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Nigeria’s Orwellian Biometric ID Is Brought to You by MasterCard
Imagine an ID card that remembers all of your personal records. This one card serves as your driver's license and a catch-all that incl...
New firm turns your website into a mobile app
Former executives from Thrillist and Microsoft launch Dwnld, a platform that makes websites into mobile apps.
Dwnld, a platform that ca...
Nigeria: Science Minister Wants Stakeholders to Promote Economy Driven By Innovation
The Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Abdu Bulama, has urged stakeholders in the sector to support the country in the promotion of...
Acer doubles down on hybrids, aims for sub-$50 smartphones next year
The Taiwanese tech giant isn't giving up on hybrid laptops, or on Microsoft's operating system, revealing a slew of new notebooks at th...
Ethiopia Aims to Launch Satellite
By Zerihun Getachew
It is disclosed that Ethiopia has planned to launch medium research satellite within the next five years.The Entot...
Xiaomi sells 40,000 Redmi 1S phones in 4 seconds in India
The Chinese company appears to be unable to keep up with demand for its phones in India -- leading to complains on Facebook about the "...
Drone Journalism Takes Off to Give Kenyans a New View
Flying drones are helping journalists in Kenya report on disaster stories by enabling them to film in dangerous or hard-to-access areas...
Google promises speed, security with 64-bit Chrome on Windows
The newest Chrome for Windows is faster at some tasks, better at thwarting attacks, and renders fonts better. The 64-bit Chrome for Mac...
How Ferguson brought live streams into the mainstream
Citizen footage widened the lens of civil unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and it brought live-streaming to popular attention in the US unlike ...
Mozilla launches low-cost Firefox OS phone in India
Smartphone shoppers in India can now buy the affordable Cloud FX for just slightly more than Mozilla's target price of $25.
The Cloud F...