LAGOS, NIGERIA– I’m in Lagos to speak at an event and decided to come a week early to check out the country’s tech and entrepreneurship scene. Apparently Arrington thought I was kidding when I told him this. But he should know by now, I don’t need a lot of arm twisting to visit a country…

Despite all the hate (and love) for the iPhone, you gotta admit one thing – it sells. And it sells very well. According to a recent report released by the IDC, it looks like Apple is closing the gap between them and the number one smartphone ma...

To Adeolu Alabi, a 28-year-old university dropout, crime pays–and in hard currency, too. The young man, who abandoned his studies–for reasons he was reluctant to disclose–at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye in Ogun State, seems to have everything he needs. He owns an apartment in FESTAC Town in Lagos, owns three cars, dresses trendily and…

Recently it came to my attention that my buddy Glen Allsopp had one of his WordPress plugins being “sold” or offered with request of a donation, without his permission. To make matters worse, Glen gives away this plugin for free and no one should have to pay for something when the product’s creator intended this to…

So you’ve looked at the options and decided it’s time to go ahead and switch operating systems. The linked post gives you all of the nuts and bolts explaining the benefits of one OS over another. Yet despite all of the raw info, there is still the main decision as to whether or not it’s…

The free PC Security Handbook – 2nd Edition is an excellent PC Security reference ebook for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 PCs. Written by a fellow IT professional, it answers a lot of the frequently asked questions that he (and, likely, you) are faced with on a daily basis. It explains, in simple…

This write-up was inspired by the recent human tragedy precipitated by a devastating earthquake in Japan on March 11, 2001. The nuclear reactors, emitting dangerous and cancer-inducing radiations, had me wondering just how the earth can be made a greener- and safer - place to live in. The severity of this nuclear accident (surpassing even…

Amazon Cloud Drive is an online storage system that was introduced recently by the retail giant, AMAZON. It offers 5GB storage free to all that cares for. Accessing online storage drives via a web interface can be cumbersome at best. Gladinet is an 18MB application that can be installed on your 32 bits or 64…

Amazon today unveiled a new storage service called Amazon Cloud Drive that gives you 5 GB of free online storage space to store your documents, photos, music and other files securely in the cloud. All you need is a free Amazon.com account to upload your files which you can then access from anywhere using a…

A follow-up question to the question above could be - does superior branding / reputation equate to a better product? We subconsciouly (or unconsciously) almost always associate the price level of a product (or service) with its value (quality). And we confuse great branding and awesome advertising gimmickry with accompanying QoS. This article is prompted…

RIM has warned BlackBerry users and IT departments to disable JavaScript on their handsets, after the identification of a security flaw that could give hackers unauthorized access to the smartphones after visiting a compromised site. The loophole, which affects devices running BlackBerry 6, could in theory allow access to devices’ memory cards and any data…

Research In Motion is planning to bring its beloved BlackBerry Messenger app and service to Android, and eventually to iOS as well. And best of all, it may likely be free! It would, however, be a stripped down version as they might not be able to share photos, location, or videos.