Nokia Lumia 930

The Lumia 930 is the first flagship Nokia device to be unveiled since the company was absorbed by tech behemoth Microsoft. The typically colourful phone is a distinctive addition to the Nokia lineup and arrives running the latest version of Microsoft's operating system, Windows Phone 8.1. It goes on sale 17 July in the UK, and if you buy it within the first two weeks you will get a portable wireless charger, a portable wireless speaker and a £20 app voucher. As well as being available in black, neon green and bright orange, you will also able to get your hands on an exclusive white version if you buy the 930 from Phones4U.
Design and screen Nokia's Lumias have always set themselves apart from other smartphones with their colourful shells and bright, tiled interfaces. But the Lumia 930 sports undoubtedly the most polished look we've seen yet. Our review unit had a matte, rounded luminous green back that felt extremely smooth in the hand. The rectangular chassis has a 9.8mm-thick aluminium rim running around the outside, which gives it a dash more finesse than previous Lumias. It's neither particularly slim nor light, weighing in at 167g, but the upside of this is that it feels reassuringly expensive and solid -- we have no issues with build quality whatsoever. The phone is such a size that we were just about able to operate it with one slightly smaller than average hand. UEnlargeKatie Collins Running down the right-hand side of the phone are the volume, power and dedicated camera shutter buttons (in that order) and while being very discreet, they can be fiddly to grapple with at times. As well as being bright and bold, the 5-inch screen has a real sense of depth thanks to the fact the whole front of the phone is covered by a layer of convex Corning Gorilla glass. It's nice and sharp too, with a resolution of 1,920x1,080 pixels, meaning it has an overall resolution of 441 pixels per inch. Processor and features For a Windows Phone device, the Lumia 930 has powerful innards that mean it can tackle pretty much any task you throw its way with aplomb. Under the bonnet you'll find a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and 2GB of RAM, which will see you nipping through Six-Guns and use Microsoft's new free video-editing app Video Tuner without a single hitch. With an AnTuTu benchmark score of 26,500, the phone outperforms many mid-range Android devices, which run more demanding software -- although it's not a patch on the flagship Android smartphones, most of which now score over 30,000 on the same test. With all the benefits of Windows 8.1 the 930 really is a pleasure to use with its cool, if slightly dizzying floating backgrounds and extra row of tiles. The Word Flow keyboard works seamlessly, which is excellent news for typo-prone smartphone users out there. Microsoft's voice assistant Cortana is lurking in the phone somewhere, but hasn't landed in the UK just yet -- we can't wait to try it out and give it a go when it does. Regrettably, the Windows Phone Store is still lacking. Even though it now has many more key apps than it has ever had before -- and that is growing every day -- we still found there were apps that we'd use everyday on an Android or iOS device, which were either missing important features or missing completely. Windows Phone has demonstrated remarkable growth, but now that the conversation surrounding wearables and home automation are heating up, it faces brand new challenges. The 930 has a unibody chassis with no microSD slot, which means you'll have to make do with the 32GB of in-built memory and 7GB free OneDrive cloud storage. Despite having a 2,420mAh battery tucked inside it, we found that the Lumia 930 didn't have the level of stamina we'd expect. Battery seemed to last fairly well for most of the day, but would suddenly drop off very quickly. Fortunately, having a wireless charging pad on the office desk all day meant that this did not take its toll on evening plans. It would be a shame to own this phone and not take advantage of the wireless charging capabilities. The battery saver feature also allows you to see which apps are draining the 930's juice most quickly and stop them from running in The Lumia 930's 20-megapixel camera takes natural, well-balanced photos with plenty of detail. In our sample photo of an ice cream van we spotted on the streets of London you can make out the grooves on the ice cream cones when zoomed in, despite the shot being taken from some distance. In our shots of the London skyline, there's no evidence of overexposure and the phone copes well with light, clouds, sunshine and shadow. Close-up shots are bright and crisp and are fun to play with using the Nokia Refocus app -- just one of several tools that makes photography on Nokia phones a fun and rewarding experience.

Microsoft set to lay off 1,800 staff

Update: 7/17/14 - As reports suggested, the layoffs at Microsoft are real and the largest in company history. Up to 18,000 jobs will be cut, with most of the pink slips going out over the course of the next six months. More than half of the cuts are coming from the Stephen Elop’s devices group. /end update Microsoft is poised to layoff thousands of employees according to a report from Bloomberg, in an effort to remove redundancies from the tech giant. It will be the largest round of layoffs since 2009. While many of the cuts will be from the recently acquired Nokia handset division—30,000 jobs were added as a result of the $7 billion deal—marketing jobs in other divisions such as Xbox may also take a hit, according to the sources. The job cuts are part of CEO Satya Nadella’s sweeping changes to the company, as he transitions away from former CEO Steve Ballmer’s vision of a “devices and services” company toward a “mobile-first and cloud-first” productivity firm. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admires the new Nokia 930 smartphone. Credit: AP Photo/Eric Risberg Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admires the new Nokia 930 smartphone. Credit: AP Photo/Eric Risberg “Nothing is off the table in how we think about shifting our culture to deliver on this core strategy,” Nadella wrote in a letter to employees. “Organizations will change. Mergers and acquisitions will occur. Job responsibilities will evolve. New partnerships will be formed. Tired traditions will be questioned. Our priorities will be adjusted. New skills will be built. New ideas will be heard. New hires will be made. Processes will be simplified. And if you want to thrive at Microsoft and make a world impact, you and your team must add numerous more changes to this list that you will be enthusiastic about driving.” In 2009, Microsoft laid of 5,800 employees in the largest round of layoffs at the company to date. The Nokia acquisition added 30,000 jobs, swelling Microsoft’s employee count to 127,104 as of June 5th. The upcoming cuts are likely to top the 2009 culling, making this the largest round of layoffs in Microsoft history. I’ve reached out to Microsoft for comment on this report and will update this post accordingly with any response.

An indestructible ball

Imagine this scene in your neighborhood: A group of kids plays a pickup soccer game. They kick around the ball in the street or maybe in someone's backyard. The ball bounces from child to child, off of feet, knees, heads. Now, imagine that same scene in a war zone. In a landscape peppered with barbed wire, broken glass and thorny brush, that same soccer ball has a lifespan of about one hour. It was this realization that led Tim Jahnigen, a former lyricist and chef, to take action. In 2006 while watching a news story on Darfur, Tim noticed children kicking around a ball of trash with a string and recognized a need for a ball that could withstand harsh conditions during play. Tim mentioned his idea to a well-known friend from his time in the music business, Sting, who urged him to pursue the idea and provided initial funding and support. In 2010, Tim and his wife, Lisa Tarver, launched One World Futbol Project, an organization that hopes to foster the healing power of play by producing nearly indestructible soccer balls for disadvantaged communities. Made from a unique plastic that's lighter and more flexible than rubber — a material similar to Crocs shoes — One World Futbol never needs a pump and does not go flat, even when punctured. And trust me, I tried. As Tim and Lisa shared their story with me, I was particularly struck by One World Futbol's potential for healing. Lisa says research continues to show that play is one of the few forms of activity that actually helps people recover from traumatic situations. "So when children are in refugee camps or recovering from natural disasters, the opportunity for play is vital to that community's recovery," she explains. One World Futbol Project operates on the "buy one, give one" model, similar to other mission-driven companies such as Toms shoes and Warby Parker. Buyers can purchase two balls for $39.95, which covers one for themselves and one to be donated to a community in need. To date, the organization has supplied over 850,000 balls, but distribution doesn't come without challenges. Because the balls cannot be deflated, they are significantly more expensive and difficult to ship than traditional soccer balls. And the question still remains of how something that supposedly lasts forever can be commercially viable. There’s little need to ever buy another! Still, there’s so much hope in something as simple as a ball. Regardless of geography, kids are kids, and the enthusiasm over a soccer game played with friends is something that’s universal, from Detroit to Darfur, Miami to Malawi. yahoo.com

Thief Forgets To Log Off Facebook After Burglarizing Home

A Minnesota man is in jail because he logged on to Facebook. Police say 26-year-old Nicholas Wig checked his profile from a home he broke into, and then he didn’t log off. It happened June 19 in South St. Paul. “World’s dumbest criminal,” the homeowner James Wood said. “I don’t know.” Wood had come home to find his house ransacked. His credit cards, cash and watch were all gone. In their place, the thief had left a pair of Nike tennis shoes, jeans and a belt, that were all wet. Wood said it had been raining outside. “I started to panic,” he said. “But then I noticed he had pulled up his Facebook profile.” Wood posted to Facebook using Wig’s profile, saying Wig had burglarized his home. He even shared his phone number to see if someone would call with information. Wig texted him later that day. “I replied you left a few things at my house last night, how can I get them back to you,” Wood said. Wig agreed to meet with Wood later that night. Wood believes Wig was under the impression he would give him back some of his clothes he had left at his home in exchange for a recycled cell phone Wig had stolen. Wood, at his friend’s house, left for home. On his way back to his house he saw and recognized Wig, from his Facebook profile, walking on the street. He immediately called police. “I’ve never seen this before,” Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said. “It’s a pretty unusual case, might even make the late night television shows in terms of not being too bright.” Wig was wearing Wood’s watch when he found him. Police arrested him at the scene. He could face up to 10 years in prison and $20,000 in fines if convicted

Fifa have opened disciplinary proceedings against Mexico over alleged discriminatory chanting by fans at the World Cup.

