Andie Graph A throw back from my undergraduate days. The TI-86 programmable calculator sure came in handy. Even had a swell time programming in Texas Instruments’ version of Quick Basic. Was pleasantly surprised when I stumbled on this app on Google Play. It gave me back my TI-86, right there on my phones. Goes a…

The "Diary of a Geek" blog finally has its android app listed on Google Play, Android's digital application distribution platform. Diary of a Geek is the definitive source and final word for news as it affects Nigerians with especial focus on gadgets and technology news. The blog attracts readers with both business and consumer focus…

This article was first published in Diary of a Geek on April 20, 2011 If your capacity as an IT professional involves dealing with people in your office going on the road with mobile devices and bemoaning policies that keep them from accessing the company’s network because of pesky security protocols, then my heart goes…

The idea was first mooted about 2 years ago about the possibility of Blackberry making its Messenger (BBM) real-time messaging service available on Apple's iPhone and iPad and Google's Android platforms.There was a post on Diary of a Geek from March 2011 suggesting this. This fact has however been confirmed by Blackberry and the service…

The veil has finally being lifted from the Geek Store (geekstore.com.ng), an online discount electronic store that aims at making available and affordable, modern gadgets and accessories to everyone in Nigeria. For a country where most residents are reported to live on less that US$1 a dollar, paying for most of these gadgets is almost…

So you tried to download an app from Google Play Market and you got the message "This Item Cannot Be Installed In Your Device's Country". Or you probably saw an advertised android app and you just can not seem to find it in the Google Play Market. This user experience  is quite frequent and it…

December 25, 2011 was a Christmas day like no other. While most of you fine folks were enjoying the spirit of the festive season and probably, also waiting for the next juicy post on your favourite blog, Diary of a Geek, some low-life, never-do-well, anti-social, society-reject scumbag, nincompoop, scallywag script kiddie was hacking away at…

About a year ago, I started this blog as a means of penning down my ideas and to share interesting stories that I find around me or on the Internet. My primary focus was on articles bordering on innovations and evolution of technology and how it affects, especially, Nigerians. Quite a noble idea, if I…

I recently told a friend that there are only two kinds of people in the world: those who have an iPad and those who want one. His reply added a third category: those who don't know what they are for. This prompted me to describe a typical day with my iPad. I am a 66-year old…