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Romance / "Valentine's Day Is Not A Day For Lovers.valentine Day, It's A Day To Remember" by wearobo: 10:46am On Feb 13, 2017
I just want to make some corrections here.

Valentine's Day is not a day for lovers.Valentine Day is a day set aside for each and every one of us to always remember the disabled,aged,orphans, widows and widowers etc. living among us.

It is not a day a lady looks elegant and frog matches her man to the best restaurant or relaxation point in town and then to his bedroom for illicit sex.It is not a husband showers and pampers his wife and children, because that is the basic requirement of every home and we do that every day.

So, here's what you should do on Valentine's Day: Pay a visit to the hospitals around you and foot the medical bills of some patients. I am quite sure there are some who cannot offset their medical bills.
Visit the Orphanages, old people's home etc. and shower them with all manner of gifts---it could be cash gifts, clothes, food items, reading materials etc.and you if you have nothing on you on Valentine's Day to do these things, don't panic.Just shut the door behind, fall on your knees and send your prayers to them.

This is what Valentine's Day is all about.We don't get to do these things every day. So now we officially have a day to that.It's a must.Happy St Valentine's Day!

Credit: Simeon Tuoyo

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Car Talk / Re: In The Ember Months Accidents Are Caused By Human Error; Not Demons by wearobo: 8:43am On Nov 03, 2016
uzolexis:


I like that photo, truly religion is a big problem in Africa, it has done more harm than good.
Blame our spiritual leaders who twist the gospel. If you truly know God, you would know that God loves it when we do the right thing.So blame our preachers;not religion.

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Car Talk / Re: In The Ember Months Accidents Are Caused By Human Error; Not Demons by wearobo: 8:37am On Nov 03, 2016
ndcide:


I don't know if you you are the original writer. Although, what you posted is intelligent but have this at the back of your mind. I know people who can make you do some things, make some errors and say some unthinkable things without talking to you.
In fact, I know people who can tell you that you'll do some funny things no matter how careful you are.

You will on your own do them, sometimes foolishly justify your actions and bear the consequences.

There are people with dangerous manipulative powers. It's not what I think, it's what I know. Based on that, your writeup is not strong enough.

You can choose to believe or not believe. It changes nothing.
I believe in God and I know those things you mentioned exist. Remember God is pleased with us when we do the right thing rather than pray all the time.
Car Talk / Re: In The Ember Months Accidents Are Caused By Human Error; Not Demons by wearobo: 8:31am On Nov 03, 2016
uzolexis:


I like that photo, truly religion is a big problem in Africa, it has done more harm than good.
It is not religion. It is the way our preachers twist God's word to favour their selfish ambitions.

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Car Talk / In The Ember Months Accidents Are Caused By Human Error; Not Demons by wearobo: 4:49am On Nov 03, 2016
We are in the ember months and that means a lot of us will be behind the wheel. It is a period where we record the highest number of road accidents anywhere in the world. As a result, most people are of the view that it is a period where Satan and its demons crawl out of their hiding to take human lives.However, I am so sorry to break this to you: Neither Satan nor its demons are responsible for these crashes. Rather, we are the demons!

What do you expect of someone who is under the influence manning the steering wheel or someone who drives above the speed limit? For instance, someone driving 80 miles per hour on a 65 mile per hour zone.. Isn't that madness?It is either they get themselves killed, injured or put other people's lives in danger.

Some of us are so fond of texting while driving, listening to music or making calls from our phones while still in the driver's seat. For God's sake, drop the damn phone and make good use of your Bluetooth headset , and save yourself a trip to the hospital.

Various research have shown that the human brain cannot multi-task. The moment you stop paying attention to what's in front of you, you become blind to everything going on around you.I would advise we all abide by road safety rules and regulation and reduce the number of accidents in this period. Thank you!

Credit: http://www.okgoogledrive.com/2016/11/there-is-no-demon-killing-people-in.html

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Phones / All You Need To Know About The Iphone 7 And Iphone 7 Plus Handsets by wearobo: 4:29pm On Sep 17, 2016
Can Apple latest iPhone model make you make the switch from the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus in your pant pocket right now?Let's find out.

Apple launched the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus smartphones to the world on September 7th at an extraordinary event in San Francisco, USA. Along with the new Apple handsets 2016 came the all new Apple Watch Series 2 smartwatch and AirPods, Apple’s new wireless earphones. Here’s everything you need to know about the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus handsets and their relatives:

The Apple iPhone 7 smartphone comes with the a major improvement to all the important aspects to the iPhone.
Design.
The excellent iPhone 7 handset now comes in two new finishes - Black and Jet Black. It is water and dust resistant. It now possesses an all new Home Button which uses the Taptic Engine for sensing the amount of pressure being applied. The Home Button of the new iPhone is now customisable. This gives a better feeling for using the new and amazing iPhone. Both the 4.7-inch and 5.5 -inch models use the amazingly strong 7000 Series aluminum and they are also available in the signature Silver, Gold and Rose Gold colours. The new black model has a rich, deep matte finish while the new Jet Black model has a high-gloss finish.

