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Social Media Week Live in Lagos,

Posted by Unknown Selasa, 18 Februari 2014 0 komentar

Just yesterday I gave an update of the Mobile World Congress. Today, in Lagos, you probably have heard of Wedding Expos, Fashion Week, Spirit and Wine, blah blah blah... but for Social Media Week its relatively new. or perhaps not really a new gist. But it will interest you to know

that this event made the second most trending on twitter. Now, that is amazing. Amazing because the buzz created around it is obviously effective.

Social Media Week which is currently holding in Nigeria for the second time ever, is an initiative of Crowdcentric an organisation that aims to help make a future where technology and human come together to create a more open, connected and sustainable world. The event is holding in 8 different cities simultaneously. Bangalore, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Lagos, Milan, New York, and Tokyo. Prominent speakers in SMW Lagos include Jason Njoku the iroko tv techie, Gbenga Sesan, Femi Oke among others. The events which is globally powered by Nokia started on Monday 17th, Feburary 2014 will continue till Friday 21st.

You Know what? Don't forget MWC starts next week has you will have so many devices being launch. In fact, I can wait to see the next flagship device from Samsung and Apple actually. Lets see who will impress more.

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Apple and Tesla Motors in Secret Meeting

Posted by Unknown Senin, 17 Februari 2014 0 komentar

Everybody loves secret meetings.

Secret meetings are even better when they involve two of the most innovative companies in Silicon Valley: Apple and Tesla Motors. They’re a mysterious and exciting duo, to say the least. So what exactly transpired at this undercover meeting?

There has been much speculation. Some whispers indicate Apple is mulling acquiring the upstart eco-car company, including a report by sfgate.com.

The buyout would seem like a great idea for Apple, which is struggling to produce the kind of innovation seen during the Steve Jobs-era, and has been looking to expand out of the consumer electronics market.

But an acquisition wouldn’t make much sense for Tesla, with its stock price rocketing in the past year and the eagerly awaited release of the Model X SUV. However, friends in extremely high places with a track records for ground-breaking innovation are always nice to have.

A more realistic – albeit though dull – theory speculates that the two companies are combining forces in a new battery factory. Tesla recently announced such a battery plant, claiming the new units will more than double gigawatt battery global output. Funnily enough, these new batteries are the same type used by Apple, as reported by 9to5mac.com.

The secret meeting comes after months of Tesla recruiting of former Apple employees such as Kristin Paget and an increase in Apple acquisitions, leading speculation to run wild with this Justice League-like meeting uncovered.

Picked from DigitalTrends

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Google Acquires SlickLogin

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SlickLogin has been acquired by Google, just five months after launching at TechCrunch Disrupt.
Word of the acquisition is confirmed by a notice on the company’s site, where they say that they’ll be joining Google in their efforts to “make the Internet safer for everyone”. We’ve also confirmed this news with Google.
Exact details of the deal are still under wraps.

The idea behind SlickLogin was, at the very least, quite novel: to verify a user’s identity and log them in, a website would play a uniquely generated, nearly-silent sound through your computer’s speakers. An app running on your phone would pick up the sound, analyze it, and send the signal back to the site’s server confirming that you are who you say you are — or, at least, someone who has that person’s phone.

The service was built to be used either as a password replacement, or as a secondary, Two-Factor authentication layer on top of a traditional password. The company rolled their product into a small, closed Beta after debuting it at Disrupt, and hadn’t yet opened it up to everyone when they were acquired.

Culled from TechCrunch

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Mobile World Congress Count Down

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This time next week the city of Barcelona will be bustling as it will be hosting several tech companies from different part of the world. Deliberations on the future of mobile will be made as well as exhibition of latest ground breaking mobile devices. Above is a video of what to expect.

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Device Review: Chromcast

Posted by Unknown Selasa, 11 Februari 2014 0 komentar

You probably have heard of this device or you even own one. That's fine. So what's the latest gist about it. We'll get to that soon, but lets do a short review of the device for the benefits of those who are just getting to know about it.

Chromecast is a digital media player developed by Google. The device, a 2.83-inch (72 mm) HDMI dongle, plays audio/video content on a high-definition television by directly streaming it via Wi-Fi from the Internet or a local network. Users select the media to play from Chromecast-enabled mobile apps and Web apps, or through a beta feature called "tab casting" that can mirror most content from the web browser Google Chrome. The device was announced on July 24, 2013, and made available for purchase on the same day in the United States for US$35.

