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.

Imagine a world where a user can tell his phone, “Í am going into the bath, please in ten minutes get me a cab ready because I am going out on an important meeting” and alas in ten minutes, a driver less cab is waiting at the door.

The new media seems to be bringing a contrasting dimension to the sage that an old man sees farther sitting down, than a young man at the top of a tree. Today, what the average young person sees on a computer screen, can only leave the elderly with no computer experience fumbling, scratching their heads in confusion, and probably saying ‘that’s all.’”

With the just concluded International Day for Women throwing up the challenge of bridging the technology divide between men and women genders in the society, GlamTech has looked inwards to find most technologies and gadgets that are capable of luring women into active participation in ICT

The Nokia Asha 305 has won the GSMA Global Mobile Award for ‘Best Feature Phone or Entry Level Phone’ entered during Mobile World Congress 2013. The Nokia Asha 305 edged out two other Nokia devices, as well as the Samsung C3312 Duos, which were also nominated in this category. The full list of winners was unveiled last week in a ceremony hosted by actor and comedian, David Walliams.

Applying technologies also demands making decisions that deliver cost savings and increased revenues. These are the pressures of almost every Nigerian business manager today and also why it becomes imperative to look the cloud computing way.