Author: Smart Megwai

Lenovo is on the verge of fulfilling its mission to bridge the gap between working in the office and working from home. On May 13th, 2021 the company announced it will unveil two devices to help remote employees work smart and efficiently. Yesterday it announced that it is ready to…

Is Google Drive your preferred means of cloud storage, or are you part of a team that uses the platform? Make sure you read this to end, else you will find out by the middle of September that a lot of the old Google Drive links you shared may no…

Apart from being social creatures, human beings are always curious. That’s why sites like Quora, Google search were created, first, to make our lives easier, then, to quench our never-ending thirst for information. Are you aware that there are about 5.4 billion searches alone on Google per day? That’s like…

Staying secure while using apps on your smartphone has become important as protecting yourself at home or during your commute to work. You really cannot trust the apps on your Android or iPhone when it comes to data privacy. You cannot take for granted whether or not an app is…

Netflix has signed a deal with Peace Hyde, a British Ghanaian education activist and media entrepreneur, which will see her create a new TV series that will feature other African stars. The TV series, titled “Young, Famous and African”, will be the first-ever African reality series exclusive to the globally…

Twitter has made some improvements to its live audio service — Spaces — to give Hosts the ability to download an audio file from their Space conversations. This update is a big addition and among an overview of the various recent feature updates that it has added to its Spaces…

Google has added some slight improvements to its Meet – its clone to video calling services such as Zoom. The video communication service seems to be getting loads of helpful tweaks to its hand-raising feature as part of the company’s ongoing updates to Workspace. Having announced on a blog post,…

There are currently 70 million active admins and moderators running Facebook groups around the world, and Facebook wants to empower them to manage and nurture their communities. Yesterday, June 16, the company announced this range of new admin tools, which will help community builders moderate comments, manage conflicts First is…

On Wednesday, June 16th, Facebook announced that it’s rolling out what it described as a “small test” of in-headset ads for its Oculus mobile app. This initiative which is aimed to bring more people into VR, will enable advertisers to leverage virtual reality applications. In turn, it will enable games…

Data and call services may face disruption from today, Wednesday, June 16, 2021 as the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) commences strike.  The Union, which protects the rights of telecom workers in Nigeria, had earlier announced its plans on Monday, June 14, 2021, stating that…

As we wait for the release of Twitter’s financial results for the second quarter of 2021 on July 22, 2021, there’s a high probability that the social media Giant will make much more progress on its brand and direct response products, than it did in the first quarter which recorded…

Tuesday, June 15, Spotify announced that it is striking an exclusive deal with the ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast, the popular show that covers topics like sex, dating, and mental health. The show will go exclusive on July 21st. This means, therefore, that all existing and new episodes of “Call Her…

Microsoft Inc. has been dropping hints that it looks ready to launch the upcoming Windows 11 operating system. Earlier on Tuesday, June 15th, screenshots of the entire Windows 11 OS appeared online, complete with a new user interface, Start menu, and lots more. Tom Warren of The Verge, who had…

IRL, a young social network, has been quietly growing over the past year and just attracted an eye-popping amount of money to take on Facebook. The Social calendar App has since been building a messaging-based social network, or what its founder, Abraham Shafi, calls a “WeChat of the West.” Last…

Paga is vying to be Africa’s next unicorn, and its mission is extending to North America. The Nigerian mobile payments company is looking to expand into Ethiopia as well as Mexico, where it could also facilitate payments for the millions who lack access to banking services. A news report at…

In the bid to better prevent unauthorised re-uploads of your content on YouTube, the video platform is rolling out some new features to give users more capacity to stop copyright violations in uploads, and detect potential IP infringements within the app. First of all, a new feature will be added…

Microsoft is developing special streaming devices so that people will be able to plug them into their TVs to use its Netflix-like cloud gaming service. The Software company foresees video gaming to be a subscription-based model where people pay a certain amount of money each month to get access to…

Ford joins top automakers Tesla, GM and Volkswagen to present its break-in detection feature to its FordPass smartphone app. According to Engadget, “The system — rebranded as “SecuriAlert” after launching as “Guard Mode” on commercial vehicles — is rolling out to connected car owners for the first time.” Once it…

Google has started to add some changes to its search algorithms to prevent sites from filling search results with unproven slanderous claims about individuals. A New York Times report confirms that the reason for the updates is to combat the vast majority of sites hosting claims about individuals, which according…

Facebook is building its first smartwatch which it hopes to start selling by summer 2021. Four people who have direct knowledge of the device, and have said that the watch will let wearers send messages using Facebook’s services and also offer health and fitness features.  The company’s entrance into smartwatches…