LINE - THE LATEST UNLIMITED FREE CALL AND SMS APPS FOR ALL DEVICES

LINE is a new communication application that allows you to make FREE voice calls and send FREE messages
whenever and wherever you are, 24 hours a day and 7days a week!

LINE has more than 440 million users worldwide and is used in over 231 countries!




Why You Should Use Line?

==>Free Voice Calls and Video Calls. Both local and international

==>Instant Message Delivery


==>Video Call. With this app, you can make fast video calls

==>Send photos and file with ease

==>Available in all platform

Does it Support My Device?

It support Android, iPhones, Blackberry, Windows, and Nokia device at the moment.

Where Can I Download It?
For Android, download it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.naver.line.android

For iPhone, download it here https://itunes.apple.com/app/line/id443904275

For Blackberry, download it here
http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/129864/?countrycode=NG&lang=en

For Window phones, download it here
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/store/app/line/a18daaa9-9a1c-4064-91dd-794644cd88e7

For Window 8 (PC), download it here
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/line/b039ba22-c3af-45b3-aea2-83d612c9bce6

For Nokia Asha, download it here ==> http://store.ovi.com/content/359613

Don’t wait to be told that Information Technology is nothing but having current knowledge of the latest application to use when it’s needed.

HOW TO TRANSFER AIRTIME ON ETISALAT

This is one of the greatest concepts that mobile carrier providers gives quite handy to their subscribers.

On the Etisalat Network, you can transfer airtime between to customers as long as they both are making use of an Etisalat line.



The funny thing about this is that you won’t be charged for transaction fees, and it is very simple to transfer credit from one etisalat SIM to another.

How To Transfer Credit:-


Here is a code to transfer airtime between two customers on the Etisalat Network.

Simply Dial *223*PIN*Amount*MSISDN#

The MSISDN refers to the person’s Etisalat number you wish to transfer the credit to.

I’ve Forgotten My Transfer PIN, How Do I get it Back?

If you no longer remember your Etisalat Transfer PIN, simply call the customer service number and they would help you reset the PIN.


I hope this helps.

How To Transfer IPhone Text Messages To Android Phone

The rate at which people are switching from other smartphones to andriod devices will keep increasing and nothing can stop that from happening so if you also want to switch from your iOS devices to Android operating system smartphone but you are afraid you might loose your files and other stuffs then If i must say this trick is good for you. Transferring your media files, contacts, calendar to Android you would be no problem anymore. The tricky part is how to transfer your iPhone text messages to your Android smartphone.


iPhone text message formats are not Android-friendly which is why you need to convert it first to a format that your Android phone can read.






So if you’re at the edge of wanting to leave the iPhone behind but got held because you can’t find a way to transfer your messages, all you need is these few steps to make that jump.

1. Extract iPhone Messages File

First of all, we have to extract the message files. To do this, open up iTunes and connect your iPhone to your computer. On the left bar, right click your iPhone and select ‘Backup’.



Next, to locate the backup file.

• For Windows users: C://[Users]/[Username]/AppData/Roaming/Apple Computer/Mobile Sync
• For Mac OS users: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

You will see folders with random characters; open the one with the most recent timestamp. Search for file 3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28 . To make searching easier for you, just copy and paste the file name into the search box.



After locating the file, transfer it to your Android phone by copying and pasting the 3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28 file to your Android phone SD card/ storage.

2. Convert iPhone Messages to Android format

In order to start converting your iPhone messages to Android format, you need iSMS2droid.
Open iSMS2droid and tap on ‘Select iPhone SMS Database’. It will ask you to search for your iOS messages backup file. Locate and choose the 3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28 file.



You can choose to select which messages you want to load or you can choose to load all of them. The conversion will then start.

3. Restore iPhone Messages to Android Phone

After the conversion, you will need another app help restore it into your Android phone. Download SMS Backup & Restore. Open it and tap on Restore and it will direct you to the file directory   where the converted files are. Tap OK.



You can choose to restore all messages or to only restore messages from a particular date. Tap OK to start restoring. You will be asked if you want to check for duplicates of messages during the restoration process.



Upon completion, you will see the number of successful messages restored, as well as those dat cannot be restored.



Double check youur messages  in your Inbox to find all your perfectly restored messages.

Facebook Launches Free Internet App in Africa via Internet.org

Facebook has just revealed its first mobile app that will help Africans get online free via its initiative internet.org which was launched last year to help developing countries have access to cheap internet.
The initiative is first releasing its first app in Zambia, the app is currently android base, it gives free access to internet base web services totally free.
The app will allow users have access to cool internet web services like:

• Wikipedia
• Google search
• Facebook
• AccuWeather
• Go Zambia Jobs
• Kokoliko
• MAMA (Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action)
• Messenger
• WRAPP (Women’s Rights App) and
• Zambia uReport

Facebook’s boss said in his post that “Right now, only 15% of people in Zambia have access to the internet. Soon, everyone will be able to use the internet for free to find jobs, get help with reproductive health and other aspects of health, and use tools like Facebook to stay connected with the people they love.”
But currently the free internet access will be for only Airtel Africa customers in Zambia and can also be access via facebook app.
Nigerians will be waiting patiently for this awesome service.
I think Globacom will be the best company to partner with Facebook on this initiative in Nigeria, what do you guys think?

