Google+ custom URL

Google plus,(Google+) a social networking platform rolled out a service whereby custom URLs are allocated to its users. This was officially announced through Otavio Silva's page on the 30th of October explaining the advantages of custom URL and criteria's that grant eligibility for a google plus profile and pages. It stated "custom URLs are short, easy to rememmber web addresses that link directly to your Google profile or page( like google.com/+OtaviaSilva or google.com/+Toyota)"
It was further elaborated as an easier way to connect with others and promote contents.

CRITERIA FOR CREATING A CUSTOM URL
Before you could be eligible for a Google+ custom URL, you must
I. Have a profile photo
II. Have at least 10 follower
III. Have an account that's at least 30 days old.

Once eligible, a message would be sent to your google mail address with your full names combined to provide you a custom URL and a link to claim your URL address. If you meet the criteria and yet to receive a mail, then visit your profile/page to check for the in-product notice if your custom URL is ready but if not yet ready you would have to wait a little while your custom URL is made ready.

This custom URL is rolled out to make users easily remember their google profile/page so as to find it easy when sharing on your websites, emails or other social sites such as facebook, linkedin, etc and this medium also allows friends and loved ones who have the number used in claiming/verifying your google profile to find you on Google+.


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NOKIA 2520 TABLET- FIRST WINDOWS RT 8.1 TABLET

The New Nokia Lumia 2520 recently launched by Nokia Corporation, powered by a Quadcomm snapdragon 800 processor which would produce an optimal performance with less battery consumption is designed to crash the rate of power consumption as it provides optimal performance.

With the Nokia Lumia 2520, both a desktop, laptop and tablet are packaged into one with a windows RT 8.1 operating system, pre-installed complete microsoft office and outlook. Exclusive features such as the 10.1 inch screen made of Gorilla glass 2 for toughness, superior brightness, wide-view and less reflection.

Launching its first windows RT tablet with 4G LTE, super wi-fi connectivity, a Zeiss optic lens 6.7MP rear camera, 2MP front camera and a 8000mAh battery which provides a 25 days standby time after been fully charged in less than 2 hours. It is available in Red, white, black and Cyan at an estimated price of USD 499 in the US, Finland and United Kingdom

SPECIFICATIONS OF NOKIA LUMIA 2520

Operating System: Windows RT 8.1
Networks: GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz; WCDMA: 850, 900,
1800, 1900, 2100MHz; LTE: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 17, 20
Speed: LTE: 150 Mbps DL / 50 Mbps UL
Memory: 2GB RAM, 32 GB internal memory, micro SD card
support up to 32GB, SkyDrive
cloud storage
Display: 10.1" 1080p full HD (1920×1080) AHIPS Capacitive Multi-
Touch Display, Gorilla Glass 2
Processor: 2.2GHz Quad Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
Primary camera: 6.7MP Auto Focus ZEISS optics with f1.9
aperture; FFC: 2MP HD wide-angle
Size & weight: 267 x 168 x 8.9* mm (*volumetric); 615g
Connectivity: NFC, A-GPS+GLONASS, WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n,
microUSB 3.0, BT 4.0 LE, 3.5mm audio connector
Battery: 8000 mAh
Audio: Stereo front facing speakers





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AIRTEL PARTNERS WITH NAZARA TO LAUNCH AIRTEL GAMES CLUB IN AFRICA

Airtel in partnership with Nazaran Technologies did launch a flat-fee mobile gaming subscription service known as the Airtel Games Club in Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda and Zambia with further plans of expanding the service to all 14 countries powered by airtel telecom in Africa.
This launch which took place on the 28th of October, allows airtel users to download and play games on an active subscription plan such as NGN 20 per day, NGN 50 per week and NGN 150 per month. These games are accessed when logged on to http://games.ng.artellive.com from your mobile browser on a GPRS internet enabled phone.
Nazara technologies which is well known for developing and distributing mobile games had earlier linked an exclusive alliance with one of the top game company in the world- Electronic Arts (EA), thereby allowing it offer its package of mobile games to telecom operators across 49 countries in Africa. Therefore, making exclusive games such as Need for Speed, Bejeweled and FIFA 14 be made available for download in the Airtel Games Club, Africa.
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TOP 4 NIGERIA GAME DEVELOPERS

