Kenya's local content promotion website

There is a robot presenter on Kiss TV!(TV2.0?)

2009-09-06T05:10:00.000-07:00

You have probably requested for a song to be played on radio or tv before. And your song may not have been played because there were too many requests on line or the DJ had his/her own idea of what the play-list should look like. Well, Kiss TV TVR(Total video request) changes that. Imagine using your mobile phone as a TV remote and watching its effect live on your TV screen! This is probably the

Forget Adsense, Kenyan site owners can now actually earn money online

2009-08-26T02:53:00.000-07:00

webPesa is East Africa's ad server intended to make advertising localized and revenue earning simple , fast and efficient. After signup you get your own control panel as an advertiser or a publisher. The best thing about this server is that payment starts at Ksh 500 and advertising for the same price. You however need a safaricom line that is mpesa activated and must be at least a resident of

Mashada. the ultimate web2.0?

2009-08-23T06:05:00.001-07:00

If there is only one website management team in Kenya’s cyberspace industry that is always working round the clock to deliver, then its got to be the Mashada admin. I’ve seen the website transform from a basic phpBB powered forum t the country’s ultimate web2.0. If you need to see a practical example of social media in action then this is where to go. At the sign up page there is the option

Hacking Vista: Unlock the supersecret Administrator account

2009-08-06T09:46:00.000-07:00

Deep inside the bowels of Windows Vista, there's a secret Administrator account, and it's different from the normal administrator account you most likely have set up on your PC. This Administrator account is not part of the Administrator group. (Confused yet? You should be.) It's a kind of superadministrator, akin to the root account in Unix, and by default it's turned off and hidden. (In

Why Cloud Computing is the Future of Mobile

2009-08-06T05:29:00.000-07:00

Source: readwriteweb The term "cloud computing" is being bandied about a lot these days, mainly in the context of the "future of the web." But cloud computing's potential doesn't begin and end with the personal computer's transformation into a thin client - the mobile platform is going to be heavily impacted by this technology as well. At least that's the analysis being put forth by ABI

AI: Enter Neural Networks...(part1)

2009-08-06T04:50:00.000-07:00

Introduction This article is Part 1 of a series of 3 articles that I am going to post. The proposed article content will be as follows: Part 1: This one, will be an introduction into Perceptron networks (single layer neural networks) Part 2: Will be about multi layer neural networks, and the back propogation training method to solve a non-linear classification problem such as the logic of an

How to choose the best CMS

2009-08-05T03:53:00.000-07:00

Choosing a content management system can be tricky. Without a clearly deﬁned set of requirements, you will be seduced by fancy functionality that you will never use. What then should you look for in a CMS?When I left home for university my mother taught me a valuable lesson. If you want to save money, never go grocery shopping when you are hungry, and always write a list. If you don’t, you’ll be

How to optimize for Bing

2009-08-05T03:33:00.000-07:00

Ever since Microsoft launched its Bing search engine, it has drawn a lot of interest (and speculation) from the SEO community. On one hand, this is quite logical because Bing is intended to be one more heavy-weight player and it is expected to cut some share from Google. On the other hand, this is hardly the first time a new heavy-weight player comes to the ring, so maybe the expectations that

SEO Mistakes you can't afford to make

2009-08-05T03:29:00.000-07:00

1Targetting the wrong keywords This is a mistake many people make and what is worse – even experienced SEO experts make it. People choose keywords that in their mind are descriptive of their website but the average users just may not search them. For instance, if you have a relationship site, you might discover that “relationship guide” does not work for you, even though it has the “relationship”

Dumb online biz ideas that made millionaires

2009-08-03T05:22:00.000-07:00

1. Million Dollar Homepage 1000000 pixels, charge a dollar per pixel – that’s perhaps the dumbest idea for online business anyone could have possible come up with. Still, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire. 2. SantaMail Ok, how’s that for a brilliant idea. Get a postal address at North Pole, Alaska, pretend you are Santa Claus and charge

Sample Business Plan

2009-08-03T05:03:00.000-07:00

Executive Summary The Athlete's Foot store in Pine Ridge Square will become the athletic footwear headquarters for the City of Coral Springs, Florida. There are 29,000 school-aged children, of which over 11,000 participate in the city's 16 structured athletic programs. There are 27 schools, with

Why Should Your Employees Like You?

