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WebmastersSimple Tricks On How To Generate Traffic For Your Website Confirmed by Omokowa(op): 4:34pm On Aug 20, 2018
I want to share what I have learned within the week on how you can generate traffic for your site. It is not as easy as it seemed but it is easy actually when you know the tricks. I have tried to put what I have learned and it is working for me now. Mind you, I am still growing in blogging and as such would not want to tell you am a professional already. My blog (http://www.scitechinfo.com.ng) is young and so as not to claim professionalism.

The below points I believe will actually work for you if you do as it is stated.one thing I have also learnt in these tricks is that, you can even be more successful than the person that introduces you to it. Off course, it is working for me but you can be more successful.

Point 1

You have to do keyword research to know what people are searching for online.  You can achieve that through the use of tools such as Google AdWords: Keyword Planner to get an idea.

Point 2

Try to write on a topic you are interested in. is it sports, technology, fashion, and politics? etc. but make sure in each of these topics you have selected, get a smaller faction or a niche from it. Let’s use sport for example. There are many sub topics under sport which I believe you cannot write all about when you start. So you can see that the sub topics is wide to write on.

Point 3

If you can speak or write in other languages, you stand a chance of ranking higher let’s say 3-5 times higher in Google than those from the U.S who speaks English majorly. languages such as Spanish, Italian, rate higher.

Point 4

Hire a freelance writer and pay them very well. Yes I know some will say “I’d rather write myself”. But the truth is that you cannot always be a jack of all trade. You can employ people like us to do the job for you. Help us to help you na…

If you still cannot pay them hugely, try to negotiate with them and I know you will have a pass on that one. You know consistency is important and unique content is king they say.

Point 5


Focus on traffic generation because that is where the strength of your income lies. You have a great content yes! But what is the point of having one if nobody sees it. I strongly advice all my clients and friends that “this is where you should spend more of your money” because without it, you will be under the shadow of fortune.no one will notice you with all your God given talent and hard work.

Note: there are some businesses that you may not need too many traffic but at least the ones you have, are potential customers that always patronize you. That makes me want to actually talk a little about lead generation. Don’t forget that this article is about “how to generate traffic to your website or business site” irrespective of the process or methodology in doing that.

Lead generation is the process of attracting and converting strangers and prospects into someone who has indicated interest in your company's product or service. Some examples of lead generators are job applications, coupons, and online content.

Now, how did I generate traffic for my site?

With so many research, I have pinpoint some strategies here that worked for me and I believe will work for you too. Generating traffic for your site is where the major work is and also letting people know you are alive and your voice is to be heard. Follow this simple steps below

Step 1: Keywords:

Long tail keywords. I may not have the time to explain that here but I know there are so many articles out there that have talked about it. Okay! Just a little explanation. People in their billions may be searching on a particular topic right now, let say “auto dealer” but instead of using same topic, use a more elaborate one which also could have similar meaning. That does it am off from here.
Location based keyword is another good example which you must understand and use at times. You can decide to say instead of “auto dealer”, “auto dealer in Asokoro, Abuja”. With that you have covered within a confined area. Does that make sense to you now?

Step 2: Contents:

Length of your articles as they say is very important but I tell you of what use is it if it doesn’t add value to life. My opinion is go for quality over quantity
Post consistently so that search engine will know you are up to date. Meaning, you refresh your site’s contents from time to time.
Interconnection between articles in your site is very important. Let say, you write on a particular topic and that topic has a relationship with another you have written before. You can place a link to direct visitors to the other ones.

Step 3: off-page signal:

Guest blogging on another websites especially ones related to your niche and at the permission of the site owner off course. Don’t forget to add “connect to my site” at the end of each article you post.

Outreaching, meaning investing some quality time and energy in spreading your awareness

The use of infographics in your contents cannot be left out as it contribute a lot to traffic generation. What is infographics? They are graphic visual representations of information, dataor knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly.

Also an addition to all these, make sure your site is secured. Switch to https

Google’s bot keyword density should be 3%-4%

Title tag limitation of 60-70 characters

Meta description should be around 160-170 characters. Not too important but you are giving the visitors an option of clicking through to your website.

Please people you can add to this as it is not complete yet. Thank you for taking your time to read and please do share

CareerInformation Technology and communication General Facts by Omokowa(op): 5:32pm On Aug 17, 2018
In this present era of technology and its use in many sector of an organization, one cannot ignore the importance and usefulness of this great invention. Technology has made life easy for human and one should use this opportunity to make the best use out of it.

In this article, I will like to brief us on some terms pertaining to information technology (IT) and Some of them are its:

Definition
Jobs and career in IT
IT issues and challenges
Relationship between IT and computer networking
Hardware and software of IT
Education and job functions
IT courses
Importance of IT and
Free online IT Certification

 Definition

Information technology (IT) which evolved out of information and communication technology (ICT) can be said to be the architectures, methodologies, regulations and the use of computers in storing, transmitting, retrieving and manipulation of data or information programmed for various tasks.

 Jobs and careers

Job posting sites commonly use IT as a category in their databases. The category includes a wide range of jobs across architecture, engineering and administration functions. People with jobs in these areas typically have school degrees in computer science and/or information systems. They may also possess related industry certifications. Short courses in IT basics can also be found online and are especially useful for those who want to get some exposure to the field before committing to it as a career.

The following are the visible jobs in Information Technology:

Technical Support:

Tech support is generally what most non-IT folk think of when they imagine an information technology department. These types of IT experts can be known by a variety of titles—“help desk technicians,” “operations analysts,” or “problem managers”—but at the end of the day, their main job is to provide expert troubleshooting advice to clients. Technical support typically handles both hardware and software issues at the user level, helping out the less tech-savvy with their computer problems—making communication skills, problem solving, and well-rounded tech knowledge an asset.

Programmers:

Computer programmers are the brains behind software functions—they write and test the code that makes up software programs. This might range from simple computer games or word processors all the way up to complicated operating systems and database management systems. The type of skills you need typically depends on what specific area you’re programming in—but attention to detail, logical thinking, and teamwork are all assets to get this important job done right.

Web Developers:

Web developers often have the most visible jobs. They’re the ones who are responsible for building websites and the infrastructures behind them—making a careful balance of creativity and technical prowess a must for those looking to join this area of information technology.  Web developers may also be known as “web producers,” “multimedia architects,” and “internet engineers”, making their titles as diverse as their work portfolios.

Computer Systems Analyst:

Computer systems analysts are the multitaskers of information technology; they have to understand computer hardware, software, and networks—and how they all come to work together. It’s a large part of their job to make recommendations to their company for which systems are the best to use, and to tailor them to best suit their organization’s needs—including costs. This job requires a multitude of different skills, including the ability to analyze information quickly and effectively, excellent communication, and the ability to persuade when necessary.

IT Security:

continue reading here http://www.scitechinfo.com.ng/blog/2018/08/16/basic-informatio…cation-knowledge/

if you want to enroll to an online free training course, pick from the numerous courses in information technology in the link below and earn certification after the training https:///2MPmnp9

Technology MarketGet Free Online IT Certification by Omokowa(op): 7:33pm On Aug 16, 2018
The following are online training you can get involved with. Register and get a certification in order to boost your career path and skills for high advantage at getting the right job. Register through this link https:///2MPmnp9

Diploma in web design
Microsoft excel 2010 (revised 2017)
Diploma in C programming
IT Network Monitor
Adobe Photoshop cs6 and its tools
Fundamentals of Google Android development
Diploma in information Technology Management
Introduction to C Programming
Microsoft word 2010
Fundamentals of network security
Introduction to programming with python
Microsoft digital literacy (IT Basics, internet and productivity programs)
Web page development
Microsoft access 2010
JavaScript and jQuery
Diploma in computer networking
Google sketch-up for 3D Modelling
IPhone App Development
Digital communication Network

Click through this link to get started for free

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EducationBasic Information Technology And Communication Knowledge by Omokowa(op): 4:08pm On Aug 16, 2018
In this present era of technology and its use in many sector of an organization, one cannot ignore the importance and usefulness of this great invention. Technology has made life easy for human and one should use this opportunity to make the best use out of it.

In this article, I will like to brief us on some terms pertaining to information technology (IT) and Some of them are its:

Definition
Jobs and career in IT
IT issues and challenges
Relationship between IT and computer networking
Hardware and software of IT
Education and job functions
IT courses
Importance of IT and
Free online IT Certification

Definition

Information technology (IT) which evolved out of information and communication technology (ICT) can be said to be the architectures, methodologies, regulations and the use of computers in storing, transmitting, retrieving and manipulation of data or information programmed for various tasks.

 Jobs and careers

Job posting sites commonly use IT as a category in their databases. The category includes a wide range of jobs across architecture, engineering and administration functions. People with jobs in these areas typically have school degrees in computer science and/or information systems. They may also possess related industry certifications. Short courses in IT basics can also be found online and are especially useful for those who want to get some exposure to the field before committing to it as a career.

