What is Google Map Maker?

Google Map Maker allows you to add and update geographic information for millions of users to see in Google Maps and Google Earth. By sharing information about the places you know, like businesses in your town or places in your school campus, you can ensure that the map accurately reflects the world around you. Your updates will be reviewed and once approved, will appear online for people from all over the world to see.
You can make edits using Google Map Maker over 200 countries and regions around the world. Start mapping today!

Google Map Maker gives you a detailed menu to add a variety of establishments, natural and political features.

• Add Natural features and political boundaries to add your favorite beach, political features if you wish to map your city or just your nearby locality
• Add Roads, Rivers, Railways and more to map roads, rivers, railways and more
• Add Building Outlines for adding buildings, towers, monuments and more
• For establishments and everything else choose Add a Place

follow this link http://www.google.com.ng/mapmaker

Azumini Blue River Rose

Azumini is located in south eastern Nigeria, about 15 miles south of Aba, a major trading center. It is bounded to the North by a village known as Akanu, on the west by the village of Umuogo which is across the Azumini blue river, and on the South and East by the Annangs.  The Annangs are positioned  east of the Aba-Azumini river which empties itself into the Imo River after a village called Akpala.
Azumini is a low-lying area, about 15 meters above sea level. The land surface is relatively flat but is well drained by the Aba-Azumini River which passes through it. Azumini has steep river valleys with gradients of about 1 in 20. Along the Aba-Azumini road, the gradient is not as steep (1 in 40). Aside from these topographical features, the land surface of Azumini is not characterized by any profoundly distinctive features or configurations. The river sides on the Aba-Azumini road are the only areas that give an impression of what may be called "hills".

The three stretches of Aba-Azumini river are from Aba to samanga, mini ogigo and mini obuaku. This river begins to acquire its initial aesthetic, scenic and tourist beauty, and dangerous rapidity at Azumini where it is called the "blue river". It is often said, and perhaps rightly so, that there is no other river in the entire country of Nigeria that is as blue and clear as the Azumini river. The Azumini river is so clear that fishes and gravels could almost be counted from the river’s bridge. The gravel and sand from Azumini river have recently been discovered to be unique in their brightness and clearness, and are now used as basic raw materials for the Aba glass industry.

Other small rivers which start as springs include mini obu, mini arua, mini nkpukpu akanta, mini uku achara, mini umuogor, mini de arie, mini de ogonnanta, mini akanu and mini ogunwata. These streams run into the main Aba-Azumini river as small slow flowing streams. The significance of these small streams in the life of Azumini town folks is that they afford children the opportunity to practice swimming in their growing years. This explains why children born and bred in Azumini are good swimmers and divers. The small streams also serve the utilitarian purpose of providing the town with water for drinking and other domestic purposes. Azumini is mainly of alluvial sedimentary deposits along the fertile river valley. In some areas, the soil is gravelly along the river banks but the land is generally very fertile.

Climatically, Azumini lies in the hot-wet region, or the tropical rain forest region. The temperature is between 24-28 degrees celcius, the lowest temperature being in May and the highest in December, despite the cooling harmattan effect. It has a humid climate with rainfall of 150cm-200cm, and the rains fall almost all year round with peaks in July and October. The existing trees are the silk cotton trees, but rubber plantations, oil palm plantations and until the 1930s cocoa trees were extensively grown. Other trees include the iroko, sappadellis, bamboo, and ohwee trees.  Snakes, monkeys, goats, rabbits, okwa, snails, mushrooms and, in the past leopards, existed in Azumini forests.

Azumini is a typical border town, a situation which has thrust upon it the problems of boundary disputes with neighboring villages and towns.

These disputes acquired momentum, and escalated after the Nigerian civil war, and did thwart or retard the town’s efforts to carry out development projects. In recent years, however, problems of border disputes seem to have been mitigated.

Leaked Video Reportedly Shows Apple’s Upcoming iPad 5

Joe White for AppAdvice 17 hours ago

In a new video, Chinese parts supplier SW-BOX.com goes hands-on with a purported iPad 5 unit, and investigates how the fifth-generation 9.7-inch tablet measures up against both the iPad 4 and iPad mini.
As a reminder, recent analysis concerning the iPad 5 has indicated that Apple is expected to implement the design of the iPad mini, creating a large-screen iDevice with a thinner bezel and a smaller overall surface area, while maintaining the tablet’s 9.7-inch screen.
Furthermore, Apple may be planning on announcing and launching its new iPads as part of “an October surprise,” which could also see the release of both OS X Mavericks and a new Apple TV.
Now, however, one video claims to go hands-on with the iPad 5 ahead of schedule, and provides iDevice users with a better idea of what can be expected once Apple makes its anticipated iPad announcements.
In the video (which comes via MacRumors), Apple’s iPad 5 is measured against both an iPad 4 and iPad mini. As you can see, in terms of both height and width, the fifth-generation iPad is narrower than its fourth-generation counterpart, resulting in an overall smaller surface area.
The purported iPad 5 also looks a lot like the iPad mini, and borrows from the small-size iDevice’s form factor in a number of different ways. This contributes towards the changes in dimensions, and also results in a flatter, more streamlined design.

