The Tech Diary of an IT support geek

How to Charge Your iPad Mini Faster

If you bought an iPad Mini, you might have noticed that it came with the same 5-watt charger that Apple ships with the iPhone. The iPad 3, 2 and 1 comes with a 10-watt charger, while the iPad 4 has a 12-watt charger. Using the 5-watt charger that came with the iPad Mini, we’ve found that it takes around 3-3.5 hours to charge from 0-100%. So, what happens when you use the higher wattage … [Read more...]

Proven tips for reviving a hard disk drive by freezing(hdd)

Freeze itFrom: Travis StandenOne trick I have learned as a technician, when the problem is data-read errors off the platters themselves, is to freeze the hard drive overnight. It makes the data more 'readable,' but for a one-shot deal. If this data is critical, and you have a replacement hard drive (which, if it's a drive failure, you probably do), then you can hook up your frozen hard drive and … [Read more...]

easiest trick to creating an Android App 4 ur website , forum, blog etc

 Visit this newly reviewed site  and click on the CREATE APP button.    Kindly Fill in all the required columns with the information needed.     - in Website URL, type in your site, forum, blog etc url and hit enter     - in App Name type in the heading or any name of your choice (one that will make peps wanna click on it for download).     - in … [Read more...]

What’s the best antivirus for gamers in IOS?

In earlier days many people used to develop malicious software for computers to collect the important information secretly without the owner’s knowledge. These are usually called as viruses that enter into the computer either through internet or placing other external drives to the CPU. The external drives can be pen drives, software CDs etc. The gaming CDs generally have viruses which disrupt the … [Read more...]

Best free painting & Drawing apps for Android

 You can download thousands of Painting and Drawing apps from Android Google Play Store, but most of them are useless or not up to mark. Here I am trying to sort out some best Painting and Drawing apps for you. Paint Joy=> https://play.google.com/store/search?q=paint+joy&c=apps Easy to use app Draw anything You can change background Different brushes – more than 15 options Play … [Read more...]

how to transfer / share Airtel MB (data bundle) with friends

As part of Airtel Nigeria's innovative services, they have lunched the opportunity for one to share data bundle (subscription) between friends and colleagues. This could be useful to most postpaid bb subscribers who don't use their data cap too often as you can simply transfer it to your kids, friends, etc. who might need them by using any of these codes: for Airtel 25MB Dial … [Read more...]

Blogger Buys 1.1 Million Facebook User Emails for $5

 Bulgarian blogger Bogomil Shopov wrote Tuesday that he had purchased a spreadsheet containing 1.1 million Facebook user IDs and email addresses for $5. The data was allegedly scraped by third-party applications and offered for sale on a website called Gigbucks by a user named “mertem.” Shopov verified that the emails did correspond to the Facebook user IDs, most of them private. He had … [Read more...]

Apple Grudgingly Posts Notice Saying Samsung Did Not Copy the iPad in the UK

 As directed by a UK court, Apple has published a notice on its UK website, stating that the court has ruled that Samsung did not copy the iPad while designing its Galaxy tablet. “On 9th July 2012 the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ruled that Samsung Electronic (UK) Limited’s Galaxy Tablet Computer, namely the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Tab 8.9 and Tab 7.7 do not infringe Apple’s … [Read more...]