Whatsapp To Introduce Free Calls From April 2014

• Mankind
• February 25, 2014
• Tech
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WhatsApp Inc., the mobile messaging service that agreed to be acquired last week by Facebook Inc. for $19 billion, said Monday that it would offer voice calling as early as April, allowing free phone calls among WhatsApp’s 465 million users. Jan Koum, the co-founder and chief executive of WhatsApp, also said during a speech at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that he is hoping to grow the service to one or two billion users. Mr. Koum said that the WhatsApp voice product would “focus on simplicity” as it has with its text-based messaging service. He said that WhatsApp would first release a version of the voice service for Apple Inc.’s, iPhone and Google Inc.’s Android platforms, followed by services for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Phone, as well as some phones by BlackBerry Ltd. and Nokia Corp.

“We want to continue to have that minimalistic approach to the product,” he said. “We at WhatsApp want to get out of the way and let people communicate.” Mr. Koum added that the voice product would “use the least amount of bandwidth, and we optimize the hell out of it.”

Speaking about the Facebook acquisition announcement earlier this month, Mr. Koum said that the product wouldn’t change, stressing that WhatsApp would remain independent. He cited Instagram’s example, after the acquisition of the photo-sharing service by Facebook.

Mr. Koum said that WhatsApp was likely valuable to Facebook because “we both want to make the world more connected,” though Mr. Koum stressed that WhatsApp wanted to know “as little as possible” about its users, including details such as a user’s name. “There are no plans to change anything that we do with the product today,” he said, using words like “minimalistic,” “utilitarian” and “uncluttered” to describe his philosophy.

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Nokia Unveils Its First-Ever Android Handsets: Nokia X, X+ & XL

• Mankind
• February 24, 2014
• Tech
• 56

Finally, Nokia has joined the Race of the Andriod Manufacturer, Believe this is a Great move from Nokia.. Nokia has evolved round almost all the Mobile OS from Java to Symbian to Meego to Windows and Finally to the World Leading and Widely used OS “Andriod”..

See Features of the New Nokia Andriod Phone X, X+ and XL Here

Nokia introduced a new family of smartphones, the Nokia X series of phones. The first three phones in the family – the Nokia X, X+ and XL – run on the new Nokia X software platform, that is based on Google’s Android.

The phones under the Nokia X family are not pure Android phones; these phones instead run a forked variant of Android, similar to the way Amazon does for its Kindle Fire lineup. Nokia has taken the open-source elements of Android and has pulled in other elements of Asha and Windows Phone to offer users a different experience.

The downside here is that Nokia X users can’t have access to the Google Play Store for apps. However, the phone will run Android apps, but Nokia will curate a list of such apps. A recommended source for the apps is the Nokia store, says the company. In other words, the new platform, Nokia X, is based on the Android Open Source project (AOSP).

Features such as the Play Store belonging to Google are not included in these phones as they maintain Microsoft’s own services, including Here Maps, and the Bing search engine.

As far as hardware goes, these phones aren’t comparatively impressive. The X and X+ each have a 4-inch WVGA display (800 x 480), a 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of storage, microSD support, a 5MP camera and a 1500mAh battery.

The X+ differentiates itself in that it offers more storage and more memory. The XL appears to have similar stats as the X+, including the 5-megapixel camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, except that it has a larger 5-inch WVGA IPS display (resolution not available yet).

Looking at the software, most people would probably have a hard time telling it’s Android. That’s because it’s not really Android, but more of a forked version of the mobile operating system. It’s a lot like Amazon’s Kindle Fire devices—theres no visible Google or Android badging.

In fact, it appears that everything is going to hook into Nokia and Microsoft apps and services: Nokia’s stock apps and Android app store, and Microsoft’s cloud and search services. Nokia has also installed its Fastlane UI for quickly navigating between social networks and messages.

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Police Raid Shanties In Lekki, Sets Place On Fire [Photo] -

Shanties around the Lekki 2nd Roundabout are currently been razed down by police in a bid to chase the residents out of the area. The fire is reportedly going out of control. See more photos below:

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Labaran Maku Names Replacement Of Sacked Ministers

Today, we heard that President Jonathan had sacked four ministers. All four of them have been replaced temporarily by serving ministers. See their replacements below…
Ms. Stella Oduah, Minister of Aviation replaced by Minister of State for Trade and Investments, Mr Samuel Ortom.
Godsday Orubebe, Minister of Niger Delta Affair replaced by Mr Darius Isiaku
Caleb Olubolade, Minister of Police Affairs replaced by The Minister of State for the FCT, Missus Olajumoke Akinjide.
The announcement was made this evening by Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, who said president Jonathan asked the ministers go after they had ‘indicated their interest to pursue other goals in the country’

 

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Mourinho: Arsenal have run out of excuses

The Chelsea manager is taking his Premier League title rivals very seriously, arguing that their promising young players have grown up and been joined by experienced heads

chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes Arsenal cannot use youth as an excuse for failure this season as they are now a "mature" team.

The Gunners have gone eight years without winning a trophy as Arsene Wenger has prized youth development over spending large sums of money to acquire established talent.

But the north Londoners now lie just one point behind Premier League leaders Chelsea with 12 games left, and Mourinho interprets this as a sign that their talented youngsters have come of age.

"Arsenal have spent many, many years working together, making these players grow up and achieve this maturity level," the Chelsea boss told the Daily Mail.

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"These guys, Jack Wilshere and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott and Kieran Gibbs, they are not kids any more. They were kids but, in this moment, they are mature players.

