Every time a million people stream the same football match, mobile networks waste bandwidth by sending a million separate copies of the same video. Broadcast towers solved this problem decades ago by sending one signal that any receiver in range can pick up. 5G Broadcast is the attempt to bring that one-to-many efficiency into the cellular world, so a single transmission can serve a whole neighborhood, stadium, or apartment block.
The idea is finally leaving the lab. Commercial receivers, government rollouts, and new reliability research all landed within the past year. Here's what the technology actually is, where the confusing terminology trips people up, and how close it really is to replacing cable.
Unicast versus Multicast
Normal mobile data is unicast, offering one...
Nigeria's social media growth industry runs on infrastructure most users never see. Behind every follower, like, or view delivered through an SMM panel sits a technical system deciding how that engagement actually gets sourced, processed, and delivered. For developers and resellers building on top of these platforms, understanding that infrastructure matters as much as the storefront itself.
Chickletboost, a Nigerian social media growth platform now also serving Ghana and Kenya, has built its infrastructure around a specific technical and philosophical choice, routing engagement through real, active users rather than automated bot networks, while still exposing that system through a fully-featured REST API developers can build on directly.
The Real Problem With Bot-Driven Infrastructure
Most SMM panels source engagement through automated bot networks,...
The Internet offers many avenues and possibilities to the average person. If a person wishes to shop or research a subject, websites exist to cater to the specific desire. Some people go online because they wish to make friends. Making friends does not have to be formidable. In this article, we share a few ideas about how to make friends from around the world on the internet.
Find Relevant Communities
If a person wishes to find a suitable friend, it is an excellent idea to find relevant communities. A person has many choices when it comes to the act of socializing....
Want to register lots of domain names and need a tool to make it easy to search and buy domain names, the GoDaddy Bulk Domain Name Registration is the tool you need. Click Here. With Bulk Domain Name Search from GoDaddy you can search for up to 500 domain names at the same time across multiple TLDs and if they are available you can easily proceed to checkout to buy them.
Buying Domain Names in Bulk
GoDaddy Bulk domain name Registration is a great tool if you are buying multiple domain names. It is a great tool for domain name flippers...
One compelling bonus you get when you register a domain name with GoDaddy is that you are given one free email account. This means you can start sending out emails from your personalised email account without extra cost. This is a great plus for small businesses.
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Personalised email account
A personalised email account gives you more credibility online. Instead of having a @gmail.com and @yahoo.com email account, you can get a personalised @domainname.com. A personalised email address with your business name (or domain name) on it looks more professional and will be taken more seriously than...
Google Nexus 7 is a low cost Android tablet from Google. However, its pocket friendly price should not be seen as a compromise on performance. Despite its low cost, the Google Nexus 7 tablet packs power and performance that rivals a lot of highend tablets of today. This Android tablet comes with a lot of value that you just can't afford not buying one. In fact, the Google Nexus 7 Tablet is one of the most compelling tablet to date.
Where to Buy Tablets
Jumia.com.ng from ₦210,495.00 View Offer
The build of the Nexus 7 is good and does not look cheap....
GoDaddy is the number one domain name registrar, boasting of over 60 million registered domain names on its website. GoDaddy Domain Name Registration services come with some of the best deals in the domain name registration industry. So, if you are planning to register a domain name, you should consider GoDaddy, visit their website at www.GoDaddy.com.
Buy Dozens of Domain Names
GoDaddy offers dozens of top level domains, from the popular traditional TLDs domain names like .com, .net, .org, .co, .biz, etc to newer domain names like .xxx, .me, .ws, etc to country level domains like .co.uk, .com.mx, .com.br, .us, .ca...
The world has changed. With information so readily available, the masses are not as uninformed as they once were. Nor are they so removed from corporate levels. Their voice is greater than ever, and they have a greater influence than they ever did in the past.
The Power of Social Media
Primarily, that voice is through social networking. Blogs, community sites like Facebook, and sharing sites like Pinterest all contribute toward the growing voice of the consumer. Businesses are forced to keep up with the flow or be left behind.
This is a situation that many CEO’s of large companies don’t know...
Up until now, Facebook’s monetization efforts have focused solely on its social network platform. Revenue from Facebook.com – largely based on ads – were approximately 3 billion during the 2011 fiscal year. However, Facebook inevitably will need to expand its reach beyond Facebook.com if its ever going to live up to the financial promise of its record setting IPO.
The online ad market is a massive multi-billion dollar market dominated by one brand – Google Adsense. In the 4th quarter of 2011 alone, Google’s Adsense product generated 2.8 billion dollars in revenue for the internet search giant. While the strength...
Every website, small or big, wants to make it to the top of the search engine results list. To feature in the first page of search results it is important to understand how SEO works. One of the tools that websites use is blogging. Blogging is most definitely an art and science mixed in absolutely the right proportions. Writing a blog post is quite different from other forms of creative writing.
But what is blogging anyway and do you need to know how to blog? Blog posts are original and unique articles written with an intention to inform, entertain, or...
Mobile hotspots, also known as portable hotspots, are the portable devices or features on smartphones that can be used for providing wireless internet access to many devices such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, and so on.
Similar to USB modems, these devices make use of mobile broadband services like 3G or 4G and to check the speed of these broadband services you make use of a broadband speed test. However, unlike USB modems they can be used for connecting more than one device simultaneously.
Nowadays, these hotspots are becoming popular because they can be found everywhere, even in public places like coffee...
