NCC to embark on nationwide raid of MP3 dealers, says DG

Abuja – The Director- General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission(NCC), Mr Afam Ezekude says the commission will soon embark on a nationwide raid of MP3 dealers and outlets across Nigeria. Ezekude who spoke in Abuja on Friday, said; “we are set to clamp down heavily on pirates who deal in MP3 across the country’’.

 “It is a relatively new form of piracy, and it will no longer be business as usually for people who download and sell other people’s music using the MP3. “This anti-piracy raid on MP3 will state in major cities known to be piracy hubs across the six geo-political zones,” Ezekude said. According to him, the planned invasion of MP3 dealers is to further reaffirm the commission’s zero tolerance stand against piracy in all its forms. He added that the commission was conducting anti-piracy surveillance exercises across major markets and streets within some cities. “Alaba is the hub of piracy in Lagos, so the commissions operations in the South West will be focused on the market within this period.

 “Other towns such as Ilorin, Ibadan, Yola, Kaduna, Enugu, Benin City, as well as the Federal Capital Territory will also be checked,’’ he noted. Ezekude stated that the raid would serve as a warning to those planning to venture into MP3 business that it was no longer a lucrative venture. “The era in which pirates enrich themselves through fake products, thereby undermining the sales and distribution of legitimate products is over,” he warned.

He also commended other enforcement agencies, especially the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Customs Service for their collaborative roles in the commission’s fight against piracy. NAN reports that MP3, short for MPEG-1 Layer 3, is a compression standard that can compress music files, while maintaining the same quality. It is this great decrease in size that has attracted the attention of many pirates. With an average modem, it only takes a few minutes to download a song.

This type of device comes in the form of a car stereo, a portable discman type device, and a home entertainment device which will also play DVDs. While the MP3 compression technology is not illegal, the distribution of MP3 files without the copyright owners consent is a violation of the copyright law. 

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Top 10 Most Dangerous and Extreme Railways in the WORLD

This will amaze you see the Incredible Lifestyle of 10 Most Dangerous and Extreme Railways in the WORLD... Yes for those of you that have not seen this may surprise you. take a look at them below:

1. Maeklong Railway Market, Thailand 

2.Burma Railway, Thailand 

3. Nariz Del Diablo Railway 

4. Rameshwaram Paman Bridge, India Rameshwaram Bridge Open for a Ship Crossing 

 

5. White Pass and Yukon Route, Alaska 

6. Pilatus Railway, Switzerland 

7. Kuranda Railway, Australia 

8. Argo Gede Train Railroad, Indonesia 

9. Tren Alas Nubes 

10. Georgetown Loop Railroad, Colorado

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Facebook Launches Free Internet Browsing In Nigeria (See How)

Internet giants, Facebook in collaboration with Airtel, have launched Internet.org Free Basics, a free internet browsing app in Nigeria.  Free Basics is an initiative by Facebook and several other partner companies to deliver zero-rated internet services to the 4 billion-odd people still offline. Facebook reaches out to local telcos and get them to zero-rate certain sites and services that meet Facebook’s criteria.  

Mark Zuckerberg

“Free Basics offers Nigerians, including 90 million people who are currently offline, the opportunity to access news, health information and services like Jobberman that were built by Nigerians and other developers across West Africa — all without having to pay for data,” Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg said.  Airtel is Facebook’s telecoms partner in Nigeria. As a result, Nigeria will now 37 countries with Free Basic-activated countries.  “We’re pleased to take this big step forward in our partnership with Facebook, bringing more people online in Africa’s most populous country and helping to further narrow the digital divide,” said Airtel Africa CEO, Christian de Faria about the partnership

Critics, some of whom have organized under the banner of “savetheinternet. in” say that the internet.org offers neither the entire internet, nor is it a charitable organization, for which .org domain names are usually used. Facebook responded by changing the name of the service in 2015 to “Free Basics”.

