TECNO eventually comission CSR project to light up Computer Village with solar powered street lights

Yesterday, we reported that TECNO, a leading market maker of smartphones in Nigeria is set to fulfill its promised Corporate Social responsibility to illuminate the streets of computer village with solar powered street lights.

The project was eventually commissioned on January 21, 2016 at the computer village, Ikeja, Lagos.

The managing Director of TECNO Telecoms ltd., Mr. Chidi Okonkwo said TECNO the company will continuously invest community-centric projects ot enhance the standard of living of the people in the country.

“It is proven that private corporations with strong community focus in their business agenda tend to prosper better than the other. We’ll like to use this avenue to encourage other businesses and corporations in the area to show commitment to community development by spearheading projects that have lasting impact on the community,” he said.

Dubbed the “Light up Ikeja” project, TECNO donated eighty-eight (88) high end solar-powered street lights, fully installed by Arthur Energy Technology Ltd to its Ikeja host as a token of appreciation for years of peaceful co-existence.

The iFLUX engineered street lights have two years warranty cover and will be constantly maintained for optimum operation by Carlcare, a subsidiary of TRANSSION Holdings as is the TECNO Mobile and iFLUX brands.

“We’re elated as an agency to see what TECNO has done here today and we look forward to partnerships between private corporations like TECNO, who are community-centric and the government to bring life changing projects to the people,” says Mr. Olufemi Odubiyi, the Honourable Commissioner for Science and Technology.

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TECNO fulfils CSR promise to commission Ikeja Street light Project

TECNO Telecoms Limited, a leading manufacturer of high-end smartphones and feature phones for emerging markets, is set to commission the Ikeja Street Light project in fulfilment of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

The Ikeja Street Light project, which was born out of a CSR strategy session at the TECNO office, Ikeja in 2014, involved the installation of solar-powered street lights in designated streets of Computer village, the electronics mega-market, in Ikeja, Lagos.

The street lights and all its components were installed by Arthur Energy Technology Ltd – the project’s contractor – and was completed within the agreed time frame.

Speaking on why the project was delivered within the agreed time frame, Mr. Arthur Okeyika, the project’s head engineer and CEO of Arthur Energy Technology stated that the Ikeja community youths were instrumental in the quick completion of the project.

“The community youths guaranteed our workers safety throughout the project including the security of project materials against theft and vandalism. Every support we needed to ensure that the project was completed on time was given to us; our engineers were even comfortable to work night shifts because of the assurances of the youths,” he said.

“The iFLUX panels and LED lights used are top-of-the-line, they’re as good as the best you can find anywhere in the world,” Mr. Arthur added.

TECNO, under the auspices of Ikeja Community Development Area (ICDA), will officially commission the project in a ribbon-cutting event on January 21, 2016 at the ground of the electronics mega-market by 9:00am.
Dignitaries from the Lagos State Government, Ikeja local government area, community heads and local businesses are expected to attend the event.

The management of TECNO Telecoms Limited officially obtained the project approval from the honourable chairman of Ikeja community development area, Mr. Niyi Olasoji and members from the Ikeja CDA on November 25, 2015.

The Ikeja Street Light project is TECNO’s way of expressing gratitude to its host for providing the enabling environment for business and wealth creation for its stakeholders and the many Nigerians who make a living in the retail and distribution value chain of the telecoms and service sector.

Since TECNO commenced business operations in Nigeria few years back, it has taken the mobile phone industry by storm, churning quality, durable and lovable smartphones, not least the Phantom 5, a flagship premium smartphone launched in September last year.

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Future iPhones May be powered by Li Fi Light FiCapabilty a Technology With Transfer Speeds 100x Faster Than Wi Fi

iOS code shows Apple is experimenting with the new ultra fast, light-based Li-Fi (light Fidelity) wireless data for future iPhones

Recent versions of iOS have been found to contain references to Li-Fi, an experimental high-speed wireless networking protocol that uses pulses of light to transmit data and is being marketed as a long-term replacement for Wi-Fi.
Beginning with iOS 9.1, the operating systems library cache file makes mention of "LiFiCapability" alongside other hardware and software capability declarations. The change was spotted by Twitter user Chase Fromm and independently confirmed by AppleInsider.

Li-Fi works in a way not entirely unlike a traditional infrared remote control. Data is transmitted by rapidly modulating a light source, and received with a light sensor before being reassembled into an electronic signal.

Unlike your television remote, Li-Fi uses visible light and the modulation happens in a manner imperceptible to the human eye: that means the same bulb that lights your hallway can act as a data access point. Its also much faster, with theoretical throughput capacity of up to 224 gigabits per second.

Li-Fi is still in the experimental phase, but a number of companies are working to commercialize the technology. At least one firm, India-based Velmenni, has already begun real-world testing.

In addition to the software references, Apple is known to be working on hardware implementations for light-based wireless data transfer, or optical wireless communication.

A patent application filed in 2013 and assigned to Apple describes a method of "optical modulation using an image sensor." The sensor in question could be switched between image capture and data capture modes, allowing for light capabilities without adding additional hardware.

Apple envisions this particular system being used for indoor location, but the general principle is the same as more high-bandwidth applications.

Appleinsider.com

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Light Flow – LED Notifications v3 15 109 Apk

Light Flow allows you to take control of your notification LED colors and makes them successively flash one color after another.

It also allows you to set repeating sounds on vibration patterns for you notifications. You can also set a “sleep” mode or “on charge” where the lights and/or sounds and vibrations will not be heard or seen. If you’ve come from a Blackberry device and miss the features of BeBuzz / BerryBuzz then give LightFlow a try!

This program will allow you to control the notification color for the over 600 applications and system events such as:
* Missed calls
* Voice mail
* Calendar reminders
* gmail
* email
* SMS messages
* MMS messages
* Low battery
* No signal
* Google talk
* Facebook
* Twitter
…and many many more

What’s New
3.15.109 (in staged rollout 50%)
Fix for hanging on some sony phones
Changed default settings for Xperia illumination bar phones
Reworked switch screen on option to prevent delay
Better text to dashclock, pebble, smartwatch on android 4.3
Vibrate while in call working on more phones
Option for simpler text in lightflow persistent notification just listing the number of notification types on
Bug fixes
Many more changes

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