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Monday 28 November 2016

Delete Yourself From All Internet Sites By Pressing This Button

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Sometimes Internet can be fun, place to be but at the same time it can also be a horrible place and you just feel like leaving sometimes. So if you're getting tired of social media and Internet stress as a whole, there's now an easy way out to delete yourself from the Internet.

Deseat.me clean up your existence online

Two Swidish developers, Wille Dahlbo and Linus Unnebäck has just created a website, Deseat.me, offering a way to wipe your entire existence off the Internet in a few clicks. Below is how Deseat.me work:



When logging into the website with a Google account it scans for apps and services you've created an account for, and creates a list of them with easy delete links. Every account it finds gets paired with an easy delete link pointing to the unsubscribe page for that service. In a few clicks you're freed from it, and depending on how long you need to work through the entire list, you can be account-less within the hour

Deseat.me delete all accounts

Having said that, when it's comes to giving access to my personal information to a strange website, I feel a little uncomfortable - even if the main purpose is for deleting them. Anyways, I will leave you with this question, "can this work on Government databases too"?


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Friday 25 November 2016

Tecno WinPad 2 Specifications And Price

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The Tecno WinPad 2 comes with 2 variants, the 3G version and the WiFi version, check out the full Tecno WinPad 2 Specifications and price

Tecno WinPad 2 Specifications (3G version) 


Technology

  • GSM: GSM 900 / 1800
  • 3G: HSDPA 900 / 2100
  • 4G: No
  • SIM Type: Micro SIM slot (3G version)
  • OS: Windows 10
Tecno WinPad 2 Specifications

Design

  • Form: Hybrid tablet with detachable keyboard
  • Dimensions: 260.5 x 164.9 x 9.2 mm; keyboard: 260.5 x 164.9 x 9.8 mm
  • Weight:
  • Display: 10.1-inch, 1280 x 800 pixels, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
  • Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyro, Proximity, Compass, Barometer

Hardware

  • Processor Type: Quad-core 1.92 GHz
  • Processor Name: Intel® Atom™ X5-Z8350 Cherry Trail
  • Graphics Processor:
  • RAM: 2 GB
  • Internal Storage: 64 GB
  • External Storage: microSD

Camera

  • Rear: 5 MP, autofocus, LED flash
  • Video recording: Yes
  • Front-facing: 2 MP

Multimedia

  • Music Support: MP3/eAAC+/WAV/Flac player
  • Loudspeaker: Dual Stereo Speakers
  • Video Support: MP4/MPEG4/H.263/H.264 player
  • Radio:

Connectivity

  • Bluetooth: v4.0, A2DP,
  • WiFi: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
  • Infra-red: No
  • GPS: Yes, with A-GPS
  • USB: microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
  • Ports: 1x USB 3.0. 2x USB 2.0; 1x Mini HDMI; 1x Micro SIM

Miscellaneous

  • Availability: November 2016
  • Battery: 7,000 mAh
  • Price: NGN 120,000 (3G version) / NGN 105,000 (Wi-Fi version)
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Thursday 24 November 2016

HTC Desire 650 Specifications And Price

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HTC has just announced yet another beast mid range smartphone, the HTC desire 650. The devices comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage, 13MP rear camera and 5MP Front-facing camera. In terms of design, its seems the HTC desire 650 took the design language of the new Google Pixel. Below is the HTC desire 650 specifications and price.

HTC Desire 650 Specs


Technology

  • GSM: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
  • 4G: LTE 1(2100) / 2(1900) / 3(1800) / 4(1700/2100) / 5(850) / 7(2600) / 8(900) / 20(800) / 28(700) / 38(2600)
  • SIM Type: Dual Nano SIM
  • OS: Android 6 Marshmallow + HTC Sense UI
HTC Desire 650 specifications and price


Design

  • Dimensions: 146.9 x 70.9 x 8.4 mm
  • Weight: 140 g
  • Display: 5.0 inches, 720 x 1280 pixels (294 PPI) IPS LCD display, Gorilla Glass
  • Sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity, Ambient Light
  • Build: Plastic, with dual textured back
  • Colours: Polar White. Blue