Moreover, the critics argue that if Indians and other poor-world internet internet users spend the vast majority of their time within Facebook’s walled garden, that would force other businesses to set up shop on Facebook rather than on their own websites or elsewhere on the internet. This would give Facebook enormous power over competitors and indeed over the internet.

 There is some evidence to show their fears are not unfounded: a survey last year found that millions of Facebook users in the poor world don’t realize they are actually using the internet. Facebook’s critics succeeded in getting Facebook to open up access to Free Basics.    The new regime allows any business, including competitors, apply to join if they meet certain technical requirements.

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Photo: See The World Longest Car

The American Dream Limo is owned by car collector and designer Jay Ohrberg of Burbank,California,USA.It is considered as the world longest Car. It has a Swimming Pool,a Helipad and more

Jay Ohrberg designed his monster limo himself and now hires it out through his hire car company.

The 30.5 m or 100 ft long limo with 26 wheels has many features including a swimming pool with diving board and a king-sized water bed. It is specially designed to drive as a rigid vehicle or it can be changed to bend in the middle. 

 

Even it has two driver’s compartments one at each end to help whilits back which allows easily the landing of helicopter. There is also a satellite dish on its top.

Checkout some photos of the car

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Top 4 Free Tools For SMEs Owners - An SEO Guide

The amount of tools that we see launching and developing for not only bloggers or webmaster, but also small business and their owners.

Small business owners have a tough job — long hours, uncertainty, taking risks with the hope of rewards. Fortunately, there are countless tools, applications, and software platforms available to help make things easier for people who own or run a small business.

Whether you plan on keeping your business small, want to see more profits, or need to expand in size and scope — these essential tools will help you build, manage, and guide your business on the path to success.

1. Google Analytics

This could potentially be the most overlooked marketing tool that any new or established small business should have. There are plenty of rumours that Google uses Analytics data to rank your website, but whether that is true or not, we are likely to never find out.

Google might say it’s not so, but it very well could be, the huge volume of sites that use Analytics would make it that much easier to make a user friendly search engine.

Google Analytics is free, easy to install on your website, and will give you invaluable insight into how your website is performing and what customers are doing while interacting with your site.

2. MailChimp

Mailchimp is an online email-marketing platform that is easy to use and packed with features. Use it to create, send, and track email-marketing campaigns. You can also manage contacts and segment your customer lists, create automated emails for added efficiency, and measure results with detailed reports to improve success.

This isn’t the only email subscription service/tool out there, there are plenty of others, like AWeber, but I clearly prefer MailChimp, especially because of the free option it offers to new users. Anything up to 2,000 subscribers and 12,000 emails per month is completely free of charge. This is a great offer than any small business should take advantage off – straight away!

You can let your subscribers know about new posts by utilized the Feedburner mail function, like I do on my subscribe page, and the rest of the content, like product launches and new offers can easily be sent through MailChimp – to people who signed up for such news in the first place.

10,000 email subscribers with unlimited emails is only going to cost you $80/per month. Incredible value for one of the greatest email list services out there.

3. Populr

Populr is a service that offers creation of single pages, which we might otherwise know as landing pages. The ideas is that you can create a page for literally anything and point your domain to it. This would be best used when you are preparing to launch a new product, and through Populr you can create an amazing and professionally looking page that will help people understand everything about what you do and your businesses vision.

Things like analytics and pre-made designs come integrated into the service, and with the free plan you will be able to:

1. Unlimited Published Pages
2. Point 3 domains at your account
3. Drag and Drop Editing
4. Sharing
5. Collaboration
6. Video Recording
7. 12MB Document Limit
8. Prominent Populr branding

Paid upgrades will let you allocate teams and integrate other analytics solutions like Google Analytics, and of course increased space and sharing limit for documents. Give it a try and see how you like it, it’s free!

3. Analytics SEO

One of the most sought after tools out there, are the ones that help you track your rankings on search engines and across the web. Analytics SEO is kind enough to offer a free plan to anyone who is interested.

