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.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Benin airport was shut down for non-payment of taxes
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 2:15 PM
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.
Posted in people, Structures
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Apple’s iOS 7 beta 4 reveals fingerprint sensor could be a feature of next iOS devices
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:37 PM
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.
Posted in Apple, Smartphones
Microsoft tells Google to pull microsoft.com off its searches
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:27 PM
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).
Microsoft to test white space in South Africa
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:07 PM
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.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Image of rumoured budget “iPhone 5C” packaging leaked online
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:21 PM
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.
Posted in Apple, Smartphones
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Quotes for the week: Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:29 AM
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.
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Technology has made life easier but…
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:57 PM
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.
Posted in Specials, technology
Apple’s Dev Centre back online after eight days outage
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:17 PM
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.
Friday, July 26, 2013
Blackberry BBM could be available for iOS and Android as soon as September
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:03 PM
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.
Posted in Blackberry, internet, Smartphones
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Google unveils new Nexus 7, Chromecast, and a new version of Android Jelly Bean
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:23 AM
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.
Facebook will soon allow you to ‘dislike’ a post
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:55 AM
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.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Electrician dies on PHCN property due to electrocution in Jos
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:43 PM
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.
Posted in Structures, technology
Samsung to release Smartwatch GEAR along with Galaxy Note III
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:33 PM
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.
Posted in Gadgets, Samsung, Smartphones
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Google Nexus 7 II shots leaked ahead of launch
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:53 PM
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.
SIM card flaw could make 500 million users vulnerable
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:37 PM
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.
Posted in Smartphones, Telecoms
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Tariff is fair: NERC responds to NLC
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:53 PM
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.
Posted in technology
Monday, July 15, 2013
Apple to investigate electrocution of lady by iPhone5
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 2:57 PM
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.
Posted in Apple, Smartphones
NLC condemns tariff plan by the NERC
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 2:23 PM
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.
Posted in technology
Google’s Moto X smartphone details revealed in a video leak
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:53 PM
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.
Posted in Google, Smartphones
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Quotes for the week: Alan Turing (1912-1954)
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:27 AM
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).
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Knowing these could prolong the life and performance of your precious mobile phone
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:37 PM
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.
Google wants to make Google Glass for employed dogs…
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:27 PM
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.
Friday, July 12, 2013
A car that can monitor your health as you drive has been developed
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:33 PM
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.
Posted in Machines, technology
Apple to build store on 15th-century Spanish ruin
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:17 PM
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).
Posted in Apple, Structures
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Nokia Lumia 1020 full specification has been leaked ahead of its release
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:23 PM
Nokia Lumia
1020 which has had various information leakages is now with its leakage of full
specifications of features ahead of its launch as Nokia seek to regain lost
ground in the smartphone battle.
Posted in Gadgets, Smartphones
Yahoo! close down search engine Altavista
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:49 PM
One of the
oldest search engines on the internet which was introduced in 1995 has been
shut down by Yahoo according to an announcement on its Tumblr page. The
outdated search engine was shut down on Monday. Altavista came online before
Google (which came online in 1998) but lost the search battle to Google in the
early 2000s.
Posted in internet
Apple found guilty of inflating e-book prices
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:33 PM
A federal
judge has ruled that Apple Inc conspired with five major publishers to raise
e-book prices. U. S. District judge Denise Cote in Manhattan found evidence
that Apple violated federal antitrust law by playing an integral role in
conspiracy with publishers to eliminate retail price competition.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Samsung Galaxy S4 bursts into flames due to overcharging in the UAE
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:53 PM
Abu
Dhabi-based Sarah Shurrab, got the shock of her life when she woke up to
discover that her one month old trendy Samsung Galaxy S4 was burning at the
charging point.
“I cannot
explain to you my extreme frustration, disappointment and extreme fear when I
found my brand new Samsung Galaxy S4 burning at the charger connection to the
phone,” she wrote to Samsung and Emirates 24/7.
Google’s Android Jelly Bean now has more users than Ginger Bread OS
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:43 PM
The latest
Android operating system, Android Jelly Bean (4.1 and 4.2) has surpassed its predecessor
Android 3.2 Ginger Bread to become the most popular version of the operating
system used by consumers.
Windows 8.1 will be released to PC manufacturers in August
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:19 PM
The
Corporate Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Windows, Tami
Reller, while speaking at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) has
revealed that the code for windows 8.1 will be finalized and passed to PC
manufacturers by late August.
Posted in Software
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Apple’s iOS 7 beta 3 has been released to developers
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:27 PM
Two weeks
after the arrival of iOS 7 beta 2, Apple has seeded iOS 7 beta 3 to registered
developers. The new beta comes as 11A4414e, up from the second beta of
11A4400f. A third developer preview of Xcode 5 was also released.
SolePower charger charges your phone while you walk
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:11 PM
SolePower, a
wearable device that can be inserted into the shoe is able to convert the
energy in your steps to electrical energy which can be used to charge a
rechargeable battery.
Posted in Gadgets
Monday, July 8, 2013
Facebook begins graph search in the U. S.
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 5:53 PM
Facebook
will start offering advanced search function to users in the US and users who
use American English version of the site today 8th July. This was revealed by a
Facebook representative to tech site CNET. This feature was announced earlier
this by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
NCC wants list of deactivated SIM cards from network operators
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 5:37 PM
Due to the
directives of the Nigerian Communications Commission to deactivate subscriber
identification module (SIM) cards which remains unregistered as at July 1,
2013, it has summoned the major players MTN, Glo, Airtel, and Etisalat to
release the list of their unregistered SIM cards.
Posted in Telecoms
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Quotes for the week: Vint Cerf (1943- )
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:24 AM
Vint Cerf
was one of the revolutionaries that developed the Internet Protocol (IP) which
set the foundation for internet which we all have today.
Here are
ten of his remarkable quotes; of course he is still alive so he can still add
to it in the future. Here we go:
Saturday, July 6, 2013
FG to generate 4000MW from coal, says you should expect 18 hours daily supply by 2014
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:47 PM
The Federal
Government of Nigeria has decided to use part of the unused coal we possess in
our great country to generate up to 4000MW of electricity in our bid to solve
this long overdue power problem.
Coal
reserves which lie in states like Enugu, Kogi, Benue, Nassarawa, etc. has
opened our eyes to the fact that we need to diversify from our thermal and
hydro source of electricity generation.
Posted in technology
Friday, July 5, 2013
BBC to stop 3D broadcasts, says viewers are not interested
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 7:59 PM
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is set to put a halt to its 3D broadcast trials which have been ongoing for two years. The 3D programme it says will end in November after a Doctor Who special. The main reason behind this new development has been lack of interest in the 3D broadcasts from audience.
Posted in technology
Monday, July 1, 2013
Dates and Inventors of important technological inventions
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:03 PM
Today life
is so comfortable that we have failed to notice some important elements that
have made life easier for us. Typing on my PC, I have to appreciate the fact
that even the richest person on earth didn’t have this luxury in the 19th
century. Over the years, there have been groundbreaking technological
inventions that have made the world a better place to live in.
Posted in Specials
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