A billion Android phones are vulnerable to new Stagefright bugs

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Ron Amadeo

There's a new round of Stagefright vulnerabilities that allows attackers to execute malicious code on more than one billion phones running ancient as well as much more recent versions of Google's Android operating system.

selfie deaths' to Instagramming on the go - it's official, vanity has gone viral or woman on the edge

Be your selfie: a woman poses for a dangerous snap Getty Images

In 2013, the Oxford English Dictionary hailed “selfie” as its word of the year. Millennials were amused; right-on thinkers dismayed; mothers nonplussed. Now, the accolade feels dated: the selfie has world domination in its sights, not temporary victory over a single language. The honour bestowed by an ancient dictionary is a trifle. 

I Have No Interest In Running For Political Office- Dangote

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote says he has no interest in participating actively in the Nigerian political scene. According to him, business and politics should never mix.

Dangote said this today while speaking to newsmen during his condolence visit to the Awolowo’s over the death of Chief H.I.D Awolowo.

Tanker Fire Kills One, Burns 3 Trucks In Lagos

An early morning tanker fire has claimed the life of one and burnt three trucks at Oshodi area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

PM NEWS gathered that the incident occurred around 1:45am on Tuesday by NAFDAC office, Oshodi.

How To Travel To Dubai Without Stress

The city of Dubai is the most modern and progressive emirate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Situated on the Arabian Gulf, visitors can enjoy the stunning blend of nature and technology or simply explore the city that is quickly becoming one of the most prominent in the world.

If you want to travel to Dubai from Nigeria without stress, you should consider securing your VISA to UAE from Nigeria through an agent. Though there are fake Dubai travel agents out there but you can tryNetCross Travels. A close fiend of mine is currently working with the travel agency and he will be willing to guide you whenever you visit their office.

NetCross Travels helps in reservation and purchase of tickets to Dubaiat a very cheap rate on some selected airlines including the Emirates airline. The company provides independent and group travelers withDubai travel guide, info of cheap hotels in dubai as well as ideas ofplaces to visit in Dubai. 

Read Why UK Govt Seized £27,000 From Diezani

Determined to press its case of money laundering against former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, the British government, yesterday, seized £27,000 from the embattled ex-minister, who was granted conditional bail by the National Crime Agency, NCA, last week.

The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, reported that £5,000 and $2000 were also seized by the NCA from Beatrice Agama, Diezani’s mother.

According to a BBC report monitored in Abuja, the NCA had approached the Westminster Magistrate’s Court on Marylebone Road, London, and obtained the order to seize the said sum until April next year.
The NCA is said to have applied for the seizure of the money in accordance with Section 295 of Proceeds of Crime Act 2012, POCA.

According To Studies: Spending Too Much Time In Front Of The TV Could Lead To Weaker Bones For Boys

Childhood and the teen years are critical periods for growing bones and establishing a bone density level that can affect osteoporosis risk much later in life.…..

A small Norwegian study has shown that teenage boys who spend too many hours in front of computers or televisions, without participating in enough weight-bearing exercise could develop weaker bones as they age.

Childhood and the teen years are critical periods for growing bones and establishing a bone density level that can affect osteoporosis risk much later in life.

Reasons Why First Class Students Never Become First Class People In Lif

Hardly do first class graduates become first class personality While in University, we often spend too much energy in acquiring good grades that we forget to acquire good class personality.

Alcohol Pushed Me Into Robbery – Armed Robbery Suspect Says

A middle aged man identified as Michael Ogedengbe has been arrested by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State police command after he was caught robbing motorists of their valuable items including phones, laptops and others along the Surlere axis of the state on September 24th.

What Type Of Phone Are You Using? – See What Your Phone Says About You

What Type of Phone are you Using? Scroll down and See What your Phone says about you!

1. Blackberry = You’re Just an Attention seeker
2. Sony = People Misunderstood You Easily
3. Apple iPhone = You’re Simple Classy
4. Nokia = You’re Very loyal
5. LG = You’re a Loner, kinda boring person
6. Samsung = You Care much about style
7. Motorola = Old school Papa
8. HTC = You Take Life Just too Serious
9. ZTE = You Hate anything in Vogue, Lowkey things
10.Huawei = You’re just Awesome
11.Techno = You’re Humble, Wise and the Baba Ijebu Kind of Person.

Oral-B Set To Roll Out Bluetooth Enabled Toothbrush

Oral-B has been taking the toothbrush high tech for a while now. Way back in 2007 we talked about a toothbrush from Oral-B that had a monitor to help you know when your teeth were clean.

The company is now set to launch a new toothbrush this summer that features even more tech crammed inside.

The toothbrush will be sold under the P&G Oral-B brand and will hit store shelves in June.
The toothbrush will feature Bluetooth 4.0 technology that allows it to link to an app running on your smartphone. The app can be programmed with the help of a dentist.

The idea is to allow the dentist to show people locations in the mouth where they need to spend more time brushing. The app promises real-time guidance on brushing. Oral-B plans to unveil the toothbrush at MWC 2014 in Spain next week.

10 Tips To Improve Your System Speed – 95% Faster

Many of us think that when a computer starts performing poorly that it’s time to buy a new computer. Does your desktop or laptop often hang on the hour glass for several minutes at a time?

Always take the Follow Precautions below:-

1. Let your PC boot up completely before opening any applications.

2.Refresh the desktop after closing any application. This will remove any unused files from the RAM.