The following are the visible jobs in Information Technology:

Technical Support:

Tech support is generally what most non-IT folk think of when they imagine an information technology department. These types of IT experts can be known by a variety of titles—“help desk technicians,” “operations analysts,” or “problem managers”—but at the end of the day, their main job is to provide expert troubleshooting advice to clients. Technical support typically handles both hardware and software issues at the user level, helping out the less tech-savvy with their computer problems—making communication skills, problem solving, and well-rounded tech knowledge an asset.

Programmers:

Computer programmers are the brains behind software functions—they write and test the code that makes up software programs. This might range from simple computer games or word processors all the way up to complicated operating systems and database management systems. The type of skills you need typically depends on what specific area you’re programming in—but attention to detail, logical thinking, and teamwork are all assets to get this important job done right.

Web Developers:

Web developers often have the most visible jobs. They’re the ones who are responsible for building websites and the infrastructures behind them—making a careful balance of creativity and technical prowess a must for those looking to join this area of information technology.  Web developers may also be known as “web producers,” “multimedia architects,” and “internet engineers”, making their titles as diverse as their work portfolios.

Computer Systems Analyst:

Computer systems analysts are the multitaskers of information technology; they have to understand computer hardware, software, and networks—and how they all come to work together. It’s a large part of their job to make recommendations to their company for which systems are the best to use, and to tailor them to best suit their organization’s needs—including costs. This job requires a multitude of different skills, including the ability to analyze information quickly and effectively, excellent communication, and the ability to persuade when necessary.

source : http://www.scitechinfo.com.ng/blog/2018/08/16/basic-informatio…cation-knowledge/

get Basic information technology courses and free certification online here https:///2MPmnp9

WebmastersHow To Increase Page Speed Of Wordpress Website by Omokowa(op): 3:48am On Aug 13, 2018
Many factors can be said to have contributed to the slowness of your website. Though, we may not recognize most of them it is really important we understand the major ones and tackle them promptly. It can be said that site ranking, SEO, users’ activities on your site all depends on how fast and active your website is. In this article, you will get to learn the importance of website speed and what to do in order to increase the speed of your website.

Wordpress has become one of the major CMS program around the globe so as such, a lot have been done to increase its effectiveness. If your websites is built on this software and you are really in for business, you should bear in mind that website speed is an important factor you need to know to reach that high in business. Take for example, e-commerce sites. The moment your clients noticed that your site is sluggish, they may not trust you fully or rather go to another site that satisfy their motives.

Website Load Testing:

There are certain things we must consider in a site to ascertain for the effectiveness of the site in terms of speed like;

The type of contents

The plugins you use

Whether it is cached or not

And many more

Though to test how a website loads, these online tools will give you a summary of what you need to know about your website before you undergo any other test like the case of a medical field test. The few online testing sites you can check are

http://WebPageTest.org
Pingdom.com
Page Speed Insights
Your front page is always use as a testing page to analyze the whole site so you should take note.

But why is your site slow and what is making it to be slow?

It has been found widely that the speed of your site depends on the server which play a major role. And also the higher its execution time, the faster and effective is the sites. One cannot ignore the facts that there are some minor cases which we ignorantly neglect due to our concentration on the major factor that may not be an issue.

Now, other factors that may hinder your site speed are as listed below:

Picking a good webhost: two type of hosting plan you may be used to, are the shared hosting/managed wordpress hosting plan and VPS in which I will not recommend you to use the shared hosting unless you are a little bit concern about your business. I have used it before and as such advice others not to use it. Except your site is only for a specific common purpose. There are lot of web host you can choose from online and you can see them when you search on Google.

 Use/Enable Caching Plugin: Caching is presumably the main technique to utilize on the grounds that it can prompt the most exceptional enhancements. What caching can do is basically spare a HTML duplicate of the site for a given time. This implies that once per day the site would load ordinarily, it would get a server to prepare the code and spit back the outcome as HTML. It would likewise spare the subsequent HTML in memory. When next somebody loads the site, the reserved would stack the HTML from memory, rather than getting the server to prepare it.

Try using WP Super Cache or W3 Total Cache to get the most appropriate result you desire.

The use of CDN: There are two main reasons to utilize CDNs: they permit to host pictures off-server and they diminish images load time.

Essentially, a CDN, or content delivery network, takes all your static records you have on your website (CSS, JavaScript and pictures etc.) and gives users a chance to download them as quick as could be allowed by serving the documents on servers as near them as possible. Basically, the CDN you may try for yourself are the; Cloud Flare and MaxCDN which are among the best.

Image optimization/compression: images as you know consumes most memory space and data. So the need to compress them to a minimum pixel without tampering with the quality of the image. The program you can use to achieve this result is an image compressor called WP-SmushIt which is also a free module to use without losing quality of your image.

Uninstall Inactive Plugin: plugins you don’t use or you do not activate can add up to your web files hereby making it heavier than the usual files that makes website fast. Tool you can use to actually check defaulters (inactive plugins) that might be slowing your website is P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler).

 Optimize WordPress Database: WP-Db Manager allows you to upgrade, repair, reinforce and reestablish your database. After much usage of wordpress for some time, your Database may have lots of information you don’t need.

Others include: Disabling Hot linking, Turnoff Ping backs and Trackbacks, Keep your WordPress website updated

I hope this information will really help you maintain the speed of your website.

http://www.scitechinfo.com.ng/blog/2018/08/12/1775/

Politics17 Signs Of Highly Intelligent People by Omokowa(op): 4:22pm On Aug 10, 2018
Please mod help me move to the right section

For you to clearly identify intelligent people in the society, these are the signs you see with such ones below

They have few friends: They might have lot of acquaintances, but they are careful to choose friends who are at their level of intelligence.

They hate small talk: They prefer deep and thoughtful conversations instead of talking about the weather or the last trend.

They are good listeners and observers: They know they have more to learn in listening than in speaking. So they shut their mouth and open wide their eyes and ears.

They are curious: They google everything, ask any questions, search every subject.

They enjoy loneliness: They sit by themselves to practice their craft, to reflect about themselves, their values and their objectives.

They invest on themselves: They know their mind is their most valuable tool. Thus, instead of chasing money, fame or whatever, they go on improving themselves.

They are long-term oriented: They delay immediate pleasure for later gratification; they take hard decisions that would pay off in the long run.

They don’t mind people’s opinion: They have goals and a mission of life and stick to it no matter what people think.

They are risk takers: They know a fulfilling life is beyond their comfort zone. So they are willing to take necessary steps to fulfill their dreams.

They are not judgmental: They put themselves on others’ shoes, and try to understand people’s motives behind their actions.

They are humble: They know however skilled they are, however learned they are, they will be laymen in many other areas.

They work hard: They know talent is not enough. So they work every day to be the better version of themselves. They take nothing for granted.

They take care of their health: They know their health is their most important asset. They eat properly, exercise regularly, sleep well and relax.

They don’t waste time: They don’t waste time watching TV, browsing social media. Instead, they use their time for more useful activities such as exercising, reading, searching…

They are voracious readers: They know all the wisdom of the world and all the knowledge of mankind had been recorded in books. Then, they immerse themselves in books to learn and apply what they learned.

They are lifelong learners: They know learning is a lifelong process that does not stop at school or college. They travel the world, meet new people, learn new languages, and embrace novel experiences.

They have a sense of humor: They don’t take life too seriously. They laugh at themselves and make people around laugh

Hmmmm! i happen to have most of these qualities wink grin fellow nairalanders' don't you think i am intelligenthuhhuhhuhhuhhuhhuhhuh

http://scitechinfo.com.ng

EducationCan Good Posture Give You Better Scores In Mathematics? Find Out by Omokowa(op): 3:38pm On Aug 07, 2018
A scientist quoted that… “Math + Good Posture = Better Scores”

Students have faced a lot of challenge trying to improve their performance in science, most especially mathematics. But studies and carefully carried-out research have shown that one of the ways of improving mathematics performance is through a “good posture” of sitting.

Source: San Francisco State University

Students who were tested sitting upright with back and shoulders upright were found to have difficulties level in the subject reduced compared to those that bent forward or slumped-over while faced with the same test.

It was gathered that, slumping over is a defensive posture that can trigger old negative memories in the body and brain. While the students without math anxiety did not report as great a benefit from better posture, they did find that doing math while slumped over was somewhat more difficult.

Findings have also shown that people can do better in any subject and improve performance when they are in due stress, while sitting up straight with shoulders aback. These findings about body position can help people prepare for many different types of performance under stress, not just math tests. Athletes, musicians and public speakers can all benefit from better posture prior to and during their performance.

“It’s about using an empowered position to optimize your focus.”

That empowerment could be particularly helpful to students facing the challenge called “stereotype (discriminated or mental) threat,” who experience fear and insecurity because of a belief by others — which can become internalized — that they won’t do as well at math. While some believes that adopting a more confident posture could help other first-generation students as well as women entering science and math, who often battle stereotype threat, others did not see as necessary.

