10 Apps That Will Make Your Smartphone Looks Cool

Smartphone is one of the gadgets that you can't brag. You can't just show up and tell everybody how cool your smartphone is. Everybody will think that you are a jerk and also because everybody have smartphone this day. If you just stop for a minute and think, you'll probably notice that almost every smartphone have a similar specification. Like a high resolution camera, a full touchscreen, waterproof, a lot of stupid emojis, etc. But if you want to make your smartphone different than any other smartphone, then this article is for you. 

There are lots of way to make your smartphone looks cool, but the simple one is probably with an application. And the good news is that most of this applications are free. Some application can harm your smartphone, entertained you, and even protect you. But this applications will make your smartphone looks sophisticated, even if you only have a low-end smartphone. And remember, all of the aplications that I mention here is for Android. I don't know if iOS have the same application, because I don't have an iPhone. So for iOs users, just check it by yourself. Anyway without further ado, let's just check out the list. 

Cool Apps For Your Phone 

1. LOOrank

When you go to a public places and you want to pee, You did not have a choice but to go to the public toilet. But the problem is that, public toilet is not as clean as you think. And sometimes it can be disgusting. If you that problem, don't worry just download LOOrank. This application shows you the location of a nearby and the best public toilet. Almost similar as hotel reservation apps, but with toilet. The best thing of this application is that there's a review and rating of the public toilet. 

2. PETO

Every living things need a life mate (except for bacteria, virus, amboeba, and something like that) including your pet. If you think your pet is lonely and need a couple or maybe you just want a puppy. You don't have to worry, because PETO will help you find a couple for your dogs (just like Tinder, but for your pet). But noy only that, PETO have a feature called SHOP. You can buy a lot of stuff that your pets need, like food, toys, etc. 

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3. Graphice

Does your job a designer graphic? Did you sometimes confuse what color that you are going to use, then suddenly you look at a picture in Google. And you decided to use a color that was used in the picture, but you didn't know what color is it? Well don't worry, because there's an apps for that. And it's call Graphice (It's a latin word by the way). Graphice have a features that allow you to pick a color in a picture and then saved it so you can use it in Adobe Photoshop. 

4. Navbar Animations

Navigation Bar or Navbar was the most important component in the smartphone, and every smartphone have the same design for Navbar. If you are bored with your Navbar design, and maybe you just want to be different. Then this apps is for you, because Navbar animations will make your Navbar looks cool. Just like it's name Navbar Animations will give a cool animations to your navigation bar without having to root or install an Xposed in your smartphone. 

5. Spyglass

If you want to travel or maybe go to a place that was never touched by humans, you gonna need a lot of stuff, Including a navigation tools like compass, binocular, speedometer, etc. But the problem is that sometimes you didn't have a spot, your bag was full with other stuff. Then the only solution to the that problem was to download an application called Spyglass. This app helps you survive in the wild, Spyglass have a lot of navigation tools and the good thing about this app is that it was free. 

6. Keybee Keyboard

There are so many types of keyboard before we Qwerty was used by everyone in the world (look it up in Google, I kinda forgot). And finally in 21'st century we have a virtual Qwerty keyboard that we can touch in a screen, the problem is that this touchscreen keyboard have a pretty boring design. Almost the same like we use in a laptop or computer, but don't worry this apps will change it for you. Yes, Keybee Keyboard will change the appearance of your smartphone keyboard so it will look like a beehive. Pretty confusing if you ask me, but thanks to this apps my friend thinks that I was cool. 

7. Icon Pack Mixer

This application is almost the same like Keybee Keyboard, it will change the appearance or design of something in your smartphone. But the difference is that Keybee Keyboard change the design of you smartphone keyboard, while Icon Pack Mixer change the design of an icon or logo of application in your smartphone. You can choose and mixed from several icon pack, and you can also change every application's logo including the one that was already in your smartphone like calculator, clock, etc. 

8. Storyboard

Today's smartphone have one function that looks like it was the most important thing. If a smartphone can't do this, then it was not smart and people won't bought the smartphone. Yes, it's taking a selfie and upload it to a social media. If you love taking a selfie and active at social media, then you should try this apps. Storyboard will put all of your picture in a panels like in a comic book. You can also edit and change the color of your picture, so it will look more like a comic book. And after that you can tell your friends that you just make a comic book. 

