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T-Mobile Finally Agrees To Buy Sprint For $26.5 Billion

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After long talks, breakups and makeups, T-Mobile and Sprint, US third and fourth-largest wireless carriers, respectively, have finally reached an agreement to come together to form a new and https://www.techquery.ng/featured/t-mobile-finally-agrees-to-buy-sprint-for-26-5-billion/

Uganda To Tax Facebook and WhatsApp Users In The Country.

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The parliament of the Republic of Uganda has presented a new tax proposal from 200 to 100 shillings ($0.06 to $0.03) per day for all users of media services including Whatsapp platforms and Facebook https://www.techquery.ng/featured/uganda-to-tax-facebook-and-whatsapp-users-in-the-country/

The Best VR (Virtual Reality) Headsets of 2018

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In time past, virtual reality used to be available only in tech conferences and special events, where rooms are set aside with physical environments created for that purpose. But now the story has https://www.techquery.ng/featured/the-best-vr-virtual-reality-headsets-of-2018/

Tesla Owner Survives Deadly Car Crash, Thanks Elon.

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Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla has received so much accolades lately on behalf of Tesla and his team. A couple of days ago, Kanye West took to twitter praising Elon and expressing his love for his https://www.techquery.ng/featured/tesla-owner-survives-deadly-car-crash-thanks-elon/

Jack Dorsey's Square To Acquire Weebly For $365 million.

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Square, an IT management company founded by the founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, with her headquarters in San Francisco, California United States has agreed to acquire Weebly for a mix of cash and https://www.techquery.ng/featured/jack-dorseys-square-to-acquire-weebly-for-365-million/

CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO USE HI-TECH TO MONITOR SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF CITIZENS IN ORDER TO DENY PRIVILEGES.

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China being aware of the drastic consequences of social vices in the country plans to abate it through high technology deployment in the year 2020. The government through surveillance cameras, https://www.techquery.ng/featured/chinese-government-to-use-hi-tech-to-monitor-social-behaviour-of-citizens-in-order-to-deny-privileges/

Gmail's New Design Means Business

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The proposed New Gmail's design has just come to fruition with new security and intelligent features. According to the press release today by David Thacker, VP Product Management, G Suite; he https://www.techquery.ng/featured/gmails-new-design-means-business/

Rap Superstar Kanye West Praises Elon Musk: "I Really Love My Tesla...Thank You Elon"

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Kanye West, the popular rapper got back on social media after deleting both his Twitter and Instagram accounts sometime last year. Few weeks after his comeback, the rap superstar Kanye https://www.techquery.ng/featured/rap-superstar-kanye-west-praises-elon-musk-i-really-love-my-tesla-thank-you-elon/

The Ellie UV Sterilizing Pod Kills Germs In Just 60 Seconds

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You can’t deny the fact that microorganisms exist in your environment. You may not see them with your naked eyes but feel their impacts in diverse ways causing harm to your general health s https://www.techquery.ng/featured/the-ellie-uv-sterilizing-pod-kills-germs-in-just-60-seconds/

How to turn your old house into a smart home

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Life seems better with a smart home. Gone at the days where smart home implementation was almost impossible, making life uninteresting and dull. Today, smart home is no longer a fantasy. https://www.techquery.ng/featured/how-to-turn-your-old-house-into-a-smart-home/

Google Is Monitoring All Your Activities Both Online And Offline, Here’s How To Stop It.

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Google has been tracking everybody in the world for some time now, especially with the internet craze and the social media madness. Google is willing to go a country and give them free internet https://www.techquery.ng/featured/google-is-monitoring-all-your-activities-both-online-and-offline-heres-how-to-stop-it/

The U.S Just Destroyed Telecoms Equipments And Phone Maker ZTE, Will Their Dry Bones Rise Again?

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On Monday the U.S. Department of Commerce banned American companies from selling components and software to Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp for seven years after breaking an agreement https://www.techquery.ng/featured/the-u-s-just-destroyed-telecoms-equipments-and-phone-maker-zte-will-their-dry-bones-rise-again/

The FCC’s $40m Hammer On T-Mobile Is About Something Trivial But Vital.

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For making callers’ phones to ring when actually calls never got connected you will pay $40m, FCC tells T-Mobile. T-Mobile, an American telecoms giant, admitted to have played ringing sounds “ https://www.techquery.ng/featured/the-fccs-40m-hammer-on-t-mobile-is-about-something-trivial-but-vital/

Techcrunch Lands In Nigeria And Ghana This Week

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Techcrunch is in Nigeria and Ghana this week to check out startups that are gaining roots with innovative solutions for their society. This startups are prepared for their global startup https://www.techquery.ng/featured/techcrunch-lands-in-nigeria-and-ghana-this-week/

Russia Is Hacking Routers, Switches And Firewalls world Over, Says U.S And Britain

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Russian Cyber Army has laid ambush on unsuspecting routers, switches, firewalls and other networking equipment used by Governments and private organizations all over the world. No country is left https://www.techquery.ng/featured/russia-is-hacking-routers-switches-and-firewalls-world-over-says-u-s-and-britain/

Two Americans Invent wood-burning stove That Charges Phones using Fire.

