Selecting the right web development company can make or break your online presence. With thousands of agencies promising exceptional results, finding a partner that truly delivers requires understanding what separates professional developers from amateur operations. The wrong choice costs more than just money—it wastes time, damages your brand reputation, and can set your business back months or even years.
The best web development companies combine technical expertise with business understanding, creating websites that not only look impressive but also drive measurable results. They understand that modern web development extends far beyond coding, encompassing user experience design, search engine optimisation, security implementation, and ongoing maintenance strategies.
This comprehensive guide reveals exactly what to look for when choosing a web development partner, helping...
Embarking on the journey of web development can be both exciting and daunting, especially when deciding which tools and frameworks to utilize. Laravel, an open-source PHP framework, stands out for its elegant syntax, robust features, and an active community of developers.
It simplifies many development tasks that are otherwise cumbersome and complex. Whether you are a novice to the programming world or looking to sharpen your development skills, Laravel provides a solid foundation for creating high-quality web applications. Keep reading to discover the fundamentals of Laravel and how to leverage its capabilities for your projects.
Understanding Laravel: The PHP Framework for Web Artisans
Laravel stands out for its expressive syntax, designed for developers who prioritize simplicity and readability. Created by Taylor Otwell...
In today's digital age, the need to save files is undeniable. It is now a common habit to keep important files, maybe for personal or business purposes. While traditional storage devices - such as hard disks, flash drives and memory cards - have been handy storage devices for year, a new technology called Cloud Storage now provides a better and seamless way to store files.
If you are still not sure what good it will give you to move into the cloud, here are the reasons why:
Ease of access
Given that cloud storage is internet-based, accessing files is a smoother process....
Storing digital files can sometimes be a pain. What do you do when your computer runs out of storage, your file gets corrupted, or you left your flash drive just before an office presentation? These are just typical problems in traditional storage. Cloud Storage, a new form of storage over the internet that's accessible everywhere, aims to answer these problems.
Store Once, Access Everywhere
In a nutshell, cloud storage is about the internet. There are varied uses of the cloud both for personal and business use; and storage is one of them. Being a technology on the internet, cloud storage simply...
Konga.com, Nigeria's online marketplace, celebrated her best performing affiliate marketer in Lagos last week. Incidentally, the best performing affiliate partner is yours truly and our Team Lead, Paschal Okafor, was invited to Konga's Headquarters in Lagos to celebrate this achievement. NaijaTechGuide have been promoting products on Konga for about 9 months now and currently boasts of 6-figures monthly commissions (in Naira).
Like most milestone celebrations there was cake and lots of photos, but, the opportunity was also used to rub minds on how to improve the affiliate programme. Paschal Okafor was also presented with a 50,000 Naira Konga Shopping Voucher.
The...
Microsoft recently demoed a new app called the Skype Translator that offers near real-time language translation for people chatting in different languages. The Skype Translator bridges the language barrier as you no-longer need to learn a new language to communicate with people who speak a foreign language. It is a game changer with great potential in education, business, tourism, and relationships. Skype Translator will be available in beta for Windows 8 before the end of the year.
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The Future is Here
Skype translator is huge because it solves a very important problem....
Ad Dynamo, one of Africa's leading online advertising network, has added a new income stream that enables bloggers and online publishers make money by writing paid content for advertisers and brands.
The new paid content service adds to Ad Dynamo's existing earning opportunities for online publishers and bloggers like contextual advertising and sponsored tweets, which would result in increased earnings for publishers. It puts your blog in front of brands who may wish to promote their products and services to your readers.
How Paid Content Works
Making money via Ad Dynamo's Paid Content service is straight forward. Interested brands request you to...
Accor Hotels one of the world's leading hotel management groups with over 3,500 hotels in 92 countries offers hassle free hotel reservations online. Two hotel brands managed by Accor hotels are located in Lagos, one is hotel ibis with hotels in Ajao estate and Ikeja and the other is the MooreHouse (MGallery) located in Ikoyi.
Great Deals on Hotels and Travel.
So, if you will be visiting Lagos and looking for world class hotels to lodge in, you can book hotels and make reservation online at accorhotels.com.
Accor Hotels in Lagos
Here are the three hotels in Lagos under the management of Accor...
Sony is betting big on the cloud this year. The company isn't going to stop with PlayStation Now, a cloud based service for streaming games, it also announced a cloud based service that will offer TV, Video on Demand, and DVR. This service is expected to enable users stream content on devices like the PS4, PS3, PS Vita, Smart TVs, and Android devices.
Very little is known about the service. In fact, the service which was announced at CES 2014 in Las Vegas is still unnamed. Essentially the cloud based service will blend live TV from your cable with video...
Sony has finally announced the service that will enable PlayStation 4 users play PS3 games on their PS4 console. The new streaming games service called PlayStation Now (a.k.a PS Now) will enable users stream games from their PS3 library via Sony's cloud technology on their PS4, PS3, PS Vita as well as US models 2014 Sony Bravia TVs.
PlayStation Now will eventually expand to other internet connected devices allowing game play across multiple devices.
PlayStation Now enables you stream games similar to the way you stream movies. The games are stored in the cloud (Sony's Servers), so you can access them...
Yahoo has now automatically rolled out HTTPS for its mail services meeting a January 8 deadline it had set for itself last year. If you visit your Yahoo mail on mobile or PC you will notice that it is now HTTPS. The new security upgrade is available as a default and will offer improved security to Yahoo mail users.
