TECHNOLOGY

DSO will create jobs through local content production – NBC chief

Daily Dispatch December 25, 2017

The Director General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Malam Ish’aq Kawu, has said that the 70 per cent local content stipulated for the Digital Broadcasting will create jobs for Nigerians. Kawu, who said this on Monday declared in an interview that NBC will ensure that broadcasting

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Apple sells MekaMons, robots built by Adekunle Nigerian-British

Daily Dispatch November 22, 2017

Apple Stores in the United States and United Kingdom have begun the sale of gaming robots, MekaMons, built by a Nigerian-British, Silas Adekunle. Adekunle’s company, Reach Robotics struck the deal with Apple recently. The product with a price tag of $299.95 went on sale from 16 November in the shops and online. The robots can […]

TECHNOLOGY

HUWAI, TELECOM SERVICE PROVIDER INVEST $1BILLION TO PROPEL PROGESS IN DIGITIZATION

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2017

Omooba Risawe A leading telecom service and solution provider, Huawei said it is going to invest $1billion in the next three years, to propel progress in digitization solution to build business and technical capabilities. The Southern African  President of the company,Li Peng made the disclosure at the  Telecoms Industry Operations Transformation Forum ,  tagged

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Minister announces N1bn reward for top performing agency

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2017

Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, on Tuesday announced a plan to give agencies under his supervision and offer top performing ones rewards. According to the minister, the best rated agency would get a cash reward of N1bn. The second placed agency would get a cash reward of N500m, while the third placed […]

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Cambridge website crashes after Hawking fans devour free thesis

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2017

A Cambridge website on Tuesday crashed because so many people wanted to read an online doctoral thesis by British astrophysicist, Stephen Hawking, the university said. The site went down on the first day of “Properties of Expanding Universes” being made available for free. The 134-page document was retrieved 60,000 times in just a few hours. […]

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3b Yahoo Accounts Hacked

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2017

An estimated three billion Yahoo accounts were compromised during a data breach in 2013, the company said on Wednesday. The figure tripled the number revealed by the company in 2016. The revised figure was issued after Yahoo admitted in December that over 1 billion users’ data, including names, email addresses, phone numbers and dates of […]