All Things Technology

Just when we thought that there are lots of Galaxy range of smartphones in the market, Samsung added four affordable handsets to its Galaxy line, today. The new Galaxy phones---Galaxy Star 2, Ace 4, Young 2 and Core 2--- all come with Samsung's TouchWiz Essence Interface and run on the latest version of Google's mobile operating system, Android 4.4 KitKat. The phones all sport smaller displays and less powerful processors than their elder brother, the Galaxy S5.

Apart from Apple, which is yet to launch its latest flagship smartphone, all other smartphone makers have launched their flagship phones. From HTC, Nokia, LG to Samsung, you name it. But which of them  is best so far?
       

Twitter user Jonathon shared this selfies of himself with Apple CEO Tim Cook. He called him(Tim Cook) is favorite CEO. See more amazing pictures..

Now that Google smart eyewear, Glass, is now available in the UK and Britons who have the device are busy right now recording every bit of what is going on in their lives, don't you think it calls for some privacy protection rules---the country's data regulator is making sure everyone in the UK wearing Google Glass plays by the rules.

Ford Motor Co finally took the wraps off its ST model, the 2015 Ford Focus at the Goodwood festival of speed on Thursday.The vehicle features sporty styling in line with the refreshed Focus and continues to be powered by Ford' 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine with peak output of 252 horsepower at 5,500 rpm and 270 lb.-ft. of torque The engine is paired exclusively with a six-speed manual transmission with a performance-oriented, short-throw shifter. See more pictures below....

An anchor on CNBC show ''Squawk on the Street'' outed Apple CEO Tim Cook as gay and applauded him for that he was open about it---he casually dropped the bomb by mistake.

Good news to Kindle Fire and Android phone/tablet users. Amazon is giving away 31 premium apps worth around $100 to you for free, as part of it ''app of the day promotion.'' But, you have only today to download these free apps--- Jump Desktop, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, The Room, Travel Interpreter, Root Explorer, Dungeon Village, Office Suite Professional and Ravensword---to your devices.

People value their privacy more than anything else these days. Play smart and try to walk in on them by using a Quadrocopter while they are having a good time and you could kiss your drone goodbye.

After a year, Apple released a new version of its iPod Touch lineup and cut down prices of the 32GB and 64GB models to $249 and $249, respectively. The new device is a 16GB iPod Touch that come equipped with a 5MP rear camera and it is available in red, blue, space gray,pink and silver. This year's model is priced at $199(N 35000)

For the first time, Google released its wearable technology, Glass, in the UK, today. Google Glass is available to anyone above the age of 18 who have £1000 to spend on an augmented reality device. Google is specifically targeting developers, not consumers, with the launch. If you reside in the UK, you can either buy Google Glass from a Google-run store or online. Today's sale of Google Glass makes the UK the second nation after the US where the device is being sold.

Researchers at the Oxford University have built a pair of smart glasses that can help partially sighted individuals to see people and objects in front of them; thereby helping them in a way to avoid walking into obstacles.

The latest subscriber data released by the Nigeria Communication Commission, NCC, shows that the number of active telephone lines in the country has increased from 127,097,196 to 129,391,392---that is to say 114,158,064 new lines were added.

If you are like me, understanding a sign language interpreter is very difficult. I don't seem to understand what they are saying. All I see is someone moving his/her hands every which way and the other person(the one who cannot hear) just standing there following every bit of the conversation. But maybe, we could be part of the conversation.

It is widely speculated that Apple's wearable tech, the iWatch, will officially be on stream in October. People with knowledge of the matter disclosed to the Wall Street Journal that Apple's smartwatch will sport a massive 2.5-inch rectangular display and it is going to be a health-focused device as it will posses 10 health-monitoring sensors to keep track of your health, fitness level etc.

The number of smartphone thefts around the world is on the rise. So, in a bid to find a lasting solution to this menace, two technology giants, Google and Microsoft, have both decided to incorporate a safety feature called ''Kill Switch'' into the next version of Android and Windows operating system. The technology was tested on the iPhone and, it has reduce the number of iPhone thefts.

Some users of Facebook say there were unable to log on to their accounts  at about 4 a.m ET, yesterday. A large percentage of them who couldn't access their accounts were users in the UK, China, Israel and Nigeria(yeah I couldn't login to my account at that time but I thought it was a network issue or problem with my chrome browser).

