Category: Internet
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BREAKING: Microsoft makes big announcement for Nigeria
American multinational technology company, Microsoft on Monday made a big announcement for Nigeria, saying it has earmarked the six regions of the country for the development of cheaper high-speed internet infrastructure. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Brad Smith, Microsoft President, who made this known in a statement, revealed that the efforts were in support of the government…
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Why Twitter shunned Nigeria to locate it’s Africa HQ in Ghana
American microblogging and social networking service based in San Francisco, California has opened its first office in Africa, it’s headquarters on the African continent, shunning Nigeria. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Twitter announced opening its first office on the African continent on Monday, after laying the foundation through partnerships with a Nigerian firm and three others in…
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Trump plans social media return with his own platform
Former U.S. President Donald Trump plans to launch his own social media platform in two to three months, one of his senior advisers told Fox News on Sunday. Trump was suspended from Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Jason Miller, a spokesman for Trump’s 2020 campaign,…
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Nigerians pay the most for the worst Internet service
A recent study on the Digital Quality of Life around the world has revealed that Nigerians pay the most for the worst Internet service globally. The study by Surfshark revealed the prevailing inequalities among countries in terms of internet affordability. It showed that 75% of researched countries have to work more than the global average…
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Facebook to label all posts about COVID-19 vaccines
Facebook Inc, on Monday said it had started adding labels to posts that discussed the safety of the shots and would soon label all posts about the vaccines. The social media company, which has been criticised by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said in a blog post that…
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Facebook asks court to dismiss U.S. government, states antitrust cases
Facebook asked a federal court on Wednesday to dismiss major antitrust cases filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state, saying they failed to show the company had a monopoly or harmed consumers. “By a one-vote margin, in the fraught environment of relentless criticism of Facebook for matters entirely unrelated to…
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Russia sues Google, Facebook, Twitter for not deleting protest content
Russian authorities are suing five social media platforms for allegedly failing to delete posts urging children to take part in illegal protests, the Interfax news agency cited a Moscow court as saying on Tuesday. Twitter, Google, Facebook each have three cases against them, with each violation punishable by a fine of up to 4 million…
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How to make WhatsApp video calls using PC
WhatsApp has introduced one-to-one private and secure calling on its desktop app, meaning users of the messaging app can now video calls on their PC using the WhatsApp desktop app. You can make free voice and video calls to your contacts on WhatsApp Desktop if you have the app installed on your computer. Desktop calling…
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WhatsApp adds video, voice calls feature on desktop app
WhatsApp on Thursday announced the introduction of one-to-one private and secure calling from its desktop app. The messaging platform said this is coming following significant increases in people calling one another on WhatsApp, often for long conversations. “Last New Year’s Eve, we broke the record for the most calls ever made in a single day…
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Twitter to offer $1.25bn convertible senior notes
Twitter Inc said on Monday that it plans to offer 1.25 billion dollars aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due in 2026. The company also expects to grant the initial purchasers of the notes a 13-day option to purchase up to an additional 187.5 million dollars aggregate principal amount of the notes, to cover…