The European Union on Monday began an investigation into Apple, Alphabet and Meta in its first probe under the sweeping new Digital Markets Act tech legislation. “Today, the Commission has opened non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) into Alphabet’s rules on steering in Google Play and self-referencing on Google Search, Apple’s rules on […]
Read MoreMeta will introduce in June 2024 a feature on its Instagram app that will allow Nigerian creators to monetize their content to enable them to earn a living using the app. Sir Nick Clegg, former UK Deputy Prime Minister and Meta’s President of Global Affairs, broke the news when he led a delegation from Meta […]
Read MoreThe US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill on Wednesday that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner or get banned from the United States. The lawmakers voted 352 in favour of the proposed law and 65 against, in a rare moment of bipartisan unity in politically divided Washington. The legislation threatens […]
Read MoreIs SMS a dying service? With messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram becoming increasingly popular, SMS (or short message service) was predicted to be on the decline, but the opposite is true. A 2023 study found that businesses that text are 217% more successful, which is why Stefan van Jaarsveld, Cellfind’s product manager for messaging, believes SMS […]
Read MoreWith over 2.4 billion monthly active users and over half a billion people who use it daily, Instagram remains one of the largest social media platforms out there. And while Facebook and YouTube might still have higher user numbers, Instagram is far more popular than the two social media giants. According to data presented by OnlyAccounts.io, […]
Read MoreLast year, Internet users spent over 23 hours per month watching YouTube, nearly as much as TikTok, the absolute winner in this category. A huge chunk of this time was spent watching some of the most popular YouTube channels, which count hundreds of millions of subscribers and hundreds of billions of views. According to data […]
Read MoreFounder of social media platform, Facebook, Mr Mark Zuckerberg, has found a new passion that no one saw coming. The serial entrepreneur today posted on Facebook his latest passion, said he has started raising cattle at Ko’olau Ranch on Kauai, and that his goal is to create some of the highest quality beef in the […]
Read MoreThe Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) has issued a warning to members of the public regarding a number of fake social media accounts which impersonate the minister of small business development, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. The warning comes as a response to the discovery of over 25 fake accounts on social media platform Facebook that use […]
Read MoreThe influencer advertising industry is set to have another fantastic year after growing its revenue by 17% to over $30bn in 2023. While some consumers have started losing trust in influencers, the 2024 market projections prove a different story. According to data presented by OnlyAccounts.io, with brands and companies pouring billions into this type of advertising, […]
Read MoreDespite the growing use of over-the-top (OTT) platforms across Nigeria’s tech space, most citizens still prefer the use of the traditional text messages platform to communicate, according to the 2022 Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report released by the Policy Competition and Economic Analysis Department of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The report, which was sighted by […]
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