At long last, the much anticipated 3D smartphone from the world's largest online retailer, Amazon, was finally unveiled today by CEO Jeff Bezos--- It is called the Fire phone--- and it's Amazon first entrant to the  smartphone world. The Fire phone is almost the same size as Apple's iPhone 5S at 4.7-inch and, it will go on sale in on July 25 exclusively on one of America's biggest carrier, AT&T for $200. I do not know much about the phone yet but I got the pictures of Amazon's Fire Phone right here. I have theverge to thank for sharing these amazing photos. View....

Cyber criminals(sometimes called hackers) have started a new ''hacking'' trend---they break into organisations or businesses computers, steal data on their customers and then demand money from them by threatening to publish those customers records public.

Facebook's new app that accidentally appeared on the Apple app store last week and immediately removed an hour later, is now officially available to anyone looking for a way to migrate from Snapchat. Facebook launched its photo-video sharing app Slingshot, on Tuesday. Slingshot is very similar to Snapchat. The only significant difference between the two app  is Slingshot requires you to always reply with a photo or message  before been able to read messages sent to you. Below is how Facebook's  Slingshot works.

In furtherance of the promotion of capacity building within Nigeria, Pan Africa Airlines(Nigeria) has launched the first  Bell helicopter flight simulator in Nigeria.

Two months ago, General Motors, GM, reached a settlement with the US government and agreed to pay $35 Million over its botch recall of millions of cars with faulty ignition switches. One would expect the act to end, rather it continues.

Yesterday's World Cup match between Spain and the Netherlands was terrific, I have to be fair. You all know the world's champions was humiliated by Holland. Forget about the scoreline, one moment will forever be in the minds of Football lovers all over the world---Robin Van Persie's first half header that looped over Iker Casillas, Spain's goalkeeper.

The FIFA World Cup is on going in Brazil as we speak and, as we would expect, many football lovers quickly took to Micro-blogging platform, Twitter, to air their voices as the match between host Brazil and Croatia was being telecast live.

I don't just understand what Oculus Rift is up to. They had the golden opportunity at E3 to show gamers and other video game makers what the Rift virtual reality headset is, the price and commercial availability. Instead, it only  focused on games at E3
It should be the perfect moment to explain a bit more of device to the less tech savvy and what it brings to the virtual reality ''gaming experience.''

Emotions are running high. The biggest show on the planet is finally here---The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. It's a moment that comes once in a life time. From the opening ceremony(cast your mind back to South Africa 2014) to the Final and closing ceremony, everything is just superb.

The first ever 24-hour social race challenging Twitter & Weibo users For its return to Le Mans after 16 years,Porsche will introduce #24SocialRace on June 14th; a 24-hour social media race, a worldwide first, challenging both Twitter and Weibo users. By connecting these two major micro-blogging giants, this 24h digital race will allow netizens to join and  feel the adrenaline of such a return.

Microblogging platform Twitter suspended the @doxbin for posting ''execessive mentions''  the handle thinks it is unfair on them kick off some of its accounts. So it vowed to get event with Twitter for this by sharing personal information such as Social security numbers, postal addresses, phone numbers etc. on the company's past and present  staff on a private network called ''darknet''.

Ah, that's so nice. How I wish other dealership would do business this way. This is the way it should be.

It is arguable the biggest change to hit the internet ever since the foundation of the World Wide Web was laid by Tim Berner Lee and others. The UK has gotten a new web domain name and it is in the process making all its web addresses switch over from the .co.uk domain name to .uk domain.

With the sole aim of keeping its online mapping service up-to-date with images and to provide internet access to remote areas, Google today said it has agreed to buy satellite company Skybox imagery for $500 million in cash. The announcement comes two months after the internet giant acquired solar-powered drone maker Titan Aerospace.

You must have seen them in James Bond's movies----cars flying a little bit over land in order to escape danger---and you can't just help but wonder when such cars will come to reality(we are not talking about self-driving or flying cars here) Your number one car maker, Toyota, thinks such cars should be on our roads to reduce friction.

Truth be told, many outsiders(like me) believe that America is the home of  the mass school shootings. But the problem is how do we stop this menace from eating deep into the American society. A lots of individuals and bodies, like this Oklohama company, ProTect, that developed a bulletproof back pack for students to help protect themselves during a tornado strike and  also for school shootings are doing all they can to put an end to school shootings.

Yes, it is Netfilix CEO Reed Hastings, the man whose name sounds like the popular identification sign on the internet(Hashtag). He co-founded American provider of on-demand internet streaming media, Netflix, with a guy named Marc Randolph in 1997. It appears he has started to eat the good fruit of his labor.

