HOW TO MAKE YOUR LAPTOP BATTERY LAST LONGER

In this article I present lengthy tips on how to keep your laptop battery healthy and in the long run save costs and frustrations.Please read on.

1. Let the battery discharge completely the first time you use it. When you get a new laptop or just a new battery, plug the computer in and charge the battery fully. Unplug the laptop and run it on battery power until the computer warns you that it's about to run out. This calibrates the battery--essentially "teaching" it how much charge it can hold.
2.Avoid frequent charging and discharging. A typical lithium-ion laptop battery has a life of about 300 to 500 charge "cycles," according to researcher Isidor Buchmann of BatteryUniversity.com. Unplugging the computer, running it on battery power for a time and then plugging it back in constitutes one cycle. This does not mean running the battery all the way down each time--Buchmann advises that partial discharges are preferable to full ones in everyday use--but it does mean that it's better to run the laptop unplugged for an hour than to do so for 10 minutes, then plug it in for 5 minutes, then unplug it for 15 minutes, plug it back in for 10, and so on.
3.Allow the battery to fully discharge about once every 30 cycles. This will help recalibrate the battery.
Allow about a 50 percent charge on the battery if you plan to store the laptop for more than six months. Apple Inc. says that long-term storage of a fully discharged battery may render it unable to recharge at all, whereas storing a fully charged battery for an extended period can reduce its capacity.
5.Do not  overheat. There is a direct correlation between the temperature at which a battery operates and the degradation of its charging capacity. PC Magazine advises laptop users to avoid operating the computer on soft surfaces that trap heat, such as blankets, upholstery or--somewhat ironically--your lap. Use a lap desk or cooling pad when you have the computer on your lap. If you usually use the computer on a desk, make sure the surface of the desk is free of dust.

6.Turn off Wi-Fi and BlueTooth - Most laptops have shortcut keys to instantly disable wireless networking.

7. Don't play computer games, music or DVD movies - Multimedia activities drain laptop batteries.

8. Disconnect all external device like PC Card modems, Firewire, USB devices and optical drives. Use the notebook touchpad instead of an external mouse.

9. Adjust your screen brightness - Dimming your display saves battery power.

10. Tweak Windows Power Options - Choose a Laptop power scheme that turns off the notebook monitor and hard disk after 10 minutes of inactivity.

11. Decrease or mute the Laptop Speaker Volume.

12.. Turn off all scheduled tasks.

13. Turn off Auto-save features in Microsoft Office and other applications.

14. If your PC has a built-in wireless card, turn it off or disable it when not in use.

15. Programs that are run from a CD or DVD can be copied to and run from the hard drive, which typically consumes less power than an optical drive.

17.. If you do not use your laptop for extended periods of time (a week or more), remove the battery pack from the laptop.

18. Do not expose the battery to high heat or freezing temperatures. Do not leave your battery in your car in the summer. Hot batteries discharge very quickly, and cold ones can't create as much power.

19. Make sure to plug your laptop charger adapter into a UPS and not directly into a power outlet or surge protector.

20. If you have a nickel-metal hydride battery, completely drain and recharge the battery once a month to maximize its capacity to hold a charge.

21. Fully charge new battery packs before use. New pack needs to be fully charged and discharged (cycled) a few times before it can condition to full capacity.
22.. Leaving a battery in a laptop while using an electrical outlet for long periods of time will keep the battery in a constant state of charging up and that will reduce the life cycle of the battery.

Battery-saving sleep modes: should  be used, Stand By or Hibernate

Standby mode
Use standby modes to save power when you will be away from the computer for a short time while working - your monitor and hard disks turn off, all applications and open files are stored in RAM. When you want to use the computer again, it comes out of standby quickly, and your desktop is restored exactly as you left it.

