Microsoft buys Nokia’s handset Business

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One of the most enticing "what-ifs" of recent years has come true: Microsoft has purchased Nokia's devices and services unit, bringing the Lumia lineup under the Redmond roof. The move unites Windows Phone 8 with its biggest hardware supporter, giving the company the integrated mobile offering it's been looking for with Surface and other devices. When the deal closes in the first quarter of 2014, Microsoft will pay €3.79 billion for Nokia's business, plus another €1.65 billion for its portfolio of patents. (The €5.44-billion total is considerably less than Microsoft paid for Skype in 2011.) 32,000 people are expected to transfer from Nokia to Microsoft, including 18,300 that are "directly involved in manufacturing."

.Amazon rejected as domain name

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      E-commerce giant Amazon has been rejected in their attempts to use .amazon as a new top-level domain name.

Thanks to objections by a large group of Latin American countries, a committee for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has blocked the attempt. ICANN is the international group responsible for governing the Internet.

Nigerian student graduates with First Class In Computer Science from UK University

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Nigerian student Ihuoma Njoku just graduated with a First Class degree in Computer Sscience from the University of Manchester. Worthy of celebration. Congrats my Sister.

WhatsApp now Free on iOS Devices

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Whatsapp now free on iOS Devices (Photo: WhatsApp Messenger )

After offering its services to Android devices completely free of cost, messaging service WhatsApp has now been rolled out as a free app for iOS devices as well.
The application used to initially set back iOS users by about $0.99 on download but users can now avail it services for free for the first one year, post which the brand will start charging its users around 65p ($1) per year.
The same condition reportedly applied even for the Android devices but its renewal was automatic and very few users are said to have paid for it.

BLACKBERRY A10 SPECS REPORTEDLY LEAKED

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So far, we've only had furtive glances of the rumored BlackBerry A10 through basic specs and a short video. However, CrackBerry forum member nereuszeer may have given us much more insight by posting what appears to be a presentation slidewith most of the A10's details. If accurate, they suggest that the 5-inch, 720p OLED screen wouldn't be the only standout feature

Nigeria Rated Africa’s Most IT Savvy Nation

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The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, Cleopas Angaye has said that Nigeria is rated number one in Africa in terms of information technology as the country boasts of at least 50 million penetrations.
He disclosed this while speaking in an exclusive interview on Question Time, a programme of award-winning Channels Television.