Facebook has opened NG_Hub, the first flagship community hub space in Africa, in the city of Lagos, Nigeria. The company collaborated with the Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) to achieve the milestone on Tuesday, 22 May, 2018. The social media giant has 2.07 billion monthly active users and 1.37 billion daily active users on average worldwide and 10 million daily users and 22 million monthly active users from Nigeria.
Razer Unveils A Cheaper Gaming External GPU Case – Core X
Razer is updating its Core line of external GPU enclosures as it is introducing a new Core X model and adding support for Apple’s MacBook Pro laptops with Thunderbolt 3 ports. The Core X is designed as a new, entry level model for Razer’s external GPU line, costing just $299 (as opposed to the Core V2’s $499 price tag),
Infinix Partners With MTN, 9Mobile On New Devices
Infinix Mobility Limited, a leading Africa smartphone maker has collaborated with two of Nigeria’s mobile network operators MTN Nigeria and 9Mobile, to introduce its latest mobile devices, Hot 9 and Hot 9 plus into the Nigerian smartphone market.
The country manager, Jay Liu, while speaking at the launch held at Federal College of Technology, Akoka, Lagos last week, said the latest devices reiterates the quality Infinix smartphone represents, especially through its double amazing rare cameras in our society that is currently heavily influenced by high quality photography.
Samsung Unveils Galaxy S Light Luxury In China
The Samsung Galaxy S Light Luxury is now official in China - the handset that was previously rumoured to be called “Galaxy S8 lite”. It comes with a 5.8” Infinity Display inside a body the same size as the Galaxy S8. It's a Super AMOLED panel with 1,080 x 2,220 px resolution (18.5:9). The phone has a single camera on the back - 16 MP sensor and an f/1.7 aperture. It can record 4K video at 30 fps, but lacks OIS. The selfie camera has an 8 MP sensor and f/1.7 aperture.
Sony Buys EMI Music Publishing In $2.3 Billion Deal
Sony Corp said on Tuesday it would pay about $2.3 billion to gain control of EMI, becoming the world’s largest music publisher in an industry that has found new life on the back of streaming services. The deal adds a catalogue of more than two million songs – including some of the greatest hits from the first half of the 20th century – to Sony’s already huge holdings.
Tech Firm Partners Sterling Bank To Launch Treasury Bills Investment App
An inter-brokerage services firm, Parthian Partners Limited, has developed a mobile application to make investment in treasury bills seamless. The new app is called I-invest, and it allows users purchase the government instrument directly from their smartphones.
Whatsapp Introduces New Group Chat Features
WhatsApp has introduced a number of new features for group chats, in a bid to make the platform more interactive and engaging. The new improvement features also include protection so users can't be repeatedly added to groups they've left. These features are available for Android and iPhone users globally.