By Chiazo Ogbolu The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) on Thursday said it would partner with Social Media Week (SMW) to present master classes on Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Fund raising. The Communications Officer of W.TEC, Mr Adeyemi Odutola, in a statement in Lagos said the master classes would educate the public on all they needed to know […]
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Oliver Potgieter Cyber-crime doesn’t target small businesses (SMBs) and it’s committed by teenage nerds as a joke. These are two biggest misconceptions about cyber-crime and it could have huge financial repercussions and a negative impact on a company’s future. This is according to Alto Africa CIO, Oliver Potgieter. Small businesses continue to be a top […]
The scandal surrounding Facebook’s handling of data took another turn, with disclosures that the social giant routinely harvests information including call logs and text messages of users. Some users announced their discover that Facebook had been storing complete logs of incoming and outgoing calls and text messages. Others reported that data such as contacts in […]
The term ‘refurbished’ often has a negative connotation but one needs to discover the benefits of refurbished products before making a final decision. To make a smart buying decision one needs to understand what refurbished products really are, where they come from, how to buy them, and why refurbished is sometimes the best choice. […]
John Mc Loughlin Online fraud is growing at an alarming rate, unsuspecting consumers are being targeted with invoice fraud, fake adverts and refund scams – just to mention a few. This is according to security specialist and J2 Software CEO, John Mc Loughlin. The inaugural digital banking crime statistics by the South African Banking Risk Information […]
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Facebook to pay 110m euro fine for deceit
Zuckerberg with kid coders in Lagos European Union (EU) antitrust regulators on Thursday said they would fine Facebook 110 million euros (122.4 million dollars) for providing misleading information over its purchase of messaging service WhatsApp in 2014. Calling it a “proportionate and deterrent fine,” the European Commission, which acts as the EU’s competition watchdog, said […]
The three-person crew of China’s Shenzhou 10 mission returned to Earth on June 26, 2013 The spacecraft Shenzhou-11, which is carrying taikonauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, separated from the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab on Thursday. The separation marks the beginning of the journey home for the two men, after having lived and worked in […]
Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), Nigeria’s leading social innovation centre through its EdTech practice (re:learn) partners with 7 European and African countries to improve students’ participation in STEM subjects across Africa. GO-GA (Go-Lab Goes Africa) is a European Commission funded collaborative project under the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Funding Scheme. GO-GA’s overall purpose is to accelerate the […]
By Michael Adesanya/Abeokuta Experts in the Nigerian technology sector have tasked the Federal government to invest more in Information Communication Technology innovations and advancements. The experts, who spoke on Thursday at the first edition of Tech Summit in Abeokuta, lamented that the country has only been consuming other countries’ technology and failed to participate in […]
An Apple logo is seen in the window of an authorised apple reseller store in Galway, Ireland Apple has been whittling down its collection of Iranian apps over the last few weeks, removing those that offer food delivery, shopping and ride-hailing services, among others from its App Stores, the New York Times has reported. Due to US […]