Women In Nigeria Are Changing The Face Of Tech

A Guardian UK report says female developers are emerging as influential forces in Nigeria's booming technology sector – although the stigma persists that computing is a ‘male industry.’

Researchers at the University Of Washington, United states have developed a phone without any battery at all.

Google

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is set to launch an affordable mobile device, the Freetel Ice 2, for the Nigerian market. Pichai stated this during his first visit to Nigeria last week. Pichai said: "Google is set to launch an Android device in September. One cool thing about this device is the price. The Ice 2 would be sold at N13 000 ($40) when it is launched."

Global expansion directly impacts on the production and consumption of large data. The notion of big data has never looked more fascinating than now. Businesses are now looking for patterns to implement big data technology directly into their business applications and software. The term has moved from being just a buzzword to one of the most essential components of a company’s IT infrastructure. Organizations are taking the next step to identify the current as well as future developments in big data deployments.

Xiaomi

Chinese technology firm, Xiaomi has overtaken Apple as the world’s leading smart watch manufacturer.

Nokia

Network equipment maker Nokia reported a jump in profit on Thursday thanks to a patent deal with Apple and gains in market share though it warned the network business could slow by more than expected this year.
Nokia's shares rose 5.5 percent by 0820 GMT after it posted second-quarter operating profit of 574 million euros ($674 million), up 73 percent from a year ago and well above analysts' average forecast of 447 million euros in a Reuters poll.