It’s of course, not a whole lot to play with, but like I said, the tiny amounts can help us test the waters and see for ourselves if the tool we are using is something we’d like to invest our money into.

It’s actually a great business plan and is much nicer than to have a 30Day Trial that simply ends and you cannot gain access to it anymore, not if you don’t pay for it.

I think I have covered most of what I wanted to cover. These really are the tools you should be looking to invest your time into, in order to see what your business might be missing.

It’s all about statistics, analytics and engaging customers these days. Having to do those tasks all by yourself can become incredibly time consuming and stressful to say the least.

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Activate Airtel Weekend Data Budle for N100 and Get 1 GB

The Telecommunication Network  AIRTEL Nigeria has just introduced weekend data bundle rate at 1024mb (1GB) for only  #100

How to Activate
Simply Dial *474*1# to activate!
And Dial *140# to check data. It can be use only on weekends (Friday – Sunday).
You can use it to download and stream online videos.
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MTN Unlimited Free Browsing Updated (See Configuration)

Don't use this package for downloading while using the free server.  But if you still want to download unlimitedly then you will have to upgrade to a premium account.  Just follow the simple steps and you are good to GO

• Go to your play store and and search for “VPN Over DNS” and download it.  
• Use your default phone settings..  After that open ur SLOW DNS and set as follow:  
• Disregard first and second box, move to third box and select any free server of your choice  > on the forth box you will see something of this nature <<> delete it and input this IP 10.109.5.97  > tick on “Keep changing source port”
• tick on “Binary Query” and connect. 
• after that wait… for proper authentication…. and client configuration… Once it connects you are good.  Just continue surfing but don’t download, unless u have a premium account. Good luck

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NCC Gives MTN Nigeria A deadline On 16 November to Pay N1.4 trillion

As the controversy over the N1.4 trillion fine on MTN lingers, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given MTN Nigeria a deadline of 16 November to pay the fine imposed on it for failing to register the personal details of 5.1 million subscribers. 

This deadline is coming after the South Africa’s
stock exchange, JSE Ltd, launched an investigation into the timing of the operator’s announcement of its penalty. 

According to a report, the spokesman for the Nigerian Communications Commission, the country’s telecoms watchdog, was quoted as saying that the outcome of the discussion may affect the date.  A statement by MTN said its CEO is still in talks with the Nigerian authorities and its senior management and advisers also talking to JSE, after the announcement of the fine knocked around 20 percent off the company’s stock price.  ‘‘That’s why they are having the discussion so that they can reach a solution,” the spokesperson said.  The report also said Nigeria’s presidency and internal security agency are involved in the talks. 

As for the JSE probe, the head of the regulatory division, Andre Visser, said “the investigation will follow due process to establish whether there have been any breaches of the listings requirements and can be a lengthy process.”  Under South African capital markets rules, companies are required to immediately warn shareholders of price-sensitive information.  Meanwhile, Fitch Ratings has revised MTN Group’s outlook to negative, owing “to the risk of a significant cash outflow due to a substantial fine imposed on MTN’s Nigerian operations, which could increase leverage and pressure MTN’s credit metrics.”

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Nigerian Man Construct Car With Fibre, Straw - (See Photos)

Nigerian Ingenious man construct car with fibre straw, this is more than creativity. See all photos below

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MTN Free Browsing: Brows Unlimited with Your MTN Sim

follow the steps for the latest Mtn free browsing Cheats 

1. Get a newly registered MTN sim 

2. First, migrate to MTNiPulse with *406# 

3. Now, dial this code *131*5*1# you will receive a message welcoming you to Happy Hour stuff.. 

Insert your SIM into your modem or phone and start browsing

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Get Free 1Gb On Your Etisalat Sim (SEE HOW)

Get 1GB Etisalat for Free
Tweak this imei @

353709060973426
After successful tweaking…
Go to your message and write

DATA to 8186

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*8186#
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Latest: You can now back up your files on Google Drive straight from the WhatsApp

This new feature will give users the ability to create private backups of their chat history, voice messages, photos, and videos in Google Drive
Various media reports have revealed that WhatsApp and Google are partnering to bring Google Drive support to the instant messaging service.

