Tuesday, 17 May 2016

EMC Launches New Hybrid Cloud Computing Tools

EMC has launched the new all-Flash storage gear, tools to manage and automate data centers and a Virtustream storage cloud for hybrid environments. Storage giant EMC, will soon be merging with Dell to roll out a series of products aimed at hybrid data centers.

Free, Secured and Unlimited VPN for Google Chrome

Are you a Google Chrome user who's now feeling left out since Opera baked a VPN into the browser? Here's how you can add a free VPN - from a trusted and reliable company - to Google Chrome.

Ten Tips to Make Google Chrome Faster and Reduce RAM Size it Uses

Is your Google Chrome browser feeling a little slower than it once did? Or are you finding that it's consuming a lot of your system's RAM and making your PC feel slower than it should? Here are some tips to help you make Google Chrome fast again, and to reduce the amount of RAM it use.
Note: These tips work for both Mac and Windows (and some even work for Linux).

Microsoft Expands Bug Bounty Program

Researchers have a fresh target to explore for vulnerabilities with rewards reaching up to $15,000. Microsoft has expanded its bug bounty program to include the Nano Server installation option of Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5. The expansion of Microsoft's bug bounty program, now includes the Nano Server -- the remotely administered, headless installation option of the server operating system.

Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Mediaserver Bugs Linger as Google Fixes Android Security Flaws

The search and mobile giant on Monday released its monthly round of Android security fixes, with one persistent flaw at the top of the list: a "critical" security vulnerability in mediaserver, a part of Android that finds and indexes media files stored on the device. It's the one thing that Google just can't seem to fix.

Technologies that are Changing the Face of Enterprise User Experience

The consumerization of IT is an ongoing trend: people grow accustomed to the way that something works in their personal lives, and then wonder why it doesn't also function that way at work.
Here are five trends that will set the bar for how business users interact with technology in order to get work done.

Logitech G900 Wireless Mouse Faster than Wired ones

Logitech is trying to dispel that myth. that a wireless mouse is always going to be slower to respond  than one that's wired. After three years of research and development, Logitech claims the G900 doesn't compromise on latency. Many of its features and design are the result of direct feedback from the PC gaming community, the very audience at which the mouse is aimed. What makes the G900 a really exciting prospect are key details that people in that scene really care about.

Monday, 18 April 2016

Microsoft OneDrive for Business to get SharePoint Document Sync

Microsoft is starting to roll out a number of Spring updates to its OneDrive Next Generation Sync Client, many of which are aimed at OneDrive for Business users. Microsoft is rolling out over the next few months, starting today, a number of new 'Spring' features for the next version of its OneDrive Next Generation Sync Client.

How to Make your PC Boot Faster

Whether you have a MacBook or Windows 10 laptop, I can help you cut down its startup time.
If your laptop takes time booting up, then here are some things you can do to put a little pep back in its startup step.

Thursday, 14 April 2016

How to Create a Recovery Drive on Windows 10

Take advantage of the opportunity to create a recovery drive so you have a way to perform repairs if something ever goes wrong. The one immutable law of PCs is that stuff happens. And when it does, there's usually a way to recover, if you had the foresight to create a recovery drive first.

Microsoft Fixes Critical Security Flaw Affecting all Windows Users


Microsoft's monthly batch of security updates was surprisingly light for April, but one flaw sticks out from the crowd. The software giant fixed six serious vulnerabilities, including a nasty Flash bug that affects most newer users of Windows.

iPhone with iPhone 4-like Glass Design, Wireless Charging to come out 2017

Apple plans to revamp the iPhone in 2017 with an iPhone 4-like glass design and AMOLED display, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a research note over the weekend (via 9to5mac).

Facebook to Roll Out WordPress Plugin for Instant Articles

Facebook has partnered with WordPress parent company Automattic to test and develop a new plugin that adapts web content for Instant Articles. The social networking giant said it has worked with a small number of WordPress users to beta test the plugin, which offers a built-in suite of interactive tools to customize stories for mobile consumption.

Defrag Secret Tips for Hard Disks and SSDs

In the dark age of computing, defragmenting a hard disk was something you had to do regularly to keep it running at peak efficiency. Those defragmenter utilities typically included visualizations, allowing you to watch as the system painstakingly moved data sectors so that they were contiguous. However, today's PC do not need defragmenting. Here's how to keep conventional hard disks, SSDs, and even virtual disks running at peak efficiency without defragmenting.

Share Photos, Videos,...Directly on Facebook's Messenger Through Dropbox

Messenger users can now share photos, videos, and other Dropbox files directly on Facebook's Messenger platform during a chat. Dropbox has launched a new feature that lets users share photos, videos, and other files directly on Facebook's Messenger platform during a chat. At launch the feature is available for both Messenger's iOS and Android apps.

Top Apple Designer to Head GoPro

In an odd industry move, GoPro has snagged an Apple designer close to Jonny Ive. A designer with Apple's most secretive design team has made an odd industry move. The Information reports Danny Coster, who has worked at Apple since the early 1990s on notable projects like the iPhone and iPad, has joined GoPro to lead a new design group.

Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Tech Giants Join Forces to Develop High-Quality Online Video

The alliance, which includes Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Netflix, pledges to build next-generation video technology and offer it for free. Some of the tech industry's largest companies Cisco, Microsoft, Google, Intel, Mozilla, Amazon and Netflix have banded together to boost the quality of online video.

Phone apps to Work with Cardboard VR Easier: Google

The search giant wants more people to use its Cardboard headset and they do this by helping software developers build virtual reality apps for Google's main rival. Google wants everyone to wear cardboard boxes on their faces. It wants that so much that it's just announced a plan to make it easier for Apple iPhone developers to write VR apps.

Your Landline Phone can be Useful again: Google

Google is taking on traditional providers with its $10-a-month Fiber Phone service. Customers can make and answer calls from any connected device anywhere Internet is available. Google is adding home phone service to a bundle of services that also includes ultra fast broadband.

Tuesday, 5 April 2016

Only 12% of Nigerians Subscribe to Broadband Services


Even with the World Development Report (WDR) that reveals that digital technologies have spread rapidly in most parts of the world, there are still many countries of the world lagging behind in the dividends this spread was supposed to accrue. A renowned IT expert, Dhanaraj Thurkur, disclosed that only about 12 per cent of Nigerians have access to broadband service, even when average Nigerian spends 70-80 per cent of his monthly income to gain access to broadband services with an average earning of $3,000 per year due to the high cost of broadband service in the country.