Glo BUMPA is a special tariff plan from Glo Nigeria that gives users 200% bonus on airtime recharge and Data bonus on data bundle subscriptions of NGN2,000 and above. The Glo bumpa tariff plan rewards Glo prepaid subscribers with 200% (3 times) bonus on every recharge of NGN100 and above. Below is an extract from the frequently Asked question (FAQ) section of the Glo bumpa call tariff plan … [Read more...]
Why We Moved from Obasimvilla.com to 3ptechies.com
After our last post appreciating the top among our blogging pals in 2013, few messages rolled in demanding to know the real motive behind the move of “3rd Planet Techies” from obasimvilla.com to 3ptechies.com. Well, that’s exactly what I am going to explain with this short article, there are basically 2 chief reasons that instigated the move to 3ptechies.com. Image credit: google … [Read more...]
Mark (Facebook Owner) Buys all Neighbouring Houses For Privacy
Mark Zuckerberg just made an unusual purchase. Well, four purchases. Facebook's billionaire founder bought four homes surrounding his current home near Palo Alto, Mercury News reports. The houses cost him more than $30 million, including one 2,600 square-foot home that cost $14 million. (His own home is twice as large at 5,000 square-feet and cost half as much.) Larry Page made a … [Read more...]
Google Upgrades AdWords for Better Mobile Targeting …. Your thoughts ?
Google on Wednesday upgraded its AdWords program to let advertisers customize their placements on mobile by such factors as type of device, time of day and geographic proximity. The upgrade, called Enhanced Campaigns, will let business owners build a campaign while taking those factors into consideration. However, Google promises that you'll be able to manage it all in a single place. The … [Read more...]
Sad News For blackberry fans ?- No bis support on blackberry10
BlackBerry (BBRY) announced at yesterday’s launch that the new smartphones based on the BB10 platform will not support the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS). It became apparent as Rory O'Neill, Vice President of Product & Channel Marketing at BlackBerry, was answering questions related to the BIS service on the BB10 phones and on BB 7 based smartphones. O’Neill explained that the BB10 … [Read more...]
Microsoft battles pirated software as a security risk
Microsoft has launched a new anti-piracy campaign in China, which intends to highlight the security risks of buying counterfeit software. In a recent investigation, Microsoft purchased 169 PCs from shops in China and found that all were installed with pirated versions of Windows, with 91 percent of them containing malware or deliberate security vulnerabilities. "What we are finding is that … [Read more...]
Dropbox for iOS Gets a New Coat of Paint
Dropbox updated its iOS app on Friday with a whole new look and feel. The cloud-based file service -- which now boasts more than 100 million users -- has given its apps for iPhone and iPad a fresh coat of paint. While the app hasn't gained many new features, uploading content into specific folders is now more streamlined. Moreover, as Dropbox shared on its blog, users can now browse the … [Read more...]
New Chrome Extension Lets You Save Web Content to Google Drive
Google has launched a new extension for Chrome called "Save to Drive," enabling users to save web content to their Google Drive. After installing the extension, users will get an additional icon in Chrome, letting them save an image, an entire page or an image of the visible page to your Drive. Users can also save the HTML source code of a webpage or a complete webpage in web archive (.mht) … [Read more...]