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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

The World Wide Web and the Internet

The Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) are terms that to most people mean about the same thing. While they are related, their definitions are different.

What Is The Internet?

The Internet is at its most basic definition an electronic communications network. It is the structure on which the World Wide Web is based.

What is the World Wide Web?

The World Wide Web is a part of the Internet "designed to allow easier navigation through the use of graphical user interfaces and hypertext links between different addresses" (source:Websters).

The World Wide Web was created in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee, and continues to change and expand rapidly. The Web is the user part of the Internet. People use the Web to communicate and access information for business and recreational purposes.

The Web and the Internet - Not The Same Thing

The Internet and the Web work together, but they are not the same thing. The Internet provides the underlying structure, and the Web utilizes that structure to offer content, documents, multimedia, etc.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

How to Grow Onions the Easy Way

Normally, I like to grow all my onions from seed. This year, however, I took the easy way out and bought a bundle of onion starts during a visit to a local home and garden show. It cost $4, which is about the same as two packets of onion seeds. Yes, the onion starts cost a little bit more, but by planting onion starts rather than onion seeds, I’ll be able to shave about three months off my growing time and pull my onions up in July rather than late September.

Because men’s pores are larger than women’s, they can get clogged more easily, causing acne and blemishes. Deep cleansing is important, so use the proper face wash geared toward your skin type. Exfoliate your skin with a cleansing scrub to rid your face of dead skin cells.

If you have smooth, yet oily skin, use a face wash with more salicylic acid to remove dead skin from the surface and get rid of excess oils. If you have dry, rough skin, use a face wash with moisturizers. Use a moisturizing aftershave or lotion. Substituting pure aloe vera or liquid vitamin E is OK, if you do not have other moisturizers.

Are you ready to upgrade to iOS 7.1? Don't worry, the process for upgrading the operating system on your iPad is rather easy. The iOS 7 update had some great features like iTunes Radio, AirDrop and a brand new user interface, but it also had its share of issues, including the new interface causing some people to feel nauseated. The 7.1 update fixes many of these issues, including the parallax feature that caused some users to feel sick.

The iOS 7.1 update requires around 2.5 GB of storage space, so if your iPad is almost full, you may need to clear up some space.

There are two ways to upgrade to iOS 7.1: You can use your Wi-Fi connection, or you can connect your iPad to your PC and update through iTunes. We'll go over each method.

Vitamin E is essential for many normal and necessary body functions. Also known as alpha-tocopherol, this vitamin offers many health benefits either as a preventative for certain disorders or as part of a treatment plan. This vitamin is fat-soluble, which means it can be stored in the tissues of the body for several months. Special consideration should be made when using supplements to maintain safe levels of this nutrient.

Powerful Antioxidant

Free radicals are unstable by-products produced by a cell as it uses oxygen. These substances damage the cell's structure, and may lead to the development of certain diseases like cancer. The antioxidant properties of vitamin E help to remove these free radicals and may lessen the risk of these illnesses.

Washing your face seems pretty simple, right? You’ve been doing it your whole life and, well, your face is still attached so what’s the big deal? The issue is that you can cause more harm than good if you don’t do it right, and that can result in some pretty significant issues, like dryness, irritation and premature sagging and wrinkles. Read on below!

Pick the right cleanser: Depending on your skin type, you need to pick a pH-balanced cleanser that’s perfect for your face. A foaming or gel cleanser for oily skin and a creamier cleanser for dry skin. But no bar soap, ever. It’s just too drying.

WhatsApp Now Has 400 million+ Active Subscribers!!!

Cross-platform messaging service WhatsApp has reached a milestone and now has 400 million subscribers. If you took each WhatsApp subscriber and had them stand on top of each other, it would measure all the way from earth to…well, let’s just say it would be a very long chain of humanity. The last 100 million was added in just the last 4 months. And this is a total of active members, not just those who registered and never used the service.

Consider that the company is thriving with only 50 employees working for the company. WhatsApp has reached the 400 million membership figure without a marketing campaign and has never spent 1 red cent on advertising.

How often one skips washing our face at night due to a tired day? Or even buy older makeup without casting a glance at its expiry date? Radiant youthful skin is the first sign of good health, but here are culprits that can play often the worst skin habits that women have.

