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  • 10 Reasons Why Samsung Galaxy S4 Blots out the iPhone 5

    10 Reasons Why Samsung Galaxy S4 Blots out the iPhone 5

    The Smartphone industry is taking waves with the battle between Samsung S4 and iPhone 5. The latter took the mobile industry arena as the unbeatable mobile technology in the market until the emergence of the Samsung S4. Now, Apple finds its greatest competitor for the best Smartphone technology there is in the mobile industry arena.…

  • Easiest Way to Root Samsung Android Phones Without a PC

    Easiest Way to Root Samsung Android Phones Without a PC

    Just today, I decided to restore my Samsung Galaxy SII to factory settings and start all over. Lots of things went wrong with the phone and I thought wiping the thing should be the perfect solution. I did and lost root access. I initially rooted the phone by flashing a rooted stock firmware with ODIN.…

  • Dim Your Android Phone Screen Brightness Below Minimum Settings

    Dim Your Android Phone Screen Brightness Below Minimum Settings

    When you spend long hours working on your PC, it’s only safe that you set the screen brightness to the barest minimum to avoid doing any hidden damage to your eyes. Over the years, I’ve learned to set the screen brightness on my gadgets to minimum except during the day or  in sunlight when it…

  • The Best Android Jelly Bean Phones in the Market

    The Best Android Jelly Bean Phones in the Market

    Representing the newest release for Android, Jelly Bean has received two key updates, and is now at version 4.2.1. Available since last November, Jelly Bean has been specifically designed to offer much faster browsing and a slicker interface for smartphone and tablet users.  Jelly Bean is particularly effective at reducing buffering and making smartphones run…

  • 10 Must-have Apps for your New Android Device

    10 Must-have Apps for your New Android Device

    Over the last few weeks, I’ve been busy loading up my Samsung Galaxy SII with all sort of applications; useless ones I’m never gonna need and some very important ones. Some of these apps will work quite well on non-rooted Android devices and some need root access to fully function. I consider them what every…

  • Android Tweaker (Best App for Modifications on Android OS)

    Android Tweaker (Best App for Modifications on Android OS)

    One great thing about rooting your Android OS is the freedom to customize it to your taste and add modifications at will. With root access to your system folders, it’s pretty easy to modify and replace default functions and even add more. However, this can be quite technical at times and doing it wrongly may…

  • How to Run Firefox OS On your Windows PC

    How to Run Firefox OS On your Windows PC

    It was reported last year that Mozilla was ready to launch it’s own HTML5 based mobile operating system, Firefox OS. It was speculated that it may be a major competitor for Android OS and iOS but considering the the fact that it’s main targets are emerging markets and it’s more or less a low-end smartphone,…

  • Custom Mobile Apps: What your Customers are Looking for?

    Custom Mobile Apps: What your Customers are Looking for?

    One of the main factors, that drive the sales of mobile apps, is the target audience or the end-users. This is why it is important for the professionals who develop custom mobile apps to focus on their customers’ needs and address those needs with perfection. This will guarantee them successful apps and eventually, increase their…

  • Why Cloud Hosting Alone is not Enough for Large Enterprises

    Why Cloud Hosting Alone is not Enough for Large Enterprises

    Cloud hosting has taken off in a big way in the last few years and has helped to make many businesses both more innovative and more efficient. But is hosting your files in the cloud enough or should businesses be going one step further? Well, many experts believe companies and especially large organisations need to…

  • Best 10 Image Editing Apps for iPhone / iPad / iPod touch (Free & Paid)

    Best 10 Image Editing Apps for iPhone / iPad / iPod touch (Free & Paid)

    To a lot of people, a smartphone does most of the things they’re supposed to do on their personal computers. I, for example, use my iPhone for gaming (something I hardly do when I’m on PC), taking pictures and editing photos, organizing my calender and much more. Even if you don’t use all the functions…

  • The Story of Blackberry Mania in Nigeria

    The Story of Blackberry Mania in Nigeria

    The Canadian company Research in Motion (RIM) introduced their leading mobile device Blackberry into the Nigerian market in 2006. Since then, the nation as well as Africa has taken fancy to the device. Within the first three years, the phone earned a premium image becoming a status symbol amongst the masses. Today when the rest…

  • Top 5 Alternative Chat Apps to Blackberry Messenger

    Top 5 Alternative Chat Apps to Blackberry Messenger

    The whole future of Blackberry seems to depend on Blackberry 10 which some analysts already predicted to be a major failure. The best thing about Blackberry that makes some people still go for it is the so-called security and BBM. Blackberry messenger remains the major reason lots of people still buy this smartphone and for…