How To Get Android Notifications On Windows 10

Till now you must have read lots of guides that makes your task easier in your Windows PC and in your android phone and what about getting android notification right on your windows pc, yes its possible this can be done easily by using the common app and its services in your windows 10 PC and your android phone. So here cortana will be helpful, you might not have used Cortana till now but you will love to use it after reading out this guide.

Google is reportedly interested in buying Twitter

Following several reports that Twitter is on the brink of being sold, the company’s stocks increased up to 21 percent on Friday.

According to CNBC, potential buyers like Salesforce, Google, Disney and other top tech companies are interested in the data that is generated by the company’s active users.

Microsoft’s Surface Studio just made desktop PCs exciting again

The world of desktop PCs hasn’t exactly been thrilling in the last few years. Apart from thinner and higher resolution displays, some interesting designs and more power, desktop computers haven’t really changed much.

Today however, Microsoft’s Surface Studio made desktop PCs exciting again.

The Beauty of Virtual Reality

If you were in any way concerned about how close we are to leaving reality behind before approaching a virtual world, it might be a good idea to look away now. Or, alternatively, if the next step in technology thrills you, be my guest and read on. 2016 has finally seen the release of virtual reality giving consumers what they were promised years ago. Will it be a success? Who can say, there are no certainties. What we do know now is that virtual reality should have an impressive looking future.

How smartphone makers can win Nigeria market

Over the last five years, OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) have flooded Nigerian smartphone market, hoping to occupy the space as the primary retailers. In other words, they all strive for the “Naija Phone” title. Tecno, Infinix, Gionee, Innjoo, Itel, Solo, Xiaomi are slowly growing to reckonable brand status in the smartphone market.

As unnoticeable as it may seem, these brands are slowly edging out the Samsungs and iPhones of the world in the Nigerian smartphone market and taking their market share.

AxelSpace To Launch 50 Satellites To Photograph The Entire World

Japanese company Axelspace wants to launch 50 satellites into space and is working towards developing an API that can photograph the entire world on a daily basis.

TNW described APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) as procedures that allows you pull information from one app to another and that they are the backbone of  software used on a daily basis.

Nigeria Gets Internet.org Free Basics

Facebook’s efforts to connect the world took a major step forward with the launch of Internet.org Free Basics in Nigeria, Africa’s most populated nation.

The social network is teaming up with mobile carrier Airtel Africa to bring more than 85 free services covering health, education, jobs and finance to its customers.

WhatsApp Introduces New Camera Features on Android

WhatsApp announced the launch of several new camera features in its Android application.
First, new photo- and video-editing tools allow users to add emoji, drawings and text to their images and videos before sharing them with friends. When adding text, users have the option to change the text’s color and font style.

Nigeria: Digital Switchover in progress

According to The Vanguard the move from analogue to digital has been in progress since April 2016 for Nigeria. The Federal Government launched the pilot phase in Jos, where the country’s first TV station was launched many years ago.

The role of technology in shaping education in Nigeria

Education in Nigeria has had a paradigm shift in the last decade. Although, traditional school system has received wide spread acceptance across the various ethnic classifications and learning beyond the shores of a conventional classroom has been embraced as well.

Samsung Electronics opens fourth Smart School Nigeria

Samsung Electronics West Africa opened a Smart School for Teachers in Nigeria at Model Primary School, Elekahia in Rivers State. The project, an initiative between Samsung and Rivers State Government was the fourth of five facilities already launched in Nigeria, with one more launch planned in Delta State.

Amazon Enters the Music Streaming Business with Launch of Prime Music

Today (Wednesday), Amazon officially enters the music streaming space and is set to compete with Apple and Spotify with Amazon Music Unlimited.

Amazon Music Unlimited offers subscriptions as low as $3.99 per month for owners of Amazon Echo speaker. This is a welcome development in an industry that was stuck to $9.99 subscriptions.

Etisalat rolls out 4G LTE in Nigeria

Telecom operator, Etisalat Nigeria, has announced the official launch of its mobile 4G Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) service in Nigeria. According to the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Matthew Willsher, the latest offering demonstrates Etisalat Nigeria’s unwavering commitment to deliver superior customer experience to its subscribers.

Apply to General Electric 2016 The GE Lagos Garage

 

General Electric (GE), a multinational conglomerate is re-launching its skills training program, GE Lagos Garage this November. Following the announcement of the GE Lagos Garage, applicants can now enter for the 4 weeks program in Lagos.

There is rapid growth in online shopping in Nigeria - Survey

At 51 per cent, the 2016 Online Shopping Survey Report by Phillips Consulting has revealed that in-store shopping is still the preferred mode of shopping by Nigerians.