“I always felt insecure about my math abilities even though I excelled at other subjects,” said Mason, a former victim of stereotype threat who helped design an experiment in the study. “You build a relationship with [math] so early — as early as elementary school. You can carry that negative self-talk throughout your life, impacting your perception of yourself.”

Mason said the study results demonstrate a simple way to improve many aspects of life, especially when stress is involved: “The way we carry ourselves and interact in space influences not only how others perceive us but also how we perceive ourselves.”

more : http://www.scitechinfo.com.ng/

WebmastersRe: Olumayowa Elegbede Buys Nigeria Air Domain Names, Selling At ₦24 Million Each by Omokowa(m): 5:50am On Jul 25, 2018
Intelxiii:
9jaAir, Air9ja, 9jaAirways. Airnaija.gov Nigerian have a lots of available names to use bet me after two years that name will be available to host with no cost.
Betnaija grin grin grin
WebmastersRe: I Want To Sue Google For N500,000,000 For This by Omokowa(op): 11:40pm On Jul 23, 2018
malcom2x:
Go through their T & C once more before any action. That's if you're serious.
thanks man...any thing i can do. you know is so annoying what they do. the other day a company sue them for billions of dollar mine has come oo
WebmastersRe: I Want To Sue Google For N500,000,000 For This by Omokowa(op): 9:07pm On Jul 23, 2018
Kharol1234:
if festus keyamo b ur lawyer u can sue dem but if na charge and bail lawyer u get my guy go slip
i need real lawyer fa ...after i win case i go pay
WebmastersI Want To Sue Google For N500,000,000 For This by Omokowa(op): 8:42pm On Jul 23, 2018
imagine google disabled my account.Please house what should i do about this or i should just go ahead and sue this people...,see screen shot below
haba e no good o...no be say i get reach 1 dollar

PoliticsRe: Ben Bruce's Voting By SMS: Nigerians React (Photos) by Omokowa(m): 7:43pm On Jul 19, 2018
Tman104:
...where a person has up to 5 sims!
5 Sims but 1 data...
PoliticsRe: Ben Bruce's Voting By SMS: Nigerians React (Photos) by Omokowa(m): 7:32pm On Jul 19, 2018
brainhgeek:
I have three registered sim and ten fingers with different finger print. With that combination, I can vote a many times as i want. All I need is different sims for each finger print
All you need is your thumb print
EducationRe: 8 Best Money Advice Tips That Everybody Should Know by Omokowa(op): 12:39pm On Jul 19, 2018
SUPOL:
All the small girls with big sugar daddies will not allow someone to be great!!! grin
truth ...lol grin
Education8 Best Money Advice Tips That Everybody Should Know by Omokowa(op): 11:48am On Jul 19, 2018
As an entrepreneur and someone who is ready to influence the younger ones in the society, I assume you should know some of the best financial advice tips or steps to take in order to achieve a total control over your money and expenditure. The steps listed below is meant to change your mentality about the use of money from a tender age. If you practice as listed, you may be clinching close to your financial freedom.

8 Best Money Advice Tips that Everybody Should Know

Income: What You Earn Every Month

The #1 most valuable asset you have is your income, your ability to make money month in and month out. Everything you do should be focused on increasing that amount, maintaining that amount, and preserving and protecting a 50-year stream of it from age 20–70. Everything you do — from choice of careers, choice of college, to choice of what city to live in — will all determine what your income is.

Debt: What You Owe others

The #2 most valuable tip is to live debt free from day one. NEVER get into the debt trap. If you have a N100, 000 balance on a credit card that is a 29.9% APR (a credit card's interest rate is the price you pay for borrowing money. For credit cards, the interest rates are typically stated as a yearly rate. This is called the annual percentage rate (APR). On most cards, you can avoid paying interest on purchases if you pay your balance in full each month by the due date) interest rate, that creates a N36, 000 per year impact on your life. N3000 per month may not seem like a lot, but over 10 years, that N3000 in payments would have grown to well over N360, 000 if you had invested it well. If you were to maintain that amount of debt over all 50 years of earning, then you would have not only thrown away the $1,800,000 you would have paid, but you would have also missed out on the N21.6M that that N1,800,000 would have become if you had invested it. Paying off debt has the net effect of an immediate return that is equal to the credit card rate of interest. Where else can you get a guaranteed 30% return? Nowhere!

Monthly Expenses: How Much You Pay Out Each Month

The next most important idea is to live frugally (not wasteful) on a fraction of what you make in income. My recommendation is that your total expenses should not be more than 50% of what you make. However most people are not willing to make that sacrifice. In that case, the breakdown should be as follows given the ranges from low to high percentages necessary for success on the low end, or survival on the high end.


Housing: 25%-50% of Income

Typically the #1 most expensive choice we will ever make. Ironically it is also the least understood in proper terms. You work 8–10 hours a day, usually at an office. You sleep 6–8 hours and you get ready for work and ready for bed 1–2 hours per day. That means that 15–20 hours per day, you aren’t even using anything more than your bedroom and bathroom. That means that the other XXXX number of square feet of your house (space around your house) is a needless expense. My best deal ever was the apartment I had in Graduate School. It was a small two room apartment with a galley-style kitchen in between — it was amazing. N150 per year. Damn, was it a steal? Make up of what you need in an apartment. I would advise you go for apartments you know you need and not just acquiring much space you will probably not occupy at the end of the day.

Food: 10%-20% of Income

If you are single this number can be very different than if you have a family, but generally speaking you should never eat out or at least limit it to “date night” once per week, but even N4000 per week in eating out is over N150, 000 per year, and the 50 year impact to your savings and investing is N9.6M over 50 years. Don’t eat out.

Cars: 0%-20% of Income

Despite rumors to the contrary, you do not need the latest and greatest car to survive. I hate to spend much on cars since they are the #1 killer of income after eating out. Many car payments for maintenance are at least N2000 per month these days and over N25, 000 per year. That is a N1.4M impact over 50 years. Buy cars with low income expenditure. Take it from me — a friend pissed away over N2M over 27 years on cars, and that N2M now would be worth over N20M if he had learned this in his 20s. Don’t make the same mistakes he did.

Utilities and Phone: 5%-10% of Income

if you are renting, getting power, water and other utilities included in your rent is the way to go. You can get an average cost for some items like subscribing DSTV for N6000 instead of N12, 000 package and still enjoy the programs. Also, news flash: That latest iPhone for N500, 000 that you “can’t live without” is costing you more than you think. You can invest the money and gain profit of the same amount within the same year. That N35, 000 per month you earn from your investment is another N2.1M over 50 years.

more from source: http://www.informationsecret.com/the-8-best-money…ager-should-know/

WebmastersGoogle Fined For $5 Billion By Europe Antitrust Agency, See Why… by Omokowa(op): 11:35am On Jul 19, 2018
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European antitrust regulators fined Google a record 4.34 billion euro ($5 billion) on Wednesday and ordered it to stop using its popular Android mobile operating system to block rivals, a ruling which the U.S. tech company said it would appeal.
The penalty is nearly double the previous record of 2.4 billion euros which Google was ordered to pay last year after its online shopping search service was deemed to be unfair to competitors.

It represents just over two weeks of revenue for Google parent Alphabet Inc. and would scarcely dent the company's cash reserves of $102.9 billion. But it could add to trade tensions between Brussels and Washington.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is due to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House next Wednesday in an effort to avert Trump's threatened new tariffs on cars made in the European Union as the president looks to reduce the U.S. trade deficit.
Alphabet, which is scheduled to report financial results on Monday, said it would set aside money to pay the fine which would cut its second-quarter profit by about $5 billion. Wall Street analysts were expecting $6.8 billion in quarterly profit on average before the fine, according to Thomson Reuter’s data.
Alphabet shares closed flat on Wednesday after technology analysts said the EU order would do little damage to the company's long-term prospects.

CEMENTING DOMINANCE:

Google's Android system, which Google lets device makers use for free, runs about 80 percent of the world's smartphones, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics.
According to the EU, Google's illegal behavior dates back to 2011 and includes forcing manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and its Chrome browser together with its Google Play app store on their Android devices, paying them to pre-install only Google Search and blocking them from using rival Android systems.
"Google has used Android as a vehicle to cement the dominance of its search engine" over rivals, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager told reporters.

Google has 90 days to either halt such anti-competitive practices with smartphone makers and telecoms providers or seek a delay of the order while it appeals. Alphabet risks additional penalties of up to 5 percent of average daily global revenue for non-compliance.
Major Android smartphone makers including Samsung Electronics Co, Sony Corp, Lenovo Group Ltd and TCL Corp declined to comment on the EU case.

Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai warned that Android may not remain free as a result of the EU ruling or it may shift to a tightly controlled distribution model like rival Apple Inc.
"We are concerned that today's decision will upset the careful balance that we have struck with Android, and that it sends a troubling signal in favor of proprietary systems over open platforms," Pichai said in a blog.
The head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday he would closely review the European decision.

http://www.informationsecret.com/google-fined-for…t-agency-see-why/

Art, Graphics & VideoRe: Photoshop Video tutorials 2018 Learn how to use Photoshop for FREE by Omokowa(m): 2:56am On Jul 16, 2018
Can I learn animation from this videos?
PhonesRe: 10 Good Reasons Why You Should Root Your Android Phones by Omokowa(op): 2:47am On Jul 16, 2018
Alejoc:
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PhonesRe: 10 Good Reasons Why You Should Root Your Android Phones by Omokowa(op):
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I downloaded the Root checker app, it doesn't root just let you know if your phone has been rooted.
Root checker is actually meant to check if your phone is rooted or not. If you follow links for more you may see the apps that is needed to root your phone


If you want apps for rooting your android devices check this link.

http://www.informationsecret.com/top-5-rooting-apps-for-android-devices-2018/
PhonesRe: 10 Good Reasons Why You Should Root Your Android Phones by Omokowa(op): 8:51pm On Jul 15, 2018
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Will you help me with the rooting process, I want to root my phone?
Follow links carefully and you will be able to do that
Phones10 Good Reasons Why You Should Root Your Android Phones by Omokowa(op):
INSTALL INCOMPATIBLE APPS

Have you ever tried to install Android apps online or from Google play store, only for you to see a pop-up that this “this app is not compatible with your device”.

That’s frustrating. It’s even more frustrating when you realize that there’s no good reason why you see this message. Phone manufacturers will sometimes restrict apps which compete with their own apps. In other cases, an app isn’t available in your “region”, although it will still work perfectly fine when you install it.

Rooting your phone will let you install all of these apps, which means you’ll never be given any restrictions to the kind of apps you should install.

IMPROVE BATTERY LIFE AND SPEED:

Battery life and speed are the two most common complaints about Android phones. Almost every phone user complains about battery life, and certain versions of Android slow the OS down to a crawl.

Rooting Android lets you speed up your phone and improve its battery life. SetCPU is one popular way to improve performance and battery life at the same time. SetCPU lets you overclock your phone when you need extra performance and underclock your phone when you don’t need it. This leads to better performance and superior battery life.

A similar app, Greenify, will automatically hibernate certain apps that you aren’t using. If you don’t want Facebook Messenger constantly running in the background checking for messages, you can “Greenify” that app, which freezes its performance until you activate it again.

Beyond apps, you can install custom ROMs which are specifically designed to improve performance and boost battery life.

AUTOMATE YOUR LIFE:

Tasker is one of the most under-appreciated Android apps in the world today. With Tasker, you can automate virtually everything electronic in your life. Want your phone to connect to Bluetooth speakers and start playing your favorite song when your phone’s GPS is at home? With Tasker, you can easily do that.

Some examples of the things you can do with Tasker include:

Tell certain apps to have a longer screen time-out, like for your Kindle app
Tell certain apps to launch when certain conditions are met, like opening a file browser window when you insert an SD card
Turn your phone on airplane mode overnight, while still telling it to reconnect every hour to check messages
Tell your phone to play certain songs for certain alarms at certain times or days of the week
Get your phone to enter “quiet mode” when it’s face down, shutting off the speakers, GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi
If one of your friends talks too loud, you can tell Tasker to lower call volume when you have an incoming call from that number.

Tasker lets you turn any phone into a super-phone. Each update improves the app more and more while making the app easier to use. Non-rooted users can access Tasker’s basic functions and features, but more in-depth “tasks” require rooting.

Learn more about taskers here: developer’s official website.

BLOCK ADVERTISEMENTS ACROSS ALL APPS:

If you talk to people who have rooted their Androids, you’ll find that this is one of the most popular options. Nobody likes to see advertisements when they’re playing games or browsing the internet.

The worst part of mobile advertisements is that they’re intentionally placed in the part of the screen where you’re most likely to tap. A single misplaced tap could lead you to a shady app download page or malicious website.

When you root your Android phone, you can actually block advertisements across all apps and browsers. You do this by telling your phone to block data from certain servers which are exclusively designed to distribute advertisements.

Just like you would block a website on your Wi-Fi network by entering it into your router, you can block entire advertisement networks by blocking them on the root levels of your device.

If you don’t want to manually enter each and every advertisement website you need to block, then there’s a better solution: install ad blocking apps like AdFree, AdBlock Plus, and AdAware.

BACK UP EVERY INFORMATION ON YOUR DEVICE:

Non-rooted Android users can back up their data. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to back up all the data on your device. You can back up contact information, for example, and certain types of apps, but you can’t back up everything.

That’s a problem. Fortunately, after rooting Android, it’s easily possible to backup everything on your device, including system apps and their data, all your contact information, message history, and settings. Titanium Backup is amazingly powerful. Within minutes of buying a new Android device, you can easily transfer all of your old information over to your new device.

UNINSTALL CRAPWARE AND BLOATWARE:

When you buy a new Android device, it typically comes with dozens of bloatware apps installed. These bloatware apps take up valuable storage space and, in some cases, run in the background stealing away performance and battery life.

The worst part is that you can’t uninstall these apps. Manufacturers and carriers disable the “uninstall” function, which means you’re left with all of these apps you never need to use.

Fortunately, rooting Android lets you uninstall this pre-installed crapware. Deleting this crapware can free up space and improve your performance. It also reduces clutter in your app drawer.

REMOVE STOCK ANDROID SKINS:

If you’re using an Android made by Samsung, HTC, and other manufacturers, then you’re not using stock Android. Instead, you’re using a modified skin of Android that the manufacturer thinks you might like.

Sometimes, those skins genuinely improve Android. Many people like HTC’s Sense UI, for example. Samsung’s TouchWiz UI, unfortunately, isn’t nearly as popular.

In most cases, Android skins are bulky, ugly, or some combination of the two. After rooting Android, you can ditch the skins and make your Android device look more beautiful than ever before.

ENJOY HUNDREDS OF HIDDEN FEATURES:

Your Android device is packed with hundreds of hidden features. Unfortunately, most users never get to access those features. When you root your device, you can do all sorts of things you never knew you could do before.

Here are some of our favorite features you can enjoy when you root Android:

Attach a PlayStation controller to your phone and use it to control mobile games

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Webmasters28 Secret Facebook Features Only Few Persons Know About by Omokowa(op): 8:17pm On Jul 07, 2018
Many think they are Facebook experts. There are probably a few tricks they don't know and If only they realize they have not been utilizing all of Facebook features, they will marveled at the time wasted on not exploring the full use of this social media. Below are some of the features you probably don’t know or you don’t use due to lack of knowledge for it.

The Inbox You Didn't Even Know You Had:

If you've been a Facebook user for a while, then you probably have a folder full of unread messages that you didn't even know you had: the "Message Requests" folder. This is where Facebook sends all the messages from people you're not currently friends with. It could be filled with old high school pals reaching out or a bunch of spammers, who knows?! Only one way to find out!

To review these messages, click the "messages" icon at the top of your home screen (a chat icon with the Messenger lightning icon in the middle). By default, you'll find yourself in the "Recent" tab of your inbox. Directly to the right, you'll find the "Message Requests" tab. After you click this, you may see a link that says "See filtered requests." Click that and then you'll see all sorts of messages from strangers on the internet. Have fun with that!

See Who's Snooping In into Your Account:

Want to know if someone is logged into your Facebook account without your permission? First, go to your Settings page. Under the Security and Login folder, you'll see "Where You're Logged In." Here you will find all your active Facebook log-ins from desktop or mobile devices. It will (usually) provide data on the location, browser, and device. If something seems fishy, you have the ability to log out from individual devices (click the menu > Log Out) or all devices at once (scroll down and click "Log out All Sessions."wink This comes in handy if you log in to a friend's computer or on some public laptop, but forget to log out.

Save Posts for Later:

Did you ever want to read a link that a friend shared on Facebook, but didn't have the time at that particular moment? Then, when you finally do have a moment, you either forgot about it, or it has been buried under so much other junk that it's not even worth searching for? We've all been there. That's why you should get acquainted with Facebook's "Save for Later" function.

If there's anything you want to save for later, click the ellipsis menu () in the top-right of any post. Then click the Save Post/Link/Video from the pull-down; the same method works on mobile versions of Facebook. This will send the link to your Saved folder. "Where's your Saved folder," you ask? Good question! You actually won't see it until you save something for the first time. Then a little red "Saved" ribbon appears in your left-hand favorites bar. Click that to find all your favorite stored stories. Saved Posts don't expire but might disappear if the original poster deletes it.

Download a Copy of All Your Face-booking

Want your own personal copy of everything you've ever shared on Facebook? I'm talking; every post, every image, every video, every message, and chat conversation (not to mention all the settings you probably don't even think about)? You can do that! Go to Settings > General and click "Download a copy of your Facebook data" at the bottom. Follow the directions from there.

