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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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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Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg is in Nigeria. He came into the country in "Ghost Mode" on Tuesday. And guess the first place where he showed up? Yaba! He went to CoCreation Hub at Yaba and what a lovely surprise it was. [caption id="attachment_4897" align="aligncenter" width="447"] Mark Zuckerberg interacting with children at the Summer of Code Camp at the Co-Creation Hub[/caption] The CEO of Facebook also met with developers at Andela....
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WalabotDIY is a smartphone sensor that sees through walls! Indeed it does. Look Behind Walls With WalabotDIY You no longer need to be from Krypton to have Superman's X-ray vision. WalabotDIY gives you that superhuman ability. The Week reports that WalabotDIY uses 3D images to show you what is behind your wall in real time. It makes life easier when you want to renovate yourself or hang pictures or...
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WhatsApp Shares Data With Facebook, Should I be worried? WhatsApp on 25th of August announced an update to its terms and privacy policy. This update is coming two years after its acquisition by Facebook. The change to its privacy policy allows it to collect data about its users and share it with its parent company - Facebook. WhatsApp will be sharing details like your phone number with Facebook so that...
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67m Telephone Lines Not Active Reports NCC NCC (Nigerian Communications Commission) in its monthly report has announced that the number of inactive lines have increased from 65,186,753 in May to 67,331,498 in June 2016. Of the 217,150,404 connected lines, only 149,818,906 numbers were active. Teledensity is the number of telephone connections for every hundred individuals living within an area “Nigeria’s teledensity is currently calculated by the NCC on a population...
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Google's Android Nougat 7.0 is here! Finally, the wait is over. Is the wait really over for Android Nougat 7.0? Well it is over for people using any of these Google Nexus devices - Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 6, Nexus 9, Nexus Player, Pixel C tablet, or General Mobile 4G. However if you aren't using any of those you are just going to have to wait a little longer. According...
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