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Image by Hackernoon.com What do you think of having every single notification on your phone read out to you rather than having to pick up your phone and go through them one after the other? Well, I was doing the dishes while boiling water to make some pap for my breakfast. I was really behind time and wasn’t ready to take the unnecessary shouts from my boss. My client also was also locked on a chat with me as to how we need to plan for me to deliver the brand new Level U Samsung Earphones. I had to keep my phone at arm’s length as I strained my ears to hear the tick sound of a new message from my client, while attending to the house chores. With my soiled hands, wet from the dishes I was washing it was impossible to pick up my phone to read the last message that just popped in. A hand rag wasn’t close by and things were getting out of hands. I thought about an app or widget or anything that would automatically read out my notifications for me and save me stress of havin...

If you’ve been looking for how to customize your android phone to give it a look like that of an iPhone, we’ve got something big in store for you today. IPhone offers one the best and most beautiful launchers that will give your phone that sleek and amazing look. In this tutorial I’m going to walk you through on how you can be able to install and use an iOS launcher designed to work for you on your android phone, giving your android all the look  and feel and features of an iPhone, and for the records this is the moist amazing launcher for android I've seen so far, aside for the fact that it has the look of an iPhone, it is just amazing and its features are really cool and mind-blowing. Some of the features of this launchers are: Cool animation while opening and exiting an application. A security system for a passcode that do not stop working after sometimes as some android lockscreen do. Very responsive design, and active iPhone notifications widget for the locks...

The other time I did something on "How to locate your whatsapp statuses on your phone's file manager" and a friend drew my attention to an app that automatically reads from this file and shows your status files on launching the app, I think it was called "Status Saver". So you can install the app and save yourself the seeming stress of locating it from the file manager, though I don't see that as a stress actually. Today I've come up with something pretty new. Yea, late last year I bought this phone Tecno wx3p, and though it has issues with storage, SD card Ejecting and stuffs, I've just found a way to walk around those faults as we wait for Tecno to release a new update to fix them. I also discovered that on this phone's setting there's no feature as changing font to style your phone. Now we are going to talk about this today. You can actually change your fonts on tecno wx3 pro as long as you are using the default hiOs launcher...

Hey! Have you read my last post? You should check it out, trust me. Well today, I have something special for you. A certain time a friend said to me: "Pls send me that video on your status... Well, I did but not untill after I told him how he could get his friends on whatsapp statuses without having to ask them for it. So I'm gonna share that simple trick right here! Let's go. Step 1: Open your Whatsapp and view the pictures or videos on your friends statuses if they put any. Step 2: Close your whatsapp and go to your file manager in your phone. Locate the folder with the name WhatsApp. Step 3: Open the whatsapp folder and click on "Media" Step 4: Set your hidden files to "Show Hidden files" depending on the type of phone you use and what it's called (if you have trouble setting this feature, please indicate after reading this post) Step 4: After setting the feature you should be able to see a folder with the name .S...

Let me change direction today and speak about something that really bothers my mind about being a computer science student. Most people especially software developers see computer science as a waste of time. Well I might be wrong, but the few programmers I have seen think so. Due to this, I pose a question. If you see a road side mechanic who repairs a car, you really want to be a mechanic but if the opportunity comes that you have to go to school to learn how a car is made. Would you still choose to be only a car mechanic?. The answer is obvious. Mathematicians have made all the research for the Engineers and the Engineers are just applying the theories. Would you still say an Engineer is better than a Mathematician. Each and every one excel in the field they choose. Similarly is the case of a computer science student and a software developer. The theories are there to use, but we are taught to understand how the theories were made. *********** As a comput...

1. A translator is simply a program that translates a program from one language to another without loosing the original form or functional structure of the original code. 2. If a translator translates from HLL to another HLL, it's called a TRANSLATOR or SOURCE-TO-SOURCE Compiler. Eg FORTRAN-TO-Ada, PASCAL-to-C etc. 3. If a translator translates from HLL to a LLL its called a COMPILER. 4. If the translation process is immediately executed, it's called an INTERPRETER. 5. If the translator translates target/machine code to source language, it's called a DECOMPILER 6. If the translator translates Assembly language to machine code, it's called ASSEMBLER. eg MASM, for the ooposite it's called DIASSEMBLER eg gdb, IDA. NB: HLL - High Level Language LLL - Low Level Language

 High Level Language     Year of Release 1. Java                              1990 2. Fortran                          1957 3. Cobol                            1959 4. PASCAL                        1960 5. Ada                                1983 6. ABAP                             1983 7. Afnix                                  1998  8. ALGOL                           ...