The cost of internet access in the second quarter of 2012 was relatively stable. This is in line with the trend in the last few quarters. A few networks did introduce some new bundles while others had theirs revamped, most Nigerians with internet access did not notice any price changes. Etisalat, Airtel, and Swift Networks were among the networks with some activity in the quarter.
Etisalat added some high data plans to its internet line-up. The company introduced a 10GB, 15GB, and 20GB internet plans priced similarly as comparable internet plans from Glo at N10,000, N15,000, and N18,000 respectively. These...
Swift Networks is one name synonymous with high-speed broadband internet in Nigeria. It is perhaps one of the most popular internet service providers in Lagos. Swift networks is very popular among the business crowd that require reliable and fast broadband internet, but is quickly making it into homes.
In this post, you will be seeing the different data plans offered by Swift Networks in its coverage areas and the prices. Swift Networks' broadband internet is based on 4G WIMAX and is available in 1Mbps, 2Mbps, and 3Mbps.
Swift Internet Plan Prices
Swift Budget Data Plan (7 days, 300MB, 2Mbps) - N500
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This article was written on 10th July, 2012 when the website of Vanguard was momentarily flagged by Google for being infected. The issue has since be resolved by the owners and management of Vanguard News.
The website of Vanguard newspapers, the number one Nigerian website, may harm your computer. This is according to alerts on Google search for results where pages on Vanguard website appears.
Over the past hour that I have been monitoring Google Search, I have noticed that all results containing Vanguard website includes the label This site may harm your computer. To simulate the event, just search for...
As a business's web presence expands, it is often faced with an important choice regarding the issue of web hosting. Often this choice comes down to a virtual private server, or VPS, or a dedicated server hosting service. Each offers its own set of advantages and drawbacks, and one may be more compatible with certain types of businesses than the other.
Virtual Private Servers, Explained
VPS technology has enabled small businesses to compete on the same terms as larger ones. It relies on the activities of "virtual machines," which are basically closed programs known as "cloud servers" that operate on a...
"New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too)." Steve Jobs open letter on why Apple chose not to support Flash on the company's mobile devices kicked off one of the biggest debates of the cloud computing era: Will Adobe's proprietary plug-in be replaced by the open HTML5?
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HTML5 and Flash: What's the Difference?
HTML5 is a new version of the Hypertext Markup Language used for coding web pages. This new standard is intended to merge together HTML4, Document Object Model...
Considering global records and statistics, people can now see that numerous companies offer mobile broadband services that will suit their needs and areas. Naturally, some services are only available in a certain countries.Although their services may not be available to everyone, it’s also helpful to be familiarized with their services to compare how other countries’ mobile broadband services with those offered within your area. Just how far have they improved their services?
Market competition at its finest
Mobile broadband service providers want to study their market competition. They want to know the latest technology applied in their systems and how they...
Announced with the Etisalat unlimited Facebook bundle was the Facebook SMS Service. The Facebook SMS service enables subscribers to receive SMS notifications on posts on their Facebook page as well as update their status on Facebook via SMS. The Etisalat Facebook SMS service costs N10 per SMS.
How to join the Facebook SMS service
To enjoy the Facebook SMS service, subscribe by sending fb to 488 and upon subscription, an SMS notification containing a link and an activation code is received. By accessing the link, the Facebook SMS service can be activated by providing the correct login details and inputting the...
Etisalat has introduced unlimited Facebook access bundle for its subscribers. Subscribers to the new Facebook bundles will be able to have unlimited access to Facebook on their mobile phone for the duration of their subscription. Subscription duration can be daily, weekly, or monthly.
Facebook is the leading social networking site with millions of users in Nigeria. Etisalat unlimited Facebook bundle will offer Nigerians a cost effective access to the world leading social networking site to easily share updates, chat with friends, and socialise with other users.
To launch the unlimited Facebook bundle in Nigeria, Etisalat is giving its customers a 30...
Websites are built for people. The reason you built a website, I imagine is to promote your business to people. However, you need a healthy website traffic to achieve this aim. For most business people after spending a few hundred dollars or thousands of Naira designing a business website, getting people to visit it becomes the next logical worry.
However, you should start thinking about how to drive visitors to your website from the day the thought of building a website first came to you.
This article will show you how to ensure you build a website that will get visitors...
Yahoo Axis is a new browser from Yahoo that aims to change how we search the web. It is more of a search browser than a full fledge web browser. It comes as a plug-in for your leading internet browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox. Yahoo Axis is also available as an HTML5 app for iOS devices like iPhone and iPad with Android phones and possibly Windows Phone versions in the works.
Yahoo's Innovation
To most of us in this part of the world, Yahoo is better known as an online email service. But Yahoo, does more than email, it is...
Facebook is the largest social networking site with over a billion monthly users. So, if you run a business at this time, you cannot completely ignore the phenomenon called Facebook. That is why, as part of our going online series, we have added a miniseries on Facebook Marketing and Advertising.
This is because marketing on Facebook is important to any modern-day business. Every day, over 2.1 billion users log in to Facebook, millions of whom live in the same city, region, or country as your business. Being there and marketing your brand will give you access to these Facebook users.
Facebook...
Night browsing is very popular in Nigeria because it offers cheap browsing and provides internet surfers with ample time to search for information on...
Big Brother Naija (a.k.a. BBNaija) is a popular Reality TV show in Nigeria, South Africa, and across Africa, offered by MultiChoice on platforms such...
DStv Stream (formerly DStv Now, and often just called the DStv app) is MultiChoice's internet streaming service that lets you watch live TV, movies,...
