Big ups to Uncle Jobs, the Apple app store was finally made available to us Third World folks in Nigeria. Not that i blame the guy for the delay, afterall, how much do we contribute to Apple's bottom line, if at all. The joy of this "immense feat" was however short-lived when a disturbing aspect…

Lately, calls going through to my Globacom mobile line has been something of a "hit and miss" affair. Naturally, i blamed it on the inefficiencies of the mobile network and prayed for the best. But i became a little worried when, curiously, my wife's line works perfectly well even though we both use the same…

Smartphone malware isn’t yet as big a threat as you might think, but it’s coming. Here are some tips to help you avoid it. MALICIOUS SOFTWARE IS leaping from PCs to cell phones, as malware makers target the platform in hopes of making a quick buck. Examples include the infected DroidDream and Plankton Android apps.…

Nigeria is a country in West Africa with a population of over 150 Million, the most populous in Africa. With this statistics, it comes as no surprise that Nigeria has been listed as having the highest number of Internet users on the continent  and 10th in the world. However, Nigeria was conspicuously absent from the…

Recently, Apple updated the Operating System of its devices (iPod touch, iPad and iPhone) from IOS version 4.3.3 to 4.3.4, and 10 days later, to version 4.3.5. Funny thing is, not a few people have refused to upgrade from 4.3.3. The reason is simple. IOS 4 would only be available for a few more weeks,…

Is it just me or are there other men out there who, just like me, have a problem with the almost endless periods their wives (or women) spend chatting on their Blackberries? Anyone? I have always given the Blackberry its due respect for what it stands for and what it has been able to achieve…

Apple has expanded the Mac and iOS App Stores to reach another 33 countries, most of them in the Caribbean region, along with a few in Africa, the Mediterranean region and elsewhere. In addition to helping expand iOS device and Mac sales in those regions, the move will also make the iCloud service available to…

When Apple senior vice president Scott Forstall took the wraps off iOS 5 at the Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, he focused on ten of what he said were more than 200 new features in the next incarnation of Apple’s mobile operating system. But Forstall’s time was limited, and obviously he didn’t have a chance to…

Ten hours after Apple released the update to the firmware of its IOS devices, "hacktivists" from The iPhone Dev Team, with its redsnow software, have been able to jailbreak it. The 4.3.4 minor update has effectively plugged the exploit used by jailbreak me.com to jailbreak Apple devices like iPhone,iPod touch, iPad and, especially, iPad 2.…

Hacking sensation George Hotz, who shot into fame by cracking iPhone, unleashed his wizardry by breaking open the Sony PlayStation 3, and then cut through Sony’s defenses yet again, forcing Sony to move to court to obtain restraining orders preventing him from releasing the latest jailbreak on PS3. The case has since been settled out…

According to wikipaedia, IOS jailbreaking, or simply jailbreaking, is the process of removing the limitations imposed by Apple on devices running the iOS operating system, which was known as "iPhone OS" prior to iOS 4.0. Such devices include iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and recently Apple TV. Jailbreaking allows users to gain full access (or root…

iPad 2 owners who have been longing to jailbreak their units can finally do so using Comex's jailbreakme. The jailbreakme.com site relies on an exploit that crashes Safari, allowing custom code injection to create the iOS jailbreak. The site was first used way back in 2008, and again in 2010, to provide an incredibly user-friendly…