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Developers, Events, News, Tech June 8, 2012

Google Apps Developer Challenge 2012

Hello Developers!  You can participate in the Google Apps Developer Challenge by developing new applications built using the Google Apps and Google Drive APIs….

Mobile, News, Tech, Web June 8, 2012

Who Will Reign As King of Mobile Social Media in Africa?

Facebook started as a web only company. It has since created a version for people to enjoy on their mobile devices. There’s the HTML5…

Developers, Events, News, Tech June 8, 2012

Nigerian Techies Become Rock Stars At Tech Jamz

Get your rock on! That’s the message from the team at oTeKbits for the local tech community. Hackathons are cool, Showcase Tuesdays are not…

News, Tech, Web June 8, 2012

Inspiring Stories: Paying A Visit To Khayelitsha’s First Internet Cafe

South African entrepreneur Luvuyo Rani established Silulo Ulutho Technologies eight years ago in Khayelitsha, which still holds the title of the township’s first and…

Developers, Resources, Tech June 7, 2012

StackArena | Redirecting To www With .htaccess

Editor’s Note: Really excited to be publishing a first post from our partnership with StackArena. With aligning goals, oTeKbits has partnered with StackArena in the…

Mobile, News, Products, Tech, Web June 7, 2012

The Never-Ending Quest For The Perfect Map

For the last decade we’ve obsessed over building great maps for our users—maps that are totally comprehensive (we’re shooting for literally the whole world),…

Developers, News, Tech June 7, 2012

Would Steve Jobs have applied to Y Combinator?

A quick glance at yclist shows how Y Combinator has become the war factory for the Web 2.0 revolution. If your aim is to take an…

News, Tech June 6, 2012

Co-creation Hub Pre-Incubation Support

Earlier in the day I wrote an article about various funds that are being set up around africa that begs the question; where are…

News, Tech, Web June 6, 2012

Sabunta – Another Attempt at E-Commerce in Nigeria, the ‘Free’ Way

Sabunta is an online fashion superstore that offers shoes, clothing and accessories in Nigeria with free delivery. The website sabunta.com is launching anytime now…

News, Tech, Web June 6, 2012

Internet Broadband Speeds Have Declined In 2011

For those of us who are keen to find out more about the state of our parallel world, the Internet, Akamai Technologies has just…

Mobile, News, Tech June 6, 2012

Samsung Invests $500K in Linux Foundation to Battle iOS

Samsung is set to announce that it will be joining the Linux Foundation at the “Platinum” level, which is the highest tier of membership…

News, Products, Tech, Web June 6, 2012

Firefox Has a Redesigned Home Page and New Tab Experience

Firefox makes it faster and easier to get where you want to go on the Web with a redesigned Home Page and New Tab experience….