Screenshot of the new Whatsapp update. (thenextweb.com)

This new feature will give users the ability to create private backups of their chat history, voice messages, photos, and videos in Google Drive to help keep data for later use.

The data which is backed up will be encrypted on the drive, and can be restored on any device the users pleases.

Whatsapp call feature
(techpoint)

Techloy reports that Google has said that the new feature has already started rolling out to users of the WhatsApp service but could take a few months to reach the about 1 billion users of the WhatsApp service

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MTN offers free incoming calls ( Click to Get Yours Now)

MTN has announced free incoming calls and SMS while roaming in 15 countries across the world.
The countries are: United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Netherlands and Belgium.

Others are: Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kenya and Ghana.
Announcing the offer, the General Manager, Consumer Marketing, MTN Nigeria, Richard Iweanoge, said the offer is an affirmation of MTN’s leadership in innovative provisions that aptly satisfy the need of its subscribers anywhere across the globe.

‘’This new offer which allows for free incoming calls, is a solution introduced to address issues of high cost of receiving calls whenever our esteemed subscribers travel out of the country. Driven by world class technology, this package will afford our subscribers an opportunity to constantly communicate with friends, families and business associates whenever they are on international trips, ‘’ he said.

According to him, this service requires no registration as the customers’ MTN SIM connects when they switch on their phones at any selected destinations, if they have phones and gadgets that allow roaming.
To benefit from the offering, he said MTN customers were expected to recharge with a minimum of N2000 (cumulatively or as a single recharge) within the same month of travel or spend N2000 or more the previous month before travelling. Post-paid customers, who have a credit limit of N2, 000 and above, will automatically enjoy the offer.

While the new package will afford subscribers on the MTN network an opportunity to enjoy free incoming calls and SMS in 15 selected countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, subscribers will also be able to make calls for as low as N60 per minute whenever they are in these selected countries.

Over the years, MTN has being at the forefront of seeking innovative ways of meeting its subscribers’ needs to enable them stay connected to their friends

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LG Nexus 5 2015 Reportedly Launching On September 29

 A South Korean media publication claims that the Nexus 5 (2015) is being lined up for a launch on September 29. With that said, the Huawei-made Nexus has gone missing from the report, presenting no details regarding the launch date of the device.

If the report holds true, we are only a month away from getting our hands on the new Nexus 5 (2015), although it looks unlikely, given Google’s past record of launching its Nexus flagship devices. Over the past few years, Google has rolled out its Nexus device in late-October. While the source remains anonymous, most fingers point towards the same person who predicted the correct launch date for the LG Nexus 5 in 2013.

Nexus 5 (2015) reportedly has a 5.2-inch screen and measures 146.9 x 72.9 x 8/9.8 mm. A Quad HD resolution is said to be in the offering, with 1440 x 2560 pixels. Under the hood, the device has a hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor, along with Adreno 418 GPU, complementing 3GB worth of LPDDR3 RAM.

The device is said be equipped with a 13MP camera, along with optical image stabilization. A 5MP front-facing camera is set to feature alongside a fingerprint sensor. The device should operate on the new Android 6.0 Marshmallow that should be ready by the time the device gets its finishing touches.
This comes in after images of the alleged LG Nexus 5 (2015) were leaked earlier this week by the Steve Hammerstoffer, the man behind the Twitter account @OnLeaks. Mr. Hammerstoffer is widely regarded as the most reliable source when it comes to leaked news, having a near-perfect track record.
September may be well a festive period for smartphone lovers, given the number of events lined up. The major attractions will be the IFA 2015 in Berlin, the Apple Event, the launch of iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus. Apart from this, we expect to see Sony, Huawei, and a few other companies to launch a few devices.
Source: technewstoday

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Samsung Unveils Two New Smart Phone: Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note5.

