Category: Gadget
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Google buys part of HTC’s smartphone operations for N396bn
Google and HTC Corporation today announced a definitive agreement under which certain HTC employees, many of whom are already working with Google to develop Pixel smartphones, will join Google. HTC revealed this in a press released it published on its website, saying HTC will receive about the sum of N396 billion in cash from Google…
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Apple facing hurdles in final production of outrageously expensive iPhone X
An investor note from Barrons citing a Raymond James analyst claims Apple is facing production hurdles that may cause delay in shipping of the iPhone X. When Apple announced its three new iPhone models earlier this month, the iPhone X availability was confirmed to be much later than iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. The…
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SON gives importers 30-day grace for proper registration of IT wares
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has given importers of Information Technology wares a 30-day grace period to properly register their products with the SON or face the wrath of the law. This is arising from a stakeholder’s meeting the SON held with leadership and members of Phones and Allied Product Dealers Association of Nigeria…
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Quick read: iPhone X top 10 features you need to know
For a phone such as the Apple iPhone X billed to start selling from N500k, there must be something, certain features, about it we all need to know. TheNewsGuru reports Apple on Tuesday unveiling new smartwatches, an Apple TV and the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus at a press event. But what caught attention the…
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What Apple fans are saying about newly unveiled record-high-prized iPhone X
Yesterday Apple unveiled a line of novel phones including the much anticipated iPhone X (pronounced iPhone 10), which is said to cost $999 for the 62GB version and $1,142 (about N500,000.00) for the 256GB version. Although the iPhone X will not be out for sale until November 3, reactions have continued to trail the newly…
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Apple unveils N.5m edge-to-edge iPhone X
Apple Inc today unveiled its much-anticipated iPhone X, a glass and stainless steel device with an edge-to-edge display that Chief Executive Tim Cook has called “the biggest leap forward since the original iPhone”. Apple also introduced the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, which resemble the iPhone 7 line but have a glass back for…
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Hackers targeting smartphones using replacement screens
It is increasingly getting easy for hackers to infiltrate smartphones through malicious apps via app stores, but now a new study finds that your data can be compromised after replacing your cracked display with a third-party screen with malicious chips. There seems to be no end to the ways hackers can get inside your smartphone.…
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HMD set to launch 3G variant of Nokia 3310 (2017)
Just last month, a 3G variant of the Nokia 3310 (2017) was spotted on the US FCC certification site, and while there were very few things revealed from the listing apart from the variant’s existence, we now have more information. As per the latest information, the 3G variant of the revamped Nokia 3310 will be…
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Relief as US officially ends laptop ban on Middle East Carriers
The United States has ended a four month ban on passengers carrying laptops onboard US bound flights from certain airports in the Middle East and North Africa, bringing to an end one of the controversial travel restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration. Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport was the last of 10 airports to…
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FG moves to ban unlicensed drones in Nigeria
The Minister of State for Aviation Hadi Sirika says full regulation of drones is imminent, with a possible clampdown on the unlicensed use of them. Although drones are being used globally to fight terrorism, deliver medical care and other good causes, they also pose a security risk as they can deliver deadly light weight bombs.…