This feature lets you take a trip down memory lane, or just save your info should you ever decide to delete your Facebook account. And of course, it reveals exactly what Facebook has saved about you. You might be surprised.

Find All the Photos Liked by...Anyone

Go to Facebook and start typing "photos liked by" in the search box at the top. You'll see the autocomplete fill in a lot of suggestions including "me," "my husband," "my girlfriend," "my friends," etc. Try any combo and you'll get results based on your relationship status, yourself, and who gave a thumbs up to what images. You can take it further though—type in "photos liked by" followed by your friend’s names, or even celebrities. Add something like "from 2018" or "this month" or "last week" or something like that to limit the time frame of the pics. You can even add photos "of [name]" to the query to narrow things further.

Choose a 'Legacy Contact' for After You Croak:

Everyone on Facebook will die. Eventually. In anticipation of this unavoidable truth, Facebook lets you name a legacy contact who will manage your account after you are gone.

Your legacy contact can write a pinned post for your profile, respond to new friend requests (e.g. friends or family who weren't on Facebook at the time of your demise), or update your profile and cover photo. They can even download your Facebook data, minus any messages you sent/received. You can also just opt to have your account deleted after you die. Facebook will send an annual reminder to check your legacy contact, unless you turn that option off.

Go Settings > General > Manage Account > Edit. Under the Legacy Contact tab, choose one of your Facebook friends to handle your digital affairs. If you're a legacy contact for someone who's passed away, use this form to tell Facebook about the person and ask to get it memorialized.

Add Some Extra Security:

It's a good idea to throw in some additional layers of security on your Facebook account. No, don't worry that someone will break into your account and start "liking" BuzzFeed articles like crazy. But you need be concerned that someone could get in and use the information they find to steal your identity and/or send malware-laden links to friends.

Here are three smart things you can do to protect yourself, which you'll find under Settings > Security and Login:

1) Enable Two-Factor Authentication. It's a good idea to implement 2FA on all your accounts. That means if someone wants to access your account on a new device, they'll also need access to your phone.
2) Get alerts about unrecognized logins. If somebody logs in to your account from an unrecognized device or browser, Facebook will let you know.
3) Designate 3-5 trusted contacts if you get locked out. Trusted Contacts are Facebook friends who can securely help you regain access to your account if you forget your password or lose your mobile device—OR a nefarious person breaks in and decides to lock YOU out. Remember, you can always change your trusted contacts later, if you no longer trust them.

other hidden features includes:

Edit Your Ad Preferences:

Block Facebook Mobile Browser Tracking:

Curate Your News Feed:

See All Your Friend Requests, Ever:

Turn Off Autoplay Videos:

Embed Public Content:

Send Money Through Facebook:

Transfer Files over Facebook Messenger:

Upload '360' Pics and Videos:

See What's Happening All Around the World:

Order Food on Facebook:create a restaurant page

Make a Fundraiser:

Make a Frame:

Facebook Is a Virtual Arcade: play games with your friends

Visit Town Hall:

Stop with the Birthdays:

Blogging:

There Are Lots of Secret Emoji:

Detail Your Facebook Romance:

Creep On Your Friends' Relationships:

Upside Down or Pirate Speak:



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Jobs/VacanciesThe 8 Best Money Advice/tips That Every Teenagers And Adults Should Know by Omokowa(op): 6:16pm On Jul 05, 2018
As an entrepreneur and someone who is ready to influence the younger ones in the society, I assume you should know some of the best financial advice tips or steps to take in order to achieve a total control over your money and expenditure. The steps listed below is meant to change your mentality about the use of money from a tender age. If you practice as listed, you may be clinching close to your financial freedom.

Eight (cool Best Money Advice Tips that Everybody Should Know

1. Income: What You Earn Every Month

The #1 most valuable asset you have is your income, your ability to make money month in and month out. Everything you do should be focused on increasing that amount, maintaining that amount, and preserving and protecting a 50-year stream of it from age 20–70. Everything you do — from choice of careers, choice of college, to choice of what city to live in — will all determine what your income is.

2. Debt: What You Owe others

The #2 most valuable tip is to live debt free from day one. Never get into the debt trap. If you have a N100, 000 balance on a credit card that is a 29.9% APR (a credit card's interest rate is the price you pay for borrowing money. For credit cards, the interest rates are typically stated as a yearly rate. This is called the annual percentage rate (APR). On most cards, you can avoid paying interest on purchases if you pay your balance in full each month by the due date) interest rate, that creates a N36, 000 per year impact on your life. N3000 per month may not seem like a lot, but over 10 years, that N3000 in payments would have grown to well over N360, 000 if you had invested it well. If you were to maintain that amount of debt over all 50 years of earning, then you would have not only thrown away the $1,800,000 you would have paid, but you would have also missed out on the N21.6M that that N1,800,000 would have become if you had invested it. Paying off debt has the net effect of an immediate return that is equal to the credit card rate of interest. Where else can you get a guaranteed 30% return? Nowhere!

3. Monthly Expenses: How Much You Pay Out Each Month

The next most important idea is to live frugally (not wasteful) on a fraction of what you make in income. My recommendation is that your total expenses should not be more than 50% of what you make. However most people are not willing to make that sacrifice. In that case, the breakdown should be as follows given the ranges from low to high percentages necessary for success on the low end, or survival on the high end.

4. Housing: 25%-50% of Income

Typically the #1 most expensive choice we will ever make. Ironically it is also the least understood in proper terms. You work 8–10 hours a day, usually at an office. You sleep 6–8 hours and you get ready for work and ready for bed 1–2 hours per day. That means that 15–20 hours per day, you aren’t even using anything more than your bedroom and bathroom. That means that the other XXXX number of square feet of your house (space around your house) is a needless expense. My best deal ever was the apartment I had in Graduate School. It was a small two room apartment with a galley-style kitchen in between — it was amazing. N150 per year. Damn, was it a steal? Make up of what you need in an apartment. I would advise you go for apartments you know you need and not just acquiring much space you will probably not occupy at the end of the day.

5. Food: 10%-20% of Income

If you are single this number can be very different than if you have a family, but generally speaking you should never eat out or at least limit it to “date night” once per week, but even N4000 per week in eating out is over N150, 000 per year, and the 50 year impact to your savings and investing is N9.6M over 50 years. Don’t eat out.

6. Cars: 0%-20% of Income

Despite rumors to the contrary, you do not need the latest and greatest car to survive. I hate to spend much on cars since they are the #1 killer of income after eating out. Many car payments for maintenance are at least N2000 per month these days and over N25, 000 per year. That is a N1.4M impact over 50 years. Buy cars with low income expenditure. Take it from me — a friend pissed away over N2M over 27 years on cars, and that N2M now would be worth over N20M if he had learned this in his 20s. Don’t make the same mistakes he did.

7. Utilities and Phone: 5%-10% of Income

if you are renting, getting power, water and other utilities included in your rent is the way to go. You can get an average cost for some items like subscribing DSTV for N6000 instead of N12, 000 package and still enjoy the programs. Also, news flash: That latest iPhone for N500, 000 that you “can’t live without” is costing you more than you think. You can invest the money and gain profit of the same amount within the same year. That N35, 000 per month you earn from your investment is another N2.1M over 50 years.

8. Savings and Investing: 0%-30% of Income

Well if you have been keeping up with the ranges, if you were at the high side of spending for every category, congratulations — you have $0 and 0% left for savings and investing, and you are going to die broke and alone. That’s OK — in some society, you will have plenty of company, since 98–99 people out of 100 are in the same boat. Misery does indeed love company. If you keep the low side, you may be amazed that you now have 30% of your income left to save and invest. Congratulations — welcome to the top 1%-2% of people in the world! These are called “The smart Rich People.” Because you just laugh your ass off all the way to the bank. While others have enjoyed their income on living on the high and their N1000 bar tab, you are going to be enjoying your golden years not drinking garri and looking for kuli-kuli to join it with. If you get to this point you will have won. If you just did #2, #5, #6 and #7, you have saved a staggering N35.1M over 50 years. Enjoy. You now can do whatever the hell you want to do in retirement.

Education28 Secret Facebook Features Only Few Persons Know About by Omokowa(op): 5:30pm On Jul 05, 2018
Many think they are Facebook experts. There are probably a few tricks they don't know and If only they realize they have not been utilizing all of Facebook features, they will marveled at the time wasted on not exploring the full use of this social media. Below are some of the features you probably don’t know or you don’t use due to lack of knowledge for it.

The Inbox You Didn't Even Know You Had:

If you've been a Facebook user for a while, then you probably have a folder full of unread messages that you didn't even know you had: the "Message Requests" folder. This is where Facebook sends all the messages from people you're not currently friends with. It could be filled with old high school pals reaching out or a bunch of spammers, who knows?! Only one way to find out!

