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Google Releases Android Movie Market For UnRooted Devices

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“Google has released the Android Movie Market to Android tablets with Honeycomb 3.1 and in a few weeks for users with Froyo and Gingerbread. However Google has stipulated that the Android Movie Market will only be available to Android devices which are not rooted. So if you have a rooted Android device, don’t expect to download anything from the Android Movie Market any time soon (or at least until a workaround is found).”

 

What is Rooting?

Rooting is the process by which you regain administrative access to your phone. Even though Android is an open source operating system you still don’t have full “root access” to do what you please. Back when the iPhone launched in 2007 the hardcore techies quickly realized the true potential of the device, and the cruel software limitations that Apple had sealed it with. What became ‘Jailbreaking’ on iPhone was quickly translated to other platforms as well, and when the world saw the first Android back in 2008, the term “Rooting” was born.

How Is Your ‘LinkedIn Today’? – LinkedIn Seems To Have A Great Product

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LinkedIn, the US company that is making many investors richer, seems to have scored a huge success in the new product,  ‘LinkedIn Today’. This new product is a personalized news feed that aggregates news from around the web. What it does well is that it looks at the profile and then based on that will serve the right news content. It also looks at your professional networks, and tweeter feeds  to evaluate what could interest you and using that will make recommendations on what could possibly be your interest.

A footballer may get a lot of football news, while a banker will get more banking related publications. LinkedIn Today also allows users to personalize the story by industry.

It is evident that LinkedIn is evolving into a career company and can challenge Careerbuilder and Monster with a clean and neater interface. But it cannot rely on traffic to grow since it is not a site people must visit daily. Your professional bio does not change daily while you can have new tweets and Facebook updates, LinkedIn cannot boast of attracting you to the site daily. That is simply the reason it is adding these news aggregator that can get to help them build traffic.

Two Simple Ways To Get Your Computer Working Faster

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Now your computer is slow and you do not have the CDs to reformat it after trying many things. Most times, simply formatting the hard disk takes care of most of the problems. But not any person that can do that. So we live in the world where the PC degenerates as time passes.

 

So what do you do? You can get some helps from the web. But most cases, that can cost you more than the slow machine. Looking for such solutions is simply a harvest of malware and virus. The best place to focus is your Operating System (OS). You can do disk fragmentation and all kinds of tuneups, just to get the machine running better.

 

But these two steps will not hurt you, besides, one relates to the OS:

 

#1 Do a Registry Scan

The best company in the world now is Support. Do it and they will fix your machine. Period.  This US company will  scan, identify and fix all your registry errors. When you are done, your PC is back to life. CNET gave it a ranking of 4.5 of 5 in its efficiency on this.

If your computer is taking longer to start than it used to, there could be many reasons, ranging from too many new applications, fragmented registry to virus infections. When you install new applications on your computer, most consider themselves important and register as startup items. Over time, when you have plenty of programs installed on your computer, the list of startup items grows and increases the Windows’ start time!

RapidStart™ by Support.com® can make Windows® start faster so you can have your computer running like new again

 

Start with the free version and that will do all the magics you need to get the machine working again.

 

#2 Spyware and viruses

Get a good ant-virus to first, prevent this, and possibly clean it.  Spyware and viruses are programs that are loaded on your PC without your knowledge or permission. They  have these effects:

•   changing search default

•  web habit monitoring

•  email spam fro your inbox

•  lost of personal data and stealing

 

If you have a motherboard, perhaps, you cloned your PC yourself, the anti-virus like the one from Gafunk Ikeja distributed motherboards is just good enough. Install them and you should be fine.

 

You need to be careful when you download those files you do not know the sources. Do not just zap file from the web. Be a bit careful and you will save yourself from many troubles.

 

 

What Happened to MapNTL.com? That Web Mapping Tool That Promised To Map All Frms in Nigeria

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We just recalled one innovative idea around 2007 when one company promised to map many key areas in Nigeria on Google and Yahoo maps. Based on cache on their site (the site is no more),  “…MapNTL is an online mapping and location-based services that delivers more online maps, point-to-point driving directions and geo-spatial  searches to more businesses and consumers than any other supplier in Nigeria…”

 

From wikipedia,

MapNTL.com is a map publisher and a free online interactive map created principally for the needs of the Nigerian audience. MapNTL.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Spatial Technologies Ltd based in Ikeja Lagos business district.  MapNTL.com was created in October 2007 as a business directory with location element for businesses in Lagos and individuals who require direction from Point A to point B across Lagos and Nigeria using the Lagos street digital map and Nigerian transport highway map created by Spatial Technologies Ltd. MapNTL.com allows users to find their location, access street level maps, get driving directions and locate nearby points of interest including airports, hotels, restaurants, banks and ATMs. MapNTL.com also provides mapping services to business web sites. These include mapping, proximity searching, route finder, and local information.

 

The company founded by Ireti Ajala is no more. Who knows what happened to it? Was it a victim of the recession or what. We want to know if it changed its services or renamed itself.

 

 

The Products That Changed Zinox – Zinox Smart Star and Zinox Classmate

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It was late 2008 when Zinox signed the collaboration agreement with Intel to provide low cost, yet, quality notebooks in the Nigerian market. Little did Zinox know that it was planning a rocket take off. Zinox brands of Zinox Smart Start and Zinox Classmate have become game changers for Stan Ekeh’s company. They are meeting the needs of students, professors, students and scholars today.

 

It was that period that Zinox broke the hurdle and got admitted into the Intel Champions Club where it could do PC business in Africa and beyond. Ever since, Intel has supported and Zinox brand has improved in quality. Intel, accordingly, certified the brands.

 

While Zinox Smart has survived with its expanded versions, the classmate is no more available in the vendor’s store.

 

Zinox Smart Plus
-N270 CPU+ chipset (1.6Ghz Atom Processor)
– 10.2″ inch screen
– 1GB RAM
– 160G HDD
– WLAN
– 6 cell battery
– 1.3mega Pixel Webcam
– Laptop bag in black color – Application Software: CMPC software solution stack comprising classroom mgt, Access mgt, theft deterrent, computer mgt. (Intel); School Nigeria software, Encarta 2002, Office 2003 image, Acrobat and win zip etc.
– Operating System: Win XP Home (SP3) – ULCPC.

 

Looking at Zinox, getting that Intel’s certification was the turning point in its business. It is largely what has helped it to separate itself from Omatek. The prestige that comes with Intel partnership was enough to help it ride the public sector where we estimate more than 70% of its profits come from. None of the local PC brands are very successful in the consumer market, because, despite the local assembly, they are comparatively expensive. But through public sector, they do hit it once in a while.