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Unlocking phones used to be simple, but that meant they were easy to breach. It's a different landscape now for smartphone security. In the olden days, unlocking phones simply required the user to click two keys — on old Nokia phones, anyway. But now, phones have gotten tougher. Fingerprints, and sometimes even faceprints, are now the norm.

Facebook's Instant Articles are actually a pretty nifty feature and it does cut down a lot of loading time, especially when you're on the go and you don't want to waste precious seconds (or even a minute) waiting for an article to load. Now it looks like Facebook is trying to replicate that except with video.

Facebook has built a baffling new WhatsApp button into its app. The social media giant owns the messaging company, having bought it for $19 billion back in 2014, and appears to be trying to tie the two services closer together.

Legitimate downloads of popular software including WhatsApp, Skype and VLC Player have allegedly being hacked at an internet service provider (ISP) level to spread a highly-advanced form of surveillance software known as "FinFisher", cybersecurity researchers warn. FinFisher is sold to global governments and intelligence agencies and can be used to snoop on webcam feeds, keystrokes, microphones and web browsing. Documents, previously published by WikiLeaks, indicate that one tool called "FinFly ISP" may be linked to cases.

Android launcher apps have long been an integral part of the Android experience. If you don't like the way your home screens look or act, you can simply download an app to change all of it. There is no doubt that Android launcher apps have a far more diverse set of features than any other genre of application and you can really do some amazing things with these apps. Let's take a look at the best ones! Google Now Launcher is shutting its doors in 2017. That is why it no longer makes an appearance on this list. That makes us very sad. Here are some more fun app lists to further customize your phone! 10 best sources for HD Android wallpaper and QHD Android ...1 week ago 10 best icon packs for Android (by developer)January 7, 2017

Memo to app makers, steer clear of Apple's turf. Just two weeks after not-so-quietly removing the Finder for AirPods app, which helped nervous AirPod owners locate their misplaced Bluetooth audio devices, Apple announced its own official Find My AirPods utility inside the already familiar Find My iPhone app. The fact that Apple is making this app is significant, because it's the first time Apple's willing to freely admit that someone might actually misplace one of the just-released $159 wireless earbuds

The Saudi government is lifting a ban on calls made through online apps on Thursday 21 September 2017 but will monitor and censor them, a government spokesman said. All online voice and video call services - such as Microsoft’s Skype, Facebook’s WhatsApp and Messenger, and Rakuten’s Viber - that satisfy regulatory requirements were set to become accessible overnight. However, on Thursday morning, Viber appeared to remain

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Whatsapp has once again announced a postponement on the date to blacklist blackberry from its services.

What is N-Power? N-Power is a job creation and empowerment programme of the National Social Investment Programme of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The N-Power programme is for young Nigerians between the ages of 18 and 35.

A group of Nigerian and foreign banks led by Access Bank PLC have taken over the management of Etisalat Nigeria following a collapse of efforts to reach an agreement with the banks on debt restructuring plan in the protracted $1,72 billion debt impasse.

The Senate, yesterday, said Nigeria has lost about $450 million to 3,500 cyber attacks on its Information and Communication Technology, ICT, space. According to the Senate, this represents over 70 per cent of hacking attempts on technology in the country.

Ahead of the take-off of the Federal Government proposed University of Information Computer Technology (ICT) members of its implementation committee on Tuesday paid an assessment visit to the Digital Bridge Institute Enugu, designated as one of the campuses of the university. The proposed ICT University will be a multi-campus institution of the present Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as located in Abuja, Lagos, Enugu, Kano, Asaba and Yola.

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