Global mobile device maker, Nokia at the weekend got behind Nigerian rap musicians in what it called Don’t Break Da Beat campaign, apparently to popularise its two latest Asha range of smartphones in the country.

With the rising penetration of smartphones, there is this belief that laptops and personal computer, PCs, are threatened. This is mainly because the mobile phone, especially the smart phone genre, can be used for virtually everything a laptop can be used for.

Cloud has changed meaning. Oh yes! it has. Gone are the days when the mention of cloud takes you looking up to the sky. 21st century tech developments have changed things. Now when cloud is mentioned, those who run businesses look inwards. It has to do with security of data in a growing vulnerable business climate. It measures the strength of a business in aggregating its information and storing them in single platform where they can be reached at will by secured authorisation. Cloud helps to shrink files and large spendings on data storage which had seen many businesses go under. No wonder many business managers are hiding their policies in the cloud in a global market where strength of competition determines survival.

If the rumours were anything to go by, it should have happened yesterday. From yesterday, June 27, Iphone and Android users should have been able to download the Blackberry messenger service on their phones. But it did not happen. Blackberry and Iphone users are still keeping their fingers crossed for that digital revolution.

When the new LG CINEMA 3D Smart TV lineup,unveiled in Nigeria last week, what every potential user at the launch event queued to see was the magic remote control. The remote provides a similar function as a mouse controlling a PC and incorporates unique control capabilities of –point, wheel, gesture and voice search recognition. Teamed with easier content access and sharing, the updated Magic Remote helps the new Cinema 3D smart TV bring a simplified, intuitive user experience.

If there’s one complaint Blackberry users usually have, it’s the battery life. No matter how smart a phone is, there isn’t much use for it when the battery is dead. For Blackberry lovers who do not have constant electricity, or heavy phone users on the field, the Blackberry Q10 just might be the answer. A longer battery life, combined with the operating system of the Z10, and the aesthetics of the Bold 9900 is the BB Q10 in a nutshell.

There appears to be an ongoing app war between RIM’s Blackberry Messenger, BBM and a budding rival WatsApp Messenger. While BBM has remained users favourite app for exchanging free instant messages amongst a close user group on Blackberry device, WatsApp has come to slice the strong hold, perhaps threatening to push BBM to a seemingly uncomfortable corner.

No matter what anyone says, Blackberry has cut the bug, particularly among Nigerian students. The addiction is wild and the love is always expressly declared each time you get in contact with them.

Over time one of the major problems many trendy and smart ladies experience in almost all the smartphones has generally been how to navigate the phones with their usually well manicured long nails. Majority of the smartphones just can’t bulge at the touch of the finger nails and since the ladies’ thumbs are always under the protection of the long nails, navigation becomes highly problematic.

As everything goes mobile, life seems to be shifting towards mobility. It’s now possible to do all shopping, no matter what the products are, on the mobile phone. And with latest developments those on the android smart Phones and Blackberry devices, would only need a tap on the phone to reveal where the latest restaurant, bar and the latest social joints are, in town.

Samsung Galaxy S4 makes a gallantry debut in the Nigerian market today and the device maker has extended invite to Glamtech to witness the launch. Tagged the life companion, the new Samsung smartphone has been touted as a rare innovation to make life easy for humans.

Fellow parents, please remind me if there is anywhere in the world where the love for your gadgets outweighs that you have on your wards. Yet, it doesn’t take from the fact that our devices particularly the mobile phones have become so intimate and more or less a confidant. We feel safer now to have important and confidential information about us on the mobile phones now than any other place and I doubt if anyone would want such information mistakenly deleted.

Norton, the AntiVirus arm of internet security giants, Symantec has just released a new report based on the study it conducted on mobile users in the Middle East and Africa, revealing that almost two out of five online adults in the regions suffer mobile cybercrime.

The global demand for smartphones, which boast web connectivity, high resolution, touch-screen displays and access to application stories is at an all time high. In Nigeria the case is not different as it is highly sought after by individuals ranging from corporate executives to housewives who feel the need to be at the top of their game. Perhaps, this informed the introduction of the L series II smartphones by LG Electronics, recently.

People say that there has been more information in the past twenty years than ever before in the history of the world. Practically anything you search for on google will yield about 300,000 results. But with this information boom comes loads of challenges.