No doubt internet has given broader direction in meeting new friends, virtual brothers, sisters, siblings that live millions of miles away. The internet has created obviously a better relationship space than the ones we have in our surroundings. Different people have met best ever relationship they ever had in their lifetime on Flirchi, Facebook, Twitter, Ashley Madison, among others bigger websites where friendship ties can easily be soldered. There is no trouble saying that the internet has created a destination for people to meet their lovers: married, single, and casual lovers. What more do you want to say about the…
Author: Jide
Have you heard of Chirp, a platform for sharing data with mere sound? How does a lion communicate? With roar obviously. With just a sound your data is on the way to the other party. Heard of the history yet Let us rewind. The importance of sound starts with the rain, with the thunder, with the birds chirping around us. We all enjoy the sounds of bells, flutes, drums, motorists’ honks, and your daily alarms. Just with a single piece of music, instruction of the military is passed and strict obedience. The sonic codes in telephones, audio-numerological jokes, and babbled…
Obamania has gripped Kenya as the 44th U.S. President lands in Nairobi, the country’s capital, for a visit. From t-shirts, mugs, and caps with Barack Obama’s name and image to “Obama themed ringtones,” (“Yes we can!”) it will not be hard for the U.S. president to find entrepreneurs in Kenya. Among East African countries Kenya, Africa’s fifth largest economy, is considered a startup beacon. Indeed many have come to call Kenya “Silicon Savannah.” It’s a misleading title. Kenya percolates with entrepreneurial hustle that has started to yield world-changing innovations such as the mobile money and payment system M-Pesa and Ushahidi,…
Recently I watched a revealing public interest documentary on the pervasive effects of the Internet; specifically in regards to the negative impact of cellular phone frequencies on human health. The movie explained, in graphic detail, how human beings worldwide are in danger from the effects of cell phones and cell phone towers. T He film provided shocking evidence that the health of seniors, adults, teens and children are constantly at risk due to the unseen frequencies of cellular phones. Apparently, this poses a major risk to all human health and with particular concern to children’s health. I recommend that you…
Twitter used to let you put whatever imagery you wanted up as the background on every Twitter page you surfed on. It was glorious. If you made a photo of your boss Mr. Tokunbo, your background, you’d see his little face on the background of your timeline and notifications page. But today In an unannounced move, Twitter no longer lets you see the customized background you added in the design area of your settings on the home or notification screen pages. Womp Womp. We asked Twitter “wuz up wit dat?” and a spokesperson said: We’re removing background images from the…
Facebook has confirmed that it has quietly started to test a “Watch Later” button for videos on the desktop — a little tab that appears as an overlay in the upper right corner of the video when you pass your mouse over it, or scroll past it — to get you to save and consume more of the videos that appear in your feed. The new feature puts Facebook’s video user experience more on par with that of YouTube, Facebook’s great rival in the category. YouTube also offers a “Watch Later” feature for its videos (seen here on the right). Facebook’s Watch Later comes almost exactly a year after Facebook…
This one might be a bit confusing due to product naming weirdness, but here we go: Google+ Photos, the photo hosting solution built into Google’s social network Google+, is shutting down. You’ll still be able to post photos to share with your Google+ followers, but all of the editing/creation/private album management stuff is going away. However: Google Photos (note the lack of +) — as in the excellent, unlimited free photo host that Google launched back in May — will live on. The shutdown of Google+ Photos will start on August 1. According to Google, the Android version will go…
You know what I’m talking about. The “interstitial” suggestion to either download the app (in big letters!) or continue to the mobile site (in teeny tiny letters!). Annoyance made easy Your team has spent many months perfecting your mobile app, so of course you want people to download it. You want to get your app high up in the app store charts. I get it. Totally. However, you (and a lot of companies) have gotten overly aggressive with how you go about “suggesting” that we download your app. The trending stat Sixty-nine percent of people saw a link somewhere, cared enough…
Trending presently on twitter is Potus return to home. It seems the whole of Kenya is thirsty of his return as different renovations are going on to give the Number One President a hearty welcome.United States President, Barack Obama, will be visiting Kenya shortly for the upcoming 6th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES). During his visit, the President will hold talks on trade and investment, security and counter-terrorism, democracy and human rights. With the announcement of his arrival, many Kenyans took to social media to welcome the US President to his ancestral homeland. The tweets can be found below. To keep track…
Have you seen the new Samsung Tablet yet? It’s really hot! Amazing! Alluring! And yet the thinnest ever! Samsung announced its thinnest smartphone to date last week — that’s the Galaxy A8 — and today the Korean firm took the wraps off its thinnest tablet devices so far: the Galaxy Tab S2. Like last year’s Galaxy Tab S, design is a big focus for these two devices. And, at just 5.6mm, they are more slender than Apple’s sleekest iPad Air (6.1mm). They are available in two new sizes — 8 inch and 9.7 inch — which weigh in at just 265g and…