DOWNLOAD AND LEARN ANYTHING WITH FREE VIDEO TUTORIALS FROM YOUTUBE!

 Hello Dear Reader,

 

I have observed with great dissactisfaction how a great number of people have had issues with their new gadgets or appliances, hi-tech devices all because they probably did not come with a manual or they have lost the manuals. Alot of people also underuse their wares, and appliances because they are ignorant of the full functionalities of what they have, and how to get information as to putting them to good use Things like washing machines, printers, document scanners, smart phones, tablets, and personal digital assitants, photocopiers, and even household items like blenders, shavers, microwave ovens, lawn mowers, air conditioners, hair dryers, television, home theatre sound, video systems... The list is actually endless. also a large proportion of computer users also  are guilty of these 'crimes against' technology and underusage of the power of the tools that they weird for instance, a lot people want to be able to make stunning graphic displays, illustrations and presentations but do not know how to go about it or where to find help for their various problems. Well, this is what this post is about!

 

Am very sure sure eveyone reading this post must know what YOUTUBE is about, and how to access the numerous videos but how much of youtube videos have you been able to put to good use? Do you know that you can learn just about anything from youtube videos? Youtube videos are created by individuals  and corporations for individuals like you and me. Youtube is a video sharing and viewing website, where people do things like make videos of what they like or a solution to an issue they have encountered and how they went about resolving it and sharing this information with the world (internet world!) one major problem that most of us with slow internet connections is that youtube videos takes too long to load, and sometimes it just keeps 'buffering' that you run out of patience and surf off! without getting the full benefits of visiting the video.

There are numerous videos on a wide range of  subjects ranging from funny to weird and outright crazy. so. you have to have a mission (a purpose) before visiting the site (www.youtube.com) and when you finally get  connected to the website , login to your account if you already have an account with with or use your google account to sign up (most android users have google account and thats all you need) use the search field provided to search for the relevant information  you are seek, and wait for the videos to load on your screen then do a filter (by relevance: through the title and views count). Now click on play to preview the introductory part to ascertain if  thats what you really want then copy the link (on your address bar), open  a new tab, if you have a tabbed enabled browser installed then surf to any  of these sites-:

• http://www.savefrom.net/
• http://www.savevid.com/
• http://keepvid.com/ 

that gives you the functionality of downloading that particular video for viewing when you are offline (not connected to the internet.

YouTube has been designed to only allow users to watch and view videos on their website. Many users want to save their favorite videos to their computer so they can watch them without being connected to the Internet or so they can watch them on other devices. Below are the steps required

for downloading and watching YouTube videos on your computer for free.

Note: these steps are for saving a YouTube video and not saving only the audio of a YouTube video to an MP3 file.

 

The simple three step process to saving a youtube video.

 

Today, there are several online websites that allow you to enter the URL of the video you wish to save to your computer, and get a link to download the file. Below is the simple three step process that will link you to a page that  will allow you to download tutotrials and a host of other videos that

will help you learn a lot about how to get the most from your devices and becoming more tech aware!

 

1. Go to the YouTube video page and copy the URL (Highlighted in yellow is the address bar- Where your video page link will appear) of the video you wish to save. For example, below is a URL to a video on YouTube, the whole address would be copied. for example:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehcVomMexkY

 

 

 

2. Once this address has been copied, paste that URL (Universal resource locator) into the be URL (download text field in the image below (A)) text field and click the Download (b) in the image below and click on the download Video button located (highlighted in yellow in the image below (B), or any of the website you picked from the website you picked above.

 

3. If done properly, a new window will open with available video formats that can be saved. For most users we suggest the MP4 format, other formats may include FLV, 3GP, and WebM. You can then save and transfer these videos to your mobile phones, ipod, tablets  and other devices through syncing or direct bluetooth transfers or usb data cables (You can also save to a memory card using a memory card reader for future reference and practice.

 

You can download photoshop, dreamweaver, corel draw and other application tutorials, and even how to use digital cameras, install printers, setup a computer system, do mathematics and other subjects assignments to changing a flat tire, to making special dishes, and a host of others. Try these steps and leave comments if it was helpful of if you encountered any problems. please do not forgt to hit the like button on the videos to show your appreciation for those who made and uploaded them!

Nuel Makara

Hands-on: Dell ups its game with new Android and Windows 8.1 tablets

Dell's Venue 8 and Venue 10 tablets are Intel-powered tablets running Windows 8.1, not Windows RT.

To date, Dell hasn't been particularly invested in the tablet market. It has dipped its metaphorical toes in the water with Windows tablets like the Latitude 10 and the Windows RT-running XPS 10. There are some less-successful experiments in its more distant past, but so far the company hasn't jumped in with the enthusiasm of PC-making competitors like Asus, Lenovo, or even HP.

