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You guys already know my Friday morning ritual of scouring the web for the best movies showing closest to me. Well, today was a very special day, because I didn’t only find the best movie of the week, but most likely the best of the entire year. Mad Max: Fury Road currently has the best…
Nintendo aims to take the mobile gaming world by storm by rolling out Mario, Luigi and Link on your smartphones come 2017. Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata said the company would aim to have five games out by the end of March, the following year. He also pointed out that the games would not be mobile…
I had been anticipating Avengers: Age of Ultron pretty much since the first Avengers movies came out, and needless to say, I wasn’t even remotely disappointed. I mean, I was so excited I decided to do a little research on movies featuring (and made with) cutting edge tech that should have our attention in the…
Look, hiring by social media is upon us. First, It was Mark Essien’s genius quizzes; next we had Sim Shagaya asking people to go bug searching through the Konga iOS and Android app, and now we have Jason Njoku of IrokoTV announcing that IrokoTV is hiring and he would give N1 million to the highest…
The last Star Wars movie was released about 10 whole years ago, and with the reboot so close it might be a little difficult for fans of the franchise to fully remember details of that very vast universe. Well, Google just made it a whole lot easier to brush up on your Star Wars knowledge.…
I’m one of Jeremy Renner’s biggest fans, he is a very talented and often underrated actor (seriously, you should check the dude out in Hurt Locker and The Town), so I was pleasantly surprised to find out he also has quite the singing voice too. He treated fans to a piano-led tribute song to Hawkeye, his…
Was anyone here really surprised that Nigeria was Tidal’s first stop on its journey to being identified as a “global company”? Well, I certainly wasn’t. Anyone who has been paying any attention on social media knows that Nigerian publicity is good publicity. So since Jay Z claims he sent a representative to “discover new talent,” I’d totally hate…
Call of Duty fans, a great day is upon us, Activision just released the trailer for 2015’s new – and hopefully, the best – entry in the series, from developer Treyarch. The trailer is stacked with never before seen looks at the game’s vision of future warfare. The tone was hinted at last week when…
Shawn Carter [Jay Z] took to twitter last night – a move he only seems to make when he needs something from fans — to defend Tidal, and urge fans and critics alike to give the streaming service “a chance to grow and get better.” We are here for the long haul. Please give us…
As a seasoned cinephile, I woke up to my Friday morning ritual of checking the movies that are showing in the nearest Cinema (I do this before my morning prayers). I almost had a panic attack when I saw Avengers: Age of Ultron sitting pretty at the top of the list, I honestly thought Christmas…
Rapper, Jay Z might have found his 100th problem now, since his High Fidelity music streaming service, Tidal has not started the music streaming revolution that its A-lister panel had hoped, with early numbers for Jay Z’s app suggesting it’s flopping. Because as it turns out, people are not really willing to pay $20 a…
Nigeria’s online entertainment magazine, Nigerian Entertainment Today (NET) has launched ORIN, a music streaming service designed to allow users access exclusive Nigerian and African music content faster and help artists and labels reach new audiences. ORIN merges the best features of established streaming service providers with social functionality and data gathering and analytics functions. Boasting…
A few days ago, in this very brutal match that my club, Manchester City had against Manchester United; the very unfavourable scoreline at the end of the match read 4 – 2, in Manchester United’s favor. Very painful. But even worse was the general consensus on Twitter: You cannot even troll Manchester City, because they…
I wrote an article a while ago about tech shows you guys should immediately start watching, and if you took my advice —and I’m hoping you did— I’m glad to announce that one of my favourites on that list is back for its second season and it’s even funnier and more intelligent than its freshman…
Why is Twitter trying to kill me? I wasn’t anywhere near done with geeking out over the new teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens before Twitter now had to go and drop exclusive Star Wars emojis. I mean, it really is a great year to be a geek. The Social network decided to…
Zack Snyder, Director of the hugely anticipated Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, tweeted a teaser version of the film’s full trailer and promised a Monday release. I guess someone else felt the fanboys shouldn’tbe kept waiting any longer and leaked a camcorder rip of the trailer early. The trailer was pretty impressive, but seemed to…
In 2013, a FastCompany feature piece on Jason Njoku of IROKOtv said, “Iroko’s Jason Njoku Is Creating The Next Netflix In Nigeria“. Maybe that’s what got Netflix’s attention, maybe not. But that piece has certainly proved correct today. According to IROKOtv CEO, Jason Njoku, IROKOtv has signed a deal with Netflix to support their launch…
We are only a few days away from the premiere of “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” scheduled for April 22 in the UK and Australia; and May 1 in the US – rumors are that Nigerian viewers fall under the UK/Australia audience [let it be so, Lord!]. As appropriate, to increase the already overwhelming anticipation, Marvel…
It’s not a common occurrence to find a franchise as successful as Fast & Furious, which has now gone on to set box office records with its 6th film, with the world waiting for the 7th. But what can entrepreneurs take away from this, aside the desire to drive fast cars and date pretty girls?…
It’s not a common occurrence to find a franchise as successful as Fast & Furious, which has now gone on to set box office records with its 6th film, with the world waiting for the 7th. But what can entrepreneurs take away from this, aside the desire to drive fast cars and date pretty girls?…