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Google and Microsoft which are the two Internet Biggest Search Giants have announced measures to impede the dissemination of child abuse images online following a campaign by Prime Minister, David Cameron.
In June, Cameron called a meeting with internet firms to discuss ways of blocking images of Child Sex Abuse and to prevent children from viewing pornography online. As at then, he said internet firms were not doing all they could to remove illegal materials and prevent children from accessing legal adult content.

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Time states that this is an impossible question to answer definitively. “Android if you’re talking about market share; iOS if you mean financial success. So far, this is a strikingly different market than the PC business back in the 1990s, when market share translated directly into financial success,” according to Time Tech.
Who wins is a different question from who is going to run the market share? While Apple’s iOS earns more revenue from app downloads than Android’s Google Play marketplace, and Android currently has more users than IOS, it will be difficult to determine how the tides will turn in the future.

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Miles Jacobson reveals that 10.1 million people have illegally downloaded Football Manager in 2013 after its copy protection was cracked on 12th of May. Whilst the copy protection was circumvented by Italian warez release group CPY, they did not disable the phone home feature of the programme, meaning that Sports Interactive could track the IP addresses of those using Football Manager illegally.
Jacobson discloses that each illegal download does not equal a lost sale, the drop in activations directly after the release of the crack means that he estimates the company lost 176,000 sales, 1.74% of illegal downloads, and representing lost revenues of $3.7million.
This disclosure has discredited researches carried out by the ESA, which claimed that 200 games were being illegaly downloaded by 10 million people each month.
Insights on the country with the highest downloaders were given; China had the highest number with 3.2 million people, While Turkey has 1.05million, and Portugal 781,785. Italy, the home country of the CPY group had 547,000 illegal downloaders, as there was even more from the Vatician.


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The latest in what has become a long and costly legal campaign between Apple and Samsung according to a Reuters report from the courthouse; Apple Attorney Harold McElhinny estimated that it is owed roughly $380 million for damages while Samsung Attorney Bill Price argued that it should have to pay the Cupertino Behemoth just #52 million.
The figures come on top of the $600 million Samsung already has to pay after Judge Lucy Koh vacated about $450 million of the original award. A new jury of eight people has been assembled to determine how much more Samsung owes Apple for infringing on five patents related to the iPhone’s design and functionality.

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Samsung plans to increase the percent of all the Smartphones in Africa by 50%. Last year the number of smartphones worldwide topped one billion, and growth in emerging markets such as China, India and Africa, is expected to push the number of mobiles in usage to 10 billion by 2016. GSMA predicts that smartphones will make up 20 percent of the Africa market by 2017 as devices continue to fall in price.

Presently, the future looks bright for Samsung in Africa, after the decline of Blackberry’s popularity; many people have willingly switched to other brands. There is no doubt that Africa presently appears to be a good market for Samsung and does not seem to be unfriendly to the South Korean company in the nearest future. We must also not forget that Africa has a young population of people that are getting increasingly tech savvy and urbanized.
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Here are some tested and proven ways to get your audience going in the right direction and following you. This can be applicable for any one ranging from small businesses to big brands.

Here are some tested and proven ways to get your audience going in the right direction and following you. This can be applicable for any one ranging from small businesses to big brands.
HOW TO MARKET YOUR SMALL BUSINESS ON TWITTER1. Regularly interact on your page. You have to post announcements, provide information, show life on the page and get free Facebook likes/fans. Interact with the people who are posting, and encourage comments and pay attention.
2. Find other companies or pages that are like yours and interact with them. It does not matter if you are a corporate chain or a small independent, finding local businesses and potential customers if what this is all about. Twitter followers from other competition sites can follow you, but you have to engage. Make people aware you are there .

