What is AAB file and How to Install it on Android Smartphone

 What is AAB file and how to install it on Android smartphone 

Google is now doing away with APK files. As of August 2021, Google mandated developers to upload new Android apps to the Google Play Store in AAB format. 

Since the launch of Android over a decade ago, APK files have been the universal format for apps. Whether developers or users, whether it is on the Google Play Store, APKMirror, APKPure or APKMod - it was always APKs that were offered. For developers, AABs will now become mandatory and for Android users, APKs will become a more complicated affair.

AABs has become mandatory for all new apps since August 2021. Updates for existing apps can still be uploaded by developers in APK format, so nothing will change in this department for now.

What is an AAB file actually?

"AAB" stands for Android App Bundle. The AAB file contains the entire program code of the Android app. As soon as app development is complete, the developer uploads the app to the Google Play Store in AAB format, with the user (you) downloading it from Google Play store to your smartphone just like before.

Why did Google introduce AAB over APK?

You may be wondering why Google introduced AAB file after many years of using APK, well here are some few reasons:

AAB files are custom-made

The difference between APK and AAB files lies in what we call resources. In an app, resources are everything else that is not programming code, such as images, language files, or music. If you select the "Install" button for an app in the Play Store, Google will then send you an APK file tailored from the AAB file for your device with the necessary resources required.

If your smartphone only has Full HD+ resolution, then you'll receive an APK without 4K material. You've selected English and German as the device language? You probably won't need the Swahili language pack. By the way, with the help of Google's bundletool tool, AAB files can also be locally converted into APKs.

AAB files are smaller in size than APK

The first major advantage of AAB files is therefore obvious: The APKs generated in this manner are smaller. On average, you should be able to see a 35 percent reduction in this manner, based on what Google wrote in October 2018. 

Better protection for apps

Another benefit that developers will find useful would be increased security. It will probably be more difficult to modify apps in the future, and the mod scene might not be very happy about that. Who knows, maybe this will reduce the number of cheaters available.

By the way, with the AABs, the Lite and Pro app versions in the Play Store should no longer exist. It used to be possible to install a paid Pro version over the Lite version after a purchase thanks to the same signature, so to speak, as an update. With AABs and Google signing, that's no longer possible. Instead, developers will have to switch to in-app purchases.

How To Install AAB Files on Android smartphone?

Now that you've learnt about AAB files and it's advantages, let's dive into how you can install these AAB files if you get to have their raw files.

Normally, with the inception of AAB files, users will have to install apps and games through Google Play store only and not from any 3rd party Android app store. But if paradventure you get hold of an AAB raw file and you want to manually install it on your android smartphone, this next section is for you. 

To install an AAB files, you will be needing an AAB installer; this is an app that helps in installing an AAB files into your android smartphone.

How does it work?

With the help of your data turned on, the AAB installer converts the AAB file into an APK files and then install it in your phone. 

For this tutorial, we will be making use of an AAB installer app called "App Bundle Installer"

• Step 1: Download and install App Bundle Installer from Google playstore.

• Step 2: Launch the app and select AAB to pick an AAB file from your folder

• Step 3: click on the AAB file in your folder that which to install.

The file will be uploaded automatically, converted to APK file, downloads back to the phone and then request to be installed.

Accept the installation request and the file [whatever it may be: App or game] will be installed to your phone.

That's all on how to install AAB files on your Android phones.

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₦2.9 Billion Hacked From Flutterwave Accounts

₦2.9 Billion Hacked From Flutterwave Accounts

The sum of ₦2,949,557,867 has been illegally transferred from the accounts of Nigerian owned African fintech unicorn, Flutterwave.

On February 19, 2023, Flutterwave’s legal counsel, Albert Onimole, reported the case to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos.

Per Onimole’s letter, the hack on Flutterwave’s accounts occurred about 2 weeks ago from February 13. It was said that the money was initially transferred to 28 accounts in 63 transactions. While the incident was reported to the police on February 13, 2023, with the list of accounts that had received the money, the police could not freeze the funds.

According to Flutterwave, some commercial banks allowed the money to be moved to other accounts, widespreading the money trail.

To investigate accounts holding the stolen funds across various financial institutions in Nigeria, S.A. Adedesin, Legal Officer, State CID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos, filed a suit in the Magistrate Court of Lagos (Yaba Magisterial District sitting at Yaba) to support Flutterwave’s claims.