To review these messages, click the "messages" icon at the top of your home screen (a chat icon with the Messenger lightning icon in the middle). By default, you'll find yourself in the "Recent" tab of your inbox. Directly to the right, you'll find the "Message Requests" tab. After you click this, you may see a link that says "See filtered requests." Click that and then you'll see all sorts of messages from strangers on the internet. Have fun with that!

See Who's Snooping In into Your Account:

Want to know if someone is logged into your Facebook account without your permission? First, go to your Settings page. Under the Security and Login folder, you'll see "Where You're Logged In." Here you will find all your active Facebook log-ins from desktop or mobile devices. It will (usually) provide data on the location, browser, and device. If something seems fishy, you have the ability to log out from individual devices (click the menu > Log Out) or all devices at once (scroll down and click "Log out All Sessions."wink This comes in handy if you log in to a friend's computer or on some public laptop, but forget to log out.

Save Posts for Later:

Did you ever want to read a link that a friend shared on Facebook, but didn't have the time at that particular moment? Then, when you finally do have a moment, you either forgot about it, or it has been buried under so much other junk that it's not even worth searching for? We've all been there. That's why you should get acquainted with Facebook's "Save for Later" function.

If there's anything you want to save for later, click the ellipsis menu () in the top-right of any post. Then click the Save Post/Link/Video from the pull-down; the same method works on mobile versions of Facebook. This will send the link to your Saved folder. "Where's your Saved folder," you ask? Good question! You actually won't see it until you save something for the first time. Then a little red "Saved" ribbon appears in your left-hand favorites bar. Click that to find all your favorite stored stories. Saved Posts don't expire but might disappear if the original poster deletes it.

Download a Copy of All Your Face-booking

Want your own personal copy of everything you've ever shared on Facebook? I'm talking; every post, every image, every video, every message, and chat conversation (not to mention all the settings you probably don't even think about)? You can do that! Go to Settings > General and click "Download a copy of your Facebook data" at the bottom. Follow the directions from there.

This feature lets you take a trip down memory lane, or just save your info should you ever decide to delete your Facebook account. And of course, it reveals exactly what Facebook has saved about you. You might be surprised.

Find All the Photos Liked by...Anyone

Go to Facebook and start typing "photos liked by" in the search box at the top. You'll see the autocomplete fill in a lot of suggestions including "me," "my husband," "my girlfriend," "my friends," etc. Try any combo and you'll get results based on your relationship status, yourself, and who gave a thumbs up to what images. You can take it further though—type in "photos liked by" followed by your friend’s names, or even celebrities. Add something like "from 2018" or "this month" or "last week" or something like that to limit the time frame of the pics. You can even add photos "of [name]" to the query to narrow things further.

Choose a 'Legacy Contact' for After You Croak:

Everyone on Facebook will die. Eventually. In anticipation of this unavoidable truth, Facebook lets you name a legacy contact who will manage your account after you are gone.

Your legacy contact can write a pinned post for your profile, respond to new friend requests (e.g. friends or family who weren't on Facebook at the time of your demise), or update your profile and cover photo. They can even download your Facebook data, minus any messages you sent/received. You can also just opt to have your account deleted after you die. Facebook will send an annual reminder to check your legacy contact, unless you turn that option off.

Go Settings > General > Manage Account > Edit. Under the Legacy Contact tab, choose one of your Facebook friends to handle your digital affairs. If you're a legacy contact for someone who's passed away, use this form to tell Facebook about the person and ask to get it memorialized.

Add Some Extra Security:

It's a good idea to throw in some additional layers of security on your Facebook account. No, don't worry that someone will break into your account and start "liking" BuzzFeed articles like crazy. But you need be concerned that someone could get in and use the information they find to steal your identity and/or send malware-laden links to friends.

Here are three smart things you can do to protect yourself, which you'll find under Settings > Security and Login:

1) Enable Two-Factor Authentication. It's a good idea to implement 2FA on all your accounts. That means if someone wants to access your account on a new device, they'll also need access to your phone.
2) Get alerts about unrecognized logins. If somebody logs in to your account from an unrecognized device or browser, Facebook will let you know.
3) Designate 3-5 trusted contacts if you get locked out. Trusted Contacts are Facebook friends who can securely help you regain access to your account if you forget your password or lose your mobile device—OR a nefarious person breaks in and decides to lock YOU out. Remember, you can always change your trusted contacts later, if you no longer trust them.

other hidden features includes:

Edit Your Ad Preferences:

Block Facebook Mobile Browser Tracking:

Curate Your News Feed:

See All Your Friend Requests, Ever:

Turn Off Autoplay Videos:

Embed Public Content:

Send Money Through Facebook:

Transfer Files over Facebook Messenger:

Upload '360' Pics and Videos:

See What's Happening All Around the World:

Order Food on Facebook:create a restaurant page

Make a Fundraiser:

Make a Frame:

Facebook Is a Virtual Arcade: play games with your friends

Visit Town Hall:

Stop with the Birthdays:

Blogging:

There Are Lots of Secret Emoji:

Detail Your Facebook Romance:

Creep On Your Friends' Relationships:

Upside Down or Pirate Speak:



get more and links from http://www.informationsecret.com/28-hidden-facebo…users-know-about/

CareerThe 8 Best Money Advice/tips That Every Teenager Should Know? by Omokowa(op): 4:41pm On Jul 04, 2018
As an entrepreneur and someone who is ready to influence the younger ones in the society, I assume you should know some of the best financial advice tips or steps to take in order to achieve a total control over your money and expenditure. The steps listed below is meant to change your mentality about the use of money from a tender age. If you practice as listed, you may be clinching close to your financial freedom.

8 Best Money Advice Tips that Everybody Should Know

Income: What You Earn Every Month

The #1 most valuable asset you have is your income, your ability to make money month in and month out. Everything you do should be focused on increasing that amount, maintaining that amount, and preserving and protecting a 50-year stream of it from age 20–70. Everything you do — from choice of careers, choice of college, to choice of what city to live in — will all determine what your income is.

Debt: What You Owe others

The #2 most valuable tip is to live debt free from day one. NEVER get into the debt trap. If you have a N100, 000 balance on a credit card that is a 29.9% APR (a credit card's interest rate is the price you pay for borrowing money. For credit cards, the interest rates are typically stated as a yearly rate. This is called the annual percentage rate (APR). On most cards, you can avoid paying interest on purchases if you pay your balance in full each month by the due date) interest rate, that creates a N36, 000 per year impact on your life. N3000 per month may not seem like a lot, but over 10 years, that N3000 in payments would have grown to well over N360, 000 if you had invested it well. If you were to maintain that amount of debt over all 50 years of earning, then you would have not only thrown away the $1,800,000 you would have paid, but you would have also missed out on the N21.6M that that N1,800,000 would have become if you had invested it. Paying off debt has the net effect of an immediate return that is equal to the credit card rate of interest. Where else can you get a guaranteed 30% return? Nowhere!

Monthly Expenses: How Much You Pay Out Each Month

The next most important idea is to live frugally (not wasteful) on a fraction of what you make in income. My recommendation is that your total expenses should not be more than 50% of what you make. However most people are not willing to make that sacrifice. In that case, the breakdown should be as follows given the ranges from low to high percentages necessary for success on the low end, or survival on the high end.


Housing: 25%-50% of Income

Typically the #1 most expensive choice we will ever make. Ironically it is also the least understood in proper terms. You work 8–10 hours a day, usually at an office. You sleep 6–8 hours and you get ready for work and ready for bed 1–2 hours per day. That means that 15–20 hours per day, you aren’t even using anything more than your bedroom and bathroom. That means that the other XXXX number of square feet of your house (space around your house) is a needless expense. My best deal ever was the apartment I had in Graduate School. It was a small two room apartment with a galley-style kitchen in between — it was amazing. N150 per year. Damn, was it a steal? Make up of what you need in an apartment. I would advise you go for apartments you know you need and not just acquiring much space you will probably not occupy at the end of the day.

Food: 10%-20% of Income

If you are single this number can be very different than if you have a family, but generally speaking you should never eat out or at least limit it to “date night” once per week, but even N4000 per week in eating out is over N150, 000 per year, and the 50 year impact to your savings and investing is N9.6M over 50 years. Don’t eat out.

Cars: 0%-20% of Income

Despite rumors to the contrary, you do not need the latest and greatest car to survive. I hate to spend much on cars since they are the #1 killer of income after eating out. Many car payments for maintenance are at least N2000 per month these days and over N25, 000 per year. That is a N1.4M impact over 50 years. Buy cars with low income expenditure. Take it from me — a friend pissed away over N2M over 27 years on cars, and that N2M now would be worth over N20M if he had learned this in his 20s. Don’t make the same mistakes he did.