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Indeed Microsoft has come a long way in the Tech atmosphere and till dates still maintain her stand, and kudos must be given to the giant company for keeping Its bearing right amidst the present competition; a healthy and acceptable one.
Windows Store was launched almost one year ago, along with Windows 8. Windows Store allows users to download apps developed on modern UI on their windows 8/Windows 8.1 machines. Windows Store acquired 1.7 million downloads daily, both free and paid, in October (around 51.2 million applications totally). This is a 38.56% increase in numbers since June. This figure is flattering, however, a little poor when compared to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

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A few days ago, Joanne Bradford announced she is joining the Pinterest. Joanne Bradford is expected to step down as the president of San Francisco Chronicle by the end of the month.
“We’re thrilled to confirm that Joanne Bradford is joining Pinterest as head of partnerships, where she will be focused on both commercial and content partnerships globally,” a Pinterest spokesperson said in a statement given to Mashable.

Bradford’s new responsibilities will include “building both commercial and content partnerships globally,” according to a Pinterest spokesperson. The Chronicle reports that she will also serve as a liaison between Pinterest and the Chronicle‘s parent company, Hearst Corporation, on “developing strategic partnerships between the two companies.

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Apple, Samsung to name a few are all launching lovely and breathtaking devices, and there is no surprise as Google joins the party. The year is running to an end, and perhaps these companies think this is the best time to steal a lot of money from people’s purses. Well, they are not scared doing that, because naturally people’s want are insatiable and a lot of people do not mind spending their money on these lovely devices as much as it is worth the price.
There are solid reasons to be drawn to the Nexus 5, Google’s winner of a new handset. The “pure Android” smartphone from South Korea’s LG is thin, screaming fast and, despite weighing just under 4.6 ounces, comfortable to hold – NEW YORK
The Nexus 5’s light is at 4.59 ounces, the specs are also solid. It has a 4.95-inch 1920 x 1080 HD display that has a 445 ppi pixel density, made from Corning Gorilla Glass 3. For taking images rather than viewing them, it has a 1.3 MP front-facing cam and 8MP rear camera. There’s a 2.26 GHz Qualcomm Snadagon 800 CPU, 2 GB RAM, dual band Wi-Fi, NFC, and Bluetooth 4. It is launching in 10 countries, designed to run globally on all manner of networks.

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Thanks to Google-owned phone firm, Motorola. Motorola has announced a new project to allow users customize their Smartphone components. The project, project Ara allows users to acquire a basic phone structure and add modules such as keyboard, battery, or other sensors. Some experts are still uncertain on how big a shake-up for the mobile phone industry the customizable handsets would represent.
The project is expected to consist of an endoskeleton according to Motorola, the frame that will hold all the modules in place. “A module can be anything from a new application processor to a new display or keyboard, an extra battery, a pulse oximeter – or something not yet thought of,” the firm said. Motorola also said that it had been working on the project for more than a year.

“We want to do for hardware what the android platform has done for software – create a vibrant, third-party developer ecosystem,” the firm Motorola said.

Motorola says that this project would give many people the opportunity to decide how their phones look like, where and what is made of, how much it costs and how long it can be kept.

We need to remember that Google purchased Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion back in 2011.
Motorola has also announced it will be working with Dave Hakkens on this project. Dave Hakkens a Dutch designer who previously said he was working on a similar concept – a modular phone known as Phonebloks. Hakkens said the idea behind Phonebloks would be that any phone would become extremely upgrade-able, and any repair work that needed doing would become much easier and potentially cheaper as well.

Motorola plans to begin inviting developers to create modules in a few months’ time with a module developer’s kit launching soon afterwards.
Some have written this idea off, some even see it as another gimmick, and some even suggest it is a just a good idea on paper but it is not workable. Certainly, time will address these doubts and questions. It would be interesting to see how this idea would change the mobile phone industry if it records success. And recording success on this project would be cheering news for Motorola, and a major boost.

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Raymond Loewy Celebrated in Google DoodleStill in the spirit of celebration; we are celebrating an Icon, a Gem, One who created something which some big named Companies are thriving with, a Legacy. I’m talking about Raymond Loewy.