Today Dell expanded its efforts in the tablet market, launching a total of four tablets under its resurrected Venue brand. The tablets address a wide swath of the potential market—two run Android, two run Windows 8.1, and they range in screen size from seven inches to nearly 11—and they all use Intel's CPUs rather than chips from any of the major ARM partners. We got a chance to go hands-on with each of the tablets after the company's announcement today.

The two Android tablets, the 7-inch Venue 7 and 8-inch Venue 8, are competent but uninspiring. Both tablets share the same 1280x800 resolution IPS displays, which is in line with other budget Android tablets but short of the 1920x1200 displays in tablets like the 2013 Nexus 7 and the new Kindle Fire HDX. Both tablets are encased in sturdy plastic and run on Intel's older Clover Trail+ Atoms rather than the new Bay Trail chips—the 7-inch version uses a 1.6GHz Atom Z2560 and the 8-inch uses a slightly faster 2.0GHz Z2580. Both processors are dual-core chips with Hyper-Threading enabled, and both tablets run their near-stock Android 4.2.2 reasonably smoothly. While Dell alluded to future KitKat compatibility during its presentation, the company isn't ready to discuss update plans with any specificity.

Each tablet also includes optional LTE connectivity, 2GB of LPDDR2 RAM, 2.4GHz-only 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, and a GPS. The Venue 7 comes with 16GB of storage and the Venue 8 comes with either 16 or 32GB, and both sport a microSD card slot for storage expansion.

Both tablets have rear and front cameras. The Venue 7 uses a VGA front-facing camera and 3MP rear camera while the Venus 8 bumps the front camera to 2MP and the rear camera to 5MP.

The good thing about both tablets is that the price is right—the 7-inch version starts at $149 and the 8-inch version at $179—but neither tablet has a "killer feature" that would recommend them over the Nexus 7. If you're really looking for an Android tablet in this size and general price range, the newest Nexus 7 is worth the extra cash. Both Android Venue tablets will go on sale October 18th.

The more interesting Venue tablets are the ones that run Windows 8.1, particularly the 8-inch Venue 8 Pro. We're still looking for a really great small Windows tablet after the disappointing Acer Iconia W3, and at least at first glance, the Venue 8 Pro seems like it could get the job done.

Like the Android tablets, the Venue 8 Pro is limited to a 1280x800 IPS display, which at 189 PPI isn't particularly crisp but features decent color and good viewing angles.

Everything on the inside of the tablet gets a significant upgrade, beginning with a new Bay Trail-based 1.8GHz quad-core Atom Z3740D. Bay Trail should offer significantly upgraded CPU and GPU performance over older Clover Trail and Clover Trail+ tablets, potentially helping the Venue 8 Pro out especially when running Windows desktop apps.

Like the specs, the general build quality is good but not exceptional. Both tablets are backed with a smooth (but not slippery or glossy) plastic, and with the exception of the Intel branding on the back they feel like plastic Android tablets in the vein of the original Nexus 7 or Asus' newer Memo Pad HD 7. The Venue 7 weighs 0.52 pounds and is 0.38 inches thick while the Venue 8 weighs 0.64 pounds and is 0.39 inches thick—to compare, the 2013 Nexus 7 weighs 0.64 pounds and is 0.34 inches thick.

The Venue 8 Pro also includes 2GB of DDR3L, dual-band 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, a TPM module, a 5MP rear camera and 1.2MP front camera, and a micro SD card slot. Optional LTE. 32GB or 64GB storage options are also available, though it's still on a slow eMMC interface that will be significantly slower than a SATA or PCI Express storage interface. All of this fits into a package that is actually thinner than the Android-equipped Venue 8 at 0.35 inches, though it's slightly heavier at 0.86 pounds.

The Venue 8 Pro feels significantly more, well, tablet-y than the Iconia W3, which is just a little too thick and heavy to fit in next to tablets like the Nexus 7 or iPad mini. The weight, thickness, and soft-touch back make the tablet nice to hold, and the tablet's UI is smooth and responsive on both the Start screen and the desktop. The tablet should get about ten hours of battery life, though of course we'll have to wait to get a review unit before we can put that claim to the test.

Meet Pepple! A super smart watch that keeps more than time!

 Controlling your playlist and song play on the go, which is connected by means of Bluetooth in the incredible Pebble Smart watch! Music controls also give you the ability to control tunes being played from your phone, whether you’re listening through headphones or a separate sound system.

