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Speaking of which, Google recently announced a boutique of products it hopes to release before the end of the year. They include Google assistant; an advanced intelligent assistant built on machine learning and artificial intelligence especially in areas such as natural language processing, voice recognition and translation. It makes it easy to buy movie tickets on the go and carry out other activities.
Google Home
Google Home is a voice-activated product that brings the Google assistant to any room in your house. It lets you enjoy entertainment, manage everyday tasks, and get answers from Google—all using conversational speech. Also announced last week were Allo and Duo.
Google’s two new messaging apps, Allo and Duo, obviously to compete favourably with the like of Facebook messenger, Whatsapp and Apples facetime. The coolest for me would be Android Instant Apps—which let you run Android apps instantly, without having to install the particular app.
UNICEF is said to be working with UNESCO to build an e-library in Enugu State; the coal city of Nigeria. This was hinted on by UNICEF Country representative Ms Jean Gough at a retreat by the country team of the United Nations held in Enugu adding that the UN agency and UNESCO will jointly work to establish a modern e-library in Enugu State.
In other uninspiring news, drone fliers in the country can no longer fly their drones just because…. twitter user @kazey (kayode muyibi) tweeted “Want to fly a drone in Nigeria? NCAA fee of 500k, 6 months processing period with an annual utilisation fee of 100k for a 3 years permit.”
This was after an uproar on twitter suggesting the NCAA Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority had banned the use of drones in the country.
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