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                Computer crime This is the use of a computer to take or alter data illegally from persons, groups or companies by a knowledgeable computer user. Because of the versatility of the internet and information technology, people now depend on them greatly because of how easy it has made human life, business, social life and every other activity undertaken by humans. These data are gotten illegally by hackers through so many ways which can be by sending malicious software to a pc or to a database and these software on being received by a pc or a web server, collect data from them and send them back to the hacker or by direct access to such databases by cracking the password, or anything that grants access to them. So many activities can be regarded as computer crimes include; identity theft, software theft, and piracy, data interference, electronic frauds, child pornography, cyberbullying, etc. Detailed explanations of some c...

How would you feel when at the exact time you ought to get up and from your bed and prepare for work, your clock communicates your bed and it starts making you feel uncomfortable(through vibrations or any other means) and wakes you up?                 The internet of things is a computing concept used to describe an environment in which every physical object (e.g. cars, tables, bridges, animals, etc) communicate i.e.  Collects and exchanges data with one another without humans operating them, in other words, machine to machine interaction. This is built on networks of devices and other physical objects you can thing of using sensors to detect changes in the environment, then interpret them and relay them to other devices or physical objects possessing sensors also. In this, everything on the surface of the earth will possess its own ip address with which it can be connected to by other things via the...

Are you tired of so many ads popping up on your Smartphone? Do you see ads on your favorite apps each time you open them? Ads are ways through which app developers make money from free apps and this is why we sometimes see messages from apps asking us to upgrade to ad free pro versions of same app.                 This post is meant to list some apps which are capable of blocking such ads on other apps. Some of them are free while others are paid. Although some of these apps are no more found on Google playstore, they can be downloaded on their respective developer’s websites. They are: 1.         TrustGo Ad Detector: This app can be found on Google playstore and is capable of blocking ads that show on your notification bar and apps that create shortcuts on our Smartphone’s homescreen, etc. it is absolutely free. 2.         Adblock plus...

It is no longer a new thing when we hear people say that their Smartphone take longer time to charge especially when its original charger gets spoilt and a third-party charger is used. Even, some original chargers do not charge as fast as we want them to do. This has being a challenge to many especially when we are running out of time for an appointment and our Smartphone’s battery is almost flat. For the little time we have, we wish it charges fast so as not to be late at the appointment.           So many questions have been asked pertaining to this issue of our Smartphone taking longer time to charge. I will try to proffer better tips that could be of help and could help reduce the time taken for our Smartphone to charge. 1.     Leave the phone alone:  This might sound funny but it works. Some of us are so fond of our phones that we always check on them and press them even when charging. Some of us...

How to make your android device look like an IOS It looks cool to have a feeling of another operating system on your current device. Android as we all know is a highly customizable OS and so, different apps have been built that try to imitate other operating systems. Let me just go ahead and list wonderful apps that can automatically make our android Smartphone look like an OS. 1.         8 launcher app: This is a very wonderful app developed by cool launcher for android. It is highly customizable and makes your Smartphone look like an IOS. It could be downloaded from Google playstore. 2.         iLauncher: This app is a paid android app. It has some amazing features like a dock containing some IOS style shortcuts for call, music, mail, message and also features to hide, remove, add and re-arrange apps, etc. 3.        Hi Launcher: This app is a free app and ha...

Running out of memory is one inevitable characteristic of our Smartphone which is usually annoying especially when we want to update an app or want to receive files and other data from another Smartphone or device. In the case of an app update, it could occur when it remains about 2% for a complete update.                 In this post, I am going share tips that could help prevent our Smartphone from running out of memory. 1.        Get a memory manager: Some apps ate built to help clear cache data (system cache and app cache) which occupy some space on our phone’s memory. Apps like 1 . Ducleaner 2. Memory Task Cleaner 3. Memory Manager HD 4 . Clean Master Quick Cleaner   are wonderful apps which could help us manage our device memory effectively. 2.         Occasionally transfer user data...

At some points, we wished to listen to conversations we had with our loved ones and other people over the phone.  This maybe because of some reasons best known to us. Congrats to android OS this, with the help of some apps has made it possible for us to record phone calls. As usual, some of the apps are free while others are paid versions. NOTE: It is unethical to record such conversations but, in case you are recording it just for fun, then its ok. Some of such apps include: 1.         Call recorder –Lovekara Communications: This call recording app has both free and paid version and is nice for recording calls. 2.      Call recorder ACR: This call recorder has so many features like password protection, lots of recording formats, etc on its free version and easy emailing of recorded calls, ftp integration, Google drive integration, etc in its paid version. It has the highest rating off all ot...

Have you ever tried to format a drive and the error “windows was unable to complete the format” error even though the drive shows in windows explorer? Ok, I am going to share how to fix this error straight-away. Follow these simple steps below: -          -  Right click on computer and select Manage -           When the computer management box appears, select DISK MANAGEMENT and all drives connected to your computer will show up. -     -   Then, go to the bottom of the windows and right click on the drive name and select the “New partition or format” option. Note: If this option is not available, when you right click on the pen drive, select change drive letters and paths, then remove the previous name and assign any other name which was not previously assigned. -        ...