EU antitrust regulators hit Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google with a record 2.42-billion-euro ($2.7 billion) fine on Tuesday, taking a tough line in the first of three investigations into the company’s dominance in searches and smartphones.
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Tizeti and its consumer facing brand, Wifi.com.ng, which offers unlimited, uncapped internet service across Lagos, Nigeria, have announced the closure of a $2.1 million seed funding from international investors.
READ MOREGoogle has removed private medical records from its search results, Bloomberg reports, after quietly changing its policy on content removal.
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Nigeria grew its mobile subscriptions by three million in the first quarter of 2017, the 12th Ericsson Mobility Report has shown.
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Nigerians took to Google last week to know more about the wife and other family members of suspected notorious kidnapper, Chukwudubem Onuamadike (aka Evans).
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Inflight internet access, a nascent market still hobbled by slow speeds, is set to take off as dedicated satellites make surfing in the skies a reality, experts say.
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MainOne, one of Nigeria’s leading providers of telecom services and network solutions for businesses has said it is experiencing service disruption to its customer after a fault occurred on its submarine cable system, 3000KM offshore Portugal.
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The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, on Monday commended some government agencies for their effective use of Information and Communication Technology, ICT, for service delivery.
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Google is stepping up its efforts to block “extremist and terrorism-related videos” over its platforms, using a combination of technology and human monitors.
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The Tanzanian government has issued an ultimatum to state institutions to immediately change their website domain names from .com to .tz to promote the country’s identity.
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This was contained in the EVC’s address at opening ceremony of a three-day 2017 International Workshop on IPv6 organised by the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) in collaboration with AFRINIC, the internet numbering registry for Africa, held in Lagos.
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An Egyptian watchdog says authorities have increased their blocking of critical websites, and are now shifting toward preventing internet users from obtaining software that would allow them to bypass such restrictions.
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France and the UK are considering imposing fines on social media companies “that fail to take action” against terrorist propaganda and violent content, under a joint anti-terror campaign announced Tuesday.
READ MOREEgypt has banned at least 62 websites since it began a crackdown on online media more than two weeks ago, a local rights group has said.
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Marissa Mayer was hailed as Yahoo’s savior when she took charge of the pioneering internet firm five years ago.
READ MOREThe National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has berated Federal Ministries and agencies over inactive websites and poor online service delivery.
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Google says it is supporting a Digital Journalism Initiative to train 6,000 African journalists within the next nine months.
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service has introduced six key electronic solutions (e-Services) to enhance convenience, transparency and round the clock processing and payment of taxes.
READ MORENigerians took to Google during the week to know more about Biafra and the history of democracy in Africa’s most populous nation.
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Apple’s Music streaming service will release its adaptation of comedian James Corden’s “Carpool Karaoke” to subscribers beginning on Aug. 8, the company said on its website on Tuesday.
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Music streaming leader Spotify has agreed to set up a $43.45 million fund to settle a potentially costly pair of US copyright lawsuits from artists, lawyers said Monday.
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Ukraine’s intelligence agency has led a search of offices of Russian-based technology company Yandex on suspicions of treason.
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