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My take on PlayStation 4 console

On Wednesday, Sony unveiled a new generation PlayStation 4 system and laid out its vision for the "future of gaming" in a world rich with mobile gadgets and Play streamed from the Internet cloud. Forget about the pomp and color at the launch held in New York. The Japanese company disappointed me by not clearly stating what plans they had regarding music, films, television episodes and digital content offered on the PlayStation 4. To make matters worse, the PS4 launch video shows there was no glimpse of a PlayStation 4 at the launch event and to me, It was odd that Sony did not show a physical device that has become part of any manufacturers launch of new products. How do we trust what we can’t see? Despite not seeing the actual gadget, am impressed that a  PlaySation App  will let iPads, iPhones and Android powered smartphones and tablets to be used as  second screens  augmenting play that takes place on televisions connected to PS4 consoles

Men should honor Valentine by fighting for women's rights

Your blogger grew up in Melbourne at the height of racial discriminations, women's rights and gender equality movements. My mother, a black, was working as a consultant although her salary was far less to her whites counterparts. She is a woman and a mother who taught me that doing the dishes, laundry and other domestic activities as male, should not be a silly personal issue but rather a solid foundation for my future. That future came thirteen years ago. I have nothing but praise to my mom. She brought me up as a multi tasking lad way long before the name became synonymous with the general population. I recalled those days with pride when I met a personal friend working with United Nations and we spend time in his living place having coffee. He deliberately started a conversation on why I am not married and what plans I had for Valentine day. In a swift reply, I was clear that I can do what a woman can so, It’s not a necessity for me to have wife. I told him that Val

How an app turned me into a coffeehoser.

In the next few years, I could be facing the dreaded mid life crisis. Luckily, I belong to the young generation that in a way unlikely to go through the process which most of our elderly brothers and sisters have endured in the past with a lot of pain. At times, it has turned out to be fatal. I have a great feeling that an appreciation of new kind of midlife crisis could come and go as quickly as the thrill for new smartphone apps. Fortunately, because of having a smartphone, I am capable of changing my favored coffee destinations extremely fast just to keep up with the in-crowd through smartphone apps unlike midlife crisis that I have to wait for my time to come. When it comes to selecting a good coffee shop using apps, I always ensure the place also acts for my palatable comfort that I dare say it gives me comfort and stress free moments .  After a stressful week, I decided to make a call to a friend to find out if we could have a chat as we take coffee and we agreed on

Cybercrime attacks remain unreported in Africa

Cybercrime attacks are going unreported in Africa with most private and public organizations unaware of incidents while those aware of them trying hard to cover them for fear of ruining their reputations especially the banking and financial institutions. Unreleased Cyber security study in Africa has found that 87 percent of African businesses had not detected a single security incident over the past twelve months. Another 49 percent reported less than two incidents while 41 percent reported more than two incidents. This raises a possibility that some organizations did not even realize the attack, which is worse while others don't want to report them. The unreleased report proves beyond doubt what another report titled:  Linking Cybersecurity Policy and Performance  ( pdf ), showed that poor countries and regions like Africa are most affected by the Malware attacks. The report was authored by Microsoft’s Global and Security Strategy and Diplomacy team and authors use st