Hardware

  • Processor Type: Quad-Core
  • Processor Name: Qualcomm Snapdragon
  • Graphics Processor:
  • RAM: 2 GB
  • Internal Storage: 16 GB
  • External Storage: microSD, up to 2 TB

Camera

  • Rear: 13 MP rear camera with BSI sensor, LED flash
  • Video recording: Yes; 1080p
  • Front-facing: 5 MP

Multimedia

  • Music Support: mp3, aac, aac+, eaac+, amr
  • Loudspeaker: Mono
  • Audio: HTC Boomsound, Hi-Res audio
  • 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

  • Charging: Regular
  • Battery: Non-removable Li-ion 2,200 mAh
  • Announcement: November 23, 2016
  • Availability: December 2016
  • Launch Price: $171
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Tuesday 22 November 2016

SmartPhone BackDoor: Infinix, Blu, Others Chinese Phone Secretly Send Your Data To China

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Few weeks ago, a report hit the internet on how millions of budget Chinese smartphones secretly send users data; call logs, locations history, messages straight to China. And a BLU phone was mentioned in the smartphone backdoor scandal. But this time, another smartphone backdoor has been spotted with over three millions smartphones that are produced in china, A backdoor that leaves users at risk.

SmartPhone BackDoor: Infinix, Blu, Others Chinese Smartphone Secretly Send Your Data To China

The smartphone backdoor was discovered by Anubis networks - Some group of researchers, shows that the problem is caused by unsecured OTA update carried out by Ragentek Group, a Chinese software company that provides Over-The-Air update for different OEMs. 

infinix smartphone backdoor

Two unregistered domains are coded into these devices, in which they are contacted during OTA update and anybody could have taken advantage of this, register the domains, and initiate a widespread attack over millions of smartphones. Using  un-encrypted channel for OTA update not only leaves the device vulnerable to attacks but a specific user information can also be hijacked during transport. According to the report

This analysis revealed two critical discoveries: Firstly, the vulnerability described above allows for users to be subjected to significant attacks in positions where an adversary can perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack. Secondly, this OTA binary was distributed with a set of domains preconfigured in the software. Only one of these domains was registered at the time of the discovery of this issue. If an adversary had noticed this, and registered these two domains, they would’ve instantly had access to perform arbitrary attacks on almost 3,000,000 devices without the need to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack. AnubisNetworks now controls these two extraneous domains to prevent such an attack from occurring in the future for this particular case.
Having said that, OEMs affected includes Infinix, BLU, Doogee, XOLO, Leagoo, and some Unnamed "Others"
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Huawei Mate 9 Lite Specifications And Price

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Following the release of the Huawei Mate 9, the company has just announced the lite version, the Huawei Mate 9 Lite. though came with the Kirin 960 chipset but unlike the Huawei Mate 9 specs, the huawei Mate 9 Lite comes in two variants, one with 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage and  the others with 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage. Though the Leica Camera isn't in the picture. Below is Huawei Mate 9 Lite Specifications And price:

Huawei Mate 9 Lite Specs [full Summary]


Technology

  • GSM: GSM 850 / 1900
  • 3G: HSDPA 850 /1700
  • 4G: LTE band 2(1900) / 4(1700) / 5(850) / 7(2600) / 28(700)
  • SIM Type: Single and Dual SIM variants (Nano SIM)
  • OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow + Emotion UI 4.1
Huawei Mate 9 Lite Specs

Design

  • Dimensions: 150.9 x 76.2 x 8.2 mm
  • Weight: 162 g
  • Display: 5.5-inch, 1080 x 1920 pixels (373 PPI), 2.5D IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 4
  • Sensors: Hall effect. Fingerprint. Proximity. Ambient light. Compass. Acceleration
  • Build: Full Metal
  • Colours: Gray. Gold. Silver.

