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LG has just announced the introduction a new levitating portable speaker which will be unveiled at the CES 2017 coming up at the consumer technology show CES 2017 holing in Las Vegas from the 5th to 8th of January 2017. According to LG’s press release,  “The mesmerizing wireless speaker (model…

Researchers have developed an Ebola vaccine that provides 100 percent protection against one of the two most common strains of the Ebola virus. This is according to study published in The Lancet on Thursday. Though the vaccine (known as rVSV-ZEBOV) is yet to be approved by regulators, the New York Times reports that scientists have…

Uber has just introduced a new feature where you can Uber directly to meet someone instead of a location. So this means you can directly Uber someone when you want to meet say, a friend at a mall or if you are joining your colleagues for drinks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTNk3Iv4RNE Here’s how…

Uber has introduced upfront fares option for riders in South Africa. Uber sent an email to its users explaining that they will be rolling out this feature as from Thursday 22nd December 2016. With upfront fares, all you have to do is enter your pick-up and drop-off locations, and this new feature…

Digital disruption is shifting the balance stay of power in financial services and influencing the way, millions of people bank their money, make payments, remittances and more, in a continent where mobile phone penetration exceed bank accounts and bank cards ownership, combined. Africa’s highly regulated financial industry now needs to…

This short film is about a student’s documentation of his stolen phone’s journey after it was stolen. A Dutch film student, Anthony van der Meer, wanted to know more about the underworld of snatched handsets. So he outfitted a burner Android with Cerberus, an anti-theft app that allows a device to be controlled…

Billionaire Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg just introduced us to his Artificial Intelligence named Jarvis that he’s been working on all year. Guess what! Jarvis is voiced by Morgan Freeman. Morgan Freeman has been a narrator of films and portrayer of God in films like Bruce Almighty and Evan Almighty. Freeman also…

Nigerian singer, Yemi Alade has joined forces with five other artistes like Jennifer Hudson, Steve Aoki, Luan Santana, Pixie Lott, and Tan Wei Wei for the song Best Day of My Life. This is an initiative by Shell who also teamed up with six innovative energy start-ups for the song Best…

Econet Wireless, the leading telecommunication network in Africa, has launched the popular InstaVoice Missed call, Voice SMS, Voice Mail and Sports Services in Lesotho by partnering with Kirusa, a global leader in providing telecom and social media solutions. The launch also heralds Kirusa’s inroads into the Lesotho Telecom sector. These…

Efritin.com, Nigeria’s No 1 marketplace where you can buy and sell everything announced the launch of its 12 days of Christmas celebration to reward its loyal customers with the best discounts on Laptops, Mobile phones, electronics, cars, fashion and beauty, etc; from partner sellers this Christmas. Gbenro Dara, former Co-founder and…

The Federal Government of Nigeria launched an information app (Federal Government of Nigeria Information App (FGN IAPP) yesterday to help disseminate true and factual information about the government’s operations. According to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who launched the Information app in Abuja, “the federal government will…

The video replay technology has been used at a FIFA event for the first time at the ongoing 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan. It was used to award to a penalty to Japan’s Kashima Antlers in its semi-final win over South American club champions Atletico Nacional in Osaka, Japan. Apparently referee…

Instagram has just announced that its community has surpassed the 600 million mark and the last 100 million joined within the last six months. The online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking service celebrated hitting the 500 million mark in June this year. According to Facebook’s owned company, “A lot has…

Uber has launched a new device called Uber Beacon to help riders identify their drivers. The device is affixed onto the inside of a driver’s windshield and uses colour-pairing technology to help drives and riders quickly connect faster, particularly at night and at crowded venues. With this technology, riders can personalise…

Bukky Ajayi, Donald Trump, iPhone 7 were among the top searched terms in Nigeria according to Google’s 2016 “Year in Search”. Annually, Google present the most searched terms or words globally and also per country. Globally, the top three searched words were Pokémon Go, Donald Trump and iPhone 7. Obviously Pokémon Go…

Google has just released its 2016 most searched words. The 2016 “Year in Search” previously known as Google Zeitgeist, provides a snapshot of the trends that captured the global community’s interest during the year. As can be imagined, Pokémon Go, iPhone 7, Donald Trump topped this list this year. Google also…

Amazon’s Video on Demand (VOD) service, Prime Video, has launched in over 200 countries globally including Nigeria. Customers can sign up for a Prime Video membership at PrimeVideo.com and watch on Android and iOS phones and tablets, Fire Tablets and popular LG and Samsung smart TVs. Amazon Prime members in…

Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Wireless Group, has extended its footprint into Tanzania with the acquisition of a majority stake in Raha, Tanzania’s leading Internet Service Provider. Established seventeen years ago, Raha today serves over 1500 businesses as well as a growing number of retail customers with a range of…

For inventors, entrepreneurs and engineers seeking to create prototypes, 3-D printing is a dream come true. Building prototypes can now be done more easily, more quickly and less expensively than ever before using 3-D printing technology. For instance, Amazon is using a cutting-edge facility in Cambridge to 3-D print rapid prototypes…

Following the remarkable 2016 Black Friday campaign that beat all-times sales record of + 30% gross bookings a day, Jumia Travel is back in the deals business with a new campaign dubbed “Travel Wednesday” running every Wednesday on the company’s official website. The promotions, also called “Dream Deals” consist of…