Galaxy S4 review- Samsung officially unveils Galaxy S4

Samsung on thursday officially unveiled the awaiting Galaxy S4 at a broad event at the Radio city music hall in Newyork. The android phone which is made of hard Polycarbornate is set to be out by the second quarter of the Year with two colors, namely; white frost and black mist.
Samsung is yet to reveal the price of the classic gadget but said it will be in line with what is to be expected from a premium Samsung smartphone.
The Galaxy S4 which without doubt is outstanding compared to it's predecessor(galaxy s3) is comprised of a 5inch full Hd Super Amoled display; an internal 1.9GHZ Quad-core processor and 2GB RAM; 16/32/64 GB internal storage; wifi 802.11 a/b/n/ac GPS/GLONAS; NFC; Bluetooth 4.0(LE); IR LED(Remote control); 2600 mAh battery; android 4.2.2 (jelly bean); a 2mp front camera and a 13mp rear camera.
With it's 13mp camera compared to the S3 8mp camera, a crisper and better low-light shots would be captured according to Samsung.
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New features such as dual shot and recording mode allows the user to combine photos and videos into one shot or video. The dual video call function enables it user to make and receive video call and at same time show what you're looking at during the call.
The Galaxy s4 also comes with the S translator which provides instant translation of language with the use of text or voice translation thereby breaking the language barrier faced when you travel abroad.
Additional features such as air view enables you to preview the content of an email,image or video without opening it. The air gesture makes it possible to accept a call, change a music track or scroll up and down a web page by waving your hand.
Smart pause and smart scroll grants the user the full power to control the screen by allowing you to scroll up and down the screen without touching it, but recognises your face when looking at the screen and the movement of your wrist and then scroll the pages up and down accordingly. When watching a video and you look away, the video pauses and resumes immediately it notice your eyes are back on the screen.

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WHATSAPP MESSENGER NOW AVAILABLE IN BLACKBERRY 10

The lack of whatsapp on the new blackberry 10 wasn't a good news to most blackberry users at the launching. Since then, blackberry users have been awaiting the launching of Whatsapp in the BB10. Good news is here as whatsapp is now available to Blackberry 10.         
 whatsapp- a cross-platform mobile messaging application which allows the exchange of messages without having to pay sms charges. Whatsapp messenger which is also available for iphones, Androids and Nokia phones makes it possible for friends to keep in touch irrespective of their phone model.  It uses same internet data plan as used for email and web browsing. "that means no extra cost to keep in touch with your friends".



 
  Features to expect from the newly launched whatsapp on BB10.
=> Real time push notifications to alert you when you receive messages- even when the screen is locked.
=>  Full integration into Blackberry contacts, with automatic scanning to help build out your contact list and get started right away
Martyn Mallick, vice president of Global Alliances and Business Development at blackberry, during the official launch of whatsapp for blackberry 10 made it clear that blackberry has always  been necked at connecting people together in a fast and reliable way as they make impact in the lives of the people of the world and therefore are glad to have a highly anticipated mobile messenger- whatsapp, as a partner.
Visit the blackberry appworld to get the long awaiting mobile messenger and share with etechvilla the features you love in it.

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PAY YOUR DSTV BILLS ONLINE

When money is available, every individual wants to have a fun-filled life. In attaining that the use of cables, dishes are acquired. Due to busy schedules, we sometimes find it hard to subscribe to our favourite bouquet  and that I s one of the reasons I want to give out two options of paying your DSTV bills from your comfort zone with the use of either an enabled internet phone or your personal computer.

OPTION I: HOW TO PAY YOUR DSTV SUBSCRIPTION USING QUICKTELLER

Quickteller is an internet service  platform that  grants you access to services such as recharge, payments of bills and merchant payments.

ð => Visit Quickteller

ð  => Select from the listed options, your favourite dstv bouquet.

ð  => Fill in the blanks with your correct details such as email address, smart card number. Then click the Next button

ð  => Enter your Dstv subscriber’s name and make sure to confirm your smart card number was correctly entered. Then click on the pay button.

ð  => Choose your debit card to be used by clicking on the debit card type. Either a mastercard, visa card, verve, e.t.c

ð  => Correctly fill in your card details i.e your card number, expiry date and then your 4 digit pin.

ð  Click Pay

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OPTION II: HOW TO PAY YOUR DSTV SUBSCRIPTION USING MYPAGA

Mypaga is a pioneering mobile money platform which was launched in February, 2011, it was founded by Tayo Oviosu and licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

DSTV

 Paga offers services such as money transfer with the use of mobile phones; airtime top-up; merchant payments and bill payments.  To subscribe to your dstv-

ð  => Log in to MYPAGA

ð  => Register/Login to your account.

ð   => Fill in your paga details such as username and passwords. Make sure that your chosen phrase is shown before entering your password

ð  => Fund your account if not funded.

ð  => Click on pay bills and select dstv

ð =>  Fill in the required blanks such as source, service(favourite bouquet), amount and your smartcard digits

ð  => A page with your information’s would be provided, confirm the smartcard number. Then enter your paga pin in the provided box.

ð  => A confirmation page with your transaction ID would be revealed to confirm a successful transaction.

