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Friday 29 July 2016

Apple Sold 1 Billion Iphone In 9 Years

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Yes, Apple managed to sell 1 billion iphone in 9 years despite the stagnant iphone's sales in recent earning record. That's about one iphone for every three people with internet access. According to Apple CEO, Tim Cook:

Apple 1 billion milestone


“iPhone has become one of the most important, world-changing and successful products in history. It’s become more than a constant companion. iPhone is truly an essential part of our daily life and enables much of what we do throughout the day. 


“Last week we passed another major milestone when we sold the billionth iPhone. We never set out to make the most, but we’ve always set out to make the best products that make a difference. Thank you to everyone at Apple for helping change the world every day.”
No matter what fan tech you belong be it android, windows etc. you will agree with me that this is a rare milestone in tech because it took 25 years for the computer industry to ship its one billionth PC.
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Xiaomi Redmi Pro Full Specifications And Price

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Xiaomi has just release a new beast smartphone but this time with a top notch specs. The Xioami Redmi Pro comes with dual rare camera with lot of other cool features, and very affordable. Below is the Xioami Redmi Pro Specifications and price.

xiaomi Redmi pro

Technology


  • GSM: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • 3G: HSDPA 900 /1900/ 2100
  • 4G: LTE bands 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
  • SIM Type: Dual SIM (Micro SIM, Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
  • OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow


Design


  • Dimensions: 151.5 mm x 76.2mm x 8.15 mm
  • Weight: 174 g
  • Display: 5.5-inch, 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 PPI), OLED display with Scratch Resistant Glass
  • Sensors: Fingerprint, Accelerometer, Proximity and Compass




Hardware


  • Processor Type: Deca-core 2.1 GHz/2.3 GHz/2.5 GHz Cortex-A53
  • Processor Name: Mediatek Helio X20/ Mediatek Helio X25
  • Graphics Processor: Mali T880 MP4
  • Internal Storage: 32 GB/64 GB, 3GB RAM or 128 GB/ 4 GB RAM
  • External Storage: microSD, up to 128 GB (SIM 2 slot)


Camera


  • Rear: 13 MP, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
  • Video recording: 1080p@30fps
  • Front-facing: 5 MP


Multimedia


  • Music Support: AAC, MP2, MP3, M4A, MKA,
  • Loudspeaker: Yes
  • Video Support: MP4/MPEG4/H.263/H.264 player
  • FM Radio: Yes


Connectivity


  • Bluetooth: v4.2
  • WiFi: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
  • GPS: Yes
  • USB: Type-C 1.0 reversible connector


Miscellaneous


  • VoLTE support.
  • IR support.
  • Battery: 4050 mAh
  • Launch Date: July 2016
  • Availability: August 2016
  • Launch Price: $225/$255/$300
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Wednesday 27 July 2016

Blackberry DTEK50 Full Specifications, Review And Price: "World's Most Secure Smartphone"

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Blackberry DTEK50 is the company second Android powered smartphones released this year. Though blackberry says it is the "world's most secure smartphone" despite the fact that the blackberry DTEK50 is Alcatel Idol 4 smartphone replica.

Blackberry DTEK50 Smartphone

Blackberry DTEK50 encrypt all user information on the phone, its also comes with a DTEK App that monitor all applications installed and alert you when any app start behaving suspiciously. Below is the full specification and price of Blackberry DTEK50 smartphone:

Technology

  • GSM: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
  • 4G: FDD-LTE / TDD-LTE Multiple Bands
  • SIM Type: Dual Nano-SIM
  • OS: Android OS v6.0.1 Marshmallow + BB Security + BB Hub

Design

  • Dimensions: 147 x 72.5 x 7.1 mm
  • Weight: 135 g
  • Display: 5.2-inch 1080 x 1920 pixels, 424 PPI, LTPS IPS LCD
  • Sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity
  • Build: Matte Plastic
  • Colours: Gold. Dark Gray. Rose Gold. Metal Silver


Hardware

  • Processor Type: Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 + quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
  • Processor Name: Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617
  • Graphics Processor: Adreno 405
  • RAM: 3 GB
  • Internal Storage: 16 GB
  • External Storage: MicroSD card up to 2 TB

Camera

  • Rear: 13 megapixel, autofocus, OIS, Dual tone LED flash
  • Video recording: 1080p @ 30fps
  • Front-facing: 8 megapixel with flash

