GUN MEN SHOTS IN UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, INJURED ONE

A student was reportedly shot in the head by unidentified gunmen on Monday at the King Jaja Hall area of the University of Lagos, Lagos State. The student who was identified as Sapara, a final year student of Philosophy, had his face covered in blood after a bullet was said to have scraped the side of his head. He was subsequently taken to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, and official report had it that he was in stable condition. The incident however led to chaos as students...

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Use Your iPhone To Make Floor Plans

It seems there is going to be no end to the tasks iPhones can help us perform. They’ve all but replaced most cameras for the average person, and now in some instances they’re even going to replace the old fashioned tape measure. If you’re anything like me, you’re probably wondering how in the world a phone is going to replace a tape measure. But it’s true – and while you might not want to throw...

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iPhone 6 Casing Image Leaked

iPhone 6 concepts have been flying around, claiming to be based on Apple’s own plans. But now leaked images have been spotted by Nowhereelse.fr, which were posted on the Chinese social network site Weibo. The images are supposed to be of the back of the iPhone 6 but the quality of the photos are not that great. There is no way of telling how big the handset is as there is nothing else...

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Samsung’s Galaxy S5 Has A Hidden Baby Monitor Feature

The Samsung Galaxy S5 has been found to have yet another feature up its sleeve that you may not have even known about. If you are a parent you may be pleased to discover that the popular Android device has a hidden baby monitor app that was discovered within the phone’s settings. Titled as the ‘Baby Crying Detector’, the feature picks up on the sound of a baby crying when placed about...

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Apple Seeks Patent For Texting & Walking Feature

It doesn’t matter where you go anymore – it always seems like you see people who are texting while they are walking. You can usually easily spot these people as they are paying no attention whatsoever to where they are going or the people around them. Oh, and their eyes are also glued to the phone in front of their face if the other behaviors weren’t already noticeable enough. Texting and walking...

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This Philips Alarm Clock Simulates Sunlight To Wake You

Waking up is not usually most people’s favourite part of the day. In fact, given a poll, I would bet that most people would vote it as their least favourite moment of the day. There’s just something about waking up that usually makes a person want to go right back to sleep – especially if it’s the alarm clock that brings them out of their slumber. I don’t know about you, but I’ve definitely found...

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Microsoft Buys Wearable Tech IP For $150 Million

If there were any doubts about wearable tech being the future, this is the time to re-think those doubts. Microsoft just joined the wearable tech race to the tune of $150 million; at least that’s the estimate of those in the know. According to TechCrunch, Microsoft has spent a whopping amount to get hold of “IP assets related to augmented reality, head-borne computers, and related...

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Cyber Terrorists Hold SurveyGizmo to Ransom

Online survey software tool, SurveyGizmo, is nearly back to normality after days of issues and outage following a serious cyber attack. The US online survey software tool, which has more than 300,000 customers across the globe, was the victim of a malicious Denial of Service (DOS) attack which started on Wednesday. The incident prevented users from accessing online forms and surveys – many of...

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Google Now is Pushed to Chrome For Mac & Windows

As we reported earlier this week, Google Now has finally arrived on desktop. Google announced this week that Now is being pushed to the Chrome stable channel for Windows and Mac.  It will be rolling out over the next few weeks. Cards will only be visible on your desktop if you use Google Now on your mobile device and if you are actually signed into Chrome. The cards you see...

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Texting While Driving Could Put Your Face On A Billboard

If you send text messages whilst you drive, then you are at a more significant risk of causing and being involved in a road traffic collision.  Those are the facts.  You cannot concentrate on driving a car and engage in hand-eye coordinated communications via a mobile device at the same time without a loss of concentration.  Most of the time nobody will notice if you text and drive, but if you live in San Francisco and you use your mobile device whilst driving you could discover...

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Google Chrome Extensions And Tweaks

Let’s face it, there are some very good web browsers on the market today; Microsoft’s IE, Apple’s Safari and Google’s offering; Google Chrome.  Chrome is rapidly becoming one of the most widely used browsers across the globe and for good reason. One of the cool things that make Google Chrome the most loved browser all over the place, is the extensive variety of things that...

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Appbucket Founders Convicted

The leader of a piracy group and a co-conspirator, that was engaged in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android apps have pleaded guilty for their roles in the plot that distributed more than a million copies of copyrighted apps.  The total retail value of these apps was over $700,000. Nicholas Anthony Narbone, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit...

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INTERESTING : MS-DOS Source Code Now Available To The Public

Surprise, surprise! It does seem that Microsoft is really going through major changes. Not only have we heard about rumors about a free version of Windows 8.1, but now, Microsoft has released the MS-DOS source code to the general public. Free AND Microsoft? Strange bedfellows, huh? Arguably, MS-DOS is the foundation that Microsoft built its world on, and I suppose no one really ever thought...

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Infrared Contact Lenses Could Be Here Soon

A contact lens with infrared vision capabilities might seem like something that comes from a Sci-Fi writers’ mind or maybe the mind of an engineer?  In fact a group of engineers at the University of Michigan have utilised graphene to create an ‘infrared sensitive graphene sandwich.’ As a whole, science is just scratching the surface regarding the multiple uses of graphene. ...

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Woman Facing Prison Time for Facebook Post

People have warned Facebook users since the inception of the social media giant that they should be careful what they post for the world to see. Because while you can delete a Facebook post from your profile, you can’t ever undo the fact that it was once up there for everyone, including the police, to see. Most of us, thankfully, have nothing to worry about when it comes to what seems like a harmless...

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