Samsung to throw in free EUR139 earbuds when you buy any of its 5G-enabled phones

December 5, 2019

Even though we are past the markings of the cyber Monday and black Friday deals, Samsung still has some offers in store for us. To push the sales of the 5G units which they have in the market right now, the company is throwing in a couple of free earbuds priced at about EUR139.

This means if you were to get any of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G, Galaxy S10 5G or the Galaxy A90 5G now, these earbuds will also ship with your unit.

The best thing about this deal is that they are available on any platform that you can buy the phone from – but we are not sure about physical stores. This means that Amazon, eBay and the likes could bring the same deal to your doorstep.

While that is true, you also have to note that the deal will lapse on the 25^th of December, so you might want to act fast if you are truly interested in being a part of the package.

Instagram is making some new changes, and you might not like them all

O. Christopher

December 5, 2019

Instagram is making some new changes, and you might not like them all

Instagram is making a lot of changes these days, and we hope we can keep up with all of that.

To start with, the Facebook-owned company will now allow you choose who can follow you on your account. That could be any of those you follow, or everyone on the platform itself – except those that you have blocked. At the same time, they will now allow you restrict your DMs to see who and who cannot send you a direct message anytime.

Perhaps the one that you might not like to hear is that IG wants to know your birthday. With the rate at which Facebook already knows too much, that might not be something you are willing to share.

However, they claim this is to ensure no one under the age of 13 has an account on the platform – but we all know ages can be faked on services like IG. Likewise, you only have to supply your age for new accounts – and it will not be visible to anyone else other than you. And Facebook, of course.

What do you think of these new changes? Radical or necessary?

WhatsApp gives users greater control over who can add them to groups

O. Christopher

November 8, 2019

WhatsApp gives users greater control over who can add them to groups

WhatsApp started improving the control people had over who added them to a group back in the month of April. Like we have seen with the Status Privacy feature, users got to choose between ‘Everyone,’ ‘Nobody’ or ‘My Contacts’ when asked to set who can add them to any group on the IM platform.

As of now, the company is rolling out a new feature that will greatly improve on the basic safety feature. Here, we now have the option to go for ‘My Contacts Except.’ Thus, instead of selecting all of your contacts, you can exclude some of them from ever being able to add you to a group at all.

Note that this does not interfere with getting private group invite links in your DMs. Afterall, that would require that you take action rather than the involuntary association with a group which could have otherwise happened.

Twitter CEO gets account hacked in a SIM-swapping move

O. Christopher

September 2, 2019

Twitter CEO gets account hacked in a SIM-swapping move

A new hacking attack was launched on the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, himself, but it seems there is nothing to worry about for everyone who loves their Twitter.

The hack comprised a partial takeover of the CEO’s account from where a series of offensive tweets were posted, but they have since been taken down. The company also released an official statement, saying that the hacker did not actually hack the account but the phone number associated with it.

In an attempt known as SIM-swapping, what the hacker did was port the phone number of Jack Dorsey to a new physical chip which allowed them tweet via text message like they were the real owner of the account. This could either happen if the said hacker was able to provide enough information to the carrier to convince them that they are the owner of the number, or if they had help on the inside.

No matter which it is, they surely had no access to DMs, follower lists and such that way.

NaijaTechGuide wins Best Tech Influencer of the Year Award!!!

O. Christopher

September 2, 2019

NaijaTechGuide wins Best Tech Influencer of the Year Award!!!

Happy New Month, people!

We know we might have come a day too late, but we would like you to know that we wouldn’t forget our esteemed range of newsreaders and followers from all around the world. Better late than never, right?

Now that we have the formalities out of the way, it’s time to thank you for yet another thing – helping us win the statutes of the best tech influencer in Nigeria for the year 2018.

This is on the back of a recent survey run by the budding minds at Askifa – a tech start-up news company – into the Nigeran tech scene.

Naija Tech Guide was put in the survey alongside five (5) other tech personalities and blogs in the country, and we came out tops for that category. It should also be noted that this came from a total of 1,018 responses from all over the country and possibly beyond.

In all, this award means a lot to us, and we cannot thank you enough for having followed us thus far. We promise to work hard in bringing you even better content, updates, breaking news, tips, how-tos and just about everything you want to know in the tech world.

Gracias, and a happy new month to you all once again.