Fifa have opened disciplinary proceedings against Mexico over alleged discriminatory chanting by fans at the World Cup. The governing body said it had already opened the case against Mexico before the anti-discrimination Fare network made an official complaint about four instances of alleged supporter misconduct. The claims against Mexico centre around the use of the word “puto”, which has been heard in games in Fortaleza and Natal. — Fare (@farenet) June 18, 2014 Fare has brought 4 incidents of racism or homophobia at #WorldCup2014 to the attention of FIFA this morning. Fifa said in a statement: “We can confirm that we have been contacted by Fare. Prior to this, disciplinary proceedings were opened against Mexico for improper conduct of spectators during the match Mexico v Cameroon. As the proceedings are ongoing, we are not in a position to comment further. “Fifa takes a firm, zero-tolerance stance against any form of discrimination and racism and this is enshrined in the Fifa Statutes.” Fifa are understood to have also received complaints about alleged homophobic chanting by Brazil’s supporters, and alleged antisemitic behaviour by fans of Croatia and Russia.

Whatsapp still out of windows store

There is no denying that WhatsApp is a popular messaging service. In areas of the world where SMS and MMS are expensive, WhatsApp fills the void with a cheaper and likely better solution. Recently, WhatsApp was down momentarily, but the service returned back to normal within a few hours. However, the big concern is the Windows Phone app. Not too long ago, WhatsApp was taken down from the Windows Phone store due to technical issues with the app. This app is still unavailable as of May 26th. Microsoft is working alongside WhatsApp to fix a notification bug that has been plauging the app, hence its removal from the Store until the issue has been fixed. No ETA was given as to when the app will return back to the Windows Phone Store. It is currently Memorial Day in the United States, and this holiday weekend might just slow things down a bit too. For those of you who happened to time it wrong and uninstall the app right before it was pulled from the Store, you are going to have to keep waiting until it becomes available again. We will let everyone know once the app returns to the Store winbeta"""

Whatsapp pulled at of Windows store

WhatsApp has been removed from the Windows Store due Windows Phone 8.1 technical difficulties




WhatsApp has been removed from the Windows Phone store due to technical issues found when the app is used on Windows Phone 8.1.

Developers designing a beta version of the app on the Windows Phone 8.1 operating system apparently found that it didn’t run as planned, and - in some cases - didn’t work at all.

Even though the app still works on Windows Phone 8, it has been completely removed from the store. Any attempts to find it return an error.

Rumours have already begun to circulate the app may have been withdrawn due to an impending update for the incoming Windows Phone OS.

A statement to Windows Phone Central read:  “Unfortunately due to technical issues, we have chosen to un-publish WhatsApp Messenger on the Windows Phone platform.

"We are working closely with Microsoft to resolve the issues and hope to return to the store shortly. We apologise to our users for the temporary inconvenience.”

Those who already have the app installed shouldn’t worry, however, as it will continue to work as normal. WhatsApp still lists Windows Phone as a supported platform on its website, but the link directs to the currently inactive download page.

WhatsApp was bought up by Facebook in February 2014 in a deal worth $19 billion (£11 billion). Founder Jan Koum dismissed fears following the acquisition that users of the messaging platform would be prone to snooping: “If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn’t have done it,” he said


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surface pro 3

Surface Pro 3 is Microsoft's latest device to carry on the company's grand vision of a tablet that can replace the laptop. The new Surface Pro features a larger 12-inch touchscreen and runs on Intel Core processors, making it a more compelling laptop replacement. Microsoft also optimised the Surface Pro 3 for note taking and even more accurate graphics work of Photoshop with the included Surface Pen. A Device for Doing More Microsoft Surface Pro 3 wants to eliminate the need for carrying a tablet and a laptop while on the move. It is sleek and light enough as a tablet for watching movies, reading books, or browsing the web and comes with powerful processors which combined with a keyboard cover accessory, multi- position kickstand, and ability to run the Windows 8.1 turns the Surface Pro 3 into a full-fledged laptop contender. Windows 8.1 means the Surface Pro 3 runs full desktop applications like the Office. It comes with a new kickstand design with multi- positioning, which is much practical than the one-position and two-position kickstands offered by the first generation and second generation Surface Pro tablets. The keyboard cover (Type cover) is now bigger, which will make them more comfortable to use. Microsoft also improved the Pen experience with better integration with OneNote for a more natural note taking experience. Just click the top of the Surface Pen to open a OneNote page, so you can take notes or mark-up documents as soon as the need arises. Your notes are synced with the cloud so you can access them from multiple devices. It also comes with palm block technology that allows you rest your hand on the screen when writing. Microsoft is also working with its partners to optimise the Surface Pro 3 and the Surface Pen for other apps to take it beyond note taking. Photoshop Creative Cloud is one example, which will be bringing more accuracy and line precision for artists and creatives. The Surface Pro 3 are powered by fourth generation Intel Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7, which brings more options compared to the Surface Pro 2 , which was limited to the Intel Core i5 processor. They feature 4GB or 8GB of RAM with 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB built- in storage. Surface Pro 3 features a 12-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 2160 x 1440 pixels. It features a 5 megapixels camera with 1080p HD video on the front and rear sides. A USB 3.0 port is provided with a mini DisplayPort that connects to a monitor and can deliver up to 4k (ultra- HD) resolution.Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Specs Here are the specs of the Surface Pro 3: *. Platfor m: Window s 8.1 Pro *. Includ ed Stylus: Yes, Surface Pen (with Palm Block Technol ogy) *. Proces sor: 4th Generat ion Intel Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7 Process or *. Memor y: 4 GB or 8 GB RAM *. Built- in Storag e: 64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB or 512 GB *. Support s microSD memory *. Displa y: 12-inch Touch Display (2160 x 1440 pixels, 216 ppi) *. Rear Camera : 5MP Camera with 1080p HD Video *. Front Camera : 5MP Camera with 1080p HD Video *. Weight : 800 g *. Dimens ions: 292 x 201.3 x 9.1 mm *. Aspect Ratio: 3:2 *. Accelero meter, Gyrosco pe, digital compas s, proximit y *. Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/ n/ac, Dual-ba nd, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct *. Bluetoo th 4.0 LE *. USB 3.0 *. Mini Display Port (up to ultra HD output) *. Loudsp eaker *. 3.5mm Headse t jack *. image/ video editor *. Locatio n *. Front and Rear Microph ones *. email/p ush email/I M *. Music player (MP3, WAV, eAAC+, Fac) *. Video player (MP4, WMA, 3GPP) *. WAP 2.0/XH TML /HTML Browse r *. Use Time: up to 9 hours

Online marketplace eBay is forcing users to change their passwords after a cyber-attack compromised its systems.

The US firm said a database had been hacked between late February and early March, and had contained encrypted passwords and other non-financial data. The company added that it had no evidence of there being unauthorised activity on its members' accounts. However, it said that changing the passwords was "best practice and will help enhance security for eBay users". The California-based company has 128 million active users and accounted for $212bn (£126bn) worth of commerce on its various marketplaces and other services in 2013. It said it would be contacting users to alert them of the issue via email, its website, adverts and social media. A spokesman added that the firm's engineers were in the process of rolling out a feature that would oblige members to choose new passwords when they next logged in, which should be live in each of the countries eBay operated in by the end of the day. Stolen credentials A post on eBay's corporate sitesaid that cyber-attackers accessed the information after obtaining "a small number of employee log-in credentials", allowing them to access its systems - something it only became aware of a fortnight ago. "The database... included eBay customers' name, encrypted password, email address, physical address, phone number and date of birth," it said. "However, the database did not contain financial information or other confidential personal information. "Extensive forensics subsequently identified the compromised eBay database, resulting in the company's announcement today." Although the firm also owns the PayPal money transfer service, it said that the division's data was stored separately, encrypted and that there was no evidence that it had been accessed. It added that any members who used the same login details used on eBay for other sites should also update them. EBay has not provided any information about the kind of encryption it used. One expert said there was still a concern that the hackers might be able to make use of their haul. "We all know that given enough time hackers can crack some encrypted password files," said Alan Woodward, an independent security consultant. "The slightly worrying aspect of this is that the hackers have a nice neat list of personal information, which can be used to steal identities or even help them get around other systems though password reset scams."