Hardware

  • Processor Type: 64 Bit Octa-core: 2.1 GHz CPU
  • Processor Name: HiSilicon Kirin 655
  • Graphics Processor: Mali-T830-MP2
  • RAM: 3 GB / 4 GB
  • Internal Storage: 32 GB / 64 GB
  • External Storage: MicroSD card up to 128GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

Camera

  • Rear: Dual 12 MP + 2 MP, f/2.2, OIS, 2x zoom, Leica optics, phase detection & laser autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
  • Video recording: Yes
  • Front-facing: 8 megapixel

Multimedia

  • Music Support: mp3, aac, aac+, eaac+, amr, wb-amr, midi
  • Loudspeaker: Mono
  • Video Support: mpeg4, h.263, h.264
  • FM Radio: Yes

Connectivity

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

Miscellaneous

  • Charging: Fast Charge
  • Battery: Non-removable Li-Ion 3,340 mAh
  • Launch Date: November 2016
  • Availability: November 2016
  • Launch Price: TBA
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Thursday 17 November 2016

Infinix Zero 4 Plus Specifications And Price: Infinix Zero 4 Price in Nigeria

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The Infinix Zero 4 and infinix zero 4 plus has just been released by Infinix Mobile. Just as infinix zero 4 specs leaked, the infinix zero 4 plus is more powerful, Smooth and among other enhancements, the infinix zero 4 plus comes with a bigger camera, bigger battery and bigger internal storage. Here's infinix zero 4 plus specifications and price:

Infinix zero 4

Infinix Zero 4 Plus Specifications 


Technology

  • GSM: GSM 900 / 1800
  • 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
  • 4G: FDD-LTE 3(1800) / 7(2600) / 20(800) / 28(700)
  • SIM Type: Micro + Nano SIM/microSD
  • OS: Android 6 Marshmallow + XOS


Design

  • Dimensions: 153.2 x 76.4 x 7.8 mm
  • Weight:
  • Display: 5.98 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels (368 PPI), 2.5D IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass
  • Sensors: Fingerprint Scanner, Accelerometer, Proximity, Gravity
  • Build: Curved diamond textured metallic body
  • Colours: Lilac Grey. Gold. Silver.

Hardware

  • Processor Type: Deca-Core
  • Processor Name: Helio X20 (MT6797M)
  • Graphics Processor: Mali-T880
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • Internal Storage: 32 GB
  • External Storage: MicroSD card up to 128 GB (hybrid SIM slot)

Camera

  • Rear: 20.7 MP (5248 x 3936) with dual LED flash
  • Video recording: Yes
  • Front-facing: 13 MP with soft flash

Multimedia

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

Connectivity

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

Miscellaneous

  • Charging: Fast Charge / XCharge 3A PE + 2.0
  • Battery: 4,000 mAh
  • Announcement: November 16, 2016
  • Availability: November 2016
  • Launch Price: NGN 116,000
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Wednesday 16 November 2016

Huawei Mate 9 Specifications And Price

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Huawei Mate 9 is the first smartphone to be powered by the new Kirin 960 chipset - kirin 960 is a new chipset recently annouced by huawei, Its provide a smarter, smoother and more secure android experience. Not just that, it also comes with Leica lens that feature a dual camera feature. check out the Huawei Mate 9 specifications and price:

Huawei Mate 9 Specs


Technology

  • GSM: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • 3G: HSDPA 900 /1900/ 2100
  • 4G: LTE band 1(2100) / 2(1900) / 3(1800) / 4(1700/2100) / 5(850) / 7(2600) / 8(900) / 9(1800) / 12(700) / 17(700) / 18(800) / 19(800) / 20(800) / 26(850) / 28(700) / 29(700) / 38(2600) / 39(1900) / 40(2300)
  • SIM Type: Single and Dual SIM variants (Nano SIM)
  • OS: Android 7.0 Nougat + Emotion UI 5.0
Huawei Mate 9 specs

Design

  • Dimensions: 156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm
  • Weight: 190 g
  • Display: 5.9-inch, 1080 x 1920 pixels (373 PPI), IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 4
  • Sensors: Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass
  • Build: Full Metal
  • Colours: Champagne Gold, Moonlight Silver, Space Gray, Mocha Brown