2009-08-03T05:00:00.000-07:00

When a couple of employees were habitually late to work at Oceanside Photo & Telescope in Oceanside, Calif., owner Craig Weatherwax refrained from harsh words or disciplinary action. Instead, he opted for a heart-to-heart discussion, explaining the reasons behind their start time and how their tardiness was affecting other team members.“I believe there’s a rough and tumble way to handle things,”

Chroming the Browser

2009-08-03T01:25:00.000-07:00

Google takes aim squarely at Microsoft with the release of its new Web browser, Chrome. Even though it isn't jam-packed with features, Chrome lives up to its hype by rethinking the Web browser in clever and convenient ways that make using the Web a more organic experience than you'd get with either Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 or Mozilla's Firefox 3.Initially available for download for Windows

How to Simply Create Your Own Mobile Website

2009-08-03T01:21:00.000-07:00

Mobile web browsing is gaining popularity and acceptance thanks to the extensive proliferation of iPhones and other mobile appliances with surf-friendly interfaces. As a result it is becoming more and more important to offer a mobile-friendly alternative to your current website. The reality is, however, that many website owners seem to have no inclination to spend money on a medium that (as far

Yahoo got Binged

2009-07-31T08:31:00.000-07:00

Source: TechCrunchToday, Yahoo died as a search engine. If the deal with Microsoft is approved, what will replace it will be Bing, the search engine that Microsoft launched only two months ago. Within a few months time, Microsoft will go from owning 8 percent of the U.S. search market to 28 percent (comScore). That is still less than half of Google’s 65 percent, but it could give Microsoft a

WebMaster must-have Tools

2009-07-31T00:39:00.000-07:00

These are free must have tools for webmasters provided by iwebtools.com Search Engines Backlink CheckerFind a list of backlinks linking to a specific website.Cloaking CheckerCloaking CheckerGoogle Banned CheckerDiscover whether a website is banned on Google.Google Datacenter SearchSearch keywords/phrase through different Google data centres.Google PageRank PredictionPredict your future

Creating an OpenID provider

2009-07-31T00:32:00.000-07:00

OpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity (I stole that from their website). But what does it mean? Well, basically OpenID is a way to authenticate yourself to various places (websites) by verifying your identity as the owner of a particular URL (say, a website of your own). Instead of giving a username and password to a login form, you just give it your

Difference between the internet and the world wide web

2009-07-30T02:09:00.001-07:00

Many people use the terms Internet and World Wide Web (aka. the Web) interchangeably, but in fact the two terms are not synonymous. The Internet and the Web are two separate but related things.The Internet is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure. It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any computer can communicate with any other

What is Email?

2009-07-30T01:39:00.000-07:00

Even with the multimedia excitement of the Web, Electronic Mail (email) is the most frequently used application of the Internet. Many people who have access to the Internet at school, home, and work, use the Internet for no other purpose than to send and receive email. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), on an average day in the year 2000, 5.1 billion emails are sent in the US and

How the internet works

2009-07-30T01:36:00.000-07:00

For the purpose of this example let’s say that you want to send a file to a friend who lives on the opposite side of the country. You select the file that your friend wants and you send it to him via email. Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) prepares the data to be sent and received. TCP/IP ensures that a Macintosh network can exchange data with a Windows, or a Unix

Spyware

2009-07-30T01:33:00.000-07:00

Spyware is a general term used for software that performs certain behaviors such as advertising, collecting personal information, or changing the configuration of your computer, generally without appropriately obtaining your consent. You might have spyware or other unwanted softwatre on your computer if: You see pop-up advertisements even when you’re not on the Web.The page your web browser

