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Amazing 3D images of babies in the womb thanks to new software

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Thanks to a new software developed recently in Monaco, parents can now see hi-tech photos of their unborn babies. The software creates the images by adding colour, skin texture, lighting and shadows to normal ultrasound scans…and it also helps doctors …

New Windows 8 Touch Enabled Products 2013 Launched

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New Windows 8 Touch Enabled Products 2013 Launched PC kings…Hewlett Packard (HP) recently launched their new Windows 8 touch enabled Envy series products – the Envy4 Touch-smart, the Envy x2 notebook/tablet and the Envy 23 AIO. Splendid! The ENVY x2 …

Bill Gates offers $1million for next-generation condom to make sex better

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In a press conference today created by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, The computer whizz – the world’s second richest man – called on geeks and the general public to use technology to improve rubber contraceptives, the press conference …

Airtel Launches BlackBerry Z10

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Wole Abu, General Manager, Acquisitions, Airtel Nigeria (M) presenting the newly launched BB Z10 from Airtel Nigeria to Mr Richard Giwa-Osagie, Chairman of Ikoyi Club (L) while Tunji Okesola, Entertainment Chairman, Ikoyi Club 1938 (R) looks on at Ikoyi Club. …

RIM to launch six new BlackBerry 10 devices in 2013

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  Research In Motion (RIMM) has wisely decided not to put all its eggs in the high-end basket and will be releasing a wide range of smartphones selling at different price points this year, FierceWireless reports. At the Consumer Electronics …

5 New Apple Products Coming This Year

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How will Apple follow up a 2012 lineup that included two new tablets, a new notebook and a new phone? Analysts Gene Munster and Douglas Clinton of Piper Jaffray took a stab at predicting what used to be unpredictable: Apple’s …

Dead Phone? Just Put It on Your Tablet

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LAS VEGAS – How often does this happen to you? Your phone’s battery is down to 20 percent, but your iPad or tablet still has at least an 85 percent charge. Sure, you could go grab the charger and find …

Tips To Make Your Phone’s Battery Last Longer.

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As smartphones have become more capable –  for playing gaming, watching movies and shooting video –  battery performance has worsened and now most modern smartphones won’t last a full a day before you need to reach for a charger. Phone …

The World’s Most Expensive Camera.

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German camera-maker Leica is one of the most famous names in high-quality cameras. A new Leica can run you as much as $31,700. But this 1923 0-series Leica is a piece of camera history, one from the first batch of …

Apple announces WWDC 2012 will commence June 11

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Apple has today announced that its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place from June 11 June 15 2012 at San Francisco’s Moscone West this year. The company will focus on the future of iOS and OS X at the conference, …

Glo rewards customers with airtime for Easter celebration

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Telecommunication giant, Globacom, has announced a series of benefits to reward its customers as the company celebrates the season of Easter with Nigerians. The offer rewards all customers on every recharge of two hundred naira and above made during the …

Tough Times Await Cyber Terrorists In Social Media.

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FOR those using social media to commit cyber crime, it may not be business as usual again as indication has emerged that governments of the world may introduce ways and means of monitoring internet social media content. Leading in the …

Swiss firm donates lab, gives scholarships to Yabatech students.

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Swiss technology company, Firmenich, last week boosted the Yaba College of Technology, YabaTech with a technology driven flavour laboratory, just as it also awarded three students of the institution with scholarships. Commissioning the tech lab in Lagos, at the weekend, …

Etisalat Introduces Exciting Blackberry Bundle Offer.

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  Nigeria’s fast growing telecommunications company, Etisalat, is introducing a new Blackberry bundle offer. The offer rewards Etisalat subscribers with free one month Blackberry complete subscription, N1,500 worth of premium BlackBerry accessories and calls to all networks in Nigeria at …

The New Cashless Policy.

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Ever since the Central Bank of Nigeria announced its plan to reduce the amount of physical cash in circulation through its cashless policy, banks and the apex bank have engaged in a lot of publicity to make the public accept …

Twitter is harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol, study finds

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Tweeting or checking emails may be harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol, according to researchers who tried to measure how well people could resist their desires. They even claim that while sleep and sex may be stronger urges, people …

Nigeria Plans Fixed Phone Licenses in 2013 to Spur Broadband

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Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, plans to give additional fixed-line telephone licenses next year to spur the expansion of broadband Internet infrastructure, the telecommunications regulator said.

Research: Nigeria Among 5 Most Active Countries on Twitter

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With 1,646,212, volumes of geo-located Tweets in the last three months of 2011, Nigeria is one of the five most active countries on online interactions in Africa; a research study has revealed.

Are you REALLY logged in to Facebook?

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Beware! You are about to be compromised, FOC (Free of charge)! Ok, I recently added a friend of mine on Facebook and saw a funny link on her wall. This link opens on another tab where I am asked to …

Brain Fingerprinting… in Nigeria?

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Brain Fingerprinting is a controversial forensic science technique that uses Electroencephalography (EEG) to determine whether specific information is stored in a subject’s brain.