Happy 1st Year Anniversary TechinTZ

Happy 1st Year Anniversary TechinTZ, its this date when TechinTZ.com was born on 3rd March 2012 so i celebrate my blogs birth by promising a bit of a revamp of the site so expect new logos and even more articles posted, i promise you this time guys, so stay tuned for more as its been a long ride throughout the whole year on TechinTZ.com I hope everyone is finding the website useful and if you are enjoying your stay here don't forget to hit the Facebook like button and follow me on twitter@techintz.

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Happy Birthday TechinTZ.com!!

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Where to buy the Nexus 7 in Africa?

Lately in the tech industry, a new mind blowing gadget was unveiled, which is the Nexus 7. It was announced on 27th June 2012 on the Google I/O 2012 Event, priced at 199$ for 8GB version and 249$ for the 16GB version, many reviewers from different sites loved and praised the tablet for its astonishing performance and best of all is its price.
  
Where to buy the Google Nexus 7 in Africa?

The launch countries for the Nexus 7 where only Australia, Canada, UK and USA so this literally confirms that Google has no plans to launch the tablet in other countries soon. But how and where can you buy Nexus 7 in Africa as you can’t wait for its availability locally?

Check the following list of Online retailers that ship Internationally that includes Africa and other continents.

1.Bhphotovideo.com
They sell the 16Gb version for 249$ and shipping costs are at 83.77$ shipping which takes only 3-5 days to arrive in Africa. You can order from them as they are currently on stock.

2.Ebay.com
EBay has many sellers selling the tablet for a premium because it’s still a new arrival but if you want to buy it on Ebay.com its 312$ for the 16Gb version and 55$ shipping cost anywhere in Africa.  They are currently in stock on EBay.

 






3.Adorama.com
You can order from this online retailer, they do ship internationally, they only sell the 16GB version for 249$ and shipping costs to Africa is 115.45$ which is a bit high I may say but if you want to have it faster you might want to pay the premium so you can be among the first to own this tablet in Africa. They will be having limited stock so stay tuned.

So these are the online retailers we can recommend on where to buy the Nexus 7 in Africa or in Tanzania I may emphasize. You may have to hurry up to buy the tablet as soon as its on stock as it sells out pretty fast. If you know elsewhere the Nexus 7 is available be sure to leave a comment in the comments section below. Don’t forget to like this article on the Facebook like button below if it helped you, not to forget you can follow us on Twitter @techintz for the latest tech news.

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Apple WWDC 2012 Event

Apple the company behind the highly successful iPhone and iPad are having a “World Wide Developers Conference” event today at 7:00 PM Dar es Salaam night time. Rumors are that they are announcing the all new major update of their iPhone operating system which is iOS6 with many features rumored as the revamp of all the stock apps including a new enhanced Camera interface, 3D-Maps for more and easier navigation and they might even unveil easier ways for developers to seamlessly create iOS apps in a much easier way for all devices, so developers stay tuned!

We are expecting the announcement of the final version of Apple’s desktop Operating System which is Mac OSX Mountain Lion on the event including a new lineup of Mac Book air, MacBook Pro and Mac Pros so you won’t want to miss out this important event.

If any of you are fans of Apple’s products don’t forget to watch the video of the Event here once it finishes. Again, share this post with your friends and like us on Facebook, follow as on twitter @techintz and what are your expectations? Let us know from the comments section below.

Update:
The videos of the event are already uploaded on youtube, I have embedded the videos below for your viewing pleasure:

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Vote For Us In The Tanzanian Blog Awards.

We proudly announce that we have been nominated in the Tanzanian Blog Awards 2012. We are nominated in the Best Newcomer Blog and Best Out of Towner Blog categories. We are asking you readers of this blog to support us by voting for us so we can be on top of the directory listings of the Best New Blog in Tanzania and other categories we were nominated on.

Voting will commence on Mid June although they haven't specified the actual date, the voting will be for 2 weeks time meaning that you people will be having enough time to vote for us as many times as you want. Again please make it happen! vote for us when voting starts and stay updated as i will be posting more articles on the days to come. Thank you and have a great day:)

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Which Is The Best Browser in 2012

Browsers are what people use to search and browse the web every day, but seeing that there are many browsers providing different functions and usability, the browser market gets flooded by some new browsers trying to be popular too, they are still some browsers which people use the most and are undisputed in the friendly UI and great speed combined with customization to make up one wonderful browser.

Lets take a look at the present popularity of the Top 3 browsers in 2012:

 Mozilla Firefox as one of them has a great user base at 36.3% share of the browser market according to “w3schools.com” while the leading popular browser by Microsoft: Internet Explorer 9 at 18.9% its showing that this browser is currently a failure and needs to improve because its share is losing in very fast pace. Another browser which is Google chrome leading this year at 37.3% clearly shows how people love Google Chrome and Google did their best to advertise their browser everywhere around the web to reach and increase its user base easily.

Now which is regarded as the best browser in 2012?