Playing games is one of my hobbies and it is because of its relaxative medicine it secretes. The world of games has been controlled by the likes of EA,ubisoft, Konami, etc. Nigeria is begining to rise up and compete in the world of games, developing thrilling, educative, and interesting games with most of these developers exhibiting the Nigeria everyday scene in their game apps.
Today, I will be outlisting four (4) companies that have made Nigerians proud and also hit the front page with their Games.

MALIYO GAMES-
Maliyo games, co-propounded by Hugo Obi is based in Lagos, Nigeria. They have stormed the game world with lovely games such as Okada ride, Aboki, Mosquito smasher, My village, kidnapped, etc.
They posses a simple philosophy- sharing the experience of everyday Africans with a global audience through games.
Maliyo games has gained recognition by CNN and Forbes magazine as he portraits the Africa rich Lifestyle.
Check out their interesting package at maliyo.com

GAMSOLE
The developers of Bird republic, Lagos traffic, mega chicken, Road blazer, death racing, etc is owned by a Nigerian, Abiola Elijah Olaniran. The young entrepreneur who was regarded as the highest paid app developer in Nigeria by Microsoft Nigeria at the Lagos IDEA Launch.
Gamsole which currently develop games meant for windows phone has 5 recent games which has earned over a million downloads on the windows store around the globe.
According to gamsole.com their goal is to make games that are fun to play; plain and simple

KULUYA GAMES
A large game developing company values at #2million with a launch of so many thrilling games such as Ogbanje; Linda Ikeji vs The World; Aso Rock; My Oga @ the top; Ole(Thief); Monkey Run, etc.
Kuluya which was launched in october, 2012, having Kunle Ogungbamila as its Head and the african online tv, IROKOtv as a partner, develops cross platform games but has more of online games that posses African characters for her game development.
Kuluya.com is a rich website entailed of over 60 games where game lovers meet and challenge each others to a play, earn money through bettings and other cash games. It's surely an African home of games and a site every game lover should be.

SONBIM GAMES
A Nigeria and Abuja based game company that comprises of skillful individuals that share a common goal." I call it the small but mighty programming team".
Sonbim games has Idiamebi Ilamina-Eremie and six others who make up the game developers team and were able to develop the first Nigeria ever pc game- Titi Tilapia (A fun adventure game with an interesting story line)
Sonbim games has brought its Titi Tilapia to the android platform with the beta version as more updates are been rolled out and plans to unveil its full version by November.
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BBM OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE FOR ANDROID AND IPHONE

The long awaited blackberry messenger is now available for download officially by the blackberry team. This was made known to all those who subscribed to the roll out date through their website.
I visited the site to download mine and I have it offically running on my android.
The following message was sent to every individual who signed up in advance to the blackberry latest news on the BBM release.

"We promised you'd be the first to know when BBM™ for Android™ and iPhone® is available. We're excited to announce that the rollout has resumed!

Due to incredible demand there is a line-up to start using BBM. But, since you took the time to sign up in advance, we'd like to give you the chance to start using BBM on Android or iPhone right away without having to wait in line.
Here's what to do to get past the line-up:
1. Visit BBM.com from your iPhone or Android browser to download BBM.
2. Once the BBM app has been installed, open it.
3. When asked to "Enter your email address to check if you can start using BBM", use the email address this message was sent to.
4.Get started with setting up BBM.
Note to iPhone users: Apps can take up to a few hours to appear in the App Store so if you don't see it right away, it will be there soon."

So, have Ʊ been so anxious to have BBM on your ANDROID and IOS device? Now is the time.
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.

