Study shows that some video games can be good for your brain

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There are plenty of valid reasons to not play too many video games, but the idea that you rot the brain already can not be one of them. The Wall Street Journal reports on a new study by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco shows that "older adults improved cognitive controls such as multi-tasking and the ability to maintain attention by playing a specially designed video game". In fact, the study shows even that certain video games can even produce lasting improvements in conditions such as depression and disorder attention deficit. This does not mean that all games are potentially useful for mental illness, of course, and the scientists emphasize that it is too early to tell if the game is a net positive or negative for the mental faculties.

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Sorry, iPhone rivals: America remains Apple country

Although the Apple iPhone has been losing market share of Samsung and other vendors of Android in many parts of the world, their remains of solid support in the United States. The latest figures from com Score show that Apple in us smartphone market share increased between April 2013 and 2013 July although it does not release any new device during that time and although both Samsung and HTC both launched high-profile flagship devices. In total, comScore found that Apple accounted for 40.4% of U.S. in July 2013 smartphone market, up 39.2% three months earlier.

Samsung is not surprising to not go so badly, however, as he saw his participation in the American smartphone market rise of 22 percent in April 2013 to 24.1% in July 2013. No other supplier of smartphone even posted a double-digit market share in July this year: HTC came the closest with 8%, followed by Motorola in 6.9% and LG at 6.8%. Mora continued its fall in the American smartphone market, as its share of the total market in the United States declined to 4.3% in July.

Android was once again the top in July general smartphone platform, with a 51.8% market share, still more than 10 points higher than the iOS platform global market share. Market share of Microsoft Windows Phone not moved between April and July, however, as comScore found remained in exactly 3% of the market.

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How to root your Infinix android smartphone without a computer

Today I'm going to show you how you can root your Infinix android smartphone without a computer. Follow the below steps 1. Go to Google play store and search for 4shared 2. Download 4shared for android or you can download from this link. 3. Create an account with 4shared if you don't have one 4. Search for this app "z4root" 5. You will see various results for z4root then select "Z4root ZTE blade permanent root v2.0.apk" 6. You can skip step 1,2,4,5 and download z4root below, but you still need to create an account with 4shared before you can be able to download.Z4root ZTE blade permanent root v2.0.apk  By: Zorex94 Z.  7. Open the application and click temporary ROOT to root your device temporary which will unroot when you restart your device. 8. Select permanently root to root your device permanently 9. You can still unroot your device though it has been permanently rooted using the same app.

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How to configure hotspot for your infinix android smartphone

Infinix smartphone is actually making wave in the Nigerian market of smartphones, if you want an affordable smartphone that you can compare with the likes of HTC and Samsung android smartphones then you need an infinix smartphone. 
For those that doesn't know what hotspot means, A hotspot allows you to use your android smartphone to offer Internet access over a wireless local area network (WLAN) through the use of a router connected to a link to an Internet service provider. You can use your device to power up to 5 devices simultaneously. In some android smartphones you are not allowed to use hotspot unless you root your android phone. Infinix smartphones you can use hotspot without rooting it.

 So how do i configure WI-fi hotspot?

1. Hold the upper screen of your infinix smartphone and scroll down.
2. Turn "On" hotspot from the menu.
3. You will see a notification requesting you to touch to configure hotspot, just touch the notification.
4. Change the name to any name of your choice, the default name is usually "AndroidAp"
5. You can change the security option, to any of your choice, such as, "Open" which allows any WI-fi enabled device to connect to your smartphone without requesting for a password. While WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK allows you to put your preferred password. Turn on your Infinix WLAN hotspot and your laptop WLAN and search for available networks and connect. Thats all you need to configure your WLAN Hotspot. And start using your infinix smartphone to power your laptops and smartphones up to 5 devices simultaneously.