Written by by Dinesh Thakur Computers differ based on their data processing abilities. They are classified according to purpose, data handling and functionality. According to purpose Computers are either general purpose or specific purpose. General purpose computers are designed to perform a range of tasks. They have the ability to store numerous programs, but lack in speed and efficiency. Specific purpose computers are designed to handle a specific problem or to perform a specific task. A set of instructions is built into the machine. According to data handling, Computers are analog, digital or hybrid. Analog computers work on the principle of measuring, in which the measurements obtained are translated into data. Modern analog computers usually employ electrical parameters, such as voltages, resistances or currents, to represent the quantities being manipulated. Such computers do not deal directly with the numbers. They measure continuous physical magnitudes. Dig...

Aside the quick share button on blogger, you can add a manual Facebook share button in order to curb the deficiencies  of the default blogger or any other site share button. This code is for Facebook, you can ask for other social network share button and we'll update this post. To add Facebook SHARE button to your blog post simply copy and paste the code below into your blog post, anywhere you want to place it, in the middle, top, or bottom of your post. Copy this: <a href=" https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=example.org"target="_blank"> <img src=" http://s26.postimg.org/6jejsmwe1/simages.png " /></a> The image url in red can be changed to your own suitable image url. Didi that worked for you? Questions or complaints? Drop your questions if any.

Google Allo, the new “smart” chat app launched on Wednesday, is ‘dangerous’ and should be avoided, according to whistleblower Edward Snowden. The ex-NSA contractor posted a series of Tweets to warn everyone away from the chat app, which he says will “record every message you ever send and make it available to police upon request”. He tweeted: "What is #Allo? A Google app that records every message you ever send and makes it available to police upon request." Read Tweet: https://t.co//EdPRC0G7Py  — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 21, 2016 Allo, designed to unseat chat pack leader WhatsApp, promises to deliver quick conversations with features like; “Smart Reply” that can guess your answers and respond to messages with just the tap of a button, and “Google Assistant”, which answers your questions and helps you search for things directly in your chat. How does Allo plan on predicting your every word and witty emoji, you ask? “The more you use it, the mor...

Allo is an instant messaging mobile app developed by Google. It was announced at Google I/O on May 18, 2016 and launched on September 21, 2016. The app is available on Android and iOS. Allo was announced at Google I/O on May 18, 2016. At the time, Google said that it would release Allo in summer 2016. Google launched the app on September 21, 2016. Features Allo is based on phone numbers. Smart reply : Allo's "Smart reply" function uses Google's machine learning technology to suggest a reply to the last message, which can be selected from a few options. The feature also analyses images sent to the user in order to suggest responses. Similar to the smart reply feature seen in Google's Inbox app, it learns from the user's behavior to adapt its suggestions over time. Incognito mode : Incognito mode is an optional mode that includes expiring chats, private notifications, and end-to-end encryption. The encryption uses Open Whisper Systems' Signal...

Below are the faces (emoticons) that are used on Nairaland and how to insert them in topics, replies, mentions, quotes and signatures. Faces And The How To Insert Them In Posts, Replies, Mentions, Quotes And Signatures We have TWO ways of inserting Nairaland's emoticon on a post, reply, quote or signature: 1. Direct click 2. Use of code and url Direct Click While creating a thread (post), quote, and making a reply, the faces are displayed just before the Body box immediately under the Title box. Simply click on the emoticon of your choice. Actually Direct click cannot be used in signatures. Use Of Code And Url We shall dwell much on this aspect. What you need 1. [img]***[/img] 2. Emoticon url The emoticon url replaces the three asterics in the code in 1 above. Below is a list of the url of all the emoticon on Nairaland: Url: http://www.nairaland.com/faces/smiley.png The url replaces the three asterics in the img code above. ...

Below are the faces (emoticons) that are very popular on Nairaland. Faces And Their Brief Description : This indicates a smiling face. Sure you can use that to indicate that you're happy about a topic or a comment. : This is called cheesy, it's like saying "cheese" when taking a photograph. It's a way of showing happiness and fun in a greater degree. : This has it's name as angry, and just as the name denotes, it shows that the user is definitely annoyed and even mad either at the author of the post (popularly reffered to as OP) or a comment by someone. You might want to check yourself twice before "Quoting" one who says "I'm angry!" : This is the sad face. It shows total offence to the issue at hand. The user tries to show that he/she is not just happy about the issue. Situations that might trigger the use of this face ranges from Crimes such as rape, theft, to bad incidents such as accidents e...