A Villarreal fan threw a banana at Dani Alves, so he ate it before taking his corner kick

It's been a very emotional few days for Barcelona as they had to travel to Villarreal and try to keep their title hopes alive just two days after the death of former manager Tito Vilanova. Given the circumstances, it was understandable that Barca fell behind 2-0 before the hour mark, but then they mounted a comeback and in the midst of that, Dani Alves showed that he was not in the mood to let any abusive fans get to him. A Villarreal own goal in the 65th minute made it 2-1 and gave Barcelona something to build on. About 10 minutes later, Barca won a corner kick and Dani Alves went to take it. Villarreal fans threw things at him once he got near them — one of those items being a banana. When Alves spotted it laying on the pitch, he casually picked it up, peeled it, took a big bite, tossed the peel aside and took his corner kick. As cool as can be. Two minutes later, Villarreal scored another own goal to make it 2-2 and Lionel Messi came through with a goal in the 83rd minute to give Barca a 3-2 that will undoubtedly be dedicated to Tito Vilanova. Sadly, racist abuse — including bananas and monkey sounds — has become old hat to Dani Alves. In January of last year, he said, "I go through this constantly in all the grounds I go to. It is a shame, as fans can like you or not, and there can be heated moments within games, but the crowd should just support their own team. [...] I have been here [in Spain] for ten years and since the first year this kind of thing has happened. There are worse grounds [than the Bernabeu]. It happens all over Spain. I lived through it at Sevilla. Until action is taken, nothing will be fixed." Following the Villarreal match, Alves expanded on his previous comments with an explanation of his personal approach to racism in the absence of institutional change. From the AP: "We have suffered this in Spain for some time," Alves said. "You have to take it with a dose of humor. We aren't going to change things easily. "If you don't give it importance, they don't achieve their objective." Hopefully one day soon the powers that be will provide the action Alves and so many others have called for. But until then, Dani Alves will eat your nutritious bananas and use that fuel to help him beat your team. As if Alves' reaction in the moment wasn't brilliant enough, Neymar, his teammate at both Barcelona and the Brazilian national team, later posted a photo on Instagramof himself holding a banana while his young son, David Lucca, hugged a banana stuffed toy. Neymar's caption to the picture: "We are all monkeys."

David Moyes has agreed to Man United pay off term

David Moyes has reached agreement with Manchester United over the size of his pay-off, England’s League Managers’ Association announced Friday. United sacked Moyes on Tuesday, just 10 months into the Scot’s six-year contract. The past few days have seen seen Moyes and LMA representatives holding talks with faltering Premier League champions United and on Friday the LMA said terms had been agreed.

“The League Managers Association and Manchester United are pleased to confirm that terms of settlement have been agreed between the Club and David Moyes in respect of the termination of his employment,” the LMA said in a statement. “A settlement agreement is in the process of being finalised. No further comment will be made in relation to this issue.”

The LMA statement did not say how much Moyes, the man retired former United manager Alex Ferguson wanted to replace him after he stood down at the end of last season, would be paid as part of his severance deal. Following Moyes’s sacking, there were widespread reports in the British media that his pay-off would be capped at less than £5 million out of his £30 million deal ($50m, 36m euros). It was reported that he had lost out on a larger compensation package through an ‘ejector seat’ clause in his contract, limiting his money to 12 months’ salary if the club failed to qualify for the Champions League, something that was confirmed after United’s 2-0 defeat by Everton. United are currently seventh in the table and, having been knocked out of both domestic cups and the Champions League, will endure a trophy-less season. This campaign will see United record their worst points total in the Premier League era and their highest number of home defeats since 1978 — including 3-0 drubbings by bitter rivals Liverpool and Manchester City.

Microsoft acquires Nokia devices, services business

Microsoft Corp has announced it has completed its acquisition of the Nokia Devices which allows the two companies to come together as one to deliver a family of devices and services that will delight consumers and empower businesses. Already, the acquisition has been approved by Nokia shareholders and by governmental regulatory agencies around the world. Accordingly, the completion of the acquisition marks the first step in bringing these two organizations together as one team. As part of the transaction, Microsoft will honour all existing Nokia customer warranties for existing devices.

Reacting on the new development, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, said that, “Today we welcome the Nokia Devices and Services business to our family. The mobile capabilities and assets they bring will advance our transformation. “Together with our partners, we remain focused on delivering innovation more rapidly in our mobile-first, cloud-first world.” Reporting to Nadella is former Nokia President and CEO Stephen Elop, who will serve as executive vice president of the Microsoft Devices Group, overseeing an expanded devices business that includes Lumia smartphones and tablets, Nokia mobile phones, Xbox hardware, Surface, Perceptive Pixel (PPI) products and accessories.

Microsoft welcomes personnel with deep industry experience in more than 130 sites across 50 countries worldwide, including several factories that design, develop, manufacture, market and sell a broad portfolio of innovative smart devices, mobile phones and services. Windows Phone is the fastest-growing ecosystem in the smartphone market, and its portfolio of award-winning devices continues to expand. It would be recalled that in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to IDC, Windows Phone reinforced its position as a top three smartphone operating system and was the fastest-growing platform among the leading operating systems with 91 percent year-over-year gain. With the Nokia mobile phone business, Microsoft will target the affordable mobile devices market, a $50 billion annual opportunity, delivering the first mobile experience to the next billion people while introducing Microsoft services to new customers around the world. Microsoft will continue to deliver new value and opportunity, and it will work closely with a range of hardware partners, developers, operators, distributors and retailers, providing platforms, tools, applications and services that enable them to make exceptional devices.

With a deeper understanding of hardware and software working as one, the company will strengthen and grow demand for Windows devices overall. Vanguard

Boy survives five-hour flight in airplane wheel well

A 16-year-old boy was lucky to be alive Monday after surviving a flight from California to Hawaii in the wheel well of an airplane, US media reported. The young stowaway endured freezing temperatures and a lack of oxygen aboard the five-and-a-half hour Hawaiian Airlines flight, which reached an altitude of some 38,000 feet, an FBI official told the Los Angeles Times. “How he survived, I don’t know. It’s a miracle,” FBI spokesman Tom Simon told the daily following the teen’s harrowing journey halfway across the Pacific Ocean.

Security video from the Mineta International Airport in San Jose showed the youth hopping a fence and making his way to Hawaiian Airlines Flight 45, where he climbed, undetected, into the wheel well of the aircraft. With oxygen scarce and temperatures well below freezing, Simon said the boy appears to have been unconscious “for pretty much the entire” flight.

The aircraft landed Sunday mid-morning at Maui’s Kahului Airport, and the boy, who did not regain consciousness for another hour, woke up, he hopped down onto the tarmac. Hawaiian Airlines personnel at that point noticed the youth on a airport ramp and notified security, the newspaper wrote. Despite the security breach that allowed him to reach the plane, there was no indication that boy posed a threat to the airline, and he has not been charged with a crime, report said. While it is not unheard of, it is extremely rare to survive a flight in the wheel well of an aircraft. Many who try end up freezing to death or succumbing from a lack of oxygen. In one recent such case, the body of a 26-year-old stowaway was found crumpled on a suburban London street in 2012, after he apparently climbed aboard a British Airways plane in Angola and fell from the wheel well as the plane prepared to land at Heathrow Airport.

Who acted as Jesus in the popular 1979 Jesus film.

Brian Deacon did

Brian Deacon (born 13 February 1949) is a British actor. Born in Oxford, he trained at the Oxford Youth Theatre. He appeared with his brother Eric Deacon in the Peter Green away film, A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), as Heumac in The Feathered Serpent(1976, 1978) and as Frank Milesin the TV series Lillie in 1978. In 1979 he starred in the title role of Jesus. This film was made by an evangelical organization, the Jesus Film Project. He has been married twice: first time to Rula Lenska (1977–1987), with whom he had a daughter Lara Deacon, and the second time to Natalie Bloch (1998 to present).

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Nigeria refs to officiate in world cup by 2018

FIFA referees assistant programme instructor, Lee Kim Chong stated in Abuja that Nigeria referees could get the chance to officiate in their first ever world cup in 2018. Kim Chong said that with the kind of programme the Nigeria referees embarked upon, they are most like to finally make the cut for the list of referees for the world cup. Chong who was the center referee when the Super Eagles won Zambia 2-1 to lift 1994 Nations Cup in Tunisia also pointed that unlike before Nigeria now has more qualified referees who are called to officiate at international competitions.

He said “Nigeria is coming up gradually and has many referees who are fit. This year alone, a good number of them have officiated at CAF organized competitions and they did well. “There are lots of potentials who I have seen myself and I know that before 2018, some of them will be mature to be selected to officiate at the world cup. I have been in Nigeria severally; I was in Aba when I officiated Enyimba match. I have also been involved in some qualifiers involving Nigeria. Chong bemoaned lack of tactical and technological know how by some Nigeria referees but implored them to brace up to square up with challenges ahead.