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Best Free AntiVirus For your Android Smartphone or Tablet ( AVG AntiVirus)

AVG antiVirus is one of the best antiVirus I have ever used on my android smart phone and Tablet. It has many features that makes it outstanding like
Protection
Performance
Anti-Theft
Privacy

 Protection feature: gives you protection over malicious contents, suspicious websites, allows you to set auto-scan (once a day, once a week or never) allows you to enable or disable deep File scan in order to detect any hidden malicious files, enable or disable PUP detection which treats potentially unwanted programs (PUP) as malware.
 Performance feature; comes with task killer which allows you to know running task, also allows you to know the free RAM memory available at that time, it also has battery consumption optimization feature which allows you to optimize your battery usage for your android smart phone or tablet. Other features in that category include "Data usage" which allows you to monitor your mobile data usage and "Storage usage feature" which allows you to manage your device storage usage.

 Anti Theft feature: By registering for avg anti-Theft service which is totally free you can Locate your device using Google Maps Remotely Lock your device Remotely wipe personal data from your device You can register by entering your Google account details or email in the anti-theft register page.
Privacy feature; comes with App Locker that allows you to lock your files, music player and apps with a password, App Backup, call and message Blocker which allows you to manage unwanted/unknown calls and messages, wipe device which performs factory data reset on your device. Other features like Wipe data and category and Wipe SD Card. This app is not just an anti-virus but an app that gives you control of your android tablet or smart phone

Nb This app is not a paid app for download, you can download it free at play store, some pro features can expire after some times features like App Locker and App Backup after a period of 30 days but other features will still be working properly. Download this App for free at Google Play Store.

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Send unlimited sms with your phone to any network in Nigeria.

Send unlimited sms with your MTN sim to any other network in Nigeria. Now you can send unlimited sms to your friends, family and loved ones for free using this simple method. Simply add + in front of the number your are sending the sms to and press the send button. E.g +08012345678 and type your message and send. This is working at the time of this post.
N.b This cheat is no longer working.

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Prices of cheap HTC Android smartphones in Nigeria

I'll be dropping the list of affordable HTC android smartphones ranging from Android OS v2.1 (Eclair) to v4.0 ( Ice cream sandwich).
HTC offers cheap smartphones compared to others.
Samsung galaxy s II, HTC Desire V and HTC one v, can almost perform the-same task because they have the-same Android OS v4.0 ( Ice cream sandwhich)  the slight difference is in their camera mega pixel, processor speed and RAM with Samsung galaxy s II doing much better in that aspect.

THE LIST AND PRICES OF AFFORDABLE HTC SMARTPHONES IN NAIRA

 HTC Explorer also known as HTC Pico:

HTC explorer was released in October 2011, it is almost the-same size as Samsung galaxy pocket, it has a 3G Network (HSDPA 900/ 2100),  a WLAN (Wi-fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-fi hotspot), a memory card slot up to 32 GB, internal memory of 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM and 512 MB RAM, a CPU of 600MHz, a 3.0v Bluetooth, 3.15 MP camera and  an Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread).With features like; Geo-tagging, face detection, Google search, maps, Gmail, Youtube, Google Talk and Picasa.

The Price of Brand new HTC Explorer is N24000

HTC Chacha

HTC Chacha was released in February 2011, it has a Qwerty keyboard, a WLAN (Wi-fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-fi hotspot), a v3.0 Bluethooth with A2DP, a 5 MP Camera, a secondary VGA Camera, an Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), a memory card slot up to 32 GB with 2GB included, a CPU of 800 MHz, 512 RAM and 512 ROM. Features like; Geo-tagging, face detection, Google search, maps, Gmail, Youtube, Google Talk and Picasa.

The price of Brand new HTC Chacha is N24,500

HTC Wildfire

HTC wildfire was released in May 2010, it has a 3G Network (HSDPA 900/2100), a microSD card slot up to 32GB, a 384 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM, a CPU of 528MHz. It has a WLAN (Wi-fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-fi hotspot), a Bluetooth v2.1, a USB, 5 MP Camera and an Android OS v2.1 (Eclair) upgradable to 2.2 (Froyo). With features like;  Java enabled via Java MIDP emulator, Geo-tagging, face detection, Google search, maps, Gmail, Youtube, Google Talk and Picasa.

