Loy Okezie

1 week ago | techloy.com | Loy Okezie

iPad users have patiently (or maybe impatiently) waited for a dedicated WhatsApp app for almost fifteen looooooong years. Before now, users have had to rely on the clumsy WhatsApp web version within a web browser, allowing access through a web interface linked to their phones – which makes the tablet experience for the most-used messaging app worldwide, to put it bluntly, poor.

Feb 28, 2025 | techloy.com | Loy Okezie |Kelechi Edeh |Oyinebiladou Omemu

I don’t know how to say this, but…it’s sad to see Skype go. It feels like saying goodbye to an old friend that you’ll probably never see again. I remember when I began using Skype actively. It think it was, err…circa 2013. It was the OG video call platform. From catching up on a project or a PR campaign with an industry colleague to those late night chats with friends across continents, the iconic "Skype ringtone" became a sonic time capsule. Oh, those nostalgic feelings.

Jan 31, 2025 | techloy.com | Emmanuel Oyedeji |Loy Okezie

Meta crushed it in 2024, finishing the year super strong, with its ads business doing exceptionally well, its social media apps booming, and the company making some big moves in AI, VR and AR. Let's look at the insane numbers: Last year's fourth-quarter revenue was up a massive 21% to $48.4 billion, and for the whole year, it was up 22% to $164.5 billion.

Jan 31, 2025 | techloy.com | Oyinebiladou Omemu |David Adubiina |Kelechi Edeh |Loy Okezie

Who needs billion-dollar budgets for AI when you can do it for seven figures? That’s the question DeepSeek threw at Silicon Valley—and well, the rest of the world. The Chinese AI startup stunned the world after building a low-cost AI model using less technologically advanced chips that topped app downloads on the App Store —at a fraction of OpenAI’s budget.

Jan 22, 2025 | techloy.com | Emmanuel Oyedeji |Loy Okezie |Kelechi Edeh

If you think that the o1 model is pretty cool – handling seriously tough stuff like coding, math, science, and even passing OpenAI's research engineer coding interviews at an exceptional 90-100% success rate – wait until the o3 mini model launches. We hear that it is coming in a "couple of weeks" for both API developers and ChatGPT users, according to Sam Altman, OpenAI's top dog. While the details are still sketchy, the o3 mini model is positioned as a smaller sibling to the larger o3 model.