Month: June 2015

Jun262015 by Somtoo OkoyeNo Comments

T-Mobile iPhone: How to fix “blue screen of death” and random restarts

Yesterday, we that hundreds of users were complaining of experiencing "blue screen of deaths" followed by random restarts on their iPhone 5s, 6 and 6 Plus that were sold by T-Mobile. A fix has been outed for the issue albeit not officially but it works like magic. Firstly, lets take a look at what brought about the problem. It looks like T-Mobile has pushed out a minor update into these iPhones without the consent of users earlier this week. Reading the complaints found on Reddit, Twitter and other social media, it became became obvious that majority of the users never asked for an update before their phones started malfunctioning. The piece of software forced its way into T-Mobile iPhones once there's a data connection. How to fix "blue screen of death" and random reboot on T-Mob...

Jun232015 by Ifeanyi MgbenkaNo Comments

Making of a BlackBerry Android phone boils down to security: CEO

News, Technology: General

A couple of weeks ago, social media went on fire on hearing the report that Canadian phone maker BlackBerry is not just considering, but already . The rumor was greeted with positive and negative assessment from all around the world. CEO John Chen, while speaking in a statement, has cited that there's a possibility of BB producing an Android phone but that will boil down on some factors which includes his possibility of keeping things secure in this strange environment: "We only build secure phones and BlackBerry is the most secure phone so, if I can find a way to secure the Android phone, I will also build that." -- John Chen, CEO of BlackBerry Limited. Even though Chen is clearly not ruling out the possibility of an Android BB phone with his statement, the 59-year-old Hong Kong-born B

Jun232015 by Somtoo OkoyeNo Comments

Oukitel will release an Android 5.1 Lollipop smartphone with 10,000 mAh battery

Technology: General

We've witnessed the announcement of Gionee's , a smartphone designed to save you from the marathon of running towards your wall socket every dozen hours. With 6020mAh of battery capacity, the Android 5.1-running Gionee phone will give you two days of usage straight without needing a charger whatsoever. Well, things as Oukitel, a Chinese start-up who "supplies finely designed and well equipped devices at a surprising price to consumers across continents" is working on a smartphone with 10,000mAh battery capacity. The company says the "" is in finishing stages and you should be expecting 5 to 7 days of battery life when it's ready -- even as this is nowhere close to the Gionee M5 in terms of design, albeit. The Oukitel device will also be booting on Android 5.1 Lollipop OS out of the bo

Jun212015 by Ifeanyi MgbenkaNo Comments

Man shared all his properties — including a car and an iPhone 5 — in half between himself and divorcing wife

News, Technology: General

This man cut all his properties -- including a car and an iPhone 5 -- in half between himself and divorcing partner. The now viral video has popped up Youtube showing a German man, whose wife left him following a divorce, sharing all their valuables between the two parties in half to respect the end of the relationship. Call this man the biblical Solomon or whatever, his decision couldn't get any better, according to users' comments on the video. One observer hailed him as "genius!" During the short playback, the man could be heard speaking in German, "Thank you for 12 ‘beautiful’ years Laura!!!! You’ve really earned half" and "Greetings to my successor." To add more twist to the story, the man has listed some of the items on eBay and while some of the goods have found some happy b