Camera.
The iPhone 7 smartphone now comes with optical image stabilisation which was previously available only with the Plus models. It helps to correct the shakiness in a photo.The f/1.8 aperture allows the iPhone upto 50 percent more light than the iPhone 6s, thus enhancing the camera to take awesome low-light photos. Coupled with the new six-element lens, the new iPhone will deliver brighter and more detailed shots. The new True Tone Flash now adjusts itself to the colour temperature of the environment resulting in more sharper and brightly lit photos. The main camera is of 12MP and it lets you shoot videos in 4K resolution. The front-facing camera is now of 7MP allowing you to get more clear selfies along with a better Retina Flash.
The iPhone 7 Plus now comes with dual 12MP lens viz. Wide-angle lens and Telephoto lens. It delivers optical zoom up to 2x and digital zoom upto 10x. An all new depth-of-field effect update will be coming soon for the same.

Retina HD Display.

The Retina HD Display is now 25% brighter than the previous iPhone. More brilliant and vibrant colours can be experienced now on the new iPhone.

A10 Fusion Chip.
The A10 Fusion Chip doubles the performance of the iPhone compared to the iPhone 6. It is incredibly faster and more efficient. The iPhone 7 claims to be the iPhone with the longest battery life as the A10 Fusion chip now runs on a four-core processor which manage various tasks depending upon their power efficiency.
Storage.
The iPhone 7 now comes with double the storage than the previous gen. It now comes in 32GB, 128GB and 256GB.
Audio.

The iPhone now comes with a stereo speaker system and is 2x louder than the iPhone 6s. Apple has now made a courageous move and have moved forward removing the headphone jack in order to manage a larger battery and the Taptic Engine within the iPhone. The typical EarPods would now deliver with a Lighting connecter cable. The iPhone 7 box would also contain a Lightning to headphone jack adapter so that users are able to use their old headphones.

AirPods.

Apple iPhone 7The AirPods
Apple also showcased the new wireless Bluetooth headphones called as AirPods which would come with a cool charging case and can serve up to 5 hours on a full charging of 15 minutes.The AirPods arrive in Late October would be sold separately at $159.
Pricing and availability of the iPhone 7
The iPhone 7 handset will be available from September 16 and will cost at least $650 or N205,000 apiece. It will also come on stream on leading online retailers such as Amazon, Jumai, Konga, Ebay in the coming months.

2. Apple Watch Series 2.

iPhone 7Apple Watch Series 2
Apple Watch Series 2 smartwatch is the next generation of the Apple Watch which would be having an inbuilt GPS and would be water resistant for a range of 50 meters for up to 30 minutes thus enabling you to swim in the pool while wearing Apple latest Watch . The new Watch would come with a new and faster S2 chip. The Apple Watch Series 2 Edition is now made of ceramic which would feel the best on your wrist. The Apple Watch Series 2 smartwatch will be available from September 16.

Credit: http://www.wearobo.com/2016/09/apple-iphone-7-and-iphone-7-plus.html

Car Talk / Re: Picture Of The Day: A Blind Woman And A Self-driving Car by wearobo: 1:11pm On Jul 29, 2016
And this is just 2016..Imagine what would happen in 10 years time. smiley
Car Talk / Picture Of The Day: A Blind Woman And A Self-driving Car by wearobo: 1:00pm On Jul 29, 2016
A virtually impaired lady with a walking stick touching one of Google's self automated cars. The look on her face shows she just can't wait for that day to own one, and go anywhere she wants like someone with a good visual memory would.

Photo credit http://www.wearobo.com/2016/02/the-one-important-reason-why-wearobo.html

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Science/Technology / Cool! We Just Found A Way To Show All 1.278,842,363 Facebook Users In A Place by wearobo: 12:00pm On Jul 05, 2016
This is simply AMAZING!!!

A new website created by Freelance technologist Natalia Rojas brings together all 1.278,842,363 Facebook profile pictures in one place, and claims to arranged them numerically starting with Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg. Try it yourself.

Move your cursor on the 'blank' space on the screen and click and you will see their profile pictures automatically pop out. Clicking on a user's face send you straight to their 'real' Facebook profile, and that's the coolest thing ever.

You can log in to see where you rank on Facebook via Facesof Facebook

Credit:http://www.wearobo.com/2013/09/new-website-aggregates-all-12-billion.html

Car Talk / Check Out The Gull-winged Lincoln Navigator Concept, A Full-sized SUV by wearobo: 6:08pm On Mar 24, 2016
Well played, Lincoln. You managed to attract the attention of the automotive world the way a porch light attracts moths in July. We were drawn to those massive gull-wing doors on your Navigator concept awed by their audacity. “They’ll never build it.” I heard. “It’s a gimmick.” others said. Both statements, of course, are true. But those doors are also brilliant. Because they not only made us look, but they open wide to showcase how you intend to fix the biggest flaw in the current Navigator, its interior.

