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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Top 23 African Start-Ups 2014

The Top 23 African Start-Ups in 2014 Are:
  1. The Able Wireless Company aims to stream paid-for content for $6 per month using a household set-top box. It is an edge-of-network service that ‘delivers content over a wireless network through a secure device, reducing 83% of capital and operational costs for current network providers, creating a legitimate distribution system
  2. Karibu Solar Power The Karibu solar system is a small standing lamp, that is split into three components: the lamp, the battery and the small solar panel. The merchant ‘rents’ out the lamp and battery for a few weeks, before the renter owns the whole device, including the charger. Using the same small amounts that are typically used to buy kerosene, Karibu provides light but also power to charge cellphones READ MORE

Thursday, February 13, 2014

The Common Myths Of Unlimited Bandwidth Offers

courtesy of www.insidedevices.org
In the world of today access to the  internet is a bare necessity for anyone. Most of us own multiple devices that require Internet access (Laptops, Desktops, Smartphone, Tablets, Fablets etc.) We are all looking to connect those and want to have the fastest connection available. So what do we do? We look for a company (ISP) offering us the best internet package. All of us start looking for a package that is cheap and offers the maximum speed and data transfer rates commonly known as bandwidth. Broadband means a transfer rate of 256Kbit/s or higher. To conclude: an Internet connection with a larger bandwidth can move a set amount of data (say, a video file) much faster than an Internet connection with a lower bandwidth, hence the broad(er)band connection.
Does Unlimited Bandwidth Exist? 
Well, it is real when you look at the marketing strategies of various web hosting service providers across the world, but in reality there is nothing called unlimited bandwidth. It is always limited, either by data cable, internet or network card.
What?! Yes Think about it! 
 Bandwidth is not free! READ MORE