Category: Gadget
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Apple to acquire Netflix, analysts predict
Premium smartphones maker, Apple Inc. has been predicted to possibly buy Netflix contrary to reports of the iPhone maker launching its video subscription product in 2018. Analysts from Citi said the smartphones giant could possibly take advantage of US President Donald Trump’s corporate tax cut to acquire the entertainment company. According to Citi analysts, Jim…
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Apple apologises for slowing older iPhones down
Apple has apologised after facing criticism for admitting it deliberately slows down some ageing iPhone models. The company now says it will replace batteries for less and will issue software in 2018 so customers can monitor their phone’s battery health. Some customers had long suspected the company slowed older iPhones to encourage customers to upgrade.…
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Group to launch app for long life
Insilico Medicine, a US-based organisation, on Thursday said it would launch a health application `Longenesis’ to help Africans monetise their data, live longer lives, as well as build the economy. Mr Iraneus Ogu, a Scientist with the organisation, said it was part of the company’s efforts to develop Africa under its project tagged Africa Intelligence…
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Grammarly virtual keyboard goes live on Android
Popular English language writing-enhancement platform, Grammarly has announced the rollout of its virtual keyboard for Android on the Google Play Store. Grammarly announced the rollout on Tuesday, coming more than a month after the keyboard app was launched for iOS. Grammarly Keyboard is a personal editor that has integration over mobile apps and mobile browsers.…
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Nokia sold in 48 languages globally – Official
The Chief Executive Officer, HMD Global, Mr Florian Seiche on Monday in Lagos said Nokia had manufactured and sold its phone in 48 languages in the world. Seiche in a statement on its website said that the sale of the phones in 48 languages was because Nokia had a large customer base scattered across 80…
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LIST: Top smartphone models in first half of 2017
World leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, IHS Markit, has released a list revealing the top smartphone models in the first half of the year 2017. In its new report, IHS Markit said, “The Apple iPhone 7 outsold all other smartphone models globally during the first six months of 2017”. “Five Samsung models, four…
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Why another Windows Phone manufacturer is now giving up on the OS
A Windows phone manufacturer is about to give on the mobile operating system citing Microsoft itself doesn’t seem as interested in its own mobile operating system. Nick Lazaridis, president of the EMEA regions at Hewlett Packard (HP), told The Register that HP won’t be adding any new handset to its existing “Elite” Windows Phone smartphone…
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Amazon says Google pulled YouTube from Echo Show device
In a rare public feud between large technology companies, Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday its Echo Show devices could no longer play videos from YouTube because the site’s parent, Google, stopped supporting the service. The spat is the latest in Silicon Valley in which competitive tensions stood in the way of customers. Amazon and Google…
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Why tampering with the IMEI of a mobile handset is a crime
Tampering with the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of a mobile device has been labelled a crime in many countries of the world. IMEI is a unique 15-digit ID of a mobile handset. Whenever a user makes a call, the call record shows phone number of the caller and IMEI number of the handset from…
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Western Digital launches SanDisk Dual Drive for Android smartphones
Western Digital on Thursday has launched a new storage drive known as SanDisk Dual Drive to help smartphone users free up space and manage their photos, videos and files across their favourite mobile devices. TheNewsGuru reports the SanDisk Dual Drive, which ranges from 16GB to 128GB in capacity, is a mobile storage pen drive designed…