Innovation & Technology

Twitter is showing some iOS and web users a new interface to make it easier to follow threaded conversations, the company has announced. A gif published by Twitter’s Support account shows the new test interface in action, with lines and indents making it much easier to see who’s responding to who in a Twitter thread. The functionality first came to Twitter’s prototype...

The global adoption of the 5G network is set to skyrocket in the next five years. The data compiled by Finbold.com estimates that by 2025, the number of 5G connections will hit 2.7 billion worldwide, a growth of at least twenty times from this year’s figure of 120 million. The data indicates that by next year, the network connections will...

This week – 24 April, Apple Watch will be five years old.  With the original intention being to work as an iPhone for your wrist, Apple watch has transitioned into a useful fitness tracker. And its native apps have proved more useful than any app you can download. While companies including Amazon, eBay, Target and TripAdvisor no longer support Apple...

Paychant is the largest cryptocurrency payment gateway in Nigeria, introduced today by Paypal as the new innovative way to request money in digital currency. Through Paychant, users in Nigeria, Africa’s largest remittance-receiving nation can now request money in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether from friends and family living abroad in a simple and low-cost method Paychant users will be able to set up a...

Toyota has issued a safety recall for 45,683 vehicles amid fears the fuel pumps could stop working causing drivers to stop suddenly. The recall notice was issued on cars sold nationally between October 2013 and April 2020. It covers several of the most popular Australian brands including Camry, Corolla, Prado and Hilux. “The fuel pump on affected vehicles may stop operating,” Toyota...

Despite the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown, meaning many businesses are putting their plans on hold, UK-based company Createc is going ahead with its expansion. Createc, with bases in Oxford and the North-West of England, has built a global reputation for creating innovative technologies and successfully applying them in the civil nuclear, defence, rail, aerospace, and security sectors. Holding two Queen's...

TikTok isn’t the only new media app with a Chinese background that’s making waves in the U.S.  News Break, a news app founded by China’s media veteran Jeff Zheng with teams in Beijing, Shanghai, Seattle and Mountain View, has ranked No. 1 among all free iPhone news apps on the U.S. App Store several times since January 2019, according to third-party data Sensor Tower...

Stripe, a US-based payments giant, is venturing its business into Africa by obtaining Lagos-based payments firm Paystack in an arrangement supposedly worth more than $200 million. Established in 2015 by Shola Akinlade and Ezra Olubi, Paystack tackled online payments in Nigeria. Via seamlessly interfacing all multi-channel payment alternatives with traders nationwide, it empowered them to acknowledge payments from around the globe...

Patrick Holland Motorola, a company, best known for its budget and mid-range phones, on Wednesday took an enormous step forward into the premium phone market and launched the Motorola Edge and Edge Plus. Both phones join the Motorola Razr as high-end offerings from the Chicago-based company. Whereas the Razr was criticized for its middle-of-the-road tech, the Edge and Edge Plus...

LAGOS, Nigeria – Yves Guillemot, Founder & CEO of French video games giant Ubisoft S.A. has invested in Franco-Nigeiran startup Africa Delivery Technologies SAS, who operated the Kwik Delivery (http://Kwik.Delivery) platform in Nigeria. The investment, part of Kwik's ongoing Series A round, aims to allow the company to scale up in Nigeria as delivery platforms have proven an essential link...