Author: Smart Megwai

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…

For 45 minutes in the UK morning of June 8, a significant chunk of the world wide web did not work. People who tried to visit a huge array of websites, including CNN, Reddit, Amazon, Hulu etc., received a blank white page and an error message telling them the connection…

Since it launched in 2019, Microsoft’s Cortana personal assistant has allowed users to listen to emails that land in their Outlook mobile inbox. Fast forward two years, the software company is making voice a much more significant part of the Outlook experience. Beginning with the iOS version of the software…

Instagram will allow users earn affiliate commission directly from the content they create. At its first Creator Week event, which started on June 8, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced new features that will help influencers to earn “extra cash” for meeting specific goals. With the new program, influencers can earn additional…

WhereIsMyTransport is a Mobility Tech. company helping the world understand mobility in emerging-market megacities. Recently, the South African startup raised $14.5 million in a Series A extension round. This has brought the total amount raised by the company during its “Series A” funding to $22 million. The funding round was…

At about 5:30AM ET today, a huge global web outage swept across the internet which took out well-known sites including Amazon, Twitch, and Reddit.  A report by The Verge confirms that the Fastly Content Delivery Network (CDN) was the source of the outage, which lasted for more than an hour.…

The ability to extract audio from other users’ videos is what makes TikTok a very good platform. It allows memes to percolate across the platform and allows users to discover new content by watching videos with the same sound. Soon, YouTube will extend this feature in its Shorts application, allowing…

The Professional Networking Platform has finally decided to hop on the wagon by providing users with a Dark Mode for its desktop app. This will allow the user interface to be a bit easier on the eyes as seen in this new example. Most companies already started offering this “Dark…

WhatsApp, yesterday, announced that its users will soon be able to access their accounts from up to four linked devices. This long-rumored multi-device support will be entering public beta two months from now. Why did it take so long? Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has said that it’s been a real…

For months now, Microsoft Inc. has been taunting a “next generation” of Windows. However, there are clues that suggest the software company is not just preparing an update to its existing Windows 10 software, but a new, numbered version of the operating system: Windows 11. The Company, yesterday, announced a…

Just about two months to this time, Airtel Africa announced that it had sold its tower units in Madagascar and Malawi. Yesterday, June 2, the Telecom provider said it has sold its tower portfolio, which is part of Airtel Tanzania, for about $175 million (Rs 1,279.6 crore). “This deal,” according…

The Lagos State Government is in partnership with Tech. Giants, Facebook and Google to construct the biggest technology cluster in West Africa. According to Nairametrics, “This is part of the state government’s effort to largely increase the level of its intervention in the provision of technology infrastructure and expand the…

The webpage, where the former President chose to communicate after he was banned from Facebook and Twitter, has been permanently shut down.  Trump’s senior aide, Jason Miller, who told CNBC on Wednesday, June 2nd, confirmed that the page “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” has been scrubbed from Trump’s…

Having concluded its Facebook for Developers conference, the social platform is set to roll out a number of new developer tools, including several messaging features for businesses. The event, tagged “F8 Refresh”, is Facebook’s first software developer event since 2019, as the company decided to postpone the conference due to…