"What's your BB pin?" The question is the ultimate social status badge for many young, urban Nigerians. Standing in front of a row of gleaming BlackBerry handsets in a Lagos phone shop, sales assistant Remi Olajuwon explained: "The average Nigerian has a very healthy interest in status and luxury. So if somebody asks for your…

As Google play witnesses the 25 billionth download on its Google Play app store, top apps are being offered to all and sundry for only 25 cents (N40)! You will recall a similar discount offer that took place only last December 2011 when Google Play witnessed the 10 billionth download, and it offered apps for…

As a very late adopter of RIM's Blackberry services, I was just settling down to get high on the proverbial "Crackberry". Alas, this is not going to be and already, buyer's remorse is already setting in. It started out with the usual delay in getting the BIS service enabled on my ergonomically friendly albeit cheap…