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August 12, 2017

YouTube has just launched its ‘share’ feature but will you be using it?

https://youtu.be/feBF_IY-HI8 On Thursday evening, YouTube rolled out its new sharing feature in its mobile app for Nigerian users. The launch started worldwide on Monday although it was already being tested in a few markets (Canada and Latin America) since 2016. The sharing feature allows Youtube users interact using social messaging within the app. Once you... Read More

Thinking Through

content creation, Facebook Watch, Google, instagram, messaging app, social media, TV, youtube, YouTube share

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 authored an internal memo asserting there are biological causes behind gender inequality in the tech industry. In an email sent to Reuters on Monday, the engineer, James Damore who wrote the memo, confirmed his dismissal,... Read More

gender inequality, Google, James Damore

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 a visit, talk has centred around technology, emerging markets, and Startups. Serial entrepreneur Victor Asemota has some advice for Africans,particularly those in the diaspora: create your own opportunities and don’t sit on your haunches. See... Read More

Google, international exposure, Putting Africa on the map, Startups and emerging markets, The Thread, Victor Asemota

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 as exciting as that piece of news is, many remain confused as to why Google is so involved in Nigeria and the African continent at large. Google is dedicated to building platforms and products that are... Read More

africa, Digital, Google, grants, nigeria, Sundar Pichai, youtube

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 Doctor’s Penalty. In another development, Pichai was heard speaking Yoruba, he said, “Odabo”.

Google, Google for Nigeria, Sundar Pichai

#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 company that specializes in Internet-related services and products is bringing new products to the Nigerian market and Pichai says he is here to learn how they can do more. Google will also train 10 million... Read More

Google, Google for Nigeria, Sundar Pichai

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 ask for help to negotiate better deals with Google and Facebook. A piece by the New York Times media columnist, Jim Rutenberg explains this: “Quality journalism, which is expensive to produce, is under economic pressure... Read More

American newspapers, Digital advertising, facebook, Google, The Media Blog, the media war

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 to its own shopping service. “What Google has done is illegal under EU antitrust rules. It denied other companies the chance to compete on the merits and to innovate,” the European commissioner for competition, Margrethe... Read More

Brussels, European Union, Google, Google shopping service, Margrethe Vestager

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. Huge names like Many executives, like Apple, Google, and Amazon, are on board while Facebook did not even show up. Leaders in the tech space arrived at the White House, Monday, marking the beginning of... Read More

amazon, Apple, Elon Musk, facebook, Google, Tech, technology, trump, zuckerberg

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 to determine the best 100 places to work in Nigeria. . In this survey, multinational companies held the top three spots on the Jobberman Best 100 Companies to Work For, contrary to the survey report... Read More

2016, Airtel, Andela, best companies, Ericsson, General Electric, Google, Jobberman, Konga, Shell

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 price of $17 a share to $25. So now, institutional and private investors are happy. Even happier are the two under-30 co-founders, Evan Spiegek and Bobby Murphy who now own more than the $3 billion... Read More

Thinking Through

bobby murphy, drones, evan spiegel, facebook, filters, Google, IPO, NYSE, Snapchat, Spectacles, technology

January 29, 2017

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 fro 3 months. Tim Cook in a memo to staff said Apple will not exist without immigrants. “Apple would not exist without immigration, let alone thrive and innovate the way we do,” he said. Netflix... Read More

Apple, Donakd Trump, Google, immigrants, Muslim ban, netflix

January 23, 2017

#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 dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity oft-talked about but seldom told as stories in Nigerian media. The series which kicked off with the release of The New Establishment list, our annual... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

#InnovationSeries, Edwin Okolo, facebook, Google, Magazine, nigeria, Paystack, social media, Sola Akinlade, technology, twitter.

December 21, 2016

FactCheck: It turns out ‘sended’ is an actual word

If you laughed so hard at this, well… sorry it's not incorrect. #loGoEveryday @ayosogunro @Omojuwa @Chude pic.twitter.com/eKTP2j3bLg — FourthCanvas (@FourthCanvas) December 20, 2016 Fourth Canvas, the Nigeria creative design agency that is currently enjoying tonnes of public goodwill for their work on the just concluded Ghanaian elections – designing the logos and graphic works that... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

FactCheck, fourth canvas, Google, Sended

December 16, 2016

Opinion: The price of free

by Elutidoye Oluwagbenga Free is one of the most used adjectives on the internet because of our inclination for free things or services. We have at one time used the word on search engines for access to something “free” on the internet. We use free email addresses, free social media, free search engines, free applications, free operating... Read More

content, data, facebook, Google, information, Internet, opinion

December 16, 2016

The Film Blog: These are Nigeria’s most searched movies and TV shows in 2016

A quick search on google trends reveals the top 10 most searched movies and TV series in Nigeria in 2016. Most noteworthy? Not a single Nollywood movie. It’s slightly disheartening, given that this has been a year with tentpole films like The Wedding Party, The CEO, and yes, even the terrible A Trip To Jamaica. But,... Read More

Google, nigeria, nollywood, The Film Blog

November 29, 2016

Opinion: How I lost a job with Google

by Viola Ifeyinwa Okolie I had a friend in school, the “most likely to succeed” type. She was brilliant – book and street smart – had the drive and ambition, was almost always the first to be considered for a position of responsibility but… Ten years after we graduated, she was still job hunting. From... Read More

competition, Google, Jobs, Keeping up with the Joneses, life, nigeria

November 11, 2016

Google celebrates African creators at first African YouTube Awards

Google tonight announced the winners of the inaugural Sub-Saharan African YouTube Awards. Held in other regions since 2007, the YouTube Awards celebrate the talent and creativity of the YouTube community. Says Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, “We’re incredibly proud at YouTube to provide a platform that shares Africa’s creativity with the rest of the world.... Read More

Sponsored, The News Blog

channels tv, Diamond Platnumz, Google, kansiime, Mark Angel Comedy, nollywood, south africa, YouTube Awards

October 26, 2016

The Media Blog: People of God, please which one is Bing TV?