Multimedia

  • Music Support: mp3, aac, aac+, eaac+, amr
  • Audio: HiFi
  • Loudspeaker: JBL Stereo speakers
  • Video Support: mpeg4, h.263, h.264
  • FM Radio: Yes

Connectivity

  • Bluetooth: v4.2
  • WiFi: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
  • GPS: Yes
  • USB: microUSB v2.0; USB Host
  • NFC: Yes

Miscellaneous

  • Charging: Quick Charge 2.0 – 50% in 51 min
  • Battery: Non-removable Li-Ion 2610 mAh
  • Launch Date: July 2016
  • Availability: August 2016
  • Launch Price: $299
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Tuesday 26 July 2016

Yahoo Has Been Sold To Verizon For $4.83 Billion

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The Yahoo that we all know has been sold to Verizon- an American broadband telecommunications company and the largest U.S. wireless communications service provider for $4.83 billion. The sale puts an end to Yahoo 21-year history as an independent company. Yeah more than a decade!

Broken Yahoo sold out

Yahoo will be integrated with AOL, another faded email provider and internet star which was bought by Verizon last year. Yahoo acquisition doesn't not include Yahoo cash nor its stakes in Alibaba Group holdings and Yahoo Japan. However the deal include all of Yahoo's search, communications and digital content products/services.

“Yahoo is a company that has changed the world, and will continue to do so through this combination with Verizon and AOL. The sale of our operating business, which effectively separates our Asian asset equity stakes, is an important step in our plan to unlock shareholder value for Yahoo,” Marissa Mayer said in the release. “This transaction also sets up a great opportunity for Yahoo to build further distribution and accelerate our work in mobile, video, native advertising and social. Yahoo and AOL popularized the Internet, email, search and real-time media. It’s poetic to be joining forces with AOL and Verizon as we enter our next chapter focused on achieving scale on mobile. We have a terrific, loyal, experienced and quality team, and I couldn’t be prouder of our achievements to date, including building our new lines of business to $1.6 billion in GAAP revenue in 2015. I’m excited to extend our momentum through this transaction.”
If you look at the sales price you will noticed that Yahoo's glory days ended long ago, In 2008, Microsoft offered more than $45 billion for Yahoo, but the offer was rejected by co-founder Jerry Yang.

What's your words for Yahoo? use the comment box below.
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Wednesday 20 July 2016

Tecno Camon C7 Full Specifications And Price

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Tecno camon C7 is the lite version of the Tecno C9, the much talked about selfies smartphone. The display is 5.0 inches, 1.3 processor clocked with a quad-core unit, its has a 2,500 mAh battery and comes with a plastic body. Doesn't support 4G network. Below is the Full specifications of Tecno Camon C9:

Tecno Camon C7 Specifications

TECHNOLOGY
GSM: GSM 900 / 1800
3G: HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G: No
SIM Type: Dual Micro SIM
OS: Android 6 Marshmallow + HiOS v1.0

DESIGN
Dimensions: mm
Weight: g
Display: 5.0 inches, 720 x 1280 pixels, IPS display
Sensors: Iris Scanner, Accelerometer, Proximity
Build: Plastic
Colours:

HARDWARE
Processor Type: Quad-Core 1.3 GHz
Processor Name: Mediatek MT6753
Graphics Processor: Mali-T720
RAM: 2 GB
Internal Storage: 16 GB
External Storage: MicroSD card up to 128 GB



CAMERA
Rear: 13 megapixel autofocus camera with dual LED flash
Video recording: Yes
Front-facing: 13 megapixel camera with flash

MULTIMIDIA
Music Support: mp3, aac, aac+, eaac+, amr
Loudspeaker: Mono
Video Support: mpeg4, h.263, h.264
FM Radio:

CONNECTIVITY
Bluetooth: v4.0
WiFi: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS: Yes
USB: microUSB v2.0

MISCELLANEOUS
TECNO T-Band compatibility
Battery: 2500 mAh
Announcement: July 2016
Availability: Expected July 2016
Launch Price: Estimated N30,000 – 33,000
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Tuesday 19 July 2016

This Is Probably The Best Document Converter You Need To Convert All Your Files

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You need best document converter? this website will help you archive your aim without hassle. No need searching the web looking for ways to convert your files, the solution is right here.

smallpdf converter

SmallPDF- this website will help you with all your conversion needs, unlike other converter you will find online, this is probably one of the best. You don't need any email to use small PDF unlike other. And it also has various type of conversion formats you can use.


