TECNO R7

Hey guys, am back and not only me, Tecno Mobile is also back. And guess what we have in common or what they have and I don’t, they are back really bigger and better. Yeah guys, it’s the Tecno R7 we would be looking at today. I don’t really know the idea behind their namings but all the names are really cool. And guess what guys, this phone is out there to sweep you off your feet. Yeah, Tecno Mobile really stepped up the game this time around with their new phone. And it is the coolest they have released at the moment for now (not to everybody I guess but at least to me). It is really cool. Let’s take a RIDE into the world of the R7 . I guess you know why I used the word RIDE cause of the R and the R7. cool I guess. Now let’s go guys. In the sound of speed, I say “voooooooooooom”.
 
Design: The R7 is quite a big phone, yeah, sorry just remembered some people do not like that word big. Like they say, the R7 has got a perfect size, it actually falls in the category of phablets. It comes with a 5.5” size screen. It has got dimensions of about 158*78.5*8.4mm. Not so sure of the different colours this cool phone comes in. But trust me when you feel and touch this phone you might be thinking of dropping that phone you are currently making use of.

Operating System: As usual I always complain about the fact that Tecno does not stock their cool top phones with the latest Android OS. But what we’ve got here is not bad. Trust me, that is what I even have on my phone currently and am enjoying it. The R7 comes stocked with the Jelly Bean version 4.2.
 
Memory: This phone comes equipped with an internal memory size of 16GB. Yeah, that large and guess what guys, you also get the chance to expand it unlike some phones, to any desirable size with the aid of a microSD card slot.
At last Tecno is sending out a message to all competitors out there, when I mean all, I mean all and not only their local rivals such as the Infinix or Gionee. Yeah they are coming out there to rock the market. This terrific phone also comes equipped with 2GB of RAM.

Processor: Ok guys, this phone is packed with a lot of surprises. And this is one place they are not letting us down . They really did a great job here. It think they had all we multitaskers and gamers in mind this time around . This phone comes with 6 cores. Hmmmmm, I don’t know what that is called actually. And a 1.5 GHz. Yeah, it’s really cool. 


Camera: Yeah, the camera, also what some of us really like about a phone. It comes with a dual camera like every other phone, with the rear being equipped with 13.0MP of camera with flash while the front camera is about 5.0 MP. Yeah, the camera’s have got large megapixels and that’s just cool for memory keepers. It’s way too cool I guess when you consider the front camera too which is about 5. 0MP.




Battery Life: I think Tecno also put into consideration the screen size this time around. Like we all know, the screen tends to have a big say on our battery life. Looking at the R7, I think we would be saying a great battery life here as it comes with a battery capacity of 2430mAh. Yeah, that is really large. So for those of us who are usually scared of battery life of phone, I guess we shouldn’t develop a cold feet when considereing this particular device.

Price: As usual, Tecno make their devices really affordable to their customers. For all this mouth watering specifications, the R7 goes for about 280 dollars.
44, 800 Naira (280 USD)


Below are the full specifications of Tecno R7 


TECNO R7 FULL SPECIFICATIONS.

·         Camera:                                 Primary          13.0MP BSI AF LED Flash

 Resolution      2592*1944 pixels

 Secondary 5.0 BSI FF

·         Operating System:              Android 4.2.2 Jelly bean

·         Display:                                 CTP touch screen

 Screen Size 5.5 inches

 720*1280 pixels

 267 PPI

 Light sensor, Proximity sensor

·         Processor:                            1.5GHz 6- Cores

·         Internal Storage:                16GB (microSD expandable to 32Gb)    

·         RAM:                                     2GB Ram

·         Connectivity:                       2G/3G

GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

HSDPA 900/1200 MHz

Wifi 802.11 a/b/g/n

Wifi Hotspot

Usb

Bluetooth 3.0

GPS

NFC not present

·         DUAL SIM:                          Yes

                             

·         Battery:                                2430mAh Li-Ion

§        Other Features

                                               G-sensor, GPS Navigation FM  Radio , and so on.