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HOW TO SEND FRIEND REQUEST ON FACEBOOK IF BLOCKED

So many times I have always encountered the problem of been blocked from sending friend requests on facebook.
This act is also been faced by many facebook users but in this post we would be getting to know how to send friend requests on facebook when blocked or banned from adding friends.

STEPS TO BE TAKEN
=> first step to be taken is to locate the email address of the individual or group of people you wish to add to your facebook friend list

=> On your computer, open your notepad, write down the email address of the persons separated by commas(,)

=> save the above notepad file in the .vcf extension


=> Log in to your facebook account, locate the friend icon, click on invite friend

=> Below invite friends click on the import your email address and choose other email service

=> Locate the option to upload a contact file

=> browse and upload the .vcf file you had created

=> the email address uploaded would be automatically sent friend requests

NB- If  you are sending a friend request to just a person then just input the email address and invite

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PASSWORD PROTECT WHATSAPP MESSENGER(IOS,ANDROID, SYMBIAN & BLACKBERRY)

Whatsapp messenger is a mobile application that is compatible with the ios, androids, symbian, blackbery and java phones that is used to share messages, photos & voice messages within friends and family. Many a times we love and want our privacy to be respected and our mobile gadgets are not excluded neither our whatsapp messages.

Having a fancy gadget calls for admiration. Friends would want to have a feel of your phone and when they having a look, your whatsapp  messages could be open and viewed but when it is passworded, they are restricted.  Securing your whatsapp messenger is one of the challenges faced in the usage of the app but I want to share today the the process by which your whatsapp sms are kept secured on your mobile devices.

HOW TO PASSWORD PROTECT WHATSAPP MESENGER ON AN ANDROID DEVICE
Having an android device is fast becoming everyone’s dream. Many of the devices designed recently are powered by the android OS and this is giving rise to the design of android apps as different developers are recording their name on the Google play market. 

The use of whatsapp messenger on an android device could be secured and password protected with the use of several apps such as lock for whatsapp, messenger app lock, whatsapp lock. I recommend whatsapp lock- It is a light-weight app with an easy to use interface. it allows you to secure your messages with the use of a 4 digit pin which is set immediately after installation. The app automatically locks up your whatsapp messenger after a set time. The auto-lock time could be set to either immediately, 1 min, 2min, 3min, depending on the locktime you want it to be.

HOW TO PASSWORD PROTECT WHATSAPP MESSENGER ON AN IOSDEVICE
With the strict requirements in getting your app published in the itunes store there is yet to be special apps that can guarantee you a private whatsapp sms chat. Nevertheless, you can still have a safe and private sms chat  with the use of  IPROTECT.

Iprotect is an app that aids in securing both your contacts, photos, files and apps with a passcode. It also posses an anti-theft system that helps lock your device and relays information about locating the phone through  sms to a pre-inputed number whenever there’s a sim card change.
NB- To enjoy iprotect your device needs to jail broken.

HOW TO PASSWORD PROTECT WHATSPP MESSENGER ON BLACKBERRY

Lock whatsapp-  A blackberry app that can be downloaded from the blackberry appworld at a #0.00 cost price. There are so many lock apps for whatsapp but I’ll recommend lock whatsapp because of it’s better security compared to others. It allows you to either lock your messenger application  with the password mode or the pattern lock mode. It creates room for resetting your password when you forget. with lock whatsapp  your whatsapp messages are un-accessible from your message inbox, securing your data.

HOW TO PASSWORD PROTECT WHATSAPP MESSENGER ON A SYMBIAN DEVICE

The symbian OS which is been gently phased out by Google’s own android operating system and apple’s ios is still one of the pioneering platform for whatsapp and with the use of whatsapp on the symbian device you can still be rest assured of security. This is possible with the installation of the advanced device lock- an application that allows you to set a password to your phone applications and then restricts unwanted access to your data.

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