Hardware

  • Processor Type: 64 Bit Octa-core: 2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 x4 + 1.8 GHz Cortex A53 x4 CPU
  • Processor Name: HiSilicon Kirin 960
  • Graphics Processor: Mali-G71 MP8
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • Internal Storage: 64 GB
  • External Storage: MicroSD card up to 128GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

Camera

  • Rear: Dual 20 MP +12 MP, f/2.2, OIS, 2x zoom, Leica optics, phase detection & laser autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
  • Video recording: 2160P HD
  • Front-facing: 8 megapixel

Multimedia

  • Music Support: mp3, aac, aac+, eaac+, amr, wb-amr, midi
  • Audio: HIFI 2.0, DOLBY Surround Digital; Metal HiFi earphone included
  • Loudspeaker: Stereo
  • Video Support: mpeg4, h.263, h.264
  • FM Radio: Yes

Connectivity

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

Miscellaneous

  • Charging: Fast Charge: 37% in 30 min
  • Battery: Non-removable Li-Ion 4,000 mAh
  • Launch Date: November 2016
  • Availability: November 2016
  • Launch Price: TBA
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Saturday 12 November 2016

TECNO PhonePad 7II Specifications And Price

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TECNO PhonePad 7II Specifications


Technology

  • GSM: GSM 900 / 1800
  • 3G: WCDMA 2100
  • 4G: LTE-FDD 3(1800) / 4(2100) / 7(2600) / 20(800)
  • SIM Type: Dual SIM; Standard SIM + Micro SIM
  • OS: Android Lollipop 5.1
  • Voice: Yes; Pad + Phone

TECNO PhonePad 7II

Design

  • Dimensions: 193.7 x 105 x 8.9 mm
  • Weight:
  • Display: 7.0-inch, 600 x 1024 pixels (169ppi), IPS capacitive touchscreen
  • Build: Full Metal Unibody
  • Build: Champagne Gold; Space Grey; Premium Silver

Hardware

  • Processor Type: Quad-core 1.3 GHz CPU
  • Processor Name: Mediatek MT8321
  • Graphics Processor: Mali 400
  • RAM: 1 GB
  • Internal Storage: 16 GB
  • External Storage: MicroSD card up to 32GB

Camera

  • Rear: 5 megapixels, with LED flash
  • Video recording: Yes
  • Front-facing: 2 megapixels, with LED flash

Multimedia

  • Music Support: mp3, aac, aac+, eaac+, amr, wb-amr, midi
  • Loudspeaker: Yes
  • Video Support: mpeg4, h.263, h.264
  • FM Radio: Yes

Connectivity

  • Bluetooth: v4.0
  • WiFi: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
  • GPS: Yes
  • USB: microUSB v2.0; USB On-The-Go

Miscellaneous

  • Charging: Fast Charge
  • Battery: Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh
  • Power Management: Ultra lower power mode
  • Launch Date: November 2016
  • Availability: November 2016
  • Launch Price: NGN 53,500
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Friday 11 November 2016

These Newly Developed USB Stick Test Is Used For Detecting HIV

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The DNA Electronics and researchers with imperial college has created a new USB stick that can detect HIV in blood. Just the way you detect sugar level, the new HIV USB stick involves placing a drop of  blood on a sensor. The USB stick is then connected to a computing devices e.g laptop, desktop where results will be determined and presented.


The USB stick is made using a ‘phone chip', which experiences an electrical signal caused by a change in acidity, which is itself caused by the HIV virus.

Hiv USB stick test

Gone are the days, when traditional technology in monitoring the viral level in a patient takes about three days or more and somewhat stressful. In Remote location for example, where the blood sample must be sent to a laboratory which may be far away.
"However, monitoring viral load is crucial to the success of HIV treatment. At the moment, testing often requires costly and complex equipment that can take a couple of days to produce a result. We have taken the job done by this equipment, which is the size of a large photocopier, and shrunk it down to a USB chip."

These newly developed HIV USB stick test, will take away all these problems, you don't need to depend on a laboratory middle-man and you don't need to wait for long time before you can see your result. With the new USB stick, results are presented in less than 30 minutes, with 95 per cent accuracy.