9. Clap to Find

I recommend this application for a forgetful people that always forget the location of their phone. Yes, Clap To Find will help you find your phone. All you have to do is clap three times and your phone will ring so loudly even a dead people will wake up and slap you. But you'll have to configure your phone, before you can use this application and don't worry it's easy. 

10. BeeChat 

Last but not least is BeeChat. What's so cool about this application? It's just another chatting apps like Line, Whatsapp, and many other right? Wrong, this instant messaging application is a little bit different than any other. Because in BeeChat, you can trade bitcoins while making friends! And don't worry about privacy, this application will delete all of your messages in seven days and protect it with end-to end encryption. 

Before you download these applications, you better check your smartphone because almost every apps that I listed here. Will drain your smartphone's battery (and that is exactly what happen to me...), and the most important thing is that they are just a complement. All of these apps just change the “inner” of your smartphone not the “outer.” If you want to make your so make smartphone really cool then you should buy the new one, or maybe call your smartphone company and tell them to make a smartphone just for you.

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Myths About Laptop That Are Still Believed

What was the first thing that came to your mind when I said CPU? It's a Personal Computer or maybe Laptop right? Well talking about laptop, did you know that there are over a million laptop have been sold worldwide. And because of that, laptop have become the third most important gadget after television and smartphone. Every people use laptop and almost everybody have it. With a performance like a desktop PC but with a smaller size, laptop quickly take our heart. And behind all of that sophistication, there are so many myths that have been spread among laptop users. 

In this year, technology has reached it's golden age. There are so many gadgets that have become more like human and even helping us doing our job or task. For example a robot, a television that can fold like a paper, drone to spy you neighbor, etc. Technology have become so sophisticated even scientists said that in the next few years. Human will not be needed anymore, our job will be replace by those gadgets and our reign will be no more. But do not worry, there's still one gadgets that will keep helping us instead of taking our job. Yes, it's our old friend laptop (there's no way the army of laptop will invade earth).

Anyway, I'm not going to talk about laptop or even make a review about it (no sponsor remember...). but it's the myth that have been spreading like a wildfire among the geek. And just like a conspiracy theories, some of them are true and some of them are not. So in this article we're gonna mention some of them and give the fact or explanation about the myths.

The Myths About Laptop

Myths doesn't only exist in real life but even in the technology world. There are lots of story going around about gadgets like laptop and the internet. Most of them is not based on fact, but unfortunately a lot of people still believed it. And this article I will tell you all the myths about laptop and give you the fact.

Don't Close the Laptop After You Turn It Off

This is actually true, but it depends on what did you use your laptop for. If you use your laptop for a heavy work that take a lot of your resources like gaming, rendering, etc. Then you shouldn't close your laptop after you turn it off. If you closed it, then you will damaged your laptop's monitor. Better safe than sorry right?

Refresh Your Laptop

Almost every person in the world click refresh before they do something on their laptop. And if you do this, then you are wrong just like every person in the world. Did you what is the function of refresh? It was used for updating the shortcut files or folders that exist in the desktop and this does not affect you laptop performance. So that means you shouldn't press that F5 button to much because it's useless.

Windows Update is Bad

Many people on the internet says that you shouldn't update your windows. Well don't believe those internet "expert". Update is really important, because it gives you the solutions to your laptop's problem. I admit sometimes Windows update reduce my laptop performance, but then it was solve by updating my windows again! If you have a problem just like a glitch or something, just wait for another update and then update it. Just remember no operating system that is perfect!

Clean The Recycle Bin To Increase Your Laptop Performance

Clean your recycle bin does not increase your laptop's performance. It's only give your hard disk a free space and not much. If you want to increase your laptop's performance then defrag your hard disk after you clean your recycle bin.

Bigger RAM Means Faster Laptop

Laptop with bigger RAM is better, but that doesn't mean it was faster. There are two things that determines your laptop fast or not, it was channel and frequency of your RAM. There are four types of channel, Single, Dual, Triple, Quad. If you have 14 GB triple channel and your friend have 18 GB dual channel. The faster one is of course you. The frequency is also important, the bigger the frequencies (Mhz). The faster your laptop.

Remove The Battery When You Are Playing Video Games

Some people think that you should remove your laptop's battery when you are playing video games. Actually this is not true at all, why? Because power depends only on the electricity from the adapter, and when the power off then the laptop will immediately die and can harm the hardware in it. If you still want to remove the battery when playing games, at least use the UPS.

