While not everyone has what it takes to work at home, if it is your dream to work under your own roof–and not punch a time clock in an office–and have the freedom that working from home allows you, you may want to find a few ways to pull in some income.

The first step to having a successful work from home career is having good high speed internet. Since the income from working as a contract or freelance worker from home can be ever-changing, you may want to shop around for high speed internet specials. Finding good internet for a fair price makes the difference in your online career (and means less out of pocket expenses).

Once you have your internet connection you can start searching for the online career that is right for you. You’ll want something that interests you, and maybe something you have some experience in.

Become A Freelance Writer
One of the easiest ways to beak into an online career is to become a freelance writer. You do need to have some sort of writer experience, or at least have a knack for grammar and telling stories. There are many different types of online writing jobs, from being an SEO writer to being a social media expert. Pay varies depending on what you are doing and how much experience you have, and the market at the time.

In order to feasibly make a living as a freelance writer you will most likely need to have more than one gig. You really need to be good at multi-tasking, juggling numerous articles and clients at a time, and scheduling your own time in order to be successful.

Become An eBook Author
If you really like to write and you have some great stories to tell, whether they are fact or fiction, you could make a living as an eBook author, although you won’t start rolling in the riches right away. Some people make a great deal of money right away when they start writing eBooks, while others never make more than a few dollars a month.

Your best bet is to do some research on the type of books that make the most money, and start writing. Get a couple books, or a few short stories, under your belt before you even publish them. People don’t like to have to wait for the next great story, so don’t let poor sales to begin with discourage you. Keep writing and sooner or later you’ll start seeing some rewards.

Work As Tech Support Or Customer Service
Not all online jobs are strictly online work. If you enjoy spending time talking on the phone you can go into tech support or customer service. If you are not happy on the phone this is the last gig you want to apply for. However, if you have some experience with a particular tech item, like computer or phones, you could be a shoe-in for a tech support position.

If you are great at resolving conflicts you may want to go into customer service. This can be done online or on the phone. And if you have a VoIP system at home you won’t end up with any extra phone charges either!

Sell Your Personal Items, Or Ones You Purchase
There are many people out there that make a living off items they buy resale or at yard sales and resell them online, whether it’s through Facebook or Ebay. If you have an eye for vintage items you may be able to make a good deal of money through a site like Etsy that specializes in vintage and antique items.

You can also start your own resale business online with your own items, if you have many items of your own that you can stand to get rid of.

Make Handmade Items To Sell
Etsy isn’t just ideal for vintage items. If you are a crafter or an artist it is also a great place to sell these types of items. If you make something that people love, and can’t make on their own, you may find yourself out of the realm of the starving artist in no time.

Not everyone sells a ton online when it comes to art and handmade items, and it takes time to get noticed. Hone your craft well before you share, and get feedback from friends to make sure what you are making is something people will want to buy.

Be creative. Come up with your own ideas on how to make a living online. Maybe you want to become a matchmaker or you want to find out how to monetize your own personal blog. If you have the drive you can make a living online.

Five Ways To Make Money Online While Working From Home
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Belkin is one of the well-established brands that has the widest product catalog in the accessories market. We’re pretty sure that almost everyone has, at one time or another, has bought or used a Belkin accessories for their phones, laptop or even cars.

To celebrate our milestone of hitting 150,000 fans on Facebook, we’ve partnered with Belkin Philippines to raffle away over a dozen Belkin accessories. Check out the mechanics below:

1) Visit the this Belkin page in Lazada {click here}.

2) Check out all the available Belkin accessories listed in that page and pick one that you really like to have.

3) Grab the link to that product page and share it on your Facebook wall telling us why you want to have that gadget/accessories (tag our FB Fan Page). You can only pick and post a maximum of 1 item per day. That will be your entry to our raffle.

4) Leave a comment below with a link to your entry. Make sure to include your name and email address in the comment form.

We will pick 12 winners on October 15 and send them their winning gadget or accessories. That easy!

Check out the Belkin product category page on Lazada here.

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ABS-CBN announced through their Facebook page that the TV network is going high definition.

SKY and Destiny Cable subscribers can now enjoy ABS-CBN shows in HD starting this Saturday, October 3. That is channel 167 for Metro Manila, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, and San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan or channel 700 for Cebu, Davao, Bacolod, Iloilo, and Baguio.

