Apple iPhone x was launched September 2017 and will be released in November. The iPhone came with features that are totally new to the iPhone species. Starting from iPhone first generation to iPhone 8, this gadget brings new features to the world of iPhone.

The iPhone x is one of a kind. With the A11 bionic neural engine, iPhone x can do a lot. Imagine forming Emoji from the muscles of your face, using your face to unlock your phone and going to home screen on your phone with a single swipe. That's not all. The neural engine has machine learning in it, so it can recognised your face even if no one those.

Read More------> http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/09/apple-iphone-x-is-more-than-just-iphone.html

Apple iPhone 8 Plus was launched September 2017. The iPhone 8 Plus is sleeker and more groomed than the iPhone 8. Actually, in specifications and features there is very little differences between the iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone 8. It just about the dimension, camera screen size and battery capacity. The iPhone 8 Plus has 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm and weighs 202 grams. However, iPhone 8 dimensions are 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm and wieghs 148 grams.

Further, at the rear, the iPhone 8 Plus has dual camera while the iPhone 8 has a single camera. The iPhone 8 Plus cameras are both 12MP wide-angle and telephotos cameras. The screen size for iPhone 8 Plus is 5.5 inches and that of iPhone 8 is 4.7 inches, which is, just 0.7 inch bigger than iPhone SE. The battery capacity for iPhone 8 Plus is 2675 mAh. But the iPhone 8 has 1821 mAh. The iPhone 8 Plus is a high end device and will cost N300,000 to N350,000.

Internal Features

The Apple iPhone 8 has a system-on-chip from Apple A11 Bionic chip with 64 bit architecture and Embedded M11 motion coprocessor. Internal memory of 2GB RAM and internal storage of 64GB ROM or 256GB ROM. Also the battery capacity is 2675 mAh. The battery may last for 60 hours on audio, 21 hours on Talk time, 14 hours on video and 13 hours on internet use under normal circumstances.

External features

On the lefthand corner is the volume up/down, ring/silence switch. At the front face is the Home button inscribed in the screen, stereo speaker, camera and flashlight. At the button is the lightning connector, built-in speaker and microphone. At the right hand corner is the side button. At the rear are the cameras and flashlight along with Apple logo.

Specifications

Dimension Height is 158.4mm, breadth is 78.1mm and thickness 7.5mm and Weight is 202gram.

Colours Silver, Gold and Space Gray

Display 5.5 inches, a resolution of 1920 × 1080-pixel at 401 ppi. With True tone display

Operating System It run iOS11. Chipset of Apple A11 Bionic chip, CPU of Hexa-core with 2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral. GPU is Apple GPU 3-core graphics.

Camera The dual rear camera of 12MP wide-angle and telephotos cameras, F/1.8 aperture with phase detection autofocus and dual-LED dual tone flash. The front camera is 7MP and F/2.2 aperture.

Storage 2MB RAM. Internal storage of 64GB ROM or 256GB ROM.

Connectivity WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Hotspot, Bluetooth 5.0, Micro USB 2.0. Network connections are 2G (GSM/CDMA), 3G/4G LTE. Nano single sim A Earpiece of 3.5mm.

Battery 2675 mAh battery capacity.

Security Lock type: Face recognition/detection and fingerprint scanner.
Payment type: Apple Pay

Voice Assistant Siri

Sensor Fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, proximity sensor, compass, barometer and gyro sensor.

In the box The phone, documentation, charging adapter and cable.

Source: Technology watch Nigeria Link: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/09/apple-iphone8plus-features-specifications-price-sleeker-than-iphone8.html

Probably, you're trying to pay up your subscription on iTunes store or Apple music with Nigeria ATM card but it didn't pull through, below are five reasons why this may have occurs and the solutions to it.

You well know that since 2016 Apple has started allowing payment of subscription on iTunes and Apple music using Nigeria currency, Naira. Before then, Nigerians who subscribe to these services make use of dollar credit cards. Since they have to pay in dollars. However, from December, 2016 onward, Apple has allowed payments to be made via Naira.

When it begins many persons have complained of the impossibility of this as Nigerian ATM cards weren't working for these procedures. A source claimed that when, Apple introduces these payment method, only UBA bank's ATM was able to processed the payment.

However, from Apple community, I gathered that the issue of the inability to pay lies with the Nigerian banks and not with Apple. This issues may have been resolved by banks. However, if you still experience it, any of the methods below may be a way out of the challenges.

Dynamic currency conversion (DCC) This is also called cardholder preferred currency (CPC). DCC is the process whereby the amount of a Visa or MasterCard transaction is converted by a merchant or ATM to the currency of the payment card's country of issue at the point of sale, as explained by wikipedia.

What this means is, when you write out your card information when paying for iTunes or Apple music, your bank (merchant) will convert and process the payment using the Naira, instead of dollars. So, if you try paying for these services and you receive an SMS telling you DCC issues, then it means that your bank (merchant) do not yet have this service available. What you need to do is try another bank. To my knowledge, GTB has this service.

