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How WhatsApp is not Safe For Teens. Not only WhatsApp but almost every social is having serious threats for our teens and kids when with ICT gadgets and devices. WhatsApp hasn't be confirmed as social media platform yet but rather a kind of instant messaging service which allows users to download and send messages in the form of text, speech as voice message, videos and PDF documents. This messaging service app has caused teens to be doing seks thing with strangers which violates laws, rules and regulations governing their countries. All teens used to do is to find their matches on various dating websites available and other social media platforms and take their number to continue their conversation on WhatsApp. With this, it's based on the fact that WhatsApp has fast and instant response in reply to any message you'll send to someone, so teens rather prefer to continue their chats on this app with their partners. The feature of photo sharing, audio and video call...

Government plans wireless security tracking of Nigeria Students Government plans wireless security tracking of Nigerian studentsThe Federal Government is implementing a programme for wireless monitoring of students to stem the rate of truancy and kidnappings nationwide, companies implementing the project for the Ministry of Education have announced. U.S.-based East Coast Diversified Corporation (ECDC), through its subsidiary EarthSearch Communications, Inc., has announced it received purchase order and shipment to NairaNet Technology, Ltd. for wireless pilot project with Nigeria’s Ministry of Education to improve security and class attendance at schools nationwide, the company said in a statement.Under the programme, EarthSearch “LogiBoxx” integrated GPS/RFID system, in conjunction with NairaNet Technology, has developed a network to wirelessly monitor student attendance and access control at Nigerian schools nationwide. The LogiBoxx technology will provide school authorities wi...

GoTV Kenya Launches A New Bouquet MultiChoice Kenya and KBC (Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation) in December officially unveiled the newly-upgraded transmitter, culminating in increased bouquet offering and enhanced digital signal quality. The transmitter, based in Limuru, boasts of increased transmitter power of 6 Kilowatts (KW), up from 2KW with a mast height of 120 metres. GoTV Kenya The upgrade will see the antennae gain boost its signal reach to Naivasha, Gilgil, parts of Kajiado and Embu. “The upgrade of the Limuru transmitter firmly placesGOtv in a pivotal role incontributing tohelping the country to achieve its set target in the migration from analogue to digital TV transmission,” said GOtv General Manager, Felix Kyengo. At the same time, Mr Kyengo announced the launch of a new GOtv bouquet,GOtv Plus, due to increased transmission capacity with the new GOtv channels being carefully selected to cater for a variety of different tastes and family viewing needs at a very af...

Kids’ App of the Week: Name Play  Any master preschool or Kindergarten teacher knows that one of the best words to unlock the power of reading is a child’s first name. Because it is comprised of letters, syllables and phonemes, it makes sense to use kids’ names as part of an informal early reading curriculum. After you type in your child’s name into Seven Academy’s Name Play, you hand the tablet to them so they can enjoy its 14 easy-to-play activities. They can blast the letters as they fall, type them using an old-fashioned typewriter, feed a hungry word snake, play with the letters of the name on a magnet board, or tilt the screen to try to capture the letters in the right order. There’s plenty of variety. Parent options let you toggle between 18 languages, just in case you want to use this app as an immersion activity. You can also add the names of friends, pets, or family members. Need to know: Explore the parent options to add friends names, and adjust the backgrou...

Budget virtual reality headsets set to be hot Christmas gifts in 2015 If you've been excited about the possibility of virtual reality finally becoming available for games and entertainment but don't want to spend a fortune or wait for big companies like Oculus Rift, Samsung and HTC to release their headsets, then you'll probably be excited to learn that not one, but two new budget virtual reality headsets will be making their way to UK high streets this Christmas. First off, the Merge VR Googles is retailing at Game stores around the country and online for £49.99 ($76.97) from 30 October. The Merge VR is a purple foam headset that works with most Android and iOS smartphones and can be adjusted to make space for different-sized devices, as well as different-sized heads. Also, the Merge VR comes with lenses that can be adjusted to accommodate the distance between your eyes, which varies from person to person, and if you want to interact with a virtual reality app, game o...

Five ways Microsoft plans to get you to upgrade to Windows 10 Microsoft wants Windows 10 on one billion devices by 2018 - and its tactics for hitting that ambitious goal are about to get more aggressive. From next year, Microsoft will be more direct in pushing Windows 7 and 8.1 users to upgrade to its latest OS, in an attempt to bolster the 110 million-strong Windows 10 userbase. Here's how Microsoft is about to crank up the pressure to make the switch. 1. Windows 10 will automatically begin installing itself From "early next year", Microsoft will change the status of the free Windows 10 upgrade so it is classified as a Recommended Update. Given that most home machines are set up to install Recommended Updates automatically, the change to Windows 10's update status will lead to most Windows 7 and 8.1 machines beginning the upgrade. However, Microsoft says that before Windows 10 is installed users will need to manually confirm the installation, giving them a chanc...

T-Mobile turns to customers to improve its network  T-Mobile (TMUS) is taking an unusual approach to improving capacity on its phone network, announcing on Monday that customers can get their own mini-wireless broadcast tower. Dubbed the 4G LTE CellSpot, T-Mobile's small plastic box plugs into a customer's home Internet connection and provides up to 16 nearby devices with full T-Mobile wireless signal, including the fastest LTE format. T-Mobile said the Cellspot would be free with a $25 deposit to customers on its Simple Choice plans. Wireless carriers have been experimenting with adding many more, smaller transmission points to relieve some of the congestion on their networks as iPhone-happy teens uploading ever more videos to Snapchat and their ilk threaten to overwhelm the capacity of the existing system. Some analysts think adding numerous smaller cells, called femtocells in the industry, could be a cheaper and more efficient way to expand capacity than building more...

Google denies plan to “phase out” Chrome OS Update 11/2/105 10:45 AM: A new update on the Google Chrome blog has denied the plan to “phase out” Chrome OS, but as admitted the company is ” working on ways to bring together the best of both operating systems” — the other operating system being Android. The company didn’t go into specifics on the plan, but did say there will be “dozens” of brand new Chromebooks in 2016. Update: 10/30/2015 8:23AM: Hiroshi Lockheimer, the Senior Vice President of Android, Chromecast and Chrome OS, has released a short statement on Twitter. While being “committed” to the platform sounds good, it does notably skirt a denial of The Wall Street Journal’s. Google might be committed — until 2017, when it’s not. or being committed could mean, as the report suggests, Google is committed to the idea of low-cost notebooks — but they’ll soon be running a version of Android, rather than Chrome OS. Original Text: ChromeOS has been a success in many respects. Whi...