Remove The Charger When It Was Full

Another myths that people still believe. My parents told me that when the laptop is full, remove the charger or the battery's life will be decrease. They said that like a thousand times and let me tell you that it was wrong! Today's laptop have a technology that allow the battery to by-pass the energy that came from laptop. That means the laptop will not receive any energy when the battery was full. It was the heat that break the battery, if you did not want to damaged your battery. Remove the battery when you feel it was hot.

When You First Bought A Laptop, Charge it For A Very Long Time

Did you remember the first time you bought a laptop? What did you do? Did you charge it for 8 to 12 hours?  If you do then you are wrong, but it's all depends on the type of your laptop's battery. If you have the nickel-cadmium, then go ahead charge it for a really long time because it must be recharged fully, or it will lose it's capacity. But if you have a lithium-ion, you can recharged partially, without losing it's capacity. The other reason is that even with the slowest charging, the battery will be full in 6 hours.

Well, that's all the myths that I can think of. To be honest I have done one of the things that I mention above. And trust me, my laptop gets messed up and the battery is depleted. Luckily my father know a lot about laptop, so I was saved. Anyway please do not do any the above, but if you are rich boy that have tons of money to waste then go ahead do it. 

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Search Engine Before Google Even Exist

For so many years human have been trying to collect and search for an information about anything around them. If they saw something and they didn't know what it is, they will try to find an information about it. Hundreds of years ago, human have been using leaves to write an information (just ask ancient egyptians if you didn't believe), And in 101 BC a chinese man named Tsai Lun invented a paper made from bamboo material. Since then books began to appear, and people start using them to write an information they know. And later all of that books were stored in a library, so if we are curious about something (about birds for example). We can go there, look for a book about birds, and read it.

Hundreds of years later, internet began to take over books and library. No one wants to go to library anymore because if they want to find an information, they just open their smartphone. Everything is available in the internet, from an article about birds to a news about suicide. And the only way to access all of that information is to look for it through search engine.

Search engine have become the most important part in the world of internet. There are so many search engine waiting to be used like Google, Bing, and many else. But did you know that there are lots of search engine long before Google even exist?

Old Search Engine

Google was found in September 4 1998, and sometimes people think that Google is the first search engine (well if you think like that, you should read more). Actually search engine have appeared in the internet a long time ago and the first one has been existed in 1993. If you are curious what is it, you should take a look at the list below.

WebCrawler (1994)

Or sometimes called a spider is one of the oldest search engine and it's still running today. The results of WebCrawler search was combined from Yahoo and Google.

Lycos (1994)

It's the search engine that came to the internet in 1994 the same like WebCrawler. If you are born in the 90's you may know this search engine by it's dog logo. And for your information, Lycos was born in Carnegie Melon University which is own several other internet brands. If Lycos still live, it will probably own by Yahoo.

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Altavista (1995)

The most popular search engine, in 1990s of course. This search engine is still running in 2003 which is when Yahoo take over AltaVista, and it's eventually died in 2013.

Excite (1995)

1990s people knew this search engine, because it was the most recognizable brands. Just like Google today, but then the two biggest search engine name Googke and Yahoo came in. Make Excite lose competitiveness, and eventually fall from it's spotlight. 

Yahoo (1995)

I don't to explain this one, because you guys already knew this one. Yahoo is probably the only old search engine that can compete with Google and still exist today. According to Alexa, Yahoo is in the fourth spot in the most visited website (I'm afraid Techno Core Blog is not in the count).

Dogpile (1996)

No it's not that dogpile, but it was a search engine. A pretty unique and memorable name, Dog have been existed since 1996 and the search result was combined from Yahoo, Google, and Yandex (the russian search engine)

Ask Jeeves (1996)

Ask Jeeves is probably the most unique search engine. Because this search engine have a questin and answer format. It's still exist today and you'll probably know this search engine with the name Ask.com.

Did you guys still use one of the search engine or maybe you just found out now? Well, after read this article you probably know that Google is not the first one. And all of that search engine was as big as Google back then. So if you by any chance find one of those old search engine, please used it and give them some attention.

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An Introduction To The Computer Component

Last time I already give you an article where I talk about network topology (look it in my blog if you didn't know), the definition, it's function, history, everything. Now I'm gonna do the same thing, but this time with computer. Yes, I'm gonna talk about components inside the computer, hardware and software. And If you are going to build a computer, you should read this article (And share it, I'm begging you...).

