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Facebook Freebascis have been around since last year. And it has proven to be a life saver for many people who are broke or who may be out of data and save not be able to recharge their phone. For those who haven't heard of Facebook Freebasics, this is the process whereby people are able to access their Facebook accounts through the Facebook free mode without any active data or charges. Currently, Airtel and 9mobile are the only ones in Nigeria that support Facebook Freebasics. With Facebook Freebasics, you are able update your status and engage in your regular chat with your family and friends for free. However, you will not be able to see the pictures (only profile pictures) nor will you be able to watch videos like the standard Facebook Happily a trick has been discovered on how to see photos on Facebook. But there's still no way to watch videos on it. The tutorial below contains 2 methods you can use to see your pictures on Facebook Freebasics. How

It has been reported that HMD's Nokia-branded Android phones beat Google, HTC, OnePlus, Sony, Lenovo and other manufacturers in sales over the holidays. According to TechRadar, HMD sold 4.4 million Nokia branded phones in the 4th quarter last year. Although Nokia’s  sales figures seems impressive compared to their rivals, it’s still at the bottom end of the smartphone market being 11th in terms of world marketshare. So it still has a lot of work to do to catch up to the likes of Huawei, Samsung, or even Apple. However, if the HMD branded handsets continues with its current pace after a year then maybe the sales could eclipse the 10.5 million Nokia Lumia devices that were sold during  the fourth quarter of 2014 at the height of the Windows Phone era.

Google made a significant improvement on its latest version of Chrome browser on mobile. The company made it possible for its web browser to clean up messy URLs. Whenever you want to share a long, complicated web address from your phone with your buddies, Chrome will cut off unnecessary info from the end of the address. This creates a more refined link address that doesn't look too clumsy and cluttered. You can get this new URL feature through the Chrome Share menu at the top of your browser screen.

If you just acquired a new smartphone, chances are that it comes with its own applications have been preinstalled. These are commonly known as “Bloatware” but I prefer to call them “Junkware” because most of them can be useless and annoying. Not only do they just waste storage space, but they tend to run in the background even though they are not in use, thus burning data and battery life. And the most infuriating thing about them is that they cannot be deleted or removed from the phone. They’ve just been shoved down our throats by the phone’s manufacturers and even Google. However, there’s a way to limit their power over your device to stop them from hogging your data and memory – Disable them. How can you do that? How to disable bloatwares STEP 1 Head over to your phone’s Settings and scroll down to Apps and tap on it. STEP 2 At the apps settings you will see all the apps on your phone in ascending or descending order. Select the apps you are definitely sure is a bloatware

Google has released a lightweight version of their email client app called Gmail Go. The app is available exclusively for entry-level devices that runs on Android Go, the lighter version of the Android Oreo. The Android Go was made available to OEMs with the release of Android 8.1 in December 2017. It has a lower-memory footprints and system requirements to make it easy to run apps on cheaper Android devices. Gmail Go was designed for low-memory smartphones with between 512 MB and 1 GB of RAM and it has the same features as the standard Gmail app. Like with the standard version, Gmail Go has categorized inboxes, 15 GB of cloud storage, spam filtering, and multiple account support. The only major difference is the install size. Gmail Go only has a 9.51 MB download size and a 25 MB on-device size, while the standard version has a 20.66 MB download size and 47 MB on-device size. Gmail Go may not seem to be an ideal choice for you if you are using a high-end smartphone since y

Last December, Facebook launched a new chat app called Messenger Kids app on iOS. Now the app has now been brought to Android. Messenger Kids is exclusively made for younger children (ages 6 to 12) as a way for them to safely communicate with friends and family. The app includes features like video chat, drawing tools, stickers and more. Parents have strict control over who their kids interact with over the app using their own regular Facebook app, and kids are only able to communicate with people on their parental-approved list. Facebook believes this is much safer than letting kids use other chat platforms that provide little oversight and are harder to monitor and lock down. However, the Messenger Kids app has already raised eyebrows in some quarters. Some child development experts are calling on Facebook shut down the app. They are worried that the app could affect kids learning and social development since they will be spending more time glued to their handsets than on f

Android 7.0 Nougat has been officially reported to be the most-used version of the Android mobile operating system. According to an update on Google’s developer portal, Nougat is running on 28.5 percent of devices (across both versions 7.0 and 7.1). This result narrowly edges out Android 6.0 Marshmallow to second place. Marshmallow have been holding a commanding lead in the number of devices running Android for quite some time, now it stands at 28.1 percent. As for Google’s newest Android OS, 8.0 Oreo that was released last year, just 1 1 percent of Android devices currently runs the update, leaving it in a distant sixth place. Still that's an improvement of last month when it was sitting at 0.7 percent. A major problem that Android has been dealing with is the fragmentation of devices which has been slowing down the distribution of Android updates. For Android Nougat to be making it to the top now after over a year and a half it was released clearly shows how serious this

Like Nougat before it, Android Oreo has basically taken half a year to make it to 1% mark on the number of devices running it. Last month, Oreo was just 0.7% in the distribution chart, now it is at 1.1%. In the same chart, Nougat is shown to have passed Marshmallow to become the most widely used Android version. Below are the changes that have been made in the Android distribution chart since the last update. Android 8.0/8.1 Oreo - 1.1 percent (up from 0.7) Android 7.0/7.1 Nougat - 28.5 percent (up from 26.3%) Android 6.0 Marshmallow - 28.1 percent (down from 28.6%) Android 5.0/5.1 Lollipop - 24.6 percent (down from 25.1%) Android 4.4 KitKat - 12.0 percent (down from 12.8%) Android 4.1/4.2/4.3 Jelly Bean - 5.0 percent (down from 5.3%) Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich - 0.4 percent Android 2.3 Gingerbread - 0.3 percent Since it took more than a year for Nougat to get the crown, we can expect that the latest version of Android will be no different.

