Social Media

Report of Social Media Activities Monitoring By Nigerian Govt is False, Says Minister’s Aide

Report circulating in the social media that the Nigerian Government beginning from tomorrow, February 20 will started monitoring activities of Nigerian on the social media is fake news. The report, which had the name of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami on it suggested that government is also monitoring the […]

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Social Media

Global WhatsApp Users Reach Two Billion

Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp now has over two billion users. In a blog post, WhatsApp says: “We are excited to share that, as of today, WhatsApp supports more than two billion users around the world. “Private conversations that once were only possible face-to-face can now take place across great distances through instant chats and video […]

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Social Media

WhatApp to Crash Operators’ Voice Revenue Deeper by 2024

The research forecasts that operators’ revenue from voice services will fall from $380 billion in 2019 to $210 billion in 2024; owing to increasing usage of OTT (Over-the-Top) apps, including WhatsApp and Viber. A new study from Juniper Research found that the global number of VoLTE (Voice over LTE) users will also approach 5 billion […]

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Social Media

WhatsApp Tightens Security for Group Chat with New Features

WhatsApp on Wednesday said that it has started rolling out the updated group privacy settings globally. The new development, which essentially provides you with additional control for who among your contacts can add you to a group, was initially spotted for beta users. The Facebook-owned company also late last month brought an update to the […]

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Internet

Mark Zuckerberg Risks 20 Years Jail Term Under Proposed Privacy Law

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg would be in jail now under the terms of a proposed new privacy law which would hold company execs personally responsible for their company’s failings. Under the proposed Mind Your Business Act, senior company executives could go to prison for anything up to 20 years… CNET reports that the bill has […]

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Financial

WhatsApp Mobile Payment Coming Soon, Ready for Launch in Indonesia

Facebook Inc’s messaging service WhatsApp is in talks with multiple Indonesian digital payment firms to offer their mobile transaction services, in a bid to tap the nation’s fast growing e-commerce sector, people familiar with the matter said. Indonesia could become the second country worldwide where WhatsApp introduces such services, as it awaits regulatory approval from […]

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Social Media

Seedspace Hub, Lagos Kicks-off 2nd Seedstars

Seedstars has partnered GrowthLab, formerly known as Starta, to launch a second Lagos-based Seedspace hub to provide a space for startups and corporates to collaborate and grow together. The Switzerland-based Seedstars, which has already kicked off its tour to source African startups for its emerging markets startups competition and also recently launched a US$100 million […]

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Social Media

Apple to Restrict Facebook’s Messaging Apps Feature

Apple Inc is making a change to its mobile operating system that will restrict a feature that apps like Facebook Inc’s Messenger and WhatsApp use to make voice calls over the internet, The Information reported on Tuesday. The calling feature in the apps runs in the background even when not in use, which means the […]

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Telecoms

ATCON, NCC Stakeholders Forum Exposes more OTT Biz Opportunities for Nigeria’s Telecoms Operators

The Telecoms Executive and Regulator Forum (TEFR) organised by the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria, ATCON has opened up more business opportunities from OTT platform to telecoms operators in Nigeria. Before now the OTTs have come under attack by the operators over lost of revenue from voice call and text messages as more […]

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Social Media

Facebook Ordered by U.S. to Surrender Data Privacy Records

Facebook Inc has been ordered by a U. S. to give shareholders emails and other records concerning how the social media company handles data privacy, after data for 87 million users was accessed by the British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. In a 57-page decision on Thursday, which followed a one-day trial in March, Vice […]

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