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Web pages would be loaded quicker sans JavaScript via a proposal being floated by the editor of a fashion magazine, possibly as part of a still-theoretical "HTML6." A W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) mailing list post entitled "HTML6 proposal for single-page Web apps without JavaScript" details the proposal, dated March 20. "The overall purpose [of the plan] is to reduce response times when loading Web pages," said Web developer Bobby Mozumder, editor in chief of  FutureClaw  magazine, in an email. "This is the difference between a 300ms page load vs 10ms. The faster you are, the better people are going to feel about using your Website." The proposal cites a standard design pattern emerging via front-end JavaScript frameworks where content is loaded dynamically via JSON APIs. "This is the single-page app Web design pattern," said Mozumder. "Everyone's into it because the responsiveness is so much better than loading a f...

Facebook has launched a new feature that will take you down to your memory lane. The  social network has rolled out “On this day”, that resurfaces old photos and posts. “On This Day shows content from this date in the past. For example, you might see past status updates, photos, posts from friends and other things you’ve shared or been tagged in – from one year ago, two years ago, and so on. Only you will see this content unless you decide to share it with your friends.” posted Jonathan Gheller, Product Manager, Facebook on a  blog . In order to see your On This Day page, you will have to click on the On This Day bookmark,  search for ‘On This Day,’ or visit  facebook.com/onthisday . You might also see a story in  your  News Feed. Users can also enable notifications for any activity from a past date on a  daily basis. The “On this day” feature will roll out to user globally on web as well as mobile.  Only you can see your On Th...

Samsung showed off foldable display at CES 2014 but not for general public. Now a fresh  report from  Business Korea  is stating that the company is working on foldable smartphones  that are  expected  to release by next year. There are four different stages in the evolution of flexible display technology and the  industry came to identify these steps as “curved”, “bent”, “foldable” and “rollable”. LG’s G  Flex 2 and Samsung’s curved edge displays, which can bend up and down and side to side,  are between the first and second stages. Samsung told the publication that “the  commercialization of foldable smartphones will be possible in 2016″. The IHS recently  released a report claiming that foldable tablets might hit the market by the end of this year. LG on the other hand has been experimenting with transparent displays and told the  publication thatis completed and a promotional prototype is already availabl...

Seven-year-old Kautilya Pandit is an amazing child who knows everything. Some people call him a walking, talking encyclopedia, because the boy has the capacity to absorb information ranging from geography to biology and current affairs. Within three months, the little kid managed to memorise information about 213 countries, their population, source of income, currency, religion, culture and heritage. The boy, who is a resident of Kohand Village in India, is now a national celebrity. He regularly travels to schools across the country and answers live questions from other kids. Due to his ability to absorb information and his photographic memory Kaytilya has earned the nickname “Google”.     Talking about his extraordinary mental abilities, Kautilya usually share the credit of his brilliance with his family. “I guess the best thing is that I was lucky enough to have parents and teachers who realised I had a gift and who have helped me develop. ...

ChopUp has released a new game, titled Oya Run. Oya Run is believed to be the best game ever produced by ChopUp according to Zubair Abubakar. ChopUp have this culture of releasing  games just to tease its fanbase and they have done no different with Oya Run. Oya Run is a play on the most anticipated election in Nigeria. It has been decided that the best way to elect our leaders is to put them to tests of physical endurance while they work on projects that benefit the people for their votes. Oya Run is a multiplayer game that allows you to connect to your Facebook friends and play with them. The game is simple and straightforward, players select their candidate and race each other for points which is then used to obtain votes to be on the leader board.

Leading retail bank, Diamond Bank Plc, has announced the launch of a finger print recognition feature on its  Mobile App,  a first in Africa. The service, an iOS Touch ID, is a fingerprint reader that allow users of the Mobile App an easy and seamless login to their accounts by simply recognizing and identifying their individual fingerprints. Speaking on the new feature, Ayona Trimnell, Divisional Head, Corporate Communications of the Bank stated that the introduction of the unique feature will remove the burden of forgetting or having to remember the user ID and Password for account holders to login for their respective business transactions. We are pleased to announce the launch of the Touch ID feature on the Diamond Mobile App. This means that Diamond Mobile App users that have iOS devices can now login to their accounts with just their finger prints as an alternative to entering a User ID and Password. Speaking further, she stated that with the “introduction...

After introducing an auction process that put generic domains at a premium price, the Nigerian Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the country’s official TLD registrar, has decided to  make 1,851 so-called ‘premium’ domain names available  for sale publicly at the regular price of N15,000 only. That leaves  another 1,883 so-called ‘premium’ domain names  under NiRA’s lock and key. Recall that back in 2013, the domain registrar had  reserved  “a special category of domain names determined to be of premium value”, which “will be available via auction only”, according to its policy. These so-called ‘premium’ domain names were nothing but a bunch of generic words such as  acid ,  bite ,  caro  and a host of other non-premium names which the registry was hoping to sell at a premium price. It is unclear exactly why the registry has decided to release these domains names now for sale, although it vaguely wrote on its website...