IT/Telecom

Virtual reality, augmented reality and geolocation (through beacons), stand as the main players in the tourist sector. They contribute to improving services, improving the customer experience and enhancing personalised and proximity marketing. In the pre-travel stage, travel agencies offer virtual reality glasses to view thousands of images and videos of…

Nigeria and other parts of Africa experienced a drop in data breaches by 0.02 per cent in 2018 as the world recorded 4.4 billion infractions. The Asian continent ranked top ahead of other regions. In the report titled: “World’s Biggest Data Breaches and Hacks”, 4,433,164,446 data records were globally compromised…

Brand owners have been advised to emb a data-driven approach into every facet of their marketing efforts. Terragon, Africa’s marketing technology leader, gave the advise in its 2018 Digital Trends Report for Nigeria. The report highlights the importance of personalization, artificial intelligence, online video, digital solutions and digital partnerships as key…

Shares of Facebook Inc touched a record high on Thursday on the back of overwhelmingly positive quarterly results, adding more than $27 billion to its market value. The world’s biggest online social network posted a 71 percent surge in second-quarter profit and a 50 percent jump in mobile ad sales,…

Samsung Electronics plans to triple the market share of its contract chip manufacturing business within the next five years by aggressively adding clients, a senior company executive said, as it targets new growth drivers for the chips business. The estimated 5.3 trillion won ($4.76 billion) business at Samsung was split…

A computer virus wreaked havoc on firms around the globe on Wednesday as it spread to more than 60 countries, disrupting ports from Mumbai to Los Angeles and halting work at a chocolate factory in Australia. Risk-modeling firm Cyence said economic losses from this week’s attack and one last month…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that its priority in ICT development in the country, among others is to ensure that users of ICTs in Nigeria are enjoying services available in the network. This, according to the commission is the rationale behind numerous checks it has put in place…

Search company, Google has been slammed with a whooping 2.42-billion-euro ($2.7 billion) fine by EU antitrust regulators. The EU antitrust regulators made the fine Tuesday, taking a tough line in the first of three investigations into the company’s dominance in searches and smartphones. It is the biggest fine the EU…

Uber Inc Chief Executive Travis Kalanick, has called it quit with the company he co-founded. Travis resigned his position Tuesday under mounting pressure from investors over his leadership. Kalanick’s departure caps a tumultuous period for the world’s largest ride-services company, which upended the taxi industry and transportation regulations globally with…

The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, says Nigeria is set to hold a smart cities summit in June as part of efforts by the Federal Government to develop ICT sector in the country. Shittu disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline…