Author: Stephen Amaza

Guaranty Trust Bank has opened up a scholarship scheme for its customers who operate a GTCrea8 eSavers account. The scholarship scheme which was just launched today, 4th March, runs till 27 March and is available to only students in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The conditions for being eligible to win are…

MTN’s very popular Family & Friends feature is now back as the network provider reintroduces MTN TruTalk, a tariff plan. Family & Friends allows a subscriber to call preselected numbers at very cheap call rates and it was a very popular feature before it was scrapped last year. In the new…

While the world raves about the Samsung S6 and the Samsung S6 Edge, and rightly so, Samsung fans might be overlooking some crucial points that will be huge turn offs to every Samsung faithful. These points broke my heart as well. Here are my top 3. No Expandable Memory While…

Phones are about to get a huge boost as SanDisk reveals the highest capacity for a microSD card, in the form of a 200GB memory card.

In a chat with Daser David, the brain behind Hack Jos, the first hackathon to be organized in  Northern Nigeria, he predicted that the city of Jos is the best place for a start-ups in Nigeria. David Daser has been developing software for about 13 years and is the IT Consultant…

One Number has launched a sticker collection which it called Naija For Life that almost perfectly captures all aspects of Nigerian slangs and expressions using two characters – a middle aged man in a blue kaftan and red cap; a middle aged woman in a red ankara top with a…

Google already has the Google Apps for Business programme for workplaces but this new move will take it even deeper into offices.

Facebook has launched an app to make things easier for its advertisers. In a blog post where it announced it now has 3 million advertisers, Facebook announces the app named Ads Manager App

In a new beta update for iOS that Blackberry is pushing, vanity PIN’s, removable ads and a new avatar badging feature are the new features that can be seen on the update. The catch is that these new options come under a paid alternative called Subscriptions. Subscriptions can be purchased using available…

Android’s biggest update the 5.0.1 aka Lollipop began rolling out in December 2014 starting from the Nexus. The Pros. The most important and noticeable change is the new User Interface courtesy of Android’s material design. The colour scheme is easy on the eyes and the UX (User Experience) is has a more…

Microsoft has acquired the beautiful calendar app, Sunrise. Sunrise beautiful interface and its integration with other services like Evernote is what has made it a favourite for me and many others.

The Lagos State government has launched about 100 buses with wifi access and other modern features. The buses which were launched in conjunction with LAGBUS Asset Management Limited also have security cameras that provide live feed to security agencies for commuters’ safety while the buses can also be tracked via alerts on mobile phones…

This year came with a lot of surprises in unexpected deaths of well loved celebrities, which went a long way in influencing the Most Searched Terms of January 2014, but the most impact on our searches this year have been political. Here is the list Muna Obiekwe Charlie Hebdo Buhari Certificate…

The Indian update for the Galaxy S4 comes is the second update – the first update was to Russia. If you are in an English speaking country, the Indian version is what you will want to get.

The Peoples Democratic Party is allegedly sharing branded mobile phones to potential voters in order to win them over. The packaging for the phone shows the photo of the Presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan and his vice, Arc. Namadi Sambo. The phone is a dual-SIM feature phone with PDP printed in…

Samsung has been constantly criticized for what critics call its ‘çheap plastic casing’ prompting it to shift to metallic casings in the Galaxy Alpha last year. It seems the switch will be permanent as leaked pictures show the S6, the next installment in the flagship S series, with a metallic case…

Facebook is making it very easy for members in a group to be able to sell items. Members of a group can add items for sale, include the price and pick up address or have interested members designate a delivery location.

It seems that Windows 10 for phones might not feature a lot of UI changes but mainly UX (user experience). Leaked screenshots of a Chinese version of the OS shows basically the same appearance with minor improvements.

The website of the Nigerian Defence was just the latest victims of a vicious hacking attack. The website got hacked this morning whereafter a muslim radical by twitter name @sadiq123 claimed responsibility

Google just launched a portal for the February 2015 elections. The portal compiles everything concerning the elections and displays them in a centralized location.