Samsung on Thursday unveiled two new devices, the Galaxy S6 edge+ and the Galaxy Note5.

The smartphones reportedly will be available in the United States starting Aug. 21.
Samsung also announced its NFC mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, will launch in the United States Sept. 28.

The Note5 reportedly incorporates many of the Galaxy S6's features and design elements. It has a glass front and rear, a solid metal frame, a fast octacore Samsung Exynos processor and a high-quality camera.

Unlike earlier versions of the Note, however, the Note5 has a fixed battery, and it no longer supports microSD cards.
These changes may not be a problem for consumers, but "you'll probably hear an uproar from the tech community," said Tuong Nguyen, a principal analyst at Gartner.
"You're getting rid of the phone in two years anyway, so who cares? People are comfortable with upgrading to the latest and greatest device because product releases are so frequent," he told TechNewsWorld.

Specs for the Galaxies

The Note5 is slightly larger and heavier than the S6 edge+. Both have the Exynos octacore 64-bit processor and 4 GB of RAM. They also both have a 5.7-inch Quad HD Super Amoled 2,560 x 1,440 screen with 518 ppi resolution -- but only the S6 edge+ has a dual-edge screen.

Both devices have a 16-MP OIS rear camera and a 5-MP front camera with a focal length of 1.9.
They use a 3,000 mAh battery that offers fast wired and wireless charging.
Both devices offer 4K video filming and let users live-stream YouTube videos in full HD to any smartphone, tablet, PC or smart TV.

Power and Price

One of the most frequently voiced complaints about Samsung smartphones is that they are power guzzlers, but the new models might just resolve that issue.
The Exynos processor uses Samsung's latest 14nm FinFET process and "goes a long way to reduce power consumption," said Wayne Lam, a principal analyst at IHS.
However, the Note5 and S6 edge+ "are still large and relatively expensive," Lam told TechNewsWorld, "definitely more expensive than the base model iPhone 6 Plus, based on pricing I've seen from AT&T."

Taking On Mobile Payments

Both the S6 edge+ and the Note5 support NFC and Samsung-owned LoopPay's magnetic secure transmission.
That combination means Samsung Pay will not be restricted to NFC point-of-sale terminals, as MST will work with any POS terminal.
Samsung reportedly will run an invitation-only beta of its mobile payment technology in the U.S. later this month, and it will fully launch the service Sept. 28.
Samsung Pay initially will run only on the S6 edge+ and Note5. Samsung reportedly will release a free software update for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge later this month.

Nibbling at Apple

The release of the new Samsung phones "is clearly a preemptive move to capture as much attention and press as possible before Apple releases the update to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus," Lam said.
Apple's unveiling is expected next month.
Samsung's Note line "has suffered in the past year with the overwhelming success of the iPhone 6 Plus," Lam observed, and the new devices "are aimed squarely at taking back the market leadership [Samsung] established on large format smartphones."
The Note5 and S6 edge+ are both available in 32-GB and 64-GB versions.
"There's an opportunity for 128-GB models for both devices, but that's not in Samsung's strategy for now," said Jeff Orr, a senior practice director at ABI Research.
"It's a different Samsung now," he told TechNewsWorld.
"They no longer go make a product for a niche market, knowing full well they'll have to cut back at some point," he said. "They don't want to be everything to everyone but want to maintain their brand and their products, and deliver on continuous innovation."

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Airtel: Get Free 1GB on Your Airtel Sim

Firstly send s356241060598734 to 232  to get welcome Message…
After that  tweak this imei via 356241060598734
After that Send Join to 141
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Dial *123*133# to check the data balance

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Flying Car: Never Get Stuked in the Traffic Jam Again - See Photos

Have you been waiting for that flying car that was promised to you years ago? Wait no longer, the future is here. With the AeroMobil you can fly to work and park in the parking garage without you waiting for the traffic. below are the photos of the flying car.

Never get stuck in the traffic jam again, as the features are now in our door steps. Tell us how do you see this new innovation?

 

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