Gmail is the most popular free email service available today, and the service is used by most Android smartphone users; who usually own a Google account. While Gmail is a very simple service to learn and use, Google’s mail service can be a powerful tool if you know how to use it properly. The free email service has several hidden features and settings that can help users manage their inbox; perform tasks much more efficiently and simply cut through the clutter. From keyboard shortcuts to aliases, email blocking, undo sending, and confidential mode, Gmail has a lot to offer. Here…
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Last month, Sir Richard Branson won the first stage of the billionaire space race; when he made it into low-Earth orbit on board his spaceplane Unity22. A short while later, Jeff Bezos followed suit on the New Shepard rocket; Blue Origin’s proposition for future commercial space exploration. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is last to launch a commercial rocket, but in one sense, it’s one step ahead in the game. SpaceX is NASA’s choice for a Lunar lander; with the company winning the $2.9 billion contract to develop it in April this year. At the end of last month Bezos challenged the…
Unknown gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, on Tuesday, have again reportedly stormed Anguwar Kwankwashe in Suleja, Niger state. The assailants entered the community around 1:35 am on Tuesday, August 4, 2021; shooting sporadically and causing mayhem. The assailants eventually abducted nine people. Two persons, however, reportedly escaped from the kidnappers while they were being led to an unknown location. An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said the kidnappers invaded some houses and a hotel around 1:35 am on Tuesday. Also, one Ibrahim Oga who said he witnessed the event said the unknown gunmen came in groups. “They split into groups to…
TikTok has revealed that it is testing a new ‘disappearing’ stories feature similar to options offered by other platforms; triggering discussion about the video-sharing app’s complicated relationship with its competitors. The Stories will allow content creators to make videos that will vanish after 24 hours. The trial feature was first spotted by media consultant Matt Navarra; who shared screenshots of the new option on Twitter. TikTok Storieswhat the… 😳 pic.twitter.com/PIUpKMhj0k — Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) August 4, 2021 In a statement provided to the media, the video-sharing platform, which is owned by China’s ByteDance; said that it was “always thinking about…
The Police Command in Jigawa have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly killing his brother’s wife. The incident occurred in Miga Local Government Area of the state. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Jigawa Police Command, ASP Lawan Shiisu. Shiisu cnfirmed the arrest in Dutse on Wednesday. Specifically, he said the man identified as the prime suspect was arrested after he allegedly hit the deceased with his leg in her stomach; adding that the incident happened on Tuesday August 3, 2021 as a result of which she fell. He said the police moved in and rushed…
Microsoft said Tuesday it will require employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus; in order to enter its U.S. offices, starting in September. The software company will also seek proof of vaccination; for vendors and guests visiting the campus. The move comes a week after U.S. government agencies and other technology companies said they will require vaccinations for workers; as the delta variant of the virus becomes more common in the country. Microsoft said its U.S. facilities will have a full reopening no earlier than Oct. 4. The previous plan was to reopen on Sept. 7, after the facilities closed…
Lyft reported second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, easily beating on both the top and bottom lines. The company also beat Wall Street expectations for active riders. Lyft stock was up around 1% in after-hours trading. Here are the key numbers: Loss per share: 5 cents vs 24 cents per share expected in a Refinitiv survey of analysts Revenue: $765 million vs $696.9 million expected by Refinitiv Active riders: 17.14 million vs 15.45 million expected, per StreetAccount Revenue per active rider: $44.63 vs $45.36 expected, per StreetAccount The company reported its first quarterly adjusted EBITDA profit, posting $23.8 million. That’s a quarter earlier than the company had targeted. EBITDA…
WhatsApp is rolling out its “View Once” feature today; which deletes photos or videos from your chat after they’ve been opened by the recipient. When sending a photo or video, you can make it view once by tapping the “1” button to the left of the send button. After the recipient opens it, it’ll be deleted. The recipient will be able to see that it’s a disappearing photo, so it’s still the type of thing you’d only want to use for people you trust to not take a screenshot. In June, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that the feature would be coming,…
As reported by Light Reading, T-Mobile has committed to a June 30, 2022 shutdown date for Sprint’s LTE network. It’s an expected move as T-Mobile continues to absorb Sprint’s network and customers into its own base, and comes six months; after its contentious planned January 1, 2022 shutdown of Sprint’s 3G CDMA network. A third of Sprint customers have already been moved onto the T-Mobile network, according to T-Mobile. The company expects to be able to migrate the remaining two thirds by that mid-2022 deadline; according to CFO Peter Osvaldik’s remarks at an investor conference last month. Some of those…
Google has apparently leaked some unannounced Nest security cameras right on its own online store (thanks for the tip, Eric!). Google confirmed in January that it would be releasing a new lineup of security cameras this year, and it seems like the company’s store may have just revealed what’s on the way. As far as we can tell, the new devices include a combined outdoor / indoor battery-powered Nest Cam; a Nest Cam with floodlight, an indoor wired Nest Cam, and a battery-powered Nest Doorbell. When we tried to click on the “Learn More” and “Buy” links for those devices;…
