You Can Now Make Video Calls With BBM on Android and iOS Devices

Smartphones with good Internet connection provide free alternatives to voice and video calls with the aid of social messengers. Lots of popular social messengers like: Skype, Google Hangouts, FB Messenger, Viber, Wechat etc, are already added video calls features to their messengers while Whatsapp also planning to activate their own Video call soon.

The BBM video calling feature was earlier made available to only BBM fans in the United States and Canada, while BB10 users have been rocking this feature for long. Good news to Africans and some other parts of the world, now you can make video calls via Blackberry Messenger (BBM) to your friend and loved one using Android and iOS devices.

Requirements For Using BBM Video Calls
1. Android device: OS 4.4 (KitKat) and higher
2. Apple phone: iOS 8 and higher
3. Upgrade or download the latest BBM version from Google play store or iTunes respectively
4. You must have an active data subscription.

To Make BBM Video Call On Android Or iOS Device
1. Launch your BBM messenger
2. Tap the icon to initiate a call with one of your BBM contacts
3. BBM will ask whether you want to make a voice call or try a video call with the beta feature (provided your contact is also eligible to participate)
4. Select to try a video call
Keep in mind, you'll likely have to wait until others on your BBM list get the update as well in order for it to work.



Source : Shelaf

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Simple Ideas for Fixing Computer Problems

Every time you have a problem with your computer you do not need to seek computer help as some of the problem can be fixed by you. Technology today helps make your daily life easier from being able to talk to family and friends via chat or Skype, doing office work, etc. Sooner or later you are going to run into problems with your computer. If it is at work most likely they will call in their PC repair technician but at home you can see if you can solve the problem yourself without having to pay to have it fixed.

Any problems with the computer can be divided into two groups, which are software and hardware problems. If it is a hardware problem it is related to the peripheral parts of your computer, including the hard disk, keyboard, CD drive, monitor, etc. It becomes more complicated when it is a software problem, which can include Windows not starting, modem problems, drivers not found, etc.

• After a power outage-there are many sudden power outages, spikes, and voltage problems that can damage a computer. The damage can cause many software and technical snags along with interrupting your work. This can lead to damage to the hardware, loss of data, etc due to a sudden power outage. The solution is to use an uninterrupted power supply (UPS). It can provide a constant flow of energy to your computer even if there is a sudden power outage. It will give you enough time to save your data and if needed, to shut down the computer.

• Slow down of computer performance-when you notice that your computer is slowing down a lot and it seems to take a long while to execute a simple command it could be due to your computer being loaded with fragmented data, unnecessary files, spyware programs, corrupted registry, etc that makes your computer slow down. The computer solution to this problem is that you need to delete any unnecessary software and data that you do not need or not using, and learn to manage your programs. When you clean your registry regularly it can boost your computer performance speed by thirty percent.

• Fuzzy images are displayed on your computer monitor-the monitor is the display unit of a computer that is very sensitive to electro-magnetic radiations. These types of radiations are transmitted from the radio, microwaves, television, dishwashers, etc. Mobile phones also transmit this electro-magnetic radiations, which is one of the main cause to have your monitor display fuzzy images. Your computer solutions to this problem is to move the disturbances away from the monitor

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How To Download YouTube Video On Android Without App

The following step walks you through the procedure you need to follow in order to download YouTube video on mobile or Android without app.

Step 1:

Go to YouTube on your Android phone and search for your desire video.

Step 2:

Click on the video as if you want to play the video.

Step 3:

Now, edit the video URL by adding “ss” without quote before the YouTube and click go on your Android.

Step 4:

A new window will pop up containing the downloading link, the downloading button and the type of format you want to the video to be such as MP4, 3gp etc.

Click on download button and you YouTube video will start to download instantly as indicated in the above image.

This is the simple method I used to download YouTube video on my new Tecno L8 without using any app. Please let us know if this work for you or not

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How To Recharge From Various Banks In Nigeria

How to recharge your phone from your bank account.(All banks)


1. Access bank: *901* amount#


2. Ecobank: *326*amount#


3. Fidelity: *770*amount#


4. FCMB:*389*214*amount#


5. First Bank: *894*amount#


6. GTB: *737*amount#


7. Heritage bank: *322*030*amount#


8. Keystone: *322*082*amount#


9. Skye bank: *389*076*1*amount#


10. Stanbic IBTC: *909*amount#


11. Sterling Bank: *822*amount#


12. UBA: *389*033*1*amount#


13. Unity bank: *322*215*amount#


14. Zenith: *966*amount# or
*302*amount# (for mtn users)


15. Diamond bank (yellow acct. only):
*710*555*phone number*amount*pin#


To know your BVN, dial *565*0#.


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How to Record your Desktop Screen with YouTube

Screencasting is stress free. Just download a software program, then hit the record button and a video of your computer screen will be created, available for you to possibly upload to YouTube. There are a variety of screencasting tools between you could make your choice from but then it is possible you may not still be aware that you can also create screencast videos inside YouTube absent any desktop software! The totality of things you need is a web browser and a YouTube account.

Presented to you in this article is a detailed step by step guide on the means to create screencasts of your desktop windows with the aid of YouTube.

How to Create a Screencast with YouTube

Step 1: By means of your Google Account, sign-in to YouTube. Take the Upload button which appears on the upper left corner; choosing Events under Live Streaming. In the case when you have not done before prior now, there may the slight occurrence of YouTube requiring you to verify your phone number to as to procure streaming.

Step 2: There you are on the Create Event page. Assign a title to your screencast video, make a choice of setting the privacy of the video between Unlisted or Private and then click the “Go Live Now” button.

Step 3: What this does is open the Hangouts on Air page. To turn off webcam recoding, click the camera icon. In the same vein, it is also possible to toggle the microphone icon should you not wish to record audio.

Step 4: At this interval, select the screen share button in the left toolbox and choose a desktop window which you intend to record for your screencast. Do not forget that if you making use of multiple virtual desktops, what it will only show is program windows that are active on the current desktop.

Step 5: To share your screen, click the Start Screenshare button; after which you could Start Broadcast so as to begin recording the screen. Of course, this is a private session, the essence here is nobody will be able to watch your broadcast in the process of it being recorded. Click the Stop Broadcast button when you are through with the recording, and switch to the YouTube website.

There we are. Move to your YouTube video dashboard (youtube.com/my_videos) and there you will be entertained to the sight of new screencast video whose recording you have just finished. It is also possible to download the video to your Google Drive or even share it generously with the world.

Essentially, the videos are recorded in 720p HD and this it would be very nice to resize your desktop window to the 16:9 ratio prior to hitting the broadcast button.

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