Immediately after payment, switch your decoder ON and tune to AFRICA MAGIC CHANNEL. If your service is not restored back, contact multichoice by typing RA followed by your smartcard first 10 digits to 30333 or call 01-2703232.

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RETURN OF M.T.N BLACKBERRY SUBSCRIPTION ON PC

The use of M.T.N Blackberry Subscription plan on Pc has since last year stopped except with the usage of VPN but I”ll love to announce to all my fans  that it's back and I have downloaded files of 9.7G since yesterday. Now, you can surf and download with your blackberry subscription on your PC directly.

MTN BLACKBERRY CONFIGURATIONS ON PC

ð  APN- blackberry.net

MTN

ð  Username- web

ð  Password- web

ð  Port- leave empty

Check= How to update your operating system without internet connection

Subscribe to any of the MTN Blackberry data plans

Text BBC to 21600 for a month at the rate of 1500

Text BBCWEEK to 21600 for a week at the rate of 500

 Connect your modem to your PC and use the above data settings to configure and enjoy surfing.

MTN BIS

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STREAM YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON A SLOW INTERNET CONNECTIVITY

Youtube is a google owned video sharing site where most internet users stream/watch videos online, that were uploaded by different persons. It is known as the top video sharing sites on the internet; in it you get lot's of videos to stream even without signing up.
 Streaming videos online is efficient when you have a fast internet internet connectivity, this way less mb and time is consumed compared to when you.re trying to stream videos on a slow internet connectivity.
   Now, you can watch or stream you-tube videos online without having to wait for a long time when using a slow internet connectivity.  HOW?

  It is but a little tweak which entails visiting-:www.youtube.com/feather_beta and then click on the "join the feather beta" and immediately it activates your account and that's all,as you can now stream youtube videos without having to wait for it buffering for so long a time .


        Feather beta makesd this possible by limiting the features (removal of  like and dis-like buttons, related videos now reduced  to 5 videos only, e.t.c) available to viewers and also reducing the total amount of bytes downloaded by the browser.
       According to youtube, "it is a work in progress and may not work for all visitors".

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SAMSUNG TO LAUNCH GALAXY S4 ON THE 14TH OF MARCH

The emergence of Galaxy S4 into the mobile market last year, brought
in great sales for Samsung mobile and made it stood as a great rival
to Apple's Iphone 5.
CNET confirmed yesterday the 25th of february, that Samsung
Electronics is ready to unveil it's next smartphone, the Galaxy S4, on
the 14th of March. Samsung has sent out invitations to a "SAMSUNG
UNPACKED" event to hold in New York by march. Although the information
contained few details but it is confirmed by CNET that the Galaxy S4
will surely make it's debut in the event.

From various rumours gathered the Galaxy S4 is said to feature an 8
core Exynos processor, a seperate 8 core graphics processing unit, 2GB
RAM size, 13 Mega-pixel rear camera with 1080P video capability, 2
Mega-pixel front-facing camera, a 4.99 inch Super Amoled display and
4.2.2 Jelly Bean which is said to be the latest version of Android.

The Samsung's new security software{KNOX} is to be embedded into
the gadget according to Samsung.
This indeed would be a strong rival and would cause more rampage to
the Apple Sales market if immediate reaction is not taken by Apple.

CNET@ www.cnet.com

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SCIENTISTS USED A 3D PRINTER IN BIOENGINEERING A EAR.

Scientists at cornell university led by associate professor of
bio-medical engineering Lawrence Bonassari and associate professor of
plastic surgery Dr. Jason Spector made use of 3D Printer and cartilage
cells to create artificial ears.
This was made possible by creating a 3D digital model of a 5 year-old
girls fully developed ear, then the use of a 3D printer to build a
mold based on that model.
Collagen which was gotten from rat tails was combined with cartilage
cells gathered from cow's ears to form a hydrogel, this combination
was then injected into the mold. The collagen served as a scafolding
upon which the cartilage cells could settle and grow.
Associate professor Lawrence Bonassari stated that "It takes half a
day to design the mold, a day or so to print it, 30 minutes to inject
the gel and we can remove the far 15 minutes later. We trim the ear
and then let it culture for several days go nourishing cell culture
media before it is implanted. After 3 months of being implanted under
the back skin of lab rats, nearly grown cartilage had largely the
collagen in the ears.
This innovation might be used to give hope to the children born with
microtia- "it is an under-developed external ear(pinna) that occurs
when the inner ear seems to be normal but the external structure of
the ear is absent and this could affect the hearing abilities and
makes it look unusual. Normally, a replacement pinna is made from a
foam-like material (or sometimes even cartilage from the rib-cage)
and implanted under the skin, although these don't always look
natural." it could also be used in cases of of people who has lost
part or all of their pinnas due to diseases or accident.
Scientists wants to establish a process of growing them using human
cartilage cells- the recipients own cells is said to work best to
avoid the chances of rejection.
According to Dr. JASON SPECTOR he said the first implant of such may
be possible within three years.
Technology is fast rising and progressing and i see greater things
upcoming. Do you think this bioengineer ear would be affordable and
available to those who needs it and also would have no side effects to
users?
Culled from www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb13/earPrint.html

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