to a curated dinner and conversational experience designed to explore these themes in the context of Africa’s growth and development. The gathering, aptly tagged “In Pursuit Of Preservation & Innovation|A Lagos Rendezvous, was designed to…

Ghanaian based, Flippy Campus emerged the winner of $10,000 put up for grabs at Ingressive’s “A Tale of Ten Startups”. Flippy Campus beat the likes of fashpa.com, Techcabal.com, Heels.com.ng and more. “A Tale of Ten Startups” took place yesterday at Maison Fahrenheit, Lagos Nigeria. CEOs and founders of 10 startups spent 2…

While it seems JayZ’s Tidal is struggling to gain traction despite its backing from some of the greatest music artistes, Spotify has just raised $350 million in a new round of funding with major commitments from Investment Banking giant, Goldman Sachs. With this new investment, this brings Spotify’s valuation to…

2014 was a good year. But we know 2015 will be a better year. We wish all our readers, subscribers a wonderful fruitful 2015. We pray that all your wishes and expectations come to pass this year and this year is going to be the best year yet. We pray…

I came across an CNN article/video online which I think every Parent should be aware of. This goes to show that in this internet age, parents should be internet savvy and aware of what their children are into. This article tells about acronyms popularly used across the internet, especially on…

It is the holiday season again and I haven’t bought gifts yet. However I have scouted the online sites in Nigeria and I have come across some gadgets I think he will like. Gifting gadgets is always a smart move—especially when you know they’ll be well-used and appreciated. But sometimes,…

I first heard of KSI from my brother when I saw him playing FIFA 14 on his Playstation 4. Don’t ask me about playing video games; not up my alley. I didn’t think much of the whole game till my brother told me about a Nigerian, KSI, making millions playing FIFA video…

I just came across a story on the hazards of using a public WiFi and it really put me on guard. Because I used the free WiFi service on the train yesterday. It goes to show that you have to be careful about using free services. Someone is always there to exploit to his/her…

These are rather interesting times but it is something that career oriented women consider – my career or a family. Women who have focused on their careers have woken up too late to find out that they cannot have children any more. According to specialist’s reports, a woman’s fertility begins to…

Professional Wrestling was one sport I loved watching as a young child and the Ultimate Warrior was one wrestler I adored. Now he is dead. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Triple H, another accomplished wrestler, broke this news on Twitter today. James Hellwig, who wrestled professionally as “The Ultimate Warrior,” reportedly…

Today, Microsoft announced the global release of its cloud Storage service, OneDrive. Having gone through the features of OneDrive, I wonder if I will switch my current Google Drive. I have used some of the popular cloud storage services such as DropBox, Box, Google Drive and even iCloud. In fact…

Early tuesday we got a brief, 15-second glimpse at Marvel’s upcoming film Guardians of the Galaxy, but now the first full trailer is out. The full two-minute trailer aired on Tuesday at 11:35 p.m. ET on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, with an intro from lead actor Chris Pratt. Guardians of the Galaxy is an upcoming American science…