We did report this week that Meta-owned platform – Instagram – is planning to test a “Repost” fearure with a small number of people. Well, a new finding by social media expert Matt Navarra confirms Instagram is now testing a new ‘Repost’ option, which would give users the ability to…
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If you’re like me, who gets dissatisfied with the call quality of most telecom networks – I won’t mention names – then this is for you. Google is reportedly developing a “Clear Calling” feature for users with Android devices. It was discovered in the latest Android 13 Quarterly Platform Release…
Kippa, the all-in-one financial management solution for small businesses in Africa, announced it has obtained a Super Agent Banking Licence from the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to a press release, “With this approval, Kippa will build its network of merchants, providing them with the infrastructure and tools to offer…
Kenya-based Seedstars Africa Ventures has announced a new appointment – Bruce Nsereko-Lule, the company’s General Partner. The pan-African early-stage fund for startups in a press release today, said that Nsereko-Lule will help to deploy more capital and provide the much-needed technical support for founders across the continent. This is just…
The Federal Government, on September 5th, announced the suspension of the controversial 5% excise duty on telecommunication services recently announced by the Ministry of Finance. This announcement was made at the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee on Excise Duty for the Digital Economy Sector in Abuja. The Minister of…
LG today announced the release of its “very own non-fungible token (NFT) platform, LG Art Lab”. The company, which gave a press release, noted that the NFT platform is a convenient, one-stop solution for viewing and trading NFTs for users with smart TVs at home. “The platform is now available…
Few months into its rebranding from Sokowatch to Wasoko, the African e-commerce company that leverages innovative technology to transform the informal retail supply chain, announces the official launch of the “Wasoko Innovation Hub” in partnership with the Zanzibar government. Located in Fumba Town, Zanzibar, the new Hub will focus on…
Sony is expanding the PlayStation community with a new deal that sees the company acquiring Savage Game Studios, a hugely talented team of creatives with many years of experience making some of the most popular mobile games enjoyed by players around the world. The announcement came by way of Hermen…
Just as it expanded NFT support to more people in 100 countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and the Americas, Meta Platform Inc. says it will now let users post their NFTs across both Instagram and Facebook. In a Monday update to a May 10 blog post, the company…
Don’t be a surprise when you notice your iPhone keeps slowing down despite its amazing features. It is perfectly normal. Your iPhone may also freeze altogether. Obviously, on older phones this is more common, as their hardware is less well placed to handle more modern software and applications. Very often,…
iiDENTIFii, a market leader in digital biometric identity verification, is pleased to announce that it has won the “four-month-long” KPMG Private Enterprise Tech Innovator Africa Awards. The company, in a press release, said “Our team has worked hard to make innovation a consistent thread throughout the business, and we are…
At an event today in India, Google announced it has removed more than 2,000 personal loan apps from its Play Store after they were found to be in violation of its policies. Saikat Mitra was at the event in New Delhi on Thursday. The Senior Director and Head of Trust…
Google Play Games, the platform that brings Android games to PCs, is now available to all users under an open beta in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia. First launched in December 2021, Google Play Games for PC allows you to enjoy all of your favourite Android games…
Kenya’s telecom giant, Safaricom, has declared Cynthia Karuri-Kropac as the new Chief Enterprise Business Officer, effective September 1, 2022. The former director of IoT technologies at AT&T is to replace Joseph Wanjohi, who has been acting since May. The new hire comes as Sylvia Mulinge left Safaricom for MTN Uganda.…
Nokia Kenya just announced the successful pilot of the 4G and 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network slicing in the country. This is in partnership with Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telecom. This announcement comes as Nokia, in March last year, announced that it was powering East Africa’s first 5G commercial services…
TikTok has confirmed it is experimenting with a new “Nearby” content feed for users to browse local content. The test, which is limited in scope, is being tested with select users in Southeast Asia. Users who are part of the limited test will see the new feed tab displayed alongside…
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, recently rolled out Meta accounts and Meta Horizon profiles as part of its virtual reality hardware and software experiences. The company made the announcement on Tuesday on its Oculus Blog noting that users can now register on an Oculus headset using its new…
We reported in March this year that Pod News received an 84-page presentation produced by YouTube, planning to launch a dedicated page for podcasts. A report by 9to5Google confirms the platform has added a dedicated page for podcasts, with TechCrunch noting that the new podcast destination is now live for…
The Meta-owned photo-sharing platform is reportedly working on a new feature called “Candid Challenges”. As per reports, an Instagram spokesperson has also confirmed that the feature is an ‘internal prototype’ but no more details have been revealed. The new feature sounds familiar to “BeReal” — a French social media app…
Twitter today confirmed to TechCrunch that it is testing a new profile badge for accounts who have verified their phone numbers. The goal of the experiment, according to the report, is to “allow people to add context to their accounts.” This might be used to ensure that a user who…