Looking at other browsers usability and customization like Firefox it used to be the best and most popular rising browser in the past but it failed and it loosed most of its user base to Google Chrome because it was clustered with high memory usage and it hanged the browser most times and same goes to Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 its current user base is deteriorating as people move to more customizable and UI Friendly browsers. But Google Chrome has never seen a drop on its user base as of late and shows that its currently the rising browser on the market.

After having an insight of the other browsers finally the crown goes to..... (You guessed it)Google Chrome. Google Chrome is regarded the best browser because it provides the maximum browsing speed, has extensions/add-ons which have nearly the same library of extensions as Firefox but much better as chromes extensions have more “Quality” over what Firefox has which is “Quantity”. Chrome is known for being not quite resource heavy, it even has a task manager too for managing and reducing memory usage try pressing “Shift+Esc” you can kill processes of different tabs and extensions easily, last but not least it has  an awesome clean and simple friendly UI which is the part where people look at most when choosing the browser for their needs.

So here we have our winner as “Google Chrome” but we’d like to know which is your best browser in 2012? Which browser are you currently using now? Please let us know from the comments section below.

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How To Get Verified On PayPal in Tanzania.

PayPal is the most loved way to buy items worldwide using online shops like EBay, Amazon and others. In fact it’s the number one used service which helps to shop online quickly and securely.

Why choose PayPal?

When paying for items you purchased on an Online Shop you would normally provide your Credit/Debit card details and your card verification number. Now this could be dangerous if someone knows your CRDB Card number and the CVV (Card Verification Code) printed at the back of your card, he could steal all your money and unfortunately you would end up being bankrupt. Now to avoid all this fuss you need to register your Credit Card/Debit Card with PayPal because they will help you to purchase anything online without the need of your credit card/details to be revealed to the Online Store you’re buying from.

For more info on why to choose PayPal please read further here.

Does PayPal charge me?

There's no charge to open a PayPal account and also there is no charge to purchase items using your PayPal account.

After understanding the reasons to why you need PayPal for your online purchasing needs. Let’s get straight to the fun part on how to actually Register/Verify your Credit Card on PayPal with the following easy steps:

Step1: Signup for a PayPal account here and choose Individual account.

Step2: Login to your PayPal Account, click Get Verified and choose “link and confirm my card”.

Step3: Enter your credit card details correctly .Choose Visa if it’s a VISA Card, Card number is the 16 Digit Number in front on your CRDB VISA Card and CVV are the last three digits on your CRDB VISA Card.

To verify with PayPal they will charge you 1.95 USD and refund you after you have confirmed your card. To confirm your card they send a 4-digit PayPal code to your CRDB Bank account. You would need to check it on your CRDB Credit card statement. It will take 2-3 days for the 4-digit PayPal code to appear so be patient.

NOTE: To use the Internet Banking service from CRDB you first need to request them to activate the service on your VISA debit card with CRDB if you haven’t done that yet.

Step4: To check for the 4-digit PayPal code login to your CRDB Internet Banking Account. Go to Accounts>”Your account name”>Last 20 transactions and you will see a statement listed like this:

After you got your 4-digit PayPal code just enter it on your PayPal account for final verification of your card and you’re finally ready to use PayPal for online purchases.

I hope I have been clear enough for even a newbie to understand this process of verifying your VISA Card with PayPal .Don’t forget to like us on Facebook and Be a Fan, follow us on twitter! If you still don’t understand then don’t hesitate to leave a comment on the comment box below we are here to help you.

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How To Shop Online Using a Debit/Credit Card In Tanzania

Want to start shopping online in Tanzania? But don’t have a clue on where to start and what you need to do to get you started? Then look no further as am going to guide you through the process of being able to purchase anything online in Tanzania using a Debit/Credit Card.

Firstly, you need to open a Bank Account in any Bank which supports Online Shopping e.g. CRDB, Barclays but in my guide I will explain on how to open a CRDB bank account as I personally never opened a Barclays bank account but I think the steps should be the same.

Step1: Open a CRDB bank account first by going to your nearest CRDB Bank branch. Ask them for a Form to open a new Personal savings bank account.

Step2: Fill out the form with the requirements they need as follows

• Form should be filled with black ink and all capital letters.

• You should have 4 passport pictures with a white background which you can take from your nearest Photo Point.

• You should have a copy of your ID whether it’s a Passport, Driver’s License (New Driver’s License)

• Choose a Debit/Credit Card type if Visa or Master Card as they all support Online Shopping.(It’s free and takes a maximum of 2 weeks for your card to be ready, if ready they will SMS you)

• You should Have Two Referees (wadhamini) who will be responsible for anything that happens to your account. (You could ask anyone to be your referee as long as you trust him/her)

• Initial deposit for opening an account is only 20,000/=

Step3: After opening your CRDB Bank account or already had an account skip to Step 4.

Step4: Apply for Online shopping after getting your Debit/Credit card ready, just go to your nearest CRDB bank branch and request them to enable your account for Online shopping and Online banking service.

Step4: They will give you several Forms just fill them out and it would take a maximum of 2 weeks for your Online Banking and shopping service to be ready.

After all this process you will have a fully working CRDB Debit/Credit Card with online Shopping and Online Banking Service all ready for Purchasing anything online from stores like EBay, Amazon and other Online Shops.