Credit:http://www.wearobo.com/2016/03/picturesintroducing-all-new-lincoln.html

Car Talk / Uber To Buy 100,000 Mercedes-benz S-class Worth $11 Billion by wearobo: 12:29pm On Mar 22, 2016
It is widely reported that ride-sharing startup Uber is placing an order for 100,000 Mercedes-Benz S-Class self-driving cars. 100,000 S-Class could cost the company a whooping $11 billion.That seems unbelievably large, especially with the technology of self-driving cars so uncertain.

The news reports do make the point, however, that one of Uber’s biggest current problems is its drivers. Computer drivers don’t kill passengers, kidnap passengers, or stage protests. So it is safe to say that Uber may dump its human drivers for driverless cars in the year 2020.

Don't forget Uber also has plans to buy all the 500,000 self-driving Model series Tesla plans to produce in 2020 for its ride-sharing business. Well according to its CEO Travis Kalanick.500,000 Tesla driverless and 100,000 Mercedes-Benz S-class autonomous cars, Uber sure wants to dominate the autonomous automobile industry.

Credit:http://www.wearobo.com/2016/03/uber-to-buy-100000-mercedes-benz-s-class.html

Phones / What Is Your Preferred Smartphone Screen Size? by wearobo: 3:03pm On Feb 25, 2016
Smartphone makers are constantly increasing the screen size of mobile phones these days. The likes of Apple,Samsung,HTC, Microsoft etc. have taken this phrase 'big is better' to heart and, continuously churn out smartphones with bigger displays to wow their customers. We saw the iPhone increased from 3.5-inch to 5.5-inch, the Lumia line as well as the Galaxy series. They keep growing as each year passes and don't seem like stopping.So it got me thinking what do you think is the preferred smartphone screen size? 3.5''-3.9 diagonal,4.0''-4.4 diagonal,4.5''-4.9 diagonal,5.0''-5.4 diagonal,5.5''-5.9 diagonal or 6''- or greater diagonal? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

Credit: http://www.wearobo.com/2016/02/opinionwhat-is-your-preferred.html#sthash.YhiMm3Bz.dpuf

Car Talk / Caught An Uber Driver Having Sex In His Cab While Still Driving by wearobo: 4:25am On Feb 15, 2016
This happened on Monday, February 8th in Las Vegas—Paradise to be precise. I was driving home from McCarran International airport at about 9:00pm. I had to the airport to drop off a friend of mine who was travelling out of the country. I was on E Russell Road when a yellow Uber Taxi drove past me. The light in the Uber taxi was turned off and all windows wound up. At first I didn’t notice anything odd going on in the cab but my attention was drawn when the light from the street lamps shone on the vehicle.

The Uber car wasn’t so far from mine(was on my left) so I could see by the light a young lady (probably in her twenties) in the passenger seat. But she soon got into in an awkward position: she bent her head to the driver’s lap and seemed like she was holding his private part (or penis) in her hand. I was completely taken aback; I couldn’t believe what I just saw. I wanted to get the full picture of everything going in the vehicle--at least to clear up any doubts-- so I put my foot down in order to see things clearly.

As I drove past , I took a quick look and I was lucky to catch a glimpse of the future---where cars are driving themselves on the road and passengers have the opportunity to make out since they can take their hands off the steering wheel and not worry about hitting other vehicles or pedestrians. I could see clearly the Uber cab driver was getting a Mouth Action from the lady while still he was still in the driver’s seat. Of course they knew I saw them but I just pretended as though nothing had happened and went my own way.

On my drive home, I began to question the sanity of both the Uber cab driver and his female passenger. Two grown-ups having sex inside a car in motion and not concerned about their own safety or the safety of other road users or the illegality of doing that in public. That’s ridiculous, shameful and suicidal to me. If you are sexually excited and can’t hold it, why not just look for a safe place where no one will see you, park your car and do whatever you like with each other in the car and save all of us a trip to the hospital.

But then again I also began to imagine a future, in relation to the experience I just had, where couples would use automobiles as their matrimonial bed once self-driving cars become commercially available. The cars will be specious and you wouldn’t have to worry about getting into an accident in the act as the fully autonomous vehicle will take care of the driving while you make out. The Uber couple I saw getting leg over in the taxi on E Russell road only made do with the space they had while the cab driver was still driving. Not everyone is as daring as those two right now to go ahead and have sex in a moving car.

When automakers start mass-producing and selling driverless cars for the general public--besides the joy of reading newspapers, watching your favourite TV shows,surfing the web etc. while your car drives you to your place of work or your desired location, one of the reasons people will buy or use computer-driven vehicles is the freedom of having sex almost anywhere in them.

Credit: http://www.wearobo.com/2016/02/i-caught-uber-driver-having-sex-in-his.html#sthash.9FduwyGp.dpuf

Travel / Meet The Ehange184, A Passenger Drone That Flies On Its Own Without A Pilot by wearobo: 12:21pm On Jan 19, 2016
The future is insane! Aren't you tired of flying drones? Aren't you tired of looking for the best places to fly your drones in order not to invade on people's privacy. Don't you think it is time to fly in them? Oh, yes.There's a human-size drone that is capable of carrying you to your place of work or anywhere else. And you don't even need to do anything other than relax and enjoy your journey.

