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New leaks emerged today in Germany’s  Der Spiegel  newspaper about the scope of electronic surveillance conducted by the United States’ National Security Agency. In short, it looks like the agency has even more access to personal data than we already thought. Der Spiegel  says it has obtained documents detailing the depth and breadth of access that the Tailored Access Operations (TAO) unit, an elite group within the NSA  that’s reportedly tasked with  gaining access to foreign computer systems in the name of protecting national security, now has when obtaining data. The paper wrote: “According to internal NSA documents viewed by Spiegel, these on-call digital plumbers are involved in many sensitive operations conducted by American intelligence agencies… The documents reveal just how diversified the tools at TAO’s disposal have become — and also how it exploits the technical weaknesses of the IT industry, from Microsoft to Cisco and Huawei, t...

Apple’s new Mac Pro is a sight to behold: In black aluminum with an eye-catching cylindrical design, there’s little chance you’ll ever mistake it for any other computer. The previous Mac Pro was iconic too, of course, but this one is also just slightly larger than a football and dimpled on the top with a recess like a jet engine. But the true power lies under the hood, and what’s contained therein will satisfy even the most pressing need for speed. Face 013 Mac Pro Review Basics (as reviewed) 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5 processor 16GB 1897 MHz DDR3 RAM Dual AMD FirePro D300 graphics cards with 2GB of RAM each 256GB SSD 6 Thunderbolt 2.0 Ports, 4 USB 3.0 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.0 MSRP: $2,999 Product info page Pros No faster Mac exists under the sun. It’s like having an exhibit from an industrial design museum in your house. Cons It’s super expensive. Bring your own screen/everything. Design Few would argue that Apple’s design for the Mac Pro...

Remy Martin celebrates Richard Mofe-Damijo and Beat FM/Naija FM CEO Chris Ubosi at the first ever Grandmaster edition of the pace setters party...see more photos after the cut...

Bathys , a boutique watchmaker based on Kauai, Hawaii and run by one determined man, first announced  their wild Cesium 133 atomic watch  in October. Now, a few months later, the company is nearly ready to hit the shoals of crowdfunding. The company made a name for itself by building sturdy dive watches for the surfer set. We haven’t heard much from them, however, until recently when they announced plans to make a watch that will remain accurate until your children’s children jet off in their moon cars to Juno. It uses a Symmetricom SA.45s CSAC atomic clock on a chip to power a standard quartz face salvaged from an older Bathys model. Created by John Patterson, the watch is still a work in progress but there is some talk of crowdfunding the product once it is ready for prime time. At this point  ABlogToWatch estimates that the piece will cost $8,000 or so when complete with discounts offered to early adopters. Obviously this thing is comically large and obviously b...

At first, it was just an idea, but this bill is now very real — urban transportation services like Uber and LeCab will now have to wait 15 minutes in France before letting a customer in the car. Back in October, the French government mentioned this piece of legislation as these new services would hurt traditional cab drivers. But nothing was set in stone until the AFP spotted  the new bill today — and this news comes as a surprise. In France, you have to pay a hefty price to get your taxi license. As a payback, the taxi industry is very regulated in this country, and drivers can expect to get a healthy influx of clients. Yet, when the young and fearless startups appeared, many taxi drivers protested against LeCab, Chauffeur-privé, SnapCar, Allocab, Voitures Jaunes and Uber. While the French law calls these companies “VTC” services (car services), taxi drivers think that they are direct competitors — and smartphones certainly make Uber and others act like taxi services. T...

Press Statement from Edo State Government Governor Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole survived a motor accident at Ewu Village along the ever-busy Benin-Auchi road in Edo State at about 9.45am Saturday, 28th December 2013 on his way back to Benin City from his Iyamho Village. The incident occurred at about 9.45am at Ewu, in Edo Central Senatorial District, when a Peugeot J5 Bus filled with tomatoes and plantains apparently lost control and rammed into the Governor’s Flag Car from the opposite direction before swerving into a roadside ditch. Three vehicles in the Governor’s convoy were in front of the Governor’s Flag Car and had passed the Peugeot J5 Bus before it [J5 Bus] had direct impact with the Governor’s car, which had the Governor, his Aide-De-Camp [ADC] and his Driver as occupants. The Governor’s Car was badly affected but both occupants of the Peugeot J5 Bus and that of the Governor’s sustained no injuries.  The Peugeot J5 Bus was following a truck th...

According to a list put together by  Nigeria Entertainment Today , these are the 12 biggest artists of 2013. See below and see if you agree with them... 2013 was a very big year for Nigerian music and quite a number of artistes lived up to expectation. We’re talking sold-out shows, monster singles, European tours and endorsement deals.  NET  presents the 12 biggest artistes of 2013. 1. Wizkid 2. Davido 3. P-Square 4. Tiwa Savage 5. D'banj 6. Iyanya 7. Olamide 8. Flavour 9. Kcee 10. Femi Kuti 11. Ice Prince 12. 2face Idibia What do you think of this list? Any name missing for you?

Beyonce and Jay Z spend $6,000 at New York sex toy store According to a report by Radar Online,  Beyonce and Jay Z dropped $6, 000 on sex toys at famous New York sex shop Babeland on December 26. And insider told the online news publication that the couple spent thousands of dollars on titillating toys to help them celebrate the season. "They didn’t buy anything tacky or too extreme. It was all top-of-the-line stuff. Some of it was even gold-plated!'

Ca la bar Car niv al   festival  in  Nigeria , also tagged " Africa's Biggest Street Party", was created as part of the vision of making the  Cross River State  in  Nigeria , the number one tourist destination for Nigerians and  tourist  all over the world. The carnival which begin on every 1 December and last till 31 December has boosted the cultural mosaic of Nigeria people while entertaining the millions of spectators within and outside the State, and boosting industry for all stakeholders.