Articles by Robin Okuthe

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Wed, June 20th, 12:40 · Robin Okuthe

Facebook dedicates a portal to Olympic fans

Social network giant Facebook has devoted a portal dubbed Explore London 2012 to allow fans to "connect with their favourite" athletes at the Olympic Games. → Read more
Mon, June 18th, 09:59 · Robin Okuthe

Browsing patterns indicate depression among Internet users

A group of researchers say they hope their new discovery could lead to developing software tools to help identify Internet users’ depressive behaviours. According to the researchers, the amount and type of online activities exhibited by Internet users may be indicators of depression. → Read more
Mon, June 18th, 06:00 · Robin Okuthe

Satellite takes earth’s most wondrous photo

An impressive 3D image of earth taken 36,000 kilometres (22,369 miles) away by a weather satellite is finally proving how significant humans are. The photo is way beyond NASA’s earlier snapshots. → Read more
Sat, June 16th, 05:30 · Robin Okuthe

Bing links up with Britannica, targets counter-matching Google’s African market share

Microsoft’s search engine Bing has said it will now add entries and links from the world’s top online fact list, the Encyclopedia Britannica, when certain key words are used. → Read more
Sat, June 16th, 04:00 · Robin Okuthe

Kenya to benefit from continental Square Kilometre Array project

Kenya is among the countries that will benefit from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) currently being spearheaded by South Africa. → Read more
Thu, June 14th, 13:32 · Robin Okuthe

Apple releases latest OS, ditches with Google Maps

Apple has launched its latest operating system named iOS6. This means it will have to do away with Google Maps software as the new operating system runs its own mapping app on Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. → Read more
Thu, June 14th, 10:24 · Robin Okuthe

Nokia plans another 10,000 job cuts as losses deepen

Finnish phone maker Nokia says it’s cutting another 10,000 jobs globally and has hinted that second-quarter losses from its mobile phone businesses would be larger than expected. → Read more
Thu, June 14th, 08:26 · Robin Okuthe

World’s top sites rally to stop scammers, bad ads

Facebook, Twitter, Google, AOL and the Interactive Advertising Bureau have announced they would rally to keep Net surfers from ads that that dole out scams or malware. The new alliance would be named Ads Integrity Alliance. → Read more
Thu, June 14th, 06:38 · Robin Okuthe

Google, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo to own domains

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Named and Numbers (ICANN) yesterday revealed the generic top-level- domains (TLDs) applied for by companies and organizations, a major step in the 6-year long process aimed at expanding the domain name system to condition for more competitions in a world dominated by dot-com names. → Read more
Wed, June 13th, 12:15 · Robin Okuthe

Facebook comes up with a plugin allowing users to publish contents

WordPress bloggers worldwide can now rejoice as they get yet another platform to publish their stories online. This comes after the social networking giant Facebook came up with a plugin essential for spreading news of stories, social publishing, and individual mentions. → Read more
Wed, June 13th, 05:00 · Robin Okuthe

Rocket Internet aims to make Sabunta a major Nigerian online fashion store

Clone master Rocket Internet has opened an online store in Nigeria one week after launching Kasuwa, an electronic online store, in the country's former capital Lagos. → Read more
Tue, June 12th, 13:00 · Robin Okuthe

Internet advertising hit all-time high in first-quarter reaching US$8.4 billion

More advertisers are now seeking the Web to draw buyers, says the Associated Press. → Read more
Mon, June 11th, 03:50 · Robin Okuthe

Nigeria satellite imageries go commercial

National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has announced it would commercialise imageries from its two orbit satellites beginning June. → Read more
Fri, June 8th, 04:50 · Robin Okuthe

Tunisia to inject US$2.5 Billion into solar energy

Tunisia’s government is working to put US$2.5 billion into solar power generation. → Read more
Wed, June 6th, 08:54 · Robin Okuthe

Poll now shows Facebook is ‘boring,’ ‘not relevant’

Thirty-four percent of Facebook users now spend less time on the social networking site than they did half a year ago, reveals a poll by Reuters and market research firm Ipsos. → Read more
Wed, June 6th, 06:10 · Robin Okuthe

IBM revises its Rational tools for mobile, cloud

While focusing on mobile and cloud, IBM has now revised its Rational CLM (Collaborative Lifecycle Management) software to function in clusters. The multinational corporation has also introduced a number of cloud-based development management services. → Read more
Thu, May 31st, 06:30 · Robin Okuthe

GSMA study shows mobile operators are key to improved healthcare globally

A report by GSMA, a global association of mobile operators, released Wednesday indicates mobile operators are the major force behind the improved healthcare worldwide. → Read more
Mon, May 28th, 18:30 · Robin Okuthe

Facebook could soon acquire Opera browser, report says

Social networking giant Facebook may acquire the Norwegian browser maker Opera Software, developer of the Opera and Opera Mini browsers for desktops and mobile phones, a report says. → Read more
Thu, May 17th, 13:24 · Robin Okuthe

Airtel launches West Africa’s newest online market

Airtel Ghana, a top mobile network operator in Ghana, yesterday hit the market with yet another value addition product following the launch of an online portal intended to provide additional distribution channels to the country's online merchants. → Read more