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Last week on April 15, a press release hit the wire declaring that PSY’s new single Gentleman, his follow-up to the record-breaking Gangnam Style sensation, had amassed “a staggering 22-plus million views in less than a day” meaning that it had “set a new YouTube record for most views in a day.” Google today confirmed that PSY’s second creation has indeed set a new record, but that view count was actually 38 million. We contacted Google last Monday to find out if the record had indeed been broken (we thought the last...

Google is marking Earth Day 2013 on Monday with what could be its busiest yet more subtle animated doodles. Its degree of involvement has led Google to provide a checklist to ensure you do not miss anything. Highlighting the Earth’s complexity on the 43rd Earth Day, the doodle provides a snapshot of the four seasons our delicate planet experiences, in addition to several of its flora and fauna. “Today...

Microsoft now offers improved security for its e-mail, storage and other services for its customers. Users who turn on the new feature will be asked not merely for a username and password, but would also be asked a second piece of information, such as a temporary code sent as a text to a phone on file. Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. currently enable two-step verification...

“Social networking” has been around for a long time. It simply means the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighbourhood subdivision in such a way that they are able to communicate, interact and expand in number, in today’s world, “it’s the use of a dedicated website to communicate informally with other members of the site, by posting messages, photographs, etc” Global social networking brands are continuously gaining prominence in Africa, by region the Middle East and Africa,...

In its resolve to take public education to a greater heights in the state, the government of the State of Osun has commenced the distribution of the Computer Tablets of Learning (Opon Imo) to the students of the government-owned secondary schools in the state. The distribution of the tablets started at the Ataoja School of Science, Osogbo on Monday with 385 students...

Is this really correct? See for your self! The musician who lately lost his dad, a much loved Nollywood star, Justus Esiri chooses to un-follow every of his twitter followers, buddies and all. Leaving him at number Zero. While some think it is a method of grieving his late father, others think he falls to something also that he is not yet exposing. Well we could...

Timeline profiles and visiting the News Feed. As the Wall Street Journal notes, Instagram already uses hashtags to let users sort photos. Given that Facebook acquired Instagram last year, hashtags could be a way for the company to bring the two services closer together. The hashtag, much like the @ sign, was one of the features that made Twitter difficult to adopt...

Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S 4. It features a 13-megapixel rear camera, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, smart pause, smart scroll and more. ...

Introduction Recently Intel Corporation, which is the worlds largest chip maker, announced that it would be making an internet television set top box that they would sell directly to their consumers. They are aiming to create a new market for their processors. This article is going to discuss why Intel planned their new chip launch. It should be noted that getting...

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