Let me explain quickly what the Adopt A Phone search is all about. My earliest years in mobile and in smartphones were the Nokia years. The Nokia Communicators ruled the landscape and were my natural choice. I had deep love for Ericsson and later Sony Ericsson smartphones too, and so I played with some of…
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New Year, New looks: Microsoft Bing gets a facial makeover
As we enter a new year, Microsoft has thought it best to revamp the logo of their search engine, Bing. The new logo is green in color and would be gradually spread across other Microsoft apps and services. Below is an image showing the last two images showing the Bing logo. The extreme right logo…
It is illegal for the Nigeria Police to search your phone, but officers do it anyway
The Inspector General of Police in Nigeria has sent out a circular to all police commands banning the “illegal search of mobile phones”. But his men have refused to comply. Too many Nigerians have horror stories of Police officers stopping them for arbitrary searches, and then invading their privacy by insisting on going through their…
Facebook extends search to include your posts too
Before now, when you search for anything on the Facebook search box, results displayed are mostly of people and Pages. That has changed now. Henceforth, any thing you search for not only shows people and pages, but also news items, text and every other thing related to the entered text.The new results will first show…
When will technology match sorcery?
Outside of fictional works, I am not a fan of sorcery, but I really, really need for technology to develop faster and be a real match for sorcery. If you were looking for missing object and went to a sorcerer, out would come a mystic ball, a magic wand, or an enchanted mirror, and your…