Only subscribers with an HD plan, e.g. SKYCable Dual Def, can have access to the said channel.

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The digital black box of the country’s major TV network get a price cut of Php 500. Coming from the original price of Php 2,500, viewers can now have it for only Php 1,999.

ABS-CBN TVplus or also known as “Ang Mahiwagang Black Box” is an ISDB-T receiver for your TV. This allows digital TV viewing on any television set given that an interface, such as AV input, is available. The box features clear reception of ABS-CBN and ABS-CBN Sports + Action, plus exclusive free-to-air channels like Yey! and CineMo! along with DZMM TeleRadyo and Knowledge Channel.

If you live within these areas, you can avail the TVplus:

• Metro Manila
• Rizal
• Cavite
• Laguna
• Bulacan
• Pampanga
• Nueva Ecija
• Tarlac
• Pangasinan
• Benguet
• Metro Cebu

ABS-CBN TVplus can also receive signals from other networks like GMA-7, TV5 and others as long as they have digital broadcast on your location.

You may purchase it through their online store or accredited sales agent, retail outlets and dealers. You may also send a text message to 23661 or call 488-8888. It’s also available at Lazada (see listing here).

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Nexus cameras weren’t always the best in their category, but the new Nexus smartphones have been receiving praises since their were announced.

Among their nifty feature is slow motion video capture of 240 fps @ 720p. Check out this sample of Google Nexus 6P from Dave Burke, head of Android engineering, and see how it stacks up.

Given ideal lighting, the video came out nice and pretty solid. The camera was able to capture the fast wings of the hummingbird that has a rapid wing-flapping rates of 50 times per second.

We hope to have a hand-on with the new Nexus devices when they reach our shores. The Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P are Google’s latest smartphones that run Android Marshmallow. You may check out the evolution of the Nexus line here.

Via: Android Authority

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The latest of the Android Wear smartwatches from LG has been introduced along side with the LG V10 , here is the LG Watch Urbane 2.

It sports a round 1.38″ P-OLED display with a resolution of 480 x 480, highest resolution yet on a smartwatch, which results to a pixel density of 348ppi.

It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC that is paired with 768MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. Sensors on-board are accelerometer, barometer, compass, gyroscope, heart rate sensor, and GPS for tracking. All enclosed in an IP67-certified stainless steel body. The juice is supplied by a 570mAh battery.

A wide range of connectivity option is available including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1 and LTE.

The LG Watch Urbane 2 measures 44.5mm wide and 14.2mm thick with non-removable bands. Pricing is yet to be announced but it will be available in South Korea and the United States before a wider release.

Source: LG

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It’s no surprise that traffic in Metro Manila and neighboring cities is getting worse day by day and statistics from Waze is a proof of a driver’s pain on the road.

The Philippines rank differently on each. It varies being one of the worst, and also one of the best. Interestingly, our country managed to grab a top spot.

Here are the factors Waze used to rank Global Driver Satisfaction Index:

Traffic – Density and driving conditions
Safety – Risk of driving
Driver Services – Car services (e.g. gas stations, parking)
Road Quality – Infrastructure
Socio-economic – Access to cars and gas price impact (data by World Bank)
Wazeyness – helpfulness within the Waze community

Higher score is better.

As for the Ranked list of satisfaction for our largest metros by population – a score of
3.9 for Manila, Quezon City , Makati, Dasmariñas, Bacoor, Taguig, Valenzuela, San Jose del Monte.

Overall, the Philippines ranked 9th of the Worst with a score of 3.9.

The safety and services ranking may raise a few eyebrows. While services of sprawling gas stations and their competitive offerings are great, parking services are still not worthy to be the best. And ranking 4th best in terms of safety? We would like to know more about that.

On a city level, Manila reported the worst traffic, with Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Jakarta not far behind.

Here are the indexes in PDF:
Index by Metro
Index by Big Metro
Index by Country

Data from 50 million users in 32 countries and 167 metro areas are used to complete this index. To know more, head over to the Waze Blog.

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Annoyed with the Auto-Play Video feature on your Facebook feed? If yes, then here’s how you can turn it off.

