Today a number of apps now seamlessly allow you to share location with family and friends including Google maps, Whatsapp, Messenger, Facebook app, Telegram and several others. But none of them can give you an addressable digital address that anyone in the world can use to find you. That’s where Plus codes come in. Open Location Codes also commonly known as Plus codes is a Geocode system developed by Google for identifying an area anywhere on the Earth....

The event also focused heavily on a discussion around its efforts to build responsible AI, particularly related to control and safety, helping identify generative AI, and “building for everyone.” Google believes everybody should realize that it’s to be sure to utilize its uncommon admittance to the world’s consistently developing information and data to work out strong and new artificial intelligence instruments, innovations, and advancements. Google unveiled a handful of these new AI tools and use cases during its AI event in New York City on Wednesday and these included;...

Starting this week, the button is appearing in the Search bar of the google.com homepage. This is similar to how Lens appears at the bottom of the Pixel Launcher and Chrome’s New Tab Page on mobile. Also Read: How to Translate Text From Image with Google Lens What is Google Lens? Google Lens is an image recognition technology powered and supported by Google. It is designed to bring up relevant information related to objects it identifies using visual analysis based on a neural network....

In Google I/O 2018 back in May, the company pledged to work with manufacturers of Android phones to ensure more regular security patches. It’s now come to light that Google is mandating at least two years of security updates on Android phones, and enforcing this by writing it directly into OEM contracts. Confidential contracts obtained by The Verge show many manufacturers now have explicit obligations about keeping their phones updated written into their contract with Google....

“ The move, if it succeeds, would effectively put one of the web’s most highly trafficked sites firmly in Google’s hands.” According to the Verge, the move makes sense for YouTube especially for the fact that Twitch has become a premium Destination for live Video Game Streams wth more than one million unique users broadcasting on its platform every month. Twitch functionality is built into both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One game consoles....

I’ve personally been an ardent and loyal user of the RSS reader more than six year, but the rise of other news aggregators that offer a better way of letting users consume information, have squashed and brought Google Readers to its knees. One of these is Pulse, which i wrote about how it was much more superior than Reader in how it was redefining the way that we consume web content not just on PCs, but also on smartphones and tablets....

You can download the Summit App that will show you the entire Summit Schedule/Speakers/Topics and all you need to know. As you download the app, here are the speakers and their topics (In no particular order) so you can choose which of them interests you. Name: Nelson James Kwaje (Team Leader of WEB 4 ALL LTD) Topic: Securing your WordPress Site Name: Solomon Kitumba (Founder Yoza) Topic: Startup launch time is now Name: Jimmy Kosgei (Cloud Specialist IBM East Africa) Topic: Hosting your CMS on cloud Name: Ahmed Maawy (ED Swahili Box) Topic: Creating Dynamic Content; Internet of Things Name: Bake Robert (MD World of Inspiration) Topic: Maximising Productivity Name: Wire James (ICT Consultant) Topic: Building for Tough and Beauty Name: Oduor Jagero (Lead CMS Africa) Topic: Treat the client like a king and your company like a queen Read More: CMS Africa Summit 2016 coming to Uganda....

So, after trying the regular troubleshooting methods, you fuel the idea of reverting the app to its former version. You’re right on course because uninstalling the update returns the app to the version you were most comfortable with. But then, it isn’t all rosy. Can app updates be undone? Yes. No. First off, you have to know that you can uninstall an app update, and you also can’t. Explicitly, you can disable new updates on system apps, but you can’t do that for third-party apps [not directly though]....

It therefore, goes without saying that any Windows announcement is met with a lot of attention from the whole tech scene as it effectively points at the direction that most of the industry will be moving towards owing to the ubiquity of this operating system. Back in 2015, we saw Microsoft unveil Windows 10, along with the announcement that this was going to be the last version of Windows as thereon, the company would maintain this system as a service....

When it comes to Android operating system updates, there are a lot of hindrances to go through before Google’s update reaches your Android device. In this article, I will explain the basics behind system updates, and why you may not be receiving them for your Android device. What is an Operating System Update? An operating system is the core set of programs that run a device and upon which all other programs rely in order to operate....