Everyone is born into this world but some passed through this world without creating an impact and so they left unnoticed. Still some came into this world with footprints leading to crisis and mishap, Other people came into this world bearing the name their parents gave to them on their day of christening and left without adding a feather to their Cap but a handful came into this world and have left with several colorful feathers added to their Cap. Amongst these people is Raymond Loewy.

Most of you might not know him or may not have heard about him but I bet you have seen, used and even worked with his footprint.
Raymond Loewy was nicknamed the “father of industrial design” because of his creative nature. Loewy was responsible for designing the famous Coca-Cola bottle, Lucky Strike Cigarette Packets and Logos for Exxon and Shell. He also created product designs for everything from Refrigerators to Cars, vending machines and spacecraft. Loewy’s slanderised design for an S1 steam locomotive that saw service in the eastern US forms the basis of the Google doodle.


Raymond Loewy was born in France on November 5, 1893. He emigrated to the US in 1919 after completing his engineering studies at the Universite de Paris and Ecole de Laneau. After working in New York as a Shop Window Decorator for Saks Fith Avenue and Macy’s, he drew for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Vanity Fair before moving into industrial design towards the end of the 1920s. Along with designing locomotives for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, he was responsible for vehicles such as the Hupmobile (1934) for the Hupp Motor Company and the Raymond Loewy Celebrated in Google DoodleStreamlined Greyhound Buses. He retired at the age of 87 in 1980 and returned to France where he died at his Monte Carlo residence in 1986 at the age of 92.

He once said: “The average person, leading a normal life, whether in the country, a village, a city or a metropolis is bound to be in daily contact with some of the things, services or structures in which Raymond Loewy Associates was a party during the design or planning stage”.
Today marks the 120th birthday of the “father of industrial design” therefore Google doodle sees the distinctive shroud design for K4s Pacific #3768 as the basis for the logo design – using the wheels of the train to form the word Google.

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If you find yourself in the beautiful city of Lagos in the western part of Nigeria, you would know that it is one the most populous cities in the country. Dubbed the ‘Los Angeles ‘ of Nigeria ,it sits on islands separated by creeks, such as Lagos Island, fringing the southwest mouth of Lagos Lagoon while protected from the Atlantic Ocean by long sand pits such as Bar Beach, which stretch up to 100 kilometers (62 miles) east and west of the mouth. It is the second fastest growing city in Africa and the seventh fastest growing city in the world.

5 Things you should know as a Lagos "Johnny Just Come" The beautiful city of Lagos serves as the economic and commercial hub of Nigeria, with the largest level of expenditure yearly and it also boasts as the state with the highest level of income generated yearly as well. It has a total of 20 local governments under the administration of Governor Raji Fashola and currently it is one of the safest places in Nigeria to live in. Nigeria’s LA holds the record for happenings, pump and fun-it is a city of bright lights and life. The best hangouts, clubs, spas, joints and hotels are in Lagos. Little wonder, the population of its inhabitants keeps increasing daily. However, 5 things you should know as a ‘JOHNNY JUST COME’ in Lagos are;

Never ever pay for an apartment or House unless you are sure of the owner and those in charge. Trust me those signs that read: THIS HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE means serious business.

Do not Trust a stranger with your personal information; Your Bank details and the rest.

Stay alert and be security conscious, avoid late nights alone until you are sure about the area.

Do not go against traffic rules. You are going to pay through your nose if that happens. Those guys-(LASTMA) are not joking around in Lagos.

Never ever act like a novice, you would get ripped off easily also, blend and have fun.

Get on a BRT, Have fun and enjoy the beautiful life in ‘Lasgidi’.

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Some of my favourite WordPress themes from 2012

WordPress has become a very popular platform for blogging and web design for the new online junkie. Blogging has now reached fever pitch, whether you’re blogging to air your opinions, sharing your fashion sense or a sports fans writing about your team there are many free and premium WordPress Themes to choose from. Below is a list of some of my favourite themes. I have chosen them mainly for their beauty, versatility and easy of use.

