Californian
company Apple Inc. has announced its fourth quarter earnings. It sold more
smartphones and tablets compared to the same quarter last year but made less
profit.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Obama wasn’t aware that Merkel’s phone was being tapped – White House official
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:52 AM
The Wall
Street Journal has revealed that a White House official revealed to it that the
U.S. President Barack Obama didn’t have the information that German Chancellor
Angela Merkel’s cellphone was being tapped.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Quotes for the Week: Stephen William Hawking (1942 - )
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 11:56 PM
Stephen
Hawking is an English physicist and the Director of Research at the Centre for
Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Stephen Hawking is one
person that has many excuses not to try anything but he is one of the best
theoretical physicists alive despite being disabled.
Stephen
Hawking was diagnosed for Lou Gehrig’s disease at the age of 21. Normally,
anybody diagnosed of this disease is expected to die less than 5 years after
the diagnosis. However, the professor has defied all odds and is still alive at
the age of 71.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Samsung release financial results for Q3
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:56 AM
South Korean company, Samsung Electronics Co. has released its financial results for the third quarter of 2013 which is between July and September. The results have shown an increase in profit from the second quarter of 2013.
Posted in Samsung, Smartphones, Tablets
Friday, October 25, 2013
Apple co-founder not impressed with new tablets
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:43 AM
Apple
co-founder, Steve Wozniak popularly known as Woz has revealed that he will not
get any of the newly launched iPad Air and the iPad Mini 2.
Samsung has sold more than 40 million units of S4
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:32 AM
Contrary to
reports that sales of Samsung Galaxy S4 is struggling, Samsung Mobile chief JK
Shin has moved to oppose the reports with a massive sales figure of the high
end smartphone that took the smartphone market by storm in 2013.
Posted in Samsung, Smartphones
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Apple unveils the fifth generation iPad and the iPad Mini 2
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:35 AM
At an event
at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, Apple unveiled the fifth generation
iPad which is dubbed iPad Air, the iPad Mini 2, and Mac Pro. To is set to
increase massively, the number of tablets Apple has sold which already is 170
million according to Apple.
Nokia introduces phablets Lumia 1520 and 1320, its first tablet 2520
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:23 AM
Nokia has
launched three devices at the Nokia World event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Nokia Lumia 1520 is a 6-inch screen tablets which has seen many rumours even
before the launch. Lumia 1320 is the same screen size with the 1520 but is a
cheaper option with lower specs. Lumia 2520 is the first ever full tablet from
Nokia and it possesses a 10.1-inch screen.
Posted in Nokia, Smartphones, Tablets
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Youtube releases the list of nominees for its first ever music awards
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 7:37 AM
After
announcing that it will hold its first ever music awards this year, which will
be determined by users, Youtube has released the full list of nominees for the
awards that will take place later on the 3rd of November.
Apple overtakes Samsung in the U.S.
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:49 AM
Due to the
launch of the premium iPhone 5S and the budget iPhone 5C, Apple has regained
the top spot in the smartphone market in the U.S. for the month of September
according to reports from Counterpoint Research.
Posted in Apple, Samsung, Smartphones
Blackberry Messenger finally on Android and iPhones in hours but…
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:33 AM
Blackberry
has revealed that the download of its popular Blackberry Messenger which was
formerly exclusive to Blackberry smartphones will be available to android
smartphones and iPhones in hours.
Posted in Blackberry, internet
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Quotes for the Week: Carl Edward Sagan (1934-1996)
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:48 PM
Today
features Carl Sagan, who was an American astronomer and science writer. He was
popular for his writings and quotes.
Here are some
of his quotes when he was alive:
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Lenovo announces A10, its first Android PC
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:04 PM
The biggest
PC maker is trying to test the waters with its new multi-mode laptop which will
run on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Although Lenovo makes tablets and smartphones,
this is the first PC from the Chinese company that runs on the Android
operating system (OS).
Google stock price tops $1000
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:57 PM
After
announcements of Google’s financial report for the third quarter of this year,
its share price gained more than 10 percent to break the $1,000 barrier for the
first time since the tech giant went public in 2004.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Fingerprint sensor? No, Samsung Galaxy S5 may have an eye scanner…
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 6:21 PM
When Apple
debuted the fingerprint scanner on the latest iPhone 5S, Apple and Samsung
fans, with different motives, wondered if Samsung was going to copy this (and
probably improve it) or how was it going to top the new technology? Well, new
reports have indicated that Samsung will likely take Apple to the cleaners as
it is rumoured an eye scanner will be used as security instead of a fingerprint
scanner.
Posted in Samsung, Smartphones
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Windows 8.1 is now available to users
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:41 PM
Microsoft has
announced on the windows blog today that Windows 8.1, an upgrade of Windows 8
is now available to users of Windows PCs and tablets. Present users of Windows
8 can upgrade to 8.1 free of charge starting from today.
Twitter to list on the New York Stock Exchange as losses continue
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:02 AM
Reports from
Twitter’s S-1 for the third quarter has revealed that the social network,
Twitter, will list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during its
initial public offering (IPO) which is expected to commence on the 15th of
November if reports from insiders are to be believed.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
We still have a lot to cover – Apple
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 11:15 PM
These are the
words on the invitation to the next Apple event which has all but confirmed the
October 22 date that was earlier rumoured by tech blog All Things D. It is expected
that iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2 will be unveiled at the event.
Payments of entitlement of 38,000 PHCN workers has commenced – BPE
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:14 PM
The Director General
of the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), Mr. Benjamin Dikki revealed to the
House of Representatives committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation that
the full payments of entitlements has begun for the Power Holdings Company of
Nigeria (PHCN) workers.
Posted in energy, technology
Tecno can dominate Nigerian smartphone market, and this is how
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:03 AM
When Tecno
initially came into Nigeria, it was responsible for the production of cheap
mobile phones you’d call substandard at best (they’re popularly called China
phones). In a good move though, Tecno has since restrategized and has become an
android vendor which has given a cheap alternative to the expensive high end
smartphones.
Posted in Smartphones, Specials
Monday, October 14, 2013
HTC One Max with Fingerprint scanner announced
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 5:23 PM
Taiwanese
smartphone maker HTC has announced the phablet version of its flagship HTC One
a day earlier than planned due to leaks of specification in the media. The new
device has a 5.9-inch screen which is bigger than the flagship’s 4.7-inch and
it also comes with a unique feature which is the fingerprint scanner.
Posted in Smartphones
Curved Screen Smartphone LG G Flex leaks online
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:57 AM
In less than
two weeks after Samsung announced its first curved smartphone, the Samsung
Galaxy Round, LG is also expected to move fast to give Samsung little space at
the front of the curved screen innovation. The latest leaks of images of the LG
G Flex seem to support this notion.
Posted in LG, Smartphones
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Quotes for the Week: Steve Wozniak (1950 - )
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:12 AM
Steve Wozniak
who is popularly referred to as Woz is an American inventor, computer engineer
and programmer who co-founded Apple Computer with the late Steve Jobs. Steve
Wozniak was responsible for the invention of the Apple I and Apple II computers
in the 1970s.
Mark Zuckerberg buys neighbours’ houses for more than $30m
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:41 AM
In a step to
increase privacy from spying eyes, Facebook co-founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg
has purchased four homes that are adjacent to his 5,617-square-foot Palo Alto
home for a cool price of more than $30 million.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Google to use your profile for advertisements, how to stop it
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:04 AM
Tech giant
Google has revealed through the revision of its policies that accounts of users
of Google products could be used for adverts if you allow Google to do so
through your shared endorsement settings.
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