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WhatsApp's long promised unlock feature is now on Android. This is part of Facebook's way to consolidate its security goals and abate privacy violations across its platforms. Speaking of violations, there've been series of complaints from users who have been...

Google revealed new features for its products and Techquery.ng is going to focus on the added features to make it easier and digestible for her readers. 1. New Magic Editor and Magic Compose Feature Powered by Generative AI has been...

YouTube released an update  to begin showing the abbreviated subscriber number across all public YouTube surfaces with effect from August 2019. The platform says its aim is to create more consistency everywhere that subscriber counts are publicly displayed. Currently there's been...

OLX, a fast-growing online classifieds marketplace, has been acquired by jiji, another fast- growing online classifieds marketplace. OLX Nigeria, OLX Ghana, OLX Kenya, OLX Tanzania, and OLX Uganda, were all involved in the acquisition. Following the deal, OLX users in Nigeria,...

Google on Tuesday, January 28th, 2020, launched its first African developers space in Lagos, Nigeria. And for the most part, it's FREE! The developers space is aimed to create a physical place where African entrepreneurs, developers, mentors, VCs, and...

Apple is at it again, and this time, it is the acquisition of a startup whose technology will turn iPhones into payment terminals. The startup is known by the name Mobeewaves. Mobeewaves technology lets shoppers tap their credit card or...

WhatsApp has reportedly acquired 31.48% share of app sessions among users in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa followed by Facebook (2.05), Facebook lite (1.85), etc, according to 2019 report by Quartz Africa. But, what if I told you that fake...

Zuckerberg's WhatsApp has today rolled out a payment feature for local and remote businesses to close deals effectively on the go. This added feature allows users to send money to individuals or local businesses within a chat, attaching payment as...

Telegram Messenger has now added more effective private communication features: "unsend anything, Anonymous Forwarding, setting search and more" to its app. This was revealed in a blog post on Sunday by the company. The unsend feature has just being...

Kenya is about to join the bandwagon to effect a digital tax law in its country. But, unlike other countries looking to tax their citizens who use social media for businesses, Kenya's government wants to be able to tax...