Author: Fridayposts

International Data Corporation (IDC) has  attributed currency depreciation and political instability in several parts of Africa to be the main causes for the downturn in the 2015 enterprise hardware market in Africa. IDC quarterly server and disk storage systems tracker reveals that key markets in Africa like  South Africa and Nigeria  suffered a 5% year-on-year downturn in … The post IDC: Currency ‘affected Africa’s hardware sale in 2015’ appeared first on Technology Times. Source: Technology

Samsung has been granted a patent for a smart contact lens, according to news reports published last week. The lens is equipped with a tiny display, a camera, an antenna, and several sensors that detect movement and eye blinks. Eye blinks would provide the input, and a smartphone would be needed to process the images. A user blinks to take pictures or interact with data displayed on the smart contact lens. Sensors pick up the blinks and relay the commands they indicate to the user’s smartphone for processing. Source: Techy

Samsung Electronics says it has sold more than one million units of its curved monitor products worldwide. The first curved LED monitor – the 27-inch 4000R (curvature radius of 4,000 mm) SD590C model, was introduced by Samsung in September 2014, and the company says it has since expanded its line-up to include several additional curved … The post Samsung curved monitor crosses one million sales mark appeared first on Technology Times. Source: Technology

SoftMaker’s FreeOffice Linux office suite is a LibreOffice look-alike that provides strong performance compatibility with Microsoft Office documents. SoftMaker offers a line of open source offerings that compete with its commercial flagship office suite, SoftMaker Office 2016. It’s a Windows/Linux cross-platform office suite with integrated applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and email management. The commercial version is nearly identical to the free, open source FreeOffice version. Source: Techy

Ford Motor Company has unveiled its Ford Fusion Hybrid autonomous research vehicle, which can safely navigate at night with no headlights on, using the LiDAR sensor technology. Ford’s LiDAR which works with the car’s virtual driver software, is robust enough to steer flawlessly around winding roads. Jim McBride, Ford technical leader for autonomous vehicles, explains … The post With sensor, Ford Fusion can navigates at night with headlights off appeared first on Technology Times. Source: Technology

Nigeria’s race to meet the 2017 digital broadcasting switchover target gets closer to reality as the industry regulator says the satellite uplink service for the pilot phase underway in Jos, Plateau State, is now ready. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), which confirmed the readiness of the satellite link says it was deployed by Nigerian technology … The post NBC: ‘Satellite uplink ready’ for Nigeria’s digital broadcasting switch appeared first on Technology Times. Source: Technology

In legend, F Scott Fitzgerald remarked to Ernest Hemingway, “The rich are different than you and me.” To which Hemingway supposedly replied, “Yes – they have more money.” For once, the author of The Great Gatsby – that classic novel of corrosive wealth -got the best of Hemingway. An important pilot study of the wealthiest Americans suggests that, when it comes to their political beliefs and influence, the rich are very different indeed. And the ways in which they are different have deep implications for “you and me” in 2016 and beyond – including who defines what kind of…

Smith College psychologist Randy Frost, an expert on obsessive-compulsive disorder and a pioneer in the field of compulsive hoarding, estimates there are as many as 4 million hoarders nationwide and many more who fall on the spectrum of “problematic cluttering behavior.” Hoarding is a problem that worsens with age.Hoarding, Frost said, is associated with a number of things including difficulty processing information, the inability to make decisions when confronted with a large amount of information and a failure to categorize things — meaning you can’t see the commonality of objects and they instead all look unique to you.Many mid-lifers first see…

There had been nothing like it before. In the middle of Super Bowl XVIII came images conjured up by Ridley Scott, the legendary director of Blade Runner. A mob of skinheads in an urban wasteland pay rapt attention to Big Brother on a huge screen. But then a female athlete wearing a white top labelled MACINTOSH leaps clear of pursuing police to hurl a sledgehammer, smashing the screen and liquidating Big Brother. “On January 24th,” announces the voice-over, “Apple Computer will introduce the Macintosh. And you’ll see why 1984 won’t be like 1984.” Big Brother was a thinly veiled…

There’s really nothing quite so illuminating as trying to share a small, tight, confined space with your millennial. Honestly, I should know; I just spent Spring Break traveling with my 20-year-old daughter. I know you’re thinking our hotel room was probably too small, and you are correct. It certainly was. But, by “small, tight, confined space,” I really meant that all of Manhattan wasn’t big enough for both of us. Spending four days together on that crowded little island off the coast of New York, prompted my kid to shed some light on a few personality flaws I could…