Computer, just like we know it was the most important invention after television, wheel, and smartphone. Everybody used it, can you imagine what happen if there are no computer? Our life will be so boring, all of our tasks like homework will always be written in paper. If computer doesn't exist, smartphone will only be a dream. And there's a reason why computer is so important; It's the components. The technology have become more sophisticated this days, and so does the computer components. So if the component become more sophisticated, the computer itself become more sophisticated too. Our tasks will be easy to complete, and we can get all information that we need thanks to it. And that's why computer is so important.

Anyway, every high tech device needs a components in order to be working. Like a smartphone that can't work if there are no ion-lithium battery, the same with computer. It can't work if there are no processor inside, and processor can't work if there are no motherboard in the CPU, all of that components are working together to form a perfect and beautiful PC. And in this article I'm gonna explain everything.

Components Of The Computer

For you who didn't know, the components inside a computer are divided into three parts. Hardware, software, and brainware. And hardware itself can be divided into input, process, storage and also output. You can find all of the explanation below:

Hardware, is the most basic thing that you should know if you are going to build a computer. It can't work without this. But what is hardware exactly? Well, after I did a research which is in Wikipedia (Just kidding...). It says that hardware is the phsyical parts of computer components. And it can be divided into:

• Input: It was a device or hardware that was used to provide and send a data into a processing device. And then later the data was processed into an information that you can use.

• Process: This is basically the brain of computer. All of the information that you send, will be processed here. There are three important elements in here, Primary Storage, Arithmatic Logic Unit, and Main Memory. I will them explain later.

• Output: is a device that was used by CPU to display the result of a data that was translate by the processing device. If you look closely, you should notice that most of output device was located outside the computer.

• Storage: The last is storage, just like it's name storage was a device to store all of your data and files in your computer. The most basic storage device is memory and there are two kind of memory Random Access Memory (RAM) and Read Only Memory (ROM).

Software, the second one should be software. Or known as application. Software is basicaly a collection of electronic data that was stored and organized by the computer. The data that was stored can be a program or instruction that will run or execute a command. And software is the one that was used by computer to execute that command. The only difference between hardware and software, is that you can touch a hardware. And software can't (Unless you have a touch screen computer of course). And just like hardware, software can be divided into:

• Freeware: is the type of software that you can use as long as you want and of course you didn't have to pay to own the software. There are no such thing called limited time in freeware, and it was usually donated to the communities. This communities have a rights to develop and control the freeware product. They can also give the software to the developer, if the developer was no longer continue the development. They will give the source code to the other developer.

• Shareware: is another type of software that didn't take your money, or in other words free. It was almost like a freeware, You can get shareware at no cost. But there's a requirement for it, you can't use it to the fullest. That means there will be certain limitations on features like availabity, function, and comfort that can be fully utilized. People called it trialware because of that, the developer use shareware as a tool for advertising. So it's just like video game, there's a demo version (promotional) and full version (the real one). Shareware is just like the demo version of a full version software.

• Firmware: is a software that was stored in Read Only Memory (ROM), firmware can't be change even if there are no electricity. What about the place where it was stored in ROM? It can't be change too, but it can be modified depends on the type of the ROM like EEPROM and Flash Rom.

• Commercial Software: is a software for commercial purposes that can be bought at distributor, developer, and other software developer partner. The user who bought that software can't redistribute or reshare the software without permission, because it was protected by law and you can go to jail if you did that. One of the example of commercial software is Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Visual Basic NET, etc.

• Free Software: is a software where you can do anything you want. You can bought it for free, change the source code, and distributed the software. It was not protected by law because it was open for everyone, you can even sell the free software that you have changed and make some profit from it. If you still confused, just imagine a person draw a straight line in a paper, then that person give you the drawing. And then you change or modified the straight line into any drawing. After that you sold it, and get some money.

• Open Source Software: is a software where you can changed, learn, upgrade, and distributed the source code. It was open for a community or a group of developer to change the code. Because open source software was built for that purposes, sometimes only a programmer or a person that know programming that own this kind of software.

• Malware: or malicious software is a type of software that can harm your computer. Malware can be very destructive, it can delete all of your important files, slowing down or decreasing your computer performance, and even kill your computer. There are so many types of malware like trojan horse, adware, worm, rootkit, crimeware, etc.

Brainware, last but not least is brainware. It was not a cpu nor a processor, but it's you the user. Many people sometimes mistaken brainware as the important part of the computer, but actually brainware is the person who use the computer like programmer, netter, and many else. Brainware is the part of holy trinity of the computer world, software can't work without hardware and hardware should be operated by brainware. If there's one missing the computer will not be working.