So we we minding our business when we saw this in the press release for Innoson Group’s latest investment – in Cable TV infrastructure, in collaboration with some Chinese people: “Also, an investment of $100 million to establish technology-based Direct-To-Home Digital Bing Television Stations in Nigeria, among others.” Digital Bing? Digital Bing? We have never... Read More

cable tv, China, Google, ING, Innoson Group, Mae in Nigeria, Media, microsoft, search, The Media Blog, TMB

October 20, 2016

The Media Blog: Ah, TechPoint has helped us explain the Google spend – somehow sha

So we asked here about why Google is spending money on traditional advertising when it is supposed to have KILLED all traditional media. And we asked the tech “eco-system” people to help us. And they did. Our good friends at TechPoint (which is actually our favourite tech blog in Nigeria) have the sort through the... Read More

Android, Android Marshmallow, Google, Google Now, nigeria, search engine, TEchpoint, The Media Blog, TMB

October 20, 2016

The Media Blog: Please, who knows why Google is spending money on TV ads in Nigeria?

At first, we actually disbelieved what our eyes saw. That usually happens when we see social networks – the very epicenter of online – advertising on traditional media, even though that clearly happens a lot (Snapchat to Google) on the streets of random American cities, especially with outdoor. We first saw Google’s outdoor digital advertising... Read More

ads, advert, Google, nigeria, Snapchat, telenovas, The Media Blog, TMB, ZeeWorld

September 29, 2016

We checked out the new Google Assistant and here’s what we found out!

Guys! We are not even joking about this sexuality of a thing. Obviously Google cannot carry last on such a thing but what we didn’t expect is that the new Google Assistant in Google Allo (only available for preview and on request for now) was made asexual. They had to go one step ahead of... Read More

Artificial Intelligence, Google, Google Allo, Google Assistant

September 22, 2016

Lagos NIPR to deepen communicators’ skill-set with Digital PR Summit

Lagos State Chapter, the flagship branch of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has unveiled plans to deepen the skill-set of communication and media practitioners in new media with Lagos Digital PR Summit; first of its king in Sub Saharan Africa. In partnership with Microsoft, Google, TrendWatching, Red Media Africa and other leading corporate... Read More

Citizenship, Sponsored

Google, Lagos Digital PR Summit, microsoft, nigeria, NIPR, NIPR Lagos, Olusegun McMedal, public relations, Red Media Africa, social media, TrendWatching

August 31, 2016

Good news: FG to invest in the technology industry

On Tuesday, August 30th, vice president Yemi Osinbajo at the flag-off ceremony of Google Digital Training for Youth Empowerment announced that the Federal government will train 400,000 youths in partnership with Google. According to him, in partnership with several major technology companies, two tech hubs will be established in Lagos and Abuja and six regional hubs... Read More

Google, innovations, Osinbajo, technology, vice president

August 26, 2016

The Media Blog: How 6-year-old Emmanuella is the only Nigerian CRUSHING it on YouTube

The first video that opens up when I search for Emmanuella – the 6 year old comedy sensation who has grown from YouTube videos shot in the Niger Delta to the stages of major comedy fiestas in Lagos – is Episode 71 of her running web series. It has 2,571,789 views. And it’s not the... Read More

ChannelsTV, cOMEDY, Emmanuella, facebook, Google, Mark Angel Comedy, nigeria, sticky, TB Joshua, The Media Blog, TMB, toke makinwa, Video, youtube

Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade giving us a debrief and tutelage on the usage of the Google apps

August 17, 2016

PODCAST: Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade is convinced your business needs Google

“Technology should make life easy,” says Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, the Communication and Public Affairs Manager for Google, West Africa. For the second edition of our TECHnically podcast, we met with Taiwo to discuss how small businesses and startups in Nigeria can use technology -specifically, Google tools – to market their products and grow. Taiwo says that... Read More

Adwords, apps, Google, nigeria, podcast, small business, sticky, Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, tools

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Ukinebo Dare, Ime Archibong, Adesoji Solanke… look who made the #YNaijaPowerList for Corporate Nigeria

As the annual #YNaijaPower List enters its 5th year, we bring you the most influential young Nigerians under 40 who are giving the term white collar job a whole new meaning. From boardrooms to high rise hotel lobbies, business class flights and multi-city stopovers, these guys operate at the highest levels. Obinna Abajue Young and getting... Read More

#YNaijaPowerList, #YNaijaPowerList2016, Adesoji Solanke, Aliyu Giwa, Google, Heineken, Ime Archibong, Kayode Oladapo, lists, mark zuckerberg, Ngozi Nkwoji, Obinna Abajue, Renaissance Capital, Stanbic IBTC bank, Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Tony Elumelu, Ukinebo Dare

How Linda Ikeji became the most vilified woman in Nigeria

by Mazi Emeka Seriously, there is something about Linda Ikeji and no one seems to know what exactly. What is so contentious about this woman, one of the most prominent example of female success stories -scarce as they are- and should be an inspiration to young women and entrepreneurs? Truly it is a difficult question... Read More

Banana Island, blogger, Google, house, Linda Ikeji, nigeria, social media

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