The Matter: Forget about electronic privacy

The Matter

As conversations about supposed plans by the Nigerian government to implement internet surveillance on citizens heat up, the PR machinery of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has come out to deny reports that the government is investing in this. In a report by Nigerian Telegraph, Sylvanus Ehikioya, Director, New Media and Information Security, NCC, said: [...]

Windows Phone is weak, says Huawei

Windows phone logo

Huawei has called Windows Phone weak, and also mentioned that they are open to acquiring Nokia if the Finnish brand is willing. Before you laugh off the acquisition bit, Huawei are currently the 3rd largest smartphone manufacturer, behind Samsung and Apple. Yes; do not laugh. But of course, Nokia also has a thriving feature phone [...]

Mobile platforms traffic on Mobility (Q1 2013)

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It is interesting to see the rise of Android OS in the league of connected devices accessing this site. Both BlackBerry and Symbian are not far behind though, despite the turn their fortunes have taken in the global market. The feature phone market remains strong, as expected, as does Nokia’s Series 40 devices.

Ditching mobile internet for business use

mobile internet for business

I said in an earlier article that the mobile networks’ internet services are not worth paying for. Seeing that I am using my internet subscriptions for business – reliability being key – they are not even worth using for free!! What is the point of using a mobile internet service for free if your mails still won’t get synchronised and all? Pointless.

Some users report faulty Nokia Lumia 520 camera buttons

Lumia 520

Recently, a gentleman friend of mine, Bankole of TechCabal, purchased a brand new Nokia Lumia 520, but found out immediately that the camera button was defective. Yesterday, another friend and a developer, Tag, purchased a unit that had the same fault. I was able to get my hands on Tag’s unit and can confirm that [...]

Mobile internet services in Nigeria are not worth paying for

MNP-Nigeria

One has four (4) active “3G” mobile internet connections – one on each network – yet to tweet or read emails is a pain. The most basic webpages take eternity to load. Emails don’t get sent either. Earlier this morning, a business contact asked said to me on Twitter that he had not received my [...]