The suit is between the Commissioner of Police and the following financial institutions:

• Access Bank
• Providus Bank
• Union Bank
• Keystone Bank
• PalmPay
• First City Monument Bank (FCMB)
• Kuda Bank
• Zenith Bank
• First Bank of Nigeria
• Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB)
• United Bank for Africa (UBA)
• Polaris Bank
• Wema Bank
• Union Bank
• Sterling Bank
• Ecobank
• Paycom
• Fidelity Bank
• Eyowo
• Stanbic IBTC Bank
• Opay
• VFD Microfinance Bank
• Carbon
• Moniepoint
• Al-Hayat Microfinance Bank
• PiggyVest
• Nomba (previously Kudi)

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While there are no documents to confirm if the court has ruled in favour of Inspector Micheal’s motion, some people have confirmed that their accounts have been frozen in connection to the hack.

A Twitter user said, “I got a mail from my bank saying I’m a 4th beneficiary to this acclaimed fraud money. This was after over five days after a successful trade. My account is locked can’t access fund inside. Pls is this right? It’s unfair I have zero business with flutter wave or the hack.”

Per the motion filed by Adebesin, 107 accounts, including fifth beneficiaries of those accounts, are to be placed on lien/Post-No-Debit (PND).

With the stolen funds distributed across several accounts, which, according to tweets, may or may not have anything to do with the hack, it is not clear at this time who hacked Flutterwave.

Questions about how hackers got past Flutterwave’s security and what this means for the unicorn’s customers remain unanswered.

Funny enough, Flutterwave has denied the hack through a statement. it said, “we identified an unusual trend of transactions on some users’ profiles. Our team immediately launched a review (inline with our standard operating procedure), which revealed that some users who had not activated some of our recommended security settings might have been susceptible.”

The statement added that Flutterwave was able to address the issue before any harm was done to its users.

However, some Twitter users claim thier accounts were locked as a result of the hack on Flutterwave.

The company said, "We want to reassure you that Flutterwave

has not been hacked. As a financial institution, we monitor transactions through our transaction monitoring systems and 24 hour fraud desk and review any suspicious activity. We collaborate with other financial institutions and law enforcement agencies to keep our ecosystem safe and secure"

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Ten (10) Metrics To Measure Your Blog's Effectiveness

 Ten (10) Metrics To Measure Your Blog's Effectiveness 

When it comes to your blog, success can come in many different forms. Regardless of your website’s niche, gathering certain data can help you determine whether your readers are enjoying the content you’re putting out or if you need to make some alterations to increase engagement. 

While collecting data about your blog might seem overwhelming at first, rest assured that there are plenty awesome tools to help you! Google itself offers several highly-valuable resources for data gathering, and once you know what to look for, finding it isn’t too tricky. 

Constant assessment of progress is the only way to make sure you’ll achieve your blog goals.

To help you take control of the evaluation process, here are 10 essential metrics you should look at:

1. Page views

A “page view” is a measure of any time a user views a page on your website. This includes multiple visits and page refreshes as well. That means you’ll need to look deeper into the numbers to find out specifics about who’s visiting your blog.

Page views can often be tracked through your hosting provider. Alternatively, you can leverage Google’s page views tracking tool.

You can use Google Analytics to create a custom metric that uses other elements, such as session data, to provide deeper insights into audience behavior. Plus, some filters will be able to help you quickly sort out and view the most important details.

There is no one correct number when it comes to page views. It will differ radically depending on your goals, audience, niche, and so on. However, in a general sense, you should be looking for a slow but steady increase over time. If you’re not getting the numbers you expect, you may want to look into some of your other traffic metrics to fully understand where the problem lies.

Study the overall number of visitors or concentrate on every single article you have. This way you’ll be able to see the trends and understand the type of content that your audience enjoys reading.

2. Leads

Lead generation is a process that fuels the development and growth of your business. It’s equally important to assess the general number of leads you are getting and the visitors-to-leads conversion rate.

3. Subscribers

Another factor that signals whether you demonstrate effective blog writing is the number of people who decide to subscribe to your newsletter. You may use email or RSS subscription for this.

Tracking your blog-subscriber growth is the single, most-important KPI for telling us that we are truly delivering value for our intended audience. If subscriber growth is slow or non-existent, then you have work to do. If you’re seeing a positive trend in growth month over month, you still have work to do, but at least you know the effort is paying off.

4. Backlinks

This is one of the most significant metrics.

Backlinks are simply links found on other websites that links to your blog or website.

