$100M “Project Lucy” Initiative Heralds New Era of Data-Driven Development LAGOS, Nigeria and NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) has launched a 10-year initiative to bring Watson and other cognitive systems to Africa in a…
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Nigeria’s secret police said on Thursday that it was holding a former militant leader from the oil-rich Niger delta, in the latest crackdown on potential trouble before elections next year. Presidential and parliamentary polls are scheduled for February…
Tens of thousands of people in Nigeria are missing out on vital services because of conflict, with the areas where Boko Haram operates worst affected, the Red Cross said on Thursday. The ICRC said it had helped some 40,000 people hit by the Islamist…
Scientists on Tuesday said they could fill a blank in the history of Central Africa’s pygmies, whose past is one of the most elusive of any community in the world. At a key period in the human odyssey, these hunter-gatherer tribes shunned interbreeding…
If you are a developer, then you know that integrating shipping into an e-commerce site can be a huge pain in the neck. Many of the major carriers like FedEx and UPS use complex APIs like SOAP and XML that many developers say are difficult to work…
Sony’s PC unit has never been a huge performer, and today news is erupting from reliable Asian business publication Nikkei that the Japanese giant is planning on selling off its PC business. According to today’s report, Sony has been in talks with…
LONDON, Feb. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Reportbuyer.com just published a new market research report: Analysis of the Nigerian Patient Monitor Market Urbanisation is the Key Market Growth Driver This research service provides an analysis of patient monitors…
Gunmen killed about 30 people in an early morning raid on two villages in central Nigeria, witnesses said on Tuesday, in the latest violence to hit the region. The police in Plateau state, which has been hit by repeated communal violence, confirmed…
FiftyThree, which makes the award-winning sketchbook app called Paper, is “ripping” into Facebook for naming its new storytelling app “Paper.” In a blog post on FiftyThree’s site today, the company asked Facebook to change the name of their…
The newest trend in tech? Cross-licensing patent agreements, it seems, as Google and Cisco have announced such a deal, hot on the heels of last week’s news of similar agreements between Google and Samsung, and Twitter and IBM. Cisco published a press…
Samsung will be holding its latest Unpacked event at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on February 24. It’s widely expected that Samsung will introduce the Galaxy S5 at this event, which may end up being released in April. We’ll be at…
A number of charging pads exist to charge and sync your mobile device, but Apple is taking it a step further. The company has filed a patent for a smart charging pad that will actually sync or charge your mobile device depending on how it’s positioned…
Facebook today released a brand new mobile app for iOS, one billed as a new way to browse both the News Feed and news stories shared on the site — Paper. At first glance, it looks like Flipboard with a Facebook-centric approach, but once you start…
Nigeria’s Muslims have voiced concern about an apparent increase in religious “profiling” after hundreds of terror-related arrests in the country’s Christian-majority south. Last month some 300 traders from the Muslim majority north of the country were…
Amazon Prime is a great deal, and has been since the days it only offered free shipping. Today, the subscription service still includes that free two-day shipping but also adds a large streaming video collection and a digital e-book library to the $…
This morning, a huge list of supposed details regarding Microsoft’s strategy with the Xbox One in 2014 hit the web, and gamers across the Internet have been looking to separate fact from fiction. Among the juicier tidbits include the company’s plan…
One of the single most highly requested pieces of functionality that has yet to appear on iOS is support for system wide third party alternate keyboards. Developers have seen huge success with alternate keyboards on Android, and none have been more…
More than 2,000 people were forced from their homes after a market attack in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram militants that killed at least 52, a relief agency said Thursday. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the region said…
The long search for a new CEO—begun when current Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer announced his impending retirement back in August—may soon be coming to an end. A post on Re/code today cites “numerous sources close to Microsoft” as confirming that…
If you’ve been looking for an official, Facebook-developed way to read updates from your friends alongside interesting news stories, you’re in luck. Facebook this morning announced a brand new app called Paper, which will first be available for…