 

 With the smart Pebble you can check and respond to your emails while on the go! Ensuring that you get you schedules right and keeping the time for you to be able to have more time to relax and enjoy life's little pleasures! Portability at the best!

As a smart watch, Pebble connects to your iPhone or Android device and brings some of your phones notifications to your wrist. Things like text messages, Caller ID and even emails can be displayed on the watch, giving you the opportunity to see them and determine whether or not your need to want to respond without pulling your phone out of your pocket.

Already available at Best Buy stores and online, AT&T will be the exclusive mobile carrier to sell the device. The watch is expected to hit 500 of AT&T’s retail stores on Sept. 27, coming to more stores in October.

See also: Pebble Smart Watch Delivers on Kickstarter Promise and More

You can customize the watch with a number of different available watch faces. The Pebble has many third-party apps (such as RunKeeper), and more are coming to the device all the time. Pebble got its start as a Kickstarter campaign last year. Exceptionally popular, the company raised more than $8 million on Kickstarter, and later went on to raise $15 million more.

COULD THIS BE THE END OF THE ROAD FOR BLACKBERRY PHONES?

Could this be the end for blackberry Smart phone company? 

You may recall that RIM has had it very tough keeping with the chase on the smart phone business prior to its launch of its latest z series, but that launch whihc saw the pioneer of the 'smart phone' roll out some exotic phones that promised not only a come back but a place amongst the top five current players in the smart phone world can be termed a mirage- a dream that might never come through for the smart phone giant, as feelers from the tech world monitored a day ago suggested that the smart phone company is willing to sell to a Canadian firm that is buying the company over, and taking it private, where their priority will no longer be end user and consumer products:

  " True to its recent prediction, BlackBerry lost over $1 billion last quarter
With any luck, the new move to take the company private can turn things around.

It’s official, folks—BlackBerry lost over $1 billion last quarter.

Just as the company had predicted as recently as a week ago, Canada’s favorite struggling handset maker is in trouble. Specifically, in the company’s second fiscal quarter of 2014, it lost $1.049 billion, compared to a loss of $753 million the previous quarter.

During this period, a substantial portion of the company’s revenues came from sales of 3.7 million BlackBerry 7 handsets, which are being phased out anyway."

BlackBerry actually blames itself for some of the harsher-than-expected competition, claiming that delays in the release of features for BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 kept business customers from committing to the new phones early. BES 10, the company's enterprise security and management platform, didn't ship until just before the release of the Z10. BlackBerry's analysis seems to be that while enterprise customers (that the company could have counted on in the past to scoop up boatloads of new handsets) were waiting, many of them got impatient and jumped ship to Android or Apple or just sat on their hands and waited for things to play out.

Another source puts it more succinctly;

“We are very disappointed with our operational and financial results this quarter and have announced a series of major changes to address the competitive hardware environment and our cost structure,” said Thorsten Heins, President and CEO of BlackBerry, in a statement. “While our company goes through the necessary changes to create the best business model for our hardware business, we continue to see confidence from our customers through the increasing penetration of BES 10, where we now have more than 25,000 commercial and test servers installed to date, up from 19,000 in July 2013.”

Blackberry delayed launch of its Z10 series, and a flop in it is causing the company to private.

BlackBerry is set to become a private company in a deal worth $4.7 billion.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., the company leading the charge to acquire BlackBerry, told the Globe and Mail on Thursday that the equity part of the offer would be “oversubscribed.”

“We’ve got more than we need,” Watsa told the Canadian newspaper. “We’ve got a lot of interest in it.”

for more of the story click here

Trace that prank caller, or hidden number with killer app!

Dear Readers,

Have you ever had the trouble of inconveniencing yourself just so you can get  your phone and suddenly get disappointed when the phone ringer suddenly stops, and its an unknown caller or even a hidden number? Well, you are not alone many people have actually wished and actually devised a means of getting rid of such problems in the  past which has not be totally fruitful until now. Some of the means they employed were storing contacts with special ringtones, using caller Identification led lights display, and creating a special call filter for calls from contacts that are not stored in their phone books. A solution is here to take care of all that worry, and it has a few more added advantage, and am sure you will not be able to imagine life without once you get yourself abreast with such wonderful tool, and the service that it offers at no cost *FREE*! The software is called TrueCaller!

here is it how it works...

 You have full control over who you get in touch with, and who wants to get in touch with you. You can manage your name and personal information to make Truecaller’s database more accurate and easier for people to get in touch with you for business, address changes, or long lost connections. Searching for a global number becomes easy with Truecaller.  Simply access the Truecaller app “Search” option and type in or copy the number you are searching for. Looking up numbers is a free service.

