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Google Fiber Serving Up To 1000Mbps

Posted by Unknown Jumat, 07 Februari 2014 0 komentar

Guess what? Google is at it again! Last month, Google launched a fiber network that is 100 times faster than today's basic broadband which is up to 1,000 Mbps (Megabytes Per Second). Thats a big wow!!! :-o right? Not yet, let me give you the gist of its capacity.

Google Fiber network has a bigger pipeline which means no compression required to deliver a crystal clear HD Movie, 100 photos, 100 songs, or a game download at 1000Mbps unlike your regular speed which is perhaps 5mbps or even less. Now, that is superfast!!! Unfortunately, it is not everywhere yet. It was first launched at Provo city last month and extending to other cities in the US. Trust google, they can connect the world on their fiber. Then, it means we are fast moving into the era where you watch your TV via internet since you no longer have to wait on things buffering; everything will be ready to go when you are. So whether you are watching TV, video chatting, uploading family videos, or playing your favorite online games, all you need to do is click and you're there.

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Microsoft Crowns New CEO

Posted by Unknown Rabu, 05 Februari 2014 0 komentar

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Yesterday, Microsoft gets yet another CEO. Succeeding Steve Ballmer is, Satya Nadella just as anticipated. This was officially announced in an email sent to all employees of Microsoft by Nadella himself. In the mail, he defined himself as a family, curious and hunger-for-knowledge person. He believes that there's need to believe in the impossible and remove the improbable. He closed with the requirements for any company to change the world - talents, resources, perseverance - "Microsoft has proven that it has all three in abundance", he said.

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Facebook Adds New Feature "Lookback" to Celebrate 10th Anniversary

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As Facebook clocks 10, it has launch a new feature called lookback. This feature which facebook is perhaps using as a way to celebrate with its users, shows you a brief story of your activities on facebook since you joined in a 62 seconds movie. It also gives you an option to share. You can have a look of yours here or visit facebook.com/lookback.

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Hot: CopaShun App Officially Launched Today!

Posted by Unknown Selasa, 04 Februari 2014 0 komentar

You need to read this gist!!! Just about 5 hours ago, CopaShun App was officially launched at the University of Lagos Main Auditorium during the Lagos Batch A job fair event. This app was developed by one of the corps members who attended the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) Program designed by NYSC Lagos Chapter to help members hone members skills and prepare them towards the labour market.

This App has a couple of unique benefits:

Distress Report - security threat and alawee complain
Gives vivid description of corpers' state of deployment with its geolocation technology
Access to all NYSC guidelines
Access to NYSC website to register
Health tips
Link to NYSC job portal and a lots of more interesting stuff like camp morning call, anthem and so on.

The app, if well utilised, is said to have the potential to reduce cost of information by 100% and Improve access to it by 200% for both NYSC officials and corps members. The app runs 80% offline, especially as an added advantage for people with restricted internet access and 20% online to get latest updates. It is available for free and compatible with lots of devices as well.

So, if you are a serving, or about to, or better still someone close to you is, please do not hesitate to share this story with them on facebook. You can as well download the app here.

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Dropbox: Expansion Looms

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Dropbox is growing so fast it will soon run out of room at its San Francisco headquarters. That’s why it’s just signed a 12-year lease on a second office a 10-minute walk away at 333 Brannan to house spillover of its 500 employees, sources close to the company tell me. Kilroy Realty put out a press release bragging about leasing the space to Dropbox.
Back in 2012, Dropbox moved from an 11,000 square foot Mid-Market office into its current spot at 185 Berry St in the China Basin area of San Francisco’s South Park district. Originally that office was 87,000 square feet, but then Dropbox expanded to more of the building to occupy a total of 200,000 square feet.
Dropbox had less than half the number of employees needed to fill it. With so much ground to cover, employees would often ride scooters and skateboard-like Ripsticks over its polished cement floors. There were lines of unfurnished meeting rooms, and a whole wing of the office was completely uninhabited.But last enterprise press event in December, it was already starting to feel claustrophobic. With so many people walking around, wheeled-locomotion had become too dangerous to attempt. Every area was crammed full of desks as well as LED art, a jam room for musical instruments, and sculptures of its AK-47-toting velociraptor mascot.

Dropbox said it added over 300 employees to the company in 2013, and it showed.
Then last month, Dropbox raised $250 million (with another $150 million possibly in the works), giving it a total of $500 million with which to fuel expansion into the enterprise. Selling to Fortune 500 companies requires a big sales force that likely wouldn’t fit in its current digs.
Sales could be one department housed in the new 333 Brannan location. However, sources close to the company say Dropbox hasn’t decided exactly what part or parts of the team will be booted from the headquarters into its nearby annex.

Dropbox will control all 187,000 square feet of the William McDonough-designed office still under construction at 333 Brannan. It’s a six-story brick and concrete building with the open floor plans preferred by startups, plus a rooftop garden and deck. It will feature a rainwater reclamation system that could cut water usage by 45 percent and energy usage by 26 percent. The location is about a 15-minute walk from BART and a 10-minute walk from Caltrain for employees commuting via public transportation.

Keeping its offices in the city might give Dropbox better luck in some areas of recruiting. Many tech giants choose to build massive campuses in the South Bay then run controversial shuttle buses back and forth from San Francisco so employees can live in the city. But Dropbox’s youthful company culture likely attracts people with little interest of living in social dead-zones like Mountain View and Menlo Park where Google and Facebook have their plots. This way, energetic Dropboxers can live and work in SF (if they’re willing to pay the rent).
By nearly doubling its total office space, Dropbox should have room to house at least another year or two of swift growth. And plenty of dinosaurs.

Source: TechCrunch

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Nokia Lumia 2020 8″ tablet rumored to come out in Q1 2014

Posted by Unknown Sabtu, 30 November 2013 0 komentar

Nokia is expanding into new categories with a tablet and two phablets, but talk from Digitimes is that Nokia will soon follow up with a new slate dubbed Nokia Lumia 2020. There’s not a lot of info available for the tablet other than that it will run Windows 8.1 RT and that it will have an 8″ screen.

Digitimes sources say the Lumia 2020 will target the mid- to high-end segment, so it most likely won’t cost $200and compete compete with the Nexus 7 or Kindle Fire HDX.

The chipset is unknown but will probably be a Snapdragon 800, just like the 10.1″ Lumia 2520 (unlike Microsoft’s Tegra 4-powered Surface 2).

The Nokia Lumia 2020 will reportedly come out some time in the first three months of next year, so don’t expect it to make it in time for the holidays. It’s codenamed Illusionists, so we’ll be on the lookout for more leaks for that name.

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