Google shuts down service of some Android phone data for wireless carriers globally
Alphabet Inc’s Google has shut down a service it provided to wireless carriers globally that showed them weak spots in their network coverage, people familiar with the matter told Reuters,…
Facebook paid contractors to transcribe users’ audio clips- Bloomberg
Facebook Inc has been paying outside contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its services, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company confirmed that…
Digital infrastructure: MainOne to deploy additional 2500km of fibre across Lagos
MainOne’s CEO, Funke Opeke says the company is currently working in Lagos State to enable digital transformation through the deployment of 2500km of fibre across the State, adding to…
Connecting Africa, Europe: Google announces new sub-sea cable ‘Equiano’
Alphabet Inc’s Google on Friday announced a new subsea cable dubbed “Equiano” that will connect Africa with Europe, as it boosts its cloud computing infrastructure. Equiano, fully funded by Google,…
Hit by crippling U.S. sanctions, Huawei shipments could fall by up to a quarter this year- Analysts
China’s Huawei, hit by crippling U.S. sanctions, could see shipments decline by as much as a quarter this year and faces the possibility that its smartphones will disappear from international…
Leo Stan Ekeh: Only disruptive entrepreneurs can save Nigerian economy
Africa’s foremost serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, has declared that the only way the Nigerian economy can realize the desired impetus to survive is for…
Google suspends some business with Huawei – source
Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except those publicly available via open source licensing, a source familiar with…
Italy launches antitrust probe against Google over abuse of dominant market position
Google is facing more antitrust issues in Europe after it was revealed that the Italian competition watchdog has opened an investigation. It is probing Google’s alleged abuse of a dominant…
Fact Checking: Google equips 190 journalists with reporting skills in Lagos
Fact-checking can’t do much when people’s “dueling facts” are driven by values instead of knowledge, according to NeimanLab While fact checking has become essential in this era of misinformation, disinformation…
Google Raises Price of YouTube TV By 25%, Adds Discovery, Animal Planet Channels
Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday raised the monthly membership price of its YouTube TV online service by 25 per cent to 49.99 dollars, while adding channels such as Discovery, Animal…