Steps to building profitable online business

One of the most common myths about online business is that it is a source of easy money. It seems like almost everyone has an online business these days. Individuals that do not already have an online business, or at least an extension of their business online, are most likely waiting for the right moment and resources to launch this ‘beautiful idea.’

Whether your business is online or still in the pipeline, it is instructive to note that running an online business is not just about having a dream. The route to building a profitable online business is not a random walk but rather a meticulously prepared procedure. There are a few practical steps to ensuring that your business grows into a huge success.

Your big idea may be to build an online community, teach people how to prepare Nigerian delicacies, create the biggest online store, provide online counselling, have an online magazine, manage a forum, coordinate an online magazine etc. Whatever your business idea, as long as it is going to be on the Internet, it is imperative to state that you are going to have many competitors. This is partly because the cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing – and you are on your way to riches with e-commerce.

From a strategic perspective, you should start by creating an overall digital roadmap, where you can define your goals, outline the steps required, and articulate your success measurements. If your online business must grow and become successful, you must provide answers to certain very important questions. These questions include what kind of business am I in? What makes my business unique? Who is my intended customer? How do I measure success?  The answers you provide to these questions would become the foundation on which your online business empire would stand.

After establishing the main idea of your proposed business, it is important that you choose a name that reflects your ideas. Often the difference between success and failure is creating a brand that consumers will recognise. Failure to build a strong brand can stall business strategies, and bring digital momentum to a halt. It therefore becomes vital to build purposefully a brand. If you know what business you are in and who your market is, your brand message should be relatively easy. Please note your brand is not all about pretty images, it is about your values and the way you want your customers to see you.

 If you are going to record success in your online business, it is important to have a clearly thought out business plan. A solid business plan raises your chances for success. There is nothing more motivating than moving toward a goal that you can clearly visualise.

For example, let us say your goal is to help people live a healthy life. Your big picture might be to provide diet counselling in exotic locations. Because it is such a huge niche, you may start with advice on healthy eating, then you can become an expert in healthy living, then you may master exercise specifically for healthy living and before long, your business becomes a brand that people identify with healthy living.

Having a website is necessary, but not sufficient.  A website is necessary because with this you are able to define a space on the Internet and are able to bring people to learn about your services. Your website is the equivalent of an office in an offline business. Your website must have more and better content than your competitors. Your website is usually the first contact that prospective customers will have about you. It is wise to invest in getting a website that gets attention and keeps momentum growing.

Knowing your market is probably the most important element of any business, yet this seems to elude many people. There are no secrets to this. You (to a degree) need to decide precisely what your market is, if you take the time to sit down and think, ‘who is my ideal customer’?

For example, you may say, for healthy living I am targeting anyone who is over 40 years old. Imagine how difficult it is to market to ‘anyone’. Who are your target audience, men or women, young or old, professionals or non-professionals? This affects your brand, your website and your overall marketing plan.

In conclusion, one of the best ways to build a sustainable online business is not to be a one hit wonder, but to build a solid, well-known and respected reputation and brand. Do not let the mere money aspect drive you towards taking up of a particular business idea. Understanding how cash flow works will prevent your business from going broke but if your business would grow and become profitable you must have a solid business strategy, be resilient and passionate about what you are doing. Start now to build a profitable online business.

10 keyboard shortcuts you probably didn’t know

September 30, 2013 by telegraph.co.uk Leave a Comment

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says the decision to use Ctrl+Alt+Del as the command for logging on to a PC was a mistake, but over the years the shortcut has achieved cult status in geek circles. Here are 10 more useful keyboard shortcuts worth knowing.

