The rumours
of the budget Apple iPhones are gathering momentum every day and now, it seems
it is almost a certainty.
Monday, August 26, 2013
China’s Internet faced its biggest DDoS attack ever
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 5:57 PM
China was
under a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack for about four hours during
the early morning of Sunday. The attack occurred at approximately 2a.m in the
morning and another intense one occurred at about 4 a.m.
Posted in internet
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Quotes for the week: Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:39 PM
Alexander
Graham Bell was a Scottish inventor, scientist, and professor who is popular
for his invention of the first telephone that transmitted human voice.
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer to step down within twelve months
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:37 PM
Microsoft
Corp. has announced in a press release that its under-fire boss Steve Ballmer
is to retire in the next twelve months after a replacement is found for him.
Amazon tested wireless network in California
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:17 PM
It has been
reported by Bloomberg that Amazon is trying to develop its own wireless network
which will enable it to serve the users of its products like kindle.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Scientists claim to have made the world’s most accurate clock
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:27 PM
Scientists at
the National Institute of Standards and Technology have claimed that the
ultra-stable ytterbium lattice atomic clock is the world’s most precise clock.
Posted in technology, Trends
Leaked shots of gold-coloured iPhone surfaces online
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:03 PM
There have
been a rumour recently about Apple producing a gold-coloured version of its iPhone 5S especially for the Chinese market where gold is taken of very high
value.
Posted in Apple, Smartphones
Thursday, August 22, 2013
PS4 to be available in U.S. and Europe by November
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:21 PM
Sony has revealed
at its Gamescom conference that the new Play Station 4 will be available to
users in the United States and Canada by November 15th and European users will
be able to get their hands on it by the 29th of the same month.
Yahoo had more traffic than Google in the U.S. in July
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:57 PM
According to
analysis company comScore, Yahoo overtook Google in web traffic in the United
States for the first time the May, 2011. The report claimed Yahoo had 196.6
million visitors in July compared to Google’s 192.3 million.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Samsung to launch smartwatch, Galaxy Gear
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:27 PM
There have
been previous rumours of Samsung launching its smartwatch and the Galaxy Note 3
at the IFA conference in Germany by September but the rumours have now gained
more ground as Bloomberg have now added to it.
Facebook, Nokia, Samsung and four other companies to launch “internet.org”
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:02 PM
Facebook in
collaboration with companies like Samsung and Nokia will launch project
internet.org in order to make internet available to about two thirds of the
world population who are currently off-line.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Airtel to offer free data on Nokia Asha phones
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 5:11 PM
Airtel Nigeria
has announced its partnership with Nokia that would see users of Nokia Asha phones
enjoy free data on WhatsApp and Facebook.
Posted in Smartphones, Telecoms
MTN Group reaches 200 million users
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:57 PM
MTN Group has
reached a milestone of 200 million users across the countries in which it
operates and has decided to invest heavily in education of countries in which
it has reached this milestone which are countries in Africa and the Middle
East.
Posted in Telecoms
Apple to produce gold-coloured iPhone
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 2:54 PM
According to
sources who have the knowledge of the matter, the new iPhone from Apple could
have the golden colour which is different from the conventional black and white
which Apple has been producing over the years.
Posted in Apple, Smartphones
Monday, August 19, 2013
Samsung is making a 12-inch tablet
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:13 PM
According to
reports from The Korea Economic Daily, Samsung Electronics is planning to make
a 12-inch tablet which will be its biggest yet.
The daily
claim that its industry sources have claimed that Samsung is working on a 12.2-inch
tablet PC that may be available as soon as October this year. The largest tablet
by Samsung is presently an 11.6-inch screen tablet.
Glo launches Bounce in Abuja
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 2:59 PM
Giant telecoms
company, Globacom limited has extended it Glo Bounce tariff to users in Abuja
especially students.
The tariff
which Glo has made particularly for students and youth was launched at the
Sheraton Hotels on Sunday. Glo hopes that this tariff will increase the
connectivity between students and build a large base of youths on its network.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Quotes for the week: John Davison Rockefeller (1839-1937)
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 6:21 PM
This week, we
are bringing you the quotes of the richest man in history, John D. Rockefeller.
John Rockefeller was the founder of Standard Oil Company.
Facts, Questions, Answers: Hyperloop
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 2:16 AM
Earlier this
week, billionaire Elon Musk released what he thinks will be a good alternative
to the proposed speed rail project to be embarked on between California and San
Francisco.
Posted in Specials, technology
Saturday, August 17, 2013
ICANN has disapproved Google’s dotless domain proposal
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 2:18 PM
Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has recently passed its resolution
that disapproves domain names without a dot.
Twitter sets new tweet per second record
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 2:02 PM
Twitter has
set a new record of 143,199 tweets per second without crashing on Saturday, the
3rd of August. This occurred during an airing of Castle in the Sky in Japan.
Friday, August 16, 2013
Ford Focus is the world’s best-selling car
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 2:43 PM
According to
Polk’s data of registered vehicles around the world, the Ford Focus is
retaining its lead after the first quarter of 2013, the latest data available.
Posted in Cars
CNN, Washington Post website breached by the SEA
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:01 PM
The websites
of CNN, Time, and the Washington Post were attacked on Thursday by the Syrian
Electronics Army. Some users on washingtonpost.com were directed to the Syrian
Electronic Army’s website which was displayed in Arabic.
Posted in internet
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Wireless device operated without a battery
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:05 PM
Engineers from
the University of Washington have revealed the use of a wireless device without
a power source, mostly in form of battery.
Posted in technology, Trends
Smartphones have surpassed feature phones in sales for the first time
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 11:47 AM
According to
research company Gartner, the move of consumers from feature phones to smartphones
has finally seen smartphones surpass feature phones in sales for the first time
in the second quarter of 2013.
Posted in Smartphones
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
UPS Cargo Plane crashes, two dead
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 6:17 PM
A large cargo plane flying from Louisville,
Kentucky to Birmingham, Alabama has crashed killing both the pilot and co-pilot
on the flight.
Posted in technology
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