Hope you all enjoyed this guide and I have tried to be helpful as possible, share it with your friends on Facebook by liking us, if you have any questions, comments or don’t understand anything just leave a comment below and we are ready to help you out. 

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How to easily Root any android Phone

Android is a mobile OS known to give users freedom to use their phones as they please. But it still has some restrictions which people often want to overcome. Looking at the competition, meaning iOS from Apple. There are so many restrictions that you can’t use your phone at its full potential, but with the help of Jailbreaking your phone you can open the doors for it for many other tweaks and apps to run on it.

So it’s the same as an Android phone, to have more features and tweaks not found on Stock Android Market (Google Play) you need to Root your phone then you will have support for Root Directory Browsing, support of other apps that need SU permissions. To root your phone the easy way just follow the following steps.

Steps to root your Android Phone.

Step1: You need to enable USB Debugging mode on your Android: Tap Menu > Settings > Applications > Development. Then enable USB debugging.

Step2: Check if your SD card is not mounted: Tap Menu > SD Card & Phone Storage, and (if available) tap Unmount SD Card.

Step3: Download SuperOneClick here. http://www.4shared.com/rar/9ocvoybZ/Super_One_Click_233.html

Step4: After Download unzip the file and run SuperOneClick.exe

Step5: Plug in your Android Phone into your computer via the USB cable that came with the phone,(Remember you should install your phone’s drivers first!)

Step6: Finally your phone will be detected and just click the Root button on SuperOneClick.

After following these steps properly, you should get a fully Rooted Android Phone and enjoy the freedom and more features of a rooted phone. If you don’t understand or can’t follow up with this Tutorial properly then I will kindly help you, just fire up a comment or question down on the comments section below.

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How to make Windows 7 look like MAC OS X Lion Mountain

Apple released the developer edition of their latest creation, which is MAC OS X Lion Mountain and it has many more features coming soon, but what if your one of the people like me who don’t have a MAC Book or an IMac and want to have the same looks like how Mac looks visually stunning!

Then your 2 steps! Away from turning your Windows 7 PC to look like a MAC:

Step1: Download MAC OS X Skin Pack for Windows 7 here
OR for Windows 8 Here.

Step2:Open the downloaded file and follow through the installation wizard

After installation then you should be having a new and fresh look for your PC just like a real MAC!

Please like us on Facebook and share the article with others. And don’t forget to leave any comments in the comments box below.

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Watch Premier League/UEFA Champions League Matches Online For FREE

So you have a football/soccer match that you need to watch tonight and you can't get to your TV or if you don't have DSTV and you want to go to a Local Cafe to watch football in Tanzania.

Go no more!! As you can watch football/soccer matches right at your desk on your computer. As they are free channels or let me say streams for watching live football/soccer for free in the internet!, no need of paying DSTV fees anymore for watching football and as I said no need of going to pay on a local café to watch football/soccer.

Watch the latest football/soccer live Streams/Matches in the following link:

www.livetv.ru/en

The sites having different matches of different teams and off course…different leagues. Whether you like watching Premier League Football, Spanish La Liga, UEFA Champions League they are all available.

Enjoy Watching ;) don’t forget to like comment on the story and share this website on Facebook or Google Plus.

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Airtel Tanzania Free Internet at Midnight

Airtel Tanzania has yet again introduced its free midnight internet service, as they continue promoting their network with great speed and gaining customer trust with giving away free internet at midnight.

If you are an Airtel subscriber you should be enjoying free internet now at full speed as Airtel Tanzania has even upgraded their network to 3.75G!Which is the latest generation of 3G technology.

When Airtel Tanzania launched this service way back! It was limited to 400mb bandwidth but now they indeed only provide you with 200mb of bandwidth, so you should be able to surf for lite use only! But still is a great deal, as its completely free at midnight.

We expect more competition and response from fellow mobile operators here in Tanzania to introduce more services too, so expect more soon.

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Introduction

My name is Khalid Salim. I’m a 20 year old man born in the precious land of Tanzania, Today I proudly start as a  blogger on technology in Tanzania and would be the first Tanzanian to start a tech blog; I am still a student in "Aptech" Unique Academy and wish to do blogging as a part-time hobby.

 What is my blog all about?

I Know, Readers will ask why did I actually even create this blog, the main objective of this blog is to help people use technology more effectively and solve some of those frustrating problems we all run into at some point, so i am doing this to help you Tanzanians out there in this new Tech World we are in.

What you should expect from my blog in the coming days?

I just started this blog today, and as of now I plan on blogging about Technology with emphasize more in Tanzania, giving out advice in ISPs pricing, and Security computer systems as you know in Tanzania many people are behind the Cyber Security scene so I hope I will contribute to the growth of security enthusiasm in Tanzania, and furthermore into different tutorials regarding e.g. Mobiles, Android Phones and much more!

So guys! Enjoy your stay here in my blog ;) share this blog to many more people than you can by using Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter or any social network your using; the sharing buttons are at the end of this post ,please don’t forget to comment if you have any queries in the comments section down below.

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