Facebook rolled out the Auto-Play Video feature both on the web and its mobile app so you can quickly watch videos while browsing your feed. It’s cool, however, if you’re sensitive on how you’re using your bandwidth or just don’t like it then you might want to turn this feature off.

For the web version:

1. Click on the inverted triangle on the top right of Facebook.
2. Click on Settings
3. Click on Videos (down at the bottom left side)
4. Click on the drop down menu for “Auto-Play Videos” and set it to Off.

From here you can also change the Video Default Quality and choose between SD or HD.

For the mobile app:

1. Tap on More. (Found at the bottom right for iOS, or top right for Android.)
2. On iOS: Scroll down to Settings then Account Settings. On Android: Scroll down to App Settings.
3. On iOS: Tap on “Videos and Photos”. On Android: Tap on “Videos Play Automatically”
3. Turn off auto-play videos.

And there you have it. If you more questions, feel free to ask in the comments field below.

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The latest Nexus smartphones have already been launched officially and with them come new specs, features, and form factors that now flaunt a more attractive look. With that said, let’s take a look at its humble beginnings and how the Nexus handset lineup has evolved through the years.

Here are the first three generations:

The first handset to receive the Nexus label is HTC‘s Nexus one which was announced back in January of 2010. It’s been equipped with a rather small display at 3.7 inches, but already sports an AMOLED screen that delivered bright and crisp images during our time with it. It also possessed a decent Snapdragon S1 processor with 4GB of internal storage. Before the year ended, Samsung came out with its own Nexus S that got a bigger 4-inch display and has been blessed with the company’s famous Super AMOLED screen. It got a bigger 16GB storage, a VGA front camera, and we found the entire form factor to be sexy when we had the chance to see it back in 2011.

Google seemed to like the partnership with the South Korean giant as it tapped them once again for the GALAXY Nexus — the third Nexus device. This was the time that people are getting into bigger displays so the company made the screen bigger at 4.65 inches and now with HD resolution so pixel density received sort of a huge jump. CPU has also been bumped up significantly and features a dual-core processor with a gig of RAM (a first among the Nexus devices). From VGA, the front shooter has been updated to 1.3 megapixels which produced better selfie shots.

Nexus 4, 5, and 6 specs comparison:

The fourth, fifth, and sixth generation Nexus phones were all announced in October. Starting with LG‘s Nexus 4, it boasted a True HD IPS Plus display that had more width than height which proved to be advantageous when used for browsing sites and checking emails. Not only that, but it also flaunted LG’s Zerogap Touch technology which was the same approach that Apple did with its iPhone 5. This means that there were no gaps between its screen layers, making the images appear closer to the glass. On the downside, we found that colors weren’t as punchy as its peers.

Speaking of display, we were quite blown away with the vibrance and pixel density of the Nexus 5 at Full HD. Also made by LG, this phone had support for Qi wireless charging just like its previous model. What was new with this handset was that it had LTE capabilities from the get-go so this made it appealing to consumers on-the-go. Battery capacity has also been upgraded with Android Lollipop OS to boot. Its next iteration, the Motorola-made Nexus 6 got bigger with almost 6 inches of screen real estate. It was powered by a very capable Snapdragon 805 CPU clocked at 2.7GHz partnered with 3GB of RAM which made processing casual tasks effortless.

New Nexus 5X and 6P specs:

And now the two latest Nexus handsets — the 5X from LG and 6P from Huawei. These phones now sport an all-metal build which scream premium quality, and not to mention sexy. The Nexus 5X is considered as a smaller and toned down version of the 6P at 5.2 inches with Full HD resolution. Its bigger brother, on the other hand, has the 5.7-inch WQHD display that amounts to 515ppi and is reinforced with Corning’s fourth iteration of Gorilla Glass. Both snap photos using a 12.3-megapixel camera and records 4K videos right off the bat. They both  have the latest features like NFC and LTE connectivities, a fingerprint scanner, and the a USB Type-C port which is reversible and transfers larger data by the second.

There you have it, folks! From Google’s first foray into the smartphone market with its Nexus One all the way to the Nexus 5X and 6P, we can see that the company always wanted to offer its users competitive devices with their capable and reasonably priced handsets which have been among the firsts to receive software updates since 2010.

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