
The mobiles we use often say something about our persons. This is because, there is probably no other tool that is as personal as the mobile phone is. How well do you know your partner? How well can you pick a phone that your other will really love? Would you pick the same brand and [...]
I was involved in the New Media & Governance conference, a two-day event that took place at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. My role was that of social media surgeon, manning a booth where I attended to individuals who had questions or needed assistance with using mobile phones and apps for social media purposes. [...]
Short Message Service (SMS) is a basic service that is supported by every GSM phone manufactured. As such, it has become ubiquitous and so a strong source of income for mobile network operators. In recent years, we have seen the rise of instant messaging and social media services such as Yahoo Messenger, 2Go, MXit, Eskimi, [...]
If you haven’t read Animal Farm by George Orwell, you should. The plot of the fictional work is summarized in the following statement: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” It portrays the injustice that exists in this world and that will run its course till aliens wipe humanity out [...]
Your precious smartphone has been running fine for months, then suddenly you notice that it starts misbehaving. Before now, it generally ran smooth. Now, it freezes, hangs, or even reboots. In my experience, the first thing to do is take a look at which applications were recently installed on the phone just before the instability [...]
Posted on 18 May 2012
The mobiles we use often say something about our persons. This is because, there is probably no other tool that is as personal as the mobile phone is. How well do you know your partner? How well can you pick a phone that your other will really love? Would you pick the same brand and [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 17 May 2012
I was involved in the New Media & Governance conference, a two-day event that took place at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. My role was that of social media surgeon, manning a booth where I attended to individuals who had questions or needed assistance with using mobile phones and apps for social media purposes. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 16 May 2012
Yesterday, I spent some time with Femi Alade, CEO and chief ideas man at PlirisMobile. He came along with a pre-production model of the Blaze+ for me to play with. The Blaze+ is the next generation PlirisBlaze smartphone, and it is looking like a winner. Join me as we examine this interesting device. At first [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 16 May 2012
Short Message Service (SMS) is a basic service that is supported by every GSM phone manufactured. As such, it has become ubiquitous and so a strong source of income for mobile network operators. In recent years, we have seen the rise of instant messaging and social media services such as Yahoo Messenger, 2Go, MXit, Eskimi, [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 15 May 2012
If you haven’t read Animal Farm by George Orwell, you should. The plot of the fictional work is summarized in the following statement: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” It portrays the injustice that exists in this world and that will run its course till aliens wipe humanity out [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 15 May 2012
Your precious smartphone has been running fine for months, then suddenly you notice that it starts misbehaving. Before now, it generally ran smooth. Now, it freezes, hangs, or even reboots. In my experience, the first thing to do is take a look at which applications were recently installed on the phone just before the instability [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 14 May 2012
Saheed Adepoju is CEO of Encipher, manufacturers of the Inye tablet. He was at the New Media in Governance conference today and had a pre-production unit of Inye 2 tablet with him. He has happily let me have it till tomorrow. Hardware The first impressions of the Inye 2 is that it is beautiful. Really [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 14 May 2012
I had a chat with a friend yesterday afternoon. During the course of our discussions, she asked if it was true that one needed a BlackBerry in order to use the PlayBook tablet. She narrated how almost everyone that she had spoken with about the PlayBook responded that a BlackBerry smartphone is absolutely required to [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 14 May 2012
I recently came across this image of an app that portrays the “There’s an app for that” phrase made common by Steve Jobs/Apple. But seriously, for a boyfriend? The application is Cosmo For Guys (CFG), an iPad-only magazine that claims to help guys make better relationship decisions. I would have loved if there was an [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 14 May 2012
One-month used Samsung Galaxy S II for sale. Extremely neat condition. Full sales pack and accessories. Price: N70,000. Call 08031991363. Continue Reading
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