It has been 25 days since Mobile Number Portability went live in Nigeria, after all the fanfare, resources put into the project, and network ads jabbing each other, how is the project really going? Well, we have some information. We can exclusively tell you that as at yesterday, just over 3,000 lines had been ported across the four GSM networks so far. We have been asked not to give a breakdown of... »
The biggest news from the BlackBerry Live keynote on Tuesday was definitely the announcement that BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) was going to be available to iOs and Android devices for free starting this summer. Almost as soon as we tweeted that on our Live tweet (which made the big screen at BBLive by the way–Woohoo!) my mailbox and twitter lit up with requests for me to share my thoughts on t... »
![Revisiting theNetNG’s purported “Hack” [UPDATED]](http://www.techsuplex.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Netng4-400x200.jpg)
A few days ago, after reading the story of theNetNG’s purported “hack” in my stories I read post, I hinted that there was probably a lot more to the story than met the eye. Instead of writing my thoughts in a full post, I contacted my friend Oladipo Ademola Esq to share his views seeing as he is an expert on such things, and here are his thoughts below which first appeared on hi... »
Three days ago, some statements credited to the BlackBerry CEO made some interesting headlines, while I haven’t read the actual interview so there’s a chance it’s quoted out of context (people do anything for clicks these days) the quote goes thus: “In five years, I see BlackBerry to be the absolute leader in mobile computing — that’s what we’re aiming for... »
It has been a crazy week both on and off Techsuplex, really crazy. World over, a lot has happened in the past few days, and here at Techsuplex, while it seems like not much is going on the surface, I assure you that you’re in for some cool stuff really soon. Think about it as the calm before the storm. I’ll give more details when the time’s right. In all the craziness that has be... »
Last week, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg introduced their newest product, Facebook Home to the world. Facebook Home is basically an android launcher that makes the Facebook experience an integral part of your phone through a couple of ways such as cover flow, chat heads, etc. More on Facebook Home here. While, it’s a brilliant concept (in fact even implementation e.g Chat heads from a fun... »
Sitting on a plane and feeling “G” as the plane takes off, getting a calendar appointment notification at the due time regardless of which device I’m using and what device I added the appointment to…literally telling my phone to “wake me up at 5:30am”…dragging my files to my dropbox folder before running out of the house, and having access to the same file... »
Right now I am writing this post on Google Docs where I can transcribe the post then edit before I post it up to the site. Google Docs is basically a clone of Microsoft Office except it is entirely cloud based (it has been updated to support offline use however since and once it gets net access it uploads and updates on your account). The document is then saved on my Google Drive account enabling ... »
The potential accuracy of any mapping solution boils down to one thing; data. The volume of information you have about a certain region helps improve your search results and quite certainly, improves the overall mapping experience. I’m sure you read the title and said huh? Ibadan? Yes Ibadan. For those that know me, I’m an unrepentant advocate and patriot of the City of Ibadan and I ta... »
Taking life as it comes or grabbing life by the horns is a saying that resonates with most people. You are either just another coagulation of carbon and basic cells or you define culture, influence society and leave a lasting legacy. This write up pays homage to a piece of software that defined a generation. A software that made the smartphone mainstream or I dare say defined the smartphone... »
