All Things Technology

Microsoft has successfully launched the first Dual SIM Windows 8.1 smartphone, the Lumia 630, at an event held at the prestigious Protea Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State. The new Nokia phone is the first Windows 8.1 handset.

It is called the Dragon V2 spaceship and will transport 40 live mousetronauts to the space station. This spacecraft can be use again that same day after each flight, unlike other spacecrafts.

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Guys, be very careful. Scammers are at it again.  They are now sending out messages to Yahoo users claiming their account need to be updated. These messages are not from Yahoo itself; they are from scammers. They try to trick you out of your name and password.

Please if you receive such messages, don't respond to them. Again, they are not from Yahoo!

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Were you able to spot the difference in Google's before and after logo. The new logo got a little adjustment over the weekend. See if you can with the help of a GIF.

How would you feel knowing you are sitting a car with no human driver, no steering wheel or brake pedal? I can imagine what's in your mind right now. You probably think I want you to commit a suicide with your eyes  wide open, right? But seriously, these are the vehicles Google is planning to build. The company unveiled a car that won't need a brake pedal, accelerator and steering wheel.

Having a conversation with someone who speaks a different language is kind of tough, to me. Sometimes I appear like an idiot to the person with whom am communicating with. I try as much to ease myself by using Google translate but nothing still change. But not anymore as Microsoft  has unveiled a speech recognition software, called Skype Translator,  that has the ability to translate oral and text-based conversation between people who speak different languages during a Skype video call.

The FIFA World Cup(Brazil 2014) is upon us and players representing Africa need to perfect on their passing skills. You don't go to the World Cup unprepared. So for a soccer player that wants to brush up on his soccer skills can do so with the new Adidas miCoach Smart Ball.

That sounds good to me.

Apple is reportedly planning to showcase a smart home system that will let you control all appliances, lights and security systems in your home with your iPhone. The new system would turn your iPhone into a remote control. Apple will integrate the technology at next month's Apple's World Wide Developer Conference(WWDC) in San Francisco.

A team of Australian hackers  managed break into Apple's ''Find My phone feature''  that allows them access to a host of Apple devices.  The hackers, known as Oleg Pliss, sent messages threatening to use the Apple's security feature to wipe out their data and to regain their devices if they don't pay $100 into their PayPal account.

By September 16, 2014 manufacturers of autonomous vehicles will be able to test their self-driving cars on public roads in California, legally.  That's what the state's Department of Motor Vehicles noted in a new protocol. The requirements for a manufacturer conducting test for self-driving cars in California are :

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If you live in the United States of America and you know of someone working for a tech firm, raise your hat for him/her each time they walk past you. You know why, those guys earn big bucks and are entitled to a lot of perks(OK, I was only joking with ya)

Samsung had already shipped(not sold) 500,000 out of the total 700,000 smartwatches shipped globally in the first three months of this year. It appears the Korean tech giant wants to extend that margin with a new smartwatch. Samsung reportedly making a new smarwatch that doesn't need to be connected to a smartphone.

Bumper is a social network for discovering and sharing new music. 

It seems Samsung has  jump on the Virtual Reality Headset Bandwagon. The South Korea electronics giant is reportedly making a virtual reality headsets for its Galaxy phones and tablets. Sources with knowledge of the matter revealed to technology blog Engadget. The head mounted display is being manufacture by the company's mobile division.

Microsoft released its newest line of Surface Pro tablets yesterday---the Surface Pro 3. Microsoft touts the 12-inch tablet running Windows 8.1 Pro as a PC and Notebook replacement. Microsoft maybe  right to an extent. I mean, it worked so hard this time around. Increasing, among other specs, the storage from 64GB to a massive 512GB. It has an 8GB RAM and you can surf the web with the Surface Pro 3 for up to nine hours.

Discrete social sharing app, Secret,  is now available to anyone on the web. The Secret app, which was launched first for iOS, now has an Android version. The company decided that since the app is available on both platform, it would be wise to make the anonymous app available, not only to those in the United States, but globally.

To those of you who are so sick and tired of travelling with others below the surface of the sea in a submarine(or Maybe not) or just want to spend the voyage  alone with your spouse, this is for you.  You can have your own personal Submarine. This $2,000,000 two-person submersible can travel under sea at a depth of 1000. Allowing to to view under sea features such as coral reefs, the sea floor and to satisfy your curiosity, see the ship that sank on April 14, 1912---the Titanic ship. But do not say to anyone I advised you on that.

