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All social issues aside, Google Glass is an impressive kit of technology. However, that might not be enough to secure its future. The novel PR campaign that is the Google Glass Explorer program seems to be failing. So much so that Google has started firing back at Google Glass haters with a series of pro-Glass factoids. The company just shared “ The Top 10 Google Glass Myths .” A sampling: Myth 1: Glass is the ultimate distraction from the real world Myth 7 – Glass is the perfect surveillance device This comes a month after Google explained in a similar list  how not to be a glasshole . But as much as many hate Google Glass at the moment, Google needs to remember that consumers tend to hate everything when it first comes out. “Almost everybody is reluctant to change almost everything. Whatever you learned as a kid you want to keep always,” Dean Kamen told SXSW attendee Ron Miller who then  explained this phenomenon in this post . Kamen, the inventor of the Segway...

The Nigerian Immigration Service collected N1,000 application fee from almost 700,000 applicants who participated in the recently disastrous employment test that claimed more than 15 lives. There were reports recently that the federal government had directed the NIS to refund the money but according to new reports, no such directive has been given by the government despite the fact that the recruitment exercise was cancelled.

Singer Ciara is expecting her first child with fiance, Future. Yesterday, celeb pals including Kim K, Kris Jenner and Lala Anthony threw her a baby shower at a private residence in California. Continue to see more photos...

Ever since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared over the South China Sea on its journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing various theories have been put out as to what happened to the plane. Here we look at some of those theories about the mystery of flight MH370. See gallery Ever since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared over the South China Sea on its journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing various theories have been put out as to what happened to the plane. Here we look at some of those theories about the mystery of flight MH370.

Nokia has   informed  the world this evening that it now expects its behemoth deal with Microsoft to close in April of this year, as opposed to the first calendar quarter of the annum, a timeframe that was  reiterated  earlier this year. The deal, worth $7.2 billion, has wound through most of the regulatory bodies of the world that an agreement of its scale must.  Microsoft published a  blog post  on the current situation, claiming to be “nearing the final stages of our global regulatory approval process.” Close, no cigar, and so forth. What is causing the delay? Here’s Nokia: “[T] he transaction is pending approvals from certain antitrust authorities in Asia which are still conducting their reviews.” The companies failed to reach the mark in time. This will cause analysts to revamp their models, Microsoft to wait to absorb the division, and force Stephen Elop to wait before assuming his post atop Microsoft’s now larger hardware division. ...

Orange has been cooperating allegedly illegally for years with France’s main intelligence agency (the  DGSE ). According to a newly found report by Edward Snowden and an investigation by Le Monde, the DGSE was given access to all of Orange’s data (not just metadata). read .......

President Jonathan, his wife Mama Peace and his entourage arrived the Vatican last night and met with the Pope this morning. See more pics after the cut...

President Goodluck Jonathan this afternoon nominated Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to become the President of the Second Highest Court in Nigeria, the Appeal Court. The President sent her name to the senate for ratification, after which she would be confirmed and sworn-in. Justice Bulkachuwa prior to this nomination has been serving in acting capacity as the president of the court since November 2012 when Justice Dalhatu Adamu retired from Office.

Star actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, music star, 2face Idibia and foremost comedian, "Basket Mouth" are among the main speakers at this year’s Nigeria Entertainment Conference scheduled for April 23 in Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the convener of the conference, Mr Adekunle Ayeni, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos.

The Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, will inaugurate the National Conference at the National Judiciary Institute in Abuja, today (Monday). Expected at the conference are 492 delegates, comprising the ethnic nationalities in Nigeria, professional groups, political representatives, and civil society groups amongst others. They will be deliberating on how to resolve the country’s constitutional challenges.   The national conference, convened by the present government, is meant to address all matters except issues bothering on the indivisibility and indissolubility of Nigeria as a nation.

Microsoft Founder Bill Gates doesn’t worry that Silicon Valley is the home of billion-dollar texting apps and farming games. “Innovation in California is at its absolute peak right now. Sure, half of the companies are silly, and you know two-thirds of them are going to go bankrupt, but the dozen or so ideas that emerge out of that are going to be really important,” Gates  told  Rolling Stone, in a wide-ranging interview on government surveillance, financial inequality, immigration reform, and the cultural backlash against Silicon Valley.

Licensing a big, brand name 3D engine (like the Unreal engine) to build your video game has always been… kind of hard. Pricing was, generally, done on a case-by-case basis. You had to explain what you were up to, negotiate for weeks, yadda-yadda-yadda… it wasn’t exactly easy to just jump into.