One Time Password (OTP) Some merchant sent a one time password to your phone number. The password sent is what you will use to complete your payment. You cannot use the pin anymore once it is used. A reason for using OTP is for security purposes. If you have lost your ATM card phone number, then you will not be able to complete the payment process for your iTunes or Apple music subscription. What you will do is go to your bank to change your phone number to the current one you're using. By the way, do not forget to tell your banker about the problem.

No Cash in Your Account If you do not have money on your bank account while you tried to make payment on iTunes store or Apple music, you may not be able to use the card any other time especially when you now have money on your bank account. So, ensure that you only use your ATM when there is money in your bank account.

Your ATM card blocked Your ATM may be block for the third reason mentioned above or for non-corresponding phone number. If this happen then, you cannot subscribed for iTunes or Apple music services. You will need to settle the issue with your bank before you can continue the online payment.

Change your Billing Address The fifth way I think you can use to settle this issue is by changing your billing address. If you use you address in Nigeria, then you must pay in Naira and it is also possible that your bank (merchant) has not solved the DCC issues. Then, the last advice I have for you is to change your billing address to USA. With this you can use your Nigerian ATM card to pay for your Apple iTunes and music subscription.

Well, this is all I have for now. If you have any other idea on how to handle this, I appreciate you tell me and other readers of this blog by commenting on the comment box below.
Source: Technologywatch Nigeria link: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/09/five-reasons-and-solutions-on-why-your-itunes-payment-in-naira-do-not-pull-through.html

Probably, it is DCC problem. You may try using another bank's ATM card.

Apple iPhone 8 was launched September 2017. The smartphone is the first of all Apple gadgets to come with a Neural engine. It is also the first iPhone with no Retina display and Retina camera. Instead there is an True tone display as well as Front facing camera. iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X have the above new features and more.

The mobile phones are the first iPhone that has Home Touch ID/Fingerprint scanner inscribed into the screen. It also has a Face recognition on the front camera. With your eyes focus on the screen, you can unlock you device in a few seconds, and a glass back. iPhone 8 is a high end device and will cost N300,000 to N350,000.

Internal Features

The Apple iPhone 8 has a system-on-chip from Apple A11 Bionic chip with 64 bit architecture and Embedded M11 motion coprocessor. Internal memory of 2GB RAM and internal storage of 64GB ROM or 256GB ROM. Also the battery capacity is 1821 mAh. The battery can last for 30 hours on audio, 14 hours on Talk time, 13 hours on video and 12 hours on internet use under normal circumstances.

External features

On the lefthand corner is the volume up/down, ring/silence switch. At the front face is the Home button inscribed in the screen, stereo speaker, camera and flashlight. At the button is the lightning connector, built-in speaker and microphone. At the right hand corner is the side button. At the rear is the camera and flashlight along with Apple logo.

Specifications

Dimension Height is 138.4mm, breadth is 67.3mm and thickness 7.3mm and Weight is 148gram.

Colours Silver, Gold and Space Gray

Display 4.7 inches, a resolution of 750 x 1334 pixels at 326 ppi. With True tone display

Operating System It run iOS11. Chipset of Apple A11 Bionic chip, CPU of Hexa-core with 2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral. GPU is Apple GPU 3-core graphics.

Camera The dual rear camera of 13MP, F/1.8 aperture with phase detection autofocus and dual-LED dual tone flash. The front camera is 7MP and F/2.2 aperture.

Storage 2MB RAM. Internal storage of 64GB ROM or 256GB ROM.

Connectivity WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Hotspot, Bluetooth 5.0, Micro USB 2.0. Network connections are 2G (GSM/CDMA), 3G/4G LTE. Nano single sim A Earpiece of 3.5mm.

Battery 1821 mAh battery capacity.

Security Lock type: pattern, PIN, password, Face recognition/detection and fingerprint scanner.
Payment type: Apple Pay

Voice Assistant Siri

Sensor Fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, proximity sensor, compass, barometer and gyro sensor.

In the box The phone, documentation, charging adapter and cable.

Source: Technology watch Link: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/09/apple-iphone-8-features-specifications-and-price-neural-engine.html

It is my custom to provide latest leaks about upcoming Smartphones. So, I decided to go through all the leaks to discover with ones were false. All the leaks where true except for mismarching. Some leaks were for the iPhone X but where reported to be for iPhone 8.

The first mismatch is the price. It was leaked that the price for iPhone 8 will be $999 but it ended up to be lower than that. However the $999 price was actually for iPhone X. While iPhone 8 costs $699 and iPhone 8Plus costs $799.

Next is the iPhone 7s and 7s Plus which was never released. It was noticed that the iPhone 7s turns out to be iPhone 8. And the iPhone 7s Plus becomes iPhone 8Plus. Well, that all that was mismatched. However, the remaining leaks was true.

One of such is that the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus will not have a Touch ID but instead a facial ID come up strong and Apple said is the best ever security. Also the face detection recognition will also be used via Apple pay.

The next is the OLED display. Apple changes from LCD display to OLED display from the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 plus. The phone dual rear camera was reported true.

The system on chip was well known to be Apple A11 but know one knew they will attach additional name to it that A11 Bionic and Apple believes it is the most powerful chip ever for smartphone with Artificial Intelligence. But Apple is not the first Tech company to make chip with Artificial Intelligence, AI, Huawei was. At the IFC event Huawei unveiled the first ever chip set with AI ability.

