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Kenya: Olx, Marketing and Technology Affair

Gartner reports that five years from now, the organization marketing officer will have a bigger piece of the IT budget than the CIO. This particular officer will market the organization’s brand portfolio and services strongly on an online portal.

Peter Ndiang’ui, OLX Country Manager, is one of them, he has steered his organization towards using the digital market arena to tremendously drive and manage the business growth. more…

Microsoft to build more than 3 million Surface tablets, says IDC

Microsoft is expected to build a little more than 3 million Surface tablets, market researcher IDC told CNET. An IDC analyst also offered his views on the likelihood of a $199 version of the tablet.

Production plans are for a few million units for calendar 2012, said IDC analyst Bob O’Donnell in a phone interview. more…

Germany Investigating Facebook’s Face-Recognition Features Again

Data privacy officials in Germany have reopened a probe to look deeper at Facebook’s face recognition technology and determine if the social networking giant was collecting member photos without their knowledge.

In June, an investigation into Facebook’s database more…

Google Introduces Chrome, Drive for iOS

google-chromeDay two of the Googles I/O conference in San Francisco saw the introduction of Google Chrome and Drive apps for iOS devices. Google showcased the apps latest features and showed what Google software looks like on an Apple device during the show. more…

Building The Next Internet, 250 Times Faster

Next-InternetDevelopers in 25 cities are getting a playdate with GENI, an ultra-fast broadband sandbox, with the goal of building apps that push beyond the limits of today’s Net.

The series of tubes that make up the Internet are getting bigger. Tomorrow President Obama will sign an more…

Twitter Improves Search, Notifications in iPhone & Android Apps

android-twitterTwitter has released updates for its iPhone and Android app, providing improved search and notification functions. The new versions of Twitter are now available on both the iPhone’s App Store and Android’s Google Play.

“This update was a great collaboration between many teams at Twitter including Android, iOS, Discover, Search and others,” more…

Smaller-Screen Creative: Why Smartphones & Tablets Aren’t Created Equal

tablet-smartphoneThe super-speed growth in smartphone usage and the cultural shift therein is old news at this point, but this past holiday season marked an enormous turning point in mobile technology adoption. U.S. tablet ownership doubled over the holiday season which means about 10 percent of the population was gifted a tablet. more…

Adobe: Chrome for Android will not get Flash support

FlashNOWhen Google today launched Chrome for Android in beta they did so without support for Adobe Flash. For many users this seemed surprising given the strong push for Flash on Google’s mobile OS after Steve Jobs and Apple refused to allow Adobe’s platform on their iOS devices. The writing, however, was on the wall. more…