Went shopping for an Air Conditioning (AC) unit recently. I had my specifications in mind - budget basic function, split unit, with Low voltage start. Overtime, i have come to have a preference for LG products, so it was the brand's boot i visited first when i visited Cash N Carry, Ikota Shopping Complex, Near…

In financial circles, there is something called the "true interest rate". This is the actual interest rate charged by your bank or financial institution  - as opposed to the interest rate you perceive you are being charged - which is, often, far removed from reality. Mobile phones are getting bigger. It is rare for a…

The China Commercial Times reports that Google has placed hardware orders with Taiwanese manufacturers Compal Electronics and Wintek to produce a Chromebook with a 12.85-inch touch display. Could this be the start of Google merging Android and Chrome OS? Chromebooks are lightweight laptop and desktop devices that use the Chrome Web browser for their primary…

Last weekend, i decided to backup the downloads i had acquired over the few months i last did a back up. I also intended to rummage through my 25,000+ mp3 music files in response to a request. Less than half way through my backups, my 1.5 TeraByte Western Digital External Hard Drive suddenly spluttered and…

There are now a good number of mobile OS out there, with many still considered as not more than lab experiments. The likes of Jolla and Tizen fits this description perfectly. Jolla, in particular, has a tall order of competing with Research In Motion’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 OS, as well as the latest version of…

Recently, one of Nigeria’s four GSM Service Providers, Etisalat Nigeria, rolled out a unique bundle offering  called EasyFlex. In this offering, you get to choose a bundle comprising of Short Messaging Service (SMS), voice and data services. For N1000, one of the plans offer you 100 minutes of talk time to any local network, 100…

Getting information from the World Wide Web can be likened to the proverbial "searching for needles in a haystack". However, when you fail to find the information you need on the internet, it is usually one of two things: either the search engine or search parameters used are defective. the much unlikely instance that the…

Buying the right routers has never been more difficult. Be warned! Wifi routers are not usually just a buy, plug and play affair. Businesses often spend thousands of dollars to hire wireless networking professionals to perform site surveys to determine the best equipment and means to deploy a wireless network. However, our focus - the home…

An elaborate Twitter scam involving a sensational tweet about Barack Obama has been detected. This scam lures its victims with a promise of a video showing president Barack Obama punching a man for cursing him, leads them to a fake facebook page where it steals their Twitter credentials, and closes the deal by enticing them…

Looking at most OS in this modern era, i tend to see more of similarities than differences. When sometimes i stumble on blogs where you have people banging each other out about the superiority of a particular OS over another - Apple haters on one side, Android fans or Microsoft bashers on the other -…

Microsoft has designed Windows 8 to be "touched" to get the best user experience. Already, hardware manufacturers are trying to outdo themselves, bringing out different beautiful laptop designs to give you this wonderful experience. Working from a laptop that does not have touchscreen, there are still ways you can enjoy this wonderful Windows Operating System.…

Music Maker Jam is a music app supported by normal Windows 8 PCs and also the Windows 8 ARM tablets. It is probably my best app on that OS platform - for now. Great for amateurs and probably pros alike, it makes music creation a whole lot of fun. The app allows you to easily create audio…