Author: ITPulse

With schools starting next week, there is so much to do. From re-establishing routines, stocking up on school supplies, and setting aside time for studying, there’s so much more to think about as your child heads into the new school year. As students, parents, and teachers prepare for the year ahead, here are a few ways you can use Google Maps and Google Assistant to make the transition as painless as possible. Ace the school commute with Google Maps: Google Maps helps you navigate anywhere, fast: search for places, get alternative routes, real time information about traffic jams and delays,…

4G LTE broadband service provider, VDT Communications Limited has opened its flagship customer experience center, which will give customers hands-on experience of 4G Lte Advanced products and services. Located along Awolowo Road in Ikoyi, Lagos, VDT said it is using the service center to deepen its market penetration of 4G LTE broadband services and ultimately, improve customer service in Nigeria. Inside the experience center, you will see the customer service desk, customer waiting area, experience console, technical help desk, with a 24/7 call centre attached. Addressing guests at the formal opening of the center, the Managing Director/CEO, VDT Communications, Mr.…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its strategic role as a regulator and key stakeholder within the Nigerian economy, seeks to deepen its Digital Transformation culture in response to the ever changing market conditions. The financial services industry has witnessed several evolutions within the last two decades and will be subject to many more changes in the next few years. The CBN has recognized the need to adapt an internal culture and operations to meet present-day reality. This and more were the focus of the just concluded Digital Transformation Session that took place on 28th August 2019 at the…

The Director, New Media and Information Security at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Haru Alhassan has been named the Chairman of a committee set up by the Commission’s for the implementation of the report of the panel of experts on the design of appropriate curriculum/blueprint for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research programmes in Nigeria. Inaugurating the committee today at the Commission’s corporate headquarter, the Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, noted that the inauguration of the committee was sequel to resolutions by the Board of the Commission at its meeting on Thursday, June 13, 2019, directing the NCC…

Chinese technology giant, Huawei has claimed to have sealed 50 5G commercial contracts across the world, shipping 200,000 5G modules. Huawei Director of the Board and President of the Institute of Strategic Research, William Xu stated this at Asia-Pacific Innovation Day, where it noted that Huawei loves to host its own commercial events, at which it can control the message and invite partners to come on stage and talk about how great it is to work with Huawei. Though, he did not specify these 50 deals, William Xu believes that 5G is arriving at the right time, more specifically, as…

A new report by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company has revealed that, while China is either on a par with or ahead of the West in key technology areas, it is also lagging behind in the semiconductor space. The report noted that China leads in data-heavy, domain-specific artificial intelligence (AI) and genomics. But is most likely ten years away from being self-sufficient at mass-producing complex chips. The report titled ‘China tech – Thematic Research’, demonstrates how the escalating, but highly volatile trade and ideological war between China and the US will result in two increasingly autonomous global superpowers…

Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) is strengthening its relationship with Galaxy Backbone in a bid to evaluate the modern technology available at Galaxy backbone, so as to determine its capability to handle his vision for TETFUND going forward. TheExecutive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Suleiman Elias Bogoro stated this during a courtesy visit to Galaxy Backbone’s Corporate Headquarters in Abuja. Specifically, Prof. Bogoro said the strengthening of the relationship is in the area of research and technology that can be deployed to rejig the educational sector, so that researchers and professionals in the academic field in Nigeria, can document their research…

The World Health Organisation (WH0), has again clarify that there is no existing evidence to show that exposure to mobile phone radiation can cause cancer or pose any health risk. This position is against the insinuation in some quarters that radiation from the mobile phone and telecom mast can lead to several health hazards. WHO Public Health and Environment Specialist, Edwin Edeh, who made the clarification last week during the First Digital African Week conference in Abuja, also noted that the position is evidence from scientific research into the effects of mobile phone radiation. “Radiation and radio frequencies from mobile…

More and more governments around the world are discussing encryption backdoors to help them fight various criminal activities. However, the data breaches, hacks, and cyberattacks, which we hear about every day, affect not just private companies. Governmental institutions suffer from them too. Due to various software system flaws, millions of unsuspecting citizens have been affected only this year. Daniel Markuson, the digital privacy expert at NordVPN, says that some governmental institutions believe they are too small and insignificant for hackers to attack them. However, recent events in Baltimore, Florida, and Texas defy this belief. In May, Baltimore struggled with a…

What is data science? How often do you think you’re touched by data science in some form or another? Finding your way to this article likely involved a whole bunch of data science (whooaa). To simplify things a bit, I’ll explain what data science means to me. “Data Science is the art of applying scientific methods of analysis to any kind of data so that we can unlock important information.” That’s a mouthful. If we unpack that, all data science really means is to answer questions by using math and science to go through data that’s too much for our…