Chinese Unmanned Aerial Vehicle manufacturer has shown off the world's first completely autonomous drone known as the 'EHang 184' that can take a human to their desired location without them doing a thing in the cockpit. The personal helicopter-like drone, which the company says is all electric, has 8 rotor blades, two gull-wing doors, air conditioning, 4G WiFi and a seat for just one person.

It takes off and land vertically like a helicopter and only needs the passenger to enter their destination in the Windows tablet-like display in the cockpit whereupon they only need to press a 'take off and land' button and will use its multiple independent flight control systems to fly on its own through data collected from its sensors and Global Positioning System(or GPS) . You can call it a self-flying human-powered drone or 'dronecopter.'

The EHang 184 autonomous Aerial vehicle weighs 200kg, can carry a maximum weight of 100kg, fly up to 11,000 feet and can travel at a top speed of 62 miles per hour for 23 minutes at sea level on a single charge

Of course a drone that carries a human should in no doubt gets everyone concerned;let alone one that pilots itself in the air. EHang knows about this and is putting everything in place. it said if the pilotless quadricopter experiences, say a bird strike, which cause one of its components to malfunction in midway there's a fail-safe system that ensures the passenger safety by automatically landing the aircraft in the nearest possible area

EHang has not officially reveal pricing of the 184 human-size drone yet, although many drone enthusiasts say it may cost between $200,000 and $300,000. The company revealed that it plans to sell the passenger drone later this year, starting in China. Before the China-based drone maker can legally sell its EHang 184 self-flying drone it has to first gain approvals by flight authorities and also build command centres in places where it plans to make this drone commercially available.

Credit: http://www.wearobo.com/2016/01/the-ehang-184-is-drone-that-can-carry.html#sthash.uQXeH8t5.dpuf

Sports / David Haye Vs Mark Di Mori To Be World's First Live Virtual Reality Boxing Match by wearobo: 3:02am On Jan 16, 2016
Have you got Samsung's GearVR headset or Google's cheap Cardboard kit? If your answer is yes then get ready to cheer British heavyweight boxer David Haye to victory as he takes on Mark Di Mori tomorrow live on your virtual reality headset. The match will be broadcast live on your VR headset via the Brit's VR app ''Hayemaker 360'', which is available as a free download worldwide on the Google Play Store.It will be the first boxing match to air live on the emerging technology, virtual reality.

Haye partnered with an interactive VR content creator called IM360(maker of Haye's Android-only VR app) to set up several cameras outside of the ring in order to create a 360-degree video so you can see everything as it unfolds in all directions and feel as if you were there in the ring with your Boxing champ,feeling the heat.

You will see all the punches thrown at Haye by Mark Di Mori and vice versa. You also will be able to see Haye preparations for the match, his normal routine as well as opportunity to look in the crowd to see if your favourite celebrity is present. And probably get to ask them for an autograph, literally.

David Haye and Mark di Mori's match will start tomorrow at the prestigious O2 Arena in London on Saturday, 16th January. Time 9.45pm GMT(that's 10.45pm in Nigeria).

Credit: http://www.wearobo.com/2016/01/be-in-ring-live-with-david-haye-through.html#sthash.582UWG5D.dpuf

Car Talk / Tesla Model S Now Park And Unpark Themselves In The Garage Without A Driver by wearobo: 12:50pm On Jan 12, 2016
That's amazing. You can call tell your car to take you to the airport and have someone else summon it to your home such as your spouse and then you can summon it once your trip is done to pick you up from the airport. No need to pay parking at airport. This car never seems to stop amazing me. Elon Musk's goal of bring self-driving Tesla cars to market by 2018 is gradually becoming a reality. His company California-based electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors has released version 7.1 software updates to its cars, that come with a ''Summon feature'' which lets the Model S saloon and Model X crossover SUV autonomously park themselves in the garage just by click a button on your key fob, and the ability for you to call them up out of a parking spot via a smartphone when no one is inside the car, provided you the driver is 39 feet away from the car. -

The Tesla Version 7.1 update for autopilot also comes with other things like sticking to speed limits when entering a residential area. Now, apart from being able to autopark itself and self-drive to its owner, the Model saloon can also open your garage, park itself and close your garage door using a service known as Homelink. Isn't it cool? So when you are set to go to work or a function all you need do is stand outside and your will open up and drive to where you are.

As if automatic parking and summon weren't enough, Tesla says you will be able to send for your car and it will drive itself to wherever you are in the United States by the year 2018. But how would it charge? Don't worry Tesla confirmed that it will charge itself on the way. Tesla released Version 7.1 for Autopilot on October 15 last year and it allowed Model S owners worldwide to take their hands off the steering wheel on the highway.No sooner had Tesla released the feature than its customers did shit with it. For example, some posted Video of themselves seating in the backseat and allowing the car to do the driving even on public roads and areas.

