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The new Raspberry Pi 2 has more RAM, faster performance and support for windows 10,

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Boses Muhinda
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A new Raspberry Pi dubbed “Raspberry Pi 2” has been announced. The Raspberry Pi is low cost computer that has been meant for use in electronics projects, assisting experiments, and teaching kids how to code.

The new Raspberry Pi 2 comes with twice the amount of ram and improved performance (6 times faster) compared to its predecessor without a change in its price. The new Pi will cost $35. My geeky friends have even more reasons to celebrate since the new Raspberry Pi 2 comes with support for windows 10, something that developers haven’t been able to do properly without use of outdated windows versions.

The new Pi packs 1 GB of RAM, quad-core ARMv7 processor clocked at 900MHz which can be overclocked, 4 USB ports, an Ethernet and HDMI port.This leave us wondering about the possibilities of a $35 computer considering that windows is giving out a free Windows 10 license for the Raspberry Pi through Microsoft’s Windows Developer Program for IoT later this year.

What this means for Africa?

We are generally excited because we have something relatively cheap to use as we build and experiment on computer and electronic projects that developers have found difficult to execute due to financial implications. The Developer community can now focus on the code rather than optimization for performance. Bringing Windows 10 on board will have cheap computer solutions built for rural areas in Africa which will boost ICT

Via: The Verge

 

The Pirate Bay is back online as promised

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Boses Muhinda
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The Pirate Bay has managed to comeback online after  after its shut down by Swedish Police 7 weeks ago. A Phoenix has replaced the infamous pirate logo to celebrate the site’s rise from asses.

The Pirate Bay has proved to be quite resistant considering that police authorities were hunting down it’s founders and some of its founders had broken away from the torrent website.

Its is believed that the website runs on multiple virtual hosts from unknown hosts around the world which means that no single server room raid could take down the website.

Torrent users are definitely going to celebrate another ‘win’against the authorities since a Phoenix has risen.

Microsoft throws money into Cyanogen

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Remmy Bisimbeko
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Yes, you read that right.  The money bags at Microsoft have splashed a few million dollars into Cyanogen’s research.  The motives of these guys is not yet clear but this is most definitely coming to bite the Google boys and their Stock Android in the b#tt.

Surely, there are many ways to get back to your competitor. These guys are being referred to as minority investors who are fueling Cyanogen with a whooping $70 million for the start. This company-Cyanogen Inc. is now worth hundreds of millions of dollars as put by investors. Currently, the boys over at Cyanogen have raised about $100 million through financing and trust me. That’s more than enough money to start a war in the already boiling heat amongst the big names in the Operating System business.

Windows Phones have notably been loosing out on the party between iOS and Android. So they figured out that Cyanogen would probably shake things up with an entirely different strategy…

Reports also suggest that Phones shipped with Cyanogen will most definitely come with Bing and other Microsoft services pre-installed ditching all Google’s apps and services-pretty smart huh?

Okay despite all that, Microsoft is known for being a spendthrift-flashing money in every direction. So, this will not be a guarantee that Cyanogen will grow to ultimate success over night.

Source: Android Police

OnePlus will tease it’s new Oxygen ROM on 12th February

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Boses Muhinda
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OnePlus,  the company behind the budget priced monster spec smartphone the OnePlus One has announce that it has been working on a new Rom dubbed “Oxygen OS”.

Oxygen OS whose name was chosen by one of its Forum users will is a move to roll out their own company built operating system after getting issues with Cyanogenmod in India.

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OnePlus said more information will be available on 12th February and according to TechCrunch this will not be an official rollout but rather a tease and feature showcase that will result in a future rollout.

This move might result in a better experience for its users who stated in the comments that they care more about performance.

Gmail users in the UK can now send money and request money straight from Gmail

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Boses Muhinda
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Google announced ‘Send Money in Gmail’ which is a service that enable users send and receive money to anyone straight from their Gmail accounts using the Gmail desktop version.

To send money in Gmail, hover over the attachment paperclip, click the £ icon to attach money to your message, enter the amount you wish to send, and press send. You can also request money in Gmail by hovering over the attachment paperclip and clicking the £ icon to attach the request to a Gmail message.

Users who receive money for the first time are required to set up a Google wallet account where they can link it to their debit cards and bank accounts.

The rest of the world just needs to wait!

 

Twitter launches group DMs, mobile video capture and sharing

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Boses Muhinda
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A twitter update today launched new twitter features like Group Direct Messages, Direct mobile capture and sharing.

You can start a private group conversation with up to 20 of your followers in form of group Direct Messages.

Users will now be able to use their mobile phones to record and share videos directly from the Twitter app. I believe this some sort of war against Instagram after the micro-blogging website asked it celebrities to stop sharing Instagram links and post photos directly to Twitter.
The recorded videos can be up to thirty seconds long and the app lets users edit the video within the app.
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An iOS update has been pushed and an android update is on its way.

Source: TNW

Facebook and Instagram are back up

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Boses Muhinda
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The Social Network and photo sharing app are back online after an hour long outagewhere users could not login or view news feed.

Facebook spokesman said the outage was due to an internal technical problem rather than an attack as earlier speculated.

Facebook and Instagram are down for most Users

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Boses Muhinda
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Well if you happen to have tried to access the Facebook and Instagram feed in the mobile apps and website and failed, then you are not alone.

From about 9:00am GMT the Facebook app could not refresh feed. Trying to reload the image feed on the Instagram app yields no results.

Facebook Login is also down affecting a number of websites and services on the web.

However Facebook owned WhatsApp is working properly. Facebook hasn’t given any official comments so far.

Update: Even Tinder is having issues.
Update 2: Facebook and Instagram are back up

Facebook launches Internet.org app in Ghana

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Boses Muhinda
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The Facebook based Internet.org initiative to provide free and cheap internet to developing nations through Internet.org has finally made it’s way to Ghana after having launched in Colo Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia.

The internet.org application grants free access to educational, health, news and sports content to users.

The app will come with free access to these services;

AccuWeather – Get updated weather information
BabyCenter & MAMA– Learn about pregnancy and children
BBC News – Read news from around the world
Ebola Information – Get information about Ebola from UNICEF
Facebook – Communicate with friends and family
Facts for Life – Find health and hygiene information from UNICEF
FunDza – Read books & stories
GhanaWeb – Get news and information about Ghana
Girl Effect – Read articles and tips for girls
Jobberman – Search for jobs
Messenger – Send messages to friends and family
News24 – Ghana news
Scholars4Dev – Find scholarships abroad
SuperSport – Get sports updates
Tonaton.com – Buy and sell products
Wattpad – Read books & stories
Wikipedia – Find information

Source: Facebook

Microsoft will release Office 2016 later this year

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Boses Muhinda
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After announcing the new features of Windows 10 yesterday, Microsoft has announced that it will release Office 2016 during the late half of this year.

Much as Office 2016 features haven’t been announced, Microsoft will test the Office for Windows 10 in the coming weeks to offer an optimized version for tablets and touch enabled devices.

 “We will have more to share on Office 2016 in the coming months, but this suite will remain the comprehensive Office experience you’re long familiar with, best suited for a PC with keyboard and mouse,” says Julia White, Microsoft’s Office general manager. “We expect to make Office 2016 generally available in the second half of 2015.”

Source: TechCrunch

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