USB ON THE GO: HIOW MUCH OF IT DO YOU KNOW OR USE?

You don’t need to imagine using your phone to access your flash drive and type an email faster with an external keyboard attached to your phone, you can actually do it and it’s not as if it just started today, it’s been around for years. Most people either don’t utilize it well or don’t even know about it.

This is a feature that has been around for a very long time and most people still don’t use it or know its full potentials. Even OEMs don’t talk much about it, but it’s a nice feature that if you explore very well could save you a lot of stress, time, energy and maybe money.

A lot of people are aware of this feature in their phones, but don’t fully understand it or perhaps don’t really see why they should use it. The USB On The Go (OTG) is simply a feature available on your phone and tablets that allows you to read and write file to and from your flash, external HD, mouse and external keyboard. Its available on most Smartphones today including (Nokia Symbian, almost all Androids ( from low end to high end, including Tecnos). I haven’t seen it on iPads and iPhones yet.

To get started you simply need a USB OTG cord, which cost around ₦200-₦300 or $1.20. That’s all. Check out the image to see what it looks like. If you need a complete suite then grab a USB keyboard for ₦700 or $4.7 and a USB mouse for ₦200 or $1.2 with a flash drive of your choice size. See attached image to give you an idea of what am talking about.

I still don’t get why OEMs won’t add the extra cord to their phones, making you pay extra for it.

Note: the phone in the pic is a Sony Xperia U ST25i ( a low end android phone with no support for external SD card like all nexus devices)
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There are many scenario where this will be useful and I use it lot with an external keyboard when my laptop battery goes out and I need to quickly type a mail or post. Sometimes, I have very important files I don’t want to leave on my laptop or phone, I just want it on my external drive to access them on the go. Don’t forget My previous write up about redundancy backup…so don’t put all your files only in one place.
That means I can have all my movies in a 320gb external hd, connect it to my phone and watch till my battery runs down. This means unlimited storage for your limited phone.
With this you don’t have to contemplate on which files to delete to free up space, you just need to connect your flash drive and move the file on the go.

You can check out this website to learn more http://www.androidcentral.com/android-advanced-USB-otg-
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In summary you can basically;

• Use a mouse with your phone (COULD BE HELPFUL TO PHABLETS OWNERS)

• USE A FULL SIZE KEYBOARD ( YOU CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT A FULL SIZE KEYBOARD TO YOUR PHONE AND TYPE WITH IT) check out this link for galaxy owners (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAVVmPc3QFo)

• READ A flash drive: you can improved the support by reading (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1209567)

• Use it as a external backup device

•Depending on the power of your device you can charge a lesser phone with a more powerful phone. For example Nokia N8 or galaxy Note II can charge your Smaller Nokia or other low end phone through the port.

• You can get wired or wireless gamepads for your device. The wired is always cheaper.

• Access and transfer data faster between two phones just like the third image.

• Record your video and take your pictures directly ( don’t worry about reducing the size of image quality because of limited space) transfer to your pc. Just set the path to reflect your external disk

• Attached a USB hub and connect more than one USB drives. That is you can use a mouse and a keyboard while transferring a large files to your flash. All these can be done with that your phone (interesting right? Try it).

Well, have said enough, you can Google for more. Mine is to bring you the info and make you aware of few cool things you can do to get more value for your money.
If your already know about it and have been using it, good, but if you didn’t know, well now you do.

Lastly, try to test this with an external dvd player or some certain USB Modem like the New hauwei E355. Just explore your imagination (the greatest asset God gave to Mankind). it wont hurt. Just see if your phone is powerful enough to play a movie directly from an external dvd.(You Might be surprise). Remember to download and install Bsplayer if you are on android( I use it to play .vob files: dvd format).

That’s all about it.

Share if you enjoy reading it and don’t forget to add your own tweaks and tricks to the list

You can never go wrong with the right information…..so keep learning.

You don’t need to imagine using your phone to access your flash drive and type an email faster with an external keyboard attached to your phone, you can actually do it and it’s not as if it just started today, it’s been around for years. Most people either don’t utilize it well or don’t even know about it.