Credit: http://www.wearobo.com/2016/01/version-71-software-update-tesla-cars.html#sthash.XxUTHfyW.dpuf

Romance / How A 10-year-old Geniously Caught 1000 Pedophiles Online by wearobo: 3:41pm On Jan 04, 2016
Now that's a good way to catch child sex abusers. You shouldn't ponder on where to catch these criminals, just use a computer-generated sweetie and they will come like sharks---10,100, every hour.


A children's rights group in the Netherlands managed to identify over 1,000 pedophiles worldwide with the help of a 10-year-old computer-generated girl they called "Sweetie."Activists from Terre des Hommes performed an Internet sting operation from a warehouse office in an Amsterdam industrial park, according to the Associated Press.


A rise in online child sex tourism led the group's director of projects, Has Guyt, to conduct the probe, which produced shocking results.

"If we don't intervene soon, this sinister phenomenon will totally run out of control," Guyt told AP.

Using a 3D digital display, members of TDH constructed Sweetie - a female meant to resemble a Filipina child - and put her into online chat rooms. Over the next 10 weeks, 20,000 predators approached Sweetie, asking her to perform sexual acts on video.

"They were ready to pay Sweetie for sexual acts in front of her webcam," head of the group Albert Jaap van Santbrink told reporters at The Hague.

"All we had to do was enter a chat room, post the details of a prepubescent girl, and within 30 seconds, we had ten people wanting to talk to us," one researcher who went by Peter, said. "After five minutes, we had 100.

These people have zero-risk perception. They feel the Internet is a lawless place." While the pedophiles chatted with Sweetie, researchers used basic research techniques to find information about them. They've since turned the material over to Interpol.

Terre des Hommes said that they did not approach anyone on the internet but instead waited for people to approach Sweetie and ask for sex acts.

In one exchange, a man named "Older4young", identified as a 35-year-old father of two from Atlanta in the United States, asks Sweetie to UnCloth for $10.

One Australian groomer has also pleaded guilty to sending sexually explicit pictures of himself to the fake-10-year old known to them as ''sweetie'' and has been sentenced to two years in person.

BBC Reporter Angus Crawford paid a visit to charity organization room and saw how they logged on to a chat room as ''Sweetie.'' He said, I quote '' within seconds, like sharks, men were cycling''. grin

However, the European Union policing agency Europol expressed reservations about Terre des Hommes's approach."We believe that criminal investigations using intrusive surveillance measures should be the exclusive responsibility of law enforcement agencies," Europol spokesman Soren Pedersen said.

Credit:http://www.wearobo.com/2015/04/how-computer-generated-10-year-old-girl.html

Celebrities / Meet the most successful self-taught tech founder by wearobo: 12:12pm On Dec 30, 2015
Jan Koum is the founder of WhatsApp, which sold to Facebook for $22 billion in 2014. He self-taught himself to code using a bunch of used books, and overcame enormous personal odds before he ever started WhatsApp. His story, which began on the outskirts of Kiev, Ukraine, is a truly rags to riches tale. When Jan was growing up in Ukraine, his home had no hot water and little connection to the outside world. It did have a telephone, but his mother was afraid to use the phone because their family was Jewish, and Ukraine's secret police had a long history of antisemitic actions toward the jewish population.

In 1992, Jan immigrated with his mother and grandmother to Mountain View, California. He was 16 at the time, and the family stayed in a government sponsored two-bedroom apartment. Today Mountain View is a booming tech center, but in those days housing was still low-cost and somewhat prevalent. To put together enough money to survive, Jan's mother babysat and Jan swept supermarket floors. It was a hard life in a new country, but things would only get more difficult from there...

Jan's father - who was planning to join the family - fell ill before he could make the trip. He eventually died in 1997. Then Jan's mother was diagnosed with cancer (to which she would eventually succumb in 2000). The family was forced to rely on food stamps just to survive. Few people could fault Jan if his life began to unravel at this point. Immigrating to a new culture and country is hard enough, but when you lose your two parents in the span of 5 years, and you lift your head up and notice a world around you that doesn't add up... that's an unconceivable kind of pain. But Jan took the lumps as they came. When he was still in high school, he began to buy books from a used book store, and teach himself networking engineering. When he finished with the books, he'd return them and got his money back. He used his self-taught skills to land himself a job at Ernst & Young while still in university.

One of his first clients was then-fledgling but soon-to-be Internet search giant, Yahoo. After a short time with Jan, their team was so impressed by him, that they too offered him a job. And before he knew it, he was working with - among other Yahoo stars - Brian Acton, one of Yahoo's earliest employees.

Brian's earliest recollections of Jan impressed him the most: whereas Ernst & Young employees tended to be flowery speakers who knew how to tell you what you wanted to hear, Jan was blunt. He didn't have a penchant for bullsh**. He said it like it was and expected the same kind of bluntness back to him. For nine years Jan worked at Yahoo, through the enormous rise... and then through the slow, stuttering fall of the Internet giant. Eventually in 2007, he took a year off and travelled through south and central America. During this time, he applied for jobs both to Facebook and Twitter... and he was rejected. So he used about $400k in savings from Yahoo to start on a new Project: a messaging app that he called WhatsApp. He chose the name because he believed it was similar to the popular greeting, "What's up!" After building a base of about 250,000 active users, he brought old friend and colleague Brian Action aboard as a co-founder.

