Boom: SanDisk just dropped the world's largest SD card

By Gordon Mah Ung

The company doubles its previous largest SD card capacity with a 1TB version.

Fingerprints to be tested as ‘currency’ in Japan

Forget Cash Or Cards – Japan To Use Fingerprints Instead

Japan is introducing a system which will 
not only be an alternative to cash, but to card payments as well.

WhatsApp to withdraw support for old Nokia and Android Smartphones by year end

WhatsApp wont work on old Nokia, BlackBerry, Android smartphones and iPhone 3GS

By Kavita Iyer 

If you still own a Nokia ExpressMusic or iPhone 3GS, you wont be chatting on WhatsApp by this year end. WhatsApp, the most popular cross platform messaging app platform, has started notifying the below mentioned smartphone users that the messaging app will stop working on the

#Tech-News:Nigerian Made Hydoelectric Power Generator

Nelson Eze - Great nigerian inventor in the making

By Lawrence Njoku  

Photo: Eze displaying trophy won with the hydro-electric generating set

    At the age of 12, while in primary six, Emeka Nelson Eze lost a close friend in generator fumes incident. Since then, he has vowed not to rest on his oars, until he developed an

Mark Zuckerberg in a townhall Q&A, Berlin gets asked about the current state of Twitter, see his Epic answer.

How to download and setup android development environment

By Agent Smith for Codingsec.net

In this article I am going to demonstrate you how to setup android studio development environment, If you want to learn something or do something or watch a movie you gotta setup the environment first.

Hence Today I am going to demonstrate you that.

Android Studio is an official IDE for developing android applications. For running Android Studio you must have minimum 2 GB RAM but 4 GB RAM is recommended. As I already told you in previous tutorial that android apps are developed in Java language so JDK is also required. Below I have explained each and every step with screenshots wherever required.

Note: The procedure that I have explained below is for Windows OS, so it will be little bit different for other operating systems.

Installing Java JDK

1. Go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Messenger Bots: What Are They, How do They Work, and Why Should You Care?

By Andrew Hutchinson

Is your business talking about Messenger bots yet? They will be soon – according to a report from TechCrunch, Facebook is set to launch a Messenger Bot store at their F8 conference this week (UPDATE: Facebook has now announced the Messenger Bot Platform, read about it here). Why is that such a big deal? Because Messenger bots have the potential to change the way a great many brands do business –

How you can use your Smartphone as a keyboard, mouse and a remote control for your PC

Controlling a PC with a mouse and a keyboard is common, that’s what everybody does but thereis an other cool way of interacting with PC. You can use your smartphone as a controller and control your PC.

Who is a hacker?

What Are White Hat, Grey Hat, and Black Hat Hackers?

The long-fought battle between Apple and the FBI over unlocking of San Bernardino’s terrorist iPhone 5C finally saw a resolution. The Washington Post reported this week that the FBI broke into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone using the services of paid professional hackers, called as “grey hat” hackers.

US government tells Windows users to uninstall QuickTime as Apple stops support

• By Rich McCormick
 




The Department of Homeland Security has advised that PC owners uninstall Apple's QuickTime for Windows, after two vulnerabilities were discovered in its code. Because Apple is no longer updating the Windows version of the software, the DHS says

What Is P2P File Sharing And How It Works?

P2P file sharing is the process of sharing digital content like electronic books, multimedia (music, movies, video clips) through a direct connection between two peers or nodes over the P2P network. This is done with the help of a P2P client software which allows a computer to get connected to a P2P network. The peer which hosts the file is called a seed and the one which downloads it is called a leech. BitTorrent is a file sharing protocol that is quite favored since the last decade.

C And C++ Programming Languages — Biggest Differences And Comparison

  By  AMAR SHEKHAR

C vs C++ — which one is better? What is a procedural programming language and what is a modular programming language? Which one should be used for better and faster output? Well, we answer all the aspects of using C vs C++ against each other in this article.

An Introduction to the Web Architecture

 by Harikrishna Mekala 

A typical web application contains four tiers as depicted in the diagram below. Web browsers on the client side render documents marked up in HTML. A web server for processing and sending the data to the web browsers. An application server that computes business logic and a database server program to store and retrieve data in a database. These three types of server programs (web server, application server and database server) may run on different servers or on the same server (machine).

Here are the best Antivirus programs that you should have in your system

BY MUHAMMAD

You can never be too careful with the level of protection present inside your computer and while Windows Defender has done a fair job in shielding your machine, there is nothing quite like having an antivirus program. According to AV-TEST, which is

#BreakingNews: WhatsApp will no longer work on BlackBerry and Nokia platforms

Here's some bad news for BlackBerry users, global messaging service WhatsApp is ending support for BlackBerry devices by the end this year. The Facebook-owned company announced this in a blogpost.

Edward Snowden: “Smartphones Can Be Easily Hacked With Just 1 Text Message”

BY ADARSH VERMA



In a recent interview, Edward Snowden has said that spy agencies have lots of tools that could be used to hack your entire smartphone with a single “exploit” text message.

This Nearly “Impossible to Trace” Spyware is Used by 32 Governments to Spy on You

BY ADARSH VERMA



In 2015, the infamous spyware FinFisher is spread in 32 countries to perform advanced citizen surveillance. Citizen Lab, a security watchdog, has uncovered the nearly untraceable IP addresses and servers of the spyware. Read more and

Google Is Shutting Down Picasa On May 1, 2016

Google has finally decided to kill Picasa Web albums on May 1, 2016. This step was expected by many as it doesn’t make sense investing time and resources in a product similar to Google Photos.

