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A huge part of the Facebook origin story is that Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard University to launch the company. This is weirdly compelling, and has probably inspired heaps of other people to make the same move, in pursuit of their own entrepreneurial ambitions. But Zuck won’t be a college dropout for much longer. Twelve years after he left Harvard for Palo Alto, he’s going back to school, where he’ll give the commencement address for the class of 2017, and be presented with a honorary degree Per  the Harvard website : “Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership has profoundly altered the nature of social engagement worldwide. Few inventions in modern times can rival Facebook in its far-reaching impact on how people around the globe interact with one another,” said Harvard President Drew Faust. “And few individuals can rival Mark Zuckerberg in his drive to change our world through the innovative use of technology, as well as his commitment to advance science, enhance education, a

Tired of bouncing between apps to view all of your photos on iOS? YoVivo just might be for you. Jason Cipriani/CNET The problem with having photos spread out across various services and apps is that you're often forced to bounce between them in order to find a particular photo. YoVivo is new app that's throwing its hat in the ring as a one-stop shop for all of your photo needs. Within the app, you can access photos stored in a long list of services, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Dropbox and Flickr to name a few. YoVivo Of course you can also view the photos stored on your iOS device, though I've had some trouble accessing photos stored in my iCloud Photo Library. Your results may vary. Additionally, you can create and share slideshows from within the app with just a few taps. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the app is its encryption feature. From within the app you can share photos across networks and services, either in a traditional form or

Despite the intervention of the Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC, to broker a peaceful resolution between Etisalat Nigeria and a consortium of banks, it appears the effort may not have yielded a truce, as the banks are set to take over the telecoms firm today (Wednesday). The consortium of some foreign and Nigerian banks, including Guaranty Trust Bank, Access Bank and Zenith Bank, have been having a running battle with the mobile telephone operator over a loan facility totalling $1.72 billion (about N541.8 billion) obtained in 2015. The loan, which involved a foreign-backed guaranty bond, was for Etisalat to finance a major network rehabilitation and expansion of its operational base in Nigeria. However, following the failure of the company to meet its debt servicing schedule agreed since 2016, the three Nigerian banks, prodded by their foreign partners, reported Etisalat to banking sector regulator, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and its communications sector counterpart,

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appointed King Sunny Ade as an Ambassador of the National Re-Orientation Programme "Change Begins With Me." Speaking in Abuja on Monday when he received the music maestro on a courtesy visit to his office, the Minister described King Sunny Ade as an icon and a trail blazer, who has reigned in the music industry for over 50 years without blemish. Announcing the appointment, he said "we are looking for people like you (King Sunny Ade) that the younger ones can look up to. It's not just that you have been around for fifty years but you have been around for fifty years without any single stain on your part and that is very hard. "Most people like you would have had one issue or the other that today their integrity would be at stake. Your integrity is as strong if not stronger than when you started. So it would be a pleasure if you can accept to be our Ambassador of the "Change Begins With Me&qu

Justice Agatha A. Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State have convicted and sentenced four suspected members of an oil syndicate Olusegun Gbenga, Yusuf Muhammed, Abass Auwal and Olanipekun Olagoke to 10years imprisonment on each of the 12-count charge of oil theft preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. One of the counts reads: “That you, Olusegun Gbenga, Yusuf Muhammed, Abass Auwal and Olanipekun Olagoke on the 12th day of May, 2014 at Toto Military check point in Nasarawa State, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court, did without lawful authority or an appropriate licence, deal in crude oil and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 1 (17) (a) (b) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, CAP M17, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004”. The convicts, on arraignment pleaded not guilty, but upon diligent prosecution by the EFCC, they were found guilty and sentenced. Prose

Ex-Daily Times MD and former biographer to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Adinoyi Ojo Onukaba, was killed in an auto crash along the Akure-Abuja express road on Sunday at about 6 p.m. as he was returning from Obasanjo's 80th birthday celebration. Onukaba, 57, who was a former governorship aspirant in Kogi state under the All Progressive Congress, APC, was reportedly on his way back to Abuja from Ogun state where the party had held when he was ambushed by armed bandits. As he made to escape from them he was reportedly hit by an oncoming vehicle. His body has been deposited at the State Specialist Hospital, Akure, from where it will be conveyed today to his hometown, Ihima, Okehi Local Government area of Kogi State for burial. Before his death, Onukaba served Nigeria in various capacities. He was a veteran journalist and also the Senior Special Assistant on media to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. As stated earlier, he was also the biographer to Olusegun Obasanjo and

Twitter Moments, Twitter’s own take on short-form content told as a series of connected tweets, are today getting their own analytics, the company  announced  today. This will allow Moments’ creators to track how well their content is working on Twitter, by offering details on opens, likes, shares, and more. The idea is that this data will aid in crafting better-performing Moments in the future. As a refresher, the Twitter Moments feature was first  launched  in 2015, as something of an answer to Snapchat Stories. Like Stories, Moments are designed to be simple and quick pieces of content. But instead of images, they string together a collection of tweets to tell a story. The feature was first only available to brands and influencers, which could have slowed their adoption among Twitter’s user base. Creation tools didn’t  become available  to regular users until November, 2016. Moments’ existence also didn’t spur more sign-ups for the service, as the company had perhaps hope