Regardless of the comfortable cash flow UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) enjoys, it still runs like a startup. One wonders why? In fact, it’s every startup’s dream to have a steady revenue stream, besides being in the celebrity IPO territory. UNICEF, just like any other startup, believes in experimenting projects on a lower scale before fully dedicating resources to them. This is what Eric Reis defines as the minimally viable product (MVP) –not Most Valuable Player– in his must-read book The Lean Startup....

OPPO F11 Pro Price ₦100,000 – ₦139,000OS Android 9.0 PieScreen Size 6.5 inchesDisplay Resolution 1080 X 2340 pixelsProcessor Octa-core (4×2.1 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A53)GPU Mali-G72 MP3RAM 6GBStorage space 64GB Expansion slot 256GBCamera (back) 48 megapixelsCamera (front) 16 megapixels Motorized pop-up front cameraBattery Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh batteryConnectivity WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, 4G LTE Weight 190gSIM Type Nano SIMSIM Count Dual SIM Just four months after releasing the OPPO F11 pro, OPPO have now unveiled 2 new Smartphones; OPPO A5s and OPPO A1K in Nigeria....

When it comes to office suites, Microsoft Office is synonymous with the industry-leading document, spreadsheet, and presentation software. Students and business professionals alike, who create, review, and update documents daily, use these tools. This article will help you understand how to access these Microsoft Office programs on your Chromebook. Using Microsoft Office Android apps on a Chromebook Until September 2021, you could download MS Office Android apps to your Chromebook from the Google Play Store....

We still need to manage the MiFi device and configure it to our liking. These devices, therefore, come with a way to access the Dashboard, a user interface that offers you control over your gadget. How to Access your MiFi/Router dashboard There is a universal method for accessing your Router or MiFi dashboard, even though different manufacturers will have different ways for users to do so. Most routers come with a default IP address and login credentials, which vary from one manufacturer to the next....

There’s always a way out on something, and that’s the reason we write for you. For Android smartphones, you can download and install the an app, in this case SMS Backup+, to always automatically keep a copy of your messages, and lower your worries about losses and costs. SMS Backup+ does require IMAP access to your Gmail account to function. This means that you will have to login to your Gmail account and configure the settings....

Nonetheless, not everybody cares about privacy that much and would rather stick to Google. If that person is you, then this is how you can change your default search engine on Brave browser back to Google. How to make Google the default search engine on Brave Step 1: Click on the menu icon at the top right corner.Step 2: Enter settings close to the bottom of the menu listStep 3: Select “Search engine” and click on “manage search engine”....

This will transfer your account information including your registered profile, groups and settings from your old phone number to your new phone number; and consequently deletes the account associated with your old phone number making your contacts unable to see your old phone number in their lists of contacts. If you change your number, your chat history from the old number will continue to be available on your phone with the new phone number, but only if you continue using the same phone....

Most computer monitors support HDMI port. However, most Chromebooks don’t have an HDMI port. So you will have to get a USB-C to HDMI adapter in order to connect to an HDMI monitor. Now Chromebooks have a USB-C Alt mode which essentially connects your Chromebook to HDMI devices via the same USB-C port you use to charge your Chromebook or connect to portable Hard drives. So before connecting my Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Go to my inexpensive $134 HD 22 CWA Full HD external monitor, I bought a very affordable $22 6-in-1 USB-C HDMI Hub by Mokin....

Create Roku PIN You can create a PIN by logging into your Roku account on the Roku website using your phone or computer. To use your computer, simply visit my.roku.com and log in to your account. Then under PIN preferences, you will see if a PIN is required to make purchases or if parental controls are set. So click on Update. Now you can choose to require a PIN to make purchases or to play any content within The Roku Channel or both of these options....

Putting aside the fact that downloading a file from an app store is safe and secure, there are alternatives to that direction which make it much easier and faster to get your desired app and install it on your mobile device. APK files Like any other operating system, Android has a file format in which it accepts its software to run. An APK file is the file format used for installing software on the Android operating system....