Author: Smart Megwai

This morning, Sunday (March 14th), a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites. The rocket was seen to have lifted off from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center carrying a stack of Starlink satellites to orbit.  According to SpaceX, this is the largest…

Have you tried to move your WhatsApp messages to Telegram ? You will agree that this can be overwhelming. However, there’s a feature that allows you to export your WhatsApp chats to Telegram.  The reason why Telegram is one of the leaders among other secure messaging apps is that it…

If you’d like to reinforce the security of your online accounts, then you need to enable a Two-step Verification, otherwise known as Two-factor authentication. Especially for your Google account which contains important information like your credit details, contacts, addresses and so on. It is called ‘two-step’ because it adds a…

Google has announced through its platform YouTube, that henceforth, it will deduct taxes on the earnings generated by content creators from viewers in the US who watch their videos. The new policy which will take effect as early as June 2021 was communicated via email to every creator making money…

On the 11th of March 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 as a global pandemic. Since then more than 2.6 million people have died around the world of which 20% are Americans. President Joe Biden says that it is one year of collective suffering for the United States of…

Twitter first shared information about this new update on its App on March 2nd, 2021. With Twitter Spaces, you can create a room and invite up to ten people to a voice conversation. Spaces are live for as long as they’re open; once ended, they will no longer be available…

A massive trove of security-camera data under the surveillance of Silicon Valley startup Verkada Inc., was recently breached by a group of hackers who saw videos from inside women’s health clinics, psychiatric hospitals, police departments, prisons and offices of Verkada itself. The scope of the hack appears massive which was…

Encryption of chats in cloud storage is important as it will keep the chats safe and private. As seen in the recent past, WhatsApp chats of many celebrities were leaked online. Although WhatsApp protects your chats using end-to-end encryption, this feature is yet to be made available to store messages…

Just a few months ago, Facebook introduced Reels to give over 1 billion users on Instagram a new way to both create, and discover short and entertaining videos. Now the company has announced that it is integrating ‘Reels’ Into Facebook Social Network. According to a Bloomberg News Report, Facebook is…

If you use Google Messages app as your default text application on your Android smartphone then read this. And if not this might finally get you to make the switch. Because people have different work schedules or are at time zones it is possible they might miss out on an…

These days, you need a sized computer that fits into your pocket. That’s what makes Apple’s iPhone no. 1 in the world. You probably also still need a computer for your lap or your desk. But a computer for your wrist? That feels more like an accessory at best, and…

There’s a reason why Gmail is no. 1 followed by Outlook, and you will soon find out. Many of its best features are unnoticeable unless you bury yourself into the app, and they can save you thousands of hours in productivity after you discovered them. For example, just by clicking…

Since the world started observing social distancing as COVID-19 protocols, digital technology has brought a transformation in the nature of work and also how students learn. And as more Nigerians continue to learn about the virtual world, there’s a need to extend digital literacy to rural areas, especially in Northern…

Ten years ago, technologies such as smartwatches, smart jewellery, or smart clothes; never existed. Today, they are now everyday items in most consumers daily activities. It might seem like an innovation, but Wearable Tech has a long-ranging history. There is a noticeable acceleration in the advancement and adoption of new…

BARS is a new Tiktok-like app, recently developed by Facebook’s Internal R&D Group, which helps to create and share rap songs using professionally created beats. According to the App’s features, Facebook is targeting aspiring rappers and music lovers who wish to create and share their works, or simply want to…

Just recently, some researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, America, created a wearable device that harvests the wearer’s body heat and converts it into energy effectively turning the wearer into a battery.  The research published in the Journal Science explains that people could actually power simple electronics like smartwatch,…