Huawei has officially announced HarmonyOS, the operating system it was rumored to be developing to replace its reliance on Android. In China, the software will be known as Hongmeng. The company says the operating system, a microkernel-based distributed OS, can be used in everything from
It seems like every YouTube creator has a podcast these days, and that now includes Marques Brownlee. Brownlee, one of YouTube’s most prominent creators who has more than 9 million subscribers on his tech-focused channel MKBHD, is launching a new podcast called Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast.
Jim Kavanaugh climbs into a sleek, black-leather-interior Mercedes bus that whisks him away from his company’s new headquarters in St. Louis to a squat, one-story outpost nearby. Kavanaugh is retracing the route he has traveled many times with executives from hundreds of America’s largest companies, including Citigroup, Verizon
Nigerian-based payment application development company TechAdvance, with subsidiaries such as Gpay Africa, PayElectricBills and Advance Bank, recently received a $1 million investment from Bahrain-based group, Lamar Holding. The Nigerian company is focused on developing and deploying niche payment technologies in emerging markets. This recent investment by Lamar Holding’s so
The Galaxy S10 is a fitting 10th-anniversary phone for Samsung and its storied S series. It delivers on change with a novel-looking Infinity-O screen so large it displaces the front camera, and a triple-lens rear camera that takes ultra-wide photos. Its in-screen fingerprint sensor tech
Following a wide-spread suspension that swept through Twitter on Tuesday, the company has confirmed that it may have been an error and that some of the accounts have been restored. A Twitter spokesperson told Techpoint Africa that “upon further investigation, a number of the accounts
Chinese mobile-phone and device maker Transsion will list in an IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market, Transsion confirmed to TechCrunch. The company—which has a robust Africa sales network—could raise up to 3 billion yuan (or $426 million). “The company’s listing-related work is running smoothly. The registration application and issuance process is
Why Sparkle? Because we can Sparkle will tackle how retailers can achieve their daily objectives and scale their businesses, providing a suite of innovative lifestyle services, in addition to typical current and savings accounts that exist in the market. In particular, Sparkle will deliver customer
Jason Njoku, has been called out by Twitter users after he revealed that he and his kids cannot speak his native language but he’s ensuring they learn French and then Mandarin. The iROKO TV founder tweeted: “My children are currently learning French. Mandarin will be
The Nigerian senate ministerial screening has been concluded and all the 43 ministerial nominees have been confirmed. The remaining three nominees Mr Lai Mohammed, Sabo Nanono and Saleh Mamman were screened on Tuesday July 30, and that marked the end of week-long screening process by the upper chamber. Here
A Nigerian Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch was on Saturday, July 27, appointed a Children and Families Minister by the new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Olukemi, a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden arrived in the UK at the age of 16. The 39-year-old software and IT engineer studied
American reality TV star Tamar Braxton is currently in Lagos with her boyfriend David Adefeso. The couple recently paid a courtesy visit to Oba Saheed Elegushi of Ikate Kingdom. According to the Palace: A Royal visit and royal blessings for one of our own, @david.adefeso who visited with his partner @tamarbraxton. It was
After concluding investigations, Sao Paulo police have closed the rape allegation case against Brazil and Paris Saint-German football player Neymar, for lack of evidence, AFP is reporting. Brazilian model, Najila Trindade had accused Neymar of sexual assault in a hotel in Paris, France in May. It was in June however
Last Saturday, Biggie held a party for the first five housemates evicted from the 2019 Big Brother Naija Show, and from these photos, it’s clear they had lots of fun with fans and guests. All the housemates evicted before today – Avala, Isilomo, Ella, KimOprah, and Tuoyo – were
Boram, a 6-year-old South Korean YouTube star with over 30 million subscribers bought a five-story building worth 9.5 billion Korean won ($8 million) in an affluent suburb in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam. The 6-year-old has two popular YouTube accounts on which she posts content. Boram Tube ToysReview which is for posting