Internet Terminology

2009-07-30T01:27:00.002-07:00

BooleanA common system of logic that uses operators such as AND, OR, NOR, and NOT. Commonly used by search engines. BPSBits Per Second. Measurement of the speed at which data can be transmitted over a telephone or network line. BrowserAn application that displays a Web page. Also known as a Web browser. ByteEqual to either 7 or 8 bits, depending on whether it requires an extra bit, called a

Getting Backlinks

2009-07-29T03:20:00.000-07:00

Now this may not come as a surprise to you but this might - they have a lot of juice for terms that are not even relevant to the authority sites main keyword. An authority site is just that - an authority. Perhaps this would be better phrased as an authority site is any site that has built up trust with Google. Once that trust is formed Google assigns a lot of weight to the links that these sites

What is a Blog Worth

2009-07-29T03:18:00.000-07:00

Many of my readers also read Blogger Unleashed and probably already know that Vic has kicked up a firestorm over the recent purchase of One Man's Goal by a beginner blogger for the price of $10,500. I won't rehash that story here but for those who aren't familiar with the controversy you can catch up by following the link trail below - I want to talk about another Blog for sale - John Cow dot

Roadmap to richess

2009-07-29T03:15:00.000-07:00

Have you come across "EDC Gold" or "Passport To Wealth?"If you have you can now add "Road Map to Riches" ( R2R ) to the list of online money making scams and if you are unfamiliar with these 2-Up programs let me fill you in.The key identifiers of a pyramid scheme include the following: * A highly excited sales pitch (sometimes including props and/or promos). * Little to no information offered

Open Source Web Design SW

2009-07-29T03:12:00.000-07:00

The software you need depends on the type of site you want to runBlogsb2evolutionShort description: A blog script featuring multiple blogs, categories/sub-categories, skins, search function, multiple languages, search engines friendly URLs.Homepage: http://b2evolution.net/ wordpressShort description: WordPress is a blogging software with a focus on ease of use, elegance, performance, and

How to Build Your Own Free Social Network

2009-07-28T02:03:00.000-07:00

The news may overflow with stories about the social networking giants, such as Facebook and MySpace, but a horde of companies are doing their best to reduce the fundamental features of these websites to mere commodities. These up-and-coming companies provide so-called “white label” social networking platforms that enable their customers to build their own social networks (often from scratch

All You Want to Know About a Mobile Website

2009-07-28T02:00:00.000-07:00

Introduction Nowadays, many more people are going to develop their websites specially designed for mobile devices. The reason for doing so is simple. The Website owner can reach a dedicated mass that are always having a specific search. Mobiles are handy, people are always connected and now we even don't forget to carry them as we don't forget our purse! Mobile Web pages are slightly different

Creating a Mobile Application with SQL Server Compact Edition

2009-07-28T01:58:00.000-07:00

In this walkthrough, you will learn how to create an application in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 that uses Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition. The SQL Server Compact Edition database will be a Subscriber to a SQL Server 2005 Publication and will use merge replication to download information from a SQL Server 2005 database to the SQL Server Compact Edition database.In this walkthrough, you

000Space Review(free hosting provider)

2009-07-28T01:45:00.000-07:00

Visit 000Space: http://www.000space.com/Your URL: Domain or Subdomain.Interests: Personal, Business.WebSpace: 5,500 Mb.Adverts: No.Your Ads: Allowed.Email: POP3, IMAP Email.Scripting: PHP.Available Scripts: Collection.Upload Methods: FTP, Web.Online Editor: Basic.Misc. Features: Bandwidth limit 200 GB/month.MySQL databases.RoundCube Webmail.Zantastico Applications

Free PHP benchmark performance script

2009-07-28T01:44:00.000-07:00

was used for benchmarking the free PHP web hosting services performs some simple math and string functions 20,000 times each, and measures how long it takes to complete the PHP execution (this speed calculation does not include MySQL database queries or page loading times). This was repeated 12 times via a Javascript redirect to the script again, with 5 second delays. Then the average completion

