I stumbled on this discovery just yesterday while trying to go from Lagos mainland to Ikoyi. Being a heavy user of Google maps direction, which is also super effective in Nigeria, I however don’t know what led me to the app on my phone that day. This is because my destination was an every day…
A critical vulnerability in Chrome for Android has been reported that makes it possible for attackers to take over a device. The vulnerability was demonstrated at the MobilePwn2Own, PacSec conference in Tokyo. The researcher believes that the vulnerability affects all versions of Android capable of running the latest version of Chrome. Qihoo 360 researcher Guang…
Do you want everyone who Googles you to know you were born in May? Google likes to collect data on everyone. For many that privacy discomfort is simply the cost of doing business. We want the free directions, the searches, and YouTube. Most of the privacy discomfort is pretty minor—Google doesn’t make you share everything…
Now you have no excuse to fail that complex mathematical problem requiring a scientific calculator when you don’t have a physical one at hand. (It works on mobile too; if it doesn’t show the scientific version, just rotate your phone) Google has just launched a full blown calculator on it’s search site. Even though you…
Google, on the 18th of July, launched a forwarding system for its email platform in three African countries including Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana. This means you can now receive your email on your phone as SMS without internet connection. Since internet connection is still a bit of a luxury with a flaky reputation sometimes, many…
Well, well, well. Look what the cat dragged in! Don’t get me? Just look at the subject line of this post. Even though Android OS has received a new version from Google in the name of Jelly Beans or 4.1, Samsung is just getting round to let their devices receive the foundation version – Ice…
Pulled from #BoycottApple Stream on Google+ If you are on GooglePlus, you will notice a trending topic with the hashtag #BoycottApple. It hasn’t yet hit the list on the right but with the speed at which fans of Android and Samsung are going, it might soon. Update: It has now hit the list at number…
It’s been long in the making! But this week Google unleashed the commentary on Google+ posts from right inside Gmail. I have been waiting for this but my expectations were exceeded when I started using this new feature – talk about pleasant surprise. It looks and works like every other email reply function and then…
What would the world be without zips?!So Google decided to celebrate the inventor of the ubiquitous fastener. The doodle (as seen above) is a zipper that runs down the middle of its homepage. The zip can be pulled (dragged) down to reveal a search result page for Gideon Sundback whose birthday is today. He was born…
The Google blog email starts with this: “More than 170 million people have upgraded to Google+…” it then goes on to outline all the changes that have been made to the ever-growing platform. 170 million? Isn’t that more than what twitter has (according to Wikipedia, twitter has about 140 active users)?So there’s growth for Google+…