UK scientists have challenged the idea that the ‪Titanic ‬was unlucky

UK scientists have challenged the idea that the Titanic was unlucky for sailing in a year when there were an exceptional number of icebergs in the North Atlantic.
The ocean liner sank on its maiden voyage 102 years ago, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives.
The new analysis found the iceberg risk was high in 1912, but not extreme, as has previously been suggested.
The work by a University of Sheffield team appears in the journal Weather.
The iceberg which sank the Titanic was spotted just before midnight on 14 April 1912, some 500m away. Despite quick action to slow the ship and turn to port, it wasn't enough. About 100m of the hull buckled below the waterline and the liner sank in just two-and-a-half hours.
Reports of unusually bad ice in the North Atlantic started to emerge shortly after the disaster. At the time, US officials told the New York Times that a warm winter had caused "an enormously large crop of icebergs".

In the days leading up to that fateful night, the prevailing winds and temperatures, assisted by ocean currents, had conspired to transport icebergs and sea-ice further south than was normal at that time of year.
This iceberg, with a red streak of paint along its side, may have been the one that sank RMS Titanic
All this has led researchers to seek explanations for a supposedly awesome flotilla of ice in the North Atlantic. One US group has proposed that an unusually close approach to Earth by the Mooncaused abnormally high tides in the winter of 1912, which in turn encouraged a greater than usual amount of ice to break off Greenland's glaciers.
Lightoller's tale
"From the moment we left Belfast we had marvellous weather.

Even when we got out on the western ocean - the Atlantic as you probably know it - it was as smooth as the proverbial millpond. Not a breath of wind and the sea like a sheet of glass.
In any other circumstances those conditions would have been ideal. But anyone with experience of ice at sea knows that those very conditions, and the moonless night, only render the detection of icebergs more difficult and call for the additional alertness of both officers and men."

-Charles Herbert Lightoller, second officer, RMS Titanic
I Was There - Charles Lightoller
Survivors of the Titanic - BBC Archive

In the latest study, Grant Bigg and David Wilton from Sheffield University's department of geography studied data collected by the US Coast Guard and extending back to 1900.
Observational techniques have changed over the years, complicating comparisons. But the researchers say that a good measure of the volume of icebergs is given by the number that passed the circle of latitude at 48 degrees North, across an area of ocean stretching from Newfoundland to about 40 degrees West.
They found that the record showed great variation in the volume of ice from year to year. And although the iceberg flux from Greenland in 1912 was indeed high, with 1,038 icebergs observed crossing the 48th parallel, this number was neither unusual nor unprecedented.
In the surrounding decades, from 1901-1920, there were five years with at least 700 icebergs crossing 48 degrees North. And the coast guard record shows there was a larger flux of icebergs in 1909 than in 1912.
Prof Bigg told BBC News the flux was at the "large end" but "not outstandingly large" for the first 60-70 years of the 20th Century.
Using the coast guard record and other data, the researchers also developed a computer simulation to examine the likely trajectories of icebergs in 1912. Using this model, they were able to trace the likely origin of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to southwest Greenland.
They suggest that it broke off a glacier in that area in early autumn 1911 and started off as a floating hunk measuring roughly 500m long and 300m deep.

Its mass by mid-April 1912 - as predicted by the computer model - agrees very closely with the size of an iceberg bearing a streak of red paint that was photographed by Captain William Squares DeCarteret of the Minia, a ship that joined the search for bodies and wreckage at the site of the disaster.

Sir Alex Ferguson is now a lecturer at Harvard University

The former Manchester Unitedmanager Sir Alex Ferguson has agreed to take up a "long-term teaching position" in executive education at Harvard.
The 72-year-old, who left his post as manager at Old Trafford last summer after 26 years in charge, will lecture in the Ivy League University's new programme entitled The Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports, starting in May. It comes less than seven months after Ferguson's blueprint for managerial success was included in the October edition of Harvard Business Review.
"I'm delighted to have the opportunity and privilege to contribute to such a respected centre of excellence," Ferguson said.

"The time I have already spent at Harvard has been a stimulating experience and I look forward to developing my relationship and activities with the students, faculty and friends of the Harvard Business School community."

Ferguson conducted a series of interviews with the Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse in 2012, outlining what he believed to be the eight key elements of his old job including "Match the method to the moment" and "Rely on the power of observation".
"We look forward to welcoming Sir Alex Fergusonon the HBS campus to share his remarkable leadership journey, and contribute to our Executive Education participants' ability to make a profound difference in the world," Elberse said.
The programme on The Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports will take place from 7-10 May. Manchester United are due to face Hull City in their last game of the season at Old Trafford on 6 May but the club are confident Ferguson's new role will not distract him from his duties as a club director and ambassador.

You don't need a tower anymore tech does the drying

Have you ever thought about a device or machine that could do your towelling for youafter bath?
A New York based start-up has developed body dryer that dry your body after bath.
Wondering how it works? Simple. After having your bath, you can just switch it on by the side and then step on it. It then blows breeze upward to dry your wet body. It works pretty much like the hand dryer you see around so is really nothing out of this world.

The remarkable thing is that it is quite portable unlike the previous body dryers that is built like an enclosed jacuzzi. Sounds like it is finally going to make you so indolent right? Well, perhaps not. It is built to to replace bacteria filled and environmentally harmful bathroom towels.
The start Up is currently raising funds to produce in large quantity. It has raised up to $36,206 already out of its $50,000 target. The body dryer should go for around $250. So no more towelling

Samsung now have windows phone

Samsung Ativ SE, a windows based OS phone is now official. The device running on Windows Phone 8 is a 5-inch 1080p display, a 13-megapixel camera, and an unspecified 2.3GHz quad-core processor (most likely the Snapdragon 800) with 2GB of RAM. It also has a 2,600mAh battery, 16GB of storage, and microSD card expansion.

Though Samsung is yet to formally announce the phone, but Verizon has began to take pre-orders. Verizon is even offering to give away one free for any pre-order. The device cost $599.99 (without contract) on their site. Verizon also promises to start shipping as from April 12th.

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I will not take salary if elected governor

Mr Opeyemi Bamidele Labour party governorship candidate in the June 21 election in Ekiti, on Thursday vowed not to collect salaries and emoluments throughout his four year tenure if elected.
He made the vow while campaigning at Igede-Ekiti in Irepodun/ Ifelodun Local Government Area.

Bamidele, a member of the House of Representatives, said he would rather open a special account for his salaries and emoluments to cater for the vulnerable persons in the society.

He said that his salaries and allowances at the National Assembly were being utilised to give succour to the needy and vulnerable in the society.
“I have been blessed by God in all my areas of endeavours.
“The best way to appreciate God is to give back to the people,’’ he said.
Bamidele also pledged not to seek a second term if he wins the election, adding that four years was enough for anyone to implement his programmes.
He said that though the current administration in the state had done its best, he was in the race to do better things for the people. (NAN)

Facebook Owner Mark Zuckerberg earn $1 a year!!!

Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook guy.
Well, you will find it interesting that he actually earns $1 as salary for the whole of last year. Yes. $1. You will wonder, what the heck! Well its nothing out of this world. Steve Jobs did the same as the CEO of Apple.

In case you are in doubt, a reportby SEC filed on Monday confirms this. Though he is earning that little in salary is net worth is estimated at $27 billion.
Lets face it. Why do you think he is it earning that almost nothing in such a big company. Share below.

3D printing

You’ve heard of 3D printing from newscasters and journalists, astonished at what they’ve witnessed. A machine reminiscent of the Star Trek Replicator, something magical that can create objects out of thin air. It can “print” in plastic, metal, nylon, and over a hundred other materials. It can be used for making nonsensical little models like the over-printed Yoda, yet it can also print manufacturing prototypes, end user products, quasi-legal guns, aircraft engine partsand even human organs using a person’s own cells.

Also known as "additive manufacturing" or "stereo lithography," 3D printing is often depicted as a mysterious and seemingly magic process.
3D printing turns computer models into real physical things. It takes different materials, from biodegradeable plastic filament PLA to ABS plastic to Nylon, melts it into thin layers onto a surface, moves up and prints another layer. After layer upon layer, you are left with a physical object.

Missing Malaysia plane search classified as criminal investigation

Khalid Abu-Bakar, Malaysian Inspector General of Police, said on Wednesday that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was a criminal investigation.
He said in Kuala Lumpur at a news conference at the Royal Malaysian Police Quality and Innovation Seminar 2014, that some details could not be revealed at the moment because it could impact on a future prosecution.

Abu-Bakar said police were investigating based on the four areas of focus which included personal and psychological problems, sabotage and hijacking.
“You have to understand that there are things we cannot share as it is a criminal investigation but we are investigating based on the four areas of focus,” he said.