Facebook Inc. has disabled the personal accounts of a group of New York University researchers studying political ads on the social network; claiming they are scraping data in violation of the company’s terms of service. The company also cut off the researchers’ access to Facebook’s APIs; technology that is used to share data from Facebook to other apps or services, and disabled other apps and Pages associated with the research project; according to Mike Clark; a director of product management on Facebook’s privacy team. The researchers are part of a project called the NYU Ad Observatory; which asks people to…
Google announced Monday it will build its own smartphone processor; called Google Tensor, that will power its new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones this fall. It’s another example of a company building its own chips to create what it felt wasn’t possible with those already on the market. In this case, Google is ditching Qualcomm. The move follows Apple; which is using its own processors in its new computers instead of Intel chips. And like Apple, Google is using an Arm-based architecture. Arm processors are lower power and are used across the industry for mobile devices; from phones…
Armed bandits have attacked a General Hospital within the Dansadau community in the Maru local government area of Zamfara State. The attack which took place in the early hours of Friday led to the abduction of a health worker and one other individual. Confirming the attack, the chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Zamfara State branch Dr. Mannir Bature told Channels Television that the gunmen stormed the hospital and started looking for medical doctors and nurses and in the process abducted a ward attendant and a patient’s relation. READ ALSO: PHOTOS: Three Killed As Bridge Collapses In Bauchi He further…
Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday, July 30, 2021, sentenced an undergraduate, one Abdulsalam Oyeyemi, to one-year imprisonment for falsely posing as American Military Officer to defraud unsuspecting victims. The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had on Thursday, July 29, 2021, arraigned Oyeyemi, 23, on a one-count charge bordering on personation and internet fraud. The charge reads: “That you, Abdulsalam Oyeyemi (aka Colt Williams, James Anderson) sometime in March 2020 or thereabout in Ilorin, Kwara State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court dishonestly induced one…
Gunmen have abducted the wife of a Commissioner for Land and Survey in Benue State, Bernard Unenge. Briefing journalists on Saturday in Makurdi, Governor Samuel Ortom said the commissioner’s wife was whisked away on Friday. He called on the Federal Government to as a matter of justice, clamp down hard on bandits and kidnap syndicates of armed herdsmen just as it has done with separatists leaders – Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho. The governor also assured that all hands are on the deck to rescue her, as both conventional security and local vigilantes groups have been dispatched to track the…
Operatives attached to the Imo State Police Command have killed two bandits in an attempt to attack a town in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Michael Abattam, confirmed that the incident occurred in Njaba Local Government Area of the state at about 1:20 on Saturday morning. He stated that the bandits, along with their accomplices, were moving in convoy towards Njaba town to launch an attack before they were intercepted by operatives of Operation Restore Peace. “In the ensuing firefight, one of their operational vehicles was demobilised and two of them neutralised, and the remaining…
Windows 11 is one step closer to general availability as Microsoft; has published Preview Build 22000.100 for Windows Insider beta channel members. The release comes almost one month to the day after Microsoft dropped a rougher preview build for Windows Insiders on the dev channel. Windows Insider is a software testing program that gives users access to pre-release builds of Microsoft’s operating systems. It follows a channel model in which each successive tier is increasingly stable; with the goal of helping Microsoft identify and mitigate bugs and flaws ahead of public releases. Microsoft notes that the beta channel release won’t…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has set up an annual operating regulatory levy to ensure that all players in the industry are properly and equitably assessed to meet statutory and regulatory expectations. Equally important, the NCC has confirmed that it has commenced the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) technology in Nigeria; adding that this depends largely on the appropriate frequency spectrum. The foregoing was disclosed by Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman of the commission. Danbatta spoke during the Public Inquiry on two regulatory instruments draft held on Thursday in Abuja. He explained that the two key regulatory instruments were tailored…
A fire occurred within a Tesla Megapack at one of the largest batteries in the world in Australia’s Victoria state around 10:15 a.m. local time on Friday. The cause of the fire at the Victorian Big Battery site in Geelong; Victoria is not yet known. Paris-based renewable energy giant Neoen worked with Tesla and AusNet Services to develop the grid-scale project with the aim of helping the state of Victoria meet a renewable energy target of 50% by 2030. According to recent updates shared by Neoen Australia on Twitter; the battery was only recently registered with the Australian Energy Market…
Microsoft is in advanced talks to invest in Indian budget hotel chain Oyo, a source familiar confirmed. The size of the deal is not known, but the SoftBank-backed hotel start-up is valued at about $9 billion. The news was first reported by TechCrunch, which said the proposed deal may involve Oyo shifting to use Microsoft’s cloud services. Microsoft was also not immediately available for comments. Oyo raised $660 million in debt funding this month from global institutional investors; to use the capital for paring dues and other business investments. Senior executives at the company have said the start-up is working…