Why the Galaxy Note 7 Phones Often Catch Fire - Samsung Releases Revealing Statement

Samsug has finally given an explanation into what actually happened after many Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones caught fire while in use.

Illustrative photo: A burnt Samsung Galaxy phone

 

A statement by the South Korean company, Samsung on Monday has shown that the design and production of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s batteries caused the mobile phones to catch fire.

 

“Our investigation, as well as investigations completed by three independent industry organisations, concluded that the batteries were found to be the cause of the Note 7 incidents.

“Some 700 engineers examined 200,000 devices and 30,000 batteries during the investigation into the cause of the fires,’’ Samsung said in a statement.

 

Samsung began selling the phone on August 19, but said in October it was discontinuing production following a global recall and multiple reports of some of the devices catching fire.

 

The discontinuation of production was estimated to cost the South Korean tech giant 3.5 trillion won (three billion dollars) in operating profit from the fourth quarter of 2016 through the first quarter of 2017.

 

The 940-dollar device was aimed at the premium end of the market, where it was intended to compete with Apple’s iPhone.

 

Over one million phones were recalled.

 

Following the recall, the U.S. Department of Transportation strengthened an earlier Federal Aviation Administration warning by ordering airline passengers not to bring Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on planes unless they keep them turned off and don’t charge them during the flight.

Finally! Video Call Feature Is Now Official On Whatsapp For Everyone

 

WhatsApp video calling is now finally official. It is now open to everybody no matter the device you are using and what part of the world you are.

That has to be emphasized because in the last couple of months, the idea of WhatsApp video calling features had made the rounds. The recent was a beta version made available to only some users.
At the time WhatsApp was quietly testing the Video calling features, some misconstrued that fact as the full roll out of the feature to WhatsApp users.

You don’t blame them for thinking that way as the over a billion users of WhatsApp were really hoping for a video calling feature especially after new entrant Allo came out with a bang with video calling.
Announcing the welcome news on the WhatsApp blog, the messaging service said that they are

….introducing this feature because we know that sometimes voice and text just aren’t enough. There’s no substitute for watching your grandchild take her first steps, or seeing your daughter’s face while she’s studying abroad. And we want to make these features available to everyone, not just those who can afford the most expensive new phones or live in countries with the best cellular networks.”

This is quite a turnaround for WhatsApp because about six months ago, users were left sorely disappointed after an update to the app did no include the video calling feature.

Using the video calling feature in WhatsApp is quite easy. Though for now there is no dedicated video calling icon. To initiate a video call, all a user has to do is tap the call icon at the top of a WhatsApp conversation. Just like you want want to start a normal call.

Instead of calling the recipient as it used to be before, a pop up would appear asking the user to chose if they want to start a normal call or video call with the person they are chatting with.

Tapping the video call would place a video call.

During video call, a user can decide to use the primary camera or the front facing camera. This is cool for a situation where the front camera is not very sharp or you want to show somebody an image using the back camera.

One can also mute the call if they don’t want to hear sounds without actually ending the call. Ending the call requires only the tapping of the red button on the screen

Like already stated earlier, WhatsApp officially joined the video calling service rather late, at least when compared to other services like Viber, Apple’s FaceTime and of course Skype, which is the industry standard for which other services measure their progress.
One comparative advantage WhatsApp has over all other video calling apps is the number of users using the platform. As messaging platform, WhatsApp is far and away the most popular messaging app with over 1 billion users.

So for WhatsApp, they would be starting at the top because even if only 50% of WhatsApp users start using he video calling service, they’d already be the biggest app offering the service. Even bigger than Skype.
In the months leading up to this feature, WhatsApp introduced several new feature or updates to the app including end-to-end encryption to make chats safer and group chatting feature.

Though the WhatsApp video calling is welcome, the downside for users in countries like Nigeria still remains the cost of data and of course the strength of internet connectivity.

WhatsApp Has Just Introduced a Video Calling Feature | See New Details

The world's most popular instant messaging app has made announcement of new technological advancements in their service.

 

WhatsApp is announcing its latest feature – WhatsApp video calling. In the next couple of days, the instant messaging app’s over one billion users will be able to make video calls across iOS, Windows and Android platforms.

 

According to WhatsApp, “We’re introducing this feature because we know that sometimes voice and text just aren’t enough. There’s no substitute for watching your grandchild take her first steps, or seeing your daughter’s face while she’s studying abroad. And we want to make these features available to everyone, not just those who can afford the most expensive new phones or live in countries with the best cellular networks.”

 

“Over the years we’ve received many requests from our users for video calling, and we’re excited to finally offer this feature to the world. Thank you for using WhatsApp and we promise to keep working hard every day to improve the service.”

 

WhatsApp says its goal has always been to help as many people as possible stay in touch with friends, family, and others they care about.

 

“That means making a product that’s simple, easy to use, and accessible no matter where you are. The company started with messaging and Group Chat, then added voice calling, in a way that works across thousands of device and platform combinations all over the world,” the platform says.

 

About WhatsApp

 

More than 1 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp1 to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere. WhatsApp is free2 and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.