The Price of Brand new HTC Wildfire is N22,000

HTC Salsa

Also known as HTC C510e or HTC Weike. It was released in June 2011, it is almost the-same size as HTC One V, it has a 3G network (HSDPA 900/ 2100, HSDPA 850/2100), a WLAN (Wi-fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-fi hotspot), a microSD slot up to 32 GB, a 5MP camera, a v3.0 with A2DP Bluetooth, an Android OS v2.3 (Gingerbread), CPU of 800 MHz, 512 MB ROM and 512 MB RAM.
Features like; Geo-tagging, face detection, Google search, maps, G mail, YouTube, Google Talk and Picasa.

The Price of Brand new HTC Salsa is N39000

HTC one V

HTC one V was released in April 2012, it is almost thesame size as I phone 4, it has a 3G network (HSDPA 850/ 900/ 2100), a microSD slot up to 32GB, an Internal  memory of 4GB of which 1 GB is available to the user, a WLAN (wi-fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-fi Direct, Wi-fi hotspot), a v4.0 Bluetooth with A2DP, a 5 MP camera, Android OS v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich). With features like; Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, face and smile detection, Google search, maps, Gmail, Youtube, Google Talk and Picasa.

The Price of Brand new HTC One V is N39000

HTC Desire V

HTC Desire V was released in June 2012, it has a 3G network (HSDPA 850/ 900/ 2100), a microSD slot up to 32GB, an Internal  memory of 4GB, a WLAN (wi-fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-fi Direct, Wi-fi hotspot), a v3.0 Bluetooth with A2DP, CPU of 1 GHz, 512 MB ROM and 512 MB RAM a 5 MP camera, Android OS v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich). With features like; Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, Google search, maps, Gmail, Youtube, Google Talk and Picasa.

The Price of Brand new HTC Desire V is N44000

The price of these smartphones may change with time but I promise to keep this article frequently updated.


Last updated on  3rd July 2013

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Google checkout for Android

Google Checkout for android is an application that allows an android user to use his smartphone as his wallet to buy stuffs anywhere he sees the  checkout logo.
How it works:
Paypal is one of the most widely used payment method  apart from the use of credit cards (Visa card and MasterCard , but unfortunately some countries are restricted from using this service. This is where Google checkout comes to play a part, Google always have a way of making things a lot easier for internet users. With Google Checkout you can buy whatever you want where ever you see a Google Checkout logo. You can fund your account with a credit card (visa or MasterCard . For Nigerians in my next article I'll tell you how to get a visa card in Nigeria.

How to sign-up with Google Checkout

First you have to create an account with Google if you don't have any account with them
. Then visit Google Checkout
. Click add a credit card. Within seconds your account will be credited.

. Then Download Google Checkout for your android smartphone

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HOW TO USE GLO BIS ON YOUR PC WITHOUT ANY SOFTWARE

Previously I wrote about how to use airtel bis on your pc without any software which has been rocketing. MTN BIS is still the best compared to others, because it offers unlimited data, unfortunately it cannot be used on a PC without a proxy tunneling software and most of these software are not free . Furthermore, Glo offers better services compared to Airtel in terms of BIS, With N400 you get 700mb for a week and N1400 you get 3gb of data for one month. I'm currently using the three (MTN BIS, GLO BIS & AIRTEL BIS) on my PC, I chose the one to use depending on the internet speed, so I use all the three networks Bis to surf the internet and it is working perfectly well. So enough of all this crap! Lets get down with the main thing.
 HOW TO USE GLO BIS ON YOUR PC. 
Settings
profile name: Glo Bis
APN: Blackberry.net
Access number: *99***1
Password: blank
No additional settings required.
This settings is tested and trusted I used this as of 18 January 2013. CODES FOR SUBSCRIBING GLO BIS For the weekly, send "coweek" to 777 (700mb) at the cost of N400. For the monthly, send "comonth" to 777 (3gb) at the cost of N1400. Pls share this...

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