Update on technology news
Telecom giant Etisalat has implemented facility that enables customers on its network to opt-out completely or partially from receiving unsolicited marketing text messages and calls. The service implementation is part of the oversight function of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The DND service is now available on the Etisalat network, using a uniform shortcode, 2442, […]
Instagram now boasts more than 500 million users, more than 80 percent of whom are outside the United States, the company said on Tuesday, in a sign of the photo-sharing app’s rapidly growing global reach. The company owned by Facebook Inc had 400 million users last September. It has seen its user base more than […]
With WhatsApp being bought out by Facebook for $19 billion, it has become a household name overnight. However, there is another instant messaging app hot on WhatsApp’s heels and rocketing up the App Store and Play Store charts. Telegram Messenger picked up 5 million new users in a single day in February and leapt to […]
The Federal Government will soon order telecom companies in the country to effect a nationwide switch-off of over 12.6 million counterfeit phones from networks by using the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. This was disclosed by Dr. Joseph Odumodu, Director General Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON). Speaking during an interactive forum with Phone Brand […]
German security researchers have discovered that USB-connected devices have a fatal flaw. Anything that connects viaUSBcan be reprogrammed to pose as another device. That means a stranger’sUSBstick could dupe your computer into thinking it’s a keyboard, then type in certain commands and quietly take control of your laptop.Or it could pose as a network card, […]
