Samsung regains top spot in global smartphone market for Q1

After losing the spot to Apple in the fourth quarter of 2014, Samsung is back on top as the leading smartphone maker in the world in Q1, 2015, according to a latest report from market research firm Gartner.

Samsung sold a total of 81.1 million smartphones in the quarter, compared to 60.1 million units sold by rival Apple.

How NASA technology found trapped Nepal earthquake survivors

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A new piece of hardware that detects heartbeats helped find buried victims of the earthquake

After a large-scale natural disaster, such as the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on April 25, every second counts.

After roughly 72 hours without water, victims buried in rubble begin to succumb to dehydration.

The Top Ten Trending Phones of week 18

This week turned out quite surprising and brought us one of the most diverse editions of our Top 10 trending chart. Just don't expect the Samsung Galaxy S6 to surrender the crown, it still remains undisturbed at the top.

The Top 10 trending phones chart is a recap list of the devices that gathered the most hits throughout the week. In other words, the chart represents the interests of the majority of you, our visitors, and is an indication of what currently interests you.

The Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML entered last weekstraight to number 2 and retains the runner-up position in this edition. The LG G4 stormed to the third spot immediately after its official launch a few days ago.

In fourth we find another new entry in the face of the Micromax Canvas Spark Q380 with its eye set on the podium, only a few thousand hits behind the G4. And breathing down the Q380's neck is no other than the Xiaomi Mi 4i midranger on a budget.

Long-time medalists Galaxy Grand Prime and Galaxy S6 edge have fallen down the ranks and occupy the 6th and 7th spots this week. The Sony Xperia Z4 hasn't managed to hold on to last week's 5th position and slips down to 8th. Samsung's other two usual suspects Galaxy S5 and A5 complete this edition of the Top 10 trending phones chart.

Samsung Galaxy S6

RANK: 1

WAS: 1

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Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML

RANK: 2

WAS: 2

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LG G4

RANK: 3

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Micromax Canvas Spark Q380

RANK: 4

NEW IN

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Xiaomi Mi 4i

RANK: 5

WAS: 9

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Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

RANK: 6

WAS: 4

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Samsung Galaxy S6 edge

RANK: 7

WAS: 3

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Sony Xperia Z4

RANK: 8

WAS: 5

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Samsung Galaxy S5

RANK: 9

WAS: 10

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Samsung Galaxy A5

RANK: 10

WAS: 8

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Source : gsmarena

Microsoft Edge the Internet Explorer Predecessor

We knew that Internet Explorer was dead.

We knew a successor was coming.

We just didn’t know the official name, beyond the “Project Spartan” placeholder.

Now we do: Microsoft’s new browser is called Microsoft Edge.

PayPal Brings Its Instant Checkout Service “One Touch” Across The Web

PayPal is rolling out seamless, one-touch payments across the web, allowing customers to checkout from a merchant’s website without having to enter in their user ID and password again. The system, called One Touch for Web, is an expansion of PayPal’s earlier efforts on mobile.

Samsung tops Apple to regain top smartphone manufacturer crowm

While Apple became the world's top smartphone vendor in the fourth quarter of 2014, looks like Samsung has recaptured the crown in Q1, 2015.

According to a report from market research firm Strategy Analytics, Samsung captured 24% market share in the first quarter of the year, overtaking Apple, which claimed nearly 18%. It's worth mentioning that Samsung had captured 31% market in the year-ago quarter.

Nepal-Earthquake warning story

Nepal's devastating earthquake was the disaster experts knew

was coming.

Just a week ago, about 50 earthquake and social scientists from

around the world came to Kathmandu, Nepal, to figure out how

to get this poor, congested, overdeveloped, shoddily built area to

prepare better for the big one, a repeat of the 1934 temblor that

leveled this city. They knew they were racing the clock, but they

didn't know when what they feared would strike.

This weeks Top Ten trending smartphones.

Just when you thought the Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 edge/Grand Prime triumvirate was going to rule for months on end, the Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML stepped in and claimed a seat in the Top 3. And it's also worth noting that the Galaxy S6 lost a massive 30K hits compared to last week.

EtisalatEazy life 3.0, browse, download, & stream unlimited for 3hours for Shikini Money.

I was reading and surfing through Nairaland this morning, stumble on a post where the dude shared some legal secrets of using EtisalatEazy life to stream unlimited for 3hours. I tried it and it works like magic.

Samsung opens new plant to meet Galaxy S6 edge demand

Apparently there can be too much of a good thing, and in Samsung's case the unanticipated high demand for the Galaxy S6 edge lead to shortages in the smartphone's supply. Thelimiting factor was quoted to be the dual-edge display, but Samsung was quick to address the issue.

Industry insiders report that a new manufacturing line has already gone operational, which should bring the production volume to 5 million curved displays a month.