Abu-Bakar said until now there had been about 170 statements recorded from family members of the passengers and crew on board the missing jetliner.
He said the backgrounds of the 227 passengers, two-thirds of whom were from China, had been checked by local and international investigators and cleared of the four possible scenarios of sabotage, hijacking, personal or psychological problems.
Abu Bakar said police were also investigating the cargo and food served on the plane to eliminate the possibility of poisoning of passengers and crew.
He said investigators were trawling through the backgrounds of 53 year old pilot, Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid, along with examining whether a passenger could have hijacked the plane and flown it to the remote southern Indian Ocean.
He said, however, an accident had also not been fully ruled out.

Abu-Bakar said the investigators had some clues of what happened, but they would not reveal anything as the investigation was ongoing.
He stressed that “Investigations may go on and on but we have to clear every little thing, at the end of the investigations, we may not even know the real cause. We may not even know the reason for this incident,’’ he said.

Snake disrupts NYSC passing-out parade

A snake on Tuesday disrupted the passing-out parade of the NYSC Batch “A” at the Orientation Camp at Tsafe in Zamfara, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
The snake, according to eyewitnesses, might have come from one of the dilapidated structures at the camp and could have been in search of shelter or food.
The eyewitnesses said the snake tried to make its way to the platform where special guests at the occasion were seated during the course of the ceremony.
Some of the corps members, as well as some of the special guests, took to their heels to avoid the reptile.
However, some of the corps members ran after the snake to kill it, using sticks and their boots.

BBM in Windows

During the Mobile World Congress the CEO of BlackBerry, John Chen already revealed thatBBM will be hitting Microsoft's Windows Phone, even though there was no specific date was stated then.
Now, BlackBerry's CEO John Chen has reaffirmed that the company's plan for Windows Phone smartphones and confirmed that the BBM app will be released by second quarter (May or June) this year. Chen added that the instant messaging service will be released for the Nokia X platforms and the app will come preloaded on some Nokia devices in selective markets. Chen also indicated that BBM will come preinstalled on some Lumia devices, once the app is released for the Windows Phone platform.
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A phone that its battery is said to last for two weeks. HTC One (M8)

HTC has released its latest flagship, HTC One M8. The device is another gorgeous smartphone that gives you a stunning performance as well as design
The key features include a touchscreen, front-facing Camera, HD video recording, 4G.
It runs on an Android 4.4 KitKat powered with Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 2.3GHz quad core processor. It has 2GB of RAM, and includes either 16GB or 32GB of onboard storage with up to 128GB expandable microSD card storage.
Other very powerful features include
Camera and Display
it has a 5-inch display, 1080 screen, and the primary rear camera has HTC’s UltraPixel module with 2.0 um pixels and a 1/3-inch sensor, shooting at f/2.0 with a 28mm lens. The rear camera has the new Duo Camera construction, with a dual flash, and full 1080p HD video recording. It also has the ability to focus on specific objects with its advanced special effects.
Power
With the extreme power saving mode feature, the battery can last 2 weeks on 100% charge, 60 hours of 20% charge, 30 hours of 10% charge and 15 hours of 5% charge when it's on standby. That is very rear among high end Android Phones.
The Motion Launch Control
The new HTC One offers gesture control, another popular feature among new smartphones. The M8 has what HTC is calling Motion Launch, which is a series of gesture controlled shortcuts to let you activate the screen, answer calls, and turn the lock screen on and off without swiping or tapping. It does this using low-power monitoring of orientation, speed, etc., with its onboard sensors to predict what you’ll want to do when you unlock the device.
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Commissioner arrested for goining through a fence

I had top post this.
The Nasarawa Police Command, Tuesday, arrested the Nasarawa State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Innocent Lagi, for scaling the fence of the State House of Assembly to serve a court order.
Lagi was at the Assembly to serve the officials with a court injunction restraining the House from summoning the chairman of Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission, NASIEC, and his commissioners to appear before them.
However, the News Agency of Nigeria, reported that he was not allowed to enter the premises by the security officers.
The Attorney-General, after being denied access to the complex, decided to jump over the fence, which prompted the legislators to order security officials to arrest him.
It was also reported that before Lagi arrived at the Assembly complex, the Chairman of the commission, Dr. Abdullahi Modibo, and five other commissioners had already responded to questions raised by members on the conduct of the exercise.

A bulb you can control with your smart phone

LG has launched the Smart Bulb in Korea, a light bulb that connects with Android and iOS devices, providing several interesting features.
The 10W LED bulb will let you control lighting in the house with a smartphone, and it can also flash-alert when you get a phone call.
Other features include a security mode which makes it look like you're at home when you're away, as well as pulsating to the tune of music (but only on Android devices).
The bulbs should run for more than 10 years, provided you use them five hours a day, LG claims.LG's Smart Bulb is not the only connected light bulb around. Recently, a company called AwoX announced a light bulb that can double as a Bluetooth speaker. We've also seen several Kickstarter projects to create a connected light bulb; the Wi-Fi enabled LIFX is one example.
The price for the LG Smart Bulb is 35,000 won ($32) in Korea
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A phone with six camera. Amazon on it

After years of rumours, Amazon will finally launch its first smartphone within the next three to six months.
So says KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, whose known for his spot-on Apple and Samsung research, which is regarded as the most accurate in the world among analysts. And now his sights are set on Amazon as well.
The analyst believes that Amazon’s upcoming smartphone will feature six cameras, including one primary rear camera as well as a standard front-facing camera for video chats. The device is also said to have a special system of four additional cameras that will be used for gesture controls.
Kuo stated the following to website BGR: “Given the highly competitive smartphone market, Amazon will have to provide users with a unique experience to differentiate its phone from other brands. It would do this by integrating the smartphone with its own services such as e-commerce.”
“If Amazon’s smartphone is a hit, we would expect shipments to grow significantly due to the hardware features and business model. At the current stage, when market acceptance is unclear, we preliminarily forecast shipments of 300-600k units in 2Q14 and 2-3 million units in 2014.”
In terms of specs, Kuo says the Amazon phone will feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, a 4.7-inch display with a pixel density of between 300 and 320 ppi, a plastic housing, a 13-megapixel main camera supplied by Sony, secondary cameras supplied by Primax, and a battery sized between 2,000 and 2,400 mAh.
“While Amazon’s smartphone is at the experimental stage, we think its hardware features and business model may have the potential to garner a positive market reaction, fuelling robust sales growth,” Kuo concluded.
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Facebook E-mail do you know/have your's?

Your email address on Facebook is the same as your username or your public user ID. This is how people can:

• Send you email —username@ facebook.com
• Get to your Timeline — facebook.com/username

You're given a @ facebook.com email address when you sign up, but you have the option to change it once. To customize your email or web address on Facebook, choose a new username. If you choose a new username, your new Facebook email address will be added to your Contact Info in the About section of your Timeline. Remember: You can always edit who can see your contact info. With your @ facebook.com email address, people can email you using any traditional email system (ex: Hotmail, Yahoo! or Gmail), and the emails will be delivered to your Facebook Messages. When you send messages to external email addresses, your emails will be formatted to look like Facebook messages, including your name, your profile picture and your message.
Note that your email will appear as username@ facebook.com when you send messages to external email addresses.
my facebook email is nagbama.victino@facebook.com send me an email using your yahoomail,gmail e.t.c. You can as well drop yours at the comment section

Top ten most visited website

• Google
• Youtube
• Facebook
• Yahoo
• Amazon
• Wikipedia
• ebay
• Twitter
• Bing
• Msn

Those are the top ten,as You can see it was listed in an unordered mannar cause it may vary but Google is always the number 1 most visited website with over a bil lion visit monthly.

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Why You Should Have Google Account!

Google is an American multinational corporationspecializing in Internet-related services and products.
Google services are so numerous in other to enjoy this services you have to register a google account.

Some few google services and product

• Blogger which am using now.
• Google search.
• Google adsense.
• Google docs.
• Google drive.
• G-Mail which you must have to access most of this services.
• Google+
• Picasa.
• Google Translate
• Youtube
• Google Maps
• Google

e.t.c
you need a google account to access this services and more not listed here.Click here to get one.
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No more twitter in Turkey.

Twitter users in Turkey report that the social media site has been blocked in the country.
Some users trying to open the twitter.comwebsite are apparently being redirected to a statement by Turkey's telecommunications regulator.
It cites a court order to apply "protection measures" on the website.
This comes after PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to "wipe out Twitter" following damaging allegations of corruption in his inner circle.
The BBC's James Reynolds in Istanbul reports that he is unable to access Twitter.
"I don't care what the international community says at all. Everyone will see the power of the Turkish Republic," Mr Erdogan said earlier on Thursday.
He spoke after some users had posted documents reportedly showing evidence of corruption relating to the prime minister - a claim he denies.
His office said that Twitter had not responded to Turkey's court rulings to remove some links, forcing Ankara to act.
Twitter has so far made no public comment on the issue.
There are about 10m Twitter users across Turkey.
In 2010, the country lifted its ban on YouTube - two years after it blocked access to the website because of videos deemed insulting to the country's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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How to convert youtube video to mp3

If you do not know how to download video from youtube online click here.
This post is about how you can convert youtube video to mp3 and then download.
The good thing about this procedure is that it is done online no App needed,you can convert youtube videos to mp3 via a number of website but i prefer you use youtube-mp3.org.