So what's new?
Google opened Chromecast Software Development Kit (SDK) to all developers some days back enabling them to create their own applications for the streaming media stick and today we learned through TNW that Chromecast will be available in the UK tentatively from March 1 through electronics retailer Currys.
Chromecast will soon get more great apps including the likes of Rdio and Beats Music as both companies have announced through Twitter that they are currently developing their Chromecast-compatible apps that will stream music through subscribers’ TVs.
“Our team is already working on developing support for Chromecast. Stay tuned!” tweetedRdio.

SOURCE: Techienews, wiki

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Drobox CEO Wins Founder Of The Year Award

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Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Dropbox Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi won awards in the 7th Annual Crunchies Award. The CEO Drew Houston who won the founder of the year, had an interview session with TechCrunch where he shared his experience of being CEO of a start-up, achievements and challenges. He is also inspired by his employees who left Big companies like Google and Facebook to join his start-up.

In 2013 alone, Dropbox grew from 200 to over 500 employees. It acquired popular email app Mailbox plus teams from smaller startups like Endorse, Snapjoy, and Sold. Dropbox threw its first developer conference and overhauled its For Business product in anticipation for an enterprise sales push. To fund that and new storage innovations, Dropbox is said to have raised a hefty $250 million round with investors trying to bet even more on the company.

Source: TechCrunch.com

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Mobile Ads Gist

Posted by Unknown Senin, 10 Februari 2014 0 komentar

InMobi is making its biggest push so far in capturing a larger share of the $11.9 billion mobile advertising market, as it launches its new video ad platformtoday.
The new mobile video platform also underscores InMobi’s growing ambitions beyond being a pure ad network, and seriously challenge Google and Facebook as a more broad-based rival in the ecosystem. Last year in October, InMobi launched a white label app store for publishers to boost mobile ads.

InMobi’s transition to becoming a more broad-based mobile ad company reflects a much deeper shift in the market. As the installed base of smartphones is rising, users are spending much more time consuming content on their mobiles. Everybody from Google to Facebook are following this shift, and it’s becoming exciting to track how each one of them is innovating in a year when traditional banner ads are supposed to be dead.

Culled from TechCrunch.com

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TochBase Develops Smart Business Cards

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Is your business card smart enough to communicate with your device yet? If not, and if you don't mind, perhaps it will soon. You know why? Because business card has just been reinvented. A technology company called TouchBase Techlonogy.
The company developed cards that are attached with conductive ink circuitry, which looks like an electronic signal of a fingerprint. By tapping the card against a smartphone screen, your cards digital profile is transferred to the recipient's mobile device in seconds.

The card does not only save contacts on your device but also links with your social media accounts to including LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. This app makes it easier to connect save and share information.

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Mark Zuckerberg Look Back Movie

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Mobile World Congress to Begin 24th February

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Hey! guess what? Just exactly two weeks from now, tech giants around the world will gather at Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress to discuss "Creating What's Next". The Mobile World Congress is described as the blueprint for the NEXT big innovation.
The congress which is slated to run from 24th to 27th February 2014 will feature several keynote speakers like Mark Zuckerberg, fonder & CEO of Facebook, Virginia M. Rometty CEO of IBM, Jan Koum co-founder &CEO WhatsApp, and so on. There will also be exhibition featuring cutting-edge devices, apps and technology with about 1,700 exhibitors.I bet you will get some stunning technology exhibition so you can plan to attend. If you can't, don't worry I will keep you posted. Just keep checking airtel-nigeria blog for updates.

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Google Fiber Serving Up To 1000Mbps

Posted by Unknown Jumat, 07 Februari 2014 0 komentar

Guess what? Google is at it again! Last month, Google launched a fiber network that is 100 times faster than today's basic broadband which is up to 1,000 Mbps (Megabytes Per Second). Thats a big wow!!! :-o right? Not yet, let me give you the gist of its capacity.

Google Fiber network has a bigger pipeline which means no compression required to deliver a crystal clear HD Movie, 100 photos, 100 songs, or a game download at 1000Mbps unlike your regular speed which is perhaps 5mbps or even less. Now, that is superfast!!! Unfortunately, it is not everywhere yet. It was first launched at Provo city last month and extending to other cities in the US. Trust google, they can connect the world on their fiber. Then, it means we are fast moving into the era where you watch your TV via internet since you no longer have to wait on things buffering; everything will be ready to go when you are. So whether you are watching TV, video chatting, uploading family videos, or playing your favorite online games, all you need to do is click and you're there.

