Man Proposes To Girlfriend Using 99 iPhones, She Says No

Romance takes many shapes and forms, and in the case of a young man in China, his idea of romance is to woo the girl of his dreams by buying 99 iPhone handsets. Now before you think that this is a man with a lot of money who can easily splash that much cash, think again. Apparently he spent two years’ worth of salary just to buy all the iPhones.

MTN Launches N10 Recharge Cards in Nigeria

Nigeria- MTN Subscribers will as from Friday have the opportunity to recharge their phones for as low as N10, according to a statement from The Chief Marketing Officer of MTN, Bayo Adekanmbi, on Thursday.

The initiative, to be launched in Kano, was to ensure that no Nigerian was shut out of the values that the network offers, according to Punch.

At last, Senate passes Cyber Crime bill into law

When Nigeria’s telecoms revolution took off after the licensing of GSM operators in 2001, it heralded positive developments for Nigerians as a people, and the economy in general. Communications among Nigerians and between Nigeria and the rest of the world, which was very difficult, became simplified almost overnight.

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Pirate Bay co-founder arrested at Thai-Lao border

One of the founders of popular file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has been arrested under an Interpol warrant as he was crossing into Thailand from Laos, police said Tuesday.

Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij, who uses the alias TiAMO, was detained Monday by Thai immigration police at a checkpoint in Thailand's Nong Khai province, about 310 miles northeast of Bangkok.

Study: Google Glass blocks peripheral vision

Wearing the device called Google Glass may obstruct a person's vision more than wearing regular glasses, researchers say.

The device partly blocks a person's peripheral vision, which is weaker in humans at distinguishing colors and shapes than a person's central vision, but it is better in detecting motion. So during activities such as driving or even walking in the street, unobstructed peripheral vision is essential for spotting things out of the corner of one's eyes.

How IBM Is Fighting Ebola With Supercomputers

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg aren't the onlySilicon Valley heavyweights fighting Ebola: IBM is using its tech know-how to help curb the spread of the disease in West Africa.

The company is teaming up with Sierra Leone's Open Government Initiative, Cambridge University's Africa's Voices project, telco firm Airtel, and Kenya's Echo Mobile for various efforts aimed at fighting the deadly disease.

Facebook Fights Ebola With Donate Button Atop Feed, Free Internet For Aid Workers In Africa

Mark Zuckerberg donated $25 million to fight Ebola, and now Facebook’s using its unique reach to combat the disease. Today it will show a “Donate” button for three West African medical charities at the top of the News Feed in 30 countries including the US. You can donate here.

Lie detector machine: Shekau Vs Jona !

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Facebook Killers: The Six Types Revealed

Reactors - who murder a person who posted something they object to online - are the most common killers linked to the network.

Researchers have identified six ways in which Facebook tends to be used in murder cases.

They described the most frequent type as "reactor", where the perpetrator of a killing reacts to information posted on Facebook by attacking the victim offline. This accounted for 27% of all murder cases involving Facebook.

Android creator Andy Rubin leaving Google

Andy Rubin, the engineer who developed Google's Android OS and was lately in charge of its robotics efforts, is leaving the company, Google confirmed Thursday.

Rubin cofounded a company called Android, which Google acquired in 2005 for its mobile OS. Android has gone on to become the world's most widely used mobile operating system.

BlackBerry Passport unveiled in Nigeria

BlackBerry Limited has launched the BlackBerry Passport, a new device built for productivity, in Nigeria.

Featuring a large square touch screen, new QWERTY touch-enabled keyboard and BlackBerry’s latest 10.3 operating system, the BlackBerry Passport gives users a wider vision to do mobile business without compromising portability. 

5 steps to keep your accounts safe from hackers and scammers

Throughout the flood of hacks and data breaches at retailers, restaurants, health care providers and online companies this year — Home Depot, Target, Subway, Adobe and eBay were just a handful — the one safe haven was the banks. Unlike other companies, banks had a long history of keeping bad guys away from our money and personal data.

Unfortunately, that's no longer something we can take for granted, as JPMorgan Chase customers discovered recently when the financial giant admitted that hackers had stolen information, including checking and savings account details, from 80 million customers. Even worse, the hack went on for two months before the company noticed anything was amiss. That's not very comforting.

There's no way you can prevent a data breach from occurring at a company that has your business. You can, however, make sure your accounts are secure from other forms of attack.

Here are my Top 5 methods to maintain safe and secure online accounts.

1. Lock down your password

Maintaining good password security is one of the easiest ways to protect your accounts.

A strong password — eight or more characters with upper-case characters, lower-case characters, numbers and symbols in a random order — is very hard for hackers to break. Click here to learn how to create a password like this that's still easy to remember.

Hospitals trial wireless heart monitor technology

American doctors have developed two new wireless heart monitoring technologies that remotely measure the heart rate of cardiology patients, and may dramatically reduce their chances of sudden death from heart failure.

“This device is its own cellular platform,” says Dr. Rhea Pimental, a physician and electro-physiologist, at the University of Kansas hospital, which developed one of the two latest devices.

EFCC Arraigns Undergraduate for $110,000 Internet Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 30, 2014 arraigned an undergraduate of the University of Benin, Kenneth Rukewe Ebule before Justice E. F Ikponmwen of an Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin- City on a 6- count charge bordering on forgery, obtaining money by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents.

The accused person allegedly duped Sabine Albert, a German, of the sum of $12, 088, 75 (Twelve Thousand Eighty Eight Dollars and Seventy Five Cents) through fraudulent claims.