Smoking: This one of the biggest skin vices. Smoking not only reduces blood flow in the skin, but it also makes you prone to direct toxin exposure on the skin and in the blood. In addition to this, this habit creates wrinkles as well as dull skin. Research points out how every decade of smoking can add in an extra 2.5 years of age.

Be it post pregnancy marks or those lines that you get after losing weight — stretch marks are definitely something that women want to get rid off.

While there are several creams available in the market for the purpose, it is best to use natural remedies to remove stretch marks. We offer some tips:

-Vitamin E oil is supposed to be one of the best remedies to remove stretch marks. Apply it twice a day and you will see the marks fading away.

If you gather a group of design pros and ask about the decorating mistakes they've encountered over the years, you'll hear similar stories from each one. Though decorating a space is personal and good taste is subjective, some practices are nearly always mistakes.

Hanging Artwork Too High

Hanging your artwork too high on the wall makes it impossible to appreciate the subject matter -- and it just looks goofy. Unfortunately, it's a common decorating mistake. It's not uncommon to walk into a tastefully furnished home only to spot a tiny piece of framed artwork so high on the wall that it looks like a postage stamp. As a rule, artwork should hang at eye level. That usually means hanging a piece 56 to 60 inches from the center of the artwork to the floor. Opt for the upper end of the acceptable range if the adults in your home are tall, and stick with the lower if the residents are mostly of short to average height.

Turn Phone Off When Not in Use to Maintain Battery

The most obvious thing you can do to hold onto your charge is to turn the cell phone off entirely. If you want to keep your cell phone on but aren't planning on making calls – say on a plane – you should put it in "flight mode" so your phone stops trying to fruitlessly search for a signal, wasting valuable energy. Another self-evident tip is to keep your conversations short. This is especially important for calls, but also applies to text based communications like SMS, email, etc. The shorter time your cell phone's screen stays on, the better, so it's also a good idea to lower the amount of time your display stays on after you perform some action.

Don't Use Screen or Speakers Too Much

Avoiding use of the special features and programs on your phone will help tremendously, too. Playing any kind of game, video, app, or anything else that makes your phone's GPU or processor work overtime is only making matters worse. If you need to use certain functions, try to modify their use so they consume less energy. Disable the flash on your camera, for instance; plug in simple headphones if possible instead using your phone's speakers; turn off your phone's vibration and turn the ringer volume all the way down.

Save Battery by Staying Off of Wireless Networks

This also means turning off Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G, GPS, and anything else that will draw power by keeping constant connection to a network. The less your phone is linked into these kinds of networks, the longer your battery will last. If you're truly in a tight spot and need to charge your cellphone without any kind of outlet, you can always invest in battery pack cell phone chargers. These are essentially a second battery with a very large charge that can typically refill your cell phone's battery a couple of times via its normal charging port.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

7 Ways To Stream Music to Your Smartphone or Tablet

If there is one area that has been completely revolutionized by the switch to mobile devices, it is the way we listen to music. Although the revolution started with our ability to digitize our own music collections through services such as iTunes, the focus is now on an array of apps that offer almost unlimited on demand streaming, whether it’s from vast music libraries or over-the-Internet radio stations.

On demand music streaming is a great way to hear your favorite tracks, as well as discover new songs and artists. Many of the apps will recommend tracks based on the songs you have previously chosen, and others will offer additional services, such as personalized playlists, video streaming, and social networking tools. Here are 7 of our favorites:

Pandora

One of the first and still one of the best. Just name a song, artist or genre and Pandora will create a “radio station” that will sound like it was designed just for you. The more you play songs, the more Pandora gets to know you, tailoring future selections to meet your specific musical tastes.

Pandora is free but a $36 annual subscription (or $3.99 per month) will eliminate the ads and provide a higher quality audio experience. Available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

Aloe Vera is really quite an incredible plant. It is a succulent plant and part of the lily family (Liliaceae), the same family that garlic and onions belong to.Different parts of the plant are used for different effects on the body and Aloe Vera has both internal and external applications.

Aloe Vera contains over 200 active components including vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, polysaccharide, and fatty acids- no wonder it’s used for such a wide range of remedies. The bulk of the Aloe Vera leaf is filled with a clear gel-like substance, which is approximately 99% water.Man has used aloe therapeutically for over 5000 years. The list of benefits and effects for this miraculous plant are many.

