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Mercy Johnson Okojie, who has just been appointed as the Senior Special Assistant  to the Kogi State Government on Entertainment, Arts and Culture has acknowledged the privilege, adding that she would use the experience she had gathered over the years to serve the state. She stated this in an Instagram post on her page, @mercyjohnsonokojie on Wednesday. She said, “I am gratified with the official notification reaching me on my Appointment as the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor of Kogi State on Entertainment, Arts and Culture. “I am humbled, as I duly acknowledge this attending responsibility to serve my…

Facebook has moved to prevent spy applications from accessing its users’ data. The company has updated its Facebook and Instagram policies to prohibit developers from using data obtained from those platforms in surveillance tools, according to Rob Sherman, deputy chief privacy officer. Facebook already has taken enforcement actions against devs who created and marketed surveillance tools in violation of the company’s previous policy, he noted, adding that “we want to be sure everyone understands the underlying policy and how to comply.” Source: Techy

{$inline_image} If 2016 was the year of cyber attacks, 2017 is the year of prevention. Twelve months ago, experts were predicting an increase in the innovation and sophistication of cyber attacks and a greater breakdown in security measures on a global scale. With the Internet of Things (IoT) making the world more connected than ever and companies continuing to back-burner security issues, forecasters pointed to a perfect storm. Organizations and individuals would be more vulnerable than ever. They were right. But from the wreckage of hacks and privacy violations of 2016, some important lessons were learned and they will set…

Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS By Neelam Biirthare s soon as I was born; my parents posted my pictures on social media. All of a sudden I was a star on Orkut, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram. The name of their family groups and friend groups changed to “New-Baby Born”, “Congratulations Eric”, on Hike, WhatsApp and WeChat. Inside my cradle, I […] The post Mobile Marketing | Communicating smartly with thumb generation appeared first on Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS. Source: Technology

Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS Funke Opeke, CEO of MainOne, has asked Nigerian businesses to embrace disruptive technology to weather the nation’s economic downturn. The MainOne CEO said this in Lagos when the tech company, for the first time in Nigeria, showcased Microsoft HoloLens, the world’s first self-contained holographic computer running Windows 10 at MainOne’s Nerds Unite 2017 event. Opeke also said the […] The post MainOne CEO asks Nigerian businesses to ‘disrupt’ appeared first on Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS. Source: Technology

Nigerian lawmakers aim to pass the 2017 budget by the end of March, the president of the upper house of parliament said on Tuesday, following a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The budget lays out plans to pull Africa’s largest economy out of its first recession for 25 years, largely prompted by low global prices […] Lawmakers to pass 2017 budget by end of March – Saraki Source: Business

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that average price per litre paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene, decreased by 18.77 per cent month-on-month in February. The bureau announced this in a “National Household Kerosene Price Watch (February 2017)’’ released on Tuesday in Abuja. The report, however, stated that average price per litre paid […] Kerosene price decreases by 18.77% in February Source: Business

Nigeria has recorded first drop in inflation rate in 15 months as the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that inflation rate dropped by 0.94 per cent in February from the 18.72 per cent recorded in January to 17.78 per cent in February. The Consumer Price Index released by the NBS indicated that the latest […] Inflation falls first time in 15 months – NBS Source: Business

Linux Academy, an online training platform for the Linux OS and cloud computing, on Tuesday announced a public beta rollout of its Cloud Assessments platform, which is designed to let large enterprise firms train and assess their IT workers and prospective job candidates. The academy offers training on a variety of cloud-based platforms, including Amazon Web Services, Open Stack, DevOps, Azure and others. The Cloud Assessments platform will focus initially on training and testing of AWS, due to strong demand. Source: Techy

There are countless occasions on which I have to transcribe speech. It’s tedious, and until voice recognition truly can handle all manner of accents and verbal tics, it’s a necessary evil. Hands up, everyone who thinks I wouldn’t want a machine to take care of that for me. No one? Good. Titan Note records and transcribes audio, with a particular trick up its sleeve: It can discern different speakers when it’s transcribing. It can operate as a speaker as well — and if you’re in a pinch, it can charge your mobile device. Source: Techy