Also, the iPhone 8 and its sister iPhone 8Plus will be using the iOS 11 operating system which is already available for download. That's all for now, what do you think about the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. Let me know in the comment box.

Source: TechnologyWatch Nigeria
Link: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/09/the-leaks-of-iphone-8-was-90-percent-true.html

These are all the leaks for iPhone's as Steve Jobs and his team are about to blow the whistle to give the birth of 2017 iPhones. From the leaks, first of all, it is not only iPhone 8, Apple is launching. There is also iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7s and 7s Plus. More to that, is the iPhone X. I was surprise to read that too! Well, it just a few hours to know if that's true.

There will be an aspect ratio of 18:9. One latest feature is that the Home indicator will replace the Home button of iPhone previous model. Ming-Chi Kuo revealed that iPhone 8 and iPhone X editions will have the position of sensors on the notch and all iPhones 2017 flagship will come with black front bezels.

iPhone 8 will come with a Face ID. This means that instead of using the Home ID button as common with previous generation of I phones, the iPhone 8 will unlock your screen after detecting your face. Apple may

Source: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/0...gship.html

Report reaching me from Android Police indicates that Google is on the verge to acquire HTC. The company has felt major decline in revenue recently. The decline continues in August this year despite released of its flagship phone HTC U11 which was taught that its sales will revamped the company.

The deal to acquired HTC by Google may has reached its final stage according to the leak. And sources from Chinese-language Commercial Times and DigiTimes. In the deal, Google will not be acquiring HTC Virtual Reality department, says Android Police.

Source: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/09/google-may-acquire-htc-soon.html

Samsung Galaxy S8 Active was launched on August 2017. The gadget is made with a military-grade and also from durable mental materials. You do not need to be afraid of water, shock or dust. The gadget get all that protected with the IP68 rating. The phone is perfect for all weather conditions. Either Rain, Sun, Snow or Harmattan. It is a high range smartphone and will cost between N320,000 and N400,000.

Buy it from Jumia

Buy from Konga

Internal Features

Certainly, the chiset is Qualcomm snapdragon 835. An operating system of Android 7.0 Naugat. It has an internal memory of 4GB RAM. A battery size of 4,000 mAh. The battery will last five days on standby, 32 hours on talk time and 113 hours on music playback. And yes, Help Bixby!

External Features

From the rear: 12MP single camera with LED flash and Samsung logo.

From the front: Beneath the screen is the call and camera icon. Above the screen are the 8MP camera, low light flash and speaker.

Side view: The right hand side holds the Bixby button. On the left hand side you can see the volume and the sleep/wake button.

Specifications

Dimension Height is 5.99 inches, breadth is 2.95 inches and thickness 0.39 inches and Weight is 7.34 oz.

Colours Meteor Gray.

Display 5.8 inches, a resolution of 2960 x 1440 pixels (577 ppi) with Super AMOLED with Gorilla® Glass 5.

Operating System It currently run on Android 7.0 Naugat. Chipset from Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 CPU of 4 × 2.35GHz + 4 x 1.9GHz and GPU of Adreno 540.

Camera The rear single camera of 12MP, F/1.7 aperture withface detection autofocus with LED flash. The front camera is 8MP, F/1.7 aperture.

Storage 4MB RAM. Internal storage of 64GB ROM. There is also an external storage space of up to 256GB.

Connectivity WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (MIMO), Bluetooth 5.0, Micro USB Type C. Network connections are 2G (GSM/CDMA), 3G/4G LTE. There are Dual SIM one Micro-SIM. A Earpiece of 3.5mm.

Battery 4,000 mAh battery capacity. You can charge it wirelessly.

Security Lock type: pattern, PIN, password and fingerprint scanner.
Payment type: Apple Pay. Not available in all countries.

Voice Assistant Bixby

Sensor Accelerometer,Barometer,Fingerprint Sensor,Gyro Sensor,Geomagnetic Sensor,HR Sensor,Iris Sensor,Pressure Sensor,Proximity Sensor,RGB Light Sensor

In the box Travel adapter and cable.
Source: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/09/samsung-galaxy-s8-active-features-specifications-prices-enjoy-military-grade-skin.html

The ICT sector of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, contributed just 1.08 percent to Market Capitalization. This is very infinitesimal especially as we know that ICT is a very important part of the growth of a Nation. United States, China, South Korea and other developed countries are what they are today as a result of the development of its ICT sector.

The Financial service sector is leading on the Market Capitalization with 84 percent this week. While the consumer service and the conglomerate sectors have 5 percent and 3 percent respectively. The remaining 8 percentage is for other sectors. On which the ICT sector only contributed 1.08 percent.

Though, the Federal Government is providing enabling environment for the growth of the ICT sector, there are need for more ICT companies in Nigeria to be listed in the Exchange. Doing so, will add more value to the market capitalization as well as the All Share Index, ASI. In 2016, the Vice President of Nigeria said the sector will be contributing between 25 and 30 percent to the Gross Domestic Product, GDP.

Top well know ICT companies especially in the telecommunications subsector have big companies that contributing huge amount to the GDP and to government revenue. MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9Mobile, the former Etisalat, has invested huge amount of money running into trillions of Naira. But this figure is not yet reflected in the Market Capitalization, simply because they are not yet in the capital market.