Yahoo mail's HTTPS uses stronger 2,048-bit encryption keys to secure certificates used to protect communications between the web server and your web browser. This will make it a lot harder to decipher intercepted emails.
According to Yahoo, this new security upgrade will...
LinkedIn is a great service for professional networking. While, you can use LinkedIn via a browser, the service offers native apps for popular platforms that makes it easier for you to connect with other professionals. You can download the LinkedIn app at the official store of your platform.
Supported Devices
LinkedIn apps are available for Android, iPhone, Nokia Symbian, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Windows 8 PC. However, all phones running the listed platforms may not supported.
Download LinkedIn for your Phone
The best way to download LinkedIn is via the official store of the platform running on your device. The store is usually pre-installed...
LinkedIn is the world's leading social networking platform for professionals. Unlike most other social networking sites that are more or less for all-comers, LinkedIn is targeted on professionals and people who want to network or promote their business, skills, and job experience.
LinkedIn is a site for building your professional network. On LinkedIn you can follow the career progress of your former classmates in school and catchup with them on a professional level.
The service also enables you search for jobs and research companies you want to work for as well as get endorsements for your skills.
If you are a graduate...
Are you a video content producer or contemplating building a business around developing, publishing, and/or promoting video contents online? Africa's largest internet TV, iReportersTv offers a partnership program that enables producers of good quality video content upload, distribute, and make money from their videos.
Just upload your video, iReportersTv hosts it for free and offers you tools to help you effectively promote your videos online and pays you for every single view of the video.
How the Business Model Work
Once you signup for an iReporterTv account and create a channel, you can start uploading and publishing videos on the site. Your...
iReportersTv is an internet TV site targeted at the Nigerian and African audience. On iReportersTv, you can watch movies, music, and TV shows as well as lots of interesting, informative, and bizarre user generated videos. You can also share your videos and make money when other users watch them.
iReportersTv is designed to make it easy for you to find the videos you want, you can either use the wide and hard to miss search bar or you can click through the categories.
Current categories include movies which features lots of full length Nigerian movies further categorised according to movie genres....
JUMIA, Nigeria’s leading shopping destination and one of the main revenue streams for NaijaTechGuide, offers the best Affiliate Program in Nigeria and Africa. Jumia Affiliate Program allows you share offers on Jumia with your friends and fans and if they buy your earn a commission.
What is Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Marketing simply means the promotion of products and services sold by a merchant or service provider in return for a commission. You can also read this very Comprehensive Guide on Affiliate Marketing for more knowledge.
In my experience, the Jumia Affiliate Program is the best affiliate marketing program in Nigeria. It is...
Facebook seems to be having some problem. For the past few minutes, I have not been able to post updates either on my personal Facebook account or on my Facebook page. Reports from a few other online sources shows that I am not the only one.
A few other users have also reported not being able to login, but this is not the case with me. It is not clear what is the reason behind the issue but some are speculating server issue.
Every attempt to post an update is greeted with a message "There was a problem updating your status....
The free Skype account comes with quite a lot to satisfy most needs. You get to make free internet video and voice calls as well as chat with your friends, family, and associates worldwide. But with a Skype Premium account you get more. One of the most notable addition to Skype Premium is free group video calls, which enables video calls between up to 10 people all for free.
Group video calls is great for holding business meetings. Add the group screen sharing feature, which enables you whats on your screen with your group and is also exclusive to Skype...
Skype enables you call other Skype users free no matter where they are in the world, but what if you want to call friends and family who are not on Skype? Skype also offers cheap rates for local and international calls to mobile and landlines in over 240 countries and amongst the cheapest destinations to call on Skype are the US, UK, and China.
For 2.3 cents per minute (~ 3.68 Naira/min) you can call mobile lines and landlines in the United States on pay as you go using your Skype credit. Your call rate per minute can drop to...
Skype is a service that enables you make free voice and video internet calls as well as call and text local and international mobile and landlines at very low rates. You can download Skype free at the official store for Android, BlackBerry, iPad, iPhone, Windows Phone, Kindle Fire, and Windows 8 devices. Skype is also available for PC, Mac, and Linux devices.
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Supported Devices
Skype supports computers running Windows, Mac, or Linux as well as smartphones and tablets running Android, iOS, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone. There are also Skype-ready home phones and...
Skype is a service that enables you make free internet calls and chat on your computer, mobile phone, tablet or other devices. You can make free voice and video calls to other Skype users as well as chat and share with them all for free. For a small fee Skype also enables you make local and international calls to mobile lines and landlines worldwide at very low rates.
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Free Calls and Chat
Back in the days Skype was known as just a VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service popular for making internet...
Can't have enough of Badoo on your computer? You can also Badoo on the go on your mobile phone at m.badoo.com or download Badoo native apps for your Android or iOS devices. Badoo is a dating focused social networking service for finding new friends, chatting, and finding a date.
Supported Devices
Badoo currently offers native apps for Android and iOS based devices. You can download Badoo on all Android phones running Android 2.1 and above. iPhones and iPads running iOS 5 and newer can install the iOS native app. To access Badoo on other mobile phones, just point your mobile browser...
You need the best marketing automation software to scale your business fast and convert more leads to customers.
Marketing automation software is software tools that...
Content marketing is now a crucial part of the marketing campaign of most successful businesses. With the best content marketing tools you can supercharge...
Nigerian Nollywood movies quality has grown from the typical traditional English, Yoruba, and Igbo movies you knew in the 90’s to top-class and quality...