Here is a list of the Top 12 Benefits and Medicinal Uses for Aloe Vera:

The Internet is a wonderful way for children to learn about the world, to be entertained, and to communicate with friends and family. But it can also bring risks, exposing young minds to inappropriate content and strangers who may not always have the best intentions.

For concerned parents, it’s no longer possible to keep our kids away from computers and pretend the Internet doesn’t exist. Instead, we need to properly prepare them for a digital future and coach them so they can make the right decisions. That means understanding our children’s online activities and developing rules and guidelines that both the parent and child can embrace.

Here are 5 tips for providing a safe and secure environment for those first few years online:

Be informed. Find out what your child likes to do on the Web, which sites he likes to visit, and which games he plays. Spend time together online and show an interest in what he’s doing.

Giving yourself a pedicure isn't easy, but with the right tools, tips, and tricks, you can totally get it done. I recommend you sit somewhere that you can perch your food up on a stool for a better view. Here's your basic guide to giving yourself an at-home pedicure.

Remove Old Polish
Saturate a cotton ball or pad with nail polish remover, and gently rub over each toenail to remove polish. I like to use pure acetone (as most nail salons do) since it's strong and will remove polish easiest.

Soak Your Feet
Fill a bowl with warm water and add a foot soak or bath oil. Apply cuticle remover to your cuticles and then dip your feet into the warm water for a few minutes to soften up your skin.

5 Ways to Wear Trouser Jeans to the Office

Trouser jeans are a no-brainer for work. While you can style most jeans for the office, trouser jeans are an easy shortcut when you want to create professional look on casual days. Learn to put together fashionable outfits with these jeans that work for presentations or meetings with your boss.

With a Tailored Blazer

With a Peplum Top

Apple iPad Mini In typical Apple fashion, the folks at Cupertino responded to smaller tabs like the Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle with its own tiny tablet - and delivered a fantastically-built, high-end product that in many ways beats its bigger brother. US$300/apple.com
Asus Padfone Infinity Solving the need to constantly update your phone and tablet, separately, the Padfone Infinity is both an Android mobile and 10.1in slate. On the phone side of things, you get a 5in, 1080p smartphone with 1.7GHz Snapdragon CPU and 64GB of storage. Slot it into the full HD tablet and your apps are configured automatically to suit that bigger screen. The tablet also gives the smartphone extra battery, which provides up to 40 hours of talk time. The brushed aluminium and metal finish also make it extra suave. US$1,245/asus.com

Your office is your kingdom. It represents a modern-day throne where you rule your realm. You have the power to cast down hirings, rulings, as well as firings. Your office is a symbolism of your power and success.

As you bring guests and employees to your office, think of the messages your office space design sends to them because a boss or a superior’s office is powerful.

Your office space set up sends a subconscious message

The personal assistant tells you to wait in the office and you step into a dark and subdued office with massive book cases, heavy drapes, a gigantic heavy-wooded desk (not a pin is on it) with an equally huge chair, then you lift your head and your eyes collide with a gigantic photograph of a severe looking elite; at once you understand that you would be meeting a direct, no nonsense type of person. The unspoken message is clear: ‘I am in charge here.’ The executive you are about to meet is a director-type of executive: No time for details; Interrupts often; Impatient and demanding; Dislikes chitchats.

Even with Skype and Facebook today’s business person still has a lot of travelling to do. Be that as it may, we have to keep our expenses down and business trips are major money guzzlers.

Here are a few ways to keep these costs down.

Social network sites: Most (perhaps all) airlines and road transport companies have a presence on Facebook or twitter, or even both. They use these platforms to market their services and promote their bonanzas; last minute discounts to fill up seats, new routes, and so on. Following them on twitter or liking their Facebook fan pages means that you would get information about their bargains on your mobile phone. That makes a big difference.

Dates: Sometimes airlines have ‘cheap days’ just like the movie cinemas. They do this to boost traffic on their usual ‘low traffic days. Scheduling your trip around these dates would cumulate to huge savings.

Go to the websites of the airlines you want to patronise, scan through the rates for the month and work your trip around the cheaper dates.

Smartphones and tablets are great for adults and teens but they also have a unique fascination for small children. Those bright screens, touch controls, and easy-to-hold shapes and sizes make them perfect playthings for small hands and inquisitive minds.