Nintendo announced that they're planning to bring Mario Kart to smartphones. The all-new racing game, dubbed Mario Kart Tour, have been slated for release on Android and iOS sometime between April 2018 before March 2019. The Kyoto-based company made the announcement on Twitter saying: ‘A new mobile application is now in development: Mario Kart Tour! Releasing in the fiscal year ending in March 2019.’ Although, there’s no word now if this mobile version of Mario Kart will be free-to-play, we can assume that players will somewhat have to pay to fully enjoy the game. This assumption is based on the fact that the last Super Mario mobile game charged players ($9.99) in order to unlock all of its content. Mario is arguably one of the most popular and the most successful franchise in the history of video games. And Mario Kart Tour is the latest in the line of this classic. The game sees players race on gravity-defying tracks as their favourite characters from Nintendo’s back-

There's no doubt that we all love to use our smartphones or tablets to communicate with family and friends. This is because our mobile devices makes socializing with others convenient and easy. However, connecting with family and friends with your handset requires that you pay for data, and that in turns requires you to know the plans being offered by mobile networks. So below we have prepared a list of all the social plans from the major mobile networks. Glo, however, does not make the list since they don't have a social bundle plan. Nevertheless, you can still access the social network with their usual data plans. MTN Goodybag Social Bundles This plan only works for social media apps such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram etc. They grouped under daily, weekly and monthly plans. Daily for N25 Facebook Daily - Text FBD to 131 Twitter Daily - Text TWTD to 131 Eskimi Daily - Text ESKD to 131 2go Daily - Text 2GOD to 131 Nimbuzz Daily - Text NIMD to 1

It has been reported that Google took down over 700,000 bad Androidid apps from Play Store in 2017, which is a 70 percent increase in total removal in 2016. Google has for years been working hard towards preventing malicious apps from reaching Android users by creating numerous safeguards. And it seems the efforts are beginning to pay off. In a blog post, Google Play product manager Andrew Ahn has this to say: “Not only did we remove more bad apps, we were able to identify and act against them earlier,” He added that “99 percent of apps with abusive contents were identified and rejected before anyone could install them.” Google success in detecting and restricting bad apps has been due to their “new machine learning models and techniques.” These has played a key role in detecting abuse from likes of Copycat apps, created to impersonate popular apps in order to deceive users. Google removed thousands of these copycat apps last year. Google said they kept “tens of thousa

Welcome again! We will be reviewing 9Mobile data plans for this month. Last year we saw a lot of situations going on in 9Mobile Telecoms, previously known as Etisalat. Because of bad debts, they lost their main investors and then had to change their name. Now they are in the brink of being sold.  Nevertheless, they've done a great job in providing good network. In fact they have one of the most stable and fast network connection in the country. But unfortunately, they are also known for their unconventional high pricing of Data Plans, and their data tends to wind up quickly which have been a major turn off for many Nigerians. Still again I admit that since they changed their name, they've done a good job in providing good Internet network that is even better than the mighty Mtn. If you want to enjoy fast network connection, then I suggest that you consider carefully this article on 9mobile data plans for February as they presently have one of the most reliabl

Hi there again! I bet you are expecting to know if any of the mobile network providers in Nigeria have cut down the price of of their internet data plans. Well, we can say any have, but you can always rely on Glo Mobile to keep churning cheap data prices along with free gifts that make them the "Grandmaster of data plans".  Though Glo's network connection can at times be terrible, their data packages are currently still the cheapest compared to what other internet providers charge. And there is their never-ending free gifts, such as the 200mb free data day.  So without wasting time, let's consider the 2018 Glo Data Plans for February below. The article also contains all the plans subscriptions and codes.  GLO DATA PLANS Glo data bundles range from daily, weekly, monthly and Flexi plans to Blackberry Plans including plans for Blackberry 10 devices. The plans works perfectly well on all devices including Android smartphones, Apple iPads and iPhones, in

Posted by Chris Iteh MTN NIigeria is without a doubt the biggest mobile communication and the one with the widest coverage in the country, or as their tagline goes “Everywhere You Go”. So you can expect their network to be the best in the country. However, MTN plans can be somewhat stiff in price, and this month plans are no different. Still, the fact that MTN network has the widest coverage can save you the stress of waiting for a connection to boot up. It could also half the time you would have spent on the internet with another network that has less coverage. Not all their plans are pricey though. Some of are affordable, and even cheaper than some of the other network providers. For example, do you know with just N25 you can get 500MB to browse the web? This is in fact my favourite plan from mtn when I want to download large files on my phone cheaply. In this post, I'll be sharing with you mtn data plans for February that works for all Android devices. The pla

Welcome to February! I hope you'll have a great time this month enjoying more data as all the network providers are trying to outdo each other towards getting your subscription by doling out bonuses, increasing data volumes or even giving promos. So you can expect much this year. Let's turn our attention then to one of Nigeria's biggest network providers, Airtel.  Airtel Nigeria is currently the second biggest telecommunication service provider and company in Nigeria after MTN,with more than 40% of Nigerians are currently using the network for internet. Not only is Airtel Internet connection fast, but their data plans are very affordable and flexible for various lifestyle. it is little wonder that in some quarters they are considered the best network providers in the country. Airtel provides complete Internet packages and data bundles that are suitable for Light users, Middle users and Heavy users. Before subscribing, you should take a moment to go through