Tag: Google
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, takes “Keeps Getting Better” Campaign to Computer Village
It was a fun and interesting time last week when HMD Global took its “Keeps Getting Better” Nokia Android smartphone ...
#DRIF19: Delegates call for renewed action to protect Africa’s Digital Space
Delegates at the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum have expressed concern at the spate of violation of human rights online ...
The YNaija Cover – the 12th of April
Follow the link to read story on YNaija: The Late 5: Buhari heads to Chad for regional meeting; ...
‘Deadpool 2,’ ‘King of Boys’ amongst most searched movies on Google in Nigeria for 2018
Popular search engine Google has recently released its annual Year in Search for 2018, a compilation that highlights the trends ...
AIMS launches African Master’s in Machine Intelligence
On Tuesday, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) announced the launch of a one-year intensive African Master’s in Machine ...
Google launches ‘Google Station’ to provide free high speed Wifi to millions of Nigerians
Google today, July 26, hosted its second Google for Nigeria event where it made a number of big announcements aimed ...
3 things you didn’t know about beauty blenders: Google’s most-searched beauty phrase in 2017
As is the custom, Google has released its most searched terms of the year 2017 and you’ll be surprised to ...
Nigeria needs to leverage on technology – Lai Mohammed
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Friday at the launch of the Economic Value of Geospatial ...
Freetel ICE 2 Review: Google’s new N13,000 Smartphone made for Nigerians
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai and other executives of the company visitLagos for the Google for Nigeria event in July. At ...
5 amazing facts you should know about Google’s foray into the smartphone business
Google started out as a search engine. Some persons may still see the company in that light, but Google has ...
Google to remove this feature affecting publishers
Google is relaxing its ‘first click free’ rule which requires news organisations using the subscription model to provide three news ...
Google turns 19 today: Here’s how the search giant started and how far it has come
If you’ve been on Google search today, you most definitely would have seen the birthday spinner doodle/game featured on the ...
9 super fun games from doodles past to celebrate Google’s 19th birthday
To celebrate its 19th birthday today, Google released a new Doodle. However, this is no ordinary doodle. Think about the ...
Google celebrates James Wong Howe, the great cinematographer who shaped Hollywood
by Wareez Odunayo Today, Google celebrates one of the most respected early-era cinematographers, James Wong Howe who pioneered the ...
As we celebrate Hashtags at 10, here are some of the most popular ones on the internet
by Wareez Odunayo Before Twitter came along, the # key was nothing more than the hash sign or the ...
Opinion: Google for Nigeria – Another wake up call to sleeping youth
by Alabi Anjolaolorun What is this thing about Silicon Valley big boys and surprises? So much that the recent visits ...
YouTube has just launched its ‘share’ feature but will you be using it?
On Thursday evening, YouTube rolled out its new sharing feature in its mobile app for Nigerian users. The launch started ...
The Thread: “It’s embarrassing when dirty laundry is aired” | How Google entered ‘hot water’ for firing a staff
Recently, Twitter chewed Google up with relish and spat it out for good effect after the company fired a staff ...
Google sacks employee for “making incorrect assumptions about gender”
According to reports, Google has fired a male engineer at the center of a racket in Silicon Valley after he ...
The Thread: This is how to make “international exposure” work for you
Tola Sarumi made the term “International exposure” popular on Twitter NG. Since the CEO of Google, Sundar Pinchai paid Lagos ...
YouTube Go, Google.org grants | 5 reasons you should be excited about Google’s emergence in Nigeria
Google CEO, Sundar Pichai was in Lagos days ago for the final lap of the Google for Nigeria event and ...
Watch Google CEO Sundar Pichai dance to Small Doctor’s Penalty
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Google Inc., Sundar Pichai who is currently in Nigeria was recorded dancing to Small ...
#GoogleForNigeria: Google CEO currently in Nigeria (WATCH)
The Chief Executive Officer of Google Inc., Pichai Sundararajan, also known as Sundar Pichai, is currently in Nigeria. The multinational technology ...
The Media Blog: America’s newspapers are begging government to save them
The irony of all of this, especially under Donald J. Trump. Newspapers in America have run to the government to ...
EU fines Google $2.7bn for breaking competition rules
The European Union (EU) has imposed a record €2.42bn ($2.72bn) fine on Google for breaking rules by giving illegal advantage ...
Zuckerberg snubs White House invite to meet with President Trump and other tech CEOs
President Trump is asking the CEOs of the world’s largest tech companies for help in modernizing the American government system. ...
Jobberman best 100 companies to work for in 2016
Google and Konga emerged as the best places to work in 2015. In 2016, Jobberman Nigeria conducted yet another survey ...
This Snapchat IPO might just be a waste of time and money
So Snap Inc. a.k.a Snapchat has just gone public and has risen almost 45% in stock value from its guide ...
We would not exist without immigrants, Apple, Google tell Trump
Top American companies have protested against the decision by President Donald Trump to ban entrance if Muslims from 7 countries ...
#InnovationSeries: Technology and my radical year of freelancing
by Edwin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that ...