Author: Tony Niameh

A super high-end Android smartphone called Solarin was officially launched at an event in London today by Stealth Israeli startup Sirin Labs. Kazakh entrepreneur Kenges Rakishev, Israeli venture capitalist Moshe Hogeg (the same guy behind Yo and Mobli), and former McKinsey consultant Tal Cohen founded Sirin Labs in 2013. The trio’s…

Instagram Business Profiles has finally arrived with tools to help measure engagement and post promotion. Business account owners with the help of the Insight Tool can see their followers and post performances based on time of day to figure out when to best publish posts. A Target audience can be selected…

Intel announced today its first 10-core CPU the Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition at Computex in Taiwan. This is a powerful desktop processor which runs at 3GHz and can boost up to 3.5GHz and has 25MB of cache. The boost is controlled by the company’s new Turbo Boost 3.0 technology. The 10-core i7 Extreme…

In a bid to expand its online ad reach, Facebook will now display web ads to non-users of its social platform. Facebook will be using cookies, “like” buttons, and other plug-ins embedded on third-party sites to track members and non-members alike. Target advertising has been the way to go in…

Lawyer for Mexican Drug Lord ,Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera popularly known as El Chapo Guzmán has threatened to sue Netflix and Univision if they air a new series on the imprisoned Mexican drug lord’s life without payment. Andrés Granados told the Associated Press in a statement saying that the drug lord has to give authorization…

Apple might re-invent the Walkie-Talkie with a new document outlining a “Point-to-point ad hoc voice communication”, which when taken into consideration the diagrams, seems to boil down to using a short range communication technology, like Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to establish a voice link between individuals on a peer-to-peer basis. The document outlines…

Samsung has done it again with its extraordinary and stunning ads with the largest Samsung Galaxy S7 edge billboard on earth. You might be wondering how large. It is large enough for millions of people to take a glance from faraway( as far as 2.2 kilometers ; almost 1.4 miles away). It…

Samsung is offering a free $20 gift card to those who make their first Samsung Pay purchase within two weeks from now till precisely June 6. According to the source link, this summer perk is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are at least…

This might sound funny but have you ever tried to pluralize the name of any Apple Product? Apple executive ; Phil Schiller has taken the pain to emphasize why we should never pluralize any of Apple devices in multiples. 3 iphones should be described as 3 iphone devices. This grammar tour from his…

It was a great time at the Tecno house today at their Ikeja GRA office in Lagos, Nigeria with the unveiling of the Tecno Droipad 8II tablet. In attendance for the event was the marketing team lead of the tablet division, Olugbenga Oguntade, the Deputy Marketing Manager for the mobile division, Jesse…

Luxury Swiss watch maker, IWC has for the first time introduced the Portofino Automatic Moon Phase 37 Laureus watch for women. After introducing 9 watches based on man’s collections, IWC, for the 10th anniversary of the collaboration with Laureus, will base its annual dedicated timepiece on a ladies’ model. The 2016 Laureus limited…

Linkedin has just launched a new app for kids in college to draw them into its professional network. The standalone app called Linkedin Students will help college kids quickly create a profile , find career paths and job postings that relate to their major, and connect with alumni who studied the same topic.…

Jaguar Land Rover today launched InMotion, a wholly owned subsidiary and innovation startup charged with the responsibility of building mobility apps and services that play to the strengths of its parent company’s premium car brand. At the moment, InMotion consists of 30 employees whose operation is based in London but according to Jaguar…

The latest update to the Nova launcher ( version 4.3-beta2 ) introduces new system-wide Night Mode and a better tool for customizing the search bar, as well as the usual bug fixes. Nova launcher, one of Android’s third party launcher has been around for quite sometime. Its so easy to use with the…

Microsoft has announced plans to bring Android phone notifications to your Windows 10 PC. This is for only PCs running on Windows 10. The project and details were revealed at the Build 2016 conference. Some of the actions possible with this new feature includes the ability to reply to messages directly from your PC, see details…

Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for President of the United States has just announced a line of high-end watches, called “Trump” by Trump Watches. The Inaugural Trump collection will feature a single model—the 1-Million—a reference to the modest loan given to Mr. Trump by his late father. It is interesting to note…

A beautiful new Chromebook 14 was launched today by Acer who claims it is their first product to offer a 14 hour battery life span. The Acer Chromebook 14 features a 14 inch display, an aluminium body and weighs just 3.42 pounds. It is also powered by the cloud-based Chrome OS from…

Longines served as the official timekeeper of the Dubai World Cup as the luxury watch company timed the races of Saturday’s Dubai World Cup. The nine race circuit served as the official end of the 2016 Dubai International flat-racing season, which brought together the world’s best jockeys and horses. The Dubai World…

Japanese Car maker, Toyota has announced plans to make automatic braking standard on 25 out of 30 Toyota and Lexus models, at nearly every trim level, by the end of 2017. This was announced at the New York Auto Show with plans of  inclusion of Lexus Safety System and the Toyota…

Transforming spoilt tomatoes to electricity is definitely an interesting innovation. A group of student researchers from South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Princeton University, and Florida Gulf Coast University have developed a prototype fuel cell running on tomatoes. This is inspired by the large amount of tomatoes that go…