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Samsung to release Galaxy S8 in UAE in April

Samsung to release Galaxy S8 in UAE in April #GalaxyS8 #Samsung

Sequel to earlier information that the sales of Samsung’s new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8 will commence in USA and Korean markets in April, the company has said, on Wednesday, that the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus will be available for sales in the UAE starting April 28.

Samsung earlier said it plans to commence global sales of the new flagship device on April 21 in South Korea and the…

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Enough of the sentiments, Telecom Masts, Towers Constitute No Health Hazards – NCC

Enough of the sentiments, Telecom Masts, Towers Constitute No Health Hazards – NCC #NCC #Telecoms

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says there is no health issue surrounding telecom masts and towers mounted anywhere in the country.

Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice-chairman of NCC, said this in a statement issued at the ongoing 2017 Enugu International Trade Fair on Monday.

Danbatta said that such belief and claim were mere imagination and myth, adding, “it has no scientific…

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SimplePay.NG launches PayReminder; a SMS payment solution

SimplePay launches PayReminder; a SMS payment solution #Electronicpayment #Fintech #PayReminder #SimplePay.NG

Nigeria’s Fintech startup, SimplePay has announced the launch of a SMS payment solution, PayReminder, in a bid to allow payment for goods and services dead easy.

The new SMS solution allows businesses to remind their clients when payment for a particular product or service is due via SMSes. The SMSes are ladened with payment links which clients can click to make payment, instantly.

“Customers…

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A.I: Volkswagen Invests $180 Million In Chinese Voice Search Company, MobVoi #A.I #Intel #Mobileye #Mobvoi #Volkswagen Chinese-language mobile voice search engine provider Mobvoi announced a deal with Volkswagen Group, and the two parties will set up a joint venture to explore the vehicle artificial intelligence sector.

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South Korea's ETRI develops OLED Display Panel using Graphene

South Korea's ETRI develops OLED Display Panel using Graphene #Display #Graphene #OLED

South Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute annonce on Tuesday that it has developed transparent electrodes for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays out of graphene in cooperation with Hanwha Techwin.

Graphene

Graphene is considered the thinnest, most flexible and fastest in transferring heat and electricity among exiting materials. As display panels become thinner…

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YouTube TV goes live in five US cities; promises more channels to come

YouTube TV goes live in five US cities; promises more channels to come #Youtube #Youtubered #YoutubeTV

Youtube TV finally goes live today. The $35 per month streaming bundle is now available in the metropolitan areas of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Other U.S. markets are “coming soon,” Google says, though the company has not announced any specifics.

YouTube TV’s lineup covers more than 50 channels, including ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, ESPN, Fox Sports…

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Twitter to stream MLB's game of the week live

Twitter to stream MLB's game of the week live #LiveStreaming #MLB #Twitter

Twitter has announced it will commence live streaming of the MLB this season starting the the game of the week being launched on Friday, April 7th.

The game between World Series Champion Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) and the Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) kicks off at 8:10 p.m. ET and Twitter says it will be available for free to logged-in and logged-out Twitter users on mobile phones, tablets, PCs and…

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Forex Instability Crashes Nigeria's PC Market to Lowest Level in 9 Years

Forex Instability Crashes Nigeria's PC Market to Lowest Level in 9 Years #CBN #Forex #PC

A data analytical body,  International Data Corporation (IDC), have said that official PC shipments to Nigeria fell 57.1% year on year in 2016 to total 156,511 units.

According to the body, Nigeria’s currency (Naira) has been losing considerable value against the U.S. dollar for a number of years now and so, the market has now fallen to its lowest levels since IDC started tracking it in Q1 2008,…

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Intimate image protection: Facebook unveils new technology to curb "revenge porn"

Intimate image protection: Facebook unveils new technology to curb "revenge porn" #Facebook #Instagram #Messenger

Facebook, in a bid to protect users’ intimacy, have today launched a new technology to protect against the viral sharing of intimate images on the platform.

