Today, I’m excited to announce that Techloy.com now has its own unique URL shortener, Teck.ly which has officially debuted on Twitter.
Techloy joins leading technology sites such as TechCrunch (tcrn.ch), Mashable (on.mash.to) and Engadget (engt.co) that have…
Last week, I wrote and ranted about how ISPs spend millions of Naira advertising a lousy internet speed connection in Nigeria, rather than focusing on improving on their network infrastructure and keeping loyal customers.
My post and tweets got the…
Today, GTBank officially announced via Twitter, the passing on of their MD/CEO, Mr. Tayo Aderinokun.
In honour of the former GTBank, the bank’s Twitter page spotted a black background and their twitter profile picture was changed to a candle-lit…
Last week, I introduced a new feature: a weekly round-up of the biggest technology stories both locally and globally. Check out last week’s biggest stories here.
So what happened this week? Which tech company made top headlines…
Perhaps the most memorable royal wedding to date is that between Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer who got married on the 29th of July, 1981 at St Paul’s Catheral before an invited audience of 3,500 and an estimated…
Twitter has launched local trends in 70 new locations around the world, including Nigeria. The feature which launched in a few countries back in January 2010 exposes what people are talking most about on a state…
#WhatAboutUs? – Nigeria’s First Ever Youth-Focused Presidential Debate To Stream Live on YouTube
Today, Nigeria’s first-ever youth -focused, youth-driven presidential debate spotlighting priority issues for young Nigerians will hold at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre, Abuja.
The ‘WhatAboutUs?’ debate would be a direct conversation with the Nigerian youth, inviting presidential candidates to…
Yarnable, the Nigerian Twitter-like service has been acquired by MobiQube for an undisclosed fee.
Update: We just received a confirmation email on the acquisition detail from Yarnable’s founder. It was acquired by Le Proghrammeen Solutions Ltd and Mobiqube Nigeria…
Adloopz is a new service launched today that allows you to post adverts and share them with your friends and followers on social media platforms.
The service, currently in beta version, was founded by five Nigerian tech entrepreneurs.
Adloopz…
Today, the news broke that Twitter has re-assigned the account @gtbank to GTBank Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading banks.
While it’s still uncertain, the account was likely registered by a squatter, but has posted little or no updates.
According…
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