1. copy the link to the youtube video.
2. open youtube-mp3.org paste the youtube video link in the space provided and click on download.In seconds your mp3 file will be ready for download.

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How to download video from Youtube

You watch videos at youtube and you are like OMG! I want to have this video in my pc or phone,if you don't know how to go about it then good news you are about to know and the method is so cool because everything is done on net no software download and it's free...:-) PROCEDURE: copy the youtube video url link i.e the link use in watching the video,go to any of this site savevid.com keepvid.com savefrom.net mp3avi.com keeptube.com deturl.com and paste the link where you be ask to,click on download and in seconds your video will be ready for download.good thing you can do everything with your phone as well as your computer.for low end s40 smartphone i suggest you use mp3avi.com"> .lastly you can download video from other site too with the same procedure. Me

Whatsapp might soon have a New Design

If you compare the interface of WhatsApp with that of Viber no one would likely describe WhatsApp as a beautiful piece of mobile software – in fact most would probably say quite the opposite. But it doesn’t have to be that way, and one designer has taken it upon himself to envision what might be possible under Facebook, with a look at how the interface and user experience might be made better.
Konrad Ziemlewski of Entropii pretty much nails it when he notes that WhatsApp as it currently stands is “an app you ‘have’ to use rather than one you ‘want’ to,” which is to say that it’s a utility through and through, without much in the way of joy. The design of the app hasn’t changed much over the years and multiple iterations, even when iOS 7 reinvented the visual language of apps on Apple’s mobile OS.
But Ziemlewski tackled not only the visual look of WhatsApp, but also the functionality, putting actions into slide menus that have previously been harder to find, and focusing on making it easier to find and browser rich media content, too. The design is one part Instagram, one part Facebook mobile, and one part Dribbble iOS 7 best practices mock-up, which results in an attractive package that’s unfortunately not likely to ever become a reality.
Why not, the optimistic among you may ask? Well, primarily because there’s no reason WhatsApp considers a drastic visual redesign important to its continued success. The current version helped it attain a $19 billion exit, as well as hundreds of millions of active users, so that’s not likely a priority for the mobile messaging service. The best we can hope for now is that Entropii sells this design to a would-be WhatsApp competitor and we can finally message in style.
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ELIFE S5.5 - World's Slimmest Smartphone

Gionee, the global designer and manufacturer of mobile devices, is the designer of the world’s slimmest smartphone, the ELIFE S5.5, and it is named after its biggest feature - a 5.55mm slim Smartphone.

How Slim?

The ELIFE S5.5 is crafted with a distinct metallic frame and Corning Gorillas Glass Uni-Body. It uses the world’s thinnest AMOLED Screen, thinnest PCB board with a 0.6MM and 0.4mm glass rear cover.”
Hardware
S5.5 is equipped with a stunning 5.0 inch Full HD Super AMOLED plus screen, a true Octa-core 1.7GHz processor, a 13 megapixel rear camera and the world’s first 95 degree ultra-wide angle 5 megapixel front camera.

OPERATING SYSTEM

The Android based AMIGO OS has also been fully customized specifically for the ELIFE S5.5
Power Usage
High power consumption has always been a problem for ultra slim phones. With the ELIFE S5.5, the battery is just as good as the flagship model ELIFE E7. The highest capacity density ratio allows S5.5’s battery to reach 2300mAh.

Full Specifications

*.5.0” Super AMOLED Plus display
*.Octa- Core 1.7GHz CPU
*.Single SIM
*.13.0MP AF +5.0MP AF Camera 95 Degree Ultra-Wide Angle
*.AMIGO OS 2.0 (based on Android OS, V4.2)
*.Memory: 16GB+2GB
*.Ultra slim 145.1 x 70.2 x 5.55mm
*.G-850/900/1800/1900MHZ;
*.(WCDMA900/2100 MHz)
*.3.5 mm Earphone Jack
*.WIFI/GPS/BT4.0/FM/G-sensor
*.Non-removable 2300mAh Battery
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Mail hacking scam watch out!

There’s a really deceptive phishing scam going around that tricks users into giving hackers their Google login credentials using a script hiding in a Google Drive document. The scheme raised some eyebrows at security firm Symantec, who discovered and reported the scam on their official blog.
The scammers send out emails simply titled “documents,” which asks the reader to open an “important document.” Clicking on the link brings up a Google account sign-in page, and though it looks legitimate, it’s anything but. The official-looking login page is actually a preview page for a folder storing the phishing scam on Google Drive. Once the user signs in, a PHP script records their login info. Since the site is stored on Google Drive, the page address says “ Google.com,” allowing it to pass a surface-level inspection. When it’s all over, the link sends the user to an actual document, reducing the chance that the user realizes what just happened.Once the perpetrators have your Google login information, obviously anything stored on your accounts is compromised and could be stolen. If you feel that you’ve fallen victim to this scam, we recommend that you change your account password immediately. Refraining from opening links from unfamiliar email addresses could also help you go a long way towards avoiding such pitfalls.
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Kabelo Makwane Named As Microsoft Nigeria's New Boss

World tech giants, Microsoft, has named Kabelo Makwane as its new country manager for its business in Nigeria. The South African born Kabelo, who joined Microsoft in 2009 is passionate about making local innovation a reality. In reaction to his new appointment he said.
“I am extremely excited to be appointed to lead the Nigerian subsidiary during this dynamic time on the continent.”

He also shared the company's plans for Africa by adding that , “Microsoft is focused on unlocking the economic opportunities of Africa and it’s a time when the company can have real economic impact in the country.

I believe technology is an enabler at every level of society and am excited at being able to have an impact on this vibrant and unique country.”
“While most technology trends, innovations and consumer products come from the West and the East, Africans are realizing that for us to solve the continent’s technology-related challenges, we have to find African solutions.
According to him, “The renewed emphasis by the Nigerian government on the ICT sector holds considerable promise for what technology can bring to consumers and businesses. It gives us an opportunity to use our technology, talent, time and money to help create sustainable growth in the country and across the African continent.”
He stated categorically that, “I'm excited to be spearheading this continued investment in Nigeria, and certainly look forward to working with government, industry, academia and the general public to enable Nigeria to realize its potential through innovation. I look forward to unearthing the economic opportunities, especially with small businesses to drive job creation, and to foster meaningful 21st century skills in our youth.”
Congratulations to the new country manager at Microsoft Nigeria

Apple Releases A Cheaper Version Of iPhone 5C

Apple seem to be competing at the low-end market now. Apple has just released a cheaper variant of its iPhone 5C, with only 8GB of storage memory, in Europe.The device, which has appeared on the website of UK carrier O2, as well as Apple's European stores, is otherwise the same as the 16GB and the 32GB iPhone 5C variants. It sports a 4-inch Retina display, 8-megapixel camera, and an A6 processor.
Reports that the iPhone 5C is not selling as well as expected were never officially confirmed by Apple. The sudden unveiling of an 8GB model might however mean that the company is rethinking its pricing strategy for the low-cost iPhone.
The 8GB iPhone 5C is not yet available on Apple's official website or the websites of any US carrier, so we don't know exactly how much cheaper it will be in the US. O2 prices it at least 50 pounds ($83, N13,612) cheaper than the 16GB variant, depending on the contract. At Apple's UK site, it is 40 pounds cheaper ($67, N10,988) than the 16GB variant sans contract; in Germany, the price difference is 50 euros ($70, N11,480).

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World Wide Web is 25

In March 1989, Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first proposal for the World Wide Web at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Titled "Information Management: A Proposal", the document opened with this statement: "This proposal concerns the management of general information about accelerators and experiments at CERN. It discusses the problems of loss of information about complex evolving systems and derives a solution based on a distributed hypertext system."
The proposal, submitted on March 13, built on ideas that Berners-Lee had been working on with Belgian systems engineer Robert Cailliau. Outlining the central concepts and defining terms behind the Web, the document described a "hypertext project" called "WorldWideWeb" in which a "web" of "hypertext documents" could be viewed by "browsers."
None of this technical jargon may sound especially sexy, but today, this system has come to touch nearly every part of our lives
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Apple's iOS 7.1 released

Apple released the long-awaited update to iOS 7, iOS 7.1, on Monday. The update includes several significant enhancements, the most notable being the addition of CarPlay.
CarPlay will allow users to enjoy all the features previously described, such as use of the dashboard touchscreen of CarPlay-enabled cars to send and receive messages, make phone calls and interact with Siri.
Speaking of Siri, another major change present in the update allows users to decide when Siri stops listening. Previously, Siri would try to detect when you stopped talking and then provide an answer. Now the software allows you to hold down the home button in the event you've paused your speech in the middle of a thought. This feature could be a huge time-saver — eliminating the need to continuously re-ask questions in perfectly-formed sentences. Interestingly, the update also includes what Apple calls "more natural sounding" voice options for Siri's Japanese, Australian English, Mandarin Chinese, and UK English voices. (Has someone at Apple been watching Her?)
Also included in the iOS 7.1 are changes to Calendar, FaceTime, Mail, Accessibility options, iTunes as well as various interface tweaks. The download is available now
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Why Are Missing Malaysia Airlines Passengers’ Phones Still Ringing?