Fortunately, there are several tools we can use to lock down our phones when we pass them over to our younger kids. Here are some suggestions based on the four popular operating systems:

Android

While most Android phones don’t have built-in parental controls, there are some excellent free apps like Kids Place and Kid Mode, which combines pre-loaded games and apps with a child lock feature. Keep in mind these aren’t child monitoring apps, although Kid Mode allows you to upgrade to a more robust suite of parental controls with a premium membership. Instead, they act very much like Kids Corner for Windows Phone, restricting access to a pre-populated area.

Do you like gifts? Yes? You don’t have to wait for your birthday, there are plenty of wonderful gifts to give yourself! Whatever time of year, you can always make yourself a gift. Check out a few wonderful gifts you can give yourself.

1. Time off

Gifts can be not only tangible. Doing something for yourself is one of the best presents to give yourself. Time off to just relax and unwind is extremely valuable for your well-being. Do whatever you want! No chores or work!

2. Weekend away

Weekend away is something you can enjoy anyway, but try to think of it as a present, and it’ll be even more special. You do not need to have a big company to benefit from your weekend trip;traveling alone will enable you to do exactly what you fancy. It will be a wonderful weekend!

Tips You Need To Follow to Start a Successful Business

While it can be extremely difficult to start your own business, there are some powerful ways that can really help you to make the process much easier. These days, many people dream about starting their own business, but, unfortunately, they never do it. If you are one of those people, stop dreaming and follow these tips to start a successful business!

1. Start communicating

If you are going to start your own business, make sure you have good communication skills. Be clear about your business goals and how you are going to manage everything. Even the smallest, insignificant details go a long way. Your employees and clients shouldn’t be confused about their role. Remember you are boss! If you don’t have communication skills, hire a person that can work closely with you and send out information for you.

Looking for ways to spring clean your home in no time? Good. here are some tried and tested ways that I’m going to share with you. So I’ve found a few ways to spring clean your home fast that are also great for those who don’t like cleaning.

1. Clean mini blinds

Yes, I want to start with the worst part about spring cleaning. I’m sure many of you would agree that cleaning mini blinds is a great pain. However, I’ve learned a small tip that makes it really easier. Just take your mini blinds down and wash them in the bath. They’ll be cleaner in no time!

2. Clean your oven

I don’t understand those people who clean their oven by hand when they have a self-cleaning one. A self-cleaning oven works amazingly and is so easy to operate. If you have a self-cleaning oven, just turn it on and it will do its thing. While it’s cleaning, the oven gets extremely hot and there can be a terrible smell, but you can go outdoors to avoid the smell, or do another chore to complete your spring cleaning faster.

It’s important to look after your safety when shopping online. Though clicking through a website might be the most convenient solution for buying your entire family holiday gifts, learning how to prevent identity theft and stolen credit card numbers can prevent you from a financial fiasco. Use these tips:

1. Avoid shopping on your phone, especially in a public place

Any skilled thief can study your online transactions and leap at the chance to steal your identity. Instead, shop safely at home on a computer.

2. Use sites that have links that start with https

The ‘s’ in that stands for ‘security,’ which means any information provided through the website is encrypted and cannot be accessed by just anybody. Carefully check out sites you want to shop on but don’t have this ‘s’ at the beginning of their links.

The benefits of B vitamins are great:

-- Ease Stress
-- Treat anxiety and depression
-- Aid memory
-- Relieve PMS
-- Reduce heart-disease risk

The 11 members of what's known as the vitamin B complex are critical nutrients for all things mind-related: mood, memory, even migraines can benefit from the B's. In the right amounts, the B's can quell anxiety, lift depression, ease PMS, and boost your energy. And getting them couldn't be easier.

The B vitamins are a chemically related family of nutrients that work as a team. Their mood-boosting and other health benefits (see chart below) result from intricate behind-the-scenes work in the body.

Cooking gadgets come in all shapes and sizes but some are useful enough to be found in every kitchen. Learn about the top must-have cooking gadgets.

1) A good cooking knife and paring knife

Ask any chef what their essential kitchen item is and a good cook’s knife is always going to be at the top of their list. “I have used one knife for 13 years. A good knife doesn’t have to be expensive, but you do need to maintain it properly. Along with a good cook’s knife, a razor sharp paring knife is her other essential blade in the kitchen “Perfect for slicing tomatoes and for cutting anything small that you have to hold in your hand.

2) Food processor

A food processor can make your life easier in so many ways. It will make you a shortcrust pastry in seconds, make a mix for meatballs and rissoles quickly and whip you up a nice dip in a flash.

