Tag: Internet
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Elon Musk’s Starlink licensed to operate in Nigeria
Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, has announced that his satellite Internet service, Starlink, has been granted approval to begin operations in Nigeria. Musk made this known via his Twitter account on Friday, stating that Starlink had been licensed to operate in Nigeria and Mozambique. “Starlink approved by Nigeria and Mozambique,” he simply wrote. This…
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Web Ranking Platform, Alexa to be Shut Down May 2022
Amazon says it will be retiring Alexa.com, its web ranking service, in May 2022. Alexa.com is best known for Alexa Rank, a website that ranks the world’s most popular websites by monitoring traffic as web users navigate around. The service also offers paid subscriptions for those who want detailed search engine optimisation (SEO) analytics and…
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Digital Economy: FG Urged to Involve Indigenous IT Professionals
The federal government has been urged to involve information technology (IT) professionals in its digital economy drive in order to achieve the desired results. President, Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Prof. Adesina Sodiya, said the federal government would achieve faster and better results when indigenous IT professionals are involved. He frowned upon the situation where the…