Family members of passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 say their loved ones’ phones are still ringing, and are begging authorities to use GPS to track them down.
Others say their missing friends and relatives are still signed into texting and chatting apps, but have been totally unresponsive since the plane mysteriously vanished last Friday.
But industry experts say both of these things don’t necessarily mean the missing passengers are alive — or at least not underwater.
“The ringing is not actually ringing at the other phone yet,” tech expert Jeff Kagan said. “It’s just telling you that the network is in the process of finding and connecting to it… In this particular case it’s painful because it gives people false hope.”
Distraught mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, children, other family and friends can’t help but call their loved ones repeatedly in hopes of hearing something — anything — on the other end.
But long-distance calls often “ring” many times before the phones actually connect. The sound keeps callers from hanging up because they don’t hear anything; however, if one device can’t be reached, the system eventually drops the call for the other.
Flight 370 was on its way from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing when it disappeared. But not before it went hundreds of miles off course, where military last tracked it above Pulau Perak, a tiny island in the Strait of Malacca.
Officials are still attempting to locate the plane, while conspiracy theorists are calling the whole thing very “Lost”-like.
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instagram has launched a new version 5.1

Instagram has launched version 5.1 of its app on Google Play today, with a redesign that makes for a much speedier, resource-light experience. Your profile should load in half the time, according to an official blog post announcing the news, and the whole app is half as large after the update.The app also has a new look, with “simplified visuals” across the experience that makes it easier for users to engage. Overall it looks like a flattened UI, which is more in keeping with what Android in general is doing, as well as with many of the changes made by OEMs to their own software.The redesign isn’t only meant to keep things looking good and running better – it’s also meant to make Instagram accessible and pleasant to use on a wider range of hardware, including low-end smartphones and Android-powered “feature phones,” according to Instagram, as well as on larger-screened devices like the phablets every OEM under the sun seems to be making. Culled from AirtelBlog

Missing plane: US regulators warned of problems on Boeing

Months before Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 mysteriously vanished, US regulators warned of a “cracking and corrosion” problem on Boeing 777s that could lead to a mid-air breakup and drastic drop in cabin pressure.
The revelation comes amid a desperate search for traces of the plane with 239 people on board, which lost contact with air traffic control at around 1730 GMT Friday, about an hour after take-off from Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing.
“We are issuing this AD (Airworthiness Directive) to detect and correct cracking and corrosion in the fuselage skin, which could lead to rapid decompression and loss of structural integrity of the airplane,” the Federal Aviation Administration said.
During a sudden drop in cabin pressure, the crew and passengers can become unconscious, leaving no one at the controls of the affected aircraft.
In 1999, a Learjet carrying golfer Payne Stewart crashed into a field in the US state of South Dakota after flying uncontrolled for several hours after those on board apparently became unconscious due to a lack of oxygen brought on by a loss of cabin pressure.
Malaysia’s air force chief has raised the possibility that MH370 inexplicably turned back and was quoted as saying the jet had been tracked hundreds of miles from its intended flight path.
The FAA circulated a draft of the directive warning of the cracking and corrosion problem on September 26, 2013.
A final directive was issued March 5, three days before the Malaysia Airlines jet disappeared. The FAA directive is to take effect April 9.
The FAA said it was “prompted by a report of cracking in the fuselage skin underneath the satellite communication (SATCOM) antenna adapter.”
“This AD requires repetitive inspections of the visible fuselage skin and doubler if installed, for cracking, corrosion, and any indication of contact of a certain fastener to a bonding jumper, and repair if necessary,” it added.
The FAA said an estimated 120 US registered aircraft are affected by the directive.
A supporting document accompanying the directive indicates that one unidentified operator reported a “16-inch crack” (40.6- centimeter) of the fuselage skin in an aircraft that was 14 years old.
Boeing performed a “metallurgical fracture analysis” of the affected section of the fuselage skin, according to the document.
As the hunt for the missing plane dragged into its fifth day, Malaysian authorities said they were expanding their search zone off Vietnam’s South China Sea coast to the Andaman Sea north of Indonesia, hundreds of kilometers (miles) away

Man arrested for sending live worms in letters to celebrities

A Taiwanese man has been arrested on suspicion of sending threatening letters containing live mealworms and ceremonial money — traditionally used in rituals for the dead — to local celebrities, police said Wednesday.
The case was first reported last month when a record company received a letter addressed to pop singer Jam Hsiao which contained a bag of crawling worms and similar letters were also mailed to a well-known lawyer, an entertainment industry agent and a chain restaurant.
The suspect, identified only by his family Lai, was apprehended late Tuesday in Kaohsiung City, after police interviewed aquariums and bird shops selling the yellow mealworm used in the threat letters to track him down.
According to the police, Lai admitted that he sent the worms and the ceremonial money to celebrities in a bid to gain attention, because he was upset that his girlfriend was prosecuted for violating trademark law.
In Taiwan, ceremonial paper money is usually burnt in rituals to pay respect to the deceased but it is also used to lay a curse and make death threats.
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Wondering what a bermuda triangle mean?

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as theDevil's Triangle, is an undefined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. According to the US Navy, the triangle does not exist, and the name is not recognized by the US Board on Geographic Names. Popular culture has attributed various disappearances to the paranormal or activity by extraterrestrial beings.Documented evidence indicates that a significant percentage of the incidents were spurious, inaccurately reported, or embellished by later authors.In a 2013 study, the World Wide Fund for Nature identified the world’s 10 most dangerous waters for shipping, but the Bermuda Triangle was not among them.

Important fact about missing malaysia airline plane

There are some astonishing things you're not being told about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the flight that simplyvanishedover the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board.
The mystery of the flight's sudden and complete disappearance has even the world's top air safety authorities baffled. "Air-safety and antiterror authorities on two continents appeared equally stumped about what direction the probe should take," reports the Wall Street Journal.
WSJ goes on to report:
"For now, it seems simply inexplicable," said Paul Hayes, director of safety and insurance at Ascend Worldwide, a British advisory and aviation data firm.
While investigators are baffled, the mainstream media isn't telling you the whole story, either. So I've assembled this collection of facts that should raise serious questions in the minds of anyone following this situation.

• Fact #1: All Boeing 777 commercial jets are equipped with black box recorders that can survive any on-board explosion
  No explosion from the plane itself can destroy the black box recorders. They are bomb-proof structures that hold digital recordings of cockpit conversations as well as detailed flight data and control surface data.
  
• Fact #2: All black box recorders transmit locator signals for at least 30 days after falling into the ocean
  Yet the black box from this particular incident hasn't been detected at all. That's why investigators are having such trouble finding it. Normally, they only need to "home in" on the black box transmitter signal. But in this case, the absence of a signal means the black box itself -- an object designed to survive powerful explosions -- has either vanished, malfunctioned or been obliterated by some powerful force beyond the worst fears of aircraft design engineers.
  
• Fact #3: Many parts of destroyed aircraft are naturally bouyant and will float in water
  In past cases of aircraft destroyed over the ocean or crashing into the ocean, debris has always been spotted floating on the surface of the water. That's because -- as you may recall from the safety briefing you've learned to ignore -- "your seat cushion may be used as a flotation device."
  Yes, seat cushions float. So do many other non-metallic aircraft parts. If Flight 370 was brought down by an explosion of some sort, there would be massive debris floating on the ocean, and that debris would not be difficult to spot. The fact that it has not yet been spotted only adds to the mystery of how Flight 370 appears to have literally vanished from the face of the Earth.
  
• Fact #4: If a missile destroyed Flight 370, the missile would have left a radar signature
  One theory currently circulating on the 'net is that a missile brought down the airliner, somehow blasting the aircraft and all its contents to "smithereens" -- which means very tiny pieces of matter that are undetectable as debris.
  The problem with this theory is that there exists no known ground-to-air or air-to-air missile with such a capability. All known missiles generate tremendous debris when they explode on target. Both the missile and the debris produce very large radar signatures which would be easily visible to both military vessels and air traffic authorities.
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Disadvantage of rooting Android devices

A lot of people talk about the freedom rooting phone gives you, without necessarily stressing the risks you face by doing so. Here’s a brief overview of the risk of this process. In case you decide to go for it, it’s best you take an informed decision for your own mobile security.

What’s Rooting?