The two original Apple's Logo boards will be put up for auction next month(June 4). The first pair of Apple's logos that sat on the company headquarters in Cupertino,  Calif between 1976 and 1997 are expected to fetch $10,000-$15,000.
That being said, I have two questions to ask.
Why does Apple logo have a bite on one side? and again, why the leaf does not fit in  Apple's logo?

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Always curious to find out if that guy who makes passes at you is single or in a relationship, click the ''Ask '' button. Facebook is reportedly rolling out a new ''pry'' feature called ''Ask'' that gives users the God-given rights to request to know whether or not you are single or dating. Users who are eager to find out can do so just by clicking the ''ask'' button next to your blank relationship status.

Perhaps to sell more Galaxy phones and Gear smartwatches. Samsung did the same thing at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Buying ads around the event venue. See more pictures below.

Don't tell me saw that coming. OK, maybe you do. Since Instagram also has a Google+ page(although it's been a year now since Instagram last updated its Google+ handle).

Google is already planning to give Gmail some make-over and it seems the news has help the Google mail achieved a milestone. Google recently announced that Gmail for Android  has been downloaded 1 billion times. As it stands, only Google play services has more downloads than Gmail. The app is installed on all Android devices.

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It's not something we ever wish for but, for our own safety, it is imperative that we have knowledge of it. Death does not send a written notice of approval before it visit someone but lightning does. The problem here is that people are ignorant of the warning given by lightning and so, they find it amusing.

Steve Ballmer is in retirement after spending thirty-four years working for Microsoft. He spent the last fourteen years as the company's Chief Executive Officer(Bill Gates was the one that urged Ballmer to join his company). Now, since he is no longer doing his job, Ballmer can be seen playing Golf, attending NBA play-offs etc. in order to keep himself busy until he figure out what's next to do.

Graduating from the University is one of the happiest days of our lives. Students often cease the opportunity to perform some crazy acts on stage immediately they receive their degrees for everyone to see--some like wiggle their bodies, jump or shout. But this young man,  , who happens to be my friend on Google Plus,  graduated from the University of Southern California today. He did something different.  He filmed the  final three minutes of graduate school with  his Google Glass.

Observing anything closely for long periods can ruin your eyes, be they TV or computers. TV in particular emit X-Rays and acumulation of that could cause Cancer. Why not try Google Glass?
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At one point in our lives, you wish you were a bird.You know,go to places you have never been to before and, to satisfy your curiosity, have a bird's view of your area. French wireless products maker Parrot has decided to do something about it. It launched the flying camera drone, the Bebop.

After finding the device ''so''helpful in the pilot test for its emergency,University of California Irvine School of Medicine has decided to give of all its students a pair of Google Glass. The initiative puts UC Irvine as the first medical school to carry out the high-tech eyewear into its four year curriculum.

As the search for the 276 missing school girls kidnapped by Islamist sect, Boko Haram goes on, it was gathered that the US military deployed its RQ-4 Global Hawk and MC-12W manned reconnaissance aircraft to patrol over Nigeria on Tuesday, in search of the whereabouts of the missing girls.

Some of us like to go camping during holidays and charging our devices in the wilderness is quite a task for us. But this Biolite stove, the BaseCamp, can  charge your smartphones, tablet, handheld GPS etc.while you cook your delicious meal.

In retaliation against the US for sanctioning its businessmen and politicians during Russia-Ukraine crisis last month, Russia said it will halt all United States Global Positioning System (GPS) sites on the nation's territory, Russia Deputy PM, Dmitry Rogozin said Tuesday.

Authour of ''Game of Thrones'' George Raymond Richard Martin, shocked everyone watching the latter's talk show on Wednesday night when he revealed to host Conan O'Brien that he still writes on 1980s word processor, Wordstar 4.0 running on DOS. DOS is an acronym for Disk Operating System. It was the first installed OS on personal computers.

Almost a month ago, Google made its high-tech headset available to anyone above the age of 18 living in the US to get the augmented eye wear for $1500. It appeared the device was hardly enough for people who desired to get their hands on it, which only sold for one day. It quickly ran out of stock within hours after it went on sale. Now, the tech giant has once again made the device available to the general public.