 

1 And yes, the name WhatsApp is a pun on the phrase What’s Up.

 

2 Data charges may apply.

 

WhatsApp started as an alternative to SMS. Our product now supports sending and receiving a variety of media: text, photos, videos, documents, and location, as well as voice calls. Our messages and calls are secured with end-to-end encryption, meaning that no third party including WhatsApp can read or listen to them. Behind every product decision is our desire to let people communicate anywhere in the world without barriers.

 

WhatsApp was founded by Jan Koum and Brian Acton who had previously spent 20 years combined at Yahoo. WhatsApp joined Facebook in 2014, but continues to operate as a separate app with a laser focus on building a messaging service that works fast and reliably anywhere in the world.

Whatsapp Extends Blackberry Shutdown

 
WhatsApp Extends Blackberry Shutdown Till June 2017

WhatsApp earlier this year announced they would no longer be supporting BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10 handsets by the end of 2016 but it seems they have changed their mind.

According to an update in the FAQ section of the WhatsApp App it has now been extended to June 2017.

WhatsApp support for mobile devices
As announced in our blog, we will soon be ending support for certain devices. On June 30, 2017, we will no longer support the following platforms:

BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10 Nokia S40 Nokia Symbian S60 The following platforms will no longer be supported at the beginning of 2017:

Android 2.1 and Android 2.2 Windows Phone 7 iPhone 3GS/iOS 6

These platforms don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future. If you use one of these affected mobile devices, we recommend upgrading to a newer Android running OS 2.3+, a Windows Phone 8+, or an iPhone running iOS 7+ before the end of 2016 to continue using WhatsApp.

The new update for the BlackBerry 10 version is available through BlackBerry World, it should be however noted that this just resets the time-bomb built into the app. a whole lot of people have been trying to dispose their phones to get compatible ones but i guess now they'll wait a little more.

How To Make Money With Your Blog Through Jumia (Kaymu) Affiliate Program

After rebranding itself as Jumia Market, Kaymu - Nigeria’s largest online social marketplace, has rolled out an affiliate program which not only rewards affiliates for driving sales, but also reward them for referring affiliates. Besides that, you will earn N500 instantly if you sign up as an affiliate and your application is approved.

So, this simply means you can earn money online in three ways as a Jumia market affiliate marketer :

1. When you sign up for Jumia market affiliate program (N500)
2. When you refer anyone to buy from Jumia market and the person buys via your unique affiliate link (N700 per sale) 
3. When Kaymu approves an affiliate that joins the affiliate program through you. (N300 per referred Affiliate)

According to the Jumia market affiliate manager, you will earn flat commission of N700 per product you sell through your affiliate link irrespective of the price of the item sold.

More so, if you get more than 100 valid Sales in one week, you will earn N1,500 per transaction generated the following week.

You can easily get the codes of the banners & links for your promotions via the 'Promotion' tab on the affiliate dashboard.

Minimum payout of Jumia market affiliate program is N5,000 but the Jumia market affiliate manager informed me this morning, that it has been reduced to N3,000 to enable more young bloggers raise money and make money online in Nigeria.

The affiliate program features "Sub-Signup Stats" which allows you to view the downline of affiliates signed up under you as well as sales statistics of your sub-affiliates.

If you would like to earn N300 per affiliate you refer, you will have to recruit affiliates by making use of your unique sub-affiliate signup referral link.

You can get it by navigating to "Promotion' > "Advanced Tools" > 'Sign Up Sub-affiliates" after you signed in to your affiliate account.

Copy, shorten it and start promoting it on your blog and your social media channels.

It should look similar to the url below :

http://kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com/affiliates/signup.php?a_aid=songsofjackson

Kindly note that it is different from your unique general affiliate link and your sub-affiliates must own a site, preferable Nigerian bloggers.

How Can I Sign In To My Jumia Market Affiliate Account?

You can Click Here To Sign Up

If you're already a member, you can click here to sign in to your affiliate dashboard.

Below is what I have earned so far from affiliates that joined through me before putting up this post on my blog.

I got those referrals from my update I shared on Facebook yesterday.

Have you joined the Kaymu affiliate program?

If yes, kindly share your experience so far.

If no, join jumia affiliate program here.

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$2.2bn fraud: Jonathan should be arrested for his statement – Lagos APC

 

The All Progressives Congress Lagos State Chapter has said anti-graft agencies should arrest former President Goodluck Jonathan for his statement about ex-NSA Sambo Dasuki not stealing $2.2bn.

In a statement by its publicity secretary, Joe Igbokwe on Thursday, the party said the statement proved he knew about the shady deals during his administration.

“To claim that Dasuki and his partners did not steal the arms purchase fund reveals the inner beliefs of Jonathan and explains that he is intrinsically webbed to corruption,” Igbokwe said.

“Even while he is perceived as pathologically corrupt and his regime seen as the most corrupt in Nigeria’s chequered history, one would have expected Jonathan to be cautious in seeking to advance very childish and inadmissible exculpation of his subordinates for glaring acts of corruption.

“We had expected that Jonathan would have striven to water down the lowly impression held of him by Nigerians and the international community by not deciding to be so patronising to clear cases of corruption by his subordinates. But with each day, Jonathan continues to baffle by his chameleonic acts.

“By Jonathan’s cheap defence of Sambo Dasuki, we believe time has come for the security agencies to pick up Jonathan to tell the nation all that he knows of the many cases of corruption that happened under him.”