Author: Tony Niameh

The Bay Area Super Bowl Host Committee on Thursday announced it raised some $40 million to be put towards hosting the championship game in 2016. This fund raise was possible with the help of Tech giants like Apple and Google who call San Francisco their home. Apple, Google, Yahoo and Intel…

Arrangements have been concluded between Telecoms Giant, Globacom and the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) to drive mobile money penetration in Nigeria. Members of the association through this new partnership will be afforded the opportunity to serve as Mobile Money Agents across the country. The partnership was formalised through the…

Samsung  has unveiled its first consumer Tizen phone. This device comes with some decent specs like 4.8-inch 720p AMOLED display, 2.3GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory and 8MP rear shooter. This is Samsung’s own – brand operating system. The bad news is that the phone will only be…

For marketers, social media is a vast laboratory in which buyers offer detailed feedback about products, features, service delivery, and general sentiment about brand and company. However, for better or worse, on social media this feedback loop plays out in public. If buyers, prospects, and observers have positive sentiment, those views become…

South Korean pop star Psy and the video for his single ‘Gangnam Style’ is all time high by view rating on Youtube after it was uploaded 2 years ago with 2 billion views. On Friday, ‘Gangnam Style’ set the record as the first YouTube video to pass 2 billion views,…

The U.S. Embassy Abuja on Wednesday announced measures to streamline visa renewal for Nigerian citizens, with a view to making it more convenient for applicants. According to the embassy, in a  statement on its website,  applicants who had previously been issued a B1/B2 visa, who meet the stipulated criteria will…

About 84% of couples who have regular unprotected sex conceive within a year, but those who don’t are diagnosed as infertile. And a quarter of them, are given a diagnosis of unexplained infertility – doctors simply cannot find a reason for it. It seems surprising that a process that appears so…

Piaget just introduced the Piaget Altiplano 38mm 900P which is the thinnest mechanical watch in the world today. Piaget is the king of ultra-thin watches, holding more than a dozen records in various categories. This expertise goes all the way back to 1957 with the invention of the Calibre 9P,…

Pepsi has just launched a self-service soda machine capable of making more than 1,000 beverages. This was revealed at the National Restaurant Association show in Chicago. Strom of the NewYork Times reported that the new machine, Spire, was created to compete with Coca-Cola’s Freestyle machine. It has the appearance of a large…

Google just launched an Instagram account. This is great news as the photo app is just irresistible.  Millions of people use this app as a way of expressing themselves via selfies and photo shots. The company announced the account via Twitter, and its Instagram already enjoys nearly 5,000 followers.  So far…

The rule in the Android world states that for any Android phone to be used, you must have a Gmail account. Only with this account can you have access to the Google Play Store and enjoy Google services in general. Google has come up with so many useful services like…

If any brand should be crowned the marketing King in the world. Samsung should get that crown. Marketing is what has pushed their products out to the world without consumers being aware of the subconscious attachment they have subjected themselves to. With respect to the upcoming World cup event, there…

Samsung has proven to be life’s companion so far with their mind blowing gadgets. They just unveiled their new wireless media device. Not only does it boast a boatload of storage, but can connect wirelessly to all of your gadgets. It’s portable, lightweight and the perfect addition to any modern household.…

Connecting the unconnected in developing countries has been a major goal by the Tech Giants of our world today. Facebook just joined Microsoft in a West African White Space Broadband Project. The two companies have come together to provide wireless connectivity to students in Ghana, West Africa with Microsoft’s White Space…

Every smartphone choice has its compromises but most buyers will never compromise a good battery and thats why most tech reviews at the end mentions the maH capacity of the smart device. Batteries are also used for our electric cars today. BMW and Tesla have released some cars which use…

Nothing is as interesting as capturing live events and transmitting such on a media streaming platform like ireport and the likes. No information is lost and almost everyone is a journalist because its all about the breaking news. Citizen journalists can now interact with CNN’s newsroom directly from a Google…

You dont need that internet connection to reset your Twitter password. The tweeting Giant introduced yesterday new tweaks to its security options to easily reset your password and safeguard your account. Firstly Twitter users can now verify their mobile numbers with the social network and choose to use SMS when receiving…

With the discontinuation of the XP operating system by Microsoft, Security on ATMs is very paramount. Most banks all over the world are still running on Microsoft XP. April 8 was stated as the deadline for the ceasation of support of the Windows XP operating system by Microsoft which was offering its…

Alliances in the Tech world has been the order of the day as the latest news says that Amazon rolled out a new feature on Monday allowing Twitter users to select items for purchases on the online retail without leaving the messaging platform. The new feature called #AmazonCart allows people…

Some of us are sometimes saddled with the stress of knowing what is going on in our mobile phones while we do other things like meetings, writing reports, cooking, laundry e.t.c. Fortunately for those who just purchased the HTC one M8 and the intending buyers, the Motion launch is present…