Close browser

Whether your boss walks up while you’re on Facebook or your other half comes in the room while you’re buying them a gift, close your browser instantly with this shortcut:

PC: Alt + F4

Mac: Apple key + Q

Show desktop

If you have lots of windows open on your computer and you want quick access to your desktop hit the following keys:

PC: Windows key + D

Mac: F11

Add a bookmark

Create a shortcut to your new favourite website by bookmarking the page with the following quick trick:

PC: Ctrl + D

Mac: Apple key + D

Delete forever

When you know you want to dump a file forever – instead of sending it to clog up the recycling bin first – tap the keys below:

PC: Shift + Delete

Change zoom level

Whether you’re working on the web or in a word processing program, zoom in or out with this command:

PC: Ctrl + scroll mouse wheel

Mac: Apple key + plus sign; Apple key + minus sign

Reopen previous tab in browser

Have you ever accidentally closed the browser tab you were looking at and had to spend time backtracking to find it again? The shortcut below will restore that page to you almost instantly:

PC: Ctrl + Shift + T

Mac: Apple key + Z

Go to a previous location in browser

This clever shortcut lets you quickly go back to the webpage you were looking at before your current one:

PC: Alt + F4

Mac: Apple key + Q

Select the address bar

When you want to quickly type a new URL into your browser, the shortcut below will easily select the address bar for you, so you can start typing without moving your mouse:

PC: Ctrl + L, or F6

Mac: Apple key + L

Spelling/Grammar check

No more excuses: Perfect spelling and grammar is just one keystroke away:

PC or Mac: F7

Add “http://www” to your browser’s address bar

The quickest route to your online destination? Just type in the name of the webpage you’d like to go to (for example, type “Google”), then press the following keys to add the “http://www.” to the beginning and “.com” to the end.

PC: Ctrl + Enter

Mac: Apple key + Enter

 –telegraph.co.uk

How to download video clips from YouTube

You can, though as far as YouTube is concerned it is currently something of a legal grey area. Plans are afoot for later this year to allow off-line viewing of downloaded videos on mobile devices when not connected to the Internet, but they would only be available for up to 48 hours. As it stands downloading videos to a PC is an infringement of YouTube’s terms and conditions.

It is almost certainly illegal as well, if you do not own the copyright or have permission from the copyright holder or distribute and benefit financially from the download. That said there are numerous unrestricted sources of streamed video on the web and a lot of websites and utilities that can download this type of media onto your PC or media device. One of the quickest, and simplest to use is Savefrom (www.savefrom.net). All you have to do is copy and paste the web address of the video clip, click the Download button, select the required format and resolution and the file download will begin.

—nytimes.com

What is E-commerce?

E-commerce businesses may refer to social media as consumer-generated media (CGM). A common thread running through all definitions of social media is a blending of technology and social interaction for the co-creation of value.^[5]
People obtain information, education, news, and other data from electronic and print media. Social media are distinct from industrial or traditional media such as newspapers, television, and film as they are comparatively inexpensive and accessible. They enable anyone (even private individuals) to publish or access information. Industrial media generally require significant resources to publish information as in most cases the articles goes through many revisions before being published.
One characteristic shared by both social and industrial media is the capability to reach small or large audiences; for example, either a blog post or a television show may reach no people or millions of people. Some of the properties that help describe the differences between social and industrial media are:^[5]

1. Quality: In industrial(traditional) publishing—mediated by a publisher—the typical range of quality is substantially narrower than in niche, unmediated markets. The main challenge posed by content in social media sites is the fact that the distribution of quality has high variance: from very high-quality items to low-quality, sometimes abusive content.^[4]
2. Reach: Both industrial and social media technologies provide scale and are capable of reaching a global audience. Industrial media, however, typically use a centralized framework for organization, production, and dissemination, whereas social media are by their very nature more decentralized, less hierarchical, and distinguished by multiple points of production and utility.^[5]
3. Frequency: The number of times an advertisement is displayed on social media platforms.
4. Accessibility: The means of production for industrial media are typically government and/or corporate (privately owned); social media tools are generally available to the public at little or no cost.^[5]
5. Usability: Industrial media production typically requires specialized skills and training. Conversely, most social media production requires only modest reinterpretation of existing skills; in theory, anyone with access can operate the means of social media production.^[5]
6. Immediacy: The time lag between communications produced by industrial media can be long (days, weeks, or even months) compared to social media (which can be capable of virtually instantaneous responses).^[5]
7. Permanence: Industrial media, once created, cannot be altered (once a magazine article is printed and distributed, changes cannot be made to that same article) whereas social media can be altered almost instantaneously by comments or editing.^[5]

Community media constitute a hybrid of industrial and social media. Though community-owned, some community radio, TV, and newspapers are run by professionals and some by amateurs. They use both social and industrial media frameworks.
Social media has also been recognized for the way in which it has changed how public relations professionals conduct their jobs. It has provided an open arena where people are free to exchange ideas on companies, brands, and products. As stated by Doc Searls and David Wagner, two authorities on the effects of Internet on marketing, advertising, and PR, "The best of the people in PR are not PR types at all. They understand that there aren't censors, they're the company's best conversationalists."^[16] Social media provides an environment where users and PR professionals can converse, and where PR professionals can promote their brand and improve their company's image by listening and responding to what the public is saying about their product.