 Track the number of backlinks in order to understand how to blog effectively and produce the content that readers will price and value.

5. Social media shares

Social media shares are a great chance to get an exposure to a large audience if your content is of high quality. Always compare the data of social shares you’ve got with the data of fresh traffic coming to your blog.

A social media share shows that someone actually likes your blog content enough to share it with their own friends.

Social media can help to drive traffic to your site in the short-term. It can also help you to grow your following and audience in the long-term. Finding the type of content that gets the most engagement on social media is an important factor in growing your brand online.

This isn’t always an indication of your best and most relevant content. Sometimes mediocre content with an eye-catching image and tempting headline can attract more shares than your best content. It’s important to try and identify exactly why certain posts are getting more shares than others so you can try to replicate this strategy for future content.

6. Comments

This is probably one of the most expressive blog metrics demonstrating the success of your blogging activity. Comments not only evaluate the numerical level of audience engagement but also allow you to find out what exactly the readers enjoyed about it.

7. CTA clicks

Add several concise CTAs and track their performance. You may notice that some work better than others and it will help you identify useful content, see readers circle of interest and preferences.

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8. Traffic

It’s the most obvious metric you can track, but also one of the most important to understand blog content effectiveness.

 However, it’s important that you go beyond simply recording a figure for the traffic your website is receiving each month. You’ll want to dig further into exactly where that traffic is coming from and where it’s going.

To start with, in addition to the overall traffic for your site, you should be looking at traffic on an individual post level. These traffic numbers enable you to identify your most successful and least successful posts.

Once you’ve figured out which of your posts are getting the most traffic, you can look into where this traffic is coming from.

 A few things to evaluate:

Is it organic search traffic? – If so, what keywords are you ranking for? Maybe you can look at creating more content around similar topics.

Are you getting a lot of referrals from a particular website? It might be worth investigating if you can get some more links from that site to your other posts.

Getting a lot of traffic from social media? It’s important to analyze exactly why that post is so attractive so you can use your insights to create more appealing social media posts in the future.

Your posts with the most traffic are not necessarily the ones that are converting the most leads. But they can be effective for boosting your SEO and increasing brand awareness and authority if these are important goals for you.

9. Time on Page / Bounce Rate

Your blog’s “bounce rate” is a measurement of how many viewers came to your site, took a look, had no interaction with your blog post, and then left.

If you’re measuring site and page traffic as a performance indicator, you also must take note of what’s happening to this traffic when it lands on your blog content.

Getting a lot of traffic to a particular blog post is great, but if these users aren’t actually sticking around long enough to read it, it’s probably not doing you much good.

Bounce rate can be a much more effective measure of reader interest than traffic stats. While a count of aggregate page views might tell you how many people visited your website, it doesn’t tell you how many stayed and explored further.

A high bounce rate may indicate that your content isn’t resonating with your audience. Alternatively, it could also be an indication that your traffic sources aren’t very good. If you’re blogging about health and your traffic is coming from sites about entertainment and gossips, for example, you may have high traffic, but it’s unlikely to be traffic that is meaningful in terms of true audience building.

A low bounce rate combined with a high time spent on site is an indication that your blog content effectiveness is high and your posts are relevant to your audience. However, other factors such as time taken to load a page can also influence these metrics.

A bounce rate in the range of 25 percent to 40 percent is considered excellent. Anything higher than 70 percent probably indicates that your audience-building approach requires changing.

10. Number of Blog Posts Published

Experts tend to advise new bloggers to view their content plan as a marathon, not a sprint. This means you don’t have to do it all in one day, and it can take a while to build up a meaningful collection of content. 

With that being said, there are some things you can do to start collecting the data that will tell you whether your blog is making an impact. This includes sticking to a consistent publishing schedule, as well as keeping an eye on how much content your blog has in total.

Depending on your industry and topic, you’ll often start to see your audience grow when you amass between 75 and 215 blog posts. However, quality plays a significant role as well. So while the overall output is important, you shouldn’t prioritize this number over the quality of your blog posts.

Once you figure out the most significant components of your blog’s success, use them and track continuously to improve the results and income you get from blogging.

After going through this post, I guess you have known how blog metrics are measured.

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Check Out 7 New Features Added to the Latest Whatsapp Update You Did Not Know About in 2023

 Check Out 7 New Features Added to the Latest Whatsapp Update You Did Not Know About in 2023

Over the years, just like every other apps, WhatsApp has always been rolling out new updates to their apps.

