Blog - ID Africa

Google’s Downloadable Search History Will Embarrass & Shame You

April 22, 2015 - by IDAfrica

While we were young and free, we learnt that Google was the go-to guy for inquiries about everything and anything. So we would search for names of potential boyfriends and crushes, fr...

Business

How A 13 Year Old Boy Built A 40 Million Naira Business

April 22, 2015 - by Damola Ibiyemi

‘While your mates are getting their names in Times 100, you are busy gathering Instagram likes’. This saying went round on social media after Time Magazine released the list of t...

Business

Popular Brand Logos and The Hidden Messages You’ve Never Noticed

April 21, 2015 - by Damola Ibiyemi

You wouldn't believe what some brands have hidden in their logos. Although, it might be pure coincidence, these designs are too brilliant and cheeky to be mistakes. See some of the a...

Lists

Meet Ahmad Mukoshy, Nigeria’s Emerging Tech Guru

April 21, 2015 - by Damola Ibiyemi

When we think of tech gurus, we usually think of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. No one ever thinks of a Nigerian tech guru - like Nigerians only do music, sports, movies, comedy and ...

Tips and Tools

Connect & Engage. A Blog Isn’t For Decoration!

April 21, 2015 - by IDAfrica

You might have noticed that a number of websites these days have ‘blog’ as a key category on the menu bar, and social media users do not fail to insert the word ‘blogger’ to t...

Article

Viral Campaigns & Trends: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

April 20, 2015 - by Damola Ibiyemi

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Article

You Really Should See The “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Trailer

April 20, 2015 - by Damola Ibiyemi

The new Star Wars movie is what’s hot right now, and if you haven’t seen the new trailer, you’re on a long thing literally. The Star Wars movie installments are the ultimate en...

Tips and Tools

Google’s Handwriting Input Is The New, Easier Way To Type On Android

April 18, 2015 - by IDAfrica

Typing on touchscreen keyboards can be frustrating. Most of us will pass for illiterates at some points when chatting. The nature of the QWERTY keyboards on smartphones just makes it ...

Article

#FunFactFriday – What You Didn’t Know About Twitter, Facebook & Google

April 17, 2015 - by IDAfrica

Think you know everything you need to know about your favourite social media apps like Facebook, Twitter and even Google? Well you don’t. For starters, I bet you didn’t know...

Business, Tech

Can Microsoft Take On Apple In The Wearable Devices Market?

April 17, 2015 - by IDAfrica

The Microsoft wearable band is a health device that plugs into the Microsoft Health Service and allows users to monitor health activities like: Heart rate, Sun exposure, stress levels...

Tech

XTREME REVIEW: Samsung Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6 In Boiling Water Test

April 16, 2015 - by Damola Ibiyemi

Reviewers have for a long time been trying to find out who the ultimate smartphone maker is, Samsung or Apple. However, this TechRax reviewer has decided to go the extreme by boilin...

Article

#ThrowbackThursday: The First Mobile Phone Call Was Made 42 years Ago

April 16, 2015 - by IDAfrica

Today makes it 42 years and 13 days since the first mobile phone call was made. The call was made by 45 year old Martin Cooper, a Motorola engineer, to his rival, Joel Engel at AT&am...

Article

UNICEF, Snapchat and The Missing Chibok Girls

April 16, 2015 - by Damola Ibiyemi

April 14th, 2015, made it exactly one year since the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok, Nigeria and the world still remembers. In a brilliant use of mobile tech for socia...

Article

Hillvetica – How A Designer Helped Hillary Clinton Turn Criticism To Innovation

April 15, 2015 - by IDAfrica

The good thing is that not everyone hates Hillary Clinton. A creative designer, Rick Wolff saw the much criticized campaign logo as one that needed improvement. So, he came up with di...

Article

Why Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Will Make An Awesome Boyfriend

April 15, 2015 - by Damola Ibiyemi

I don’t know about you, but practically every girl in the world wants a Prince Charming that is rich, kind, gentle, romantic etc. Mark (we’re close like that), is definitely rich...