Davide, Author at ROTechnica

‘Timbu.com’ and a minor Facebook link issue

DavideApr 3, 2019April 3, 20190

Okay, real quick, I am undergoing an internship with a tech company, HNG. It has been fun so far though. So today, we were given a website and were asked to locate a bug on

GitHub Free users now get unlimited private repositories

DavideJan 10, 2019October 12, 20200

New year, new resolutions. There has never been a better time to be a GitHub user than now. Historically, GitHub always offered free accounts but the clause was that your code had to be public.

Chrome to start warning users if a website might bill them unexpectedly

DavideDec 23, 2018October 12, 20200

Starting with the release of Chrome 71 this December, your Chrome browser will warn you about some websites that might try and bill you without your full knowledge or consent. The measures are targeting mobile

Africa’s First $1 Android Smartphone

DavideDec 1, 2018October 12, 20200

$1 smartphone in Africa? This must be a joke. We know that might probably be the first thing that came to your mind when you saw the headline. This is no joke and this is

Google traffic routed through China by a Nigerian firm

DavideNov 19, 2018October 12, 20200

Last week, Google services went down for like an hour or so after its IP addresses were routed from normal expected paths to Nigeria, China and Russia. The issue actually surfaced on Monday afternoon as internet

App Of The Week!

DavideNov 4, 2018October 12, 20200

TrueCaller is an app for smartphones that shows the user who is calling when they call, even if the caller is not in user’s address book. It gives you information about callers who are beyond

Windows Gets Virus Protection Boost

DavideNov 2, 2018October 12, 20200

Microsoft has given Windows Defender, Windows 10’s built-in anti-virus software, a huge security boost with the announcement that it can now run in its own restrictive process execution environment or “sandbox.” When a program runs

The World’s Thinnest and Lightest Smartphone

DavideOct 22, 2018October 12, 20200

For those that prefer having a compact, handy and a pocketable smartphone, well, there is a new beauty out there you would love to check out soon. If you’re one of this category of people, Japanese

Facebook investors want Zuckerberg to step down

DavideOct 21, 2018October 12, 20200

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, is in the news again once more and it is not for good. After a rocky year of privacy scandals that surrounded Facebook, several major Facebook investors are calling for

App Of The Week!

DavideOct 21, 2018October 12, 20200

This week, our focus will be on exploring the web securely and anonymously through the use of VPN. We generally don’t recommend completely free VPN services, because too many of them borrow your bandwidth, inject