To be listed in the flour of NSE, a company must be a Public Liability Company and must have traded in Nigeria for more than ten years. Very few or probably one of the telecom companies have reached 10 years in Nigeria. Probably an exemption should be made for this sector so that they can be listed in the Exchange.

This is how I arrived at the 1.07 percent Market Capitalization for the ICT sector. Using, August 30, 2017 market price available at the Exchange website for the ICT sector, I computed the following market value for each of the companies in the ICT sector.

CHARMS PLC, N1.17 billions; COURTVILLE, N1.78 billions; CWG, N16.2 billions, ETRANZACT, N105 billions; NCR, N0.58 billions, OMATEK, N7.35 billion and TRIPPLEG, N0.59 billions. The Market Capitalization for the ICT sector sum up to become N131.84 billion. The total Market Capitalization is N12,237.48 trillion. From this, I arrived at 1.08 percent share of the ICT sector to the Market Capitalization.
Source: TechnologyWatch. Link: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/09/ict-sector-contributes-108-percent-to-nse-market-capitalization-for-august-2017.html

The SDG Pitch And Grill is a competition organised by Civic Innovation Lab. The Application deadline is fixed at 11th September, 2017. The Demo day is 15th September, 2017 at the Civic Innovation Lab – 50 Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja.

Entrepreneurs will be giving opportunity to pitch their products will the judges will drill and choose the winners. All three winners will be provided with office Space, mentorships and access to Civic Innovation Lab networks and partnerships.The first runner up, in addition to the above, will be giving $1,000.

The aim of the competition, quoting Civic Innovation Lab, is to promote entrepreneurs with innovative technology-enabled solutions which improve the lives of citizens in Nigeria. This program aims to find innovative business ideas with global scalability and high social impact to realize sustainable development goals.

To apply, you and your team must be a early stage venture with groundbreaking solutions to social and civic problems. Also, the applicant should possess one or more of the following qualities.
Read More: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/09/apply-for-sdg-pitch-and-grill.html

Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, consumer education continues this week and this time Ekiti State is where the Ibadan Zonal Office of the NCC take their sensitization forum. At a popular market in Ekiti State known as Fayose Market where they have the GSM Village in Ado Ekiti, member of the commission alert telecom consumers and other stakeholders on the use of telecom services, cancer issues as well as the use of substandard mobile devices.

The Zonal Controller, Olubunmi Bamijoko, who lead the team told participants at the Forum to disregard information bandied around that radiation from telecom masts and mobile phones can cause cancer.
Read More: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/09/substandard-phones-have-quality-of-service-implication-ncc.html

Nine Nigeria Startups made it to World Bank XL Africa accelerator startup mentorship and seed fund programme. Out of the 900 startups that applied for the event, 20 startups where chosen. Nine of which are from Nigeria, five from Kenya and three from South Africa.

Asoko, Metro Africa Express (MAX), Electronic Settlement Limited, (esl) ogaVenue, PrepClass, Printivo, Rensource, Telentbase and Tizeti are the nine Nigerian digital startups that made it to the XL Africa. Lynk, Ongair, PesaBazaar, Sendy and Sokowatch are the five Kenya startups. The South Africa Startups are Aerobotics, Snapplify and Timbuktu.

Read More: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/09/nine-nigeria-startups-made-it-to-world-bank-xl-africa-event.html

The Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, revealed that the Nigeria Telecommunications sector have since in the year 2000 attracts a total of $68 billion Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in Nigeria.

The Telcos ecosystem begins when Econet Wireless begins operations in Nigeria. Later on MTN, Glo and of Course Etisalat, Visaphone and Multilinks also comes in. Fast forward, Econet wireless later becomes Airtel which is Nigeria second largest telecom provider. Also Etisalat, in the middle of this year becomes 9Mobile.

The population of Nigeria which is more than 180 million according to World Bank "doing business" report. However, more than 91 million are using the internet regularly. This represent almost 50 percent of the population. While more efforts are needed to ensure that more Nigerians are connected to the internet, the number is higher when compared to other countries in Europe aside Russia.

Nigeria Telecommunications industry will continue to grow in the coming years especially as the Federal Government has finally show commitment to the sector and has also introduced an ICT university. Further, the number of web and mobile apps developers have increased in Nigeria. As a result, many of them has decided to commence technology businesses in areas of finance, agric, education, health and more to help solve various social and financial challenges in Nigeria.

More funds have also entered the ICT ecosystem as many Nigerians tech startups have succeeded to attract funds from abroad and within to grow their startup businesses. This will certainly increase the FDI in Nigeria.
Source: Technology watch Link: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/09/the-telecom-industry-provides-68-billion-fdi-ncc.html

Google has finally made, its AR platform ARCore available to developers, says Dave Burke VP, Android engineering. Developers can now create Virtual Reality and Artificial Reality using Google ARCore on their Android devices.

However, the ARCore software (SDK) will only be available on Google Pixels and Samsung S8 series. Google is working with mobile phones manufacturer Samsung, Huawei, LG, ASUS and others to make this possible with a consistent bar for quality and high performance, says Mr. Dave.

