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femolacqua:
I'm sure dis brand is gonna have some touch of efficacy.

More important is that the brand will be compatible with all Samsung Apps and will be used for VR streaming of the games

Samsung Electronics is the official smartphone of the Rio 2016 Olympics games that is scheduled to hold in Brazil from August 5th. The Olympics is a major sporting event that holds every four years and this year, all sport lovers from around the world will be gathered at Brazil to experience the 31st edition of the games.

In the spirit of the games, there were earlier leaks speculating Samsung’s intention of designing a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Edition for the games and Samsung has also announced it partnership with NBC Olympic to bring VR programming of the Olympic Games to you. So you don’t have a reason to miss this year’s games!

Today, Samsung has decided to put an end to rumours as it official unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In addition, Samsung also revealed Rio 2016 app and on-the ground activations throughout Brazil to mark the official launch of Samsung’s global Rio 2016 Olympic Games campaign.

Samsung further revealed that it will making available 12,500 of Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition and Gear IconX to all Olympian at the Rio 2016 and this will be in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and athletes will receive Samsung’s latest smartphone accessory — the Gear IconX cord-free earbuds giving them a great fitness experience by in-ear heart rate monitor and standalone music player. Not forgetting that the athletes can also use the devices with Samsung’s S Health app when paired with the Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition to give fitness updates of the athletes.

Read more: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/07/samsung-officially-launches-galaxy-s7.html

oodua1stson:
Their new smart watches run on Tizen

True...Now they are moving it to their smartphone section...Soon Samsung devices may no longer run on Android again.

osenbarak:
hmmm n.a. wa ooo

Google wants to fully be in charge of its Android platform with it's devices....No more party things

sinaj:
thats d day his tenure will end lol

Bubu no send anyone oooh

hisgrace090:
A welcome development, it's time to say no to backwardness.

Unfortunately some countries that we call developed are still in the act of blocking or limiting internet access to it's citizens

osenbarak:
let just hope it does not end up like BBos or Windows

You should Samsung when it comes to electronics...Tizen is going to be a good OS

Imagine if Buhari blocks the internet for a day...What will it be like?

Internet has been a veritable tool in our day to day activities with most users accessing the internet with their mobile devices for different purposes such as work, research, for communication and other uses. The increase in the use of internet has brought about citizens of nations getting vital information about what goes on both in their country and other parts of the world.

There have been cases of some countries denying or limiting it citizen access to internet for one reason or the other such as in Algeria where there was internet shutdown to stop students from cheating during exams. In light of this, the United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a non-binding resolution against countries that deliberately limit their citizen’s internet access. The resolution was opposed by countries such as China, Russia and Saudi Arabia government.

The resolution document has a specific content that seem not to go down well with opposing countries and it states:

Condemns unequivocally measures to intentionally prevent or disrupt access to or dissemination of information online in violation of international human rights and calls on all States to refrain from and cease such measure.

Read more: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/07/un-condemns-countries-limiting-internet.html

engrhorla:
Sam & sung sha

No dulling...Since Google is planning to manufacture it's own smartphone

Google is reportedly working towards making its own smartphones. The company whose operating system is widely used and has over the years partnered with phone manufacturers like Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola and Huawei to make its Nexus devices is likely going to put an end with third party affiliation by making its own devices.

This is long overdue, as Google has relied on these party partnerships in growing its Android platform including designing smartphones that will be compatible with the Daydream Google’s VR. Should Google manufacture its own hardware, this will guarantee a steady supply of devices that are always up to date and running unadulterated software.

Earlier this year, under the supervision of former Motorola President Rick Osterloh who is heading the new hardware division, there were rumours that Google had merged all its hardware efforts.

Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, said last month that Google was “investing more effort” into phones, clarifying that the company would continue to support the Google-backed Nexus smartphones, which are expected to continue this year with handsets made by HTC.

Read more: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/06/google-may-join-smartphones-market-with.html

nani667:
It's affecting BB10 OS... And older generation BlackBerry phones... I meaning all BB10 devices won't be able to run WhatsApp from January next year... Except for maybe
BlackBerry Priv which is an Android phone ✅

I agree with you that is why BlackBerry have decided to manufacture 3 new Android phones which are affordable since the Blackberry Priv is on the high side...See this: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/07/blackberry-plans-comeback-as-it-plans.html

Samsung is one of the users of Google’s Android operating system on its devices and we recently updated you of Google’s plan to roll out its own smartphone. With this, there is a clear indication that Google may no longer need third party companies to produce its Nexus phone and major focus will be on Google smartphone for secured and authentic software.