Utilities and Phone: 5%-10% of Income

if you are renting, getting power, water and other utilities included in your rent is the way to go. You can get an average cost for some items like subscribing DSTV for N6000 instead of N12, 000 package and still enjoy the programs. Also, news flash: That latest iPhone for N500, 000 that you “can’t live without” is costing you more than you think. You can invest the money and gain profit of the same amount within the same year. That N35, 000 per month you earn from your investment is another N2.1M over 50 years.

more from source: http://www.informationsecret.com/the-8-best-money…ager-should-know/

InvestmentThe 8 Best Money Advice/tips That Every Teenager Should Know? by Omokowa(op): 4:11pm On Jul 04, 2018
As an entrepreneur and someone who is determined to influence the younger ones in the society, I assume you should know some of the best financial advice tips or steps to take in order to achieve a total control over your money and expenditure. The steps listed below is meant to change your mentality about the use of money from a tender age. If you practice as listed, you may be clinching close to your financial freedom.

8 Best Money Advice Tips that Everybody Should Know

Income: What You Earn Every Month
The #1 most valuable asset you have is your income, your ability to make money month in and month out. Everything you do should be focused on increasing that amount, maintaining that amount, and preserving and protecting a 50-year stream of it from age 20–70. Everything you do — from choice of careers, choice of college, to choice of what city to live in — will all determine what your income is.

Debt: What You Owe others

The #2 most valuable tip is to live debt free from day one. NEVER get into the debt trap. If you have a N100, 000 balance on a credit card that is a 29.9% APR (a credit card's interest rate is the price you pay for borrowing money. For credit cards, the interest rates are typically stated as a yearly rate. This is called the annual percentage rate (APR). On most cards, you can avoid paying interest on purchases if you pay your balance in full each month by the due date) interest rate, that creates a N36, 000 per year impact on your life. N3000 per month may not seem like a lot, but over 10 years, that N3000 in payments would have grown to well over N360, 000 if you had invested it well. If you were to maintain that amount of debt over all 50 years of earning, then you would have not only thrown away the $1,800,000 you would have paid, but you would have also missed out on the N21.6M that that N1,800,000 would have become if you had invested it. Paying off debt has the net effect of an immediate return that is equal to the credit card rate of interest. Where else can you get a guaranteed 30% return? Nowhere!

Monthly Expenses: How Much You Pay Out Each Month

The next most important idea is to live frugally (not wasteful) on a fraction of what you make in income. My recommendation is that your total expenses should not be more than 50% of what you make. However most people are not willing to make that sacrifice. In that case, the breakdown should be as follows given the ranges from low to high percentages necessary for success on the low end, or survival on the high end.

Housing: 25%-50% of Income

Typically the #1 most expensive choice we will ever make. Ironically it is also the least understood in proper terms. You work 8–10 hours a day, usually at an office. You sleep 6–8 hours and you get ready for work and ready for bed 1–2 hours per day. That means that 15–20 hours per day, you aren’t even using anything more than your bedroom and bathroom. That means that the other XXXX number of square feet of your house (space around your house) is a needless expense. My best deal ever was the apartment I had in Graduate School. It was a small two room apartment with a galley-style kitchen in between — it was amazing. N150 per year. Damn, was it a steal? Make up of what you need in an apartment. I would advise you go for apartments you know you need and not just acquiring much space you will probably not occupy at the end of the day.

Food: 10%-20% of Income

If you are single this number can be very different than if you have a family, but generally speaking you should never eat out or at least limit it to “date night” once per week, but even N4000 per week in eating out is over N150, 000 per year, and the 50 year impact to your savings and investing is N9.6M over 50 years. Don’t eat out.

Cars: 0%-20% of Income

Despite rumors to the contrary, you do not need the latest and greatest car to survive. I hate to spend much on cars since they are the #1 killer of income after eating out. Many car payments for maintenance are at least N2000 per month these days and over N25, 000 per year. That is a N1.4M impact over 50 years. Buy cars with low income expenditure. Take it from me — a friend pissed away over N2M over 27 years on cars, and that N2M now would be worth over N20M if he had learned this in his 20s. Don’t make the same mistakes he did.

Utilities and Phone: 5%-10% of Income

if you are renting, getting power, water and other utilities included in your rent is the way to go. You can get an average cost for some items like subscribing DSTV for N6000 instead of N12, 000 package and still enjoy the programs. Also, news flash: That latest iPhone for N500, 000 that you “can’t live without” is costing you more than you think. You can invest the money and gain profit of the same amount within the same year. That N35, 000 per month you earn from your investment is another N2.1M over 50 years.

Savings and Investing: 0%-30% of Income

Well if you have been keeping up with the ranges, if you were at the high side of spending for every category, congratulations — you have $0 and 0% left for savings and investing, and you are going to die broke and alone. That’s OK — in some society, you will have plenty of company, since 98–99 people out of 100 are in the same boat. Misery does indeed love company. If you keep the low side, you may be amazed that you now have 30% of your income left to save and invest. Congratulations — welcome to the top 1%-2% of people in the world! These are called “The smart Rich People.” Because you just laugh your ass off all the way to the bank. While others have enjoyed their income on living on the high and their N1000 bar tab, you are going to be enjoying your golden years not drinking garri and looking for kuli-kuli to join it with. If you get to this point you will have won. If you just did #2, #5, #6 and #7, you have saved a staggering N35.1M over 50 years. Enjoy. You now can do whatever the hell you want to do in retirement.

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PhonesHow To Restrict Facebook Personal Information From Been Shared by Omokowa(op): 11:53pm On Jun 26, 2018
It has been said of app that is been able to access Peoples profile/data on Facebook. It has caused a lot of problem & uproar to the extent that people have decided to either wipe there Facebook profile, deactivate or delete their Facebook account in order to protect their personal information/data

Though we can’t deny the fact that, Facebook has actually helped a lot of people in terms of communicating with their friends, advertising their businesses and other important function. That is the main reason why some or most people would want to continue with their Facebook account. But what can they do to protect their personal date while they continue to use Facebook.

You can restrict your personal data from been shared or limit the way it can be accessed. Let’s us go to some settings below, to see how we can achieve that

First of all

Go to the Facebook settings screen on your personal account
Click on APPS to access the APP settings screen
You can even click this link App Settings link to open the APP settings screen
At the APP screen, you are given two choices to restrict your data through the Facebook API platform.
To completely prevent your data from being used by 3rd parties such as apps, plugins, games, and websites and
To only restrict certain data
But to completely disable your data from being shared on the Facebook platform,

Click edit under the Apps, websites, and plugins section
A dialog box appears that explains the ramifications of disabling the Facebook API platform. And it includes not been able to login to other websites using your Facebook account or to use Facebook data with installed apps.
If ok with this restrictions, you can click “disable platform”. It may take some time to disable, so don’t click multiple times. Just wait.
But if you want to continue to use Facebook platform enabled, but restrict the types of content that can be shared with 3rd party apps, plugins, and websites. To do this,
Click on “Edit” button in the “Apps others use” section instead.
This will bring up a screen that lists various types of information that you can disable from being shared.

THE APPS OTHERS USE

On this section, it is advisable to disable all available options. Even though all option is disabled here, your friendslist, gender, and any public information can still be seen by 3rd party, program, apps, and websites.

With big companies like Facebook, Google that generate high incomes from people’s personal data, it is better you keep monitoring how your data is been shared. Unfortunately, in some cases this could remove some of the features of a particular site that you enjoy using.

It is very important to know the risk involved in 3rd party accessing your personal data and also to know how to restrict them from having full or partial control. Please share widely so that people will be informed.

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GamingWhat Your Nintendo Switch (for Games) Can Do That You Don't Know by Omokowa(op): 2:13pm On Jun 22, 2018
Most people that uses the Nintendo switches never knew it can perform a whole lot of functions in addition to the ones they already know. I have a list of what you can do with a Nintendo switch to make life easier and much fun for you.

 Track How Long you’ve Been Playing:

When you first boot up your Switch, you won't be able to see how many hours you've spent exploring Hyrule, the New Donk City, Inkopolis, and all of the other worlds you can access with Nintendo's latest device. Be patient. After using the system for 10 days, you'll unlock the Activity Log, which keeps track of how long you've been playing each and every game on your console.

It's not a perfect system, however. While the timer is getting more and more specific, if you want to see how much time you've invested into a game, you'll have to deal with a rough estimate and not a down-to-the-second total. To get around that, some have linked their Switch to Nintendo's Parental Controls app (hopefully using the delightful instructional video), which catalogs exactly how much time users spend on the Switch every day and which games they've played. You can't break that number down by individual game, however, so there's still some guesswork involved.

Ultimately, maybe the amount of time you've been playing should remain a mystery. After all, do you really want to know how much time you wasted trying to track down that last Power Moon? Yeah, maybe not.

 Skip the User Select Screen

If you have multiple people playing on a single Switch console, the User Selection screen is very, very important. Yes, selecting a new profile every time that you boot up a game can be a hassle, but it's the only way to keep your Breath of the Wild save safe. With a separate user profile, the members of your family can start their own adventures, making your precious save files yours and yours alone.