The survey obtained Wednesday surveyed 3,390 consumers. However, the latest result when compared with similar Online Shopping survey carried out by the firm in 2014, showed a significant increase in those who prefer to shop online than in-store, which was 49 per cent.

Samsung permanently discontinues the Galaxy Note7

Samsung has announced that it is ending the production of the Galaxy Note7 and permanently discontinuing it worldwide. The decision comes immediately after the company issued a press release asking users to power down all original and replaced Note7 units, and for retailers and career partners to stop sales and exchanges of the smartphone.

Apparently Yahoo is Disabling Email Forwarding Feature

Yahoo has had a difficult time the last few years. The company was once a leader in the email service business but 
that is not the case right now. Very few people are signing up to use Yahoo mail and some of its other services are struggling getting users as competition gets tougher.

A few weeks ago, Yahoo came out to reveal that over 500 million accounts had been breached by hackers back in 2014.
Even though this happened two years ago, it still is bad news for Yahoo, the company looks like it doesn’t have things under control and cannot keep things together. For a company that was once considered an internet giant, Yahoo is clearly on the downward trend.

The Smartphone you Choose Says a lot about you, Find out What Yours Says about you

Smartphones have been around for years meaning that users have the option of choosing what suits them. With the many options available on the market, the type of smartphone you choose can communicate to the world what you are all about. People choose Smartphones, whether consciously or unconsciously, based on their lifestyles.

In this article, I will talk about what your Smartphone’s screen size and operating system says about you.

This is what your phone says about you

 Iphone, Infinix, Injoo, LG, Tecno, Samsung, Sony, Wiko, Huawei, HTC, Microsoft (Nokia)… The list is endless.My thoughts are that the average Nigerians buys a new phone at least once every two years, but due to various reasons, that number could be higher or lower. But what is the main function and purpose for having a phone? Communication, right? Please, we’re not in the 70’s. While most of us just look at the price to determine whether we will buy a phone or push it to our wish list, there’s a percentage of individuals who would judge a phone by its brand (for example people who would buy an iPhone just because of the brand name), a few would judge it by its looks (form) and minority would judge it by its functionality (specs), but whether you pick form over function or vice versa, one thing is constant, YOUR PHONE SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU.

LinkedIn Launches Open Candidates: Look For Jobs Discreetly, Without Tipping Off Your Boss

 Job hunting on LinkedIn just got a lot more discreet with Open Candidates, allowing people to seek new employment without tipping off their current employer.

Ideally, one would feel comfortable leaving their current place of employment after they have already secured another position at a different company. However, searching for a job while still employed elsewhere is not always easy and some employers may not take it too well to find out from a third party such as LinkedIn that one of their employees is actively looking for another job.

End-to-End Encryption is Now Available to All Facebook Messenger User

Facebook messenger

A few months ago, Facebook started rolling out end to end encryption to its Messenger platform. With this feature, it means that no one except the intended recipient will be able to read the messages you send.

New free platform teaches kids in Nigeria how to code

As a way of ensuring that Nigerian children especially teenagers are better equipped for future careers in computer science, a new online platform has been launched to offer them free training. It is the PCHub.

WhatsApp vs. Signal vs. Google Allo: Which app is best for privacy?

THIS SPRING, TEXT messages got a lot more private. In April, the world’s most popular messaging service, WhatsApp, announced it would use end-to-end encryption by default for all users, making it virtually impossible for anyone to intercept private WhatsApp conversations, even if they work at Facebook, which owns WhatsApp,

You can now encrypt your Facebook Messenger chats

Your Facebook Messenger chats can now be secure from prying eyes — with a few caveats.

Facebook began implementing end-to-end encryption to all of its 900 million Messenger users earlier this year, and that roll-out has finished, the company told Wired Tuesday.

Cyberxchange 2016 to educate on handling criminals

The CyberXchange Conference 2016 holds at the Landmark Event Centre, Lekki Peninsula, Lagos on the 2nd and 3rd November.

It seeks to identify the key trends and technologies in Cyber Security; emerging from diverse industries such as Finance, Payments, e-commerce, Banking, Telecommunications, Law enforcement, Oil and Gas, Insurance, Digital Media, Energy, and emerging start-up companies.

Those in Academia, Researchers, IT gurus, Developers of cyber security in the private and public sector are invited to this conference which has a carefully selected agenda of interactives, B2B matchmaking, Hackathon, Workshops, Demos, Exhibition Live Hack. Activities will also include;

Yahoo Newsroom Will Allow You To Promote Your Own News

Yahoo is joining the social media bandwagon with its overhaul of its main Yahoo app for smartphones and tablets.

Yahoo Newsroom, the new name for the revamped Yahoo app, has social media features intended for people who like sharing and chatting about news topics online. It will expand its news feed with at least 200 dedicated channels, giving users power to choose which one to follow depending on preferences.