Popular messaging app, WhatsApp comes up!

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just so you are aware, the WhatsApp service has been fully restored. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7360293107441196147" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="" /></a></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIAofZX0cmeSGwXXWyXGUbGxnMHzCP5aQFNAYvDUCYl-vEMVtB8ymNEQ4insmElEJnQ9n6lwM9tJVISiEb9owqGAiw_CvcNYsQ2qv8je5oIJi4uyL6lShHNof1Wm-Qqp8SaW09ULVN0U/s1600/whatsapp+restored.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIAofZX0cmeSGwXXWyXGUbGxnMHzCP5aQFNAYvDUCYl-vEMVtB8ymNEQ4insmElEJnQ9n6lwM9tJVISiEb9owqGAiw_CvcNYsQ2qv8je5oIJi4uyL6lShHNof1Wm-Qqp8SaW09ULVN0U/s1600/whatsapp+restored.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This would be a relief to many users of WhatsApp as the popular messaging app had been down in services for some time now (over 5 hours). You may have noticed that messages where not being sent or received and this was due to some server glitch as <a href="http://www.bgr.in/news/barely-two-days-after-facebook-deal-whatsapp-goes-down-ss214/">confirmed</a> by WhatsApp to <i>BGR India</i> some time ago. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WhatsApp was just recently acquired by Facebook some days ago for a staggering $19 billion.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are experiencing issues with WhatsApp, please do well to let us know. If on the other hand, your service has been restored, also do well to inform us</span>

Popular messaging app, WhatsApp comes up!

Chuzzy 0 11:54 pm

Just so you are aware, the WhatsApp service has been fully restored.  This would be a relief to many users of WhatsApp as the popular messaging app had been down in services for some time now (over 5 hours). You may have noticed that messages where n… Read more »

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Microsoft slashes licensing fees by 70 percent

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Google was busy giving away its software for free, Microsoft was busy charging $50 (N8,280) to vendors for using Windows. I presume that is the major reason why an average Windows tablet cost more than an equivalent Android tablet. And this same reason makes it difficult for end users and consumers alike to see a cheap, basic Windows tablet. </span><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ngr9tvLniXG6vbPAB1_pDA0TUvAFKnEpQV66RiSedGFZDT8ILM2e5VfG76jr0I79fvIrsnZVe1-fr7h9GjvCw961wQyosYv_ivAIZo0K1xW3Vi0TncI6ZB-GiFkCexM4Dt-xpPfw2-w/s1600/Microsoft+Surface+with+Windows+8+Pro-580-100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Microsoft RT" border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ngr9tvLniXG6vbPAB1_pDA0TUvAFKnEpQV66RiSedGFZDT8ILM2e5VfG76jr0I79fvIrsnZVe1-fr7h9GjvCw961wQyosYv_ivAIZo0K1xW3Vi0TncI6ZB-GiFkCexM4Dt-xpPfw2-w/s1600/Microsoft+Surface+with+Windows+8+Pro-580-100.jpg" title="Microsoft RT" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Image Source: TechRadar</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Microsoft has currently decided to up their game, battling it out with Android and probably Chromebook by reducing their license fee by 70 percent for devices that cost less than $250 (N41,400). This drops the licence fee for this range of devices to $15 </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(N2500)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This price slash <i>Engadget</i> is to allow builders <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/21/microsoft-is-cutting-windows-pricing/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full" target="_blank">offer cheaper Windows tablets</a> that would compete favorably with the equivalent low end Android tablets and Chromebooks!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, the next time you see a Windows tablet worth $175 </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(N</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; line-height: 38px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">28,980</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">).</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope this move works as well as it worked for them when they used the same trick to battle out Linux with Windows XP.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/21/microsoft-is-cutting-windows-pricing/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full" target="_blank">Engadget</a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

Microsoft slashes licensing fees by 70 percent

Chuzzy 0 11:02 pm

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Facts From Facebook-WhatsApp Deal