Smart phones that use Android Operating system starting from Android Naugat and above will be able to use the ARCore. Also google has worked on apps like "Blocks and Tilt Brush" to enable developers built a great AR experience.

Google is not the first to create AR mobile software program (SDK). Apple has theirs too, called ARkit. And Apple will be making it available in a couple of weeks.

Google has been working on ARCore for nine years now (that is since 2014) and for the past three years the tech giant has been working with Tango on which ARCore is built on.

Source: Technology Watch http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/google-ar-platform-now-available-to-developers.html

The cyber attack issue is no longer news in Nigeria has government and news agencies has continue to create awareness regarding the issue. In his welcome address at the Nigeria ICT Impact CEO forum 2017, held in Lagos at Oriental Hotel in Lekki, the Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, warn Nigerians to be safe from cyber attacks and internet criminals. "I want to encourage us to stay safe and don't be an easy target of Cyber-attacks and internet criminals," he said.

The event was organised by ICT Watch Network, with the theme: “Broadband Access: The Challenges of Cybersecurity Threat and Effect of Social Media Era." According to Shittu, cyber attacks do not only occurs in Nigeria but also in the United States and globally; and most cyber attacks are fueled by North Korean.

In the forum, Barr. shittu said, "Only last month, we were an alerted by the United States security agency concerning North Korean hackers and current cyber threats and campaign. It goes without saying that cybersecurity has become a top National concern for most Governments round the world. This has been due to the unprecedented rise in the number of cyber attacks and campaigns recorded globally with North Korea being one of the topmost instigators of the cyber war fare."

"Few months into the year, there have been an inordinate number of cybersecurity meltdowns. These attacks range from corporate breaches to viral, state-sponsored ransomware, leaks of spy tools, and full-on campaign hacking. According to the alert, the Lazarus Group has been using DeltaCharlie to target "media, aerospace, financial, and critical infrastructure sectors in the United States and globally.” The alert also highlighted technical details about hacking tools which “cyber actors” have used to target Critical Infrastructure both in private and public sectors in the United States and Globally."

"Cybersecurity is more than a challenge for Government as it poses a huge obstacle to our Digital transformation/Digital Nigeria agenda in social and economy desired for the country. The Federal Government has estimated an annual loss of over N 127 billion to cybercrime activities in the Nation."

"Nigeria has had its fair share of cybercrimes between 2016 and 2017 alone. The recession in 2016 brought about numerous attacks targeted at organizations and individuals. The most recent targets where on unsuspecting patronizers of ponzi schemes. In the wave of austerity many people lost money to the said schemes and others fell victims to malicious and compromising websites, this cannot continue."

The Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC which is under the umbrella of the Ministry of Communications has gave several warnings of cyber threats and has also gave out instructions to deal with such cyber crime.

Read More from Technology Watch http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/minister-of-communication-wants-nigerians-to-remain-safe-from-cyber-attack.html

The largest social network in the world, Facebook has include two features to it's social media website for the benefit of users. Memory recap and celebrating friendships.

We’ve learned that there are many different types of memories and moments that people enjoy revisiting and celebrating, which is why we are excited to share that we’ve added two new ways for people to relive meaningful memories and celebrate special moments on Facebook.

Says Facebook Product Manager, Oren Hood.

Facebook has been testing these features with some set of Facebook users and now the tech giant is making it available to every Facebook users. On your newsfeed, there will be a memory recap or friendship anniversary as the first post you will see. Which you can decide to share or not to share.

There is also, "On This Day" and "Memory Preference". Oren Hod says that Facebook filter the memory you see, so that only past memory that sparks positive feelings are seen on your newsfeed.

Earlier this month, Facebook has include a video platform called "watch." This new feature is still in it's beta and will be made available to all video creators soon.

Source. Technology Watch Nigeria. Link: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/facebook-added-more-features-to-it-social-platform.html

Israeli base cyber security researcher has confirmed that a Nigeria national is involved in the current cyber attacks on Nigerian companies and such person has made several millions of Naira from the attack.

According to the information posted online, the person used a crude method to commit the cyber crime and as such the method may still be effective, therefore, Nigeria companies need to be alert to avoid future attacks.

As posited by Check Point, the attacker used a social media account with the motto: "get rich or die trying." From which he gets e-mail he uses to launched it's attack. He used NetWare malware, a remote access Trojan which allows full control over infected machines, and Hawkeye, a key-logging program. Using a fraudulent email which appears to originate from oil and gas giant, Saudi Aramco, the world second largest daily oil producer, the cyber criminal target financial staff within companies, trick them into revealing company bank details, or open the e-mail's malware infected attachment.

So far, there has been 14 successful infections and such has earn the criminal thousands of dollars said Check Point.

"It's particularly striking that his techniques display a low level of cyber skills. His fraudulent e-mails are crude and unsophisticated; there is almost no research or social engineering involved in creating them," says Doros Hadjizenonos, Check Point SA's country manager...
Read More here: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/check-points-researchers-revealed-a-nigerian-is-involved-in-current-cyber-criminal-in-nigeria.html

Kela, a cofounder of MailHaven, explained it 500 startup story. MaiHaven is among the startups in Nigeria that will get 500 Startups seed fund as well as mentorship from 500 Startups.