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Hardware Components

There are so many components inside in the computer and each of them have it's own function. It's just like a transformers, there are lots of parts or components inside and you will be confuse if I mention them all. So for the last part of this article, I'm gonna mention some of the hardware components, and put them according to their type like input, process, storage, and output (sorry if there are bad grammar).

Input

1. Mouse, is one of the component that was very important. It was use for interacting with a monitor, you need this to click everything that you want to click on your computer. And almost every computer need it, especially if you are good at design graphic and a gamer too. There are several types of mouse, serial type mouse, PS/2 mouse, scroll mouse, and the one that everybody use; optical mouse.

2. Keyboard, what's the first thing that come to your mind when you hear the word computer? Yes, keyboard. It begin from typewriter, and from there keyboard become more advanced. Just like it's previous ancestor, there are lots of button in keyboard. From function button (F1...F12), letter button, numbers, etc. And you will need it for writing or typing something in your computer.

3. Scanner, another input device comes in third place. If you are an illustrator or maybe you are working for a prson who make a comic book, the you must be familiar with this device. Just like it's name, scanner is use for scanning a drawing from a paper and then the scanner put the drawing that you just scan in the computer.

Process

1. Processor, the first and the obvious one is processor. All of data from input device was sent and then translate it by this device. Processor have two important role in a computer, as Arithmatic Logic Unit (the center of all mathematic calculations), and Memory Unit (store all the functions that was executed by the processor).

2. Motherboard, is like a big town of circuit with processor and a lot of slot (like IDE, PCI, FDD, etc) as it's building. Yes, this is where you put most of the computer components. And like I've said before, motherboard have a lot of slots and some extra slot for card/adapters. There are lots of thing that you can find in motherboard like BIOS, memory, CPU, mass-storage interface, serial ports, expansion slots, and controller.

3. Sound Card, is an expansion card that for producing a sound that will connected to a speaker. Sound card is available in every computer, and computer doesn't really need sound card to produce a sound. Usually sound card was attached in motherboard. But if you want a better sound quality, you may want to bought a separate sound card and put it in PCI slot.

Output

1. Monitor, or people called it computer screen. It was the most important thing that you'll need if you want to have a computer. Monitor is used to display a data and information that was processed by a computer in a form of a picture. There are two types of monitor that you can find, CRT or Cathode Ray Tube (ask your parents if you didn't know) and LCD or Liquid Crystal Display (The slim version of CRT).

2. Printer, is used to display the result of a data that was processed by computer in a form of writing or picture that was printed in a paper. Today there are so many types of printer like Dot Matrix (It use carbon tape to print on paper), Inkjet (It use ink of course), Laser (The best printer type).

3. Speaker, is a device that conects to a computer (and television too) to generate sound.The signal used to produce sound that comes from a computer speaker is created by the computer's sound card. To be simple, sound card is the processing device and speaker is the output.

Storage

1. USB Flash Disk, the most popular and most used device in the world. Almost every people used it, why? Because of course it was easy to use and can store data up to 128 GB, cheap (the most important thing), can delete and store your data easily, plug and play and many else.

2. Hard Disk Drive, or HDD is a storage device made from a rigid material that shaped like a disc. It was cover in magnetic oxide with huge storage capacity (up to 1 terra byte!). This device can be found in almost every CPU that you can find. And of course there are two types of HDD, PATA and SATA (the new and most used by today's computer).

3. Memory, the basic strorage device. Just like every storage device, it was used for store the data and the result of output device. Memory was made in a serial location or cells, one cell can store one word. Computer memory is divided into two types Primary Memory (like ROM and RAM), and Secondary Memory (disc, compact disc, and hardisk).

Technology is probably the greatest achievement in our life, with times passed by. Technology become more advanced. Just like human that needs air to breath, gadgets and machine needs a component or hardware in order to be working. Because of the gadgets and machines our job and tasks become easier, our house become safer, and we also can meet another person in another country. All of that will only be a dream if there are no components or hardware inside it. 

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Best Nintendo DS Games Of All Time

Last time we're already talking about the best Gameboy Advanced games off all time. And now I'm going to give you another nostalgic feeling. But this time with the old Nintendo DS, the most successful video games console that Nintendo ever had (after Switch of course).

