Tech Talk

2017 is really gearing up to be the year of health tech both globally and locally. This is exciting news for health tech enthusiasts like me. Health and technology – information and communications technology aka the internet – to be…

After an explosive year 2016 that saw Samsung recall almost all of the Galaxy S7 while still managing to pull of huge profits, Samsung has released the Galaxy S8. Samsung has been known to make really great smartphones but last year raised…

Android has managed to conquer most of its woes and has become an operating system to reckon with on mobile devices and is looking to spread that dominance to laptops and desktops – we watch with bated breath. From very humble beginnings as…

In yet another attempt at a comeback, Nokia plans to relaunch the classic 3310 that won out hearts about a decade and half ago. The company has failed at several attempts to make a comeback over the years after falling behind rivals since…

The future is upon us and robots are taking over, both on the internet and in real life – offices, factories etc. Robots have come to stay and they will be taking your job anytime soon – after all they are more efficient than you are and…

"Nigerian Telcos are greedy!" That’s what someone said. He had facts to back up his claim. He even pulled up a chart that showed we pay one of the highest rates for internet connectivity. “Yet these Telcos complain that we make internet…

“If the service is free, then you are the product”, if WhatsApp users understood this maxim they would quit splitting hairs over WhatsApp’s latest update that gives it a snapchat/Instagram-esque look. Truly it makes you question what the…

Chatbots have been a really hot trend over the past few months. Websites, messaging platforms and mobile apps have used them in various interesting ways to serve users and the uptake gets even higher. Facebook is working on launching a bot…

As more and more of us get online and move more and more of our daily lives and interaction online it has become imperative that we practice safety and security online just as we would off line. It is to this end that a day was set aside to…

In yet another fine move the Lagos state government initiated CODE LAGOS last year. And they are very serious about it. So far facilitators are being prepared for the programme which is supposed to kick off this year. Code Lagos is an…