Author: ITPulse

  There are strong indications that the real reason Google overhauled its Gmail is to lure business from Microsoft Corporation’s dominant Office workplace software suite Google had a few days ago unveiled its first Gmail redesign since 2013, capping what the company says was an expensive overhaul two years in the making to adopt security and offline functionality and better resemble Microsoft Outlook. With Gmail, Google said it restructured email storage databases, unified three dueling systems for syncing messages across devices and upgraded computers underpinning the service. That shift to Google’s self-developed Tensor processing chips enables smart-assistant features such as…

  By Martin Ekpeke The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has posited that national roaming and active infrastructure sharing in the Nigerian telecommunication industry must be encouraged, noting such initiatives have the capacity to boost telecom services. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta stated this today while delivering a welcome address at a stakeholders’ forum on national roaming and active infrastructure sharing at the Digital Bridge Institute, Lagos.  According to him, national roaming has the potential of promoting seamless communication of subscribers as they will be able to roam on the network of other service providers where their…

  By Martin Ekpeke The President of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Prof. Adesola Aderounmu, has frowned at the poor level at which Nigerian economy has leveraged technology as its driving force, claiming that 90 percent of technologies used in Nigeria are imported. Aderounmu stated this while giving the Keynote Address at the first International Conference on ICT for National Development and its Sustainability organized by the Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of  Ilorin, to mark its 10th anniversary. The Obafemi Awolowo University Professor lamented that, this is happening despite the huge knowledge infrastructure of 162 legally recognized universities,…

  When the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN, gave his steering speech at the 2016 e-Nigeria International Conference and Exhibition, emphasising the point that the President Buhari administration is set to reset Nigeria’s economic architecture by diversifying from oil dependency and leveraging on ICT as a critical contributor to the economy, some people felt it was the usual talk by political leaders, without any intention to bring the vision to fruition. But events have come to prove that real change is happening in the way government is engaging with Tech. In 2017, Mr…

  The Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), has announced plans for this year’s “Cyber Secure Nigeria Conference” scheduled to take place in Lagos, May 9-10, 2018 at the Four Points by Sheraton, Victoria Island, Lagos. According to a statement issued and signed by Remi Afon, President of CSEAN, this year’s conference with the theme “Mitigating Cyber Threats in the Digital Age” would provide a guideline for corporate and government agencies to mitigate the menace of cyber-attack, which has grown exponentially in Nigeria. The statement noted that in 2015, global cybercrime damages were about $3 trillion, but the damages…

  MainOne has been issued an operational license to expand national and international connectivity services to Cote D’Ivoire, as part of its West Africa expansion drive. The C1B license, which was issued to MainOne by Bruno Koné, Cote D’Ivoire’s Minister for Communication, Digital Economy and Postal Services, will enable MainOne land its submarine cable and build transmission infrastructure in Cote D’Ivoire, to strengthen connectivity, reduce international capacity costs and support wholesale customers, major operators and Internet Service Providers. Cote D’Ivoire authorities believe that the construction of a fourth cable authorized by the government will improve the international connectivity of the…

The Foreign Exchange challenges witnessed in Nigeria, especially since 2015, which caused many companies to shut down their operations, also created several opportunities for indigenous companies to find new ways to reinvent themselves and position for diversification and growth. CWG Plc is not left out of this, which was the submission of Mr. James Agada, the Chief Executive Officer of CWG Plc during a recent interactive session. According to him, though the foreign exchange challenges hit hard and resulted in the loss of about 50 percent of CWG’s earnings; it ultimately created opportunities for CWG Plc, which is the…

  The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), said it decided to commence a nationwide cybersecurity awareness workshop due to the tremendous increase in the number of incidences, where Nigerians have lost money and data through vulnerabilities arising from lack of knowledge on how to manage their online presence and personal details. NITDA had in a statement two days ago, disclosed it has kick-started this year’s nationwide cybersecurity awareness workshop, as part of the Agency’s continuous efforts aimed at equipping citizens with foundational knowledge as well as share best practices on staying safe in cyberspace. The statement, signed by the…

  Not just Apple, the news led to several global chipmakers losing market values, including Analogue Devices, Dialog Semiconductor, Qualcomm and Qorvo. Apple lost over $60 billion in market cap in two days after Taiwan Semiconductor, Apple’s biggest supplier, said in an earnings update that second-quarter revenues would be hit by “weak demand from the mobile sector”. Apple shares fell nearly seven per cent on Thursday and Friday after reports of a sharper slowdown in smartphone sales this year, the Financial Times reported late on Friday. Not just Apple, the news led to several global chipmakers losing market values, including…

  By Martin Ekpeke The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has insisted that the best and fastest way to deepen mobile money in Nigeria, is for Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to leverage the infrastructure of telecom operators spread across the country. Danbatta, while meeting with Editors and Media personalities in Lagos earlier this week, noted that, though, a consultation between the two regulators over the need for telcos to drive mobile money had not yielded positive results, he believes that the Mobile Network Operators are best suited to drive the CBN’s financial…