Tumblr 'will Boost Yahoo Revenue'Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Yahoo says its 1.1bn 723m; 857m euros purchase of blogging platform Tumblr will boost its revenue as soon as 2014.Yahoos chief financial officer, Ken Goldman, made the claim during a call with analysts, although he did not give firm numbers.Its chief executive Marissa Mayer said Tumblr ... |
Ex-Nokia team makes rival smartphoneTuesday, May 21, 2013 A company made up of former Nokia employees has shown off Jolla, a new smartphone with a custom operating system known as Sailfish.The software has been built from the remnants of MeeGo, a project abandoned by Nokia in 2011 in favour of adopting Windows Phone for its handsets.The Jolla phone ... |
Tablet Market Booms, But Can Mobile Enterprise Apps Keep Up?Monday, May 20, 2013 The unprecedented adoption of tablet PCs means the fully mobile enterprise is now possible. But true enterprise mobility also requires access to full ERP functionality on the road, says HansaWorld. With tablets, smartphones and phablets moving to surpass PC shipments, mobile computing is the w ... |
Microsoft organises IT workshop for Ghanaian studentsMonday, May 20, 2013 Global ICT giant Microsoft has organised an information technology workshop for Ghanaian students to motivate and help them develop applications that can be used to solve real life problems in Ghana and in African. The initiative was aimed to expose students to Microsoft technologies such as B ... |
How Google+ is pushing its way into all Google productsMonday, May 20, 2013 For two years, Google has pushed its Google as more than a social network or cool video-chatting tool. Now, it is working to hammer home that point with a spate of new features.Google isnt an answer to Facebook or Twitter, Google says. Its the connective tissue that more and more is tying Go ... |
Yahoo 'to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn'Monday, May 20, 2013 Yahoos board has approved a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for 1.1bn 725m, US media reports say.The acquisition is expected to be announced as early as Monday.The deal was a foregone conclusion and was unanimously voted for by the board, tech blog AllThingsD report ... |
Huawei launches Windows 8 phone in GhanaSaturday, May 18, 2013 Huawei and its authorised distributor in Ghana, IPMC have unveiled the new Huawei Ascend W1 Windows 8 Phone in the country.The involvement of IPMC as the sole wholesale distributor means IPMCS brand ambassadors, Jackie Appiah and John Dumelo are also the brand ambassadors for the new handset, p ... |
Google Maps revamp set to aid adsFriday, May 17, 2013 Google has unveiled a new version of its Maps web service, which it says has been rebuilt from the ground up.The redesign aims to personalise the product, deciding what to label to best match each users interests.It also features new icons highlighting businesses running ads and promotion ... |
GSMA establishes new office in Africa to support burgeoning telecoms marketThursday, May 16, 2013 The GSMA has opened a permanent office in the heart of Nairobis Innovation Hub iHub for the technology community, which is an open space for the technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in the area.The move is to enable the GSMA to work even more closely with its members and other ... |
Facebook blocks 'social suicide' appWednesday, May 15, 2013 A Facebook app offering users a one-in-six chance of deleting their account has been pulled from the site.Social Roulette mimicked the lethal game of Russian Roulette, in which players spin the cylinder of a revolver hoping to avoid the one loaded chamber.According to its developers, the app ... |
Blackberry expands BBM chat app to Android and iOSWednesday, May 15, 2013 The Blackberry Messenger BBM app is to be offered as a download to run on rival platforms.Blackberry said it would initially offer texts, photo messages and group sharing functions on devices running Googles Android and Apples iOS operating systems from the summer.It added it planned t ... |
NEW SMARTPHONE – LIFEWATCH V – TO TEST SUGAR LEVELS AND BLOOD PRESSURE UNVEILEDWednesday, May 15, 2013 Accra, Ghana, 14th May, 2013: A unique smartphone that does not only makes calls but performs and analyze a whole range of medical tests and sends a report of the results to the user and his physician has been launched by an Israeli company, LifeWatch Technologies www.lifewtach.com . The andro ... |
Samsung claims “5G” firstTuesday, May 14, 2013 Samsung has developed technology to supposedly support 5G mobile networks which it said can deliver speeds up to several hundred times faster than even 4G LTE-Advanced technology. Mobileworldlive.com reports that Samsung plans to commercialise the 5G technology by 2020.The company claims ... |
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