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As Africans and people of some other continents are deprived of some kinds of stuff and services online, internet marketers, bloggers, and freelancers are always in search of ways through which they can access these services from their countries. Some time ago, Fiverr which is one of the top freelancing companies online brought out a harsh penalty for some of their sellers and demanded that they verify their accounts using their phone numbers. These sellers used VPN to change their locations to the United States but Fiverr allowed them to use their local numbers for verification. After a while Fiverr used this against them and deported (changed their locations depending on the phone number used for verification) to their various countries using the number’s country code. This denied some freelancers the opportunity of making it big on Fiverr. As a result, they had poor sales and lost so many of their buyers. Also, some other online services that require thei...

Owing to the fact that in recent times, tremendous developments have been recorded in the mobile phone industry, many smartphone companies have made efforts not to be sent out of the market by creating products that match what is in vogue.  At some points, we might have been in a crossroad whether to purchase a smartphone that its battery is removable or to buy one that its battery is non-removable. Also, some of us who are tech-inclined have been asked at some points by friends whether they should go for phones with or without a removable battery. In this post, I'll be writing about the pros and cons of both of them so that you will know which one to go for or prescribe for people. Advantages of Smartphones with REMOVABLE BATTERIES As we all know, removable batteries are does batteries that can be detached from the smartphone. 1. In case of a Hang: Some smartphones as we all know, hangs sometimes and this makes the phone not to accept any input either from the but...

Some of us have wondered what an IMEI number really is, how to change our android’s IMEI, what tweaking is all about, tools to change our Android Smartphone’s IMEI, what MTK phones are, etc.  Relax, because we’ve got you covered. Today, I am going to break all these things down so that you can understand all of them, and then be able to change your android’s IMEI to any other phone’s IMEI. Fasten your seat belt and relax as we cruise through all these.                 Ok, to start, let us define an IMEI number. IMEI NUMBER: IMEI stands for “International mobile station equipment identity”. It is a number that is unique and used to identify GSM, UMTS, LTE, satellite phones and iDEN mobile phones. This is a number which differentiates a brand of phone from other brands, and also differentiates phones of the same brand. It is found beneath the battery pack of a phone and is usually a 14, 15 or 16...

The internet no doubt is a wonderful invention and has since been helping to make the world a global village filled with unlimited opportunities. It is also a wonderful world of its own, providing trillions of information on a daily basis to everyone. Children from the age of 8 now have access to it and can be on the internet for a very long time. The questions asked by all concerned are: “what do our kids do on the internet? What do they search on the internet? Who do they chat with on various social media platforms?” Research has shown that many children get exposed to information that is not needed at their age, this information includes; pornography, bully, indoctrination into different societies and secret cults, etc. These issues are of great concern to any parent or guardian who wants the best for his kids. Blocking their access to the internet is not an option because of its numerous benefits. Many parents and guardians don’t know it is possible to monitor everything a c...

In the previous years, some password patterns have been observed to be repeated and often used by so many people. As a website administrator so many years of experience, I've become familiar with these patterns and they are regularly used by people to secure important things online. It is pathetic how several accounts are hacked yearly because of the ease at which hackers guess passwords. Also, some webmasters worsen the issue in that they don't enforce good password security measures on theirs registration forms. In this article, these patterns will be discussed in a bid to help people about them or change theirs if they already make use of them. The patterns are obvious and also easy to guess. Password patterns to avoid this year 2018 1. qwerty: as complex as this may look, qwerty is easily used by most people and is the first six letters on the first alphabet row of any standard keyboard. This password according to work experience, is used by so many people and ...

Many people have wonderful business plans that could make a billion dollar company but because of poor presentation of the business plan or the poor usage of the English language and other financial matters concerned with putting up a business plan. Time is also an important commodity that we cannot afford to waste as businessmen and women; as a result, we want fast ways to write presentable business ideas on paper. Also, some people have wonderful skills and are very hard working but because of their poor control of the English language, they can’t write nice letters and so, begin to fail in the interview from their poor letter writing. Because of these, aforementioned reasons; I am about to present great tools that could help you write excellent business plans and nice letters that will improve your chances of getting considered. Some of these tools are online tools, some free and some premium software that is of great importance and I have tried on a personal basis and...

Hello friends, today I want to share some ways through which you can make free calls on any of your device for free. Many of us do not make calls as we ought because of what it entails while some of us spend a huge sum of money on calls every day. I am going to share some applications that can be used to make free calls. All of them can be downloaded for free from any app store. How to make free calls on your android, ios, blackberry, and pc 1.   Facebook messenger:   facebook, as we all know, is one of the most popular social networking sites with over two billion users. They recently developed this messenger app with which someone can call another online. But, the person you are to call must also have the application installed on his or her device. For you to make use of this application, you must have a facebook account. This application also has video calling features that can be used anywhere in the globe. It runs on many operating systems…… like android, windows...

The creation of sophisticated devices with screen displays like Smartphones, computers, etc has indeed helped the human race in so many ways. Some of us depend solely on these devices and oftentimes spend about eighteen hours on them every day. Some of us are so fond of our Smartphone that we are ever busy with them. These screens emit ionizing and non-ionizing radiations like x-rays, visible light, ultraviolet rays, infrared, radio waves, etc. Although these radiations are emitted in low quantities, they cause some discomfort and problems to the human eye. Many computer operators experience various eye and vision related symptoms and discomfort.                 This article is meant to examine the effects of these radiations on the human eye and then propose some ways to protect our eyes from these rays.  Some of the effects of digital displays 1. Eye itching: The radiations from the s...

The grand masters of data, Glo has a service called Image Store where you can download amazing pictures and videos. Features include download of high-quality pictures, streaming of Hi-Resolution videos, vast quantities of images/videos and so much more. On the service, you can download any video you want by searching for it as long as you get the subscription on your Glo sim card. The subscription is for 20 Naira per day. To subscribe to Glo Image Store, send IMAGE to 6611 How To Unsubscribe From Glo Image Store Service  For some time now, I have received several emails from my readers about deductions on their airtime because of Glo Image service and they do not know how to unsubscribe from the service. To unsubscribe from Glo Image Store, send STOP to 6611

.edu extensions mean that the domain or the email is from an educational institution and as such, has so many benefits and command respect from organizations. Getting a .edu email has numerous advantages and the problem with it is that, it is not free. That is, you must be a student, tutor or have anything to do with an educational institution before you can get one. This is quite a challenge to people who want to access the benefits accruing to someone with the email without being registered with any educational institution. In this article, we would be looking at some ways of creating and owning a free .edu email address. Before we continue, we would like to discuss the different benefits of owning a .edu email address. Benefits of having a .edu email address Unlimited Google drive storage: with a .edu email account, Google gives free unlimited storage space to their owners as long as the .edu email account is valid. That is, there are no subscription pla...