Whether for work or pleasure, travel often has a way of derailing our health and fitness goals. Lazy afternoons spent lying on the beach (or cooped up in a conference room) can make it a lot easier to skip daily gym sessions in favor of heading straight to the buffet. So how do you balance your wellness while still enjoying your trip? We called in celebrity trainer Valerie Waters to share her healthy travel tips and advice for people always on-the-go.

1. Before you leave, bank some fitness.

If you’re going away, it’s common to want some wiggle room in terms of diet and exercise. So a few days before you jet, get in some big workouts. Maybe that means spending an extra half-hour in the gym during every session a week prior to your vacation, Walter suggests. Also, consider tightening up your diet as well as eliminating cheat meals.

Nowadays many of us post photos online without thinking of any possible consequences. Perhaps you wonder what harm could one little photo do to your reputation, but you might not know what nefarious activity your photos may be used for. Here are a few important things you should know about posting photos online.

1. Photos posted online can reveal your identity and location

Your photos can reveal much more information than you think. Pictures taken with your phone may have GPS/informational tags that reveal your location information, and photos taken in front of your home, school, etc. make it easy for other people to know where you live and study. However, it doesn’t mean that you should be paranoid about posting photos online. Just make sure there’s nothing obvious in your photos that might reveal your location to others.

2. They can be stolen

There are plenty of online dating websites that create fake profiles to draw in new members. If you are not careful with posting your photos online, it could be your photo that ends up on one of these websites. There’s a great underground market where pics are bought and sold illicitly to fund these unlawful activities.

Sleep is anything but a waste of time. While many people think of catching Zzs as the body "shutting off" until morning, nodding off actually activates a complicated process that helps you feel rested and healthy the next day. Scientists divide sleep into four stages -- each full sleep cycle takes about 90 minutes to complete, meaning we cycle through roughly five rotations during 7.5 hours between the sheets. The amount of time spent in each stage of sleep varies by cycle, with more deep sleep taking place earlier in the night and more dreaming sleep in the second half of the night. In honor of Sleep Awareness Week, here's a closer look at some of the amazingly complex things your body does every night.

If you have a lot of debt and your closets are bursting at the seams, then it’s time to start to control your shopping addiction. Almost every girl loves shopping, but sometimes it could become a very serious problem. Check out a few tips for controlling your shopping addiction.
1. Use cash only

Yes, I know it’s extremely difficult to use cash only, but you have to do it! Cash is the best option when you cannot resist temptation! When you need to buy essentials, calculate how much money you will need, take that amount of money and leave your credit cards at home. Learn how to go shopping without your credit cards!

2. Stay away

Control your shopping addiction by staying away from the shops, including online shops, since online shopping may be even more addictive! It’s easier to type in the number of your credit card and have goodies delivered to your door. But try not to browse online.

As the researches show, a lot of customers make definite mistakes while going to the supermarkets.. Usually, mistakes are absolutely different. For instance, some people can buy certain goods at an impulse, without thinking. But still there are some common mistakes which many people make during their visits to shop. So make sure to remember them and consult every time you come to the supermarket. Here is the top list of mistakes. Read it carefully.

1. Taking Items at Eye Level Sight

It’s obvious that a great number of shoppers prefer to pick up goods which lie on the middle shelves as they can view the items at their eye level. That is a common and big mistake that we should definitely avoid at a supermarket. Most supermarkets nowadays use this trick to earn more money. They always try to put more expensive items at eye level view. Those are the first things people can see and choose. Be attentive, look at the bottom and top shelves also. Surely you will find cheaper goods there.

2. Not Buying Generic

Today various supermarkets offer their customers lots of generic items. Perhaps some people don’t trust the quality of such things, but I must convince you in the opposite point of view. You just need to take the item and check out the list of ingredients, after you will understand there is no difference. The generic form of products is usually almost identical with popular brands. And if you buy them you will manage to save your family budget.

10 Fantastic Destinations to Visit in 2014

All of us see breathtaking sports events, impressive skyscraper debuts, royal coronations and bright holiday celebrations in our future. We aren’t crazy, but we can actually predict which countries and cities will draw more tourists in 2014. The following destinations all boast something special happening this year, whether it’s an acclaimed event, a momentous anniversary, or simply one huge, awesome party. Check out the list of 10 fantastic destinations everyone should definitely visit in 2014.