Together they took the journey to grow what is now one of the most captivating startup stories ever. Between 2009 and 2015 WhatsApp went from nonexistent to having over 900 million active users, and becoming the largest messaging app in the world. Additionally, it sold to Facebook for $22 billion in 2014.

When Jan signed the papers that would make him one of the richest men in the world, he didn't do it in the Four Seasons or at Facebook Headquarters, and he didn't have camera lights glaring. Instead, he returned to the nondescript building where he once stood for hours waiting with his mother for food stamps. There, out of the limelight, Jan penned his signature. In that moment he completed a circle that was about so much more than teaching himself computer networking skills from used books or even building a successful business: it was about turning the tables in his life and offering purpose and meaning to even the hardest of times.

Credit: http://www.wearobo.com/2015/12/the-story-of-most-successful-self.html#sthash.5iEN0SXg.dpuf

Car Talk / Dutch Driving Instructors Can Offer Lessons In Return For SEX by wearobo: 11:05am On Dec 21, 2015
This is interesting. If you reside in the Netherlands or Holland, and you are thinking of going for a driving lesson..hear this: Your driving instructor could choose to be paid in sex after a job well-done.And it is No crime at all..in fact it's legal! cheesy

The Dutch have been put in a bit of a spot over a controversial new law wherein ministers in the government have considered it legal for driving instructors in the country to offer lessons in return for sex.

Exceptionally dubbed as ‘a ride for a ride’ the law states that the instructors can offer driving lessons in exchange for sex as long as the students are over the age of 18. But students cannot offer to pay with sex. which is illega.Ministers in the Netherlands’ government were forced to defend it after it was branded as undesirable.

The law came under strong opposition from Gert-Jan Segers, from the socially conservative Christian Union party after he tabled a question in parliament suggesting that the practice should be illegal.

Prostitution in the Netherlands is a legal profession, and prostitutes are treated as self-employed persons. But, the prostitutes have an 'escort licence', under which they are allowed to legally operate. They pay their taxes on a self-employment basis.

Credit:http://www.wearobo.com/2015/12/you-can-pay-your-driving-instructor.html

Car Talk / Re: Photo:which Would You Pick, The Car Or The Model? by wearobo: 8:15pm On Dec 19, 2015
smiley wink
bigsmoke2:
That car s a chick magnet with it I'm sure I will get the many better girls
Car Talk / See What Lexus Did With 1700 Pieces Of Cardboard by wearobo: 1:27pm On Dec 18, 2015
Is that a Lexus IS luxury sedan? Yes! Why does it look different in the picture? Because it is made of cardboard. No freaking way! Yes, It is a replica of the IS sedan and everything in this car is 1,700 pieces of cardboard.And the best part is you can drive it provided your friend does not smoke near or drives it in the rain. grin

Lexus calls it the Origami car and was designed by a company by the name LaserCut Works and Scales and Models Company.According to Wired Magazine, the Lexus Origami car's design was based on the CAD files of the real IS sedan.They cut the CAD files of the original car into 1,700 pieces with laser and put them together with wood glue to form the body, which they later placed on the chassis.

It took the team of five three months to fully build the cardboard Lexus IS sedan into a working model.The IS cardboard lookalike uses an electric motor to get you on the road.It is a fully functional cardboard vehicle.

Credit:http://www.wearobo.com/2015/10/lexus-incredibly-made-replica-of-is.html#sthash.21a9tDZ8.dpuf

Car Talk / Photo:which Would You Pick, The Car Or The Model? by wearobo: 1:12pm On Dec 15, 2015
That's a Tesla Model S and costs $120,000.

Car Talk / Re: Checkout The Features Of The Mercedes-benz 2017 E-class by wearobo: 12:05pm On Dec 15, 2015
Davido can't afford this car.
room089:
Just watch out, Davido will be among the first people to drive this car in Nigeria!
Phones / Describe What Happens In Your Browser As Soon As You Hit Enter After Writing A U by wearobo: 11:08am On Dec 14, 2015
I will ask again since there's not enough space to contain the headline:
Describe what happens in your browser as soon as you hit enter after writing a URL in the address bar?Can you answer this answer grin

Science/Technology / 12 Mind-blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Google by wearobo: 12:07pm On Dec 10, 2015
Google never ceases to amaze us each and everyday; always coming up with a lot of surprises.When you thought they had run out of idea, they do something entirely awesome and different.However one will be surprised to know how small Google actually started off.

