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Google on Thursday announced it would launch a network of free Wi-Fi hotspots in 200 locations and five cities across Nigeria by the end of 2019. The development comes as part of efforts to increase its presence in Africa's most populous nation in places like markets, transport hubs, shopping malls, universities and more. According to…
July 27, 2018
Facebook Inc’s shares lost as much as a quarter of their value on Wednesday after executives said that profit margins would plummet for several years due to the costs of improving privacy safeguards and slowing usage in the biggest advertising markets. The second-quarter results were the first sign that a new European privacy law and…
July 26, 2018
By 'Dotun Akintomide Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has explained how his office spent N64 million to relaunch the federal government website -- www.osgf.gov.ng. Reacting to a question on the amount spent on the website Monday, Mustapha estimated the upgrading cost to include procurement of laptops, training of officials and consultancy…
May 22, 2018
Worry Over Looming Population Crisis In State By 'Dotun Akintomide For Lagos to live up to its billings as a 21 century smart city with an unimpeded ease of life, architectural professionals must adopt pluralism of styles to continue to regenerate daily, the city's infrastructures, landscape and historical identities in tune with the reality of…
May 14, 2018
Europe Shakes Ahead Of Decision 'Dotun Akintomide With Agency Report Global oil prices took a deep after hitting a record high in 3 and half years on Tuesday as investors painstakingly await the announcement by President Donald Trump on whether the United States will re-impose sanctions on Iran. Trump said on Monday that a decision on…
May 8, 2018
Cambridge Analytica, the British marketing analytics firm, announced Wednesday that it was closing and would file for insolvency in Britain and the United States after failing to recover from the Facebook data scandal. The decision follows weeks of intense pressure on the company, hired by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, after allegations emerged it may have…
May 3, 2018
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday the world’s largest social network will soon include a new dating feature — while vowing to make privacy protection its top priority in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Zuckerberg unveiled the plans as he addressed Facebook’s annual developers conference in San Jose, California — emphasizing that the…
May 1, 2018
Facebook found and removed 1.9 million social-media posts by the Islamic State and al Qaeda terrorists during the first three months of 2018, using new anti-terror algorithms.“In Q1[first quarter] we took action on 1.9 million pieces of ISIS [Islamic State terror group, outlawed in Russia] and al-Qaeda content, about twice as much from the previous…
April 24, 2018
Under fire Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will apologise to US Congress this week for not “taking a broad enough view of our responsibility,” according to a prepared statement released Monday by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. According to the Daily Beast, Zuckerberg, who will testify before Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday, wrote that…
April 10, 2018
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Google on Thursday announced it would launch a network of free Wi-Fi hotspots in 200 locations and five cities across Nigeria by the end of 2019. The development comes as part of efforts to increase its presence in Africa's most populous nation in places like markets, transport hubs, shopping malls, universities and more. According to…
July 27, 2018
Facebook Inc’s shares lost as much as a quarter of their value on Wednesday after executives said that profit margins would plummet for several years due to the costs of improving privacy safeguards and slowing usage in the biggest advertising markets. The second-quarter results were the first sign that a new European privacy law and…
July 26, 2018
By 'Dotun Akintomide Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has explained how his office spent N64 million to relaunch the federal government website -- www.osgf.gov.ng. Reacting to a question on the amount spent on the website Monday, Mustapha estimated the upgrading cost to include procurement of laptops, training of officials and consultancy…
May 22, 2018
Worry Over Looming Population Crisis In State By 'Dotun Akintomide For Lagos to live up to its billings as a 21 century smart city with an unimpeded ease of life, architectural professionals must adopt pluralism of styles to continue to regenerate daily, the city's infrastructures, landscape and historical identities in tune with the reality of…
May 14, 2018
Europe Shakes Ahead Of Decision 'Dotun Akintomide With Agency Report Global oil prices took a deep after hitting a record high in 3 and half years on Tuesday as investors painstakingly await the announcement by President Donald Trump on whether the United States will re-impose sanctions on Iran. Trump said on Monday that a decision on…
May 8, 2018
Cambridge Analytica, the British marketing analytics firm, announced Wednesday that it was closing and would file for insolvency in Britain and the United States after failing to recover from the Facebook data scandal. The decision follows weeks of intense pressure on the company, hired by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, after allegations emerged it may have…
May 3, 2018
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday the world’s largest social network will soon include a new dating feature — while vowing to make privacy protection its top priority in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Zuckerberg unveiled the plans as he addressed Facebook’s annual developers conference in San Jose, California — emphasizing that the…
May 1, 2018
Facebook found and removed 1.9 million social-media posts by the Islamic State and al Qaeda terrorists during the first three months of 2018, using new anti-terror algorithms.“In Q1[first quarter] we took action on 1.9 million pieces of ISIS [Islamic State terror group, outlawed in Russia] and al-Qaeda content, about twice as much from the previous…
April 24, 2018
Under fire Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will apologise to US Congress this week for not “taking a broad enough view of our responsibility,” according to a prepared statement released Monday by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. According to the Daily Beast, Zuckerberg, who will testify before Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday, wrote that…
April 10, 2018