Read: Top 6 Amazing Things You Can Do On Andriod Using OTG Cable

The new HIV USB stick holds a great promise for some region in Africa where instances of HIV are high. Who knows, the USB stick may be able to detect other virus as well in the future.

Source: eurekalert
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Thursday 10 November 2016

GM 5 Full Specifications And Price: The First Nougat Android One Smartphone

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The GM 5 is another Android One phone, the GM (General Mobile 5) is the first andriod one smartphone to come with the latest android OS, Android Nougat. Having said that,  in terms of specs, the GM 5 comes with a 2GB/16 GB Internal Storage, 13MP back camera and 5 MP front camera, 2,500 mAh battery. Though the GM 5 price is not announced yet, but take a look at the GM 5 specifications below:


The GM 5 Specs


GM 5 specs

Technology

  • GSM: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • 3G: HSDPA 900 /1900/ 2100
  • 4G: LTE
  • SIM Type: Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
  • OS: Android 7.0 Nougat

Design

  • Dimensions: 140,5 x 69.75 x 9.3 mm
  • Weight: 160 g
  • Display: 5.0-inch, 720 x 1280 pixels (294 PPI), IPS LCD Capacitive touchscreen with Gorilla Glass 4
  • Sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity and Compass

Hardware

  • Processor Type: 64 bit Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
  • Processor Name: Snapdragon 410
  • Graphics Processor: Adreno 306
  • RAM: 2 GB
  • Internal Storage: 16 GB
  • External Storage:

Camera

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

Multimedia

  • Music Support: MP3/AAC/WMA/WAV/AMR
  • Loudspeaker: Yes
  • Video Support: MP4/MPEG4/H.263/H.264 player
  • FM Radio: Yes

Connectivity

  • Bluetooth: v4.1
  • WiFi: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, hotspot
  • GPS: Yes
  • USB: microUSB v2.0

Miscellaneous

  • Battery: 2500 mAh
  • Launch Date: November, 2016
  • Availability: November, 2016
  • Launch Price: To be announced
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Wednesday 2 November 2016

Wiki Ufeel Prime Full Specifications And Price

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Wiki Ufeel Prime is a smartphone produced by a french manufacturer, the phone was announced in Berlin this year. Comes with Fingerprint scanner, 4GB RAM, 4G LTE and load of other feature you might like. Below is Wiki Ufeel Prime Specifications:

Wiki Ufeel Prime specs

Wiki Ufeel Prime Specs


Technology

  • GSM: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
  • 4G: FDD-LTE TE 800 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
  • SIM Type: 2 Nano SIM / 1 Nano SIM + 1 SD card
  • OS: Android™ 6.0 (Marshmallow)

Design

  • Dimensions: 142.5 x 69.9 x 8.7 mm
  • Weight: 150 g
  • Display: 5-inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel (441 PPI), 2.5D Glass, IPS display with CABC technology
  • Sensors: Fingerprint, Accelerometer, Proximity, Gyro, Magnetometer
  • Build: Aluminium unibody
  • Colour: Silver, Anthracite, Gold

Hardware

  • Processor Type: Octa-Core 1.4 GHz
  • Processor Name: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 430 MSM8937
  • Graphics Processor: Adreno 505
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • Internal Storage: 32 GB
  • External Storage: microSD up to 64 GB

Camera

  • Rear: 13 MP, autofocus, OIS, Dual LED flash
  • Video recording: 1080p@30fps
  • Front-facing: 8 Megapixels + Selfie Flash

Multimedia

  • Music Support: MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
  • Loudspeaker: Stereo
  • Video Support: MP4/MPEG4/H.263/H.264 player
  • FM Radio: Yes

Connectivity

  • Bluetooth: v4.1
  • WiFi: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
  • GPS: Yes
  • USB: microUSB v2.0; USB-OTG

Miscellaneous

  • Charging: Regular
  • Battery: 3000 mAh
  • Launch Date: September 2016
  • Availability: November 2016
  • Launch Price: EUR 250 / Rs. 18490
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