en-ng-hotdailynews: 2015-01-27 Nigeria Technology

Facebook Releases Lite Android App For Emerging Markets
Forbes
Facebook is working on an app called Facebook Lite, which is optimized for low-end Android devices in emerging markets. Facebook Lite launched in a limited number of countries across Asia and Africa over the weekend, according to TechCrunch.
Facebook testing a spare 'Lite' service for Android   Computerworld
Facebook unveils 'lite' app for emerging markets   The Straits Times
Facebook quietly rolled out a bare-bones app in emerging markets   Mashable
Pocket-lint.com
AndroidGuys
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Wall Street Journal

Huawei's Higher-End Phones Lift Consumer-Business Revenue
Wall Street Journal
Huawei's higher-priced mobile phones are lifting revenue in its consumer business. Here, an attendant displays an Ascend Mate7 smartphone in Chiba, Japan, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Photo: Bloomberg News. By. Juro Osawa. Juro Osawa. The Wall Street ...

Huawei launches Ascend Mate 7 Smartphone in Nigeria   Nigerian Tribune
Rumor: Huawei Preparing Ascend Mate 7 Compact for Mobile World Congress   Android Headlines - Android News
Huawei Ascend Mate 7 Vs HTC Desire 820: Specs, Features, Display, Camera ...   KDramaStars
GSMArena.com
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ITWeb Africa

TV white spaces project launched in Ghana
ITWeb Africa
Africa's first commercial service network utilising TV white spaces was launched in Ghana, a statement reveals. The commercial service, a partnership between Spectra Wireless and the Microsoft 4Afrika initiative, allows students in Ghana to buy affordable, ...

Africa gets its first commercial TV white space offering   Memeburn
Spectra Wireless, Microsoft 4Afrika launch first commercial TV white spaces ...   Biztech Africa

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Tablet sales'll continue to be slow in 2015 —Gartner
Nigerian Tribune
After a troubled year in 2014, the global tablet market is not returning to the levels of growth seen in the last four years as demand for tablets will continue to be slow in 2015. Gartner, estimates that worldwide tablet sales will reach 233 million units in 2015, ...

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Alcatel-Lucent to build converged network for Vodacom in South Africa
AfricanBrains
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has been selected by Vodacom, South Africa's largest mobile service provider, to build a gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) solution to expand Vodacom's customer base enterprise and residential ...

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WYFF Greenville

Police: Drunken Driver Hits Squad Car During DWI Arrest
New York Times
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — Police in a Dallas suburb say a drunken driver crashed into an empty squad car while officers were busy dealing with another drunken driver they had pulled over. Grand Prairie police say a third driver then crashed into another ...

Two drivers arrested for DWI in Grand Prairie after back-to-back car crashes   Dallas Morning News (blog)
Back-to-back car crashes follow DUI arrest   KCRA Sacramento

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Curve Introduces Free-Info Service on Web Platform
Business World
As part of efforts to provide and support the access to real-time information, Curve Communications recently introduced a free-info service on its web platform to tackle data challenges. The advisory service provides corporate organisations and the business ...

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