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In honour of the international community of the beauty of Nigerian art, Google doodle celebrates Ladi Dosei Kwali, the life of Nigerian educator, ceramicist, glassworker, and potter. On this day in 2017, an exhibition…
Instagram is finally letting Live creators appoint moderators during their streams. Mods will have the ability to report comments, remove viewers from the stream, as well as turn off comments for a specific viewer.…
The popular Vanced YouTube app is being discontinued, after a legal threat from Google. The creators of Vanced have revealed the project will be shut down in the coming days, with download links set to be removed. While…
In a move similar to that of Disney, Sony Pictures Entertainment has also announced that it will suspend all of its business operations in Russia, following the country's military operation in Ukraine. According to…
The cyber hacking group Anonymous has published a message specifically designed to reach Russian citizens, allegedly urging Russians to rise up against Putin and remove him from power. According to a translation offered…
Barely a week after ban on Facebook in Russia, the country’s communications agency Roskomnadzor announced it will ban Instagram, too. While the Facebook ban cited “discrimination against Russian media,” this time, the…
Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo, announces the search engine will ‘down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation following the invasion of Ukraine. In his series of tweets, he made it clear that the…
Technology giant, Google, has said Nigerians using its platform to do business will start paying 7.5 per cent as value-added tax, VAT, from April 1, 2022. Google said in a statement that the new rate was in a bid to…
International Women's Day 2022 is being celebrated by an interesting animated Google Doodle. The doodle shows women from different walks of life. The new Google Doodle shows a mother managing her work-life balance,…
Apple recently sent out invites for its “Peek Performance” event, scheduled for Tuesday, March 8th at 1 PM ET / 18:00 GMT (7:00 PM Nigerian Time). While internet sleuths have tried to discern any hidden meanings baked…
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has reportedly been seized by Russian military forces, according to regional authorities. An update written at 7.30 am on the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation of…
MTN has said it will offer free international calls and short message service (SMS) to prepaid and postpaid customers affected by the Ukraine crisis. Its CEO, Karl Toriola, in a statement, said the offer is aimed at…
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) is on the verge of deploying the Fifth Generation (5G) network in Nigeria. Already, spectrum licenses for the companies that will rollout services have been issued. Although…
Alphabet's Google and Facebook owner Meta Platforms are among Internet companies facing possible punitive measures in Russia after failing to open local offices and take other measures required by a communications law.…
MTN has become the first African company to enter the metaverse by purchasing land in Africarare. MTN made this known in a statement on its website titled, ‘MTN Group becomes the first African company to enter the…
TikTok is gradually becoming a full-blown video platform as it just expanded its maximum length to 10 minutes. TikTok has been testing ever-longer uploads for years, recently introducing three-minute videos last July,…
Ukraine has asked Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, to cut Russia off from the App Store and Apple products. Mykhailo Fedorov, the country’s Vice Prime Minister and the minister of digital transformation, has published…
Google is no longer requiring its US-based workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to CNBC. However, a policy that requires staffers to be vaccinated to return to the office is still in place, according to…
Apple has issued an official statement following the hostage situation at its Amsterdam store. The tech giant commended the police for a job well done as the suspect was apprehended with no public impact. In a statement…
The hostage situation at the Apple store in Amsterdam is finally over, TalkGlitz confirms. As reported by Bloomberg, a scary situation played out today at Apple’s flagship Amsterdam store as a man in camouflage gear and…
