Microsoft yesterday announced during its Surface event that dedicated Apple Music and Apple TV apps will be available on Windows devices come 2023. The standalone Apple Music and Apple TV apps will provide a much improved experience for Windows users who use these services. Currently, Windows users must access the Apple TV+…
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Smart Megwai
Smart is a technology journalist covering innovation, digital culture, and the business of emerging tech. His reporting for Innovation Village explores how technology shapes everyday life in Africa and beyond.
Security researchers at Meta Inc. have found more than 400 “scammy apps” by developers on Google Play Store and Apple Appstore designed to hijack users’ Facebook account credentials. Meta’s team confirmed these apps often prompt users to “Log In with Facebook” before they can access the certain features. Such apps,…
Some Twitter users have complained of pop-up notifications nudging them to “Share Tweet Instead” of taking screenshots. A few different versions of the prompt they reported were the following; 1. “Share Tweet instead?” 2. “Copy link”3. “Share Tweet” and3. “Share Tweet” buttons Social Media Consultant, Matt Navarra, who confirmed this in…
Lipa Later has announced a new partnership with Lami Technologies, an end-to-end digital insurance platform, that will see its customers across its current markets, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Nigeria have their purchased products covered with the all-risk insured. This is few months to the company’ acquiring US$3.7 million in seed…
TikTok, yesterday, announced a suite of new features as it ‘hopes’ to give content creators “express themselves and more deeply connect with others.” In a Thursday press release, the company announced “Photo Mode,” a new feature that allows users to share multiple still photos in a post. This lets you…
If you’re a regular Twitterer, you’d know the platform only allows users to attach only one type of media format in a tweet. That is, it is impossible to combine a video and picture in a single tweet. Twitter says this has changed, with a new way to share different…
Ukheshe has announced a new appointment that will unlock value and drive rapid growth for the South-African fintech. Lee Ziervogel, the newly appointed Chief Operating Officer atďďdd the fintech enablement company, Ukheshe, is a hands-on business leader with excellent people skills, who believes true business success requires solid, customer-centric ethics.…
Google has officially confirmed its intent to establish a new Google Cloud region in South Africa. The cloud data centre infrastructure is the first in the African continent to be deployed by the company’s Google Cloud division, and will join 35 other cloud regions around the world. The Tech Giant…
Visa, FIFA’s official payment technology partner, announced it has launched a new version of the educational video game “Financial Football”, an educational video game that combines financial education and entertainment in one dynamic virtual game. The company which made the announcement in a press release, says it is partnered with…
Calendly, a cloud $3B+ scheduling startup, has announced its first acquisition: Prelude, a startup that specialises in scheduling job interviews or other types of recruitment-related meetings. The acquisition of Prelude is in line with Calendly’s mission to provide easy-to-use scheduling solutions for all market segments, especially for the recruitment industry,…
U.S. retail giant Walmart announced on Monday the launch of “Walmart Land” and “Walmart’s Universe of Play” on its metaverse gaming platform Roblox. The company says it’s targeting the next generation of customers — Covid-19 has changed consumer spending habits and led to a surge in e-commerce sales. The ‘Walmart…
WhatsApp, yesterday disclosed a critical bug that it claims may have affected older installations on various devices that have not been updated to the latest software version. The Meta-owned app published details of the “critical” vulnerability in the September update of the WhatsApp security advisory page, which was released on…
Fidelity Bank Plc., yesterday announced a new partnership with Nigeria’s Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN) The company, in a blog post, said that the initiative is “a major move to bridge the gap in helping small businesses access much needed funding and capacity development initiative.” It then went…
Today, Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, announced that WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that allows a user to join WhatsApp calls through a link with a single tap. In the Facebook post, Zuckerberg said, “We’ve also started testing secured and encrypted group video calls for up to 32 people…
Twitter, yesterday, reported an “incident” that affected the accounts of an unspecified number of users who chose to reset their password. On its privacy centre page, the social media giant disclosed that a “bug” that appeared last year prevented Twitter users from logging out of their accounts on any device…
Instagram is reportedly working on a new feature to protect users from receiving explicit content or nudity from unknown senders in direct messages (DMs) on the platform. App developer Alessandro Paluzzi was the first to tweet about this upcoming feature with screenshots to prove. Describing its functionality, Paluzzi said, “Technology…
The fifth generation technology, popular known as 5G, is now available in Nigeria. This was made possible by Nigeria’s telecom giant MTN at an event yesterday. Some guests at the event had the opportunity to test the use of the technology – exploring several use cases for 5G. This follows…
WhatsApp is said to have entered the world of OTT (over-the-top) movies and entertainment with the first original short film “Naija Odyssey”. This week, the Meta-owned instant messaging platform unveiled “Naija Odyssey,” its first original short film. It depicts the tale of NBA player Giannis Antetokounmpo, whose parents are from…
The Governor of Lagos State, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the French government to enable Lagos professional esports players to participate in real-time online communities and create billions of dollars with gamers around the world. The MoU was signed between Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the French ambassador…
A fresh report by cybersecurity firm Vectra, claims Microsoft Teams stores authentication tokens in unencrypted plain text, allowing attackers to potentially take control of user’s communications. According to the report, the bug affects Windows, Mac, and Linux desktop applications built using the Microsoft Electron platform. Microsoft is aware of this…