LinkedIn has introduced a new feature that allows users to schedule posts to send at a later time. According to TechCrunch, the Microsoft-owned platform has been testing the feature internally for some months, and is now ready to extend it beyond the special group of testers. “We’re working to bring native…
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Google Messages is beginning to roll out full emoji reactions for some users, according to a report by 9to5Google. The popular text-messaging app is testing the ability to react with any emoji you want. Anyone who has been using RCSchat system has probably used message reactions, which allow you to…
The Nigerian Communications Commission through its Computer Security Incident Response Team has reported a new way hackers use to attack people’s social media accounts. According to a discovery made by Ukrainian cyber experts, the attack originated from suspected Russian threat actors that compromises victims’ VPN (Virtual Private Network) accounts to access and…
The Governor Of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has confirmed the 23rd of November 2022 is the launch date for unveiling the new Naira note, as against the earlier announcement of the 15th of December 2022. Speaking in a briefing to the media at the monetary policy communique which…
Ukheshe, Africa’s Fintech Enabler, together with Coinvest, has launched a payment solution to support the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and its partners that are working towards securing a better, more economically secure future for students in South Africa. According to an article posted on the company’s website, the…
In an internal presentation which he titled Twitter 2.0, Elon Musk reportedly told his employees at the San Francisco headquarters on Monday that the company would encrypt DMs and work to add encrypted video and voice calling between accounts. According to The Verge, which was privileged to access a record…
Google has introduced a new feature it named “Conversation Summaries” in Google Chat which will help its premium users tackle the problem of too many chat messages and documents flooding their inboxes. “Today, we are excited to introduce conversation summaries in Google Chat for messages in Spaces,” the company says…
Microsoft has added a new feature to help those who are Deaf of Hard of Hearing (D/HH) have the same experience as others during a Teams meeting. The feature, which is currently in Beta testing, will benefit those who use sign language and display interpreters’ and other signers’ video feeds…
Chipper Cash, a unicorn in the financial technology sector, has announced its “intended acquisition” of the Zoona group, a leading fintech company in Zambia. “The proposed acquisition,” Laura Kennedy, Vice president for Investment & Corporate Development writes, “will accelerate Chipper’s expansion across Africa.” The African startup says, together with Zoona…
Google has released a new policy guideline mandating the disclosure of all relevant licencing documents by all loan apps on the Play Store. According the the Tech Giant, “This policy applies to apps which offer loans directly, lead generators, and those who connect consumers with third-party lenders.” In particular, the…
Starting next month, Facebook will no longer allow user data such as “religious views”, “political views”, “addresses” and the “Interested in” information, which indicates a user’s sexual orientation. The Meta-owned social media platform, which has started to notify users, noted that the changes will go into effect from December 1st.…
NIGCOMSAT, the Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd., has announced that it intends to launch the NIGCOMSAT 2 satellite, which would bring the 5G network to Nigeria. Dr. Abimbola Alale, the company’s managing director, made the announcement during a Thursday conference in the city of Lagos with other technology industry representatives. The…
App Researcher Jane Manchun Wong, yesterday uncovered Twitter’s plans to bring back end-to-end encryption to its Direct Messaging system. She made this known in a tweet, which the company’s new CEO, Elon Musk confirmed, not explicitly but only posted a winky eye emoji in response. Although the CEO has lately…
According to a report in the Financial Times, YouTube is expanding its short-form video platform to include e-commerce feature that will allow viewers pay for products as they scroll through Shorts. In a move that mimics rivals TikTok and Instagram, Shorts will soon enable in-app purchases. As it rolls out…
“Today we’re introducing a new feature that’s going to make your live streams even more interactive – Live Q&A! ,” per YouTube on its support page. The new Live Q&A feature will help content creators host dedicated question and answer sessions and to properly organise them during livestreams and premieres. YouTube’s question and answer tool…
CEO, Elon Musk, today, announced in his first email to Twitter employees, the end of remote work and warned of “difficult times ahead.” The email, which was issued late last night, stated that the economic downturn in the US could not be “sugarcoated” in any way. He was quoted in…
Meta recently added a new feature to its instant messaging platform, WhatsApp, called “Avatar.” With this feature, users are able to create animated representations of themselves to use within the app. They can use any of these avatars as profile photos or as stickers while sending messages to WhatsApp contacts.…
Instagram is updating its web platform from a carbon clone of the app to one that is “cleaner, faster, and easier to use.” The Platform’s head, Adam Mosseri made this announcement through a post on Tuesday along with a feature that enables professional accounts to schedule their posts, which is currently…
At Zoomtopia yesterday, Zoom launched two key products that will help the company expand its offerings beyond just Zoom Chat and a Video conferencing platform to small and medium sized businesses. In a recent news release, the Video conferencing service said that it would be offering its own email and…
Isizwe, an internet service provider, that offers online access to low-income communities, has launched a prepaid and low-cost fiber project in South African township Kayamandi in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape. The Fibre network which went live on the 7th November 2022, currently connects 3,000 homes to uncapped prepaid fiber…