NITDA Unveils Five New Guidelines to Improve Nigeria’s Economy
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), at the weekend unveiled five additional instruments for the regulation and development of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the country as well as improve the ease of doing business. The Director General/CEO and minister -designate, Dr. Isa Pantami, who spoke at a signing-off event in Abuja, said the instruments signed-off will address numerous challenges confronting the country’s march towards effective ICT adoption.…
Windows by the numbers: Finally, the 7-to-10 migration kicks into high gear
A month after Windows users took a break from dumping Windows 7 for Windows 10, in July they put shoulders to various wheels and … shoved. According to web metrics vendor Net Applications, Windows 7’s share of all personal computers plunged precipitously last month, falling 3.6 percentage points – the second-largest amount in a single month for the aged OS – to end July at 31.8%. Meanwhile, Windows 7’s portion of only those PCs running Windows also plummeted,…
Who’s who in Boris Johnson’s new digital government team?
The new prime minister has appointed a new team of ministers and advisers who will help shape the government’s digital and technology policy Open Government Licence Boris Johnson’s brutal cabinet reshuffle has created a new team of ministers involved with the technology sector, and the Prime Minister has also made some key digital appointments in his team of advisers. Here are the key figures in his new government tech team. Nicky Morgan – DCMS Secretary of State Nicky…
Top web browsers 2019: Chrome swallows more share
Its biggest monthly user-share gain in three years pushes Google’s browser ever closer to the 70% mark. TABLE OF CONTENTS Top browsers, June 2019 Top browsers, May 2019 Top browsers, April 2019 Top browsers, March 2019 Top browsers, February 2019 SHOW MORE Chrome again jumped in user share, adding the most in a single month since its 2016 heyday, when Google took advantage of a disastrous Microsoft decision to claim the top spot. According…
