itel Debuts Latest S Series Smartphones S16 and S16 Pro in Nigerian Market

itel, a global leading mobile phone brand committed to providing budget-friendly, high quality products boasting excellent user experience, has today announced its latest iconic and stylish S series smartphones S16 and S16 Pro in the Nigerian market. Fashionable Unibody Design with Large Display itel S16 Pro adopts the 6.6” dot-notch fullscreen display and 6.5” waterdrop…

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Nigeria has recorded 245 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total infections to 2,802

According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, the total deaths are now 93 while the total discharged are 417. 245 new cases of #COVID19; 76-Lagos37-Katsina32-Jigawa23-Kano19-FCT18-Borno10-Edo9-Bauchi6-Adamawa5-Oyo5-Ogun1-Ekiti1-Osun1-Benue1-Niger1-Zamfara 2802 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in NigeriaDischarged: 417Deaths: 93 pic.twitter.com/IkHR3dpcVV — NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 4, 2020 245 new cases of #COVID19; 76-Lagos37-Katsina32-Jigawa23-Kano19-FCT18-Borno10-Edo9-Bauchi6-Adamawa5-Oyo5-Ogun1-Ekiti1-Osun1-Benue1-Niger1-Zamfara 2802…

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App That Detects Jaundice in Newborns Could Save Lives In Asia And Africa

Jaundice, a liver problem that causes the skin and whites of the eyes to turn yellow, causes 114,000 newborn deaths and 178,000 cases of disability a year. Three-quarters of the deaths occur in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, meaning the results of this new pilot study — published in the journal PLOS ONE and led…

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What’s coming in future versions of Chrome? Every time Google updates its browser>>>

Chrome continues to dominate the browser market, leaving rivals to swallow their pride and scramble for the leavings. Now with nearly 69% of the world’s browser user share – a measure of browser activity calculated monthly by analytics vendor Net Applications – Google’s Chrome has no peer. Rivals like Mozilla’s Firefox fight over scraps while…

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Huawei wants the UK to follow China’s lead and adopt C-V2X cellular communications, but the EU may endorse DSRC wireless channels

The development of connected cars is accelerating globally, but conflicts around communication standards could put the brakes on their deployment. Connected cars rely on vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems that transfer data between them and roadside infrastructure. There are two rival communication standards competing for this essential function: C-V2X (cellular vehicle-to-everything) and DSRC (digital short-range communications). DSRC…

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Why Wells Fargo plans to pilot its own cryptocurrency

Wells Fargo & Company this week announced plans to pilot an internal settlement service using a homegrown cryptocurrency backed by fiat money, starting with the U.S. dollar. Wells Fargo Digital Cash, which will run on the bank’s first distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform based on the R3 Corda Enterprise blockchain specification, will enable internal book transfers of…

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Change these 4 new security settings in iOS 13 now

If you’ve (successfully) upgraded to iOS 13 or just got hold of a new iPhone 11 or 11 Pro, there are new security settings in Apple’s latest operating system you need to learn and use. Here’s what’s important to understand. Fight back against robocalls There were 26.3 billion robocalls in the U.S. in 2018. It’s…

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Telco provider, Vodafone, found itself in hot water after an IT system upgrade meant that it failed to verify the identity of some of its prepaid mobile customers

Telco provider, Vodafone, found itself in hot water after changes to its IT system meant that it failed to verify the identity of 1028 prepaid mobile customers before activating their services, an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) found. The breaches occurred for a 12-month period, between 6 January 2015 and 6 January…

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The two new offerings will further strengthen and consolidate its leadership position in the Indian enterprise space.

Tata Docomo Business Services (TDBS), an enterprise service provider in India, announced the launch of two unique offerings in the Indian market, Ultra Low Latency (LOLA) solution for institutional stock trading firms; and Service Level Agreement (SLA) on Wireline Voice Services for small, medium and large enterprises. TDBS is the only Telco to provide these…

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The emergency Windows 10 Meltdown patch is bricking some AMD PCs, forcing Microsoft to halt its roll-out for impacted systems.

AMD processors aren’t affected by the devastating Meltdown CPU flaw, but the emergency fix for Meltdown and Spectre can apparently bring certain AMD CPUs to their knees. Microsoft has stopped offering the Windows security patch to some AMD systems after reports of PCs not booting. “After investigating, Microsoft has determined that some AMD chipsets do…

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