Free Hosting

2009-07-28T01:43:00.001-07:00

"Free website hosting plans" are a type of web hosting service where you get free web space on their hosting server to create and host your web site free. Free web page hosting has several advantages, but mainly that it costs nothing (no money and no credit cards needed). Free web site hosting services also often have several disadvantages (though a few actually surpass some of the cheapest paid

Comparing Adsense With Other Revenue Programs

2009-07-28T00:59:00.000-07:00

There are many programs out there that aim to give you the best advertising program for your websites. Some of the programs include Google’s Adsense, Yahoo! Publisher Network, Adbrite, and Bidvertiser. These programs and companies are essentially competing for your websites and they are all aimed at giving you the most advertising that you can get. Once you get the advertising from these

Adsense Vs Adbrite

2009-07-28T00:55:00.000-07:00

1. Adsense does not accept Casino, adult and Viagra sites. Adbrite does.2. If you have a site which is high traffic like Humour where adsense your earnings is low, with adbrite your earnings will be great. Good examples: Big-Boys.com with Over 490,000 Unique visitors and FriendSter.com with Over 620,000, Unique visitors. Those two sites are a low earning with Adsense (proved) but with adbrite

SO YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS ON THE INTERNET

2009-07-28T00:52:00.000-07:00

tips to get you started in the right direction1. A Piece Of The Web To Call Your OwnIt seems like everybody has a website these days, doesn't it? Giving yourself some kind of web presence is unbelievably easy. These days even people who are barely computer literate manage to create their own web page.Having a web page seems like a good idea, right? You've heard of everything that the Internet can

Web design for dummies

2009-07-28T00:48:00.000-07:00

WEB DESIGN FOR DUMMIES. WELL, NOT DUMMIES. JUST INTELLIGENT PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPUTER ILLITERATE. WELL, NOT ILLITERATE, JUST- oh, nevermind.Welcome to the wonder world of the internet. Also known the world wide web, the net, cyberspace or t3h interw3bs. (The latter is a story for another day. Hehe.) The internet is sort of like a virtual world on its own, and your wanting to design a website is

Creating your own website

2009-07-28T00:46:00.000-07:00

A website is a great way to achieve what you want on the web. Anyone can have a website, and for a basic website, they cost very little, if anything, to set up. A website can be a great way to promote your ideas, share your hobbies, or even sell things online. In this article, we'll learn how to build your own website!- Part 1: Planning your website -The first thing you'll need to do to build

Tips for creating quality website content 4

2009-07-28T00:44:00.000-07:00

Quality website content can provide a number of benefits to the creator. Quality website content will help to drive traffic to your web site. It will help get people to come back to your website. Ultimately, creating quality website content will increase the amount of money that you make on your website. But, how do you create quality website content? Here are some tips can help you get started

Tips for creating quality website content 3

2009-07-28T00:43:00.001-07:00

How is your Internet business doing? Do you want to attract more unique visitors to your web site and reduce your advertising costs? Do you want to create a web site that pleases visitors and makes a great impression with them? You can accomplish these goals by using fresh content the right way. By providing quality content, you will attract more qualified prospects through the search engines for

Tips for creating quality website content2

2009-07-28T00:42:00.000-07:00

Getting your hosting and domain up were easy, then you got all your scripts installed, your design up, and now you just need one more thing: content. Original and useful content on websites are what people come back for. How do you create good content though?1) ORIGINALITYHave original content. Even if it is a common article title, create a new approach. It's not a hard con When you spend more

Tips for creating quality website content

2009-07-28T00:40:00.000-07:00

Creating and maintaining a website is a great way to start a business or grow your company. The Internet offers a terrific way to share information and get your company's information out, and when you establish a company website you have made a positive step to attain a much higher level of visibility.After you get your website up and running on the web, this is a great start, but you'll need to

