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Facebook Messenger began in August 2011 as a new standalone messaging app that enabled people to send messages one-on-one or to groups of friends. Photo: Bloomberg Facebook Inc. announced on Wednesday that more than 1 billion people now use Facebook

Even as the cost for data is getting cheaper by the day, with every network suddenly offering 3.5G for N2000, some smartphones just will not help you maximize your data as much as your keep maximising the device.

The company behind the world famous file-sharing client BitTorrent is all set for the birth of their news network titled as BitTorrent News. Streamed on BitTorrent Live, the network will commence its operations at the Republican Party Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 18.

Microsoft has announced the release of the much awaited Windows Server 2016. The product will be uncovered at the Ignite conference in Atlanta this fall. Microsoft has also released the Technical Preview 5 for Windows Server 2016.

Short Bytes:   Automotive Grade Linux, backed by the Linux Foundation, is created to develop a de facto platform for open source components being used in our cars. This initiative consists of many big names from the automobile industry. The latest release i.e. Automotive Grade Linux UCB 2.0 comes when more companies have started to recognise the importance of open source in automobile industry.

Are automated “computer hackers” better than human hackers? DARPA is answering this question in positive and looking to prove its point with the help of its Cyber Grand Challenge. The contest finale will feature seven powerful computer fighting against each other. The winner of the contest will challenge human hackers at the annual DEF CON hacking conference.

  Qualcomm has released its latest flagship mobile processor Snapdragon 821. This new chip will perform with a 10 percent faster speed as compared to  Qualcomm’s previous offering. Apart from powering smartphones, this chip is also made to power VR headsets, drones, robots, and powerful tablets.

Nigerian antivirus software market is continuing to grow by 10%-15% every year. According to   Zillya! Laboratory   research, this trend will be steady for the next 3-5 years. How to catch the wave and take all the opportunities of growing market trend? Read in this article.

A combined research has been conducted by UC Berkeley and Georgetown University to demonstrate how distorted voice commands hidden in YouTube videos can be used to attack a smartphone. The research shows that certain

As we continue to download more and more apps on our tiny mobile screens, our devices get more cluttered and it becomes harder to manage them. While I’ve installed numerous applications on my smartphone, I only use 5-6 apps every day and I believe the same is true for everybody.

All Browsers Memory Zip is a free tool for Windows that optimizes your memory usage. It supports almost 40 web browsers and cuts down their RAM usage if it exceeds a

Kirusa, an Information Technology company that provides telecoms and social media solutions, has introduced ‘myGenie’, a free airtime app for prepaid Android users in Nigeria.

  Is your antivirus software protecting you from all kinds of malware and security threats? The answer to this questions is a big NO. While one shouldn’t completely

A major acquisition deal has been announced by Avast in which they will purchase AVG after an all-cash deal of $1.3 billion. The two firms are a known name in the digital security world and have been in existence for more than 20 years.

  Samsung has just unveiled the world’s first UFS memory cards with about 5-times faster data transfer speed as compared to the commonly used miroSD cards. These storage devices will be

Soon after Google announced that Android Nougat will be the final name of Android N, people started speculating the possibilities of possible sweet nicknames for Android O. Including the likes of

  Microsoft’s Windows 10 free upgrade campaign will dry out on July 29. There is a method that will allow you install Windows 10 Enterprise edition on your machine. The free Windows 10 OS will be available to you on a 90-day trial period.

 Facebook has become such an immense part of our lives that some people use it as the preferred way to grab some entertaining bits. The same notion was confirmed when a New

The Core Project has recently announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 7.2. Tiny Core Linux is one of the smallest operating systems based on Linux kernel. TinyCore, the operating system’s popular version, is just 16MB in size and comes with a simple and fast GUI.

Facebook is testing a new end-to-end encryption feature for their Messenger app. Titled Secret Conversations, the feature is currently in testing phase and will be rolled out in the coming months.

In our previous article on the Linux Directory Structure, we discussed the importance of directories in Linux and their organisation. Today, we are going to take a step further and learn how to manipulate

Google now allows you to export and download your entire search history in no time. Last year Google tested a download feature in search history and it appears that this feature is now available for

Google has updated its My Activity page with a brand-new “Bundle View” look that allows you to see all your online activity at a single place. Here, you can sort the activities based on different filters

Chatible is a new Facebook Messenger bot that lets you chat anonymously with strangers. It calls itself a middleman that lets the existing 900 million Messenger users talk to each other without

To tell the people about its efforts to build a better News Feed, Facebook has detailed its Core Values for the first time. The social network says that it has been using these value for years to provide an

  Based on the principles of tangible programming, Google has devised a new

The copy-paste feature using the Ctrl+C/ Ctrl+V commands is one of the most