 Why do they do this?

If you are having this question in your mind, the answers is that they roll out new updates to their app whenever they fix bugs or issues on the app or whenever they want to add new features or upgrade existing features to enhance user's experience on the app.

The latest WhatsApp update version 2.23.3.79 (updated in February 2023) comes with great new features that are very interesting. 

Most of this new features are not really noticeable because of the fact that they are upgrades of already existing features on the app, while there are very few noticeable features that arrived on the WhatsApp app for the first time.

I'll be focusing on seven (7) of these features that are very important in your daily WhatsApp usage.

Join me to the end as I list out these features and how to access them.

FEATURES:

1. You can now add captions when sending documents.

In this updated version of WhatsApp, sending of documents with captions has been enabled. Previously, you could only add captions to photos and videos but now, you can also add captions to documents before sending them to your contacts or posting in groups. This Is new feature.

2. Added support for longer group subjects and descriptions to better describe your group.

Group subjects also known as group name, is the part where the title of a group is seen.

Previously, group subjects only had 30 character spaces for text and emoji when creating or updating a group, but now, it has been extended to 100 character spaces.

This is a great news for group owners that have or intend to use long group subjects.

3. You can now send up to 100 photos / videos at once.

Previously on WhatsApp, Aside GB WhatsApp and every other modded WhatsApp, you are only allowed to send or post 30 photos/image at once.

In this new WhatsApp update, this feature has been upgraded as you can now send upto 100 photos/videos at once. Wonderful, isn't it?

4. You can now create personalized avatars and use them as stickers and profile photos.

If you wish not to use any of your pictures as WhatsApp profile photo, there is an option on WhatsApp that allows you to create and use a personalised avatar of your choice.

 The avatar can also be used as stickers.

To gain access to this new feature,

 Go to Settings > Avatar to get started.

5. Voice Status update.

This a very interesting, long awaited feature that WhatsApp just added to it's update. Voice Status update allows users to record and post voice notes on their status. Just like other status update, the voice Status will also delete automatically after 24hrs.

How to use WhatsApp voice status?

• Swipe left to the status tab
• Click on the pen icon as if you want to type something,
• Instead of typing, just press and hold the mic icon which is located at the right side of your screen.
• The recording will start automatically.

The maximum duration for the recording is 30 seconds.

In the coming updates, there will be better enhancement and options to this voice status update such as voice filter etc.

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6. Deleting selected Images/Photos select for status update by just touching them.

Previously, after selecting Images/photos you wish to upload on your WhatsApp status and you feel like removing some, you would have to go back and unselect them or alternatively tap on the particular image you don't want and them tap the delete icon at the top right of the screen. 

In this latest WhatsApp update, a slight upgrade has been made as you can now delete unwanted selected photos/videos by just tapping on them at the preview panel and it will be removed immediately. See image below.

This feature is only available for WhatsApp Business users as at when this post was made. It might be made available for normal WhatsApp users in subsequent updates.

7. Polls.

This feature that has been on Telegram for long has now been added to WhatsApp.

WhatsApp poll allows you to send polls to contacts and groups of your choice. Once sent, others users will be allowed to vote on the polls you sent by selecting an option from the multiple options created by you.

As of now, multiple answers can't be selected by others users, unlike on Telegram where you can set whether to allow multiple answers or not.

We hope WhatsApp adds this option to Polls in subsequent updates.

Hope you learnt something new today?

If you aren't seeing any of these features in your WhatsApp application, kindly rush to Google play store (for Android users) or iOS App store (for iPhone users) and update your WhatsApp to the latest version so that you can start enjoying these awesome features on WhatsApp.

Note that your mobile data needs to be turned or connected to a WiFi with active internet subscription before the update can be successful.

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How To Set Videos As Wallpaper On Your Smartphone (Live Wallpaper) Using Tiktok

 How To Set Videos As Wallpaper On Your Smartphone 

What is Live wallpaper?

Also known as dynamic wallpaper, a live wallpaper is a smartphone wallpaper that is either fully animated or features animated elements. Live wallpapers can be animated GIFs that play on a loop, or fluid designs that change perspective, working with the gyroscope on the device to mirror its physical movements. It can also be videos

Live wallpapers are natively supported on most operating systems, including Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.

Videos can also be used as live wallpapers and one way to do this is by using the popular tiktok app.

I'll be teaching you on how to do this. All you need to do is to watch my video tutorial using the link below.

Alternatively, you can follow the steps below carefully.