When converting a PDF file to PPT file, the website will help you maintain all the text boxes used when creating the slides, this is a big deal, you should know what i'm talking about if you are familiar with PowerPoint.

You don't need to be a pro to use smallPDF, all you need is to drag the file you want to convert and drop it in smallPDF website, wait for about 4 seconds, Bingo!! your new converted file is ready. do note that your file is safe because its encrypted.
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Sunday 17 July 2016

Keecoo K1 Is The New Smartphone Specifically Designed For Women, Perfect For Ladies Hands

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Now this is for all women. You don't need to bother yourself with the large rectangular shape of Iphone and Samsung galaxy why not go for this hexagon shaped phone made specifically for women.

Keecoo K1 smartphone

Keecoo mobile company has just announced the Keecoo K1, a bright pink colour hexagon smartphone that is designed to fit into women small hands. Its has a 8MP sony front camera for selfies that automatically make your face delicated and smooth, and also 13MP rear camera, Gorilla glass protection, 2GB of RAM, 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 2800mAh battery capacity, 16GB of internal storage which is expandable to 128GB and Andriod 5.1 lollipop out of the box.


Keecoo K1 White and black colour

If you still not convinced that this phone is for women, check out the marketing strategies you will notice that the Keecoo K1 is placed among make ups and cosmetics accessories in the image above, and that is basically feminine stuff.

The price is not announced yet but the Keecoo K1 is aimed at women in the Chinese market and of course you can get it anywhere you are via online stores when its available.
Source: Keecoo
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Wednesday 13 July 2016

NCC Wins The European Award 2016, Boost Nigeria Economy With N70 Billion

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The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) announced yesterday that the company has remitted a total sum of N70 billion naira to the Government account in the past few year.

NCC Nigeria

In a statement by the Special Assistance on Media to the chief executive of the commission. Mr Yakubu Musa:
“This is in addition to the N30 billion paid by MTN Nigeria as a part payment of the N330billion fine slammed on it by the commission.
Having said that, the commission reportedly won the European award for best practice, 2016 in which about 63 countries participated in, NCC came out outstanding among other countries due to their commitment, support and quality management strategies.


Side note, if you look at the rate in which most of the Nigeria telecommunication company are now in a race to produce a better services to retain its customers, as well as reducing call tariff plans and also the data boost this days, you can tell that the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) is at work.

The NCC also encourages customers to report complains against any telecommunication company who by any means overcharged on be it data, call rates, etc that is contrary to what the company advertised.

Which network are you using? are you overcharged on your data or tariff plan? use the comment box below.
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Tuesday 12 July 2016

How To Find Out Everything Google Knows About You In Activity Dashboard

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Millions of people use google for almost everything online, Google has become a household name. 99.7% of the world population can not do without using google services in a day.

Google my activities, how to know my activities online

Whether you use Google for online search, Gmail, Drive, Google Play store, Google photo, etc the most important issue is are your details safe with Google? that is why you need to know all what Google knows about you.

The search engine giant Google release a new dashboard for you to know all  what you do online in simple interface. The dashboard present to you all the key data, which gives you more control and transparency over what google has collected from you so far. In the dashboard you can find your web and search history, location timeline, Google services (Gmail, YouTube, Drive, etc.), and a lot of other details.



How To Know And Delete My Activities From Google

Having said that, to get started head to Google activity Dashboard, if you have already signed in to chrome or on your android phone, you will need to re-enter your password and set up two-steps authentication procedures. You can also use the same procedure on your desktop which gives you more access to quickly sort through the items.

My google activities

By Default, you will see all your daily activities bundle together, you can expand the list and see individual items details by service you use. Though you can choose to delete some particular details individually daily, or you can choose the atomic bomb option by completely wiping all the details you do not want google to have. 


Delete google activities

This will help you to visualize and make you realize how dependent you are on google services. Can you do without using Google services? use the comment box below.

Source: PCworld
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Saturday 9 July 2016

Avast Acquires Antivirus Firm AVG For $1.3 Billion

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The antivirus giant Avast has agreed on a deal to acquire its direct competitor AVG antivirus App for 1.3 billion. The deal was possible through cash on hand and debt financing. Avast is expected to pay all AVG shareholder $25 per share which will also be in cash. 

