.AFRICA Domain Extension exceeds 15,000 Domain Registrations
The official geographic top-level domain (TLD) for the continent of Africa has recently crossed the 15,000 active domain registration milestone. .africa domains are becoming popular.
The .africa domain extension has gained wide...
Accessing the BBC’s iPlayer gets harder
Accessing TV programming over the BBC's iPlayer platform could get considerably harder from 1st of September 2016. The BBC has successfully lobbied the British Parliament to change the law governing TV...
.i.ng domains now available
The .ng domain registry has now made .i.ng domains available. They are meant to service interests in present-continuous English language terms and perhaps URL shortners. Examples of such terms would be...
How to secure your Dropbox account
There is no perfection in the world of technology. Heck, there's no perfection in life. Thus, one is constrained to mastering the delicate balance between convenience and security. Dropbox is a...
PayPal now in Nigeria, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Zimbabwe…
PayPal has extended its online payment system to Nigeria, Belarus, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Monaco, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Zimbabwe, and Paraguay for the first time. Before now, these countries were completely blocked from the...
ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrars in Africa
Domain Name Registrars that have been accredited by ICANN for the registration, transfer and renewal of domain names, are at the very top of the Domain Name system supply chain. Due...
A radical change comes to .ng domains
The .ng domain system has come a long way from the days of cumbersome registration via email to today's fully automated world-class domain name system. Another drastic policy change is around...
How to install Multi TV in Lagos Nigeria
I got the following question from a reader of this blog via email, and choose to answer publicly so as to assist others in need of the same information:
Please do you...
Esoko Tech Showcase. The BackStory.
I was invited to cover the Tech Showcase of Esoko's 3rd Annual Partner Conference. The Tech Showcase was a segment of the larger partners' gathering. Esoko Partners are their international clients...
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic: a cat with 7 lives
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is a smartphone and portable entertainment device by Nokia. It was introduced on October 2, 2008 and released on November 27, 2008. Code-named "Tube", it is the first touchscreen-equipped S60 device by Nokia. The version being s60v5. It's part of the XpressMusic series of phones, which emphasizes music and multimedia playback. The touchscreen features tactile feedback (though it does not use Nokia's Haptikos technology.)
