In an attempt to break Apple's monopoly, two iOS developers have sued tech giant, Apple in a US federal court. The developers are seeking class-action status for their case to break the company's “improper monopolization of the market.”
iTunes To Be Replaced On Apple's OS Catalina
After 16 years of being the sole media player, media library, Internet radio broadcaster, and mobile device of Apple Inc, iTunes will no longer feature in the latest MacOS Catalina. iTunes has split into three major Apps, Music, Podcast and Tv so as to compete with other giants like Spotify, Netflix and Disney.
Google Introduces Auto-delete Controls for Location History and Activity Data
In an effort to enhance user privacy, Google has made yet another upgrade with the new auto-delete controls for Location, History, Web and App Activity.
The tech company announced that the new tool was created after users requested a much easier option to manage or delete unwanted data.
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp Users Hit By System Failure
For more than two hours, the Facebook company social media apps were down globally, with users having difficulties accessing them. Users of Facebook and Instagram complained of inaccessibility while those accessing the "fb.com" domain expressed their dissatisfaction about the domain being unavailable for more than two hours.
Microsoft Unveils Development Centres in Lagos, Nairobi
In a bid to grow technology in Africa, America's multinational technology company, Microsoft has launched two pioneer Africa Development Centre (ADC) offices in Lagos, Nigeria and Nairobi, Kenya. The company said Africa possesses great innovations like Agritech, Fintech and plans to tap into it by employing 100 highly qualified engineers by the end of the year, and 500 by 2023.
About 14,639 Porting Activities Were Recorded By Telecom Operators In February — NCC
According to a report published by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on its website, telecommunications operators carried out 14,639 Mobile Number Portability activities in February 2019.
NCC Assures An Increase Broadband Access
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has said the commission is ready to drive the process of attaining 70 percent broadband penetration in the next couple of years.