1. Dubai

2. Malaysia

How can you prevent kidney disease? This is one question making the rounds as more people are falling to the disease without knowing what led to it. Now, more than ever, Nigerians are becoming more conscious about protecting and preserving their kidneys.....

Every year, several Nigerians suffer kidney problems and thousands die or require regular dialysis or kidney transplants. Factors ranging from bad diet choices and habits like smoking and obesity, among others are linked to an increased risk for kidney disease.

Understand the symptoms

The key to prevention or delay of severe kidney disease is early detection and aggressive intervention — Early detection is the first step in treating chronic kidney disease.

Canadian and Finnish Phone makers RIM and Nokia have both had a torrid 2012 as their sales volumes and revenues decreased substantially for already well-documented reasons. Thus, the Nigerian market alongside other emerging economies have suddenly turned out to be vital markets for Rim and Nokia as they struggle to regain profitability and reverse the erosion of their market shares in 2013.

Samsung Mobile leveraging on the Android Os as well as I-Phone on IOS have both capitalized on Nokia and Blackberry’s market situation to increase their market share globally.

The battle for the market dominance is now primed to continue intensely in 2013 as RIM gets set to roll out its new devices which are powered by a highly improved Blackberry 10 OS, while Nokia targets more market share with its newly released devices running on operating systems Symbian Anna and Belle.

Brand War Zone:

Android /iPhone devices VS. Blackberry OS 10 & Symbian Belle devices.
Samsung Galaxy SIII & iPhone5 VS. Nokia Lumia 920 & Blackberry Z10.

Instant Glowing Fruit Pack For Face

Here some natural fruit face pack for glowing skin which is not having side effect.

Papaya Pack

This pack helps to remove acne spots on face .Take some piece of papaya , mash it properly and apply the mash on face , leave it for some minutes before wash it off with water.It is best for oily skin.

Cucumber Pack

Make a face pack by taking 2 tsp cucumber juice, 2tsp milk and 3-4 drop of rose water. Massage it on your face for 15 minutes after that rinse it off with water. This pack will give you instant fairness face.

Tomato Pack

Take 1tsp tomato juice, ½ lemon juice and 1tsp rose water. Mix all together very well and apply on your face and neck and wash it off with water after 15 minutes.

Everyone wants budget friendly beauty tips means within your budget how would get better natural beauty tips .Is it possible? Yes it is possible, the fact is looking beauty doesn't have to charge tons of money. I have some beauty tips with affordable budget is like a dream and unbelievable.

1. Take 1 table spoon sugar and add it with your regular use cleanser and massage into your face and after some time wash it with clear water. This pack works as a face scrub which helps to clean your face and fight with died cell.

2. Make a mixture of 2 table spoon olive oil and 1 table spoon of baby oil and store it in a bottle. Take a little bit onto a cotton ball and wipe over makeup eyelids and lashes for removing mascara, eyeliner etc.Its a low price and without side effect makeup remove.

Looking for a used engine can be more of a challenge than looking for a whole car. Engines are an investment, and spending money on an engine that does not run or has major problems negates all the money you saved. The first thing you want to do is know exactly what engine you are looking for, then be able to find a comparable engine that may have been in a similar car, or a different year of the same car. There are a few reasons for this. The first being that you obviously want to find an engine identical to the one that you are replacing, just in good working order. It makes installing the new engine much easier as it is just switching one for the other.

Once you have all the specifics on the engines you want, as well as a list of comparable motors of different model years or manufacturers. You can search online anywhere from salvage yards to engine shops to private sellers.

The Online shopping habit in Nigeria is gradually gaining momentum. According to a report by Euromonitor International, a global market research organisation, Nigerians spent N62.4 billion shopping online in 2011, up from N49.9 billion in 2010. This represents a 25% growth rate in one year.

The growing rate of online shopping is being attributed to a radical shift in the lifestyle of Nigerians and an increasing adoption of the online medium by both merchants and individuals. It is also being influenced largely by rapid growth in technology infrastructure, as more and more Nigerians are now online, fuelled by proliferation of smartphones and increased internet connections.

The argument is that there is virtually nothing that cannot be purchased online in this internet-driven world, from textiles, electronics, cars, and books to household items.

The number is increasing everyday, which is fuelling potentials of the growing e-commerce platforms. Shoppers looking for good deals online find e-shopping appealing due to their discount offerings and wide range of products.