How To Find Out Who Has Ignored Your Facebook Friend Request

BY AMAR SHEKHAR

 It’s very easy to find out who has ignored your friend request on the largest social networking site Facebook. You can view the entire list of the sent friend request and you can also take back or cancel a sent request.

Microsoft Hololens

This is the future.
Posted by fossBytes on Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Airtel NG Introduced Another 3GB For N1,000 Data Plan

Another one! Airtel NG decided to nicodemusly release another plan which gives you 3GB for N1,000.

Note: that this is different from their existing Blackberry plan of N1,000 3GB which only works on Blackberry devices. This is kind of new and you don’t need to worry about eligibility stuff because even a new born baby is eligible to subscribe to this plan.

This plan will last you for 30 days.

How Can I Subscribe for this plan?

It is simple and easy… Just dial *431# and you are good to go
To check your balance, dial *140#.

Does it work on all devices?

Yes, it works on all devices.

Now you have an option to either go for Glo 3GB for N1k or Airtel 3GB for 1K. make your choice.

This $40,000 Robotic Exoskeleton Lets the Paralyzed Walk

Paralyzed from the waist down after a BMX accident, Steven Sanchez rolled into SuitX’s Berkeley,

 California, office in a wheelchair. A half-hour later he was standing and walking thanks to the Phoenix—a robotic exoskeleton now available for around $40,000.

The suit returns movement to wearers’ hips and knees with small motors attached to standard orthotics. Wearers can control the movement of each leg and walk at up to 1.1 miles per hour by pushing buttons integrated into a pair of crutches.

How to uninstall Windows 10 and go back to Windows 7 or 8

Did you upgrade to Windows 10 and regret it? You can go back to your older operating system in a few clicks.

You’ve had Windows 10 for more than a week now, but try as you might the new operating system’s just not working out for you. Maybe a mission critical program doesn’t work properly, maybe you hate the new Start menu, or maybe Cortana is giving you the creeps.

Stream music from your PC to almost any device with this free tool

Stream What You Hear provides an easy way to stream music from your PC to your phone or TV.

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Here’s a fun tip to get your week off to a good start: an easy and free way to turn your PC into an audio streaming center that broadcasts to almost any web-capable device in your house. This can be handy if you don’t have access to Spotify on a game console, or you have audio tracks on your PC that you don’t have on your smartphone or tablet.

Use your TV as a computer monitor: Everything you need to know

A couple of months ago, I took a good, hard look at my dual-screen setup and thought-–Hmm. Maybe I should get another monitor. A bigger monitor. Then, after an hour or two of researching 27-inch monitors online, I walked into my living room and was struck with a brilliant idea: Maybe, instead of purchasing an entirely new monitor, I should just move my 32-inch HDTV into my office and call it a day.

What Exactly Is Quantum Computing?

BY AASHISH SHARMA 

Image: codelyoko.net

Quantum computing is hailed as the future. Many companies are putting plausible efforts to make quantum computers a reality. But, what is quantum computing and what are quantum computers? Read the article to know.

Here's Why Microsoft Drops a Cloud Data Center Under the Ocean

Where tech companies like Facebook and Google prefer to move their data centers to colder countries to reduce their air conditioning bill, Microsoft has come up with an even better home for data centers while cutting high energy costs for cooling them: Under the Sea.

How to create an insane multiple monitor setup with three, four, or more displays

by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @geeklil

Studies have shown that dual monitors can increase productivity, but the jury’s still out on whether adding even more monitors means even more productivity. That aside, having multiple monitors (and I’m talking three, four, five, or even six) is just…awesome, and something you totally need in your life.

Here is why Linux is much better than Windows 10

     BY VIJAY PRABHU

Here are a few reasons why Linux is still better than Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 operating system

The Windows vs Linux fight has been going on ever since Linus Torvalds build the first version in collaboration with the University of Helsinki in October 1991. And every time, Microsoft launches a Windows version this question gets shriller. The same has happened now when Microsoft released the latest Windows 10 operating system.

As The PC Industry Plummets, Intel Manages To Beat Estimates In Fourth Quarter Earnings

by Aaron Tilley

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich delivers a keynote address at CES 2016 in Las Vegas (Photo credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Chip maker Intel INTC +2.58% on Thursday reported financial results that beat Wall Street estimates.

THIS FULLY AUTONOMOUS DRONE TAXI IS YOUR TRAFFIC-JAM DREAM COME TRUE

By Drew Prindle

Yup, you read that headline right. A Chinese UAV company named Ehang just unveiled the world’s first autonomous flying taxi.

The plainly-named 184 drone is essentially a giant quadcopter designed to carry a single passenger — and it needs no pilot. Inside the cockpit, there are absolutely zero controls. No joystick, no steering wheel, no buttons, switches, or control panels — just a seat and a small tablet stand.

What is Code? Why Are Programmers So Intense About Languages?

Let’s Begin

A computer is a clock with benefits. They all work the same, doing second-grade math, one step at a time: Tick, take a number and put it in box one. Tick, take another number, put it in box two. Tick, operate (an operation might be addition or subtraction) on those two numbers and put the resulting number in box one. Tick, check if the result is zero, and if it is, go to some other box and follow a new set of instructions.

How Does Code Become Software?
We know that a computer is a clock with benefits, and that software starts as code, but how?
We know that someone, somehow, enters a program into the computer and the program is made of

Chinese cities are using this “mist cannon” to shoot pollution from the sky Take that, smog.

BY May Shi

With many cities in northeast China smothered by thick smog in recent months, the widespread use of face masks and air purifiers comes as no surprise. But some local governments have turned to a less familiar tool for combating air pollution: the mist cannon.