 

spam Call filter

The Call Filter option shows your blocked list and top spam. By adding unwanted numbers to the blocked list, you will be notified when the number tries to get in touch. Unwanted numbers can also be marked as spam and added to the spam list. Truecaller also features a collaborative spam list, which is built by our users to help identify the top spammers in your area. You are automatically warned and protected from these spam numbers and the top spam list.

 Name lookup

Truecaller provides results that are relevant for each query, and puts users in control of who can see their contact details at all times. Using Truecaller Credits, a person can look for anyone in the world by name. The intuitive service works through a user’s social circle to contact the person whose number has been requested. The person being contacted must approve the request in order to unlock their contact details for the requester. This ensures that no contact details can be shared without prior approval of the person being contacted

Connect People

Access a list of people you may know through our social circle recommendations. This means you may know these users based on your own connections with other users whom you have in common.  Many of your contacts might already be on Truecaller, so you can get in touch and find the right person by searching through degrees of separation from your current contacts. When you want to make new connections, simply type in the information you know, and our database will search through friends and friends-of-friends to help you get in touch.

You’re in charge

You have full control over who you get in touch with, and who wants to get in touch with you. You can manage your name and personal information to make Truecaller’s database more accurate and easier for people to get in touch with you for business, address changes, or long lost connections.

Comments from Users

    “Truecaller. It is much easier to screen calls and avoid unnecessary numbers, as it shows you who the caller is before you even answer!
    /Trisha Krishnan – Bollywood Actor”     “I use Truecaller for number search in Nigeria and I can tell its a foremost and leading number search platform in this generation of technology.
    /User from Nigeria”

Only Drawback so far...

There is no drawbacks per se as the service is always up and running and the only issue you might encounter is when you do not have full network reception that enables fast data exchange between your phone and the Truecaller servers... its so efficient and fast that before your phone rings for more than necessary a name appears immediately and you can tell who is calling, and decide if you want to take the call or not but if you do not have full data coverage this might not work as it should.

Click here to download this wonder app and give it a trial, then leave your comments on your experience.

Genesis of Techaware days to come!

Hello there,

You are welcome to Nuel Makara's blogoshere!. Just so you know, this is my attempt at sharing some of the unique technology use experiences I have garnered over the years - from installing, tweaking, fixing, and recommending different technology products, and services to individuals-friends, family members, and organizations. That 'experience' is a very rich and in-dept one in terms of hands-on. It was mostly on freelance basis, so I had leverage over those 'guys' at various computer repair shops and villages in the range of gadgets that I was able to have access to, and work on.

But because I have always wanted a people oriented approach to most of the things I do, I will be letting a lot of the readers (especially you!) to direct this blog to where you would rather have it - What you think a blog page about technology use and advice should be about, while, I will just be the go ready techie guy! I have had my share of practical experience that am now, am now on my way to getting a theoretical certification for my vast experience, and zest for all things 'techie' from one of the prestigious universities here in Nigeria.... Where every student is the chief custodian, and sole pilot of their vehicle of knowledge acquisition!: Freedom University! So, am more inclined to be reading a whole lot about all the things that I had been, and still putting my time, and resources to than actually doing them  like I used to.  That is the point where you come in. I need you to throw all of your Computer and mobile technology problems (ranging from tablets, printers, photocopiers, smart phones, scanners and other related technology consumables) at me with no mercy for I will always be glad to help you sort things out so that we can become partners in knowledge gain, and exchange - Sharing the unique opportunity of helping each other solve our domestic technological issues.

Looking at the tech world today, there is no doubt that mobile gadgets; tablets, smart phones, smart appliances and the likes are now the leading means of expression and identification with the ever changing world of technology that a lot of people are familiar with, and consuming right now. Mobile technologies as well as application deployment, usage, reviews and troubleshooting will take a bigger chunk of our bytes and nybble space! Hardware and software, cross platform mobile operating systems, Windows Os, Palm Os, Web Os, Blackberry, Android, iOS and host of others will be treated here.

For starters here are some videos for general tips and tricks for Blackberry Smart phones : General Blackberry Tips and Tricks, For General Iphone Tips and Tricks,

For General Personal Computer tips that can help you be a better user, and administrator of the Electronic machine that has revolutionized the world, and giving identity to every human race on earth as equals go here: A-Z of Computer tips and Tricks

Stay glued to this blog, and invite your friends lets have a social side to collective wikipedia style knowledge base, with an edge of informality that takes the uneasiness from talking about our fears and worries, without appearing like ***** You know what I mean!

Thank you for your time and leave comments for corrections, ideas you would like to see expressed here!

Yours Truly,

Nuel Makara.