Hibernation Mode
Use hibernation to save power when you will be away from the computer for an extended time while working - your computer shuts down to save power but first saves everything in memory on your hard disk. When you restart the computer, your desktop is restored

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HOW TO REDUCE YOUR BROWSING COSTS

I have jokingly told people my second home is the internet, the reason being that am in partnership with Google, to promote some categories of adverts. I must as matter of necessity be on the net at least once a week. It cost a fortune to be on the net 24/7.But there are people who are unnecessarily dashing gms   operators money. This article may assist you to stop putting holes in your pocket.

I know my Nigerian internet friends who are versed on how to surf the net knows how to convert credit to browsing data. But there are some people who need to be educated to on how convert t credit to data size and browse for longer hours

Each phone networks has its own economic data tariffs

For the purpose of simplicity I will give the codes and data sizes of the lowest rate, which can make an individual browse or surf the net for 24   hours

NETWORK	AMOUNT(N)	TEXT	TO	DATA SIZE	DURATION
MTN	100	104	131	10MB	24 HOUR
ZAIN	100	*141*712*11#		10MB
ETISALAT	100	Go   to etisalat corner  on your set, select data service, choose the data plan that suits your budget
GLO	100	51	127

N/B: BEFORE APPLYING THESE YOU MUST HAVE RECHARGE YOUR SIM    TO GET ADEQUATE CREDIT TABLE HELPS YOU TO  CONVERT THAT CREDIT TO DATA   SIZE FOR BROWSING

KNOW A PSEUDO FACEBOOK ACCOUNT

I   have  not posted articles  on this  medium  for some time, because of some unforeseen circumstance, beyond my control. I am  not really happy about this, I missed not reaching my  international audience. I have put measures in place to ensure that this does not happen again. I apologies for being away for quite awhile.

Facebook has its usefulness, it gives one the platform to connect with friends, and for the business person, it a rich source of adverts. However every thing that is good has it negative side, facebook is not an exception.

It is has been estimated that over 50% of facebook accounts are fake,false or pseudo.
The word pseudo is a Greek word, denoting fake, false.That is my choice of word for this article.
The task before me is to help my friends, detect scams through Facebook ids or accounts. I have my ways of determining these, following my verse experience on how some of these scams are perpetrated.Scrutinize every facebook account or ids,
Look at the tales signs of pseudo, false, or fake ids,

1. Look for photos in the profile. If there is only one photo of the individual in the whole profile it may be  that the account is fake.

2. Look for status updates, wall posts and comments. If the user hasn’t updated a status for quite a long time and hasn’t been involved in any wall posting or commenting on other status, it means that the profile is likely to be fake.

3. Look at the recent activities. If  the user has just been adding  and making new friends, and that there are no pages liked or groups joined, it  may suggests that the user is just adding people and hence the profile is fake.

4. Check out the friend list. If you find out that all  of the friends are of the opposite gender,it can be assumed that the profile is used either for fun or for random dating.

5. Check the info.If found that there is no ideal links given regarding school or education institutions or workplace and that the user is looking for dating and interested in both men and women, it is a pointer

7. Fake profiles of girls usually have a contact no. in their info. Lets face it, girls hardly will have their contact details in public. So watch out if the user exposes contact details  that should not  be made public. 
8. Look out for recent wall posts, if you see loads of people asking…’THANKS FOR THE ADD….DO I KNOW YOU’……and yet the posts remain unanswered…it is bound to be a fake one.
9. Look for common traits used in facebook, like.using applications such as farmville,pet society etc….and adding siblings. If these traits are not found among the user, the profile is highly inactive or fake. This point can’t single handedly prove the fakeness, however this will be a supporting clue along with other points.

10. If you are quite certain about the profile’s fakeness, and want to be absolutely sure, try browsing google for some random profile pictures. Fake profile pictures are usually selected from Google and while browsing through it, you might as well come across the picture the user chose for the fake account.
11. Try confirming the phone number of the facebook id.If when you call, the number doesn’t go, be on the watch. Where you do have a chance to talk to the facebook account owner, access the person’s statement, see it as if you are interviewing the person.
These are my submission; I do not claim to know it all. But you have a lead to determine pseudo facebook accounts