Samsung seem to be working hard on running its devices on its Tizen OS with news that it has started the production of its first Tizen powered device Z2. The Samsung Z2 is said to be on production in India as Samsung has imported components to its Noida assembly plant that will help fast track the production of the Z2 smartphone.

There is no news of what the specs of the Samsung Z2 will be for now but the Z2 variant carrying model number SM-Z200F has received Bluetooth certification in the United States. According to Tizen Experts, an anonymous internal source stated that the Samsung Z2 could be released by October 2016.

Read more from source: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/07/samsung-begins-production-of-tizen-os.html

It might also interest you to know that Samsung and Huawei are coming up with their own OS which result in decline in the use of Android

Online business has become the norm in the global business space with many companies, businesses and individuals preferring to use the e-commerce platform to sell their products and services while online shoppers are getting on the increase on daily basis.

In order to tap into the ever booming Nigerian market especially in technology, fashion and more, eBay has gone into partnership with MallforAfrica a growing online shopping platform which will see Nigerian online shoppers buy products directly from sellers on eBay and also see buyers buying theirs as well. Excited right!

What is more about this partnership is that from next month July, 2016, the platform will be open to start buying directly from eBay and a dedicated platform will be launched by eBay Powered by MallforAfrica.com.

MallforAfrica CEO Chris Folayan, speaking in confirmation of the deal said: “We are creating a unique ‘eBay Powered by MallforAfrica’ app to run on all our platforms. When buyers in Africa shop with this app, they’ll be able to shop on eBay, buy what they want, check out, and pay through MallforAfrica.”

Read more from source: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/06/ebay-partners-mallforafrica-explore.html

Facebook seem to be updating all of its messaging platforms with recent visible 7 new features to WhatsApp latest version 2.16.141 beta. Facebook has now revealed updates for its Messenger Platform and just last month, Facebook created a new feature to allow SMS and Messenger run concurrently

Since inception of Messenger platform, the platform now has over 11,000 bots which is very impressive considering the short period of time and over 23,000 developers have also signed up for Bot Engine. Amazing! Facebook has also added 6 new features and tools to the Messenger platform. Check them out!

Quick replies: The essence of quick reply is to offer a better guided experience for users as they interact with the bot. The quick reply will also enable users to have an automated conversation with people with its 10 dynamic buttons that will be aligned with newest message sent. It will also make chat history cleaner.

Persistent menu: The persistent menu will help restart interaction with bot as the menu will provide for upto 5 actions so as to eliminate the need to remember several text commands.

Ratings: This part is very essential as it will now allow users to star rating which is vital for feedback for both the developer to improve on the bots and the users to have a better experience.

Read more updates from source: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/07/facebook-messenger-gets-6-new-updates.html

Just last week, there was a leak photos and likely specs of Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic edition that might be the official phone for the Rio Olympics in Brazil. In case you haven’t seen that find it here. We also told you that Samsung will be airing the Olympic Games using the Gear VR.

Now Samsung has announced that NBC Olympics will cover the Rio 2016 Olympic Games using virtual reality and this will only be available exclusively to users of compatible Samsung Galaxy smartphones together with Samsung Gear VR.

This is historic as this will be the first Olympic Games that will be available in VR. The VR programming will be available for 85 hours and will cover events like the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, other favourite games like the track and fields, fencing, beach volley ball, boxing, gymnastics, men’s basket basketball which includes both the semifinals and finals and should you miss or event, it will also provide highlights on the games.

Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics said during the announcement that: “The world’s greatest sporting event is always a showcase for cutting edge technology, and we’re thrilled to partner with Samsung and OBS to bring our viewers even closer to compelling Olympic action with virtual reality, Olympic fans can be transported to iconic venues such as Maracana Stadium for an unprecedented view of the Opening Ceremony, and Copacabana Beach for an immersive beach volleyball experience in the sport’s ultimate setting.”

Read more: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/07/nbc-olympics-partners-samsung.html

WhatsApp has over 1 billion active users and is dubbed the most used chat app in the world. Unknown to many, WhatsApp has added 7 more existing new features to its latest version 2.16.141 beta.

