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Apps Cannot …Read. Read for Your Kids –Parents Group in Time Magazine Ad

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You will like this. We just saw an ad in Time Magazine by a parents group stating bolding that Apps cannot read. Yes, those Apps must still have to be read and used. The point is that while they are great, they cannot read by themselves. In other words, parents must still find ways and teach and read for their kids and basically nurture them as much as they can.

 

If you have ever thought that smartphone or tablets will do your job, you are wrong. They cannot read to junior and you have to do it yourself. Yes Apps cannot read for junior. Why? It will not even know when junior is crying or sleeping or perhaps does not need reading. In that busy world, get them to read ‘ABCD…”

 

Another level is that if junior does not learn how to read, he/she may not even know how to use the Apps. So learning to read is very important.

The Most Advertised Nigerian Brand on Facebook – 9icefaces. The Budget Is Big

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A question- who is it that is in Nigeria that has not seen 9icefaces ads in Facebook? Probably none because this company has a very big ad budget! So what do they really do?  It was not obvious without About Us. Getting any clue required signing up, and we gave up. But the fact is this, this Nigerian company is a success. Look at their numbers below:

 

Network Statistics:
152999 Activities
34597 Members
64805 Friendships
13979 Comments

 

Our only recommendation is for the owner to add About Us or just a little what one will get from signing up. It is possibly a social connection site like Facebook or any of the variants. It looks very great. Yet, we need to know before putting that email. You can search for people there. Can you link with them immediately, afterwards? Q/A is important – might be there for those that signed up to the site though.

 

Finally, the sign-up page is very complex for a company that brands itself within Facebook. The owner can pay one small programmer in Lagos to get a Facebook plugin so that people can sign up with their Facebook. Afterall, all the ads live on Facebook and it is natural that that interface is there. If they cannot find any, he should get in touch with Fasmicro (parent company of Tekedia) via and the team will quickly get it for him in less than 24 hours, at the cheapest rate possible.

 

We sincerely congratulate 9icefaces for such a successful execution and hope this will continue to inspire more tech startups. The ads budget is surely working with those statistics.

 

When Startups Fail – What Happens. A Look Into Some .Gone

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When Cuil failed, workers were not paid.

 

PC Magazine reported that on the morning of September 17, 2010 “employees were told about Cuil’s demise […] and the servers were taken offline five hours later.”Laid-off employees were told they would not be paid. The shutdown reportedly came after an acquisition agreement fell through earlier in the week.

 

Power.com went .gone few days ago, but is hanging around to sell the only important technology they have created all these years – registering power.com domain. Visit their site and they are auctioning it.

 

Of course, there are many social media sites that fail daily across Africa. Just type some old domain names and many are gone.

 

Why this post?  We received an email of someone asking us the merit of dropping out of school and starting a company. We said Hell No – complete your education. Forget about the wonders of Bill Gates, Mark of Facebook, Larry of Oracle; in Africa, it does not work. Education is still the path to prosperity and opportunities. Even those that dropped, there are hundreds that get messed up for one that succeeded.

 

Money Everywhere, But Not a Coin To Work – The Challenge of Tech Startups in Africa

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It is not easy over here – in Lagos, Accra, Nairobi and other African cities for the tech startups. Finding capital is very difficult because the people with the money do not understand how to value or price assets that cannot be touched or seen. How do you create value for something that ‘does not exist’. It is tough to tell a real estate investor in Lagos that Facebook is worth $60b when the company does not even have many physical assets.

 

But good enough, these tech firms are figuring out how to manage – there are VC or private equity firms these days and some local angel investors. (Actis invested in Pagatech Nigeria). But the main thing now is investment club – that will be the major hope since banks have not caught the fever to help tech firms. Do not blame them – it is just risky to put money in these Internet firms in Africa. If you build a real estate in Lagos or Accra, you are sure of profit. But tech firm can go .gone.

 

Yet, there is an opportunity. The crash of the stock market shows many that anything can happen. But it has not made investors to move money to tech internet firms. It is still the old industrial age assets based firms. It works easily because those assets can be sold if things go very bad.

 

Yes, we must not lose hope. All that the tech firms should do is to form a development club and work together. Work in teams and forget the ego of I did it alone. That way, you can have synergies and chances of survival will improve.

PlayStation®Network Service Outage -Caused By ‘External Intrusion’. Problem Not Resolved

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Sony just explained (updated its site) that the outage on Playstation was caused by ‘external intrusion’. This is the blog content:

 

An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.

 

Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter.

 

During this time you may:

  • Not be able to access the PlayStation®Store
  • Have difficulty signing in to the PlayStation®Network
  • Not be able to play online games
  • See a maintenance page when attempting to access the PlayStation®Network

 

Note: When you log into the PlayStation Network, a message may appear which states, “the PlayStation Network has been suspended”.  This does not mean that your account has been suspended; it simply means the PlayStation Network has been taken offline.  Please wait until the maintenance window has passed before attempting to connect to the PlayStation Network again.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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