Rooting is a process that allows you to attain root access to the Android operating system code (the equivalent term for Apple devices id jail-breaking). It gives you privileges to modify the software code on the device or install other software that the manufacturer wouldn’t normally allow you to. And for good mobile security reasons: they don’t want users to make modifications to the phones that could result in accidents beyond repair; it is easier for them to offer support if they allow users to only use the same unmodified version of the software.
But tech savvy users have already developed rooting methods, which vary depending on device.
But if it is improperly done, it can create havoc. And even done properly, if your phone doesn’t have proper antivirus protection for Android, rooting leaves your device open to all sorts of malware.
The following is the possible consequences of taking this action:

1. You can turn your smartphone into a brick.Well, not literally, but if you goof up the rooting process, meaning the code modifications, your phone software can get so damaged that your phone will basically be as useless as a brick.
   
2. Your phone warranty turns void.It’s legal to root your phone; however, if you do it, your device gets straight out of warranty. Say you root your phone and some time after that, you experience a phone malfunction – hardware or software related. Because of the Android rooting, the warranty is no longer valid, and the manufacturer will not cover the damages.
   
3. Malware can easily breach your mobile security.Gaining root access also entails circumventing the security restrictions put in place by the Android operating system. Which means worms, viruses, spyware and Trojans can infect the rooted Android software if it’s not protected by effective mobile antivirus for Android. There are several ways these types of malware get on your phone: drive-by downloads, malicious links, infected apps you download from not so reputable app stores.
   
4. Increasing the likelihood of user’s faults and deleting the system files.By rooting the Android, you will have access to everything and this will include all the operating system’s files. There is always the possibility of errors while you are making changes to system files and in case you remove a system file or update it with wrong configuration, then the OS may not work properly or even load. Although this is not a serious issue and by replacing a new clean ROM it will be resolved but it is still risky

London to install road crossing technology

With so much technological advancement happening everyday, the city of London is taking advantage of it to keep its people safer. The city has started planning to install smart pedestrian crossing systems by equipping its crossings with a bunch of sensors and devices.
This Smart Crossing systems uses cameras mounted on traffic lights to detect if pedestrians are piling up, and it automatically adjusts signals to give large crowds longer time to cross the road. In the future, the reverse might also be true: the city's transportation agency plans to tweak it so that lights change more quickly when everyone's safely on the other side.
The London Mayor, Boris Johnson said: "I am delighted that London is the first city in the world to be trialling this cutting-edge equipment, which will benefit pedestrians across the city.
"This really is a fantastic example of how London is leading the way by using 21st century technology to help make it easier for people to get around our great city. Innovation like this is key to keeping London moving efficiently and making our roads safer for everyone to use.

Heart sensor on Samsung S5

It's no longer news that the Samsung S5 is an awesome device from Samsung. However, did you know it is a heart-rate sensor? Yes, this feature is built into the phone next to the camera flash, the sensor can read a person's heart rate when he holds his finger up to it for a few seconds. The technology used isn't exactly new, but it's the first time we get to see it in a smartphone. It works by shining the phone's LED light on your fingertip, letting the sensor detect the blood flow beneath the skin. Amazing isn't it?

Few Points Mark Zuckerberg Stressed @ MWC

Gist! Gist!! Gist!!!
Apparently, Mark was up yesterday at Mobile World Congress and just as I thought, he was actually there to evangelize about his "affordable internet" project
He wasn't there to justify Facebook’s WhatsApp purchase
Facebook just bought WhatsApp for $19 billion, so obviously Kirkpatrick asked what was going on there. But Zuckerberg initially changed the conversation to Internet.org.
He was there to justify Internet.org
Internet.org, which Zuckerberg founded last year, launched as a partnership between Facebook and six mobile services companies ( click hereto read all you need to know about it or watch the video below).
“This is why I started Facebook,” Zuckerberg said. He admitted that Internet.org was going to lose money for a long period of time, but he still wants to do it. “There’s no clear plan that I can say today, that this will be good for Facebook, but I can say it will be good for the world.”
Zuckerberg noted that he lacked a clear plan for monetization when he started Facebook as well, but he believes that if they successfully connect everyone, there will be a way to reap the benefits of an Internet.org-connected world.
He’s looking for three to five more partnerships with carriers on Internet.org
Kirkpatrick asked what Zuckerberg wanted from carriers, seeing as Mobile World Congress is chock-full of them. Zuckerberg emphasized that Facebook is looking for just a few intensive partnerships. “For the next year, we’re really just looking to work with three or five companies that are really serious about trying to connect everyone in their country using free basic services,” he said.
Facebook actually wants to minimize data use
Zuckerberg talked about the company’s purchase of data compression startup Onovo and the company’s efforts to make apps more data-efficient. That’s why the company is working with Ericsson to open something called the Innovation Lab on its campus. This lab will help other app makers tweak their programs so they use less data.
Apparently Internet.org is a coalition, not just a Facebook-only project.
Zuckerberg emphasized that Internet.org is a collaborative effort. It was pretty unconvincing.
Facebook defriended Snapchat
An audience member asked if Facebook was still interested in Snapchat and Zuckerberg made a face like he just bit into a poo-covered pretzel. When Kirkpatrick repeated the question, Zuckerberg said, “No.” And then he chuckled and said that Facebook was done buying companies for a while, since they had just made the WhatsApp purchase.
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BBM FOR NOKIA

I Just go hint on nokia official twitter handle that bbm for nokia is here. I will be bring up more detail later

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GOOGLE ACQUIRES A NEW COMPANY.ADS SECURITY COMPANY

Concerned about Ad fraud on the internet? Well, you should read this gist Just about 24 hours after Facebook got into a deal with WhatsApp, Google announced its purchased spider.io, a 3-year-old company that will provide ad fraud-fighting technology to the search giant. "Our immediate priority is to include their fraud detection technology in our video and display ads products, where they will complement our existing efforts," Neal Mohan, vice president of display advertising at Google, wrote in a blog post. Mohan added that Google hoped to improve its ad metrics over time to give advertisers a clearer assessment of how their campaigns are doing. Google didn't disclose terms of the deal. Given Spider.io's size — the company has just seven employees — it's more of an aqui-hire. Spider.io, which is based in London, was founded in 2010 by Douglas de Jager, who had previously cofounded another company called Byteplay, which was acquired by Zoopla. Spider.io made a name for itself in March 2013 when it identified a botnet called Chameleon that it claimed cost advertisers $6 millionin revenues. Such botnets work by simulating clicks. Advertisers, who think the clicks are real, are charged anyway

Nokia to Unveil Andriod devices. Nokia Andriod

Longing to have a Android Powered Nokia? This might be it. Rumours that primary Windows Phone OEM Nokia has been two-timing Microsoft by keeping an Android phone project on its backburner have been doing the rounds for a while now (aka the rumoured Nokia No rmandydevice). But the Wall Street Journaltipped more fuel on this fire, citing “people familiar with the matter” confirming that Nokia will unveil an Android powered device at the Mobile World Congresstradeshow in Barcelona nextweek

BBM NOW AVAILABLE FOR ANDRIOD 2.3 O.S BBM 2.0

You can now use bbm on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Just download and install the BBM 2.0 for Android from Google Play.

ZUCKERBERG ACQUIRES WHATSAPP

I’m excited to announce that we’ve agreed to acquire WhatsApp and that their entire team will be joining us at Facebook. Our mission is to make the world more open and connected. We do this by building services that help people share any type of content with any group of people they want. WhatsApp will help us do this by continuing to develop a service that people around the world love to use every day. WhatsApp is a simple, fast and reliable mobile messaging service that is used by over 450 million people on every major mobile platform. More than 1 million people sign up for WhatsApp every day and it is on its way to connecting one billion people. More and more people rely on WhatsApp to communicate with all of their contacts every day. WhatsApp will continue to operate independently within Facebook. The product roadmap will remain unchanged and the team is going to stay in Mountain View. Over the next few years, we're going to work hard to help WhatsApp grow and connect the whole world. We also expect that WhatsApp will add to our efforts f orInternet.org, our partnership to make basic internet services affordable for everyone. WhatsApp will complement our existing chat and messaging services to provide new tools for our community. Facebook Messenger is widely used for chatting with your Facebook friends, and WhatsApp for communicating with all of your contacts and small groups of people. Since WhatsApp and Messenger serve such different and important uses, we will continue investing in both and making them each great products for everyone. WhatsApp had every option in the world, so I’m thrilled that they chose to work with us. I’m looking forward to what Facebook and WhatsApp can do together, and to developing great new mobile services that give people even more options for connecting. I've also known Jan for a long time, and I know that we both share the vision of making the world more open and connected. I'm particularly happy that Jan has agreed to join the Facebook board and partner with me to shape Facebook's future as well as WhatsApp's. Jan and the WhatsApp team have done some amazing work to connect almost half a billion people. I can’t wait for them to join Facebook and help us connect the rest of the world