The option to mute your irritating Twitter friends was available only to a set of Twitter users. But the Microblogging platform has now made the mute button for  people who don't want to see their annoying friend's tweets, retweets on their timeline public.

Who would have thought that severe brain injuries will turn this man into a mathematical genius. Hmm! God works in mysterious ways.

Jason Padgett, a furniture salesman from Tacoma, Washington was gruesomely attacked by two men outside a Karaoke bar way back 2002, leaving him with severe concussion and an injured kidney. After the incident,  he later suffered post traumatic disorder. He recalled being hit in the head several times. But the incident turned Padgett, who had little interest in academics, into a mathematical genius.

You have always had eyes on the original 8.3 G Pad tablet, but you could not have it because it is too expensive. You are right on that.Well it seems you just have to wait a little longer for LG to release a less expensive tablets. LG will release three Android tablets on May 13.

The dream of catching a train from China to other parts of the world, such as the US, Canada and Russia, may soon become a reality. Anyone would traveling below the surface of the sea by Train. Would you like to? I guess we all do.

Welcome to a universe of astronauts, scientists, trailblazers and great thinkers.

Sometimes you and I find it difficult to fully understand NASA science and experiment. I tell you the truth, it's fun watching them do all those mind-blowing things on TV but,we are not really part of it.. NASA itself knows about this. So, it teamed up with LittleBits and designed a set of space kit, which we can use to build a model of a Mars Rover, an International Space Station;transmit music wirelessly as well as learn more about wave in school or at home.

It may not be in vogue anymore but that does not stop this old mama from beating the Jaguar E-type, Mclaren and Range Rover and won the hearts of Britons as best car of all time. The Original Mini is the best car Britain has ever built, believe it or not.

Sailors on US Navy ships are not allowed to bring in their tablets, smartphones, Nooks etc. on board, owing to cyber security reasons. So what then become of a bookworm sailor? The US Navy found answers to that question by releasing its own customize  e-Reader device known as NeRD. The acronym for NeRD is the ''Navy eReader Device.'' Don't get upset by the word NeRD,is not what you think; it's the other way round.

As most of you know, not washing your hands after handling cash is unhygienic. There are more than 26,000 bacteria on a single European bank note. There are more bacteria on a 1 Pound coin than a cleaned toilet seat. But, despite being aware of it, only one out of five Europeans admit to washing their hands after holding cash. Men are even the worst according to a MasterCard study.

Huawei has launched the successor to , the P7 at a global launch event in Paris, France today. The new smartphone has one thing that its rival don't.

When a person, whose company produces antivirus software that helps protect our systems against cyber criminals, now tells you the antivirus era has come and gone, what do you think will become of us the average computer user? That's what Symentec Senior vice president of information security, Brian Dye revealed to the Wall Street Journal this week. He said the antivirus is dead and no longer a lucrative industry.

Iran committee on internet crimes  has banned Mark Zuckerberg's WhatsApp, owing to believe that the Facebook founder is an ''American Zionist.'' As you know, Zuckerberg has a Jewish background. Iran believe Zuckerberg is trying to start a ''Zionism'' movement.

Call me an idiot for saying that if you will, but that's just the truth. It's no joke. The type of smartphones you use can tell others a whole lot about who we really are. Still in doubt,  take a look at the following phones below and see if you fall in that category

Someone may ask the question, ''Why do Chinese URLs use numbers over letters? Dear, you are not alone in this room. I find it so hard to understand why they do use them until Newrepublic explains the reason behind this. Type  3.cn into your browser and you will land on the big online retailer's homepage, JingDong Mall or jd.com. Or looking for where to buy and sell used cars, enter  92.com.

Do you have a friend on Twitter who constantly tweets about annoying things on your timeline but you can't unfollow? Don't worry about that annoying friend of yours; just bear with him for a little while. Twitter is reportedly rolling out the option to ''mute' your annoying friend's tweet, without having to unfollow him.

Before the advent of Blu-ray Disk, hard drives and the recently added option for storage, Cloud, we had been using magnetic tape to record, store data and listen to quality songs. Do we still have them around in our homes? I guess not. That's because we think the cassette tape is dead. But Sony's new magnetic tape might make us rethink this impression. Or perhaps teach you how to build your own 185 Terabytes hard drive storage array for only $9,305. Its new magnetic tape could store 185TB of data in a single cassette tape.