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How to check your NIN number on MTN, Airtel, 9mobile, and Glo

Companies like MTN, Glo, Airtel, and 9Mobile have been telling their customers for a while to link their National Identity Numbers (NIN) to their phone numbers for a while now. Your SIM card will be disabled if you are unable to recall your PIN number. Here’s how to check your NIN on MTN, Glo, Airtel, […]

Modupeoluwa Olalere
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Zebra Unveils Mobile Computer In Africa To Support Digitization

Zebra Technologies Corporation has introduced the TC15 mobile computer in Africa to help empower businesses in logistics, retail and field industries with a durable connectivity solution. Zebra Technologies, which is an innovator providing businesses with solutions that enhance operations, announce this in a press release. TC15 Mobile Computer The TC15, which is dustproof, waterproof and […]

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Egypt’s Nexta raises $3 million for its “next-generation banking” app

Nexta has announced that it has received an investment of $3 million from the digital financial services provider e-finance. This brings the total amount of funding that the company has received since its launch the previous year to $5.2 million. In March of this year, Nexta also completed pre-Seed funding round with a total amount […]

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VUZ raises $20M to launch its social app

VUZ, a social app, has recently raised $20 million in Series B funding. The app enables users to stream and experience immersive realism in extended reality and metaverse digital experiences. Some of the investors in this round of funding include DFDF (Dubai Future District Fund), WIN (Webit Investment Network), SRMG, Elbert Capital, Yasta Partners, Faith […]

Modupeoluwa Olalere
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Google adds passkeys to Chrome and Android

Google said that users of Android and Chrome would soon be able to use passkeys to protect themselves from credential leaks and phishing attacks.  According to Microsoft, the passwords would be phased out across mobile, desktop, and browsers designed to replace passwords; instead, biometric verification will be used for authentication. They can be synced on […]

Modupeoluwa Olalere
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Europe’s New Phone Charger Policy Forces Apple to Adapt

The European Parliament has passed a new law mandating a standard charging cable for all smartphones and mobile devices. This would require manufacturers like Apple to stop using their proprietary charging methods. By the end of 2024, all mobile phones, tablets, and cameras sold throughout the 27 member states of the European Union will be […]

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Cryptyd Inc., an Egyptian gaming startup obtains funding

The Egypt-based gaming company Cryptyd Inc. has gotten money from both its old and new investors, but the amount has not been made public. Cryptyd plans to put the new investment toward covering the cost of marketing the company’s flagship product, Baloot Quest, across the GCC countries. The startup company will also spend some of the […]

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Netflix introduces in-game IDs for iOS and Android gamers

Netflix is currently rolling out a new feature that allows users to create game handles, resulting in a more individualized and immersive gaming experience. With game handles, members will be able to create a one-of-a-kind public login that may be used across the board for all Netflix games. In multiplayer games like Rival Pirates, an […]

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Google Chrome will soon allow fingerprint authentication for incognito tabs

Google Chrome for Android will soon get a helpful privacy feature that will make browsing the web while in Incognito mode even more covert. The browser now has a feature that lets users use their fingerprint as a key to lock and unlock the tabs they use for private surfing. It might seem normal for […]

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Google releases a feature for Android called “Clear Calling” 

According to recent reports, Google is working on a feature for users of Android devices dubbed “Clear Calling.”  The report by Android Authority, based on Mishaal Rahman’s discoveries, it was found in the most recent version of the Android 13 Quarterly Platform Release (QPR1 Beta). This feature can be used by manually turning on the […]

Babalola Seun
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How to prevent people from adding you to WhatsApp groups

When it comes to functionalities, WhatsApp groups continue to be the most popular option. WhatsApp groups are a wonderful way to maintain connections with family, friends, or coworkers. Nevertheless, many users often use the function to add large numbers of individuals to WhatsApp groups for marketing goods or services. It is common to form these […]

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Google: Enterprise Application Can Benefit From Android 13

Google and Ericsson continue to show off the package on network slicing by introducing several network slices on a single device that support both consumer and enterprise applications, bringing the full spectrum of 5G advantages closer to consumers. Together, the ecosystem partners supported multiple slices on an Android 13 smartphone, supporting consumer and enterprise (work […]

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Google Wallet Debuts in South Africa.

Google Wallet is now available in South Africa, the company’s most popular online payment service. This made South Africa the first country in Africa to get this service. When it first became accessible in July, the app could only be downloaded in 39 nations. The number of nations supported by the service has increased to […]

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South Africa Launches App to Report Potholes

In a quest to solve the challenges facing the country’s road system, South Africa has launched a mobile app named SANRAL Pothole App in which people can report potholes in their community to the transport authority. The Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, has urged members of the public to use the recently released app to […]

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WhatsApp is Dropping Support for Some Apple and Android Operating Systems

WhatsApp has again updated its device support guidelines. The Meta-owned messaging platform has limited its software compatibility to devices running iOS 10 or newer version and Android 4.1 or newer versions. WhatsApp, is an internationally available American freeware, cross-platform centralized instant messaging and voice-over-IP service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to send text […]

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IQ Logistica Offers Mobile App to Assist Farmers

IQ Logistica, a South African agri-tech startup with the goal of helping farmers, has released a farming mobile app that allows farmers to manage their whole agricultural operations from their phones. IQ Logistica was founded in 2014 as a technology services provider to the government for digital management of the cotton supply chain. In 2020, […]

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Google to Remove 900,000 Abandoned Apps from Play Store

According to Android Authority, Google plans to remove nearly 900,000 abandoned apps from Play Store. Reports say available apps on the Google Play Store could decrease by nearly a third. Both Google and Apple have introduced measures to address abandoned apps or apps that have not been updated in the past two years. This amounts […]

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Lapsus$ Hackers Group Leak nearly 200 Gigabytes of Samsung Source Code In Cyber Attack

Lapsus$ Hackers Group at it again as nearly 200 gigabytes of data, including the source code for numerous technologies and algorithms used in biometric unlocking operations, have been reported stolen and exposed by hackers. The stolen data allegedly contains confidential information from Qualcomm, a US chipmaker that supplies chipsets for Samsung handsets sold in the […]

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How to Set Desktop Site on Google Chrome for Android

  There are some websites that restrict or reduce their content for mobile users. This means you are required to access the website with a PC. But with Desktop Site you can access those websites in PC view on your mobile phone. Although, many browsers allow Desktop Site, for this we will be using Google […]

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A Trojan horse for Android devices called Xenomorph has the ability to compromise over 56 different financial apps.

Threatfabric, an online fraud detection business, recently disclosed that over 50,000 Android users have installed a Trojan that is capable of targeting over fifty-six banking apps. The Xenomorph, an alien species, inspired the name of this malware. At the moment, it only offers a few possibilities. However, the trojan appears to be in its early […]

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