This is a feature that has been around for a very long time and most people still don’t use it or know its full potentials. Even OEMs don’t talk much about it, but it’s a nice feature that if you explore very well could save you a lot of stress, time, energy and maybe money.

A lot of people are aware of this feature in their phones, but don’t fully understand it or perhaps don’t really see why they should use it. The USB On The Go (OTG) is simply a feature available on your phone and tablets that allows you to read and write file to and from your flash, external HD, mouse and external keyboard. Its available on most Smartphones today including (Nokia Symbian, almost all Androids ( from low end to high end, including Tecnos). I haven’t seen it on iPads and iPhones yet.

To get started you simply need a USB OTG cord, which cost around ₦200-₦300 or $1.20. That’s all. Check out the image to see what it looks like. If you need a complete suite then grab a USB keyboard for ₦700 or $4.7 and a USB mouse for ₦200 or $1.2 with a flash drive of your choice size. See attached image to give you an idea of what am talking about.

I still don’t get why OEMs won’t add the extra cord to their phones, making you pay extra for it.

Note: the phone in the pic is a Sony Xperia U ST25i ( a low end android phone with no support for external SD card like all nexus devices)
[i][/i]
There are many scenario where this will be useful and I use it lot with an external keyboard when my laptop battery goes out and I need to quickly type a mail or post. Sometimes, I have very important files I don’t want to leave on my laptop or phone, I just want it on my external drive to access them on the go. Don’t forget My previous write up about redundancy backup…so don’t put all your files only in one place.
That means I can have all my movies in a 320gb external hd, connect it to my phone and watch till my battery runs down. This means unlimited storage for your limited phone.
With this you don’t have to contemplate on which files to delete to free up space, you just need to connect your flash drive and move the file on the go.

You can check out this website to learn more http://www.androidcentral.com/android-advanced-USB-otg-
nexus-4
In summary you can basically;

• Use a mouse with your phone (COULD BE HELPFUL TO PHABLETS OWNERS)

• USE A FULL SIZE KEYBOARD ( YOU CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT A FULL SIZE KEYBOARD TO YOUR PHONE AND TYPE WITH IT) check out this link for galaxy owners (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAVVmPc3QFo)

• READ A flash drive: you can improved the support by reading (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1209567)

• Use it as a external backup device

•Depending on the power of your device you can charge a lesser phone with a more powerful phone. For example Nokia N8 or galaxy Note II can charge your Smaller Nokia or other low end phone through the port.

• You can get wired or wireless gamepads for your device. The wired is always cheaper.

• Access and transfer data faster between two phones just like the third image.

• Record your video and take your pictures directly ( don’t worry about reducing the size of image quality because of limited space) transfer to your pc. Just set the path to reflect your external disk

• Attached a USB hub and connect more than one USB drives. That is you can use a mouse and a keyboard while transferring a large files to your flash. All these can be done with that your phone (interesting right? Try it).

Well, have said enough, you can Google for more. Mine is to bring you the info and make you aware of few cool things you can do to get more value for your money.
If your already know about it and have been using it, good, but if you didn’t know, well now you do.

Lastly, try to test this with an external dvd player or some certain USB Modem like the New hauwei E355. Just explore your imagination (the greatest asset God gave to Mankind). it wont hurt. Just see if your phone is powerful enough to play a movie directly from an external dvd.(You Might be surprise). Remember to download and install Bsplayer if you are on android( I use it to play .vob files: dvd format).

That’s all about it.

Share if you enjoy reading it and don’t forget to add your own tweaks and tricks to the list

You can never go wrong with the right information…..so keep learning.

YOU TOO CAN HAVE A CUG LINE A.K.A “STAFF LINE”

Staff Line is just a professional name for CUG (closed user group) lines.

CUG lines are dedicated lines assigned to a group of people to enable them call and text for free for a certain discounted amount within an agreed period of time. They are also called contracts lines. Any group of individual whether family members, group of friends or small SMEs companies can have CUG LINES. Different networks have different requirement for issuing CUG lines.

