An unexpected Facebook bug that hit the social media site Friday started ‘killing’ off people indiscriminately.
The bug affected numerous users, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself.
Twitter have announced that the video sharing app Vine is being closed down as more and more of its features are integrated directly into Twitter.
Vine allows users to create short, looping videos of noteworthy events of up to 7 seconds to post, and achieved tremendous success for a while until it was purchased by twitter.
Whatsapp, the facebook owned $19 billion app which has become the largest mobile messaging app is finally ready to support video calls.
Android Police has reported that the feature now works for some Android users, even without an update.
However, anyone on Android who wants to try the feature can simply install the latest beta (2.16.318), which is up on APK Mirror.
The US’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has not only banned the use of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 handset on flights, but has also made it a federal crime to be caught doing so, punishable by some harsh sentences.
The Galaxy Note 7 has really caught a lot of grief for Samsung after it was discovered to burst into flames when overheated. It has led to numerous airlines and aviation authorities simply banning its use on flights.
The Nobel Prize laureates for 2016 have been named by the awarding body, the The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz are the three recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics, for their extraordinary work on exotic states of matter.
Ghana’s Civil Aviation Authority has announced a ban on the use of the combustible Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on all aircraft operating in Ghana.
The company announced a recall of all their issued global Galaxy Note 7 after there were reports the handsets were spontaneously exploding when being charged.
Micro blogging site twitter has slightly relaxed the rules around its 140 character limit, meaning tweets slightly longer than the character limit can be sent but only in certain specific circumstances.
Twitter has long maintained the 140 limit despite numerous attempts to change it, eventually scrapping each idea as that remains its unique attraction.
A groundbreaking study into mammalian fertilisation and reproduction has produced fascinating results that could have far reaching implications.
It’s applications could range from preserving fertility for women beyond a certain age, or who underwent severe cancer or other treatment that otherwise could have left them infertile – it could also lead to gay couples being able to procreate with each other with no need for a woman or her egg.
I have heard a lot about these mobile scams that for some reason manage to snare a lot of people. I’ve always held the opinion that one must have shut off their brain or be real greedy for these kinds of scams to trap them, and after being on the other end of one it has only confirmed my opinion.
The attempt was amateurish, the story they concocted laughable – in fact, I’m a little insulted that as I played along to ascertain their entire modus operandi, they actually thought I was buying their bullsh*t. That scam is so transparent I’m wondering if anyone ever falls for it, but it seems people do or they would have stopped trying.
The world’s first fleet of self driving cars have commenced operations in Singapore, marking another revolutionary turn in human technology that has been coming for a while.
Self driving, or driverless cars, have been a new frontier of scientific research for a while, although safety concerns have meant large delays in ever rolling out the first service.
North Korea’s Supreme Leader has authorised the launch of a ‘netflix’ style video streaming service being called ‘Manbang’ – which literally translates as ‘every direction’.
The service is intended to give citizens an on-demand service similar to the revolutionary American one Netflix – where viewers can choose at any point in time what they want to watch.
Uber is set to roll out a new state of the art feature with the introduction of driverless cars into the system.
The company is rolling out the self driving cars in Pittsburgh, to be provided at random to some customers who request for an Uber – to use at no cost to them.
A group of scientists tracking height growth of citizens of various nations across a 100 year period has come out with some fascinating findings about global height patterns.
The researchers, from the Imperial College in London, tracked patterns between 1914 and 2014 to release their findings, which showed the Netherlands have the tallest men in the world whilst Latvia has the tallest women.
Tanzania are building a locally made chopper which would soon take to its skies.
The chopper, a two seater aircraft, is being developed by the Mechanical and Engineering Department of the Arusha Technical College- the prototype is already nearing completion, but is set to be fully operational in 2018.
Software giants Microsoft has announced an agreement with professional networking site LinkedIn, to acquire its entire shares in a deal worth $26.2bn.
Microsoft is buying the network at $196 per share, including all of its net cash. The deal is set to be signed sometime before the end of this year.
