Lions, Clouds and Everything Else: WWDC 2011 Opening Keynote
Monday was a pretty epic day for Apple users everywhere as the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference [WWDC] kicked off. The annual conference in where all Apple developers meet every year to get the latest on all things Apple-related. It was at this event that the last four iPhones were announced and so there were high expectations for this year’s event, though a new iPhone was not announced. As expected, Apple did not disappoint and they came out with a storm of new... Read More
Skype Down Globally Again
If you’re experiencing problems signing into your Skype it’s because the application is down in its second big outage in the space of a few weeks. I myself and a few other people haven’t been able to sign in on both the Mac OS X and Windows systems. “We’re hearing reports from the UK, Netherlands, and yes, even Bulgaria, claiming the online communications service is down..While we’ve confirmed it in Europe, the issue seems to be affecting people... Read More
Rapper 2Shotz Sues Nokia For ₦5 Billion
Nigerian rapper, 2shotz is suing Nokia for five billion Naira regarding copyright infringement. He claimed in his statement that Nokia used three of his songs as default ringtones on the new Nokia X3 without contract or approval from him. This, he says, is illegal. Due to this, he is seeking five billion in damages as monetary compensation. However, a lawyer for Nokia, Brendan Rilley says they actually did get a contractual agreement to use the material from Orchard Music. 2shotz... Read More
PlayStation Vita is Sony’s Next PSP
Codenamed ‘NGP’, the PlayStation Vita is Sony’s Next-Generation Portable gaming device. The device made its debut at E3 yesterday, looking like the earlier leaked prototypes we saw this year. It’s packed with a high-resolution, 5-inch OLED touchscreen[960 x 544 pixels], two analog sticks, touch controls at the back of the device, 6-axis motion sensors and 2 front and back facing cameras. On the inside, it runs on a quad-core ARM Cortex A9 processor. On... Read More
Introducing: Google ChromeBooks
Google is here again with another innovation. Google has decided to build their own OS called the Chrome OS which is extremely similar to their Google Chrome browser. The ChromeBook has been in the works for quite a while now but Google recently announced that it will be releasing the ChromeBooks for sale on June 15th. The ChromeBook is aimed at quick boot times; it boasts of a 10-second start-up time and wakes up from sleep in about 3 seconds. The reason for the quick boot... Read More
Gmail Accounts Hacked
So it seems like hackers have been gaining loads of attention in the last couple of months, with Sony’s PSN and Pictures Network hacked in recent times and now hundreds of Gmail accounts were hacked. Some Gmail accounts were hacked in the U.S. and in Asia earlier this week. They were accounts of top military officials, activists and journalists in those two countries. Google spilled the details to the public via their official blog saying: “Through the strength of our cloud-based... Read More
