The Tech Diary of an IT support geek

Top 5 Free/Cheapest Web Hosting Options for Starters

Any student and/or young netpreneur can start out with any of the top 5 free web hosting companies listed below. They are going to give you the best value for your time until you start making money from the websites and move to something really premium. Have it in mind that free web hosting companies are only great for starters and never a good environment to entrust your business. You … [Read more...]

Changing Android IMEI to Blackberry: Top 3 Methods to do it

This guide will walk you through the top 3 best and easy methods for changing your Android device's IMEI number to that of a Blackberry. This guide became necessary because our readers earnestly asked for it via our Facebook timeline post. We'll advice you backup your ROM and files before attempting the number three (3) method. Disclaimer: Changing your cell phone's International Mobile … [Read more...]

3rd Planet Techies Emerges as Winner in Top Tech Blog Award 2015

3rd Planet Techies (@3ptechies) has been listed as a winner in the Broadview Network's Top Tech Blog Award 2015. We are happy about this and would like to congratulate our readers for making this a rare possibility. We got contacted by Broadview network about their award ritual which we happily accepted to take part in. To our uttermost amazement, we got listed as a Winner in this year's top … [Read more...]

MTN MB Share: How to share your Internet Data with Friends

Here are the tips for sharing your MTN Nigeria's internet data (MB) subscription bundle with friends, colleagues or with other MTN cards on devices you own. We have previously written on how to share data bundle with friends on Airtel and Glo as well as listed the selected bundle plans where MB sharing and data transfer works flawlessly. Today's post is exclusively for MTN prepaid … [Read more...]

Monitoring Kids on Social Media: Protection or Privacy Invasion?

Modern day kids are hard to supervise because they spend most of their time on their digital gadgets. This makes it difficult for parents to actually know what’s happening in their kids’ lives. To bridge this gap, many parents turn to parental control apps. These apps enable them to keep tabs on each and every activity being performed by their children on their smartphones and … [Read more...]

How to Avoid Internet Censorship on Your Android Device

I am grateful that "the tech diary" has given me the opportunity to publish this article on their blogsite. I’ve found their page to be a great resource for information related to a wide variety of topics including technology related tips and reviews. After you’re done reading, I suggest you take a look at their post on how to block Ads in Apps and make games full Offline version in Android, as … [Read more...]

Top 6 Social Media Tools for Bloggers & SMM Managers

Social media management has become one of the core focuses for marketers today. It is one of the most effective ways for any business to get more traffic and generate new leads, and so, having an active presence on the major platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn are a necessity. Handling various networks at the same time, on the other hand, can be challenging and actually … [Read more...]

Top 3 Free Services to Monitor your Blog’s Up-Time

Your website up-time should be as important as traffic to you as a dedicated blogger. Fortunately, there are free services that lets you monitor your website's up-time and informs you whenever there's a downtime. We will share the best three (3) free tools to monitor your website's up-time as a blogger and/or internet marketer. These tools should work for your blog  (or website) irrespective … [Read more...]