HOW IT WORKS

Each line registered on the CUG network can call and text to the group members for free monthly as long as they keep to the terms and conditions. You can call other network when you load your airtime different from the ONE OFF subscription charge. It means for example if you have 10 friends within a study group as a student in the university, together you can potentially get a CUG line and do a conference call all day for a month when you are on holidays, so you never have to miss your study. The good part is; the month you don’t subscribed you are not charged.

The reason I see this important enough to post is because a lot of people think you must be working with a big organization or be a special person to get a CUG line; now you know that’s not the case, anyone can absolutely get it. It’s no big deal. To know how to get CUG line for various networks in your country, just dial their helpdesk or customer care extension. For those in Nigeria, MTN has a requirement of at least 10 USERS and its 1500 for unlimited calls and sms among the parties involved and 1000 for 500 minutes capped. Etisalat has a minimum user requirement of 3 for 1000.

They all have different packages, but the main thing to understand is that it’s a cheaper deal if you are a business person who is always on call with some certain business group of people.

The requirement is just basic things any average individual should probably have.

That’s it about CUG Lines.

If I have missed any vital details, do share with me.

Remember no knowledge is a waste….so keep learning.

BROWSE PRIVATELY, WITH YOUR PHONE OR PC LEAVING NO TRACE

I don’t need to start stating reasons why you may want to browse privately as there are countless number of reasons. It’s easier for anybody to open your phone or pc browser and view your history tab to see what you’ve been up to. You may be doing your personal works online, like filling out forms or researching your personal interests and you don’t want anybody to know or see it even when you forget to clear the history before exiting the browser. Basically it makes sense to enable private browsing anytime you intend to keep your browsing history confidential. In private browsing, no browser history, search history, download history, web form history, password, cookies or temporary internet files will be kept. However anything you bookmarked or save while browsing will remain.

In actual fact, private browsing only prevents your browser from saving your browsing history. This means that anyone else who uses your computer or phone will not be able to see your online activity except the person is standing at your back while browsing.

It’s available for Internet explorer, Firefox (Phone and PC), Chrome (Phone and PC) and Safari (Mac Computers).

It’s simple; just follow the steps below;

Internet Explorer: click tool > Choose Inprivate browsing or use the keyboard shortcut (ctrl+shift+p)

Chrome PC: click menu button > choose new incognito window and start browsing privately. For phone chrome browser just click option > new incognito tab.

Firefox PC: click the Firefox button and select start Private browsing. For phone, just click options > New private tab.

Safari: click safari > select private browsing.

That’s just it for private browsing. Once you’re in that mode you are secure and free to do all secret things (you know what I mean, Don’t you?)

Leave your comment below…..

Remember no knowledge is a waste….so keep learning.

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NEVER AGAIN FORGET THE DETAILED STEPS YOU TOOK TO RESOLVE THAT PC PROBLEM.

I can never forget how to resolve any serious issue I had previously resolved with my pc. So many times we are face with tough pc issues and we seek for help either from our friends or IT colleagues. If you could record step by step how he resolved it, you don’t need to call him the next time you are face with same issue. If you already know what am talking about, then good, but for those who don’t know you can actually do a lots of things with this nice add-on feature present with windows OS. The way it works is to create a screen shot of every click made by the mouse, that means at every click you make (I mean every click) a screen shot is taken silently behind the scene, even if you are just clicking on the desktop.

The screen shot are created in zip format, so you can export it, save it or send it by email to anyone.
This is basically one method used to create most screen shot tutorial you see online.

It’s a simple function built into windows and termed problem step recorder, but you can use it for as long as your imagination can reach.
To enable this feature just click the windows key on your keyboard (windows 7) or windows + C and click search for windows 8 and type “psr”, then click on step recorder. That’s it. You can start to record and pause when you like. You can add comment to each click so your friend or you can remember what happened at that instant.

