Author: Tony Niameh

Facebook’s free Internet service platform, Free Basics that provides Internet to over 3 million Egyptians has been shut down in Egypt. Free Basics makes the Internet accessible to more people by providing them access to a range of free basic services like news, maternal health, travel, local jobs, sports, communication, and…

One might be wondering what kind of relationship would exist between muscular dystrophy and a luxury watch maker. Firstly, Muscular Dystrophy is a group of muscle disease that weaken the musculoskeletal system and hamper locomotion. Muscular dystrophies are characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and…

The season of celebration is here again with beautiful light up ceremonies and fireworks all over the place. A foremost leading Nigerian commercial financial institution, Zenith Bank is not left out when it comes to thrilling residents and business owners in the Victoria Island axis of Lagos with its ‘every December’…

Google has rolled out today a new update called ‘Night Light’ for its Google Play Books app. This rollout is starting today on iOS and Android. This will make reading at night much easier as the the bright lights could be eye straining. This feature automatically changes the color temperature of…

Hublot has unveiled a limited edition watch to benefit the foundation of renowned Hongkong American martial artist, Bruce Lee who turned 75 this year. In conjunction with Bruce Lee foundation, the “Spirit of Big Bang for Bruce Lee” was presented in Hong Kong during the “Legend Never Dies: Bruce Lee 75th anniversary…

What a feeling! Using an iPhone without a headphone jack? There are speculations that Apple might abandon the standard 3.5mm headphone jack and replace it with Lightning connector headphones that would allow for 48kHz digital sound for the first time. With a screen shape and radius remaining the same, the device will…

Xiaomi has joined the league of the fingerprinters with the release of its first fingerprint enabled smartphone called the Redmi Note 3.  This is good news to its range of affordable smartphones with this feature. The third generation Redmi Note unveiled in Beijing today has a sensor located on the reverse. Some of other…

Cloud Storage application, Dropbox now allow users to edit PDF files saved into their Dropbox account while using iOS applications, with support for Android set to arrive soonest probably next year. Dropbox’s partnership with Adobe which took off last month includes integration of Dropbox into Adobe’s document cloud. This integration brings into light the Adobe…

Ford Motor Company in a bid to ensure safe driving has introduced a new “drug driving suit” to demonstrate to young drivers just how dangerous it can be to drive while under the influence of illegal drugs.  With the help of scientists at the Meyer-Hentschel Institute in Germany, the suit is meant to…

Swiss luxury watch maker, Hublot has released yesterday the new official limited-edition chronograph with Juventus at its heart. Its called the iconic Big Bang, in a Unico Bi-Retrograde Juventus version which is being offered in 100 pieces. With partnership since 2012, Hublot and Juventus are glad to renew their fourth year relationship…

Chinese Smartphone Giant, Xiaomi is set to begin the sales of its smartphones in Africa. This move will be in conjunction with the Mobile in Africa Group through distributor partnership to sell in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. Sales of its two budget friendly phones ; Redmi 2 and Mi 4 will…

American Fashion group and leading accessory brand, Fossil announced today its break into the smartwatch world with the release of the Android Wear-powered Q line smartwatches with the Q Founder as its flagship. Out of the four Q watches released, three are standard analog timepieces with electronics integrated into their bands for activity…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has just unveiled its first wearable fitness tracker called the Kid Power Band. This device was designed by San Francisco-based design studio Ammunition.  Kids can help feed children in poor nations by completing digital missions through downloadable apps. In each mission which looks like…

Linkedin’s pulse app is now on the Apple watch as the company announced today its availability. Pulse is offering the ‘Top 10’ headlines in the app, along with summaries that invite the user to read more about the article on their iPhone. There are also notifications for breaking news, and a ‘Glance’ mode designed…

Chinese Technology Giant, Huawei has stated its plans to assist developers create innovative services and rapidly respond to customers’ business needs with an offer of $1 billion. This was announced today on behalf of the company by the executive director and president of products and solutions; Ryan Ding. It was not clearly stated…

Researchers have revealed in a genetic analysis reported in the New England of Journal of Medicine that a Liberian woman who died in March this year is the first person to contract the Ebola Virus disease via sex. This was transferred to the woman after her male counterpart; an Ebola survivor…

LG G4 will be the first non-Nexus device to get Android’s latest version; marshmallow. According to the company, owners of this flagship in Poland will be the first to get Marshmallow, with owners in other countries following on later.  This version was released last week to Nexus devices. LG is usually known for tweaking…

German automaker, Volkswagen is set to release the next model of its Phaeton cars which will be battery powered. This announcement was made earlier today as part of a wider strategy meeting by the company’s new Volkswagen Brand Board of Management. The Phaeton model of VW is known to be the…

Edward Snowden, America’s controversial privacy activist joined Twitter Tuesday with his first tweet below: https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/648890134243487744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Edward Snowden, born on June 21, 1983 is a computer professional, former CIA employee, and former government contractor who disclosed classified information from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013.  The former NSA contractor on his twitter…

Facebook has announced today that it will be broadcasting its first live sporting event to feature Lebron and Cleveland Cavaliers. This is in conjunction with NBA and Turner Sports.  There will be a broadcast of Cavs practice live on the NBA TV Facebook page. There had been investigations of the potentials of live…