Category: Gadget
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President Trump trades his Android phone for a secure, encrypted device
US President Donald Trump has apparently traded in his Android phone for a secure, encrypted device approved by the Secret Service with a new number that few people possess. Trump has been well-known for using Android phones; plenty of his tweets have suggested he prefers the platform when posting messages on-the-go. The change is akin…
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Samsung blames Galaxy Note 7 woe on faulty batteries
The world’s biggest smartphone maker Samsung has today blamed faulty batteries for the woe and lost it suffered of last year’s humiliating explosions and eventual recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 device. Samsung Electronics was forced to discontinue the smartphone, originally intended to compete with Apple’s iPhone, after a chaotic recall that saw replacement…
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Donald Trump surrenders his Android phone
Donald Trump has given up his beloved Android phone ahead of today’s inauguration, the Associated Press reports, though it is unclear what type of device he will use in the White House. According to The New York Times, Trump is now using a more secure, encrypted handset that was approved by the Secret Service. He…
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MTN Nigeria decommissions BlackBerry service
Nigeria’s telecommunications giant, MTN, has announced it is decommissioning its BlackBerry service. MTN Nigeria this afternoon sent the announcement using Short Message Service (SMS) to my BlackBerry Q10 device, one of the phones it is stopping the service for, saying “Dear customer, MTN BlackBerry service will be decommissioned on 27/01/2017”. BlackBerry users like me have…
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Mark Zuckerberg trial: Here is everything you must know about the lawsuit
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mark Zuckerberg, took the witness stand in Dallas federal court on Tuesday to open up in Oculus-ZeniMax trial over VR tech, denying an allegation by a rival company that the virtual-reality technology of Facebook’s Oculus unit was stolen. Zuckerberg, the founder of one of the world’s largest companies, faced…
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UNILORIN commences distribution of Tablets to students
The management of University of Ilorin says it has commenced the distribution of the outstanding PC tablets to affected students of the institution. A report in the university’s bulletin released on Monday in Ilorin said the exercise was in keeping with the management’s commitment to the provision of effective teaching and learning aids. It said…
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Facebook Mark Zuckerberg faces trial over $2 billion Oculus VR
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify in court on Tuesday, January 17 for a potentially explosive lawsuit that claims the Oculus VR startup he acquired for $2 billion was based on stolen technology. The more than two-year-old suit against Facebook by game maker Zenimax has culminated with a public trial by jury in a Dallas…
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PC sales fall for fifth consecutive year: Reports
Sales of Personal Computer (PC), desk and laptop computers, declined consecutively in 2016, extending a slip happening since 2012, according to figures released on Wednesday by two market trackers. Preliminary figures from Gartner indicated that PC shipments last year tallied 269.7 million units in a 6.2 percent decline from the previous year. International Data Corporation…
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Nokia makes smartphone comeback starting in China with Nokia 6
Nokia is making a cameo comeback with smartphones unveiling Nokia 6 running on Google’s Android OS at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017 on Sunday. If you are a cell phone user of a certain age, you likely have a soft spot for the Nokia brand. In the late 1990s and most of the aughts,…