Some of you may have been noticing a few of the new features and it touch several aspects within the app. Here are the features:

Notification for missed call in Chat

Before the new feature, when you miss calls from a contact, you will find all missed call list on the calls tab but with the new feature, if you miss a call from a contact and you see a notification for missed call in the timeline of the contact when text chatting with the contact.

Olympic Games emoji

Olympic is set to hold this year in the heart of Brazil’s 2nd largest city Rio de janeiro, in support for one of the most viewed games in the world, WhatsApp has added the Olympic emoji to its game emoji tab so you can start sharing your mood in anticipation of the games.

Disapproval message for unsupported phones

Earlier this year, WhatsApp said it will not continue to support old operating systems such as the Android 2.1 and 2.2 by the end this year. Just incase you haven’t upgraded yet, WhatsApp have gone ahead to implement its word in this new update. Though this hasn’t been rolled out yet but you will receive this error message.


See more from source: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/07/whatsapp-adds-7-new-features-which.html

Cc: Lalasticalala, Mynd44, Seun and other mods...Please move this to front page so Nigerian travelers can be aware of recent events. Thanks

This collaboration will further bring development to our rural communities

This will also help fight terrorism...as they will check records of your post

Social networking platforms have been a way by which we connect with friends, locate lost contacts, make new friends and share our opinion on issues that concerns us from every part of the world. While creating an account on any social media platform we often fill a form requesting a few details of you which invariable means a profile of you could be gotten online.

According to reports, if the proposal pulls through, immigrants and foreign travelers coming into the US will be asked provide details of their social media handle.

According to the proposal, one of such question a traveler will be asked on arrival and departure forms would be “social media identifier,” though password is not inclusive. The essence of asking for the social media details is to confirm information provided.

The proposal stated that “Collecting social media data will enhance the existing investigative process and provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) greater clarity and visibility to possible nefarious activity and connections by providing an additional tool set which analysts and investigators may use to better analyze and investigate the case.”

The government of United States is looking at social media as a reliable means of getting details of individuals and said the social media platform has been a veritable tool for the spread and recruitment of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

The proposed change was published and made available to the public to comment on the issue within 60 days.



Click source to read the proposal by the United States Authorities

Source: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/06/travelers-may-soon-be-asked-for-social.html

Technology is limitless...More invention is yet to come

Fresh from its investment in SoundCloud, a music streaming company, Twitter is bringing onto its platform a new stickers feature to keep its millions of users engaged while on the platform. Everyday photos of moments, adventures are being tweeted by millions of users.

According to a blogpost by Sasank Reddy, a Senior Product Manager, Twitter said “Today, we’re excited to introduce #Stickers, a fun new way to add creativity to your photos and connect them to the world on Twitter.” Getting to use the new feature is very easy; just upload a photo, tap on the face icon to access sticker library and user any of the stickers your heart desires. “Use them to share what you’re doing or how you’re feeling, to show support for a cause, or to just add some flair. You can use multiple stickers on a photo, resize and rotate them, and place them anywhere on your picture,” says Twitter.

Twitter also has made it easy to access the kind of stickers that suites you as it have arranged the stickers according to categories such as ‘Start a summer or Graduation.’ More interesting about the new rotating sticker feature is that photos edited with stickers and tweeted become searchable. Just by tapping the sticker on Tweet, it takes you to a new timeline where you can see how people all over the world use that sticker in different ways.

Read more: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/06/twitter-introduces-sticker-to-its.html

There has been rumours of Microsoft launching an Xbox VR game on it soon to be released more advanced Xbox one console in 2017. The rumour also alleged that the VR game will be unveiled at E3.

According to reports from ArsTechnica which states that a developer of an unnamed major development studio has confirmed that a ‘well-known European studio is planning “a new VR game” set in the universe of an established, long-running franchise.’

There has also been indications that the next Xbox console to be released will be compatible with Oculus Rift VR headset that presently run on Windows PCs. The Xbox VR game will also be released on PC and PS4.

Read more: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/05/microsoft-is-rumoured-to-launch-xbox-vr.html

Selfie has taken the world agog over the past years and the word ‘selfie’ became more popular when it was adopted into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013 and was also announced as the word of the year in same year.

