Eric Schmidt
was the former CEO and current Chairman of Google Inc. He was the Chief
Executive Officer of the internet giant from 2001 to 2011 when Larry Page came
on board. He is now the Chairman and he’s one of the richest men in the United
States with an estimated net worth of $9.3 billion (according to Forbes).
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Sony unveils Xperia Z2
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:03 AM
Sony has
announced a successor to its flagship Xperia Z1 at the Mobile World Congress in
Barcelona, Spain. It is not a total overhaul but it has made some important
improvements to Xperia Z1.
Posted in android, Smartphones, Sony
Samsung unveils Galaxy S5
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:53 AM
Samsung has
unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, Samsung Galaxy S5 as it continues the
chain of its highly successful Galaxy S series of smartphones. This is one of
the most highly anticipated smartphone of the year and it is certain to
generate a lot of buzz in the coming days.
Posted in android, Samsung, Smartphones
Nokia unveil android smartphones X, X+ and XL for the low end market
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:48 AM
Nokia has
announced its first set of android smartphones at the World Mobile Congress in
Barcelona, Spain on the 24th of February, 2014. The smartphones run on android
operating system that has been heavily modified to fit into Nokia’s and
Microsoft standard.
Posted in android, Nokia, Smartphones
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Quotes for the Week: Amar Gopal Bose (1929 - 2013)
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:00 AM
Amar Bose was
a Bengali American academic and entrepreneur. He was an electrical engineer and
sound engineer, and a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for
over 45 years. He was also the founder and chairman of Bose Corporation, a company
that specialize in audio equipment.
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Ever seen the longest and tallest suspension bridge in the world?
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:04 PM
The Akashi
Kaikyo Bridge is the longest and tallest bridge in the world. Apart from these,
the magnificent piece of engineering has other numerous features that qualify
it to be a marvel.
Posted in engineering, technology
Friday, February 21, 2014
What does Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp mean for social media and messaging?
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 6:39 AM
After
Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $16 billion, many began thinking about what
could be Facebook’s motive apart from the obvious fact that WhatsApp is a
rapidly growing company and the effect it would have on social media and
internet messaging.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Facebook acquires Whatsapp for $19 billion
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 7:07 AM
The mega
social media giant has announced the acquisition of messaging app Whatsapp for
a price of $19 billion. $4 billion will be paid in cash, $16 billion in
Facebook shares and $3 billion in vesting restricted stock units.
Google to hold its I/O conference in June
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 6:12 AM
Google’s
senior vice president in charge of android and chrome, Sundar Pichai has
announced on Wednesday that Google’s I/O developer conference will be coming up
in 126 days time on June 25 – 26 at San Francisco.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Challenges facing e-commerce in Nigeria
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 5:06 AM
When Jeff
Bezos started Amazon in 1994, he had a clear vision to create the biggest
market place on the internet. Today, that dream has come to fulfillment. With a
market capitalization of about $165 billion, Amazon is clearly the biggest
marketplace online. This has been followed by other e-commerce websites
especially in other countries.
Posted in e-commerce, internet, jumia, konga
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Konga wants to be the ultimate marketplace in Nigeria
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 8:16 AM
Konga has
revealed that a year after it unveiled it Konga Mall, it is moving forward by
incorporating more features into its new project which will be coming very
soon: Konga Marketplace.
Posted in e-commerce, internet, konga
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Quotes for the Week: Douglas Engelbart (1925 - 2013)
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:50 AM
Douglas
Engelbart was an American engineer and inventor. He was also an early computer
and internet pioneer. His work on human-computer interaction led him to the
invention of the computer mouse, development of hypertext, networked computers,
and precursors to graphical user interfaces (GUIs).
Android continued its rise in shipments in 2013
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:31 AM
Google owned
android operating system has come to become the most popular operating system
in smartphone and that status was further buffered in 2013 with android
accounting for almost 80% of smartphone shipments.
Posted in android, Blackberry, iOS, Smartphones, windows
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Nokia unveiling its first Android smartphone this month
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 2:06 AM
When it was
first announced that Microsoft was buying Nokia, it was thought this it will be
an acquisition that will be aimed towards the development of the Windows Phone
OS (operating system) platform to increase its share in the smartphone market
but that may be untrue if new reports are to be believed.
Posted in android, Microsoft, Nokia, Smartphones
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Quotes for the Week: Sergey Brin (1973 - )
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:30 AM
Sergey Brin
is an American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who co-founded the
biggest internet company, Google Inc. Sergey Brin was born in Russia and moved
to the U.S. at the age of six.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Will Twitter ever challenge Facebook?
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 7:51 PM
Twitter released
its earnings call on the 4th of February and its market capitalization has fell
about 25% from about $36 billion to $27 billion in an occurrence that showed
investors were losing faith rapidly in the second largest social network.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Mobile data usage had an 81% increase in 2013
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:30 PM
The latest
release by Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) has revealed that data usage by
mobile devices increased from 820 petabytes in a month in 2012 to 1.5 exabytes
in a month in 2013. It went further to forecast that this will increase to 15
exabytes in a month by 2018.
Posted in Gadgets, internet, Smartphones, Tablets
Sony dumps its PC business
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:18 PM
Japanese
technology company, Sony has announced it will be selling its Vaio PC business
to for the sum of $490 million. It also
added that this will see 5,000 workers lose their jobs by the end of its fiscal
year in March, 2015.
Posted in Gadgets, PC, Sony, technology
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
What can we expect from Nadella as Microsoft’s CEO?
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 5:20 PM
The search
for a new Chief Executive Officer began in August, 2013 after former Microsoft
CEO Steve Ballmer revealed that he will be leaving his post within the next 12
months when Microsoft would have appointed a new Chief Executive.
Posted in Microsoft, Software, technology
And the new Microsoft’s CEO is…
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:03 AM
Microsoft has
announced a new Chief Executive Officer to take over the affairs of the
software giant. A new Chairman of the board of director has also been chosen as
Bill Gates steps down and become technology advisor.
Posted in internet, Microsoft, PC, technology, windows
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
RLG to produce 5,000 mobile phones daily in Osun plant
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:29 AM
RLG has
revealed that about 5,000 mobile phones and 2,500 laptops will be produced
daily in its newly built $50 million plant located in Ilesha in the State of Osun.
The plant named RLG & Adulawo Tech City will also provide both direct and
indirect employment to about 10,000 people.
Posted in PC, Smartphones, technology
Nigeria Innovation Cluster Mapping Project
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:34 AM
A project
being managed by the African Institution of Technology (AFRIT) is planning to
embark on a project that would seek to discover where innovations are happening
in the suburban areas of the country and provide data that would help policy
makers and private organizations in improving innovations around the country.
Posted in technology
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Apple could pay up to $840 million over e-book conspiracy
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 8:45 PM
Apple’s shady
e-books deal with publishers could see the world’s largest technology company
pay up to $840 million in damages, in a case of the State attorneys and
consumers versus Apple.
Quotes for the week: Google's Larry Page (1973 - )
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 8:33 PM
Larry Page is
an internet entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of technology giant
Google Inc. Larry Page has been the Chief Executive Officer of Google since
2011 when he succeeded Eric Schmidt.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Nadella to become the next CEO of Microsoft? Gates to step down as Chairman?
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 7:57 AM
Bloomberg has
reported that Microsoft’s board is preparing to make Satya Nadella the next CEO
of the software company after five months of search for a new CEO. It also
claimed that its sources say that Bill Gates could cease to be the Chairman of
the board of the company.
Posted in Microsoft, technology, windows
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