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Facebook on Monday became the latest US tech giant to announce new investment in Britain with hundreds of extra jobs but hinted its success depended on skilled migration after Britain leaves the European Union. The premier social network underlined London’s status as a global technology hub at a British company bosses’ summit where Prime Minister Theresa May sought to allay business concerns about Brexit.

The main U.S. visa program for technology workers could face renewed scrutiny under President-elect Donald Trump and his proposed Attorney General, Senator Jeff Sessions, a long-time critic of the skilled-worker program. H-1B visas admit 65,000 workers and another 20,000 graduate student workers each year.

Hillary Clinton was about to be indicted, Pope Francis endorsed Donald Trump: the battle over fake news is heating up after a White House campaign in which the misinformation industry may have swung the outcome of the vote.

WhatsApp has announced an upgrade of its platform: it’s over one billion users will not just be able to make audio calls, they will also be able to do so by video. The latest feature will be operational in a few days and it will be available across iOS, Windows and Android platforms.

The spread of the new Glo 4G LTE network has continued to gather momentum with additional 20 locations, including Ikorodu in Lagos, Ota in Ogun State and Zuba in Abuja going live on the network. Globacom announced this in a press statement from its head office in Victoria Island, Lagos, indicating that over 60 locations are now live on the company’s brand new 4G LTE network.

Samsung is the top Android phone manufacturer in the world. Android is an open source operating system meaning the source code of the OS is open to all interested parties under open source licenses. Because of Android is open source some phone manufacturers take advantage of this by creating replicas of more popular devices. These companies have tricked many consumers into buying their fake phones at a very low price or even at the normal price.

As you might already know the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were two American brothers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who are generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world’s first successful airplane.

Whatsapp has announced a U-turn on the decision to block Blackberry 10 from its platform come December 31st, 2016.

Flat screen monitors and TVs, most of which are LCDs (liquid crystal display), as well as touch-screen devices of all kinds, require special attention when cleaning. While older cathode ray tube (CRT) screens, the type used in large tube monitors and TVs, are glass and can be cleaned the same way you would clean any other glass in your home or office, all LCD displays take special care to keep them clean and prevent damage.

Google, the developers of the Android Operating System has announced that the Android Auto it launched two years ago to better integrate phones and cars and give drivers an easier way to access the information they need, has been upgraded to run even on older car models.

New variants of Android malware called Android.Lockscreen are now being used by cyber criminals to successfully compromise Android devices by posing as alternative Android launcher, says Symantec Corporation, an Internet security company.

The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu revealed on Tuesday that the federal government has concluded plans to establish the first Information and Communication Technology (ICT) University in Nigeria within the next three months.

Remember the BridePrice app? Well you should. It is a web site/app that invites visitors to calculate a person’s Brideprice. For themselves, their friends, or even their enemies.

Google has announced the launch of an online portal to help 500,000 Africans acquire digital skills that’ll enable them build businesses, create jobs and boost economic growth across the continent. The online portal is home to 89 online lessons on a wide range of digital subjects including web analytics, social media management and mobile marketing.

A whopping fifty thousand people registered on Linda Ikeji Social, a social blogging community (or social networking/money making site if you like) in 24 hours. This not-too-surprising piece of information was disclosed by Nigeria’s most popular blogger, Linda Ikeji, who owns the site, via Twitter yesterday.