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

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.

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.