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5 Reasons Why You Should Start a Business as a Student

Are you among those who think that running a business is the game of experienced graduates and professionals? I am going to show you five reason why that believe is wrong. If you are a student reading this or you are a fresh graduate and you have never thought of More »

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How You can Buy or Sell on Google Trader through SMS

You can now search, buy, post or sell your products/services on Google’s classified ads site Google Trader. It is very simple, you only have to send a message to a short code via SMS. To start using the SMS service Text START to 6007. Posting on Google Trader is free! More »

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Wikipedia to Go Free on Mobiles in Africa and Middle East This Year

The Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organisation that operates Wikipedia and Orange, a mobile network provider have concluded a deal that will allow millions of people from Africa and Midddle East to gain free unlimited access to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia from the mobile phones. The project is targeted at the More »

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Google+ integrates with Google Trader: Personalize your Listings

Google announced today that it has integrated Google+ (its social network) with Google Trader (it classified ads site). This means users on google trader can personalize their listings. According to press release on Google Africa blog: We wanted to make Google Trader a little bit more personal. So today, for More »

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Top Ten Most Visited and Popular Nigerian Websites in January, 2012

In continuation of our monthly review of Top Ten Most Visited Nigerian Websites and Blogs which we started in November of 2011 we bring to you the list of most visited Nigerian sites in January, 2012. 1. Vanguardngr.com: The online version of the well read newspaper has retained its top More »

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How You can Buy or Sell on Google Trader through SMS

February 17, 2012   Andy Chuks   No comments

You can now search, buy, post or sell your products/services on Google’s classified ads site Google Trader. It is very simple, you only have to send a message to a short code via SMS. To start using the SMS service Text START to 6007. Posting on Google Trader is free! However, your carrier may charge

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Google+ integrates with Google Trader: Personalize your Listings

February 16, 2012   Andy Chuks   No comments

Google announced today that it has integrated Google+ (its social network) with Google Trader (it classified ads site). This means users on google trader can personalize their listings. According to press release on Google Africa blog: We wanted to make Google Trader a little bit more personal. So today, for the first time, we’re introducing

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Google+ Hackatons to Hold in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda

February 15, 2012   Andy Chuks   No comments

Google+ Hackatons to Hold in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda Google announced it hold Google+ hackatons in Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda next month (March 2012). A Hackaton is an event when programmers meet to do collaborative computer programming. The spirit of a hackathon is to collaboratively build programs and applications. According to press release Google Africa

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Apple ranks Highest in Corporate Reputation Score US

February 14, 2012   Andy Chuks   No comments

Apple was ranked the most reputable company in US in recent polls. Apple took the top spot from Google for the highest corporate reputation score, according to the 2012 Harris Poll Reputation Quotient, a survey which measures corporate reputation for brands and companies in the U.S. The poll asks the general public to measure the

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Google’s Acquisition of Motorola Approved by US and EU

February 14, 2012   Andy Chuks   No comments

Google $12 billion dollar proposed acquisition of Motorola has been approved by European Commission and the U.S. Department. This will make it the largest acquisition by Google so far. Department of Justice said in a press release yesterday: “The division concluded that the specific transactions at issue are not likely to significantly change existing market

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Google Acquires Apture

November 14, 2011   Andy Chuks   No comments

Apture has been acquired by Google. Apture is a website that provides instantaneous access to information with its award-winning in-page search technology. Its products let readers immediately find and browse the best content from across the web – in one window. By transforming flat web pages into connected multimedia experiences, readers can fluidly dive into

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How Google Direct Connect can Improve your Business Visibility Online

November 08, 2011   Andy Chuks   No comments

Google’s new feature Direct Connect makes it simple for users to find and follow Companies/Brands on Google+ via Google Search. If you type in “+” followed by the brand or business name eg “+Toyota” in google search box brings up a direct link to the Toyota Google+ Page that appears directly under the search box.

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Google+ Launches Pages – You can Create a Page For Your Business/ Brand

November 08, 2011   Andy Chuks   1 Comment

Google has finally launched the long-awaited “Pages” for Google+ today, it will let you connect with people, places and things. Although this feature already on facebook but with Direct Connect feature, it could be more beneficial to businesses and brands than Facebook pages. Here’s Google official Statement about the launch: In life we connect with

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How Facebook is helping Google Plus grow bigger

September 22, 2011   Andy Chuks   4 Comments

For the past three months the social media world has been shaken with the launch of Google’s social project Google Plus (G+), though the media hype has died down a bit, the online social giant Facebook is still panicking and looking over its shoulder. Within Last week and early this week Facebook has made so

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