BBM For Android Rolls Out Tomorrow

Blackberry Messenger (BBM) - the iconic mobile social network that we love here in Africa, most especially Nigeria will roll out tomorrow September 21 on Android and iPhone devices all over the world.

MTN Nigeria Doubles Data Bundle With Lumia

MTN Nigeria is encouraging everyone to own a smartphone and as part of this has introduced the new Nokia Lumia 625 with the promise to double data packages for users of the new device.

Blackberry Launches It's Biggest Smartphone Yet

The war of the smartphone is on and Blackberry has refused to throw in the towel. Announcing its biggest smartphone to date. The Z30 features a large 5-inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, updated BB 10.2 software, and a high-capacity battery which the company says, should last more than 48 hours between charges.

FG orders 53 gold plated iPhones for 53rd independence

There are reports that the Nigerian government has ordered 53 units of gold plated version of the newly launched Apple iPhone 5s, to celebrate the country’s 53rd independence anniversary next month.

Nigerian creates road traffic app

Necessity is the mother of invention. That could be a better way to describe new mobile developments in Nigeria today. Nigerians have invented innovative mobile applications, gadgets and devices out of the frustrations they have either experienced or a need not being met.

300 000 Dollars Mobile hacking contest

Mobile hacking contest offers $300,000 in bug bounties

Demand for mobile phones increasing

Across Africa, mobile is growing exponentially and the demand for constant connectivity is becoming insatiable, specifically in strong mobile markets such as Nigeria, Ruckus Wireless Incorporated has said.

Whatsapp Doing Big In South Africa

WhatsApp is “bigger than everyone else” in the South African market. This followed a recent article comparing the available statistics for the number of active users of various messaging services in South Africa.

Federal Government To Spy On Your Phone

Nigeria’s Communications Commission (NCC) has announced their intention to award surveillance and intelligence gathering contracts to a number of security firms, which will allow the country’s Federal Government to intercept and monitor mobile phone conversations and electronic mail between users.

Cyber Thieves Targeting Android Devices

In a short space of time, Android has claimed the lions share of the mobile market – in fact more than 900 million Android mobile devices have now been activated. Unfortunately, this popularity has put a large target on the platform’s back.

When Smartphones Do A Doctors Job

Eye testing device developed by EyeNetra

Vitor Pamplona isn’t a doctor. He’s not even an optician. He can’t write you a prescription for glasses, or sell you a pair. The device, called the Netra-G, is based on some clever optics and software Victor Pamplona came up with

All You Need To Know About The New iPhone 5s

Apple replaced the iPhone 5 with two models: the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c, to be released on Sept. 20. Both are basically the same size as the iPhone 5, and in fact the iPhone 5c is essentially the old iPhone 5 in a polycarbonate shell that comes in various colors with 16GB and 32GB models. But it's not the cheap iPhone we expected to see.

Blackberry Submits BBM To Apple For App Store Approval

After announcing in May that its famous BlackBerry Messenger service would launch on competing mobile software platforms: Apple's iOS and Google's Android.

New App On The Block: Mobile Messaging App - Pinnatta

Pinnatta, a mobile messaging app start-up announced that it raised a $1.5 million round of funding. The app emphasizes the multimedia aspect of mobile messaging, by letting you share interactive messages with your friends.

Top 10 Selling Cellphones Of All Time

There are so many different cellphones on the market nowadays, it can be hard to imagine which phone is the top of the heap.Technology wise, there are about a million opinions out there as to which cellphone performs the best, has the best features and all of that. But, looking purely at sales,

Introducing The New Android OS

Android KitKat

That’s correct folks, the new version of Android will not be known as ‘Key Lime Pie’ as previously penned and reported from all sources. Google today announced that the next version of Android will be named “KitKat,”

How BBM for Android will look like

Yea! With September upon us it should (hopefully) be only a few weeks until we finally see BBM hit both Android and iOS. While it’s landed in the beta zone for some Android users we’ve yet to see it in action – until now.

Investors Slam Apple's New iPhones

iphone 5c

Apple Inc’s new iPhones got panned by Wall Street on Wednesday as investors decried one model for being too costly for emerging markets and dismissed the other model as lacking enough game-changing features.

Why Saka Ported To MTN

We all know the hilarious 'Saka don port' ad on t.v, well MTN Nigeria targeted its controversial Saka Don Port campaign against Etisalat Nigeria because

5 Reasons To Still Use Whatsapp Even After BBM Switches To Other Platforms

In a matter of days or weeks from now, BBM will finally go cross-platform officially. Meaning it will be available on platforms like Android and Apple IOS. It's actually