"The manager, with this group of players ... four, five or six years working with these players and then adding fantastic players like Mezut Ozil, Santi Cazorla or Per Mertesacker to the team, these last pieces of experience. I think they are a very good team."

Chelsea are set to face Manchester City for the second time in 12 days on Saturday when they travel to the Etihad Stadium for the FA Cup fifth round and Mourinho feels that, despite two wins against Manuel Pellegrini's men so far this season, the hosts will be "favourites".

He declared: "We have got a very difficult draw in the FA Cup. We play in the home of the best team in the country but we have beaten them twice.

"If people were saying that, the last time we did it, there was no Fernandinho and no Sergio Aguero: the first time we beat them, they were playing. But that makes it even more difficult to beat them for the third time.

"The draw has opened the competition up for a smaller team to reach the final," he added. "Two big teams are going out in the quarter-final, with us drawn against City and Liverpool against Arsenal. It opens the door completely.

"And imagine if, in the semi-final, we play the winner of Liverpool v Arsenal. It is fantastic because the cup belongs to everybody. We have a difficult job of playing [away against] the favourite."

England manager Roy Hodgson dismissed speculation of a recall to the international setup for centre-back John Terry on Wednesday and Mourinho is happy not to wade into the debate.

"It's a waste of time to keep speaking about the situation," he stated. "Roy Hodgson is the person to kill the discussion or to feed it. End of story.

"I'd never intervene. He's in charge and has everything in his hand. He has made that decision.

"For me, as a Chelsea manager, I'm happy players play with their national teams but, at the same time, I'm happy an important player like [Terry] is fully focused on his work at Chelsea."

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Mourinho v Wenger: A war of words

The Chelsea and Arsenal bosses are at each other again as the Portuguese responded to criticism of having a ‘fear of failure’ by labeling the Frenchman a ‘specialist in failure'

It seemed as if Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger had put their differences to one side this season as the two focussed mainly on the football and less about each other. 

However, this was just the calm before the storm, as the pair are at each other's throats again, after the Chelsea boss accused his Arsenal counterpart of being accustomed to failure. 

Here, Goal takes a look at some of the infamous insults that the pair have traded.

FEBRUARY 2005

Wenger: "Take what Arsenal and Chelsea have won in the past eight years. I go with reality, with the football we play and the challenge we have ahead.
 
"I don't see especially that Chelsea play more English players than we do. Who have they produced, homegrown? Just one, John Terry."
 
Wenger defends himself after being critisiced for fielding an all foreign squad in a match against Crystal Palace.

AUGUST 2005

Wenger: "I know we live in a world where we have only winners and losers, but once a sport encourages teams who refuse to take the initiative, the sport is in danger."

Mourinho parking the bus? Wenger accuses Mourinho of using negative tactics.

OCTOBER 2005

Mourinho: "I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea."

Mourinho feels Wenger's criticism of Chelsea’s transfer activity is becoming tedious.

NOVEMBER 2005

Wenger: "He’s out of order, disconnected with reality and disrespectful. When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes."

Wenger threatens to take legal action against Mourinho for calling him a 'Voyeur'.

Mourinho: "At Stamford Bridge, we have a file of quotes from Mr Wenger about Chelsea football club in the last 12 months - it is not a file of five pages. It is a file of 120 pages so we have a very strong reaction. My objective is that it is enough."

Mourinho responds by defending his strong attack of Wenger, and claims to have the Frenchman's Chelsea insults on record.

APRIL 2007

Wenger: "If you would like to compare every manager you give each one the same amount of resources and say: 'you have that for five years'. After five years you see who has done the most."

'Le Professor' takes a cheeky dig at Mourinho on the eve of Chelsea's 2007 League Cup final win over Arsenal, in which John Obi Mikel, Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor were sent of for their part in an ugly brawl.

NOVEMBER 2007

Mourinho: "Unlike Arsenal, we sought success and tried to build it through a concept of the game using English players."

The 'Special one' points the finger at Wenger and Arsenal’s policy in his book.

APRIL 2008

Mourinho: "The English like statistics a lot. Do they know that Arsene Wenger has only 50 per cent of wins in the English league?"

Seven months after leaving Chelsea by 'mutual consent' the Portuguese manager can't help himself but to have another swipe at Wenger.

NOVEMBER 2010

Wenger: "You never say it doesn't cross your mind but when you see how it looks on television it is the best demonstration to think: 'Never do that again'.

"It looks, frankly, horrible. It's a pity to see that from a big club."

Wenger vents his disgust at the now Real Madrid manager’s decision to get Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos deliberately cautioned by the referee during a Champions League match with Galatasaray.

Mourinho: "Instead of speaking about Real Madrid, Mr Wenger should speak about Arsenal and explain how he lost 2-0 against a team in the Champions League for the first time [Braga]. The history about the young kids is getting old now. Sagna, Clichy, Walcott, Fabregas, Song, Nasri, Van Persie, Arshavin are not kids. They are all top players.

Mourinho battles back, bringing out the classic ‘lack of success’ insult.

FEBRUARY 2014
 
Wenger: "It is fear to fail. If you are not in a race, you cannot lose it. If you declare yourself not in the race, you cannot lose, it simple as that."

Wenger says that the title is Chelsea's to lose and that Mourinho is playing down his own team's chances because of a fear of faiure.

Mourinho: "So maybe he's right, maybe I'm not used to failing but the reality is that he's the specialist because he's had eight years without a trophy. If I do that in Chelsea I leave and I don't come back."

Mourinho responds with possibly his most hard hitting attack yet, claiming that Wenger is a 'failure specialist'.

And so it rumbles on. The old rivalry has been sparked again, and that is certainly not going to be the end of it.

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