How to Allow Only Specific Android Apps to Use Internet Data

Android devices are well known to consume much internet data compared to other devices, the problem majorly is when your device consumes data and you cant really identify which application is consuming much data, because there are a lot of background applications that access your internet.

Unauthorized access to your internet data plan by background apps can be frustrating and it has multiple effects on your device, first it slows down your device as it gets online, secondly it drains your battery juice and thirdly which is the major concern here is it sucks your internet data.

Some android users when on some limited data plans will only want some specific apps to work while others still offline but this is almost impossible as even though you don’t launch some apps it still finds its way online and its so annoying, like some just want to manage their limited data on Whatsapp and BBM only.
To achieve all this

1. You should disable/restrict  background data: this is one major settings which android developers have come up with to help users manage their data. Goto Settings>Data usage click the option key and tick resists background data also there is an option below that where you can turn off background data for individual applications (this is for android 4 and above).
2. Secondly there are a lot of good third party utility apps that works magic in this aspect to control the access various apps have to the Internet.

• LostNet Firewall: This is a great app that helps you manage apps and how they get online. It has options to block an app totally or to allow it have access to the internet only when on WIFI, you can also set geolocation accessibility and doesn’t require root access.
• Android Firewall: This is a folk of the popular application Droidwall that uses iptables to limit data usage and add security to Android but was discontinued, this works great too but root access is required.
• AFWall+ (Android Firewall +): AFWall is another app in that category which tried to replace the discontinued Droidwall . Although no much success story but still does what it suppose to do but not this also requires root access.

With the above I believe android users will find it unseful in controlling the usage of their internet data plans. If you know any good app that does same please comment below so I can add it to the list for others to benefit.

How to Pay For DSTV Subscriptions and Airtel Postpaid Bills on Quickteller

I have written about this in two separate posts before -- one was for DSTV subscription and the other was for Airtel Postpaid bills. 

Unfortunately, things have changed since then. Not just that I have stopped paying for DSTV subscription and now watch CCTV (God bless China. Too bad I'm not learning Chinese). Quickteller has completely changed their site. It now looks like a Windows 8 start screen. And I like it. 

So I have to make a new relevant post, but this time I won't want to bore my readers with two separate posts with lots of repetitions. I will explain both in one straightforward post.

So let's head to the new cool Quickteller site: www.quickteller.com

Sign up, if you haven't registered on Quickteller before. And if you have, like me, then log in.

It shows me the online payments I have made on the site before.

Lemme expand the DSTV one, so you don't think I was always subscribing to the Family Bouquet.

But for you, you'll probably see nothing under "My Services". You'll be starting from scratch.

And here's how.
At the upper right side of the Quickteller site, you'll see a search box. That's what you'll use. That box will take you to any service you want to make payment for.

Let's start with DSTV subscription.
Type DSTV in the search box.

Ignore the suggestions and click search.

You'll get a result page.

1 item found: DSTV Subscription. And that's just what you need.
Click on the "DSTV Subscription" and Select the Bouquet you wanna pay for. (Compact Bouquet is identified as MINI, others still retain their regular names. Family is Family and Premium is Premium).

Click on Continue to go to the next step.
You'll be required to enter your Smart Card number, email and phone number.
Click on Continue again.

It pre-filled my email and phone number because I have provided them during registration. I just have to enter my DSTV smart card number. And click on Continue.

You'll be taken to the payment confirmation page.

Click on Pay.
You'll be taken to the payment page where you'll provide your ATM card details.

Gotcha! You were expecting to see my ATM card details, ehn? 
Enter your details and pay.

You will get a payment successful SMS and email. Call DSTV on 2703232 to inform them about your payment. It's not necessary, but I like the peace of mind it gives.


Now to Airtel Postpaid line payment. 
Type Airtel in the search box.

6 items found. Well, we only need the first item: Airtel Bill Payment (Postpaid)

Click on it.

Fill in the phone number you want to pay for, email and the amount you want to credit the phone with. I used to pay the exact bill figure I owe, but now I pay more than that so I don't get to pay every month, spending time and extra transaction charge.

Click on continue when done.

The system will pull out your name as it is on Airtel database. See how it doubled mine.

Click on Pay.

Enter your ATM details and pay.
You'll get SMS notification and email.

Welcome to the online world of convenience!