Avast and AVG Antivirus

According to Avast press release, the acquisition is to further increase their geographical reach, technological depth and to also take advantage of the emerging growth opportunity in internet security. With the two company combined, Avast user base will rise to 400 million, that is huge right? out of that number 160 million are mobile users. Avast CEO Vince Steckler has the following words to say:


“We are in a rapidly changing industry, and this acquisition gives us the breadth and technological depth to be the security provider of choice for our current and future customers,” 
“Combining the strengths of two great tech companies, both founded in the Czech Republic and with a common culture and mission, will put us in a great position to take advantage of the new opportunities ahead, such as security for the enormous growth in IoT.”
All things being equal, documentation, arrangement of the acquisition is expected to end Mid September and October this year.

Source: Avast
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Wednesday 6 July 2016

Apple Wants Iphone Users To Become Organ Donors Through Health App

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Apple issued a release this morning that the new IOS 10 will be integrated with an App to bring organ donations to it operating system.

Apple health organ donor

The company will be teaming with Donate Life America to bring this feature to IOS 10. The Apple IOS 10 will roll out this year with an option that will make it possible for users to become organ, Eyes and tissues donor with just "few taps". Once you register with the Health app you will be added to National Donate Life Registry. interested member will also get to see additional information withing the app.


“With the updated Health app, we’re providing education and awareness about organ donation and making it easier than ever to register,” Apple’s COO Jeff Williams said in the release. “It’s a simple process that takes just a few seconds and could help save up to eight lives.”
Having said that, the company also noted that there are some 120,000 Americans who are currently in queue for a transplant that could save their life, with new person added every ten minutes.

According to source, the health app will also be available for Africa to donate organs, eyes and tissues, kidney etc. will you donate your eyes and tissues just to save a soul? 

Source: Apple
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Tuesday 5 July 2016

The Nigeria Niger Delta Avenger's Twitter Account Has Been Suspended, Group Moves To Facebook

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Twitter account of the Nigeria Niger delta's militants group has been deactivated by twitter. The @NDavengers twitter handle has more than 32,000 accumulated followers.

Niger delta twitter account suspended

The account was suspended due to Twitter move to combat violence when the group reported that they are responsible for the five attacks carried out on Nigeria oil asset within two days.

Niger delta Avenger twitter acoount  deactivated



Shortly after the suspension, the spokeperson, Mudoch Agbinibo for the avenger hit the Facebook to confirm the suspension. According to him:
Notice! This is to bring to your notice that our twitter handle @www.twitter.com/@ndavengers has been suspended and our blog @www.nigerdeltaavengers disabled.
We use this medium to appeal to our fans and supporter to be very careful with any website or twitter claiming to represent us. We shall launch new accounts soon! We must continue the struggle!!!
But one thing is certain, Facebook will definitely suspend their account also. So there is nowhere to hide.
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Friday 1 July 2016

Apple Wants To Acquire Jay-Z's Tidal Music Service

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Apple is reportedly considering an acquisition of Tidal. A music streaming service owned by rapper, producer and general mogul Jay Z. 

Tidal was launched in 2014, focusing on high quality streaming audio service. And has since then maintain and secured a exclusive streaming rights on high profile albums in order to compete with more larger rivals like Spotify and Apple's own Apple music service.

Tidal musics by Jay Z


According to Wall Street Journal, Apple has been sniffing around with an interest to acquire Tidal to add it to its Portfolio. The terms of the rumor and whether the deal will pull through is yet unknown but the talk i still "ongoing" between the two side. Though Tidal executive denies the rumor when questioned by the Journal.

The major reason why Apple is really interested in Tidal is the fact that most high profiled artist like Kanye West, Madonna etc. and of course Beyonce now choose to use Tidal music service to launched their latest exclusive material rather than rivals such as Apple Music or Spotify.



Having said that, Tidal also offers high audio quality than many alternatives service. With $20/month subscription you will get a high quality audio tracks though you can get a cheaper $10/month subscription plan with a low quality playback.

However, there is an ongoing dispute between Apple and Spotify. Spotify is claiming that Apple recently rejected the company's IOS app update because spotify choose to remove the option for in-app subscription. Insisting that Apple is "causing grave harm" to both its business and customers.

Source WSJ
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