<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a popular axiom: "If you can't beat them, join them!"</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I think Facebook has coined a new axiom, "If you can't beat them, buy them!" </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47BYnMl5mdOWf_3t3hm1eWzfe3CsbplQ9HfzDT6RPNej5PPEQdB3u46S_ddX5Htku-TRchs4IWot3ikTZ9iweoeJINDAzWniWq-uZ-hmArnd3xTM2JMvK4b8R0gWfkQpe-QBbSz7MNhQ/s1600/facebook-buys-whatsapp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="Facebook Buys WhatsApp" border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47BYnMl5mdOWf_3t3hm1eWzfe3CsbplQ9HfzDT6RPNej5PPEQdB3u46S_ddX5Htku-TRchs4IWot3ikTZ9iweoeJINDAzWniWq-uZ-hmArnd3xTM2JMvK4b8R0gWfkQpe-QBbSz7MNhQ/s1600/facebook-buys-whatsapp.jpg" title="Facebook Buys WhatsApp" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.mdgadvertising.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Image source</a></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's no longer news that Facebook has agreed to buy over WhatsApp (the <span style="line-height: 23px;">leading global communications utility)</span> for a mouth-watering, eye-popping $19 billion (N3.146 trillion). According to Bloomberg, this deal, which was confirmed by Facebook, will be made up of:</span></span><br /> <ul> <li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> $4(N662.4 billion) billion worth of cash,</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">$12(N1.987 trillion) billion worth of Facebook stocks and</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">an additional $3(N496.8 billion) billion dollars in restricted stock to be granted to WhatsApp.</span></li> </ul> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More facts about the buyout include:</span></span><ul> <li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It beats Instagram's buyout by $18 billion with Instagram deal going for about $1(N165.6 billion) billion in cash and stock!</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whatsapp has over 450 million users with analysts projecting it's growth to hit 1 billion users by 2015.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">Facebook is the leading global social-sharing utility and now, it has a significant opportunity to be the leading global communications utility.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">The purchase price is slightly higher than the market value of Sony Corp.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"><a href="http://secfilings.nasdaq.com/filingFrameset.asp?FileName=0001326801-14-000010%2Etxt&FilePath=%5C2014%5C02%5C19%5C&CoN_ame=FACEBOOK+INC&FormType=8-K&RcvdDate=2%2F19%2F2014&pdf=" target="_blank">Filing</a> of the Facebook WhatsApp deal.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">WhatsApp founders are ex-engineers of Yahoo.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If the WhatsApp deal doesn’t go through, Facebook will still have to pay WhatsApp $1 billion as breakup fee.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Though the messaging app WhatsApp is being bought by Facebook, it will continue to operate independently and maintain its own brand status.</span></li> </ul> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><div> Watch Out For More Facts From This Facebook-WhatsApp Deal.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Note: The facts listed above are in no given order and are strictly based on the author's knowledge! Feel free to inform us of any fact you think should be in the list using the comment section below or the contact form to your right!</div> </span></span></div> <br /> <br />

Facts From Facebook-WhatsApp Deal

Chuzzy 0 10:32 pm

It's a popular axiom: "If you can't beat them, join them!"Well, I think Facebook has coined a new axiom, "If you can't beat them, buy them!"  Image source It's no longer news that Facebook has agreed to buy over WhatsApp (the leading global communica… Read more »

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How To Download and Install Missing App World On Your BlackBerry