Revenge Porn

Also known as “revenge porn”, intimate images could be photos or videos  uploaded by estranged spouses/Ex-lovers in a bid to punish an individual and with such content going viral on the social media thereby discrediting such…

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Official: Japan begins accepting Bitcoin as a legal tender

Official: Japan begins accepting Bitcoin as a legal tender #Bitcoin #Cybersecurity #Finance #Japan

The government of Japan have to begin accepting Bitcoin as a legal tender in the country.

The country’s legislature passed a law, following months of debate, that brought bitcoin exchanges under anti-money laundering/know-your-customer rules, while also categorizing bitcoin as a kind of prepaid payment instrument.

It’s a debate that began in the wake of the collapse of Mt Gox, the now-defunct…

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Finally, Twitter drops the "Egg" motif of it's default profile picture for a simple human silhouette #Twitter Twitter's new default profile picture Twitter, on Friday introduced a new default profile picture, switching from the well-known egg to a simple human silhouette.

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Top 5 performing cryptocurrencies in March

Top 5 performing cryptocurrencies in March #Bitcoin #Cryptocurrency #Dash #Ethereum #Litecoin #Monero #Zec/Zcash

As we say goodbye to the 3rd month in 2017, March and welcoming everyone to April, i have decided to take a quick look at the top 5 performing cryptocurrencies and describe them in brief.

Permit my novice mindset in some cases though as i’m only about 5 months fully committed to this future-bound global finance line.

Bitcoin Before the beginning of the month of March, there were great speculations…

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Facial recognition technology on Samsung's Galaxy S8 is insufficient for security #A.I #Bixby #GalaxyS8 Insufficient The facial recognition technology equipped in Samsung Electronics Co.'s new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8…

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Viewing right: Kwesé Sports wins 2018 FIFA World Cup live broadcast rights

Viewing right: Kwesé Sports wins 2018 FIFA World Cup live broadcast rights #FIFA #KweseSports #Russia #WorldCup

Kwesé, a unique Pay TV service from Econet has won the exclusive free-to-air rights to broadcast the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in sub-Saharan Africa (except South Africa).

The matches will be aired in English, French and Portuguese via Kwesé’s pan-African free-to-air channel, Kwesé Free Sports(KFS), which is currently Africa’s largest free-to-air channel, boasting a potential audience in…

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Hot!!! DDR5 Memory is on its way

Hot!!! DDR5 Memory is on its way #DDR4 #DDR5 #GalaxyS8 #Intel #JEDEC #LPDDR4 #RAM

Development of specifications for the new DDR5 DRAM has started, and it will be finalized next year, JEDEC, a memory standards-setting organization, said on Thursday.

Improvements over DDR4

DDR5 will succeed the current DDR4 memory, which is used in PCs and servers. DDR5 will be two times faster than DDR4 and also more power efficient.

DDR5 will also have double the density of DDR4. Typical DDR5…

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Apple likely to retire iPhone 5 soon

Apple likely to retire iPhone 5 soon #Apple #IOS #iPhone5

A new speculation surfacing online suggests that Apple may be ceasing support for older 32-bit smart devices which include the iPhone 5, iPhone 5C and the fourth-generation iPad later this year.

Eagle-eyed analysts made the discovery when looking into the code of the iOS 10.3.2 beta, which was made available to developers shortly after the iOS 10.3 release.

Such a move has already been hinted at…

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South African entrepreneur wins big at Mozilla’s Equal Rating Innovation Challenge

South African entrepreneur wins big at Mozilla’s Equal Rating Innovation Challenge #EqualRating #Mozilla #TimHuman

South Africa’s Tim Human has picked up US$75,000 for emerging Best Overall Runner-up at the Mozilla’s Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, which seeks solutions that’ll help bring more people online.

Announced last year, the Equal Rating Innovation Challenge received 98 submissions from 27 countries around the world, 60% of which came from Nigeria, USA, Brazil, India and Kenya.

Following evaluation…

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