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This stove does not only eliminate smokiness but also charges your phone using fire. The Campstove2 is a unique type of stove that prepares your food, reducing smoke by 90%, charges your devices https://www.techquery.ng/featured/two-americans-invent-wood-burning-stove-that-charges-phones-using-fire/

Funny Video Shows What Happened When Nigerians Saw A Driverless Car On Their Street For The First Time.

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One may ask, how did they notice it? Well, they did, as a crowd gathered around a slowly moving, white-painted vehicle without a driver inside. Everybody turned paparazzi immediately and attributed https://www.techquery.ng/featured/funny-video-shows-what-happened-when-nigerians-saw-a-driverless-car-on-their-street-for-the-first-time/

Google Go released In Africa To Overcome Slow Internet Speed By 40%

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Google just added another item to its line of Go products, this time it is the Google Go app. Designed to overcome Africa’s greatest challenge to internet adoption: data. With about 90 million p https://www.techquery.ng/featured/google-go-released-in-africa-to-overcome-slow-internet-speed-by-40/

How To Check If Cambridge Analytica Stole Your Facebook Profile And Other Data.

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Facebook has fulfilled its promise to let you know if your account was compromised by Cambridge Analytica data breach. You can do this by visiting this Facebook Help Center page. It will tell you https://www.techquery.ng/featured/how-to-check-if-cambridge-analytica-stole-your-facebook-profile-and-other-data/

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, Testifies Before Senate

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Facebook CEO has finally appeared before Senate, testifying before the Senate committees on commerce and judiciary. Zuckerberg was invited by the Senate because of the Cambridge Analytica scandal in https://www.techquery.ng/featured/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-testifies-before-senate/

Alibaba’s Jack Ma Advises Against Killing Facebook Because Of Its Problems.

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Unlike other big entrepreneurs, Jack Ma believes Facebook will overcome its present challenges. Jack Ma, who is currently China’s richest man, founder and chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd( the p https://www.techquery.ng/featured/alibabas-jack-ma-advises-against-killing-facebook-because-of-its-problems/

Vodacom Bags Award For Internet Of Things Technology Deployment In Africa

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Vodacom, a leading African communications company, earns Frost & Sullivan's Technology award for its Narrow-Band Internet of Things (NB IoT) Technology Deployment. The London based company, https://www.techquery.ng/featured/vodacom-bags-award-for-internet-of-things-technology-deployment-in-africa/

Backpage.com And Affiliated Websites Have Been Seized.

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One of the world's largest classified ads company Backpage.com, has been seized and disabled by the federal government (US). Backpage.com did not go down alone but with all affiliated websites. https://www.techquery.ng/featured/backpage-com-and-affiliated-websites-have-been-seized/

Tecno Launches A Smart Phone With Super Camera

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Tecno Mobile, a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer has just launched two super sleek phones at the same time; the Techno Camon X and Tecno Camon X Pro. The event took place in Lagos, Nigeria during https://www.techquery.ng/featured/tecno-launches-a-smart-phone-with-super-camera/

Facebook Confesses That Up To 80 Million Users Information Was Compromised To Cambridge Analytica.

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Facebook confesses that up to 80 million people's information mostly in the U.S were improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. Prior to now, it was known that 50 million users' data were https://www.techquery.ng/uncategorized/facebook-confesses-that-up-to-80-million-users-information-was-compromised-to-cambridge-analytica/

Snapchat Just Stepped Up Their Game: Adds New Robust Features.

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Snap chat just stepped up their game by adding new robust features to its platform to enhance users activities. The added features include a new group video chat feature that accommodates up to https://www.techquery.ng/featured/snapchat-just-stepped-up-their-game-adds-new-robust-features/

Intel Just Released The First Ever Intel Core i9 Processor For Laptops.

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Intel has just unveiled the first ever intel core i9 processor for laptops at a global event in Beijing. The powerful 8th Gen Intel Core i9 processor is the highest performance laptop processor https://www.techquery.ng/featured/intel-just-released-the-first-ever-intel-core-i9-processor-for-laptops/

China’s Space Station, Tiangiong-1, Crashes Into Earth On April 1st.

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This is not April fool, the Chinese out-of-control Space Station has finally fire-balled into the Earth’s atmosphere. Chinese Space authorities announced on their website that the space lab r https://www.techquery.ng/featured/chinas-space-station-tiangiong-1-crashes-into-earth-on-april-1st/