<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello there! I can imagine a lot of people giving up on getting their BlackBerry App World back on their phones after a series of trials; so I just decided to write a quick tutorial on how to get that done!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOL-kACy7A4ANzBXZaKG6YSOZawDvY_SgV2DejqFBBtJUmSMLHfbjdrq0i_6tTxjqeS_zWg5Myhg467dfWvHdQS7uxQixQ0enjdcyd63aT0oEs4X_2iW2vqiyUY7tcLQD94QAKoFyEAg/s1600/bb+world.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="BlackBerry App World" border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOL-kACy7A4ANzBXZaKG6YSOZawDvY_SgV2DejqFBBtJUmSMLHfbjdrq0i_6tTxjqeS_zWg5Myhg467dfWvHdQS7uxQixQ0enjdcyd63aT0oEs4X_2iW2vqiyUY7tcLQD94QAKoFyEAg/s1600/bb+world.png" title="BlackBerry App World" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://uk.blackberry.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Image Source</span></a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">First off, I would like to explain what BlackBerry App World is :D! BlackBerry App World (or Blackberry World; as it's <b>now</b> known for) is the storefront of the popular BlackBerry smartphones. By storefront I mean app market; like we have the Ovi Store for Nokia, PlayStore for Android, App Store for iPhone and other related iOS devices etc.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, there might be a couple reasons why the BlackBerry App World or BlackBerry World (from now henceforth, the word App World shall be used in place of BlackBerry App World and BlackBerry World) might go AWOL on your device. Some of them include</span><br /> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You where updating your App World and you suddenly lost connection... <br /> </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You just completed an OS upgrade.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some other reasons which I have not personally encountered.</span></li> </ol> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Enough of the plenty talk and let's get you a solution to your problem. If your App World has gone missing, is going missing or would go missing ;) (for any reason whatsoever); here is one of two things you might want to do:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit <a href="http://www.blackberry.com/appworld/download" target="_blank">this link</a> with your BlackBerry device to download the App World directly to your mobile device. Alternatively, you can</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit the <a href="http://uk.blackberry.com/apps/blackberry-world/download.html" target="_blank">this other link</a> with your PC, and submit your email address in the box provided, hit submit and a link to download the App World would be sent to your email. This address <u><b><span style="color: yellow;">MUST</span></b></u> be integrated with your BlackBerry device.</span></li> </ol> <span style="font-family: inherit;">That's all you need! So goodluck getting your App World back on your device. :-)</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> <br /><u>To ensure that your BlackBerry smartphone will support BlackBerry World™, it must have the following:</u></span><br /> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: inherit;">BlackBerry® Device Software v5.0 or higher (Click Options then About or Device > About Device Versions to find your software version). Learn how to update your device software.</span></li> </ol> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: inherit;">A trackpad, trackball or touch screen.</span></li> </ol> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Don't forget to share this with your friends!<br />Also, like our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/daechuzzy" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page and follow me on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/danchuzzy" target="_blank">Twitter</a> for more updates!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br />

How To Download and Install Missing App World On Your BlackBerry

Chuzzy 0 2:14 am

Hello there! I can imagine a lot of people giving up on getting their BlackBerry App World back on their phones after a series of trials; so I just decided to write a quick tutorial on how to get that done! Image Source First off, I would like to exp… Read more »

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APOLOGIES FOR NOT UPDATING

My sincere apologies go to all my esteemed readers and followers. I am really sorry for not having posted in such a long while. I actually had stopped because of my involvement at my firm during my Industrial Training period. Huhhhh??? What is this one saying???<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRn1KrNYbSKSj-HQ0tDlEwM0FHpXZVmUcQCTe03WAYxIDMRG-mr1A" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Apologies" border="0" class="irc_mut" height="200" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRn1KrNYbSKSj-HQ0tDlEwM0FHpXZVmUcQCTe03WAYxIDMRG-mr1A" style="margin-top: 86px;" title="Apologies" width="171" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/ethel/home/saying-sorry-and-accepting-an-apology/" target="_blank">Image Souce</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <br /> Okay, lemme explain properly. As some of you may know already, I am a student. I recently just concluded my Industrial Training (or Attachment) which I began sometime last year. The experience, to God's glory and praise, was very educative and enlightening as it granted me more insight into the tenets, principles and practices of my discipline. But taking a "French leave" was not and never my intention though I did finally take one and I SINCERELY apologize for not posting these few months.<br /> <br /> I hope y'all forgive me already???<br /> <br /> Well, I am fully back and I promise to be regular from today henceforth.<br /> <br /> I want to use this opportunity to appreciate all of you who have been there despite my absence; those who asked about my welfare; and for the concern y'all showed. I am really very grateful and I promise not to let you down.<br /> <br /> Thanks again for sticking around and God bless!!!

APOLOGIES FOR NOT UPDATING

Chuzzy 1 12:38 am

My sincere apologies go to all my esteemed readers and followers. I am really sorry for not having posted in such a long while. I actually had stopped because of my involvement at my firm during my Industrial Training period. Huhhhh??? What is this o… Read more »

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