HoverChat , the first Egyptian Y Combinator startup and makers of  an SMS replacement application  currently available for Android smartphones, is focu sed on making messaging more of a multi-tasking experience. The app also has a familiar look: its avatars, called “hoverheads,” are a lot like Facebook’s “chat heads,” but HoverChat was actually released the week before Facebook Home’s debut. To date, the app has seen over 200,000 downloads on Google Play, and is averaging around 8,000 new downloads per day. The majority of its users are under 25, according to data from Google Analytics. The company was founded in Egypt about a year ago by Wael Nafee, Mostafa Gazar and Ahmed Galal. Nafee, born to Egyptian parents, studied engineering at the University of Waterloo and spent time working in Silicon Valley before heading back to Egypt, where he met HoverChat’s other co-founders. He previously sold an OCR mobile application to a top Saudi Arabian mobile operator that all...

Lenovo isn’t putting away its checkbook yet. The CEO of the Chinese PC giant said on Tuesday that the company will continue to acquire companies for overall growth. This comes as the company is closing two major deals. Lenovo recently  purchased Motorola Mobility  from Google for $2.91 billion. The company also picked up  IBM’s server business  for $2.3 billion, which seems only natural after Lenovo purchased IBM’s personal computer division in 2005 for $1.25 billion.

Some delegates of the newly constituted National Conference which had its first session yesterday in Abuja have asked for financial allowances to be made available to their aides who they say would help ease the burden of the task before them.   Each delegate is to collect N12million as incentive for participating in the confab which is expected to last for 3 months..but that money is not enough, they also want their PAs and drivers to be paid "We need to know the number of aides we are to employ,” One of the delegates, Senator Mohammed Jibrin enquired from the leaders.

A ctress Lindsay Lohan has slept with 36 famous men. Yes 36! And she listed the names herself.  While talking about men and sex with her friends on a drunken night at the Beverly Hills Hotel in LA on January 30 2013, Lindsay took a pen and paper and wrote down the names of well known men she's slept with. It was her conquest list. And when they were done talking about it, Lindsay forgot to burn the paper or at least chew it, instead she left it at the hotel and now we all know all the celebrity men she's allegedly been with. For a lady who's only 27, Lindsay has really been around. See some of the famous men she's allegedly been with below...

Popular singer Tiwa Savage and her soon-to-be husband, producer Tee Billz, have set a new wedding date. Pulse reports that the couple will tie the knot in Dubai on 26 April. According to the report, the couple had to reschedule their nuptials, which was originally set to take place in the Maldives in February, because of "personal issues". Tiwa and Tee had their traditional wedding in November last year. P-Square are reportedly also planning to be wed in Dubai.

Welcome to the next generation of wearable  fitness tracking ! The first round of fitness trackers focused on introducing the idea of data to your daily activity and workout, but a new company called  Moov wants to go beyond basic “step” data to tell you how to improve your form and get the most out of your workout.

In four years David Varvel went from no health insurance, to  full coverage  via the Japanese government, to purchasing a  high deductible plan , and then full coverage through an employer. He said having to switch insurance that often was “painful.” But now the founder of  Tiny Cat Loans , a community lending platform, said he and his family have settled on HackerCare: a healthcare startup for startups that is working to hack healthcare. HackerCare launched in beta in early February, and counts about a dozen members. The company signs up members for a  health plan  with the help of an insurance broker, and for an additional $50 a year, provides other services from health startups to supplement insurance with the aim of lowering costs.

Twin  explosions  rocked a football viewing  centre  in Ajilari ward, Jere Council area of Maiduguri, in Borno State today March 1st killing several  football fans , Vanguard reports.

The 47 year old  singer  and the 28 year old  top model  get hot and heavy in steamy shoot for the latest issue of V magazine. In one photo, Irina Shayk, who is footballer Cristiano Ronaldo's longtime girlfriend, posed completely naked with her back to the camera while tenderly holding on to R.Kelly. Ronaldo come get your woman. I don't trust this R.Kelly..:-). See the pic after the cut...

Chris Brown has been  diagnosed  as bi-polar, suffering from  post traumatic stress  disorder and self-medicating inappropriately. This was revealed during his last court appearance... He appeared in  court  yesterday for a probation hearing and a letter from his  rehab facility  gave the singer high marks for improvement but suggested he remain in treatment.

Fastest growing and most  innovative company , Etisalat Nigeria further cemented its growing reputation as the most customer-centric GSM services provider in the country with the launch of its new  customer service centre , aptly named the ‘Gold Series’ Experience Centre. The state-of-the-art customer  service centre  located at 43, Adeola Odeku Street in Victoria Island was recently unveiled in  grand style . Continue...