Many have had the experience of misplacing their wallet or purse and had to search endlessly for it before finding it or in some unlucky cases, not finding it at all. In this process, many important materials in the wallet had been lost. But that will not happen again with the introduction of a Bluetooth device called Smart Wallit Pro.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Lenovo acquires Motorola Mobility from Google in its second big coup of the month
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:18 AM
Google Inc.
has announced that it has decided to sell the smartphone unit of Motorola
Mobility to Chinese company Lenovo, in a deal that is valued at $2.91 billion
and will see Google retain most of Motorola’s important patents.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Chrome apps will now run on Android and iOS
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:10 AM
Google has announced
on the official Chrome blog that Chrome apps will now be able to run on Android
and iOS devices due to a toolchain which is based on Apache Cordova.
Posted in android, Apple, Google, iOS, Smartphones
Monday, January 27, 2014
Facebook could lose 80 percent of users by 2017 says researchers
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:45 AM
Researchers
at Princeton University has predicted that the most popular social network
site, Facebook could see a mass exodus of up to 80% of its users between 2015
and 2017.
Samsung and Google sign important agreement
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:38 AM
Samsung Electronics
Co. ltd has announced that it had signed an agreement with Google Inc. that
involves global cross-license patents. This agreement covers both companies’
existing patents and those filed over the next 10 years.
Posted in android, Google, Samsung, Smartphones
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Quotes for the Week: Gordon Moore (1929 - )
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 6:09 PM
Gordon Moore
is the co-founder of Intel Corporation and also the person behind Moore’s law
about semiconductors. He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
and IEEE Medal of Honor in 2008.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Lenovo acquires IBM’s server business
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:39 PM
Lenovo has
announced on Thursday that it is set to acquire IBM’s x86 server business which
System x, BladeCenter and Flex System products for $2.3bn. $2bn will be paid in
cash by the Chinese company while the rest will be paid with Lenovo’s stock.
Posted in lenovo, Machines, technology
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Sorry, you’ll now see less text posts from Facebook pages
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 8:59 PM
Facebook has revealed
through its Product Manager, News Feed Ranking, Chris Turitzin in a blog post
that users of Facebook will see less of text updates from pages and more text
updates from their friends. It was also revealed that other types of contents
from pages could get more rank in the news feed than before.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Most of ATMs worldwide run on outdated OS
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 7:51 AM
Microsoft
Corporation has decided that it will stop support for its 12-year old operating
system (OS), Windows XP on the 8th of April, 2014 and automated teller machines
(ATMs) are set to be the most affected.
Posted in Microsoft, Software, technology, windows
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Quotes for the Week: David Packard (1912 - 1996)
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 8:33 PM
David Packard
was the co-founder of the tech company Hewlett-Packard which he co-founded with
William Hewlett in 1939. David Packard was also the deputy secretary of Defense
of the United States under the administration of Richard Nixon.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Google announces a project that could help 372 million people
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:53 PM
Google announced
on the 16th of January that it was going to embark on a project that would help
diabetics monitor their blood sugar level whenever it is too low or too high.
Managing diabetes is a hard task for diabetics and a technology is needed to
make detection of sugar levels in the blood easier.
Yahoo dismisses its COO after only 15 months; and with lots of cash
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:44 PM
Yahoo has
announced that its Chief Operating Officer Henrique De Castro has left the
company after working with the company for only 15 months. De Castro was the
major hire of CEO Marissa Mayer after he took over in 2012.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Microsoft to pay $2.6bn to Samsung and others to make Windows Phone
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 5:03 PM
According to
rumour from Mobile Review’s Eldar Murtazin, Microsoft has approached Samsung,
Huawei, Sony and other smartphone manufacturers to give $1.2bn, $600m, $500m
and $300m respectively to make Windows Phone 8 smartphones in 2014.
Adobe add support for 3D printing to Photoshop
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:55 PM
Adobe has
revealed the addition of three features to the Photoshop CC, one of which is
support for editing and printing of 3D models. Initially, Photoshop supported
3D but the features were limited for users.
Posted in 3d printing, Adobe
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Google to acquire Nest Labs for $3.2 billion
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 7:58 AM
Google Inc.
has agreed a deal to buy home thermostat maker Nest Labs for a fee of $3.2
billion. Nest Labs was founded in 2011 by Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers who are
both former employees of Apple Inc. and this has made the deal more
interesting.
Posted in Google, technology
Monday, January 13, 2014
Quotes for the Week: Larry Ellison (1944 - )
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 8:27 AM
Larry Ellison
is an American businessman and the co-founder of Oracle Corporation. Ellison
has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oracle since 1977 which makes him
the longest serving CEO in Silicon valley’s history.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Want a 1 million naira tablet? Panasonic has a surprise for you
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 5:19 PM
At the
ongoing Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2014 in Las Vegas, Panasonic has
unveiled a mega 20-inch tablet that has two major unique features: screen size
and an expensive price.
Friday, January 10, 2014
Apple and Samsung CEOs agree to meet over patent disputes
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:07 PM
A court
injunction has revealed that the Chief Executive Officers of Samsung and Apple
will meet for mediation over the patent disputes that will see Apple attempt to
ban sales of Samsung smartphones and tablets in the U. S. in March.
Posted in Apple, Samsung, Smartphones, Tablets
Get food delivered at your doorstep with Hellofood! (Sponsored Post)
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 2:49 PM
Hellofood is
an African company that brings convenience in the way we take food today.
Hellofood, based in about 7 African countries including Nigeria is well
equipped to take care of your food needs.
Posted in internet
Thursday, January 9, 2014
The first iPhone was announced exactly 7 years ago
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 11:30 AM
On this day
in 2007, an announcement from the late Apple boss, Steve Jobs changed the
future of smartphones and further cemented Jobs’ position as an innovator. He
unveiled a single device which contained a cell phone, an iPod and an internet
communicator. The device was named an iPhone.
Posted in Apple, Smartphones
Samsung and LG bring new incredible TVs
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:37 AM
At the
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, many groundbreaking products have been
revealed by different manufacturers but the steal of the show may have been
Samsung and LG for their bendable TVs.
Posted in CES 2014, electronic, LG, Samsung, technology
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Quotes for the Week: George Eastman (1854 - 1932)
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 11:33 PM
George
Eastman was an American inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. Eastman was
popularly known for popularizing the use of film in photography and also
founding the Eastman Kodak Company.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
What do you know about Nigeria’s Communication Satellites?
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 5:55 AM
Nigerian communication
satellites are being managed by the Nigerian Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT)
Limited. The company was incorporated on the 4th of April, 2006 under the
Federal Ministry of Information and Communications Technology.
Posted in Space, technology
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
A happy new year to you all
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 7:33 AM
Yes, this is
2014 and we are happy to see it. Last year had many stories in it and this year
promises to bring better stories which we are prepared to bring to you when
they occur.
Posted in technology
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