You can always go to the settings menu and tweak it to either take screen shot or not. Taken screen shot takes more space, so sometimes you may not necessarily need to enable it.

These are some few scenarios where you may want to use it; for example

• You want to show a friend in another location how to solve a particular problem step by step
• You want to create a personal tutorial on anything PC related
• You want to take a snap shot of your desktop or screen without using any special software
• You want to know places an unauthorized user accessed in your pc while you are away. The trick is to Just hide it when you start it.

I leave you to imagine other possible ways of exploring it…..

Remember imagination is a powerful tool…..learn to use it.

RECORD YOUR LOCAL RADIO FM FROM YOUR PHONE. (SELECTED PHONES)

How many of your favorite radio program have you missed just because you were on a tight schedule? Most people have this service available to them but probably don’t use it. The first question anyone would probably ask me is why would I want to record FM? Well, you really don’t have to if you don’t want to.

Let me just give one scenario where you may need it; for example I love listening to the cool songs played on cool FM very early in the morning and I want to have some collections of that music in that order in which it is played as one file on my phone. Normally, am expected to go to cool FM radio station office and request for their music collection played that day or I could just at the start of the music click a button present in my own phone at my own convenience and record all the songs as my heart desires. That’s interesting, don’t you think? That’s just one scene where may need it.

Well, you can basically record anything playing and the quality is crystal clear. You are only limited by the size of your SD card and battery capacity. That means if you are lucky to have the new 1 TB MMC card and the 6500mA battery from china, you can record any show for 24 hours/7 days and listen to it over and over again. Record news when you are on a busy schedule and listen later. Alright, enough said; How can you do this? Everything I have been saying so far is actually just a feature present in your phone, you just didn’t know or probably didn’t really see why you should use it.

If you have an android phone like Samsung S2, S3, S4, NOTE 1, 2, 3 and some other selected Xperia phones you can use it. INFACT ANY SAMSUNG DEVICE WITH INBUILT FM SUPPORT and CAN BE UPGRADED TO JELLYBEAN WILL HAVE THIS FEATURE. I have tested it on many android phone BEFORE POSTING (the higher ones though) and the truth is THAT not all phones can do it, but if you have a better way of doing it on other devices kindly share with us. For old Nokia Symbian you can get this app @ovi store http://store.ovi.com/content/262564 (i haven’t tested it though, but someone people claimed it to me it works).

If you have the compatible phone, just open your Fm and click the red button at the top right corner of the app or use the options and choose record Fm, then select your saved location to start recording. It’s as simple as that and there are other ways of doing it but this gives the best and clear quality of recording. Just like the saying goes there is nothing as good as follow come. This isn’t piracy by the way.

You can ask your questions and also contributes because I love to learn and wouldn’t mind learning other confirmed way of doing this.

Remember knowledge is power….so keep learning.

BACK UP YOURSELF TODAY

Many a time we lose our phones, tabs or pads or laptop and the first thing that comes to our mind is the files and important document we have saved and then we are like “Oh no! My whole life is gone”. I know for a fact that everybody knows that backup exist and understand how it works but many people still don’t use it because they see it as too much trouble. I will advise you to start cultivating the habit of backing up your important contacts, messages and documents, because there are some certain files you just can’t get back when you lose them.

You may not know the importance until you actually lose that precious computing device you store your files with. There are various ways by which you can backup your files. If you an Oracle Savvy or a database person, you will know about a process termed mirroring or redundancy….by that I mean backing the same file or set of files in different locations. With that you never have to worry about losing your files when you lose your device.

Below are some of the various ways you can explore to backup your files.
1.Dropbox: http://www.dropbox.com you can use the Android, Nokia Lumia and Iphone drop box app. Download it from GooglePlay, Windows App Store and iTunes respectively. Set it up to sync your contact and messages as you add and receive them. Once you set it up you don’t have to worry about anything. With this you can backup anything on your phone and laptop. You can set the frequency of the backup too. As a free user you have 2GB space. That’s more than enough to backup all your contacts and messages for a lifetime if you don’t want to go premium to use backup other heavy file type. At http://www.box.com you can also get the same service. Remember the mirroring I talked about.

