Half of Facebook Employees to Work Remotely in 10 years – Zuckerberg

BusinessTechnologyWorld NewsHalf of Facebook Employees to Work Remotely in 10 years – Zuckerberg

PilotnewsMay 22, 2020

Facebook’s founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, says he expects the coronavirus pandemic will have a long-lasting impact on working practices. Zuckerberg expects that in ten years, about half of the social network company’s employees will be working remotely, he said in an interview with technology news site The Verge. He emphasised that the 50 per cent figure was his estimate and not an official announcement. According to a survey of Facebook employees, one in...

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COVID-19: Unilag Produces Ambuvalent Ventilator

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaTechnologyCOVID-19: Unilag Produces Ambuvalent Ventilator

PilotnewsMay 16, 2020

In a bid to further tackle the  Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a team of researchers in the University of Lagos (Unilag)  has produced an Ambuvalent  ventilator. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project, known as Unilag /LASRIC Ambuvalent, was sponsored by the Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC). The team carried out a ‘demonstration of concept’ of the project to the institution’s management on Friday. The Team Lead, AbdulHakeem Amuda, an...

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Why Facebook is Laying Undersea Cable Around Africa

AfricaInfrastructureNewsTechnologyWhy Facebook is Laying Undersea Cable Around Africa

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 15, 2020

It is one of the most ambitious project aimed at connecting the African continent to the internet, Facebook is laying cable under the sea to interconnect 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe. The project, named 2Africa is one of the largest subsea cable projects in the world. At 37,000 kilometres long, 2Africa will be nearly equal to the circumference of the Earth. “The project is impressive for more than length alone: It...

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NOUN Begins Free Virtual Training for 600 Participants

EducationNigeriaTechnologyNOUN Begins Free Virtual Training for 600 Participants

PilotnewsMay 9, 2020

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has began virtual lectures and hands-on-laps training for 600 participants through its Africa Centre of Excellence on Technology Enhanced Learning, (ACETEL). Mr. Ambrose Gowong, Communications Officer, ACETEL, in a statement said the training was a  partnership between ACETEL­-CISCO Academy and the Directorate of Learning Content Management System (DLCMS) of NOUN. He said  NOUN Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration, Prof. Justus Sokefun, who declared the training open, said the training was part...

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COVID-19: Video Conferencing App Zoom Tops Download Charts in February and March: Report

BusinessCoronavirusTechnologyCOVID-19: Video Conferencing App Zoom Tops Download Charts in February and March: Report

PilotnewsMay 5, 2020

With more and more people working from home due the novel coronavirus pandemic, video conferencing tool Zoom Cloud Meetings topped download charts globally throughout February and March, according to data from app analytics platform App Annie. Zoom offers video and screen sharing for up to 100 people. With increased demand for collaboration tools amid COVID-19 shutdowns, Google has opened up its premium paid features of Hangouts Meet for free, ZOOM is offering K-12 students free access and...

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“Familheey” Networking App Gets Major Updates, Including a COVID-19 Support Feature, COO

LifestyleMarketsTechnology“Familheey” Networking App Gets Major Updates, Including a COVID-19 Support Feature, COO

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 1, 2020

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, while many health systems across the world are struggling to provide care for patients, the global economy is taking a downturn. The impacts of the disease on people have left several individuals in need of support to survive a hard time. Realizing that many people all over the world would need different forms of support to make it through this trying time, developers of Familheey, a social networking...

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Lockdown: Google Lists Steps Toward Efective Video Conferencing

BusinessNigeriaTechnologyLockdown: Google Lists Steps Toward Efective Video Conferencing

PilotnewsApril 27, 2020

Google on Monday proffered six best ways to enjoy video conferencing with friends and colleagues while on COVID-19-induced lockdown. In a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, West Africa Communication Officer, Google, said that Nigerians have had a rapid transition to working from home. Kola-Ogunlade said this could be a daunting task if one was not familiar with tools like video conferencing. He said that Google had compiled...

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Google Proposes Five Channels for Home Fitness

AfricaBusinessTechnologyGoogle Proposes Five Channels for Home Fitness

PilotnewsApril 20, 2020

Google on Monday proposed five channels to help gym, a home fitness routine, so as not to miss out on regular work out during the lockdown. Mr. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Communication Officer, West Africa said in Lagos that it was easy to start missing out on regular routine being cooped up at home and looking after kids. Kola-Ogunlade in a statement noted that turning a gym routine into a home routine is not as hard as...

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COVID-19: Nigerian Flying Doctors Founder Fights the Pandemic With Tech

CoronavirusNigeriaTechnologyCOVID-19: Nigerian Flying Doctors Founder Fights the Pandemic With Tech

PilotnewsApril 20, 2020

You may know her as the flying doctor but at a time when most flights are grounded and the whole world is at war with an elusive enemy, COVID-19, Dr. Ola Brown has stationed herself on the frontline, fortified with essential weapons — technology and resolve — to resist its spread. Dr. Brown founded the Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Group which has expanded over the past years through investments in pharmaceutical retail, health tech, diagnostics, medical...

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COVID-19: ABU Wonder Kid, Dalhatu Produces Portable Ventilator

CoronavirusNigeriaTechnologyCOVID-19: ABU Wonder Kid, Dalhatu Produces Portable Ventilator

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 17, 2020

Amidst fear of uncertainty, Usman Dalhatu, a 200 level student of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, who went viral for producing a locally made ventilator has again made another feat as he transformed his emergency ventilator idea into a portable E-vent automatic ventilator.  Usman released photos of the upgrade on his twitter page. It is a special ultra-modern portable E-vent automatic ventilator he calls Respire-19.  Usman Dalhatu, the 200 level student of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello...

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