Apple today announced that iTunes U content downloads have topped one billion. iTunes U features the world’s largest online catalog of free educational content from top schools and prominent libraries, museums and organizations helping educators create courses including lectures, assignments, books, quizzes and more for iOS users around the world.“It’s…
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Nokia Life Tools InterfaceNokia has announced that the Nokia Life, one of the most popular mobile services for high growth markets, will go live in Kenya, next month – March. It will be available to Airtel and Safaricom customers. Nokia Life is one of the most popular life improvement information services…
What do you get when you get a partnership between West Africa’s number one music distribution platform with over 35,0000 tracks from 400+ artists and one of Africa’s largest mobile social networks with more than 9 million users in Nigeria? Happy, Excited Nigerians!!iROKING and 2go have partnered together to create a fully…
I know about Instagram; I do not have an account because I still do not think it is for me. I am not into taking pictures of every little thing. I rarely use it. But I know there are about 100 million users that would not agree with my thoughts…
Come, 1st of March, Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) will be hosting Eric Idiahi, the CEO of Spinlet and Verod Capital Management Limited Team (investors in Spinlet) at yet another edition of DevParapo. They will be discussing on the Topic: Funding Tech Innovation, Where Are The Investment-ready Ventures? They will be sharing…
Nokia unveils 4 new devices – Nokia 105, Nokia 301, Lumia 520 and Lumia 720Introducing the new devices, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop told a press conference at MWC: “Today we’re introducing the world’s most innovative portfolio of products.“The momentum behind Nokia is gathering pace. The launches today reflect our commitment…
Co-Creation Hub, one of the foremost tech Hubs in Nigeria, has launched the i-HQ Project.The i-HQ Project is an industry led initiative that aims to accelerate the growth of technology innovation and entrepreneurship for economic prosperity in Nigeria.The project will leverage the innovation assets within the technology cluster located around…
It is another February and it is usually the time of the year when we expect to hear about the latest products and news in the mobile world. The Mobile World Congress is upon us again – starting from the 25th – 28th of February 2013.The GSMA Mobile World Congress…
JoziHub, Johannesburg’s first technology incubator dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and innovation, officially opened its doors recently at Milpark. It is poised to transform the city’s technology industry by connecting potential entrepreneurs and developers with the critical resources they need.Founded by the Praekelt Foundation and backed by Omidyar Network, Google and…
Kenyan telecom Safaricom will soon stop selling feature phones in its outlets countrywide, in a bid to skew the market towards smartphones.Nzioka Waita, Director-Corporate Affairs at Safaricom told the Mobile Web East Africa (MWEA) 2013 Conference: “Safaricom is soon going to stop selling the cheap feature phones in all our…
On the eve of the 2013 Mobile World Congress starting tomorrow in Barcelona, Samsung unveiled its 8-inch tablet, called the Galaxy Note 8, which it will start to sell globally in the second quarter of this year.This is another product in the crowded tablet space created specifically to take on…
Leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has become the first mobile operator in the country to announce the availability of latest BlackBerry Z10 Smartphones in its show rooms across the country.Airtel Customers who had pre-ordered for the device online and through its retail outlets across the country can now take…
Jason Njoku+Jason Njoku is a Nigerian internet entrepreneur, and is CEO and founder of Iroko Partners, the largest distributor of Nigerian music and movies online. Jason studied at the University of Manchester and grew up in the UK. Most Nigerians enjoy watching Nollywood movies; however accessing these movies is not easy.…
Pope Benedict XVIThe Vatican radio has announced that the Pope’s Twitter account @Pontiflex will shut down next weekAs Pope Benedict XVI leaves office 8p.m. on February 28, his Twitter presence will also come to an end.This Pope is the first Catholic Church Leader to use Twitter to communicate to his…
Mara Online, part of the African conglomerate Mara Group, and Plingm, the Swedish mobile VoIP application provider, have formed a strategic partnership to develop mobile communication in Africa. Together the partners will market a free mobile VoIP app called Mara ConnectTM, allowing smartphone and tablet users across Africa to call…
Interswitch recently celebrated 10 years of being in existence; from 2002 – 2012. This is a story of guts and perseverance. With an SME loan of N200 million and 9 staff in 2002, Interswitch has grown into a company worth N35 billion with more than 230 staff within 10 years. Interswitch is instrumental…
At a ceremony held yesterday at Crowne Plaza in Nairobi, Nokia launched the Lumia 920, Lumia 820 and Lumia 620. The Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 were launched globally in November 2012, while the Lumia 620 has only started been available starting the beginning of February 2013. The event was attended by…
Nigeria is experiencing her own dot com boom even though it’s been over a decade such happened in America. The dot com boom describes an era in America between 1997–2001 when several e-commerce businesses were being launched.As it’s familiar with most boom periods in history, many are called but few…
+Ayo Alli unveils Gbamm!, a Mobile Social Network for Football fans at the Social Media Week Lagos. It is expected that the FA Licensed Agent will bring together his experience and knowledge in Football and his previous jobs as Goal.com’s Consultant for West Africa and Eskimi’s Business Development and Sales Director.Gbamm!…
The Sunny Coast Skate doing the “Harlem Shake”What is this “Harlem Shake” that has become viral? Even websites now do the “Harlem Shake”. The “Harlem Shake” is an Internet meme that went viral on YouTube in February 2013. The meme is in the form of a video that began being replicated…