Anyway before I wrote this article, I did some research (which is in Wikipedia). Turns out that Nintendo DS is the second in best-selling video game consoles with 154.02 million, just below Playstation 2 with more than 155 million sell worldwide! Not just that, another thing that make Nintendo DS so special is the games. For you guys who own Nintendo DS, you must be remember playing games like Mario Kart, Pokemon Series, GTA Chinatown Wars, and many more. There are so many cool games with a stunning graphic and a very touching story. Well let's stop wasting some time and go to the list.

Best Nintendo DS Games Of All Time

Just for your information, this list is based on the Nintendo DS games that are known to have sold or shipped at least one million copies. So it's not based on my favorite DS games.

1. New Super Mario Bros

Let's start the first list with the most iconic and popular video game character ever. Who is it? Yes, it's Mario. This side-scrolling video game was developed by Nintendo EAD in 2006, actually New Super Mario Bros is the same like the old Super Mario Bros game. You just running, jumping from one platform to another, saving Princess Peach, etc. But what make this game so successful is that the graphic have been improved since the last game and there are lots of new power ups, like blue koopa shell, mega mushroom, etc. There ten levels in each of eight worlds that you need to complete, but remember don't be to happy if you finish a level in this game. Because the Princess will be in another castle.


2. Nintendogs

This game maybe look silly and not cool at all (Just look at the name!). But trust me, Nintendogs  have been sold 23.96 million copies worldwide, making it second on the Nintendo DS best-sellers list, behind New Super Mario Bros! That's why you shouldn't judge the book it's cover. Anyway this game is pretty simple, all you have to do is to take care of your virtual pet. Like playing with toys, giving them command like sit, roll, etc. This game is pretty interesting because the dogs are pretty realistic, especially if you didn't have a pet. And if you are a lonely guy who like to cry in the corner, then this game is for you.


3. Mario Kart DS

In number three we have another Mario games, but this time it's not Super Mario. It's Mario Kart DS. If we are talking about DS games, the first thing that came across our mind is this masterpiece. This game was released in 2005 and the fifth installment in the Mario Kart series. Mario Kart DS is just like every racing game. You pick a character, then pick the kart, and race until you win all cup. But there's one thing that make this game memorable, it's the item boxes. Yes, you can find all sort of thing from weapons, power-ups, to traps. Not only that, there are also eight characters that you can pick such as Mario, Bowser, Waluigi, etc. Not to mention the five single player mode's like Grand Prix where you have win all the cup, Time Trial where you have to set your best time in a circuit, Mission where you have to clear some objectives, Battle, and Mission. Anyway just pick your favorite character, throw some bananas, and take all that shiny trophies.


4. Brain Age

Brain Age or Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? Is another DS game that responsible for making Nintendo super rich. It was release in 2005 in Japan, Brain Age is a pretty simple game. You just have to solve or answer all the puzzles and the game will tell you the results. It's kinda like training for your brain. Wait does that mean this game make me smarter? To be honest I'm not really sure, because I didn't play this game. But don't worry, I have done some research. And it turns out many people said that this game has been scientifically proven. So that mean Brain Age definitely will make you smarter.

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5. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl

Who doesn't know Pokemon? If you are a die hard Pokemon fans, you must be know about this game. This gen 4 Pokemon is probably the best Pokemon games so far, how do i know? Well, around 18 million units have been sold worldwide, Diamond and Pearl have sold over 2 million more units than Ruby and Sapphire and almost 6 million more units than Fire Red and Leaf Green, while outselling their successors, Black and White, by over 2 million copies. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl is set in Sinnoh region with a new legendary Pokemon call creation trio, and you will confronted by an evil team called galactic. The gameplay in the other hand is the same like previous Pokemon games. But still, I still remember the memory and the awesomeness that this game leave.



6. Pokemon Black and White

Another Pokemon games fill this list, but this time it came from the generation 5. Yes, it's the Pokemon Black and White. Unova is the fresh new region that introduced by Game Freak in September 2010, the gameplay of course is the same like any Pokemon games before. But what makes Pokemon Black and White so awesome, is that this game have a really deep story. For the first time, Game Freak make a really evil team with a clear goal. Which is to encourage all people in Unova to release their Pokemon, so they can control it. Also, the battle animation in this game is really different than previous Pokemon games. Not to mention the seasonal cycles, rotation battle, and the 157 new Pokemon for you to capture. So what are you waiting for? Play this game and try to catch em' all.

Well, that's all the best Nintendo DS games of all time. Actually, there are so many great DS games out there, but I'm just gonna give six games for you guys. Because first of all, I didn't have a time to write the rest and second, all of the DS games in this list is just the best of the best. Some of them leave a great memory and a nostalgic feeling when I played it again, when I was grown up. Anyway there are no games that was good or bad until you played it. So go try all of the game in this list and have fun.

