In today’s global economy, an event in one part of the world can send shockwaves reverberating across the planet. We are more connected than we have ever thought possible and everyone can find something easily that will delight him/her or cause serious fear and pain in him/her. In light of…
Author: Rehoboth Ekpekurede
Rehoboth Ekpekurede
Really interested in clearing a lot of noise surrounding technology since 2015 when I was in University. If there is clutter I aim to declutter. On innovation village I let you in on everything.
KaiOS Technologies has announced the availability of WhatsApp on smart feature phones that run on its operating software such as the Nokia 8110. This means that WhatsApp will now be available to millions of low-cost KaiOS mobile phones with at least 256MB of RAM. All that is needed is to…
On Tuesday, AT&T, world’s largest telecommunications company was hit with a class action lawsuit by The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP for selling clients’ location information to outsiders like credit offices and safeguard underwriters, alongside loot seekers and stalkers, without client consent. Included in…
The Social media giant Facebook will have to meet ‘a very high standard’ before it will be allowed to roll out its recently announced cryptocurrency Libra, these were the words of the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (Pronounced as if to say ‘my new shin’ very fast) on Monday. Mnuchin…
IBM on Tuesday, announced their purchase of Cloud computing giant, Red Hat. The news was made public the same day by the two satisfied companies. The IBM shares turned downwards by 1% on Monday after late in the morning trading to indicate what is now official. IBM’s latest acquisition of…
Fintech startup IWOMI Technologies is known foremost for its Softeller product and wants to put other useful accessories in the hands of people Softeller was started by Iwomi Technologies in August of last year in the French speaking Cameroon. Iwomi began in 2017. The Softeller platform was created to allow…
The Bitcoin went to 15-month high on Monday as the cryptocurrency got something of an endorsement when the new Libra digital currency came out from Tech giant, Facebook. The cryptocurrency pacesetter went to $11,247.62 on the Bitstamp exchange late on Sunday, its highest valuation since March of last year but…
A new tech content creation company, Genius Media, has accused Google of copying its song lyrics for use in search results. According to a Wall Street Journal report, this is adversely affecting traffic to its site. An independent lookup of a song on Google Search would show a box alongside general search results…
Our cars are designed to take us from Point A to Point B, but it seems that in a bid to perhaps shake up the way we drive and how we view our cars, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has been coming up with some pretty novel ideas. For example, it…
Following an earlier rigorous screening process by seasoned Nigerian tech ecosystem judges, Truckr beat nine other startups to win the sum of ₦1million in equity-free funding at the ‘Pitch2Win’ competition. Truckr gives real-time visibility, cargo-in-transit insurance and proper communication channels to shippers and drivers. Truckr was founded by Chiamaka Nwosu…
Billionaire Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey wants to arm UK independent retailers with the tools he feels they need to take on Amazon and other online giants. Also head and founder of payments company Square, Dorsey told Pocket-lint that offline commerce will never die, not least because of the humble, English…
Private companies will have to pay NASA about $35,000 a night per passenger to sleep in the station’s beds and use its amenities. It is not hidden knowledge that if you want to become a NASA astronaut then becoming a Harvard student is as simple as changing your light bulb.…
Amazon’s most recent leap into artificial intelligence (AI) and shopping will help you pick out clothes and accessories. Amazon said the StyleSnap AI system will help customers find the clothes they’re looking for when they can’t describe what it is they want. “You are not a poet,” Amazon says. “You…
The debate is back? Where do we want the powers to be? The world is flat and tech companies are growing larger and larger and can do whatever they want if they want to go maniacal. Have they already gone that way though? There are no reins, there is no…