Technology

Facebook’s WhatsApp on Tuesday urged users to upgrade to the latest version of its popular messaging app following a report that users could be vulnerable to having malicious spyware installed on phones without their knowledge. “WhatsApp encourages people to upgrade to the latest version of our app, as well as keep their mobile operating system…

The three social media platforms controlled by Facebook Inc. -Instagram, WhatsApp ­and Facebook (including Facebook Messenger) – have been down globally since Sunday morning. A site that monitors downtime of websites, Downdetector.com, indicates that Facebook and other social networks it controls were down since 6:30 a.m in many parts of the…

The global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, InfiNet Wireless, has successfully delivered a comprehensive modern wireless system to enhance the security measures of the Puerto de Mamonal sea port in Cartagena, Columbia. The implementation of the InfiNet wireless system was due to the sensitive nature of the port’s operations and…

American multinational technology company, Apple, has added the new iPad Air to its lineup of iPads, while updating the iPad mini. After about three and a half years of not updating the iPad mini, the company finally revised the model. The iPad mini and iPad Air respectively feature 7.9 inch and 10.5 inch retina displays and both support the…

Facebook Inc on Thursday struggled to restore its services fully after a 17-hour partial outage made the world’s largest social network inaccessible to users across the globe, driving a wave of online complaints. The number of reports on the crowd-sourced Down Detector website, one of the internet’s most used sources of numbers on outages,…

Samsung has unveiled Galaxy Fold, a phone that opens into a tablet. The high-end smartphone features the world’s first 7.3-inch Infinity Flex Display, which folds into a compact device with a cover display. Galaxy Fold offers a powerful new way to multitask, watch videos, play games, and more. The Galaxy Fold launched on Wednesday in San…

Popular messaging platform Whatsapp owned by Facebook reportedly crashed worldwide over the past few hours. The development occurred just a few hours after whatsapp announced that it would be reducing the number of forwarded messages for users worldwide. However, it was observed that the app did not crash in Nigeria and many Nigerians have…

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, Facebook has announced that it will extend some of its political advertising rules and tools for curbing election interference to Nigeria. Facebook also said the advertising rules and tools will be extended to India, Ukraine and the European Union before significant votes in the next few months. Facebook’s…

Embattled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday he has no plans to resign, sounding defiant after a rough year for the social platform. “That’s not the plan,” Zuckerberg told CNN Business when asked if he would consider stepping down as chairman. He also defended Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, who has drawn…

Teleology has formally taken over control of Nigeria’s troubled telecommunication company, 9mobile, by appointing a new board of directors, headed by 54-year-old Nasiru Ado Bayero. Stephane Beuvelet will serve as the acting managing director, according to a statement by Mohammed Edewor, a new non-executive director of the new 9Mobile. The…