AKWA IBOM @26 AND THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS

By
PRINCE UWEM UMANI jnr

As a caring, humble and a loving son/daughter of Akwa Ibom, you will
agree with me that Akwa Ibom state is no longer the Akwa Ibom we knew
8yrs back. We have achieved more than what a 26yr old man can achieve.
Some years back, our state was known as a place where slaves were
always picked from. Even in Nollywood,we saw as actors and actresses
always making caricature of us by addressing Okon, Etim, Akpan and co
as gate-men while Ekaette, Iquo, Atim, Nkoyo and co were being
addressed as maids.. But thanks to God today that we have Ekaette as a
first lady in a state where the women of the country cannot do
anything without her. Today, Akwa Ibom state is no more a centre for
slaves export, but a centre for active education, tourism and other
international developments. Its a place where international investors
fly in to invest their money.

@ just 26, I am bold enough to tell all of you that we have what
others will never have in the next 100yrs. So many positive things
are happening in the state. The Use Ikot Amama road which was
forgotten and abandoned for centuries is now a road where every
person(s) visiting Akwa Ibom for the first time will always love to
take a picture of it before leaving

THE IBOM TROPICANA 

One can mistakenly call this place heaven because
of the air that is blowing there. I don't want to deeply go into this
Earthly heaven. if you have not been there before, go and see the
miraculous activities that is going on there, the fresh air that is
blowing there, the nature of the buildings and so on.. Not only on the
aspect of entertainments. This place at the end of 2014, shall provide
employments for more than 250,000 Akwaibomites who are one way or the
other looking for job employments.

THE IBOM E-LIBRARY

 No wonder the present governor of the state, Chief
Godswill Obot Akpabio con was awarded the best African humanitarian
governor of the season in 2012. please, dont border going to anywhere
in the West Africa to take a look at E-library because you will never
find it. It's only in Akwa Abasi Ibom state that you can find it. If
you think i'm joking, go and make the research. You will come back to
Uyo and have a peep of our E-library.

THE IBOM AIRPORT 

Mehn, this airport is not only an airport but the
best international airport in Africa. As far as you are flying to
America, Uk, China India and so on with any aeroplane in Ibom airport,
it's a guarantee period of 3 hrs. Don't take this for granted. It is
only in this airport that you can fly directly with angels to Heaven
without any visa. This is the only permitted airport in the whole
world that people can fly to Heaven. If you think it's a joke, ask the
people that have flied from Ibom Airport before or you could try it
yourself.
Apart from these things being mentioned here, others are; The new
governor's lodge, 5 star hotel, the best Olympic stadium in West
Africa, underground drainage system, more than 100,000 new roads in
the state, 4 fly overs, 300 new hospitals across the state, free and
compulsory education and many others that i cant mention here. With
all these developments, you can adhere to the fact that Akwa Ibom
state is a PALACE WHERE KINGS AND QUEENS dwells.
Happy 26th Anniversary.

Courtesy; Akwa Ibom Unity project.

Why Nokia didn't sell its patents to Microsoft

By Dan Levine

Nokia may have sold its handset business to Microsoft Corp, but by hanging on to its valuable patent portfolio, the Finnish company could also get a big future payoff at the expense of Android phone makers.

Microsoft agreed on Tuesday to pay 3.79 billion euros ($5 billion) for Nokia's handset business and another 1.65 billion euros for a 10-year license for Nokia's patents,considered some of the highest-quality patents in the mobile market. "This involves the right to, in effect,make use of Nokia's inventions," Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said on Tuesday. "It doesn't involve the transfer or ownership of the patents itself." Until now, Nokia has not widely licensed many of its patents, preferring instead to use them to protect its handset business against competitors, Nokia spokesman Mark Durrant said in an email to Reuters. "Once we no longer have our own mobile devices business, following the close of the (Microsoft) transaction, we would be able to explore licensing some of those technologies," he added. Once the world's dominant handset maker, Nokia has failed to close a huge lead opened up by Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in the highly competitive market for smartphones. It will now concentrate on its networking equipment unit, navigation business and technology patents.

The Finnish company has long been a savvy player in the intellectual property market. It sued Apple in 2009 and then reached a licensing deal with the iPhone maker. The terms were not disclosed, but the deal was believed to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Nokia. For Microsoft, taking a license for Nokia's patents rather than buying them serves a strategic objective as well. Microsoft has already convinced about 20 Android manufacturers to pay patent royalties as part of its effort to raise the cost of Google Inc's mobile operating system. Now, Nokia remains free to go after the same Android manufacturers for royalties as well,although Nokia spokesman Durrant did not reveal specific targets. "It wouldn't surprise me at all to see litigation filed by Nokia in coming months," said one senior IP executive who has dealt with both companies, but did not want to be identified to maintain those relationships.

Copied from Reuters.

How to Get More Real Followers on Twitter

Now adays, there are hundreds of websites and apps that you can use to increase you Twitter followers. When you login to Twitter, you'll find a lot of these websites and apps parading their agents and their adverts around, telling you buy more followers. Those who patronize them, usually end up having ghost Twitter accounts as their followers. By ghost account, I mean those account that are neither active of dormant.

Here are some useful, proven ways you can gain and attract more followers on Twitter:

*Follow people who's followers are the same or more than those they are following.
*Follow accounts that has #Teamfollowback in their Twitter Bio, or those who go by the tweet name:  Followback, I followback, 100% Followback and etc.
*Click or type the hash tag teamfollowback, i.e #Teamfollowback. Follow the thread and follow those that  are on that thread. You'll be amazed with numbers that follows you back.
 Note: not all those who disguise themselves as teamfollowback will follow you back, and if you've followed such people, wait for the next 48 hours or more. If they don't follow you back, simply unfollow them.
*Get yourself enlisted on popular Shout Out list.
*Most people may not know that you actually exist on Twitter till someone that is popular gives you a shout  out.
*Retweeting tweets is also a good way of gaining more followers.
*

Here are some accounts that will follow you back.
@updatersqr
@Ubizeal
@TwiterHero
@SydesJokes
@1TweetAngel
@DanicaHunterFan
@Tigerfists88
@BonafideCam
The list is endless. Do you want me to mention some more?
The above methods are proven to be effective. Give it a try.

The next topic we'll be discussing is ShoutOut and Shout out list.
This write-up will be updated from time to time. Keep checking.