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IRAN BANS WHATSAPP

Officials in Iran have blocked residents in the country from using Whatsapp, based on the fact that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who purchased the messaging app some months ago is Jewish.

According to the Head of the country’s committee on Internet Crimes, Abdolsamad Khorramabadi, the reason for this is basically because being a Zionist.

It is reported by Haaretz that the ban has caused a conflict within the government which has been tryint to implement modern social policies.

“The government is completely against the ban on Whatsapp,” Communications Minister Mahmoud Mehr told the State News Agency Irna, according to Haaretz

According to an a blogger ‘anonymous’ Whatsapp continues to work in Iran, at least for the time being.

The revolutionary guard sees these social sites as a major threat because there’s an appeal for young people and the government worries about the exchange of information. Supreme leader Khamenei and his cronies, caught on to the power and potential of these sites after the green revolution uprisings.

Actually, this is not the first time the country has blocked a service. WeChat was blocked in December and likes of Facebook, Twitter and Youtube have suffered same fate.

According to a report in Al Jazeera, several Iranian agencies control the internet, but not all of them agree on the policies.

We are yet to hear from Facebook.

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GOOGLE+ "SHUTDOWN"

You’ve all be hearing about Google + being shut down and coupled with the recent announcement that Vic Gundotra, who is the head of the social network, would be leaving the company effective immediately. From all this news around it is almost certain that the rumor might be true. So let me clear the air.

Actually Google appears to be testing new “Sign in with Google” button to expand sign-in option beyond Google+. This new Google sign in logo is actually viewable through developer accounts alone, which means the average user won’t see it on any site. The goal behind the improvements is to expand Google’s social sign- in options to support all types of Google accounts.

Vic Gundotra leaving does not affect the social network, with Google claiming that it “has no impact on our Google+ strategy—we have an incredibly talented team that will continue to build great user experiences across Google+, Hangouts and Photos.”

Though Google has a history of closing popular services listed but I do not think the Google+ is one of those services they would be wanting to shut down. It is a superb social networking service pitching it’s tent right next to the likes of Facebook and Twitter and it also has a wide user base and also recent new improvements were made to it.

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HEARTBLEED

Hey guys, we are going to be looking at the internet stunner bug populary known as the Heartbleed. Yeah, a lot of you guys have been hearing about it so I would like to make the name make a meaning to you today and for those of you who know about it already, I guess you just going to be adding to your already acquired knowledge.

The Heartbleed  Bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSl cryptographic software library. This weakness allows stealing of our ‘so called’ protected information. SSL/TLS protects our information under normal conditions by provides communication security and privacy over the internet for applications such as web, email, i.m, and some virtual private networks.

The Heartbleed Bug allows anyone on the internet to read the memory of the systems protected by the OpenSSl software. This compromises the secret keys used to identify the service providers and to encrypt the traffic, the names and passwords of the users and the actual content. This allows attackers to eavesdrop on communications and steal data directly from the services and users to impersonate services and users

Unluckily for us, unlike other bugs that come and go, same thing has been done to this particular bug with the release of a newer version but it leaves a big scar on the internet because it has left amount of private keys and other secrets exposed to the internet.

As long as the vulnerable version of OpenSSl is in use it can be abused. Fixed OpenSSl has been released and now it has been deployed. Operating system vendors and distribution, appliance vendors, independent software vendors have to adopt the fix and notify their users. Service providers and users have to install the fixes as it becomes available for the operating systems, networked appliances and software they use

Google security researcher Neel Mehta was the first to discover Heartbleed though it has been found that the Hearbleed flaw has been in in OpenSSl for two years. The Bug was introduced to OpenSSl in December 2011 and has been out in the wild since OpenSSl release 1.0.1 on the 14^th of March 2012. OpenSSl 1.0.1g released on 7^th of April 2014 fixes the bug

According to Google all android version are immune to the Heartbleed bug except for jelly bean 4.1.1. So if what google says is anything to go buy, about 10 million users of the Android OS would be affected.

My heart is currently bleeding from the effect of Heartbleed *winks*. Please guys let’s try to quickly upgrade our phone’s OS in time.

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