20 Things Facebook Could Have Bought For $16 Billion Instead Of WhatsApp

It’s no news that Giant social media network Facebook purchased the Instant Messaging app WhatsAppfor a whooping $16 billion (actually $19b in total). That’s really huge. For fun, we decided to share with you other things that Facebook would have done with the 16 billion dollars. Check the list below:-

Did Any Of You Missed Symbian Phone Games? I Wish Those Good Old Days Can Come Back

Hi Guys,

Lets talk Mobile Phone games… Sincerely Speaking I actually missed those good old days of Symbian Phones… I feel like crying right now.

I used different series of Nokia Symbian phone back then and I have almost all the Good Apps and Interesting Games installed on my device.

Do you actually Missed those days too?

GAMES:- Brother in Arm 3D, Crash Nitro Kart, Super Mario and the Rest of those Interesting Games on Symbian Phone back then really rocked my World.

How The Internet Helped Restore My Baby’s Health – Man Shares His Experience f

Don’t ever doubt the Power of Intermet & Google.. Its dangerous if you do.

A Nigerian sent this Mail to Us days ago on How the Internet helped Restore his baby health for Free, You can also, Its Free and Interesting.

Read his Encounter below:-

With great joy in my heart I give this brief account of how the internet helped restore my baby’s health and prevented possible long-term complications. My lovely eight-month old baby suddenly began having seizures few days ago. It was so severe that it worried me and her mum so much that we though it was a spiritual attack. She would suddenly stiffen her neck and shake with great energy (seemingly unconscious), and then return to normal mode in less than a minute.

The 10 Most Expensive Cars of 2015

Forbes magazine released its top ten list of the most expensive cars of the year 2012.

10th place is the Porsche 918 Spyder at $845,000. Currently a concept car set to be made available commercially towards the end of the year.

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Apple will be developing a car very soon read more

What We Know

CONTENTS

1. What We Know
2. Apple Car History
3. Recruitment Efforts
4. Self-Driving?
5. Secret Headquarters
6. Tesla Relationship
7. Mapping Project
8. Release Date
9. Apple Car Timeline

The Apple Car is what the media has taken to calling the electric car project that's rumored to be in development at Apple under the code name "Project Titan."

Apple is said to have hundreds of employees working on creating an electric vehicle at a secret location near its Cupertino headquarters. Little is known about the car, but sources have suggested it may resemble a minivan. The car may or may not include self-driving technology -- rumors have thus far disagreed on this point, but the latest news suggests the first version will not be autonomous.

JIDENNA CELEBRATES NIGERIA’S INDEPENDENCE DAY IN ‘CLASSIC’ AFRICAN STYLE

Jidenna Theodore Mobisson, commonly known as Jidenna may finally be able to ward off  the recent backlash from Nigerians after his controversial interview with urban news channel VladTV. Starring Jessica Chibueze & Jidenna who are both Nigerians, the All Things Ankara site – a platform founded by Nikki Billie Jean has produced an editorial in honor of their  “Nigerian Renaissance” theme. The “All Things Ankara Ball” which is in commemoration with Nigeria’s 55th independence day celebration on October 1st, marks its first ever official inaugural.

The campaign images feature a combination of French Renaissance, Nigerian and other African aesthetics. Also featured is a pair, along with a few guards, flower bearers and ladies-in-waiting, with a setting which bears a close resemblance to the famous Chateau de Versailles.

The official slogan for the All Things Ankara Ball is a phrase derived from Fear & Fancy (a social club co-founded by Jidenna), “Come Dry, Leave Wet”. It simply means going to a party dressed to the nines;“to perfection in the most fashionable attire” (Come Dry) but having a good time, dancing and sweating out your clothing (Leave Wet). This event also gives Jidenna, who loves to incorporate African prints into his ‘classic’ style, an opportunity to justify himself as someone who is in fact proud of his Nigerian heritage.

During his infamous interview with VladTV, the rapper shared his experience of burying his fatheryears prior, “Our family was light. Therefore when we go to our village… and when I actually buried my father, I had to bring a lot of AK47s. Because when you’re light skinned, you’re heavier target for being kidnapped. Because you’re seen as more valuable. For me being light skinned in Nigeria, in my family, it was difficult. It was always challenging. We were hounded. We were robbed.” However, his comments- specifically those related to his skin tone sparked a controversy on Twitter Nigeria, providing a base for momentary national bonding. As a blogger puts it, his comments “FINALLY led to a unified Nigeria for the first time since the election started and ended.”

The All Things Ankara Ball will take place, Saturday, October 17th, 2015 at Adele H. Stamp Student Union Grand Ballroom at The University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland.

Google Celebrates Nigeria’s 55 years of Independence

Especially the ones that celebrate an event such as a country’s independence day, are always anticipated and revered. Since 2010, Google has been creating illustrative artwork that feature the colours, cultures, flags or fabrics of Nigeria.

Last year, to mark the Nigeria’s 54th Independence Anniversary Day celebration, Google had a .GIF doodle that features the three most popular means of transport for daily commuters in Lagos, the country’s commercial capital — the motorcycle, popularly referred to as okada, the mini-bus, popularly known as danfo, and the tricycle, widely known as keke marwa.

The passengers in these vehicles also appear to represent the three major tribes — Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba — respectively, dressed in their native attires and carrying the Nigerian flag, grining and waving as they ride on.

Konga Launches Mercury Software To Provide Parcel Track and Trace in Nigeria

nga.com, Nigeria’s largest online mall, has announced the launch of Mercury, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics management system that will enable logistics, courier companies and their customers to track the exact location and status of their orders online.


Sim Shagaya, the Chief Executive Officer of Konga, who made the announcement recently, revealed that Mercury was created by Konga’s Technology and K-Express teams. He explained that Mercury evolved from Konga’s previous ‘Kollect’Track and Trace’ logistics and transportation platform.