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…
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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…
11 Inaugural winners receive US$3 million each for Groundbreaking Achievements in Life Science ResearchToday Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin and others launch The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. The Prize is aimed at recognizing excellence in research aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending human life. The prize will be administered…
Twitter has been testing its ads API since January and today officially launches it. With Twitter’s announcement, it joins Facebook and LinkedIn as the only other global social networks with advertising APIs that allow marketers to create, manage and optimize ads. The first five partners that will be integrating it into…
The winners of the 2012 Apps4Africa: Business Challenge have just been announced. The three winners elected for funding are Prowork (Nigeria), SliceBiz (Ghana) and Ffene (Uganda). Each is to receive $10,000.The Apps4Africa 2012 Business Challenge is a competitive funding program open to African innovators, startups, and businesses.The competition began in…
Google has just released a new video showing how it feels through the eyes of “Glass”. The Glass UI video shows off some of the exciting things to expect: such as search, camera and voice translation features.This video is expected to whet the appetite of would-be creative individuals that would…
The Google Policy Fellowship program was inspired by Google’s Summer of Code with a public policy twist. The Google Policy Fellowship program offers undergraduate, graduate, and law students interested in Internet and technology policy the opportunity to spend the summer contributing to the public dialogue on these issues, and exploring…
First of all, for those of you who do not know about Project Glass, It all started when Google launched the Project Glass last year (April 2012). Some of us thought it was a futuristic project. This new technology, Project Glass, functions like a smartphone, only in the form of a…
If you are a university student who would be interested in working on open source projects this summer, or if you know of an organization that might want to mentor students to work on their open source projects, this is for you.It is the Google Summer Code for 2013 and…
Here is the presentation Moses Kemibaro made at the ongoing Mobile Web East Africa 2013 Conference. It is about evaluating the key ingredients for Mobile Web Marketing campaigns.Please peruse. It is insightful and useful. Moses Kemibaro is a digital marketing professional based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has over 15 years…
These TV ads were just released yesterday called “Together” and “Alive”. These ads focus on the reading and gaming capabilities and several apps from the App Store.Check them out and tell us what you think.The “Together” adThe “Alive” ad
Mobile TestingThis is good news for all mobile application developers in Lagos and its environs. Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) now has a mobile testing lab. The OSs in their portfolio range from Bada, Android, Java to Blackberry’s latest offering BB10.Many thanks to Nokia, Blackberry, Tecno, Samsung, Google, and Microsoft who have helped…
It has been three years since Bharti Airtel, one of world’s top telecommunications companies by subscribers, began operating in Africa following its acquisition of Zain’s assets in a deal worth US$10.7bn.In the beginning, the plan was to approach the African market with the same strategy that had made the company…
The Social Media Week Lagos starts today. It promises to be a week of exciting events.Be there.See the event communication below from the Comminucation Director, N’dada Vaz for more informationDear Friends,Social Media Week Lagos is in full gear! On Monday, February 18, 2013, 18 fantastic events (out of over 100…
Mario Balotelli with Kinesio tape on his backI first noticed it on Mario Balotelli (a footballer) took off his shirt during Euro 2012 and revealed three blue sticky tape in his back. (He got a yellow card for this). I saw it again today when Stephen Gerrard (also a footballer)…