When Facebook announced the launch of “Music Stories” on 11th of May 2015, it was borne out of the intention to enable better music discovery and sharing on its platform. At that time, it was limited …
Global smartphone sales on rise, but OEMs might need to establish in emerging markets
The smartphone sale figures for 2015 are in. According to Gartner, smartphone sales were on the rise in emerging markets in 2015. The climb was slow but there was definitely an increase in smartphone …
Want to gatecrash an Owambe? There(could be)’s an app for that
Introducing Owambe App, finding events in your locality using crowdsourced information. The app allows users to enter info about a party/event they are hosting or attending, broadcast on the platform …
The most popular apps on every Nigerian smartphone
What are the most popular apps in Nigeria? Apps that you would find on virtually every Nigerian smartphone. We did a quick manual scan of local app stores for the 3 major platforms and this is what we…
Twitter replaces fav button with heart-shaped like button
Twitter, yesterday decided to kill the star icon for “favourite” and replace it with the hearts icon for “like.” So now users will no longer be able to favourite a tweet anymor…
TL:DR; Tidbits from the Apple event
The internet is buzzing with the Apple event, which is Apple’s annual event where major Apple announcements are made, and it might be hard for you to keep up with everything going on, so I have …
Goodbye to Telco Sponsored Spams – Truemessenger is surely the Death of Spam SMS
A few weeks ago I reported on this new app that was previously exclusive to India from the company that brought us Truecaller called Truemessenger. Essentially it manages your SMS box in a smart way, …
Twitter lifts 140 character limit from DMs
Today, Twitter finally lifted the 140 character limit from its Direct Messages, what this means is that you can now type as much characters as you like in a single Direct Message before sending unlik…
Introducing Orbi, Nigeria’s very own voice-based social network
“Voice is more humane, more expressive, and more powerful when used right.” Facebook allows you share your thoughts in form of text or picture posts, Twitter in tweets, now Orbi wants those thou…
Google Just Brought The Star Wars Universe Even Closer
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 univer…
Whatsapp is Rolling Out The Calling Feature for iPhone
If you’re an iPhone user like myself, you might have felt a little cheated when Whatsapp rolled out its voice calling update on Android, and we were annoyingly left out. Well, I have great news, we wi…
WhatsApp Voice Call Feature Finally Rolls Out To Everyone, on Android
For a while now, the tech blogosphere has been abuzz with news of WhatsApp’s voice call feature finally arriving, albeit reserved only for a select few. Before now you needed to have an invite &…
Former Apple CEO, John Sculley, Launches Obi Ventures To Invest In African Startups
Former Apple CEO and former VP and president of Pepsi-Cola, John Sculley, yesterday announced the launch of a new Venture Capitalist firm, Obi Ventures to invest in early stage startups in Africa and …
The App And iTunes Stores Are Down For All iOS Users
If you have been trying to buy anything that isn’t hardware from Apple, you should know that the App, iTunes and iBook stores are down for all iOS users right now. Apple confirmed on its service…
Weird Find: SeeYoo, The App That Helps You Say “On My Way”
SeeYoo, a ‘pre-meeting app’, that is available for iOS and Android, lets you alert friends that you are OMW (on my way), chat with them during your journey, and share your exact whereabouts on a map. …
Android Is Stealing The Gaming Market From Apple Devices
There are over 1 billion smartphones and tablets used for gaming around the world; and Google’s android operating system continues to benefit the most from the growth. Android makes up nearly 75 perce…
Diamond Bank Adds Fingerprint Recognition Feature To Their Mobile App
One of the leading financial institutions in Nigeria, Diamond Bank incorporated the fingerprint recognition feature into the Diamond Mobile app. This was achieved using the new iOS Touch ID feature, a…
Apple Is Introducing Racially Diverse Emojis
The iOS god has heard our prayers and is reportedly introducing brand new emoji characters that are more racially diverse than the present selection. According to TechCrunch, the new emoji will roll o…