Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Apple’s second largest market China

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has landed in China in his third visit in 18 months. It is believed that he has been holding meetings with China’s telecom companies, China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Mobile.

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Benin airport was shut down for non-payment of taxes

The Edo State Board of Internal Revenue (BIR) at the early hours of yesterday locked the administrative offices of the Benin airport for claim that the airport has failed to pay the PAYE (Pay As You Earn) tax which were removed from the salaries of workers of the airport.

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Apple’s iOS 7 beta 4 reveals fingerprint sensor could be a feature of next iOS devices

After the return of Apple Dev Center back online, iOS 7 beta 4 was made available for developers yesterday to download and the interesting feature of using a fingerprint sensor was found in the latest beta release of Apple’s iOS 7 which is coming to Apple’s devices soon.

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Microsoft tells Google to pull microsoft.com off its searches

In a bid to make the internet piracy free, several infringing websites have suffered for their disobedience to the copyright rule which is mainly governed by the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act).

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Microsoft to test white space in South Africa

Microsoft in its bid to exploit the white space spectrum of TV broadcasts has set up a trial in the northeastern Limpopo province of South Africa.

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Image of rumoured budget “iPhone 5C” packaging leaked online

The rumour of Apple producing a budget phone is gaining more momentum as pictures of packaging of the rumoured budget “iPhone 5C” has appeared on a Chinese website Weiphone. It has been speculated that the C could mean colour. It is expected that the budget iPhone will have many light colours unlike the conventional black and white colours. Though my meaning of C will be Cheap.

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Quotes for the week: Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

Nikola Tesla was a physicist, inventor, and electrical engineer who lived between the 19th and 20th century. He was born a Serb but later became an American citizen.

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Technology has made life easier but…

Over the years, man has utilized his 3 pound organ to reduce the work done by his muscles, to increase the mass of work done, to increase the quality of job done, to improve the speed at which it is done, and various other functions.

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Apple’s Dev Centre back online after eight days outage

After a security breach that saw Apple’s Dev Centre website go offline on Thursday, 18th of July, 2013, Apple has restored some parts of the website. Of the pages back online are certificates, identifiers, and profiles while Apple Developer Forums, App Store Resource Centre are still offline.

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Blackberry BBM could be available for iOS and Android as soon as September

Earlier in the year, Research in Motion (RIM) Company Blackberry announced that its popular messenger application, BBM, is coming to iPhones and Android powered mobile phones. It seems the wait may soon be over as it could be available by late September.

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Google unveils new Nexus 7, Chromecast, and a new version of Android Jelly Bean

Google Inc. at a breakfast event in San Francisco with the head of Android and Chrome, Sundar Pichai has unveiled two expected products and one surprising (in a good way) product.

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Facebook will soon allow you to ‘dislike’ a post

Social media giant Facebook in a bid to improve user experience has said that it will allow you to hide a post you don’t like from your timeline. While doing this, Facebook will ask you why you’re hiding the post to tailor the right posts to your timeline in the future.

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Electrician dies on PHCN property due to electrocution in Jos

An electrician was electrocuted on a PHCN pole in Jos after he tried to change the supply into his shop to a phase with more regular supply. The electrician whose name is Chukwuebuka Eze met his untimely death as fate didn’t shine luck to him on that fateful day.

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Samsung to release Smartwatch GEAR along with Galaxy Note III

According to rumours on the web, Samsung will release its Galaxy Note III as its custom at the IFA conference on the 6th of September this year. Along with the phablet, it is also expected that a smartwatch will be launched at the event.

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Google Nexus 7 II shots leaked ahead of launch

The next version of Nexus 7 tablet has been leaked out in supposedly press shots ahead of what could be a launch of the device. Google is expected to hold a breakfast event tomorrow 24th of July which is expected to be hosted by head of Android and Chrome, Sundar Pichai.

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SIM card flaw could make 500 million users vulnerable

Berlin’s security research labs with experiments carried out with selected SIM cards have estimated that about 500 million users of mobile phones are at risk due to a flaw that was discovered in the SIM cards.

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Tariff is fair: NERC responds to NLC

In a reply to the Nigeria Labour Congress’ (NLC) condemnation of the new tariff system by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), NERC Chairman, Dr. Sam Amadi has stated that the Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO-2) was fair, reasonable and necessary to guarantee continuous improvement in electricity supply to Nigerians.

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Apple to investigate electrocution of lady by iPhone5

In a tragic event, a Chinese lady Ma Ailun, 23, who was a flight attendant for the China Southern Airlines, died after she was electrocuted by her iPhone5 while she was receiving a call. The lady met her death a few weeks before her wedding which was supposed to hold on the 8th of August.

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NLC condemns tariff plan by the NERC

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has disagreed with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) about the way its new tariff system is intended only to favour investors while milking Nigerians of their hard earned money.

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Google’s Moto X smartphone details revealed in a video leak

The first smartphone to be made by Motorola after it was acquired by Google, Moto X, has had some of its features leaked in a video which showed an advert by Canadian telecommunication company Rogers of the new Google phone.

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Quotes for the week: Alan Turing (1912-1954)

Alan Turing, I won’t bet but I know most of you don’t know him, was a British mathematician and cryptographer who lived in the 20th century and was also a very integral part of Britain’s operations during the World War II (according to a novel I read).

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Knowing these could prolong the life and performance of your precious mobile phone

As with most of the things we use, the mobile phone also need care and maintenance to get the best out of it. Mobile phones have become an integral part of human life, so much more that next year, it is expected that population of mobilephones would outnumber that of the world human population. In this post we want to examine some things that could help increase the life of your phone and even its performance which is very important.

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Google wants to make Google Glass for employed dogs…

According to reports, Google is planning to develop its wearable device Google Glass for dogs that are working. The project named FIDO (Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupation) will allow pooches to bite down or activate a sensor which can send information to its handler.

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A car that can monitor your health as you drive has been developed

American Automobile giant Ford Motors has tested a vehicle that can monitor your health when you’re operating the vehicle. It can sense when a driver has seizure or is sleeping by sensing the temperature of the driver.

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Apple to build store on 15th-century Spanish ruin

Apple Inc. has discovered an ancient site in the place it wants to build its new store in the Spanish capital Spain. The ancient site is the ruin of a hospital San Andres Hospital which was built in the early 15th century and later changed its name to Buen Sucesco (which means Good fortune).

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