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Microsoft Crowns New CEO

Posted by Unknown Rabu, 05 Februari 2014 0 komentar

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Yesterday, Microsoft gets yet another CEO. Succeeding Steve Ballmer is, Satya Nadella just as anticipated. This was officially announced in an email sent to all employees of Microsoft by Nadella himself. In the mail, he defined himself as a family, curious and hunger-for-knowledge person. He believes that there's need to believe in the impossible and remove the improbable. He closed with the requirements for any company to change the world - talents, resources, perseverance - "Microsoft has proven that it has all three in abundance", he said.

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Facebook Adds New Feature "Lookback" to Celebrate 10th Anniversary

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As Facebook clocks 10, it has launch a new feature called lookback. This feature which facebook is perhaps using as a way to celebrate with its users, shows you a brief story of your activities on facebook since you joined in a 62 seconds movie. It also gives you an option to share. You can have a look of yours here or visit facebook.com/lookback.

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Hot: CopaShun App Officially Launched Today!

Posted by Unknown Selasa, 04 Februari 2014 0 komentar

You need to read this gist!!! Just about 5 hours ago, CopaShun App was officially launched at the University of Lagos Main Auditorium during the Lagos Batch A job fair event. This app was developed by one of the corps members who attended the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) Program designed by NYSC Lagos Chapter to help members hone members skills and prepare them towards the labour market.

This App has a couple of unique benefits:

Distress Report - security threat and alawee complain
Gives vivid description of corpers' state of deployment with its geolocation technology
Access to all NYSC guidelines
Access to NYSC website to register
Health tips
Link to NYSC job portal and a lots of more interesting stuff like camp morning call, anthem and so on.

The app, if well utilised, is said to have the potential to reduce cost of information by 100% and Improve access to it by 200% for both NYSC officials and corps members. The app runs 80% offline, especially as an added advantage for people with restricted internet access and 20% online to get latest updates. It is available for free and compatible with lots of devices as well.

So, if you are a serving, or about to, or better still someone close to you is, please do not hesitate to share this story with them on facebook. You can as well download the app here.

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Dropbox: Expansion Looms

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Dropbox is growing so fast it will soon run out of room at its San Francisco headquarters. That’s why it’s just signed a 12-year lease on a second office a 10-minute walk away at 333 Brannan to house spillover of its 500 employees, sources close to the company tell me. Kilroy Realty put out a press release bragging about leasing the space to Dropbox.
Back in 2012, Dropbox moved from an 11,000 square foot Mid-Market office into its current spot at 185 Berry St in the China Basin area of San Francisco’s South Park district. Originally that office was 87,000 square feet, but then Dropbox expanded to more of the building to occupy a total of 200,000 square feet.
Dropbox had less than half the number of employees needed to fill it. With so much ground to cover, employees would often ride scooters and skateboard-like Ripsticks over its polished cement floors. There were lines of unfurnished meeting rooms, and a whole wing of the office was completely uninhabited.But last enterprise press event in December, it was already starting to feel claustrophobic. With so many people walking around, wheeled-locomotion had become too dangerous to attempt. Every area was crammed full of desks as well as LED art, a jam room for musical instruments, and sculptures of its AK-47-toting velociraptor mascot.

Dropbox said it added over 300 employees to the company in 2013, and it showed.
Then last month, Dropbox raised $250 million (with another $150 million possibly in the works), giving it a total of $500 million with which to fuel expansion into the enterprise. Selling to Fortune 500 companies requires a big sales force that likely wouldn’t fit in its current digs.
Sales could be one department housed in the new 333 Brannan location. However, sources close to the company say Dropbox hasn’t decided exactly what part or parts of the team will be booted from the headquarters into its nearby annex.

Dropbox will control all 187,000 square feet of the William McDonough-designed office still under construction at 333 Brannan. It’s a six-story brick and concrete building with the open floor plans preferred by startups, plus a rooftop garden and deck. It will feature a rainwater reclamation system that could cut water usage by 45 percent and energy usage by 26 percent. The location is about a 15-minute walk from BART and a 10-minute walk from Caltrain for employees commuting via public transportation.

Keeping its offices in the city might give Dropbox better luck in some areas of recruiting. Many tech giants choose to build massive campuses in the South Bay then run controversial shuttle buses back and forth from San Francisco so employees can live in the city. But Dropbox’s youthful company culture likely attracts people with little interest of living in social dead-zones like Mountain View and Menlo Park where Google and Facebook have their plots. This way, energetic Dropboxers can live and work in SF (if they’re willing to pay the rent).
By nearly doubling its total office space, Dropbox should have room to house at least another year or two of swift growth. And plenty of dinosaurs.

Source: TechCrunch

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