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Watch the Video tutorial here on how to set video as wallpaper 

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Steps on How To Set Videos As Wallpaper On Your Smartphone 

1. Download Tiktok app and sign if you already have an account or create an account if you are new to the app

2. Upload the video you will love to use as your wallpaper or select any of your Tiktok uploaded videos

3. Tap on the 3 dots and select "set as wallpaper"

4. Wait for the video to download completely, then select "set as wallpaper" again.

5. Congratulations, your video has been set as Wallpaper.

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How To Turn-off Professional Mode on Facebook (easy steps)

 How To Turn-off Professional Mode on Facebook (easy steps)

If you haven't started using professional mode on Facebook, here is how to turn it on.

If you don't know much about professional mode on Facebook or you want to know how to turn it on, click here.

For those that are already on professional mode on want to turn off Facebook professional mode, here is how to do it below.

How to turn off Facebook professional mode 

• Visit your profile on Facebook 

• Click on the profile action menu ... the 3 dots

• Select Turn off professional mode and complete the steps.

This process can be done on Facebook and facebook Lite

This is what to expect when you turn off professional mode on Facebook:

Any of your existing insights will no longer be available.

You'll receive pending Reels bonuses, but future bonuses will be paused.

Your current friends, followers and profile content won't change.

If you change your mind, you can turn on professional mode at any time.

Your Who can follow me setting remains Public, but you can change it at any time in Settings.

Your privacy settings will not change.

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What is Professional Mode and How To Activate it on Facebook

 What is Professional Mode and How To Activate it on Facebook 

The trendiest thing right now on Facebook is the professional mode. Since this feature was rolled out by Meta, it has seen a great acceptance by the Facebook community.

Everyone is currently updating their post, showcasing how they successful activated professional mode

What Is Facebook professional mode?

Once you turn on professional mode for your profile, anyone can follow you and see your public content in their feed, but you'll still be in control of who sees what content you share. That means you can share public updates, or decide to share content with just your friends, too.

As you read down this post, you will see how to activate Facebook professional mode.

Meanwhile let's see the difference between this professional mode and personal account.

What's the difference between personal account and professional account on Facebook ?

Your Personal account is meant to keep up with friends and family on a daily basis. This is the place to share personal photos and status updates with people who are close to you. You can also use your personal account to directly message friends or comment on the activity they share on their personal page. You are limited to just maximum of five thousand (5000) friends.

On the other hands, when you activate professional account, you should expect the following:

Followers: Your Who can follow me setting will be set to Public, if it isn't already. This will allow anyone on Facebook to follow you and see your public content in their Feed. There's no limit to how many followers you can have. You can still share private updates to friends.

Profile category: Your Intro section helps people learn more about your profile and will now include a profile category. All profiles are set to the category Digital creator by default upon turning on professional mode

To change your profile category: In your About section, select Contact and basic info and edit your Category.

Insights: You can learn about your audience and understand how people are engaging with your content through aggregated Insights.

Professional dashboard: Manage your profile's insights and professional tools.

Monetise: If eligible, you can use your profile to earn money on Facebook, such as with Reels.

Now that you have known the difference between these two Facebook account, you can now decide whether to stick to your already existing profile or switch to professional mode. Incase you've decided to switch from your personal account, let's see how we can turn on professional mode.

How to turn on professional mode on Facebook?

• Open Facebook app (main app in blue colour not Lite)

• Go to your profile section 

• Now open your general profile settings by tapping on the three dots next to "Edit Profile," which is the profile menu tab.

• select the Professional Mode checkbox.

• When you reach the bottom of the page, scroll down until you see the option to "Turn On Professional Mode." Click on it, and you will then be prompted to turn it on once more. Click the blue bar that says "Turn On."

• Once you've done that, your Facebook dashboard will appear in professional mode. It's as easy as anything.

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If you feel you don't like the professional mode, you can always turn it off or deactivate it. It is easy just the same way you turned it on.

Here's a quick tutorial on how to turn off professional mode on Facebook.

If by any chance you didn't see the option to turn on professional mode, here's why it's like that:

Small percentage of Facebook users have access to the Professional Mode function. Facebook claimed in its statement that it would "expand to more people people shortly, additional countries in the coming months, and deliver more tools and capabilities over time, including access to more revenue possibilities and other platform features

I know you have gained a lot from this post, if you encountered issues while activating or turning on professional mode on Facebook, feel free to ask me questions or drop your questions in the comment section.

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