But if you're the only person who uses your Switch, it's an extra and completely unnecessary step. Thankfully, you can turn it off, although it's easy to miss the option unless, ironically, you're managing multiple accounts. Go to System Settings, then Users, and toggle Skip Selection Screen to "on." That'll save you a couple of button presses the next time you start up a new Switch app—just make sure to turn the selection screen back on if someone wants to start a new game. Your saved games are precious, and you don't want anyone mucking 'em up.

Accept User-Made Nicknames:

Not only can you change nickname that graces your Switch profile, adding some personal flair to those Splatoon 2 match-up screens, but you can also rename the console itself. Open the System Settings, choose System, and then select the Console Nickname option. There, you can change the Switch's nickname to whatever you want. If you're struggling to come up with ideas, Switch owners on Reddit have a few recommendations.

Changing the Switch's nickname doesn't really do much, although it'll help your console stand out from the crowd when you and your Nintendo-crazy buddies get together for a multi-Switch gaming party. Still, it's your hardware. Give it a personal touch.

 Locate Lost Joy-Cons

Nintendo's Joy-Cons are great little controllers. They're surprisingly versatile, have better rumble functionality than any other controller, and handle motion controls surprisingly well.

They're also tiny. You probably won't misplace your Joy-Cons while playing the Switch in handheld mode, but if you've detached the Joy-Cons from their harness—which is the best way to play motion-control enhanced games like Super Mario Odyssey—you'll probably end up misplacing them. It's not your fault, of course. The small devices are the perfect size for getting lost between couch cushions and for disappearing underneath the stack of papers on your desk.

Nintendo knows this, and the Switch comes with a built-in solution. Choose Controllers on the main menu, select Find Controllers, and then select the appropriate Joy-Con. Wherever it is, your lost peripheral will start buzzing, making it easier to hunt down and find. The longer you press the button, the harder the Joy-Con vibrates. It's a handy feature, and if you're wondering how you'll navigate the menu if all your controllers have gone missing, don't worry—in handheld mode, the Switch's touch screen will let you move through the system just fine.

Of course, if you misplace the Switch console itself, you may have bigger problems to figure out.

Transfer Save Data between Switch Systems

This one comes with a big caveat: if your Switch is broken, you're hosed. Nintendo got many things right with the Switch, but online infrastructure isn't one of them, and there's currently no way to backup your save files online. Nintendo knows that's a problem, but right now, it doesn't have an answer. In order to transfer data between two consoles, both need to work. If one doesn't, you're out of luck.

If you have two working consoles, however, you're welcome to move data between them, ensuring that you'll always have your saved games on your preferred device. You'll need a user account linked to a global Nintendo Account on the source console, and space for a new user profile on the target machine. Once you're set up, navigate to System Settings, then Users, and then Transfer Your User and Save Data on the source machine. Go through the prompts, and select "Source Console" where appropriate. Do the same thing on the target device, but choose "Target Console" instead. Now, sign in to your Nintendo account, hit the Transfer button when it appears, and wait.

Right now, this will only help if you somehow end up with two Switch consoles. If Nintendo's 3DS line is any indication, however, Nintendo will introduce some new models at some point. When that happens, you'll be able to upgrade without losing any progress.

Use Your Joy-Pads and Pro Controller on Your Phone and Pc

There's nothing special about the wireless connection that links the Switch's controllers to the console. It's just Bluetooth. That means that you can use the Switch's palm-sized Joy-Cons or its more traditional Pro Controller on your phone or computer. Pairing the devices is easy, too. Simply set up your machine to search for a new Bluetooth device, and then hold down the sync buttons on the controllers to link everything up.

However, not every game will recognize with the Joy-Cons and the Pro Controller right off of the bat, and on your Mac or PC you might need some extra software to get all of the buttons working. Additionally, your computer will recognize the dual Joy-Cons as two separate devices. That's nice for split-screen multiplayer, but will make it hard to play games that require more than one Joy-Con's worth of buttons. Finally, Apple is picky about third-party accessories, and the Switch's controllers probably won't work with your iPhone or iPad.

While this isn't a catch-all solution, the Joy-Cons are great for retro titles and emulators, and Switch's Pro Controller is one of the best gamepads ever made. Getting everything set up can be a hassle, but it's absolutely worth it.

Browse Facebook

The Switch has a built-in web browser, but Nintendo won't let you use it (supposedly, the browser is only there for logging into public WiFi hotspots). That's fine. These days, most people have phones, computers, tablets and—in worst case scenarios—other consoles that do web browsing just fine. If you need social media access on all of your devices, however, you can use your Switch to check Facebook, thanks to a minor and completely harmless loophole.

To reach the site, go into your profile's user settings and click on the button to connect your console to your social media profiles. From there, you'll be able to link off to the main Facebook site, where you can watch videos and check your news feed. The layout can get kind of funky—this isn't a robust, well-tested, or even intentional feature—and clicking off-site links brings up error alerts. Still, if your phone is dead and you absolutely must read the latest political ramblings from confused relatives or see the newest photos of your friends' kids, it's not a terrible alternative.

Use an External Keyboard

Entering text with a gamepad sucks. It always has sucked, and it always will suck. That's why the Switch gives you another option. Like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the Switch supports external USB keyboards, although they'll only work when the console is docked with your television. Just plug the keyboard into the dock's USB port and start typing. It's not the most exciting feature, and the Switch doesn't have any games that rely heavily on text-entry (not yet, anyway), but it's there if you need it.

Use Wireless USB Headsets

Nintendo got a lot of things right with the Switch. Online multiplayer isn't one of them. If you want to join friends for a few rounds of Splatoon 2, and if you want strategize using in-game voice chat—a standard feature on almost every other modern console—you need to do everything through an app on your phone. Add in a headset and an adapter (you want to hear the game itself while you talk, after all) and things get unwieldy very, very fast.

A solution might be on the way. Officially, Nintendo hasn't said anything about streamlining its online service, but a system update that hit in late 2017 added support for wireless headsets. Journalists have tried a bunch of options, and almost all of them seem to function fine. That includes the regular old PlayStation 4 headset, which many gamers probably already have. Plug the wireless dongle into the Switch's dock and it should just work. You'll even be able to set change the headset's volume using the Switch's UI. You still can't use chat your Switch friends without resorting to a tangle of wires and a stack of accessories, but a little bit of progress is better than nothing.

Read Micro SD Cards

This is a well-documented feature, but it's also an incredibly useful one. The Switch comes with 32 gigabytes of internal memory. If that sounds like a lot, think again. Many Switch games consume over 20 gigs all by themselves. If you're buying games digitally (which is a lot easier than lugging around a bag full of cartridges when you're playing on the go), you'll run out of storage pretty fast. Even if you stick with cartridges, online patches will slowly chip away at your free space until you've got nothing left.

Thankfully, you can use micro SD cards to cram a few more games on your system. According to Nintendo's website, the Switch supports micro SD, micro SDHC, and micro SDXC formats, meaning that you can easily add up to 256 gigabytes of space to the console. You can also swap cards in and out. That means that as long as you've got a spare micro SD card of two lying around, you'll always have the space that you need. Just make sure to keep everything well organized—most micro SD cards look more or less the same, and you don't want to miss out on a great game because you can't remember which card it's installed on.

Take Videos

At launch, the Switch could only take still screenshots, but since then it's gotten the ability to capture short videos, too. If you make an interesting find in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or pull off a surprise win in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, you can immortalize the moment by holding down the Switch's capture button, which will store the past half minute's worth of gameplay to the console's drive. From there, you can go into the Switch's album and edit the clip before saving it to your micro SD card or posting it on Twitter or Facebook.

Of course, Nintendo being Nintendo, the Switch's video capture isn't perfect. The clips are only 30 seconds long, which is fine for social media but won't work for longer YouTube videos, and every game needs to implement video capture on its own. The list of Switch games that support video capture is quickly growing, but not every title supports the feature. If you play games because you like sharing your experience with others, choose wisely.

Download Games from International E-shops

Back in the old days, if you wanted to play a game that only came out in a foreign country, you'd have to mod your console and pay exorbitant fees to video game importers. Now, you can just change a few settings and download it. All you need is an extra email address and a little bit of patience.

To access the Japanese eShop from another territory—like North America, for example—simply create a brand new Nintendo account using a new email address, select "Japan" as your region, sign in, and shop away. The eShop interface will be in Japanese, but there are lots of pictures, and it shouldn't be too hard to find what you're looking for. After the game's been downloaded, you can log back into your normal account and play away. If you end up with a cartridge from a different region, don't worry. That'll work too—the Switch isn't region locked—but downloading games directly from the eShop is easier and cheaper than importing physical copies.

The Switch uses the console's native language whenever it can, so if you're playing a Japanese game with an English language option, your system should use that automatically. However, some of the biggest and best region-exclusive games, like including Monster Hunter XX, don't have English menus or subtitles, so don't throw that Japanese-to-English dictionary away quite yet. You never know when it's going to end up being useful.

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