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When Is The Right Time To Upgrade Your VGA Card?

Video Graphic Array or VGA is one of the component that you will found on your PC. The first VGA card was made in 1981 by IBM, by the name of IBM PC Video Card. It was still called MDA (Monochrome Display Adapter) at that time. And can only operate for text mode with 80 columns of 25 lines (80 × 25), it have 4KB of video memory and supports 1 color only. After that come so many graphic cards like ATI, Cirrus Logic, and S3. Now, graphic cards become more sophisticated and become a part that can not be separated from PC.

Just like I said before VGA Card is the most important thing in laptop and especially PC computer, sometimes a PC is judged from it's VGA Card, but what about the processor? The brain of a computer? It should the most important thing right? Wrong, if you have a great processor let's say Intel Core i7 but your computer's graphic is Intel HD Graphic. Then it's no use, it's like a lion with a head of a house cat. So it's important to upgrade your VGA Card to maximize your computer's performance, but the question is when?

Upgrade your VGA Card is like writing an article, you should know the right time to publish your article in order to get more viewers or readers. If you bought a VGA Card and replace your old VGA in the wrong time, then you just waste your money. Because why did you need a great VGA if you only use your PC for browsing and writing? Well if you didn't want to lose your money, just read this article.

When Is The Right Time To Upgrade Your VGA Card?

1. When You Become An Animator

An activity like rendering an animation will need a great graphic resources. Using a medium or low-medium VGA Card will not do the job, you just gonna torture your computer especially your processor. Because animation especially the 3D one need a lot of time, space, and power to rendered it.

Did you know Lord of The Rings? LOTR movie have a lot of sequel and all animation in that movie takes 3-4 years to rendered! So imagine what time it takes to rendered a 15 minute animation. So you will need a powerful VGA Card to rendered an animation.


2. When You Have a Lot of Money

Most of today's VGA Cards like Nvidia, AMD, etc are expensive. No offense but it's not recommended for a poor guy. So try to use a low-end or medium PC and be happy with it. Anyway, with the increasingly sophisticated technology owned by today's VGA Card, the price is also becoming increasingly "sophisticated."

Most VGA Card prices are around $200-$400, and that was just the VGA Card. Not to mention the processor, cooling fan or maybe liquid cooler, motherboard, CPU casing, and many other. So be careful.

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3. When Your Computer Have A Great Specifications

A great VGA Card must be balanced with other equally good components. If you have a good VGA Card like Geforce GTX 580 for example but your processor is still entry level like AMD Athlon II X2 2,6ghz. The VGA Card will not be able to release the optimal performance, PC geek called it bottleneck (Search in Google for details).

So VGA Card and processor is a unity that can't be separated. If you want to buy a good VGA Card, you should also bought a good processor for a maximum performance.


4. When You Decided to Become A Gamer

Playing a video game is almost like making an animation. It takes a lot of hard work for the VGA Card to rendered all of that 3D. But the difference is that in video games, you're just playing it and in the animation, you are making it. So clearly that playing video games does not require much power from the VGA Card.

It used to be like that, But now it's different. Most of today's video games have a really great graphic, so you will need a rally good and really expensive VGA Card.


5. When You Want To Watch A Movie in Detail

If you didn't have any time beside watching movie all day long, then you should bought a new VGA Card. Why? Because, believe it or not the better the graphics card, the better the quality of the movie you watch on your PC. But of course you should bought a good monitor for a great experience.

Buying a VGA Card is very important, but keeping your purse alive is important too. So please if you didn't have any money just try not to play a video games that have a next-gen graphic, or try to watch a movie on your television. And that's all my tips for choosing the right time to buy a VGA Card, I hope this article helps you. 

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Blogger vs WordPress: Which One is The Best?

Last time I already give you a match-up or battle between two mightiest internet browser, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. And today, I'm gonna give you another battle. Let me give you a hint, it's not Mcgregor vs Mayweather or Groudon vs Kyogre. Instead we're gonna give you a battle between two blogging services website. Yes, it's Blogger and WordPress. 

Just like you know, this two have been used by blogger all around the world to express them self and give people an information about something or the latest news that happened somewhere in the world. But there are so many new bloggers and website owners didn't know which one they should use. Should they choose a simple and basic blogging service like Blogger or an advanced and more complex blogging service like WordPress?