2. For those with Nokia Lumia you can make do with Skydrive on your phone. If you have the Symbian device you can backup all your document including contact and messages by going to file and choosing backup and save it to an external drive like your memory card and restore it back any time. Always remember to save it onto an external drive.


3. The android fans have lots of ways to Backup, I will suggest Google drive in addition to dropbox.

4. Itunes is always a portable companion for the i-all guys, just sync your contact and messages with i-cloud and you are safe.


5. If you are in Nigeria you can make use of the following network provided backup service. On the MTN Network, you can the MTN Backup SIM directly from your non GPRS phone. It cost #100 for the first backup and #50 for subsequent sync. This charges applies when doing it directly from your handset as online backup is free. You can only backup 200 contacts using this method but if you want to backup up to more than 200 contacts to a maximum of 5000 then you can go to http://www.mtnonline.com/mtnbackup and signup for the service. For ETISALAT steps go to http://www.etisalat.com.ng/easybackup.php and download their app @ http://easybackup.etisalat.com.ng/m or send SUB to 48900. For AIRTEL go to http://mybackup.airtel.com/airtelafwap and type in type in your number, a link will be sent to you to download the backup app. For AIRTEL you can also send “MYBACKUP to 522” to get the link.

Then of course the old way; saving your files to various flash drives, external hard drives and disk

The point isn’t if one method is better than the other. Honestly whether you use the method suggested above or you have a better way of backing up….the point is learn to back up your important files so that when disaster strikes, or your computing device of choice experience sudden death or get stolen, you will be glad you did. By the way, this is actually the whole idea behind the growing cloud computing technology you see today.

start backing up now...

Your contributions, comment and feedbacks are highly welcome.

Remember the right information is key….so keep learning.

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Please don't quote my post. it will make the thread too long

here is the link


https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gcflearnfree.powerpoint2010&hl=en&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dgcf+powerpoint+android

LEARN STEP BY STEP HOW TO USE MICROSOFT APPLICATIONS (WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, ACCESS, PUBLISHER, PAGEMAKER, CORELDRAW ETC WITH YOUR PHONE.

GCF Learning: are you tired of having to go for training on simple things you could have done yourself? Well, GCF Learning is actually a group of developers that design easy to understand tutorials on popular software and apps like MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher, Access, CorelDraw etc…..you can got to google play and search for GCF and you will get all their apps. its also available in ITunes and Nokia devices. The good part is they come with step by step screen shoot and some short videos for quick understanding, so if you are the type tired of reading prose, you also get a hands on video to play with and the BEST part is its free to download…..so enjoy learning…

Remember knowledge is power…..so keep learning.

BROWSE YOUR FAVOURITE SITE IN OFFLINE MODE WITH YOUR PHONE AND PC.

The software that allows you to do this is HTTRACK Website Copier; there are others but this one is the best. Well, this is one nifty app actually lets you do an amazing stuff. It basically does what it says, copies a website. I have been using it for a long time now and I can say it can really save you a lot of stress and money if you know how to use it. So, what exactly does this do?

Lets picture a scenario where you are browsing a site and wish to read an article or tutorial or read the whole story from a news website and you are charged based on the time you spent on the internet or maybe you are using your office WIFI Hotspot and you know when you leave the office you will have to rely on your own limited mobile connection to browse. Well, this little app lets you actually copy the website content from the online server directly to your local memory card in your phone or hard disk in your PC and you can browse the site in “offline mode” through your browser as you would in an online environment.

It saves time and allows you to read your favorite articles or tutorial at your own convenience in the same format you would if you were connected online. What this means is that if your visit tutorial sites like www.w3school.com you can actually download the whole content of the site to your hard disk. You are limited only by your hard disk space. The fact that you can potentially download the whole content on Nairaland on your pc or phone doesn’t mean you should do.