He said, "2 years ago, I interviewed with 500 Startups as a single founder. I wasn’t accepted at the time, I was running an on-demand delivery startup right when there were so many popping up. I was disappointed, but I learned a lot from my first experience and I also discovered the problem I’m now dedicating all my time to solving."

Two years later, after completing two product: MailHaven iOS app and the an hardware called the Haven. Kela thinks its time to apply for 500 Startups which he did. Then what happen next? "MailHaven had applied once before and we were not accepted. So, waiting on a decision was a bit nerve wracking, but we were ready for any result. We had the resolve to keep building regardless of what we heard back from them," he said.

"Fortunately, we had a screening call with 500 Startups and were invited to have an in-person interview in San Francisco. We had less than two weeks notice to book our travel, but as luck would have it, we had already booked tickets to San Francisco. We were headed there to ship our prototypes back to Louisville and to pitch at the second episode of The Syndicate, another program by jason of This Week in Startups."

After the screening call, Kela and his co-partner Ed Hatfield went for the interview. A week or two later...
Read it from Technology watch http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/kela-explains-their-500startups-story.html

LewsTherin:
Location

Konga Nigeria price is N66,000 right now

This post might be of help: How to submit a Complaint to NCC, if you are not satisfy with your Telecom Service Provider
http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/07/how-to-submit-complaint-to-ncc-if-not-satisfied-telecom-service-provider.html

Google finally released it's new operating system named Android 8.0 Oreo, nikename Android O. Google uses cookies to represent this new software which will be made available to all Android gadgets. Already Google is partnering with Android hardware makers to ensure that the new OS get roll out soon.

Watch the video released by Android.

Here are the interesting features of the new Android 8.0 Oreo

Autofill: The new OS can remember your log in details, so can can quickly fill up forms you have earlier fill. For example, you just sign out from your Google mail account. Anytime to want to sign in, Android Oreo can remember this and help you autofil it almost immediately.

Picture-in-Picture: Android O can help you run two apps at the same time. The OS allows users to float a video in any part of the screen while performing other tasks, says Techcrunch.

Notification Dots: When you receive new notification on your smartphone, it will show a small dot on the top of the app were the notification occurs.

Android Instant Apps: With it, you can teleport new mobile apps directly from your browser without installation.

2x faster: booting time and speed compare to previous OS is two times faster with Android O.

Background limits: Less frequently use app background activities are minimized.

Security: Android O is supported with Google Play Protect. So, you can carry on tasks without fear that someone will put malware on your device. Google play protect can scan 50 billion apps per day including apps you haven't installed.

Battery: Now your battery is more safe than before. The new Android OS saves more battery than other Android previous OS.

Emoji: Since Emoji has becomes part of our live, Android Oreo is bringing in 60 emoji to help you improve the way you socialised.

Source: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/google-new-operating-system-android-8-oreo-has-these-interesting-features.html

The Samsung Tab A 2016 model was released in March 2016. It comes with Samsung kid mode 4.0 app. A app that help parent control the way theirdren uses the tablets. With Kid mode 4.0, you can set usage time and lock app you don't want your children to use on the tablet. You can buy it for

Internal Features

It comes with a system-on-chip of Qualcomm Snapdragon 410. Battery capacity of 4000mAh. Internal memory of 1.5GB RAM and 8GB ROM. There is also a kid mode app along with other regular app you can find in android devices.

External Features

The external features includes 7 inches screen, 5MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, On/off sleep/wake button, volume up/down button and loudspeakers.

Specifications

Dimension: Height is 186.9mm, breadth is 108.8mm and thickness 8.7mm and Weigh 283 gram.

Colours: It has two colours which are Pearl White and Metallic Black

Display: 7.0 inches, a resolution of 1280 × 800 pixel at 216 ppi with IPS technology.

Operating System: It currently run on Android 5.0 Lollipop. Chipset from Qualcomm Snapdragon. CPU of Quad-core, Up to 1.5 GHz. GPU of Adreno 306 Mali-400MP2.

Camera: The rear cameras are 5MP with F/2.2 aperture. The front facing camera has 2MP with F/2.2 aperture.

Storage: 1.5MB RAM. Internal storage of 8GB ROM. With dedicated card slot of size 256GB.

Connectivity: WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n. Bluetooth 4.0, Micro USB Type C. Network connections are 2G GSM, 3G/4G LTE. Single micro sim slot.

Battery: 4,000 mAh battery capacity.

Security: Password and Screen pattern

Voice Assistant: Google Assistance

Sensor: Accelerometer
Read it here: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/samsung-tab-7-inches-2016-features-with-kid-mode-4-0.html

Paylater, a Nigeria fintech startup, specialised in providing loans to people through it's online platform is planing to update it mobile apps this week. According to a post on Twitter.

The new version of the paylater app will be called paylater v3. This will upgrade the current version called paylater v2.

Paylater gives out small loans and micro loans to users of its mobile application. It provides loan of up to N1 million. And a borrower can gets the loan in just five minutes. It also gives points and rewards to users who repay loan as early as possible.
Read More: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/paylater-may-roll-out-its-app-update-this-week.html

When it comes to internet connection speed, the worldwide country ranker has ranked Nigeria 95 out 189 countries under surveillance. The ranker based it parameters on speed of downloading an HD movie of 7.5GB and the mean speed of download.

