Microsoft integrates with Apple TV, Apple Music, iCloud Photos

October 14, 2022

Microsoft integrates with Apple TV, Apple Music, iCloud Photos

  By Chisom Nwatu   …to enable iPhone users connect seamlessly on Windows 11 Global software giant Microsoft on Wednesday announced that dedicated Apple Music and Apple TV apps will be available on Windows devices come 2023.   The standalone Apple Music and Apple TV apps will provide a much–improved experience for Windows users who […]

Nigeria ditches plastic ID cards for digital copies

Aderemi OjekunleAugust 14, 2020

Nigeria has decided to move on from the registration and production of plastic identity cards to the more convenient digital ID Cards, according to Rauf Aregbesola, Nigeria’s minister of interior. Aregbesola said on Thursday after a brief meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Isa Pantami, minister of information and digital economy, and Aliyu A. Aziz, director-general […]

Nigerian startup, mDoc, makes Google’s startups accelerator on SDGs list

April 13, 2020

Nigerian startup, mDoc, makes Google’s startups accelerator on SDGs list

  Google announced Wednesday that Nigerian startup, mDoc, has been selected among 11 startups to participate in the fully digital inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to the tech giant, the 11 were selected based on their vision to address challenges outlined in the United Nation’s SDGs, including poverty, […]

Apple to close retail stores outside Greater China until March 27

March 14, 2020

Apple to close retail stores outside Greater China until March 27

Apple Inc said late on Friday it will close all its retail stores outside Greater China until March 27, to minimize risk of coronavirus transmission. “We will be closing all of our retail stores outside of Greater China until March 27,” Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote in a letter  posted on the company’s website. “In all […]

ITEX appoints Bashir Abiola-Are as new non-executive director

Afolabi OluwaseunSeptember 12, 2018

ITEX

ITEX Integrated Services Limited has announced that it has appointed Bashir Abiola-Are as a non-executive director. A statement issued by the company stated that Bashir has a wealth of experience in digital payment and financial inclusion having owned and operated MoneyMart in Maryland-USA. He was also the first Nigerian-born authorized Western Union agent in the […]

Facebook recruits former HP marketing lead as its new CMO

August 27, 2018

Since Facebook CMO Gary Briggs announced his plans to retire all the way back in January, the company has finally found a new marketing veteran to replace him. Antonio Lucio — the former CMO for Hewlett-Packard — will take over the role starting September 4, according to a Facebook post from the company’s chief product […]

Accenture Nigeria charge businesses to build pervasive cyber resilience

Justice OkamgbaAugust 16, 2018

Accenture Nigeria

Accenture Nigeria said on Thursday that businesses will need to expediently build a pervasive cyber resilience to wage war against cybercrime. In a note to business a.m., Niyi Yusuf, country managing director, said to be cyber resilient, companies need to infuse security into everything they do and every new thing they are preparing to do. […]

StarTimes to reduce subscription price by September 1

Afolabi OluwaseunAugust 13, 2018

StarTimes

StarTimes, a leading digital TV in Africa has announced the planned reduction in subscription fee for its classic bouquet. In a statement signed by Kunmi Balogun, the company’s public relations manager, the classic bouquet which is priced at N2,600 will be N1,900 as from September 1 and will come with the inclusion of channels like […]