Twitter Extends 140 Characters Limit per Tweet - photos, videos, GIFs, polls, and Quote Tweets no longer count. Twitter tweeted on Monday tweeted that it will be expanding the number of things you can post in a tweet. The 140 characters limit has not been increased but now @names in replies and media attachments (like photos, GIFs, videos, and polls) will no longer count towards your 140 characters. Sadly,...
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Adblock Plus Now Shows Acceptable Ads Adblock Plus, the most popular ad blocker, announced on September 13 that instead of blocking all ads, it will show its users ads that are acceptable. Who determines ads that are acceptable? You guessed right! Adblock does. So Adblock replaces ads it feels are intrusive or annoying with subtle and less annoying ads. This however ain't free. If you want Adblock to show...
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Microsoft is rumored to be putting an end to the Lumia brand in favour of Surface Phones. Microsoft may replace Lumia with Surface Phone. This is supposed to help revive Microsoft's dying smartphone business. The rumors concerning the death of Lumia seem pretty convincing. An employee at the company(anonymous) told WinBeta that the company is preparing to end sales of the Lumia brand this year, December 2016. This claim seems to be true...
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Twitter's Direct Messages show read receipts Twitter has added a new feature to its Direct Messaging(DM). Your Twitter messages now show read receipts. A blue check mark next to a message's time stamp shows when a message has been read. You also get to see when someone is typing a response. So you not only have read receipts but you also have typing indicators. This feature brings to mind messaging apps...
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Wireless AirPods for iPhone 7 and 7 Plus At the Apple event on Wednesday Apple officially launched the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The rumors were also confirmed. Apple has removed the traditional headphone jack in favor of wireless AirPods. Apple's Vice-President Phil Schiller told the audience that the decision to get rid of the headset port was based on courage. The courage to move on from the norm...
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Nairabot your online exchange rate 'mallam' Nairabot is an exchange rate bot on Facebook Messenger. It was built by Fowotade Babajide. Fowotade Babajide also known as Jihdeh is a 23 year old Yaba based developer. Jason Njoku in his post "Zuck and The Rise of the Bots" introduces Jihdeh’s bot as a "primitive but awesome way to get daily FX price updates. All in messenger. There are 18m people...
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WELT: The Wellness Belt Kickstater declares WELT to be the wellness belt that makes wearables fashionable. What does this smart belt do? It tracks your steps, your sitting time, your waist size and food intake. It is able to track all these activities as it is fit for everyday use. The same way you wear a normal belt, you just put it on and go about your activities while the...
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Sgnl turns Fingertip to Phone. According to Verge: Sgnl is a new gadget on Kickstarter basically designed to make you feel like a secret agent. It lets you make phone calls just by wearing a wristband and touching your ear, with your fingers acting as the receiver. There's no speaker on the device — instead, audio is directed into your ear through vibrations that are sent through your body, into...
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Samsung stops sale of Galaxy Note 7 and promises to replace those that have been sold Samsung recalls Galaxy Note 7 less than one month after release. This is due to reports that some of the devices have blown up while charging. Samsung investigated the case and realized that it is a battery cell issue. According to The Guardian, a Samsung spokesperson said that there have just been 35 cases reported...
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You Can Now Zoom in on Instagram! Finally! Before now you couldn't zoom in on pictures or videos on Instagram. Which was very annoying. Instagram has however created a feature where you can zoom in on both pictures and videos using two fingers and pinch to zoom in. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="945"] Photo: Kelly Chiello[/caption] Instagram in its post states that Zoom is available today for Instagram on iOS....
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