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Working from home: 6 tips for better video calls
Thanks to the stay at home order, Nigerians across the country have had to rapidly transition to working from home. This can be a daunting task if you’re not familiar with tools like…
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Facebook Introduces Feature That Allows People Raise Money From Live Videos
Facebook has introduced a new feature which allows people to be charged before joining a live video.
The tech giant announced that it is bringing back its 'Live Chat With' feature…
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Grow your skills with the Google Africa Developer Scholarships
We are pleased to announce the third round of Google Africa Developer Scholarships, as part of our commitment to create skills and economic opportunities for Africa. This builds on…
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GNI launches global Journalism Emergency Relief Fund for local news publishers
The Google News Initiative has launched a Journalism Emergency Relief Fund to deliver urgent aid to thousands of small, medium and local news publishers globally.
The funding is…
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COVID-19: Scientists In Malaysia Build Robot To Treat Patients
Malaysian scientists have have made a robot to attend to coronavirus patients.
The barrel-shaped robot on wheels is called a Medibot, and it will make the rounds in hospital wards to…
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US Moves To Block China Telecom From American Market
The United States has finalised its steps to halt Beijing-controlled China Telecom from serving the US market because of legal and security risks.
This was announced by US Justice…
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Facebook Launches COVID-19 Information Centre In Nigeria, 16 Other Countries
Facebook says it has launched a COVID-19 information centre in Nigeria and 16 other sub-sahara African countries.
Kojo Boakye, Facebook’s Head of Public Policy, Africa, who made the…
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NCC To Present Report On 5G Safety To FG
The Nigerian Communication Commission says a report on the safety of the Fifth Generation (5G) Network technology would be presented to the Federal Government.
The internet has…
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WhatsApp Imposes New Limit On Forwarding Messages
WhatsApp has tightened its limit on message forwarding in a bid to reduce the spread of false information about the COVID-19.
The new policy limits users to forwarding certain…
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Google Community Mobility Report Reveals Response To Lockdown In Nigeria
Data from Google’s newly-released COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports shows that traffic to transit, retail and recreation locations in Nigeria has reduced in the wake of the…
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COVID-19: Health Messages To Be Featured In Video Games In The UK
The UK government is collaborating with video game companies to include health messages as the world continues to battle the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Messages like…
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Nigeria Has Not Issued License For 5G – Isa Pantami
Minister for Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, says Nigeria has not issued any license for 5G in the country.
The Minister’s comment comes amid rumors circulating…
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Google Announces $6.5M Funding To Help Fight Coronavirus Misinformation
In an effort to help address the challenge of the ongoing spread of misinformation related to the coronavirus pandemic, Google is providing $6.5 million in funding to fact-checkers and…
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LASU Develops Mobile App That Can Perform COVID-19 Self-Test
The Department of Computer Science, Lagos State University (LASU) has developed a mobile app named ‘LASU COVID-19 Test’ that will enable individuals do a self-test for COVID-19.
The…
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US Lab Unveils Portable COVID-19 Test That Gives Results In 5 Minutes
US-based laboratory, Abbot Laboratories, has unveiled a portable test that can tell if a person is infected with Coronavirus within 5 minutes.
The company said: "The U.S. Food…
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Google Doodle Honours Hand-washing ‘Hero’ Ignez Semmelweis
Google Doodle honours 19th-century doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, the first person to prove that handwashing saves lives.
Google explained that the doodle follows the official…
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Netflix, YouTube Lower Video Quality To Reduce Network Congestion
Netflix and Youtube agreed to reduce the video quality on its service in Europe for 30 days so as to reduce the load on internet service providers.
This was done to avoid…
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WhatsApp Under Scrutiny As It Is Now Being Used To Spread Fake Coronavirus News
While world governments and medical officials are battling to save the world from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, social media platform Facebook has a new issue on its hands in the…
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Listicle: Emoji search on the YouTube Music app
YouTube Music has just launched in Nigeria, and we just know you’re going to love this hack, which will not only save you some time but give you a bit of a laugh too.
Did you know…
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Google’s Coronavirus Site Launches Amid Trump Confusion
A coronavirus testing project by Google has been thrown into confusion over comments made by US President Donald Trump.
He said the company was developing a website for all Americans…
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