Anyway, here is the good part; HTTrack also allows you to download the update part of your downloaded website and add it to your local file without having to download it all over again and the best part is that its freeeee… …..it’s cool right….there are lots of tweak and tricks you can do with it and I will leave you to dig it. Its available for all Platform; Android, iOS, PC and Mac. Get it from Google Play for android, iTunes for Mac and IPAD, and @http://www.softpedia.com for PC or you can just Google it.

Am very sure one person didn't know about it and that's who am interested in, not the gurus so post your criticism, contributions, feedbacks and comment.


Remember No Knowledge is a waste…..so keep learning

TAKE YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXAMS WITH YOUR ANDROID PHONE AND IPHONE

VCE Mobile: Many people are aware of the Visual Exam Suite for PC and Mac that allows you to read and practice dumps for your professional exams, but only few know that you can actually have the same experience with your mobile devices. If I ever lose my phone, this is the second software I will get back (don’t ask me for the first).

There are so many things you can do with the visual exam suite, you could for example as a teacher in a secondary school or lecturer at a university, create a computer base exam for your students. You can even create a personal exam for yourself for self practice. It’s available for PC, Mac, Android and iOS. For those of you in the habit of cramming and memorizing dumps answer to write professional exams this is for you.

You can practice and take any dump exam with it while on the go right on your mobile phone PMP, Oracle, MCSA, MCSE, CCNA, ITIL, ACCA, ICAN etc Well, this is the mobile version and it does quite a nice job. It lets you practice on the go so you never have any excuse to fail your exam. It has a free and premium version (premium recommended). You can get lots of exams dumps from http://www.examcollections.com. Just get the app from Google Play or Apple iTunes Store. It’s simple to use and its straight forward. Here is the good part; all those your pdf past questions and answers can be converted to VCE compatible format and you can start answering them as you would in a computer base test. You can time yourself and measure your speed. You can get the full link to download the premium app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avanset.vcemobileandroid&hl=en Now that you know a few cool things you can do with it, you can be proactive and explore your imagination and you can also take your cheating to the next level and get a double portion of your scores.

Remember knowledge is power….so keep learning.
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SHARE YOUR DATA WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

DATA SHARE: This is the era of data my friends and everyone wants cheap and efficient ways of maximizing their data usage. Every average individual wants more data to browse and the era of unlimited data plan is gradually slipping away if not already gone. The reason isn’t far fetch as new social networking app and sites get dish out every day; but i find the idea of data sharing a little bit interesting and cost effective.

For every app, product or services created by any individual or group of people, no matter how silly always has an underlining assumption and believes. This is also true for data sharing. So, what exactly is data sharing? In a layman terms; Data sharing is simply sharing your data plan with two or more people irrespective of their location or type of device they use. This means I can have a central SIM residing in a NOKIA TOUCH LIGHT PHONE not capable of browsing, subscribe to a data plan and share the data with the SIM in my Modem, My IPAD, My Samsung Galaxy Phone as well MY Family and Friends SIMs. This is totally different from WIFI Hotspot and Data Gifting because unlike WIFI Hotspot which is phone dependent, Data sharing is network dependent and it’s not limited by the phone type. This means you can use a non GPRS enabled phone to share data to a GPRS enable phone. It also means that I can be in Lagos and share my data with someone in Abuja.

Here is a scenario to fully understand how it works; Let’s say I subscribe to a data plan of 250MB on MTN, ETISALAT or if you are in the USA AT&T with a validity of 1 month and I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters in school (you know student always don’t have money, even the rich ones, it’s a culture) and they want to be able to whatsapp, vibe, tweets their friends but have no money to subscribe and they want your help to pay their internet bills or perhaps you and your friend in different location wish to combine money to subscribe to one data plan, be it 10MB or 16GB.

Well, this is where data share comes into play. You can simply add their name to your data share list and wherever they are they can start browsing with your subscription….cool right….Well, the good part is you can always delete and add them back and its password so anyone can’t just add their number to your list. Ok, mine is just to let you know that this technology exist, yours is to find out from your ISP (Internet Service Provider) how to subscribe for the service.