I admit when I decided to become a blogger, I didn't know which one should I use. I search all over the internet for month if I'm not wrong, and did you know what did I found? Most of them said that Blogger and WordPress are the same, they are equally good. It's up to you to decide which one is better (Can you believe that?). That doesn't give me an answer at all, and then with all of that confusion. I decided to try it myself, and the first one that I try was WordPress. Honestly I was confused when I want to build my own website in WordPress and then my friend said that Blogger is more simple than WordPress. And that's how I found this blog, anyway let's just go to the main topic of this article shall we?

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Which One is The Best?
Many says that Blogger is simpler and better than WordPress but some says that WordPress is more organized and easy to use than Blogger. Which one do you think is the best? Let's find out.


Blogger.com

This free blogging service is own by the biggest search engine company in the world, Google. And probably one of the most popular blogging services in the world. Some of new blogger like me, use this platform, Because:

It Was Free

Just like you know, Blogger is free. That means you are free to do whatever you like and you don't have to spend a money to build or make your own blog. But later when your blog have a lot of visitor and become more famous. You will have to spend some money if you want to make your blog more advanced.

You can Post So Many Article

In Blogger you can post as many as you like. So no need to worry about can't post an article because you have exceeded the amount of article you can post. That means you can write anything you want and as many as you want. But of course if your article have something that Google didn't like, Your blog or website can be closed forever.

User Friendly

Not like Wordpress, Blogger have a more friendly dashboard and control panel. Probably because Blogger is for a newbie, and there's one thing that I like from Blogger. It's widget, Yes there are lots of widget out there and if you want to add a widget to your blog, you just can easily add it with copy the url and paste.

Google Adsense

This is probably the reason why I start blogging with Blogger. You can easily make money with Google Adsense, because Blogger is integrated with Google Adsense and Amazon Associates. How does it work? Well, every time someone click an advertising in your blog or website. You will get money, so more people click your ads more money you will get. And if your blog or website have a good traffic or visited by so many internet users, you can start to sign up to Google Adsense and let the money flow. But of course it's not easy to join Google Adsense.

Integrated With Google

If you already have a gmail or Google Talk instant messenger account, that mean you have a Google Account. And you can start make your blog and begin to write an article in Blogger. So no need to worry about second sign up, because the e-mail and password that you use to sign in to Blogger.com is the same with your Gmail account.

It Was Safe

Another Reason why I use Blogger, because it was safer than WordPress. WordPress.org is vulnerable to hacker/cracker's attack, because they can break into cpanel or blog database in WordPress. Blogger in the other hand, is safer because it was own by Google.


WordPress.com/WordPress.org

Some of you maybe confused by the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. And if you say this two is the same, you are wrong. Because WordPress.com is a free blogging services just like Blogger.com and created by the same company Automattic. In the other hand, WordPress.org is not free. you can buy and download an application or domain and put it into your blog or website. Some of the biggest company use WordPress.org to make a website.

WordPress.com

Free, Free, Free

Just like I said before, WordPress.com is free. But with great power comes great limitation. In WordPress.com, you didn't have a full access to your blog. And if you want to use some feature, you should bought them first

So Many Theme

The good side of using WordPress.com is that you can choose so many theme that you can applied to your blog. Up to a hundred themes are available for you to choose and they're all have a good design, so you didn't have to worry about make your own theme or bought a theme from someone.

Custom Domain

Not like any other blogging services, WordPress.com provides you with a custom domain. Yes, you can change your blog or website domain. But you will have to bought the domain first, you can bought the domain for 18 dollar for a year.

WordPress.org

Have So many Feature

This one have so many feature that you can use to your blog or website like theme, domain, plugin, any other stuff. If you want to find out more, just check out the website

Plugins

Just like Blogger.com, Wordpress.org have so many plugins but the different is that WordPress.or have tons of plugins. You can applied them to you your blog or website after you bought them. But it was worth it, because the plugins are cool.

No Rules

WordPress.org is different, not like any other blogging services. WordPress.org allow you to use or change everything and and anything you want. It's your blog or website, just do anything you want. so that's why WordPress.or sometimes use by a professional blogger or website owner.

So the in the conclusion, I'm just gonna say that every blogging services have it's own advantages and disadvantages. It's up to you to choose which one is better. But remember this, no matter what blogging services that you use. You should give a reliable and trusted information, you shouldn't use this blogging services to give a hoax or false information. So it's on your own, choose which blogging services that you think perfect for you. 

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