Then came the ‘selfie stick’ that became the trend for selfie lovers all around the globe including big time celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Amber Rose and our own Peter Okoye of P-square always sharing selfie photos on social media.

There is good news for all selfie lovers around the world – SelfieBroom is in town, this gadget will further enhance your selfie skill anytime, anywhere and more interesting, even when you are sweeping. Amazing!

The SelfieBroom has a height of 52.2-inch, weighing 1.25 lbs and it made of metal rode and PC/ABS plastic, it has a smartphone holder on top of it where you can place your phone and strike that pose for as many selfies as you want, its kickstand allows the SelfieBroom to stand on its own without you having to handle it all the time.

Read more, see more photos: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/06/introducing-selfiebroom-selfiebroom-set.html:

In order to achieve effective and efficient policing, there is need for the Nigeria Police Force to equip and train its personnel with relevant ICT skills. In order to further achieve and ensure ICT literacy, the Nigerian Police through its Nigerian Police Force Microfinance Bank has inked a partnership with Intel and Airtel.

The partnership will see Intel, one of the world’s largest and leading technology company known for chip making and based in the United States of America to provide affordable and quality devices for the Nigerian police force while Airtel, one of Nigeria’s telecommunications giants will provide affordable data bundles and the the Nigerian Police Force Microfinance bank will handle the financing aspect for acquisition and payment for the devices. Airtel Nigeria and the Nigerian Police has long been partners with the Telecoms Company providing the Nigerian police with a dedicated SIM “Polcom line” which allows for calls at very cheap tariff.

Read more from source: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/06/nigeria-police-force-partners-intel-and.html

Microsoft Affordable Access Initiative is an initiative with the aim to provide and empower people worldwide with affordable internet and exposure to computer science education. This has seen Microsoft partner with 100 NGOs worldwide to bring to purpose to a reality.

In pursuit of the initiative, Ekovolt which is a telecommunications company has partnered with Microsoft to deliver internet access to rural households who cannot afford it and also to small medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using TV white space.

The TV white space is simply an unused TV channel between the VHF and UHF spectrum which is used to avoid interference with other channel. Ekovolt intends to use the unused TV channel to access broadband Internet connection.


Read more from source: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/06/microsoft-and-ekovolt-collaborate-to.html

Playing games on my Game Boy with friends and using different cartridges for different game as a kid made growing up in the busy axis of Lagos was fun. Now a company has decided to revive that experience but this time using your smartphone.

Hyperkin, are manufacturers of video game peripherals and are also into distribution of game accessories for other major game makers. They have designed what they call the “Smartboy Development Kit” that turns your Android smartphone into a gaming device.

The Smartboy Development Kit attaches to Android smartphones, turning the phone into a handheld gaming device. It will be compatible with Game Boy and Game Boy Colour cartridges. Included in the kit is an open source serial app and firmware, which will enable developers of all kinds to advance Hyperkin's current build toward a retail-ready model.

Read more from source: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/06/turn-your-android-smartphones-into-game.html

Instagram has been a delight among social media users as it gives an ample opportunity to showcase and advertise businesses, real time videos of what you doing, photos among other uses. Instagram was initially an iOS app before it was bought over by Facebook and gained more popularity when it was launched onto Android platform.

The Facebook owned social network has announced that it has scaled the milestone of 500 million active users with more than 300 million users on daily basis with the company stating in a blogpost that “Our community also continues to become even more global, with more than 80 percent living outside of the United States


Read more from source: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/06/instagram-hits-500-million.html.”

Instagram has been a delight among social media users as it gives an ample opportunity to showcase and advertise businesses, real time videos of what you doing, photos among other uses. Instagram was initially an iOS app before it was bought over by Facebook and gained more popularity when it was launched onto Android platform.

The Facebook owned social network has announced that it has scaled the milestone of 500 million active users with more than 300 million users on daily basis with the company stating in a blogpost that “Our community also continues to become even more global, with more than 80 percent living outside of the United States.”

Source: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/06/instagram-hits-500-million.html

Suicide is on the increase worldwide and when you come on social media, you find all kinds of post from friends, relations and others you don’t know showing how depressed they are and you realise they need help. To that effect, Facebook has come to the aid by releasing a new tool that will help people flag posts on its platform that indicates the person might be tending towards suicide

Read more: http://www.digitalheadlinez.com/2016/06/facebook-designs-tool-to-help-prevent.html