Forbes reveals that Hastings earnings come from Netflix's stocks and options . He is also believed to be worth more than $1 billion, if you consider his $120 million in post-tax  from stocks sales in the last five years.
Good luck to the new Billionaire, keep on climbing.

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I should say this is the best soccer ad of all time.

It's a Samsung game ad that showcase the likes of Leonel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo and other talented soccer stars come together to take on a team of ugly-looking aliens from God-knows-which planet, with one thing in mind--to save our precious planet. They are huge and bundled up with skills even Football's greatest Ronaldinho and Jay Jay Okocha would crave for. which team won the match? find out.

Facebook plans of making Snapchat disappear off the face of the earth is about to get materialize, social networking site has just ''accidentally'' launched the Snapchat killer, Slingshot.
Facebook told social media blog Mashable that it unknowingly made the app public on Apple App store but you and I know Facebook did it on purpose, maybe as a teaser.

On  Monday, June 9(that is today) Samsung electronics will provide first-hand experience of its latest  flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5 to customers of Globacom in its Gloworld stores.

A computer program successfully passed the Turing Test for the first time for having tricked a panel of judges into believing they were having a conversation with a 13-year old human, at a Turing Test event organized by the University of Reading. The program, which was created by a Russian-based team, answered all questions put to it by the the judges.

Yes, the iPhone 6 rumor is back. This time around a site called Nowherelse has dished out images of the back casing of Apple next phone, the iPhone 6. Well, as you would expect some claimed it to the real deal but, until the original Apple phone comes  out, we just have to dwell on anything that surfaced. See more images below.

If I tell you that Apple's Mac computers run on Microsoft Windows operating system, you would call me a liar. But what if the company CEO tells you that himself, would you still doubt ? I guess not.

 American Astronaut Reid Wiseman shared this 6 seconds Vine from space yesterday, from an observation window on the International Space Station.

Not too long ago, I alerted you guys to do all you can to keep your computers protected from GoZeus and Cryptolocker ransonware. As I told you that day, Gozeus and Crytolocker steal your banking and personal information once they gain access to your computer. Now a new ransonware has joined the Crptolocker lineup---Cryptowall.

Here is something I picked up from Mashable. I hope these apps help you to keep track of your teams at the FIFA World Cup .

It is impossible to keep yourself abreast of all the 64 matches of the FIFA World Cup. Asides from cheering your team, or country to to speak, there are other nations that you would like to watch them play, but you just can't keep up. So to help you stay up to date on the latest developments in the World Cup, here are six apps to help you do just that.

Tesla motors has launched the world's first premium electric sedan, Model S, in London, today. The company CEO Elon Musk attended the event in person and handed over five models to customers. Coincidentally, British author of erotic romance novel, Erika Leonard James is among the first five lucky Tesla model owners.
The electric car first went on sale in the US two years ago and, today's launch mark the first time the car is available commercially in right hand drive.  See more pictures below.

This is a Nokia Dual Boot smartphone running Android 4.4 KitKat and Windows 8.1. This phone could come with a 60 mega pixel back camera and 2800 mega amp battery(Ok I was kidding)

On May 28 LG launched the successor to the G2, and its latest flagsip phone, the G3. The handset quickly went on sale in South Korea, its home country. Now reports claimed LG has managed to sell more than 100,000 G3 phones in just five days after it went on sale in South Korea; knocking out rival Samsung Galaxy S5.

Circle October in your calender. That is the date Apple has set for its smart wearable launch, the iWatch.

Reports coming out from multiple sources confirmed that Apple will show-off a health-focused wearable in October, alongside the release of the its new iOS 8 OS. They say Apple's iWatch will use a curved Organic Light-Emitting Diode(OLED) display touchscreen  and could allow for the wearer to read text messages sent to his iPhone.

This emotional humanoid robot, known as Pepper, was unveiled today by Japanese telecom operator SoftBank. This 4 feet tall robot can do things as a human, for example,  it could baby-sit, give a wave and able to sense when its owner is sad, happy or depressed.  The robot will make itself useful at the mobile carrier's stores  to attend and entertain customers, on Friday.

It seems Brazilians are not the only ones who are unhappy with their number ten for spending exorbitant amount of money on the FIFA World Cup. Hacker group Anonymous has decided to lock horns with  sponsors of the word cup over the same issue.. They have a plan of attacking the websites of the corporate sponsors of the world cup in June.

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For the sumptuous types and those who like to lead a life of luxury, this phone will suit you.
British luxury smartphone brand Vertu has launched a $10,000 Android smartphone, the Vertu Signature Touch---a phone that encrypts the owner's phone calls, videos and texts.