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.