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Google Wants to Make the Internet Faster.

Google Wants to Make the Internet Faster. Here’s How.   Google engineers are developing a new congestion control algorithm that would, upon integration, be capable of speeding up the entire internet. CONGESTION CONTROL As technology continues to advance at unprecedented speed, it sometimes seems as though the internet can’t seem to keep up. If we could improve internet speeds, however, it could allow emerging technology to flourish, as well as speed up research that’s already ongoing. Engineers at Google well understand the desire for faster internet, and have taken it upon themselves to ramp it up. The company plans to achieve this by creating a new congestion control algorithm, BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and Round-trip propagation time). This is the Fastest Internet on Earth Click to View Full Infographic BBR, an algorithm that was standardized back in the 1980s, detects when a network is overwhelmed and responds by slowing down data transfers. The algorithm might not seem al...

Give us Oduduwa, and let Biafra go!

It said it wants an end to marginalization of some regions in the country and sought for a relation with the Biafra nation by the Oduduwa republic. Yoruba group demand Oduduwa republic, say too late for Nigeria’s restructuring It also called on the Federal Government to maintain the international laws and allow the Igbo nation to go and form their Biafra nation. The group condemned the call for restructuring, saying it is a ploy by the ruling government to reorganize Nigeria to their own interests. The full release read thus: “ You will recall that since 1914, when Nigeria was amalgamated at gun point, the country has been thrown into one turmoil or the other.  For over a century, Nigeria has failed to meet the international benchmark of socio political and economic development. “The only references to Nigeria’s  grandeur were the striking achievements of the then three regions of South West, South East and the North. Since the collapse of federalism and  the three...

The surface pro from Microsoft

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Surface Pro tech specs. Take a look at this table for all the tech specs. Everything you need to know about unleashing the creative power of Surface Pro can be found right here. Surface Pro display Display 12.3” PixelSense™ Display features 267 PPI resolution, 10 point multi-touch and 3:2 aspect ratio. Surface Pro product image Storage 128GB, 256GB, 512GB or 1TB SSD hard drive.2 Surface Pro product image Dimensions 11.5” x 7.9” x 0.33” (292 mm x 201 mm x 8.5 mm) Surface Pro product image Connections 1 x USB 3.0, 3.5mm Headphone jack, microSDXC card reader, Mini DisplayPort, Cover port, Surface Connect port. Tech specs    Dimensions    11.5” x 7.9” x 0.33” (292 mm x 201 mm x 8.5 mm) Display    Screen: 12.3” PixelSense™ Display Resolution: 2736 x 1824 (267 PPI) Aspect Ratio: 3:2 Touch: 10 point multi-touch Memory    4GB, 8GB or 16GB RAM Processor    Intel® Core™ 7th-generation m3, i5...

Instagram’s Newest Feature To Help Reduce Online Harassment

Instagram will soon let you filter comments on your own account. freestocks / Pixabay CC0 Harassing someone online has become a trend these days. In line with this, the photo sharing app, Instagram will soon allow its users to turn off or filter comments they see on their posts. This will be their way of helping reduce online harassment. Instagram is one of the most popular and widely used smartphone app right now. The app continues to improve by adding another update which will mainly promote anti-harassment and reduce the incidence of cyberbullying. Just recently, Ghostbusters Star, Leslie Jones left Twitter after she was attacked with racist comments and called out Twitter for not having guidelines on preventing online harassment. Twitter then suspended the account of right-wing writer Milo Yiannopoulos, who reportedly headed the coordinated attack. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted that Twitter has not “been good enough” at handling online harassment, Time reported. According...

Ross 128 Mystery Signals Aren’t from Aliens. But What Would Happen If They Were?

Ross 128 Mystery Signals Aren’t from Aliens. But What Would Happen If They Were? 18 July 2017 | by Alex Gerrard | 0 Ross 128 Mystery Signals Aren’t from Aliens. But What Would Happen If They Were?

Sony Experia Z4

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Speed CLOSE Fast just got faster The Xperia Z4 Tablet is powered by the latest Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 810 processor. This advanced 64-bit Octa-core processor gives anything up to 50% more speed than previous processors whilst conserving battery power. Run multiple apps simultaneously, surf the web with lightning loading time and stream videos without a break. The asynchronous processor makes sure your HD tablet only uses power when you need it, without wasting it when you don’t. Showing the Xperia Z4 Tablet with game content Icons showing 64-bit and RAM size *Compared to the previous generation Snapdragon™ 805 processor Showing the Xperia Z4 Tablet with video content Wi-Fi at twice the speed The Xperia Z4 Tablet delivers your Wi-Fi at twice the speed of previous Wi-Fi products thanks to Wi-Fi MIMO support. Get in the super-fast lane with LTE/4G Your Xperia Z4 Tablet comes packed with a Cat 6 LTE/4G modem**. This enables fastest ever internet connections with up to 300 MBit/...