SMS Share buying

2009-07-10T00:10:00.000-07:00

Standard Investment Bank has introduced trading of shares using mobile phones.Mr James Wangunyu, the company’s executive chairman, says investors will now be able to place their buy and sell orders by sending text mesages on their phones."Today we are introducing the next leap in technology that will change how we trade on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) once again," Wangunyu told a media

Government information now online...information.go.ke

2009-07-10T00:07:00.000-07:00

By James Ratemo and Kiplang’at JeremiahGovernment services and information can now be accessed online.An online portal spearheaded by Kenya ICT Board now allows users access to essential documents and Government services in the Internet.It also allows users to interact with Government officials.Launching the portal, Information PS Bitange Ndemo said it aims at disseminating vital information

National broadcaster could close down, says Ndemo

2009-07-10T00:05:00.000-07:00

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) is on the verge of collapse unless the Government pumps in Sh1 billion to modernise it.Weighing under a debt of Sh18 billion, the State broadcaster is said to have accrued most of the liability through obsolete equipment acquired on Sh10 billion loan from Japan.Information and Communications PS Bitange Ndemo told Parliamentary Committee on Energy and

Cheap, Fast Web kenyan design Company

2009-07-08T08:46:00.000-07:00

-----This article is writtenn by the designkenya team----You can now get your website running and online in less than 24 hrs. Thanks to DesignKenya.DesignKenya is a registered product under Frontier Corporation.Now you don't have to wait for months and pay expensivley for your website. DesignKenya does it for you extremely cheaply and in the shortest time possible. We design all types of sites

www.haiya.co.ke: kenya's leading entertainment website

2009-07-07T10:45:00.000-07:00

www.haiya.co.ke : Kenyas Leading Entertainment SiteHaiya is Kenyas most renowned entertainment website. But dont let their slogan (join the conversation) fool you. There is not much conversation going on there. Well, there are blog postings from site visitors but that is just about it.I dont mean to be mean to the admin. Actually, they deserve a couple of commendations.First, they really get

Grant fund for techprenuers

2009-07-06T08:20:00.000-07:00

There is a grant that has been finalized for techpreneurs to encourage and stimulate content generation for Kenya by Kenyans. Techpreneurs who are involved in ‘content generation’ business will benefit from the grant. KES 1.5 million has been earmarked for public sector content whereas KES2.5 million has been set aside for private sector content. For example, a techpreneurs may decide to start an

Moi University website...www.mu.ac.ke

2009-07-06T07:12:00.000-07:00

The Moi University website must be the least resourceful and most poorly designed website of all the public universities in the country. Except for the little JavaScript in the index.htm, the website is nothing but a bunch of poorly designed, occasionally updated html files dumped in a server.The most important things to point out ar the following:1.Not database driven:For some reason, Moi

www.nation.co.ke Daily Nation

2009-07-06T07:11:00.000-07:00

The Daily nation is one of the laedingnewspapers in Kenya. It is a product of the Nation Media Group that runs among others NTV, a reknowned TV station in Kenya.The frontpage of the site is well arranged giving you links to other products by the NMG. However, it can be a little confusing. THis is because, the products are listed as thumbnails with links below them while the Daily Nation is listed

www.eastandard.net East African Standard

2009-07-06T07:10:00.000-07:00

One of the most commendable things about this website is the block showing related stories within each article. This gives one a great read especially if they want follow a certain story in depth.They have a light mobile version of the site . Except it doesn’t show headlines on the frontpage rather it shows links to various sections.The site navigation is great with links to each section, each

UoN website

2009-07-06T07:06:00.000-07:00

The UoN site is one of the best designed sites of all academic institutions in Kenya, with good features and deep quality content.The pictures on the front page makes the site colorful even though it might be taking too much space.The site makes use of Google custom search. This enables users to Google only the site while giving them the option of carrying out a web wide search.The navigation