The mean speed of download for Nigeria is placed as 3.15. It will take 5 hours, 25 minutes and 27 seconds to download an HD movie of 7.5GB. Other Africa countries on the list are Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Liberia, Uganda, Rwanda, Tazania, Mozambique, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Togo, Cote D'Ivoire, Egypt, Senegal, among others.

Kenya, Morocco, South Africa ranked top before Nigeria while the others ranked below Nigeria. It is surprising that United States of America which I expect to rank number one ranked 21 and Singapore ranked first on the list with a mean downloading speed of 55.13 and 18 minutes 34 seconds to download an HD movie of 7.5GB.

Nigeria Telecoms companies should therefore endeavor to improve their ranking. You can read the details HERE.

In case you miss these
Galaxy Note 8 may has internal storage of 256GB
Leaked: Primary Features of Samsung S8 Active revealed
Nokia 8 specifications revealed on Photos
ETranzact PAT dropped by 36.2 Percent
Samsung Bixby now available in US English
Read More here http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/nigeria-ranked-95-on-worldwide-internet.html

Nokia 8 was released August 2017. The smartphone is the las test Nokia flagship smartphone and it is the phone all Nokia lovers is expecting to be the high range smartphone from the Finland tech company. But do Nokia meet up with the expectations? Introducing #bothie. Nokia has introduce a new phenomena in the mobile camera world. Nokia users can now concentrate more on #bothie and less #selfie. A video recorded with your phone can be uploaded immediately on Facebook Live and on YouTube. What is more? Let's see from the features below.

Internal features:

The device comes with a system-on-chip from Qualcomm snapdragon 835. An operating system from Android Naugat. Internal memory of 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM. New in the internal feature is the Nokia OZO spatial 360 audio, a sound that meet Hollywood standard.

External Features

A feature you don't want to miss, is the #bothie. With Nokia 8 you can snap with both the front facing camera as well as the rear camera. It comes with dual rear camera and single front facing camera. The body is made from 6,000 series aluminum couple with Corning® Gorilla Glass 5 and a 5.3 inches screen with 2K polarized display.

Specifications

Dimension: Height is 151.5mm, breadth is 73.7mm and thickness 7.9mm.

Colours: It have four colours Polished Blue, Tempered Blue, Steel, Polished Copper.

Display: 5.3 inches with 2K polarized display.

Operating System: It currently run on Android 7.0 Naugat. Chipset is Qualcomm snapdragon 835. CPU of Octa core, (4 2.5GHz Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU + 4 1.8GHz Kryo). GPU information not available.

Camera: The dual rear cameras are 13 MP (Colour + OIS) + 13 MP (Mono), 1.12um, f/2.0 with dual tone flash from Zeiss. The front facing camera has 13 MP PDAF, 1.12um, f/2.0, 78.4˚ with display flash.

Storage: 4MB RAM. Internal storage of 64GB ROM and external storage of 256GB. However, for Gloss Blue there is an internal storage of 256GB ROM.

Connectivity: WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (MIMO), Bluetooth 5.0, Micro USB Type C, USB3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps). Network connections are 2G (GSM/CDMA), 3G/4G LTE. There is a micro sim slot.

Battery: 3090 mAh battery capacity.

Security: Fingerprint scanner.

Voice Assistant: Google Assistant

Watch the video from Nokia


Read More
Nokia 3310 now in Nigeria. Features, Specs and Prices
Nokia 8 photos leaked and rumours
Nokia 8 gets more photos leaks, see them here
Some Specs of the Apple Homepod leaked
Nigeria Payment Giants introduces mvisa

Read it from here: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/nokia-8-features-specification-and.html

One of Nigeria microfinance fintech, QuickCheck now use machine learning to credit score borrowers. The fintech uses mobile app on Android phones to help people borrow small amount of money. The startup algorithm makes sure that the approved borrowers get cash in a few seconds. The mobile platform was launched in July 2016 that is more than a year now.

In an interview with Disrupt-Africa, Bola Martins-Kuye a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer , CEO said:

“Our ultimate goal is to be a digital bank in the customer’s pocket where they can get very cheap loans, save, take advantage of the power of group buying, and perform basic banking needs,”

“Our idea is to reach the previously financially underserved through a micro-lending system, and build financial profiles for them, hence ensuring financial inclusion. There are over 54 million financially underserved in Nigeria. This is a large market which traditional banks can’t solve due to bureaucracy, lengthy process and huge demands for collateral and low returns for the work required.”

“We have over 10,000 good customers who always pay on-time, with over 60 per cent of them being returning customers,”

“Being a data-driven company, we constantly perform analysis both on the loan data and user experiments to figure out what’s our best move. We found the market to be highly receptive to the idea of a mobile bank, in addition to easy credit access, and that’s where we are headed,”

“We see small loans as a “trojan horse” strategy to get into people’s smartphones, and then get them to use us as their digital bank. We want to be Nigeria’s largest retail bank, without any physical branches,”

“These are essential to the functioning of the economy – the vast majority of all loans are given by those 600 institutions. That’s why they exist in Nigeria and in the broader emerging markets. Without them, 90 per cent of the banked population would not get loans, neither would 100 per cent of the unbanked. But there is still a lot of bureaucracy involved,” he said.