Google to remove YouTube Messaging feature from September 18

O. Christopher

August 28, 2019

Google to remove YouTube Messaging feature from September 18

Google has been discontinuing some features for the past couple of months, and we are seeing yet another one headed down the drain soon. If you have ever heard of YouTube Messaging (we are guessing not many people even know about this), you will not hear of it anymore after September 18.

The service was launched to help users share videos with their friends on the platform via an in-house media. However, it didn’t seem to catch on much. That is because many will rather share these videos via other messaging apps that they use rather than use the one YouTube has provided.

As is the case with Google, the company likes to kill off services that are not doing well so they can focus their resources on the ones that are going strong. This time, we can surely not say we are going to miss this feature at all.

OnePlus finally launches TV, but it might take a while to get it

O. Christopher

August 23, 2019

OnePlus finally launches TV, but it might take a while to get it

OnePlus has been working on a TV for a while now, and we will finally have it in the flesh from September. The company states that the unit which will have a great sound and audio quality has been well built to suit just about any room you want to put it in. Seeing what they have done with smartphones since they began releasing those, we trust them on that promise.

This TV will be different from the virtual TV that Apple is touting and that makes sense. However, it might take a while for the rest of the world to get this TV since OnePlus wants to focus on the content aspect of things for now.

Thus, they will be launching the product in India where they get to work with a lot of content providers to get that aspect right before moving on to other parts of the world.

Till it gets here, all we can do is sit tight and watch the reviews to see how this TV aims to stand out from the competition out there.

Google brings Live View feature on Maps to AR-enabled Android and iOS devices

O. Christopher

August 12, 2019

Google brings Live View feature on Maps to AR-enabled Android and iOS devices

Google debuted the Live View feature when they launched their Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL units, helping users see a real-time layout of the streets they are walking so that they get better directions.

Of course, this is one of those features that leveraged the AR capabilities of smartphones to work, but it was made exclusive to the Pixels at that time – which we can say is a great marketing decision.

Starting today, though, you don’t have to own a Pixel phone to have the Live View feature work on your device.

Google has now made it such that all iPhones with the ARKit and Android devices sporting ARCore can now enjoy the same feature. When in the Maps app, all you have to do is choose a waypoint and then click on the Live View option at the base of the page. That will let you look at the streets with your camera while navigating to your preferred destination with real-time sights of where your next step should be.

Honestly, we believe this to be one of such updates that will greatly improve the way we interact with the apps.

Lenovo Invalid shows up on GeekBench with powerful SD 8cx under the hood

O. Christopher

August 11, 2019

Lenovo Invalid shows up on GeekBench with powerful SD 8cx under the hood

Lenovo is working on a new laptop, but they don’t want us to know about it yet. Thanks to a listing on GeekBench, though, we can now tell for sure that the Lenovo Invalid will come with a QUALCOMM Snapdragon 8cx under the hood.

Of course, we believe that name is just a codename for now till the company settles on the actual name they want to launch their device with.

For those who do not know, the new chipset from Qualcomm is said to bring twice the speed and performance on the SD 850 chipset which only launched last year. That will surely be some boost to the former laptops that this manufacture has in the market.

For now, though, there is no word on what this device could be. Since we have seen it show up on GeekBench, a launch cannot be that far away anymore.

Renders of Galaxy Book S show a stunning design

O. Christopher

August 4, 2019

Renders of Galaxy Book S show a stunning design

We mentioned seeing the Galaxy Book S a couple of days ago, and we now have press renders to support that claim.

Since the launch of the Galaxy Book 2, it seems this is the company’s answer to fans who have started demanding another Windows-based device with the same shell and form factor. From the press renders that leaked today, we now have a hint at what the official design of the unit will be.

The first thing that we noticed is that Samsung deviated from the 2-in-1 approach which they had on the Galaxy Book 2, deciding to make this one a full-blown laptop having its screen attached to the keyboard.

One thing we love about the display is how slim the bezels are, showing Samsung is making a cross from their mobile phone tech into laptop science. On the top of the screen is a camera for video calls and selfies, for those who love to use their laptop for such things.

One other thing the render shows is the USB C port on the left side, but we could only see one. Chances are there are more of these on the right side of the laptop. Besides that, there is also an opening which could either a jack for the headphone or a microphone port.

While there is no word from Samsung on this nit yet, some spotting on GeekBench shows that it comes with the Snapdragon 855 chipset out of the box while carrying 8GB of RAM. Hopefully, this one also launches alongside the Galaxy Note 10 on August 7.

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