By midday on Tuesday September 4th 2018, a remarkable development, whose reverberations are still felt today, shook the e-commerce world and the whole of Wall Street. Amazon, an American e-commerce giant, had followed Apple Inc. to become the second U.S.…
Lagos based data centre earns Microsoft Gold status (Vanguard)
West Africa’s largest full-scale data centre provider, Lagos-based MDXI has attained the Gold Data Centre certification from Microsoft. The status strengthens its position as one of the leading Cloud Services providers in Africa demonstrating “best-in-class” capability to meet Microsoft’s customers’…
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies aged 65 (CNN)
Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, died Monday. He was an investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist who influenced many aspects of modern life — from technology and science to sports and music. Allen was 65, his investment firm Vulcan said…
Microsoft stops Windows 10 update after it started randomly deleting people’s files
Microsoft has halted the rollout of its latest update to the Windows 10 operating system after users started complaining that it was wiping their files. The October 2018 update was revealed last week and will bring with it a few…
MTN, Microsoft partner, empower Nigeria’s fast-growing SMEs in Lagos
MTN Nigeria and Microsoft, in a partnership, held the first session of the MTN-Microsoft Training Program in Lagos, in an effort to create sustainable and scalable initiatives aimed at driving growth within the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment of the…
MTN partners with tech savvy brands to promote young talent, future tech
The maiden edition of TechFest, themed ‘Spark Your Curiosity’ brought together thousands of tech enthusiasts and creative minds to explore, debate and proffer technological solutions to societal problems. The event, which held this week was a collaboration between Diamond Bank…
Bill Gates has joined the “Wailing Wailers” – Reuben Abati
“I do not enjoy speaking to you this bluntly when you have been gracious enough to invite me here…” – Bill Gates. Mr. Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, friend of Nigeria and one of the richest men in the world was…