Category: technology

Twitter to start charging $20 per month for users to stay Verified under Elon Musk’s ownership

Twitter plans to start charging nearly $20 a month for users to stay verified. This is part of a premium service that will be rolled out under Elon Musk’s leadership,...

Twitter sues Elon Musk for rescinding the decision to buy the social media platform

Twitter has sued Elon Musk, accusing the world’s richest man of violating his $44 billion agreement to buy the social media platform. On Tuesday, July 12, Twitter...

Elon Musk threatens to take out his $3.71 billion from Twitter if take overbid is rejected as Vanguard Group becomes the highest shareholder with 10.3 percent (82.4 million shares)

By Mukwuzi Joseph The world’s richest man, Elon Musk has been displaced as the largest shareholder in Twitter by Vanguard Group, an asset manager.  On Thursday,...

MTN, Airtel secure approval for payment service Bank

MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa Plc have received approval in principle to operate a payment service bank (PSB) in the country. The two leading telcos disclosed in...

Facebook changes name to Meta

By Mukwuzi Joseph Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta as part of a major rebrand. The company said it would better “encompass” what it does, as it...

Donald Trump announces own social media platform to compete with Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech

Donald Trump is launching a social media platform called TRUTH Social, which will go public via a merger with a blank-check company, as the former US president seeks to...

Bezos gift $100M each to Van Jones and chef Jose Andres to give to charities of their choice

By Mukwuzi Joseph On the heels of what some critics have called the world’s most expensive midlife crisis, Amazon founder and Blue Origin boss Jeff Bezos announced a...

Adamu Garba’s Crowwe app deleted from Google Play Store

By Mukwuzi Joseph Adamu Garba’s Crowwe application has been removed from Google play store. The Crowwe app, which has been described as an instant messaging and...

BREAKING: FG Says It Has Indefinitely Suspended Twitter Operations In Nigeria

By Mukwuzi Joseph The Federal Government on Friday said it has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in...

TikTok boss, Zhang Yiming, resigns at age 38 with a net worth of $44bn, says he lacks managerial skills

By Mukwuzi Joseph One of the billionaire co-founders of TikTok is stepping down as CEO of ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok. Zhang Yiming, 38, said...