For those on the MTN Network you can dial *131# and follow the steps. It is actually available on all the major Networks world wide.

At least you know now that data share exist and that is what what I intend to achieve.

The software that allows you do this is HTTRACK Website Copier; there are others but this one is the best. Well, this is one nifty app actually lets you do an amazing stuff. It basically does what it says, copies a website. I have been using it for a long time now and I can say it can really save you a lot of stress and money if you know how to use it. So, what exactly does this do?

Lets picture a scenario where you are browsing a site and wish to read an article or tutorial or read the whole story from a news website and you are charged based on the time you spent on the internet or maybe you are using your office WIFI Hotspot and you know when you leave the office you will have to rely on your own limited mobile connection to browse. Well, this little app lets you actually copy the website content from the online server directly to your local memory card in your phone or hard disk in your PC and you can browse the site in “offline mode” through your browser as you would in an online environment.

It saves time and allows you to read your favorite articles or tutorial at your own convenience in the same format you would if you were connected online. What this means is that if your visit tutorial sites like www.w3school.com you can actually download the whole content of the site to your hard disk. You are limited only by your hard disk space. The fact that you can potentially download the whole content on Nairaland on your pc or phone doesn’t mean you should do.

Anyway, here is the good part; HTTrack also allows you to download the update part of your downloaded website and add it to your local file without having to download it all over again and the best part is that its freeeee… …..it’s cool right….there are lots of tweak and tricks you can do with it and I will leave you to dig it. Its available for all Platform; Android, iOS, PC and Mac. Get it from Google Play for android, iTunes for Mac and IPAD, and @http://www.softpedia.com for PC or you can just Google it.

Am very sure one person didn't know about it and that's who am interested in, not the gurus so post your criticism, contributions, feedbacks and comment.


Remember No Knowledge is a waste…..so keep learning

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THE IDEA BEHIND DATA SHARING.

DATA SHARE: This is the era of data my friends and everyone wants cheap and efficient ways of maximizing their data usage. Every average individual wants more data to browse and the era of unlimited data plan is gradually slipping away if not already gone. The reason isn’t far fetch as new social networking app and sites get dish out every day; but i find the idea of data sharing a little bit interesting and cost effective.

For every app, product or services created by any individual or group of people, no matter how silly always has an underlining assumption and believes. This is also true for data sharing. So, what exactly is data sharing? In a layman terms; Data sharing is simply sharing your data plan with two or more people irrespective of their location or type of device they use. This means I can have a central SIM residing in a NOKIA TOUCH LIGHT PHONE not capable of browsing, subscribe to a data plan and share the data with the SIM in my Modem, My IPAD, My Samsung Galaxy Phone as well MY Family and Friends SIMs. This is totally different from WIFI Hotspot and Data Gifting because unlike WIFI Hotspot which is phone dependent, Data sharing is network dependent and it’s not limited by the phone type. This means you can use a non GPRS enabled phone to share data to a GPRS enable phone. It also means that I can be in Lagos and share my data with someone in Abuja.

Here is a scenario to fully understand how it works; Let’s say I subscribe to a data plan of 250MB on MTN, ETISALAT or if you are in the USA AT&T with a validity of 1 month and I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters in school (you know student always don’t have money, even the rich ones, it’s a culture) and they want to be able to whatsapp, vibe, tweets their friends but have no money to subscribe and they want your help to pay their internet bills or perhaps you and your friend in different location wish to combine money to subscribe to one data plan, be it 10MB or 16GB.

Well, this is where data share comes into play. You can simply add their name to your data share list and wherever they are they can start browsing with your subscription….cool right….Well, the good part is you can always delete and add them back and its password so anyone can’t just add their number to your list. Ok, mine is just to let you know that this technology exist, yours is to find out from your ISP (Internet Service Provider) how to subscribe for the service.

For those on the MTN Network you can dial *131# and follow the steps. It is actually available on all the major Networks world wide.

At least you know now that data share exist and that is what what I intend to achieve.