1 Google's headquarter is called "Googleplex" which means the number equivalent to ten raised to the power of a googol.

2 In Googleplex, TGIF (Thank God Its Friday) used to happen on each Friday as weekly all-hands where Larry, Sergey and other Googlers discuss about Google. As Friday afternoon at Mountain view was too late for other offices of google worldwide, now it happens on each Thursday and its called TGIAF. (Thank God Its Almost Friday). This Courtesy of Satwika Sarka

3 The first Google doodle was created by founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in August 1998,as a way to keep its users updated on where the Google crew would be in the next few days. It was actually a doodle of the festival Burning Man which was held in the Nevada desert.

4 In the year 2013, Google raked in a whooping $55 billion.You know what? 91 percent of that revenue came from advertising alone.

5 Are you one of those who do not or find it hard to pronounce large numbers like 92567816603? Google will help you out if you type ''= English after the number. 6 Google's search index is more than 100 million gigabytes in size. It would take 100,000 1TB hard drives to accommodate that amount of data.

7 Google name was formerly BackRub in 1996. But was later changed to Google. Originating from the misspelling of the word ''Googol.

8 Google has amazing benefits for its employees even after they die. For example, a US-based google employee or Googler who kicked the bucket while still in the employ of Google, their surviving spouse or domestic partner will receive a check for 50 percent of their salary for the next decade. I heard all US Googlers qualify for this benefit.

9 If you spell the word Google backwards, it becomes elgooG. The interesting thing is you can also use it for all your searches on http://www.elgoog.im . But your search terms must also be written in reverse order to get the right results.

10 The first Google storage was made of LEGO--those building blocks kids play with-- and contained 10 4GB hard drives. Larry and Sergey didn't have enough cash to build something rugged and made do with what they had. So guys, you have no excuse to make your dreams didn't became a reality even if you haven't gotten enough resources.

11 Google recently became a part of a larger company called Alphabet Inc. Google tried to to get the domain name Alphabet but found out it already belonged to German carmaker BMW. So Google figured out a new domain name for its new parent company, instead http://abc.xyz/ -

12 The “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Costs Google $110 Million a Year! Ever notice that ubiquitous “I’m feeling lucky” button on the Google homepage that you've probably never used. What if I told you that this small little piece of grey rectangle, costs Google over 110 million dollars a year!That’s right! What this button effectively does, is that it takes the user directly to the top search result for that query thereby bypassing all the other top 9 results and also the ads that get displayed alongside them.

Credit: http://www.wearobo.com/2015/09/12-mind-blowing-facts-about-google-you.html

Phones / Re: What Intelligent People Do With Their Phones by wearobo: 11:34am On Dec 10, 2015
Thanks for all your brilliant comments! smiley
Phones / What Intelligent People Do With Their Phones by wearobo: 11:59am On Dec 08, 2015
The smartphone is one of the greatest innovations of our lifetime. It is also one of the biggest sources of mindless distraction to afflict us. For the first time in human history, access to all of the information created and accumulated by humanity is available to anyone, instantly, in the palm of their hand. With voice assistant apps like Google Now and Siri, we don’t even have to press buttons or type anymore. We can contact anyone in the world instantly. It is understandable that this kind of power can be very addictive. There is a lot of great, useful information out there. There is also a lot of things that are totally mindless at best and actively destructive to our intelligence at worst.

One response to this is to become a Luddite, shun the new technology and go on as if it never existed. After all, everyone got by just fine before these things were ever invented, right? Maybe, but these people are discarding awesome power to benefit themselves and others just because of the potential distraction introduced by this technology. The intelligent thing to do is to find ways to keep the awesome power and benefits of smartphones and reduce the potential negative side effects. Here are just a few ways to do this.

Restrict notifications:
Every app you install seems to want to constantly send you notifications about every little thing that happens. App developers think everything they want to tell you is the most important thing for you to hear. Fortunately, these settings can be adjusted, at least some extent. Be ruthless with this, you can always allow notifications again if you miss something important. Look at your phone and see what notifications you get the most often. Turn off anything that isn’t critical. Despite claims from business and self help types, the human brain cannot multitask. Instead, it constantly switches focus between different things. This takes time. Checking that facebook notification while you’re working on something important incurs a task switching cost. It takes time for your focus to get back where it should be. Fewer notifications and interruptions allow you to focus on one thing better and get more done. Similarly, don’t use a smartwatch. These exist mainly to put more notifications in front of you, to distract you further from whatever you were doing.

Learn things:
Useful things, not cat pictures. Apps like Duolingo allow you to learn foreign languages. Coursera and similar apps allow you take courses from universities all over the world for free using just your phone. Depending what course you take, some, like computer programming, may require a PC, but you can at least watch the lecture videos on your phone when you have some down time. The Ted Talks app also has a lot of great, entertaining and educational videos that you can watch for free. There are many apps including Kindle, Overdrive, and Google Play Books that allow you to read books on your phone. Check your local library website, they probably have a free ebook and audiobook lending service that you can take advantage of.

Train your brain:
There are many apps available to train your brain in various ways and potentially increase your intelligence. Dual N Back training has been shown in some studies (and disputed in others) to actually increase your IQ with regular use. Basically, it increases your working memory, the RAM of your brain. Whether this can be scientifically proven or not, try a few sessions and you will actually feel your brain almost getting sore like a muscle after a workout. There are other brain training apps that focus on things like memory, attention, pattern recognition, and other aspects of cognitive enhancement. Try a few and see what works for you.