PageLines is a responsive drag-and-drop platform for professional websites based on HTML5 and CSS3. PageLines will help you do amazing things faster and easier than ever before. With lots of add-ons and built in SEO plugin PageLines is a doodle to work with.

Although Nimble comes at a wallet friendly price of $39, it is a wonderful responsive Theme from Elegant Themes great for showcasing your business products, service info, and all your content in an exciting and compelling manner. For that price you also get 79 other wonderful Themes from the crowd at Elegant Themes. You just can’t go wrong with this theme, it’s another one I find very easy to use and exciting. It has an easy to use page builder as well as a shortcode generator to help you create unique pages in minutes.

I just love Origin, another kick arse Theme from the Elegant Themes stable. This make portfolio display a walk in the park. It’s a new theme but it is the perfect solution if you are looking for a modern grid-based portfolio theme. Fully supporting localization and being SEO optimized means that you won’t have to worry about installing an additional SEO plugins or spending time looking for solutions.

SimplenBright is another theme that implements HTML5 and css3 technologies. I like it for business sites or blogs. A very colorful, shining yet clean simple theme for your portfolio or/and blog. It gives your site what I like to call the brochure feel. It offers an easy set up your portfolio items with custom page templates. A fully functional, premium html WordPress theme solution for your website.

eStore is one of my two default eCommerce themes, as it offers an elegant solution for retailer looking to display their products online. The theme is easy to configure, and offers integration options with some of the most popular (and free) eCommerce plugins, including eShop and Simple PayPal Shopping cart. I feel it also offers a real shop window feel to it.

Shelflife my other go-to eCommerce theme from the fine people at Woo Themes. A clean, e-commerce theme with a homepage dedicated to featured, popular and recent products with dedicated spaces for mini-features and promotions powered by their own custom post types, as well as a widgetized sidebar and footer regions. I like using Woo Themes because they now how to keep it simple. At $70 it’s a proper premium theme but I feel it’s worth every penny.

Zincious, a free theme with an elegant design, custom font and pixel perfect execution.This theme is great for personal blogs, tech blogs, design blogs and other related blog niches. The crafty content slider showcases your featured posts applying to focus on your readers and engage with them. It is WordPress 3.0 compliant which is packed with a robust framework for easier backend customization.Built by Padd Solutions.


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You may have heard that content is king but the truth is that informational content is king. Most websites have very little informational content on them, preferring instead to focus on driving a conversion rather than retaining traffic. To get on top of search engine rankings, you require that good old optimised content. Here are 10 steps to guide you;

1. Write great content: There is a saying that you should write for people first and search engines second. This means you should be creating really quality pieces that are useful and engaging for humans because the search engines will recognize your efforts. Write contents people want to share on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social networks. This will generate additional back links and extra traffic.

2. Get links from trusted websites to your pages: All businesses have suppliers whether they be Solicitors, Raw material providers and what have you. All these Suppliers or clients are bound to have a website, you need to contact them to arrange a link exchange: encourage them to put up a ‘client’ page on their site with a link to your website.

3. Use Visual Content: Pictures dress up your pages event though search engines do not really know how to deal with them unless you complete all the details like title, caption, alternate text, description e.t.c. don’t use this as an opportunity to cram extra few keywords onto the page because it will likely have a negative impact on your search engine ranking. 4. Diversify anchor text links: There need to be some variations in the text when one creates those blue-highlighted anchor text links. The links on the page are what the search engine spiders follow in determining your website structure. The text used are most likely considered in figuring out what a page is all about. You may also set some key phrases in bold letters. That tells the spiders which terms you’re trying to emphasize.

5. Note Word Count: Though it is a rule that online readers do not read, that doesn’t mean one has to deprive the online users of good, meaty content. Stick to at least 250 words a page. SEOs know that writing down for an appropriate length of text means being more than able to include more related terms for the target keywords.

