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Apple has confirmed it will buy headphone maker and music-streaming service provider Beats Electronics. The deal is worth a total of $3bn (£1.8bn), and is thought to be Apple’s biggest acquisition. As part of the acquisition, Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr Dre will join the technology giant. Apple boss Tim Cook said the deal … Continue reading
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Monday, permanently placed embargo on the registration of old Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards by telecoms providers. The NCC Director of Public Affairs, Mr Tony Ojobo, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. A SIM card is issued by telecoms operators … Continue reading
Microsoft has warned consumers that a vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser could let hackers gain access and user rights to their computer. The flaw affects Internet Explorer (IE) versions 6 to 11 and Microsoft said it was aware of “limited, targeted attacks” to exploit it. According to NetMarket Share, the IE versions account for … Continue reading
The researchers were able to use the mould to access PayPal’s app The fingerprint sensor on Samsung’s Galaxy S5 handset has been hacked less than a week after the device went on sale. Berlin-based Security Research Labs fooled the equipment using a mould it had previously created to spoof the sensor on Apple’s iPhone 5S. … Continue reading
A Streamlined Look for Pages This week, we’ll begin rolling out a streamlined look for Pages on desktop that will make it easier for people to find the information they want and help Page admins find the tools they use most. Here are the key features of the update: Updated Page timeline design The right-side … Continue reading
Facebook just announced that it’s starting to run the video ads that it started testing last fall. In a company blog post, Facebook says it’s working with “a select group of advertisers,” and that users can expect to start seeing the ads “over the next few months.” The 15-second videos will start auto-playing without sound … Continue reading
Is Twitter an environment in which consumers will use a click-to-call button? The developers certainly think so and the feature is set to be launched soon. Click-to-call functionality in mobile search makes sense. Consumers are searching for a product or company and providing immediate access via mobile to make telephone contact sits well in that … Continue reading
The Technical Seminars at the Nigeria Oil & Gas Week (NOG Week 2014) are free to attend and open to all oil and gas professionals in technical and operating roles. Register today for the opportunity to hear expert insights into technical and operational challenges that the Nigerian oil and gas industry faces. 18th March, 2014. … Continue reading
NEW DELHI: A “critical flaw” has been detected in the virtual private network offered by Android operating systems in the Indian cyberspace leading to “hijack” of personal data of users. Internet security sleuths have alerted consumers of this web-based service to guard against the spread of this virus which affects computer systems and mobile phones … Continue reading
By Bernard Marr Facebook, the popular social network with over 1.2 billion users world wide, just got a lot bigger by buying WhatsApp, the text messaging app with almost half a billion users across the globe. According to Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman & CEO of Facebook, the reason why Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp is that … Continue reading
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