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Facebook set to monetize WhatsApp
Facebook Inc is gearing up to make money from WhatsApp, the messaging service used by more than a billion people every day, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. WhatsApp will be testing new features to make it easier for people to communicate with businesses they want to reach on…
Read More »RenMoney partners Smile Communications to launch financing initiative
Money solutions company, RenMoney is partnering with Smile Communications Nigeria, a mobile broadband telecommunications service provider to launch a flexible financing initiative. According to the companies in a statement on Sunday, this initiative, offers everyone the opportunity to own a Smile 4GLTE device that includes a data plan, especially for…
Read More »Huawei takes on Apple, Samsung with new flagship phone
Huawei [HWT.UL] aims to use artificial intelligence-powered features such as instant image recognition to take on rivals Samsung and Apple when it launches its new flagship phone next month, a top executive said on Saturday. Richard Wu, chief executive of Huawei’s consumer business, on Saturday revealed a powerful new mobile…
Read More »Dead woman gets pension for almost 20 years
A dead woman’s bank account received a pension deposit for almost 20 years because city officials didn’t learn of her passing until June 2016. USAtoday reported that, the woman, who was not identified in a July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016, audit received spousal benefits starting in June 1974. She died…
Read More »We are committed to improving the lives of our people- EEDC
Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, has said that it is committed to improving the lives of the people it serves. The electricity company said that one way it does that is in the area of job employment. EEDC said that within the South East it is the only private establishment…
Read More »Mercedes-Benz enhances voice control of the new E-class
Mobility has once again been refined with the introduction of vehicular control using voice commands. Mercedes-Benz has further enhanced the performance of the LINGUATRONIC voice control system for navigation use and entertainment. This is one of the many efforts aimed at perfecting mobility in the autonomous future. The new E-class…
Read More »Audi targets 10 billion euros in cost cuts to fund electric-car push
Audi (NSUG.DE) aims to cut costs by 10 billion euros ($12 billion) by 2022 to help fund a shift to electric cars as it seeks to move on after the emissions scandal, sources close to the carmaker said. Audi, Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE) main profit driver, plans to bring five new all-electric…
Read More »Tech group sides with Apple in Qualcomm’s iPhone ban dispute
A group representing major technology companies has aligned itself against Qualcomm Inc in its legal dispute with Apple Inc by calling on regulators to reject Qualcomm’s bid to ban the import of iPhones. A lobbying group that represents Alphabet Inc’s Google, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp and Facebook Inc filed comments…
Read More »9mobile has come to stay- Olusanya
The Chief Executive Officer of the newly rebranded 9mibile, Boye Olusanya stated that the rebranded telecommunication company is not a transitional brand identity as speculated in some quarters. Olusanya, said at the media briefing to unveil 9mobile that: “Contrary to some opinion that this new identity is a transitional one,…
Read More »Attack on EEDC staff stalls power reconnection to Eha-Amu, Ikem, Orba
The delay in reconnecting power supply to Eha-Amufu, Ikem, Obolo-Afo, Orba and Enugu Ezika has been attributed to the insecurity and attack on staff of Enugu Electrical Distribution Company (EEDC). The electricity company said in a statement that a fault in Eha-Amufu had left the communities in black-out which was…
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