Okay, I’ve been asked how to do this thrice in the last week alone. It’s a fairly simple process, and I would think most people would already know how, but I find a few who either do not know how to do this, or seem to find issues with it – I am actually talking about Configuring your Blackberry device so that you can access the Internet without a Data Plan

So I’ll just put up this quick post of how to do this, for the benefit of anyone who may find this information useful. However, before going any further, I’d like to spell out that this post actually covers setting up your BlackBerry hand held device to connect to the Internet through Mobile Networks in Ghana, so here goes;

1. Okay, the very first thing you would want to do would be to make sure your Blackberry device has the “right” Operating System. You’d be needing your Blackberry device to have OS 3.8 or greater. If you have an older version, you may want to Download Blackberry OS 4.0 and install it on your Blackberry device first..
2. Once that’s out of the way, you can go ahead to configure TCP / IP settings for your Blackberry hand held device as follows;-
   • Click the Blackberry Icon  on your device to access the main menu, and then Go to Options  ->Advanced Options -> TCP/IP
   • Check to make sure that APN is enabled and Enter the following, depending on your Mobile Operator
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     Network	APN Setting
     MTN	internet
     Airtel	zaininternet
     Tigo	wap.tigo.com.gh

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That’s it! You should now be able to connect to the Internet via any web browser or application(s) that supports TCP / IP. As far as browsers go, I for one would opt for Opera Mini.

Just stumbled on this incredible story about Victor Huang- a local diver whose camera was stolen by an octopus whilst filming off the coast of New Zealand.

According to the story Mr. Huang was diving his brand new underwater camera near the Wahine Memorial between Breaker Bay and Moa Point on Wellington’s south coast when the octopus suddenly “appeared from nowhere” grabbed the camera and decided to play a bit of camera man with it (have to admit it did actually produce some amazing footage in the process as seen below) 

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Who can blame the poor guy (octopus)- I mean he’s probably watched many divers play around with this strange shiny toy and thought perhaps he’d have a go for a change 

Anyways, after a few minutes of playing cops and robbers with the octopus Mr. Huang finally caught up with it, but the obviously kleptomaniac Octopus just wouldn’t let go. It had to take the use of Huang’s spear gun to wrestle the camera free from the Octopus, and all this while the camera was still recording.

Some of us would have forgotten totally abandoned the camera.  Then again, some of us wouldn’t even be anywhere near there in the first place 

Enjoy! And hey- Don’t forget to share

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Computer users are being warned to be on their guard against a “cold calling scam” that could leave their bank details available to criminals.

News sources have it that a number of people have been called by scammers pretending to be from the computer software giant Microsoft or an internet service provider, some of whom have had their bank accounts emptied as a result of the con.

The ruse works by making people think that their computer has a virus. The “problem” is then fixed by a series of steps which ends with the scammers being allowed remote access to the computer.

To add insult to injury, people are also asked to provide their credit card details in order to pay a fee for the repair.

Jaclyn Clarabut, assistant editor of Which? Computing, said the magazine had received about 10 calls from around the country but it was aware that trading standards officers were also receiving some.

She thought there were only a handful of cases where people were defrauded.

“We wanted to draw attention to this before the situation gets any worse,” she said.

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Some people really never give up do they?

Okay. I’m all for perseverance, but this is just plain ludicrous. Thinking about it now perhaps the title of this post should rather have been Google Adwords SCAM Part II- because that is exactly what this feels like- A SCAM sequel

If you’re still wondering what exactly it is I’m “jabbering” about, I take it you never read the previous Google Adwords SCAM article.

Well, guess what! I just received another Google Adwords SCAM mail (as I’m sure most of you guys probably have). This time the title of the scam email was;
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“Your AdWords Professional Account has stopped running today!”
(Click on Image below to view E-mail)

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Once can only imagine how many people fall for these scams and even worse the number of people who have lost money to these fraudsters.

HAVE YOU FALLEN PREY TO SIMILAR SCAMS IN THE PAST?

Your story just might help others. Feel free to share with the world by leaving a comment below.

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Facebook has announced the launch of their “Friend Connection” targeting filter which allows advertisers “target friends of people already connected to their Facebook page, Application, Group or Event.

In addition to harnessing the social graph by targeting your connections’ friends, every “Friends of connection” targeted ad promoting a Page or Event includes social content about a friend’s interaction with your business, amplifying the relevancy of your ad. For example, Priya is a fan of the Nordstrom, Inc. Page. When Nordstrom, Inc. promotes their Facebook Page, they can choose to target ads to Priya’s friends by selecting the “Friends of connection” filter. Priya’s friends will receive the Nordstrom, Inc. ad with the following sentence: “Priya Gupta is a fan of this Page.” Priya’s friends are naturally more interested because Priya’s interaction with Nordstrom, Inc. is showcased directly in the ad.