Be active and healthy:
Apple and Google have both added health and fitness tracking capabilities to their phone operating systems. Adding an external device such as a Fitbit tracker that pairs with the phone works even better. Track your steps, active minutes, flights of stairs, sleep, and other pieces of data, depending what app and device you use. This provides a good motivation to get up and be more active each day.

Put it down when you’re driving:
In most places, this is the law. Even if it isn’t, don’t be stupid. Remember that multitasking is a myth. If you’re paying attention to the phone, you aren’t paying attention to the road. Put it where you can’t hear or reach it. Use bluetooth and voice controls if you have to make or receive calls. Don’t pull the phone out at red lights. You don’t want to be that jerk sitting there getting honked at when the light changes. You don’t want a ticket, and you don’t want to get into an accident and kill or hurt someone. Intelligent people don’t use their phones in the car.

Leave it behind sometimes:
Despite restricting notifications, some things, like text messages and phone calls will still come through. Depending what you’re doing, this can be an unwanted interruption. Further, even if you’re doing something useful, the temptation to pull out your phone and do something can be overwhelming. Idle time has its benefits to the brain. People aren’t comfortable with this, so they always seek distraction. Don’t rely on willpower, it will fail you. I like to go outside and take a walk in nature and leave my phone at home. Notice the real world. Let your brain think thoughts. This is part of where intelligence comes from. Leave it in your pocket in social situations and actually spend time with the people you’re with.

These are just a few examples of ways to use your phone intelligently. Basically, the thing to keep in mind when you use your phone is whether you are doing something useful or just distracting yourself. We aren’t robots, so occasional mindless distraction is fun and useful to relieve stress, but avoid the technology addiction that so many people seem all too willing and eager to subscribe to.

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Phones / Are You Ready For 2016? We Are! by wearobo: 4:23pm On Dec 05, 2015
Wearobo is the funny, fascinating, access-all-areas guide to the future, packed with the latest tech news, reviews and features. If you want to know whether the Apple Watch is worth buying, when Google’s self-driving car will get you home or which app can make you seem smarter than everyone else, Wearobo can tell you in a clever, interesting way. If you want to know what's next in gadgets, games, robotics, autos and wearables, Wearobo has you covered.

WHAT'S COMING UP IN 2016...
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Phones / See How Much The Iphone 6S Cost At Micro Station by wearobo: 11:42am On Nov 30, 2015
I have good news for you all. Ever since we posted the pricing for Apple's new iPhone models--the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus-we have been receiving a lot of emails and comments as to where to buy the iPhone 6S in Nigeria. We told you at the time that we would update you as soon as they are made available in Nigeria.

On Friday, November 27th, Apple officially launched its new handsets in Africa's most populous nation and biggest economy, Nigeria. As per the official launch, the new handsets can be had by anyone with a deep pocket at the following vendors: Micro Station and Slot. These are the only two vendors we know that are currently selling the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus in Nigeria.

Here's how much the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus cost at Micro Station:₦265,000.00 for the 128GB iPhone 6S Gold version,₦260,000.00 for the 16GB iPhone 6S Plus,₦230,000.00 for the 64GB iPhone 6S and ₦220,000.00 for the 16GB iPhone 6S Rose.

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Phones / Apple To Release Cheap Iphone 6C Handset By Mid-2016 by wearobo: 12:04pm On Nov 17, 2015
Reports have it that Apple Inc will release a new, less expensive smartphone known as the iPhone 6C in the second half of 2016. A large number of sources quoted IHC Technology Research director Kevin Wang as saying on his Weibo account that the Cupertino, Calif-based technology juggernaut will launch a 4-inch iPhone 6C handset that will be powered by an A9 chip in the middle of next year.

Everyone knows for sure Apple traditionally launches its newest smartphones in September each year. However, if this rumour being spread by IHC's Wang turns out to be genuine, it would mark the first time the company will release an handset mid cycle in recent years. Only its arch-rival Samsung Electronics changes launch date of its products

Wang's claims matches what KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who is well-respected when it comes to spewing 'worthy' details of Apple's yet-to be announced products, shared earlier this month that the phone maker will debut an iPhone with a 4-inch display alongside the iPhone 7 next year. The handset in question may not come with some of the killer features(like 3D Touch) seen on the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus.

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Car Talk / Re: A Self-driving Google Car Was Pulled Over For Driving Too Slow by wearobo: 4:26pm On Nov 14, 2015
I don't care if theses cars are slow so long as they are safe, reduce the number of road accidents and take me from point A to point B without me touching that boring steering wheel, they are welcomed.
Phones / Re: Google Is Planning To Manufacture Its Own Android Handset by wearobo: 4:03pm On Nov 14, 2015
If you were in their shoes, would you give it for free? smiley
Feranmicharles:
Will it be given out for free?

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