“We believe in equal access to finance, where it should be cheap and serve a purpose.” he concluded.

The firm wishes to be the most popular micro finance fintech brand in Nigeria and also in other parts of Africa. Backed by See stars World, a totally sum of $411,000 in debts and in equity was used to finance the startup. As a result there are over 40,000 users and 93,000 applications. The startup has also made $100,000 in revenue.

The micro finance fintech borrows a maximum of N30,000 per month. Though individuals and business can borrow more than that if they meet the criteria.

Read More: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/quickcheck-nigeria-fintech-uses-ai-to-credit-score-borrowers.html

You may have try using Google voice assistant or any of alternative to writing. But, the Artificial Intelligence couldn't translate your voice properly even giving you wrong interpretation interpretation. But now Google has stopped this problem in an additional 30 languages. Now "Google's speech recognition supports 119 language varieties."

In Google blog yesterday, the tech giant said it has made it's speech recognition available in 119 language varieties, in Gboard on Android, Voice Search and more. Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania English Accents are among the 30 languages added.

"To enable Voice Typing in your keyboard, install Gboard from the Play Store and pick your language (press the G in the suggestion strip and select the Settings wheel). Then just tap the microphone to start speaking."

"To enable Voice Search, open the Google app and pick your language in the Voice settings menu (tap the top-left menu and go to Settings, then pick Voice and select your language)."

In English in the United States, users can now use voice to express emoji, starting today. This new feature will be made available soon in other languages.
Read it here: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/nigerian-english-now-available-on-google-speech.html

Jumia, Nigeria ecommerce platform located in Lagos, has made top 50 companies that are regarded as smartest companies by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT. This was the first time Jumia is listed in this platform. The Nigeria ecommerce giant ranked 44 alongside Alibaba that ranked 41. Just three point below Alibaba.

Jumia was valued at $1.1 billion. The company has made some smart efforts that enable it to be ranked by MIT. MIT stated that Jumia has used smart methods to counter various obstacles that it's faces. "Clogged roadways, skeptical consumers, lack of internet penetration in some areas are challenges the company battles.''

To break the obstacles, Jumia is using a network of sales agents, its' called Jforce to help people with limited internet acccess to make orders on Jumia online and other persons who are not comfortable ordering themselves.

Jumia and Alibaba is not the smart companies. Amazon was 3rd on the list. While Alphabet was 6th. Apple was sixteen, while Facebook stands at twenty three. The company on top of the list is Nvidia as the number one smart company with SpaceX on the second position. You can read more of it HERE.
Read it here: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/jumia-made-top-50-along-with-amazon-mt-list-of-smart-compaies-22017.html

Domain names in Nigeria, now totalled 93,317 in July according to the statistics provided by Nigeria Internet Registration in Nigeria, NiRA confirmed this recently. The total number of domain names registered in Nigeria domain registration (that is .ng) domains were 90,969 during June and 89,184 in May.

There was an increase in domain count month-on-month. From May to June there was an increase of 1,785 while from June to July there was an addition of 2,348 domains. On average there were 2,066.5 domains that uses .ng domain count month-on-month from May to July. If this trend continues, it is likely that the number of domains count in Nigeria registry may reach 95,000 approximately and may over 100,000 domains at the end of 2017.


The President of the Executive board of NiRA stated something similar in a news letter that accompany the above report. He stated:

It is heart-warming that the number of domains in the registry continues to grow in excess of 2,000 domains monthly. This is due to the hard work of the Registrars and the Resellers, in making sure that .ng continues to be the domain of choice for all Nigerians. Thank you for your hard work in this regard.
At the current rate, the number of active .ng domains will cross the 100,000 mark between October and November 2017. It is a milestone that we will celebrate, and is worthy of being celebrated.
We need to get many more people on board, but some Nigerians still live in denial. They claim that the Nigerian string is too long, and sometimes expensive. I went past the delivery truck of a courier company, which for this message, I will call “Distro”, with the domain name distro-ng.com. If the same company had registered distro.com.ng, it is the same length as distro-ng.com and costs much lower.

But that is not all. As you can see from the table below.


Source: NiRA

Registration for domain names where 4,122 in May, 3,947 in June and 4,363 in July. The renewals were 2,032 in May, 1,884 in June and 2,143 in July. Domain transfers stood at 64 for May, 58 for June and 50 for July.

While domain names transfer dropped month-on-month, domain registration and renewal fluctuates on the same periods under considerations. If domain transfers continues to drop, it will have very little effects on achieving the 100,000 domains names at October and November as stated by the president. As long as domain name registrations and renewal continue to increase.

Moreover, domain name registries and resellers are encourage to seek out for companies and other business to transfer their websites to Nigeria domain registry. Probably, promotional coupon codes can be made available from time-to-time so that this NiRA can achieve this goal on a platter.

Read More: http://www.technologywatch.com.ng/2017/08/domain-names-in-nigeria-stood-at-93317-july.html