6. Do not duplicate content: Avoid using contents that have been used on other websites, make your contents unique.

7. Title Tags: Get important keywords and try to limit the overall length of your page title. Well constructed title tags contain the main keyword for the page. It should contain less than 65 characters with no stop words such as; a, if, the, and, an, to e.t.c. your title tag should be limited to the use of alphanumeric characters, hyphens and commas.

8. Header Tags: It is important to look at the header tags on your site – h1, h2, h3, h4 and so on. H1 is the most significant. Make sure you have the most important keywords labelled as h1 tag. This will help you with ranking for your site, especially if someone is searching for that particular keyword or phrase.

9. Page Content: You definitely want to put your keywords in the contents somewhere but the object though is to make sure the content is very well written for visitors to your website. You want to insert the keywords for that page only where it makes sense. Page content should have between 300 and 700 words descriptive content that contains the keywords specified in the keywords meta tag for the page. You also want to try to optimize your URLs. Make sure to include important keywords in the URL.

10. Meta Tags: These are pieces of code behind the scene. The code should look something like this: it should be placed directly under the title tag code. <title> Your site title </title> <meta name=”description” content=”your site description” <meta name=”keywords” content=”keyword1, keyword2, keyword3” Your keywords meta tag should contain between 5-10 keywords or keywords phrases that are also found in page content. Also one more important meta tag is description tag that contains information about the page’s content so you can persuade search engine users to visit your web site. It should have 15-160 characters, remember not to stuff with keywords. With these tips you sure will have the best on your website


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s.cubedstudios Internship programme

We are seeking the most talented young people to join our team. Our 6 month internship programme provides talented individuals with an exciting opportunity to learn valuable skills and gain incredible experience working in a fast-paced and challenging environment. s.cubedstudios provides web design, social media and online marketing strategies for businesses of all sizes both in the private and public sector.

During the first month you will work across a range of areas, from Social Strategy Management, sales, Data Management, and Finance, to Marketing, PR and HR. Spending time in different areas gives you a chance to explore your interests and recognize your competencies.

For the following 5 months you will work in a specific area in order to focus your experience and gain the most from the internship. As an intern you will be assigned a mentor to support and assist you in any way necessary over the course of the programme.
Responsibilities

o Varied What Will you learn
o Gain incredible experience working on various tasks
o Build a valuable network of contacts for future career progression
o Learn to work as a part of a dynamic team

Desired skills and experience

 Entrepreneurial
 Personable and passionate
 Must be familiar with using FaceBook, twitter and other SM Platforms
 Smart
 University degree required
 Talented, strongly self-motivated
 Avid interest in technology a distinct advantage

Application process

Apply by sending your CV and cover letter to hello@scubedstudios.com.

We are seeking the most talented young people to join our team. Our 6 month internship programme provides talented individuals with an exciting opportunity to learn valuable skills and gain incredible experience working in a fast-paced and challenging environment. s.cubedstudios provides web design, social media and online marketing strategies for businesses of all sizes both in the private and public sector.

During the first month you will work across a range of areas, from Social Strategy Management, sales, Data Management, and Finance, to Marketing, PR and HR. Spending time in different areas gives you a chance to explore your interests and recognize your competencies.

For the following 5 months you will work in a specific area in order to focus your experience and gain the most from the internship. As an intern you will be assigned a mentor to support and assist you in any way necessary over the course of the programme.
Responsibilities
o Varied What Will you learn
o Gain incredible experience working on various tasks
o Build a valuable network of contacts for future career progression
o Learn to work as a part of a dynamic team

Desired skills and experience
 Entrepreneurial
 Personable and passionate
 Must be familiar with using Facebook, twitter and other SM Platforms
 Smart
 University degree required
 Talented, strongly self-motivated
 Avid interest in technology a distinct advantage

Application process
Apply by sending your CV and cover letter to hello@scubedstudios.com.

We are looking for enthusiastic over 25s with an interest in social media marketing to intern with us for 6 month. Read the attached document for more information