How to Increase Traffic

2009-07-06T07:05:00.000-07:00

One of the Internet’s strengths is its ability to help consumersfind the right needle in a digital haystack of data. ~ Jared SandbergThere are many creative ways to increase traffic to your website. Some will cost you money, and some won’t. Below you’ll find many legitimate ways (ranging from free to costly) to boost the number of visitors to your website. But if you don’t have so much as a cent

Search Engine Optimization

2009-07-06T07:03:00.000-07:00

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via “natural” (”organic” or “algorithmic”) search results. Typically, the earlier a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine. SEO may target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, and

Web2.0

2009-07-06T07:02:00.000-07:00

The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions. Shakeouts typically mark the point at which an ascendant technology is ready to take its place at center stage. The pretenders are given the bum’s

Google Adsense: How to make money online

2009-07-06T06:59:00.000-07:00

We start with areview of the Google adsense programmeGoogle AdSense Program Review The Definitive Guide to Google AdSense: the complete step by step road map for making and maximising your income from Google’s AdSense program. Google AdSense, Google’s advertising program that lets webmasters display ads from Google’s extensive list of advertisers, has taken the Internet by storm. Through this

Open Source Software

2009-07-06T06:58:00.000-07:00

Open source doesn’t just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open-source software must comply with the following criteria:1. Free Redistribution The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or

Free online web design course

2009-07-06T06:57:00.001-07:00

Theses free web design courses are provided by varsitynext:1. Web Design1012. Dreamweaver3. php4. CSS design

Create an OpenID site

2009-07-06T06:55:00.000-07:00

Dive into OpenID There are a lot of great guides to getting started with OpenID, including the following: http://www.plaxo.com/api/openid_recipehttp://www.intertwingly.net/blog/2007/01/03/OpenID-for-non-SuperUsers Get the code The OpenID community has developed a great wealth of Open Source libraries which implement various OpenID specifications. The libraries listed on the wiki are generally

OpenID Sites in Kenya

2009-07-06T06:53:00.000-07:00

The following websites in Kenya implement OpenID: 1.Student Network

Web design companies in Kenya

2009-07-06T06:51:00.000-07:00

patchMakers Studio+254733997123patchMakers Studio is a vibrant talented Design Studio that specializes in all kind of Graphics be it Web Design, Logo, Digital Branding, Flash, Web Maintenance, Banner Designs and Web development.Footprint Computer Solutions+254202727510-11Footprint offers the state-of-the-art web solutions.MotoBaridi(+254) 722296184Budget Web Hosting and Web Design for Personal,

Web Hosting Companies in Kenya

2009-07-06T06:48:00.000-07:00

1 WANANCHI.COM2 ACCESSKENYA.COM3 SWIFTKENYA.COM4 WEB.CO.KE5. CISP.COM6. IWAYAFRICA.COM7 DEEPAFRICA.COM8 SASAHOST.COM9 FORM-NET.COM10 SHOWNEWS.COM11 UUNET.CO.KE12 BENINDA.NET13 INFINET.CO.KE14 GEMPACK.NET15 PROPERHOST.NET16 SAWASAWA.NET17 EAWHOST.COM18 MENTALRENTALS.COM19 ETECSKENYA.COM20 DAXCOMAFRICA.COM21 WEBHOSTKENYA.CO.KE22 CISP.CO.KE23 GLOBEFINITY.NET24

www.varsitynext.com Varsitynext

2009-07-06T05:12:00.000-07:00

Enter varsitynext, a web 2.0 application that provides free online interactive courses; a system that allows anyone from anywhere to create an online course with easy to add activities like chats, forums, quizzes and assignements. Users can freely sign up for courses provided by varsitynext staff or any other users of the site, interact with each other, do assignements , upload them and get grade

Kenyan Websites Ranking

2009-07-05T04:27:00.000-07:00

Which University website is the best designed and mot resourcefull? University of Nairbi Kenyatta University Moi University Strathmore University Kenyatta University Kabarack University Egerton University JKUAT KEMU Maseno Universityview results