Peach, a brand-new messaging app from the creator of Vine that’s supposed to do things no messaging app has ever done before.Instead of complicated menus, you perform actions with the help of magic words. To post a status message use the magic word “shout” to write a few words and emojis in a larger font […]
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Google has fixed an “automated” error which saw its online translating tool convert “Russian Federation” into “Mordor”. Other erroneous translations included “russians” becoming “occupiers” and the name of Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, rendered as “sad little horse”. Mordor is the fictional realm in JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books, also known as the […]
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Netflix CEO, and Co-founder Reed Hastings has just announced the availability of Netflix in a bunch of new countries across the world, including Nigeria. Before today, Netflix was being enjoyed in just 60 countries. Now it’s in almost every country on earth. Hastings made the announcement during his presentation at CES just a few minutes […]
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TWITTER is looking at tampering with its core experience. Cue hundreds of #Twitterfail tweets from angry users already mortified by the fact that the site unilaterally changed the “favourite” star symbol into a “like” heart. Even so, the notion that Twitter might abandon its defining feature, the 140 character limit, does seem like a fairly […]
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Facebook’s habit of experimenting on its customers has again led to anger, following allegations that it deliberately broke its app for a small number of users to see what they would do. In a report from tech journal The Information, Facebook is accused of selectively crashing its Android app, for long periods of time, in […]
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There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies… your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it First: The emergency number worldwide for mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of coverage […]
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MARKET watchdog International Data Corporation (IDC) in its latest report has revealed that the Internet user-base will cross 3.2 billion — 44% of the global population — in 2016. The research study also claimed close to 2 billion users will access Internet through mobile devices. Emerging markets such as China and India, which already host a […]
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In a bid to determine whether distant stars with planets orbiting them can harbour life, a global team of astronomers has discovered a new way to measure the pull of gravity at the surface of distant stars. Knowing the surface gravity of a star is essentially knowing how much you would weigh on that star. […]
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Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) said it has no plan to acquire two new satellites at $701 million. NigComSat in a statement issued by its Head of Public Affairs, Adamu Idris said discussions on the launch of two satellites have not been concluded. The statement however confirmed that the inauguration of a multi-million dollars Satellite […]
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WASHINGTON: US internet connection speeds have tripled over 3-1/2 years to keep up with consumer demands for streaming video and downloading content but the United States still lags many other countries. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a report that average download connection speeds had increased to nearly 31 megabits per second (Mbps) in […]
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg urged India Monday to approve a controversial plan that would provide a free Internet service to the poor, his latest bid amid an escalating row with authorities. The head of the social network tried to drum up support for the Free Basics service that offers people without the Internet free access […]
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Whether iPhone, Android or Blackberry, Battery life is a perennial problem for smartphone owners. While our handsets have become faster and more powerful over the years, smartphone batteries often last less than a day under heavy use, or even moderate use after a few months, telegraph. The lithium-ion battery has been around for more than […]
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