Why Are Android Games So Popular Today?

According to many people, mobile games are not good at all. They don't think mobile games are popular. However, the fact is that on everyone's phone you may see a few games installed. Let's find out why they are so popular in the here and now.

Free or Inexpensive

One of the main reasons behind their popularity is that they are available free of charge. Actually, developers use a lot of other ways to generate money for their efforts. This helps them keep making more games. That's the reason you can see a lot of games that are available for a couple of dollars. Even most of them are free.

Everyone loves free stuff, especially the good stuff. For instance, you can download Final Fantasy for free. Even popular titles, such as Pokemon Go can be downloaded for free. You won't have to pay a penny for them.

Great Quality

Although Android games feature a retro feel, as they are relatively easier to develop. However, there is no compromise on quality. You will see that the most recent titles compete with top titles like Super Nintendo and Genesis. As a matter of fact, you can find tons of 3D games that allow you to get the most out of your Android handset. They offer amazing experience.

We can't deny the fact that there are some not-so-good games for Android. The thing is that most of them are entertaining.

Portability

Unlike other platforms, Android offers a lot of special stuff. Other systems, such as Nintendo 3DS is mobile. Moreover, their budget is a sign that they make great games. But Android is far ahead of Nintendo because the platform is open to everyone.

Since we all need to stay in touch with our family, friends, colleagues and relatives, we use cell phones. If you are waiting for someone, playing a mobile game is a great idea. This will help you pass time without getting bored.

Moreover, you have thousands of titles to choose from. Since a cell phone is always in your pocket, you can play your favorite game whenever you want to.

Immersion and Novelty

Just like Pokemon Go, Android offers a degree of immersion that no other platform has been able to offer. Many mobile games give a real-life experience. They make people feel great at all times. After all, entertainment is important for all of us.

There is something special about mobile gaming. For instance, mobile phones help some genres expand as they can't work on other consoles. Let's take an example. You can find a lot of brain games that have extremely hard questions.

Since you can use your phone on the go, you won't need to carry your laptop or cell phone with you to play games. You can just take out your smartphone and launch your favorite title to keep yourself occupied.

The Takeaway

In short, Android games offer a lot of advantages over other consoles, and that's why they are so popular. Hopefully, we will see tons of Android games down the road. Hope this article will help you.

Using a TENS Machine to Fight the Negative Feelings of Depression

First of all, I'm not a doctor or therapist. I just have spent most of my life learning from them, to undo the effects of major depression that I've had from childhood. If you suffer from depression, first talk to your medical professional to see what approach is best for you. That is what I've done, but I add to what I've learned by trying a few other things on my own. Don't do anything to yourself that is potentially self-injurious, it pays to research any new technique or approach thoroughly, just to be safe. Whatever works for me may not work for you, we all have our own ways of responding to different treatments. I just know that not all my recovery has come from what was learned at the doctor's office. Being exceptionally strong-willed, my mission has mainly been to boost self-esteem, and fight those inner feelings of sadness that never go away (effects of depression.) Here are some ways that have helped me live a productive and successful life, despite mental challenges.

Six months ago, it was necessary for me to go for physical therapy for a slipped disk in my back. The therapist hooked me up to a small machine called a TENS unit, for one of my treatments. They put small, non-invasive sticky circles (electrodes) on the part of my body needing therapy and then turned the machine on. It felt really good, sort of like a massage. Depending upon how the therapist adjusted the dials, the machine would make knocking or pinging sensations on my back. There are also knobs to adjust the intensity of each sensation. After researching the TENS unit on the internet, I ordered a small one, about the size of a deck of playing cards.

According to what I read about them, TENS machines are not only good for distracting your body into feeling good sensations rather than pain, but they can make your body produce endorphins, or feel-good chemicals, too. This intrigued me, since having depression, I'll take all the feel-good anything I can get (as long as it is both moral and legal.) So, I set up to test this on myself and see if there was any merit to the theory. After years of taking various anti-depressants, some work more than others but none completely take away depression, in my experience. Not being a scientist or doctor, I read up on everything about the TENS machine. There are rules that come along with the machine, like not putting the electrodes on the head, neck or the heart areas. Make sure to follow all of them thoroughly. People with pacemakers should not use TENS units, because it can interfere with the way they work. As with medicines, ask your doctor before using one.

By placing the electrodes along my spine, and setting the TENS settings to the recommended low frequency (pulse) levels. You want low muscle contraction, and to use the TENS for approximately 20 to 40 minutes. If you set it for higher muscle contractions, your muscles may ache later, so I rely on what the experts say, to use it at low settings. For more detailed information, I found these sites helpful:

http://www.bootsmaternityrentalproducts.co.uk/abouttens.php
http://www.medcareservice.com/Pain-Control-Mechanism-Article.cfm

Using the TENS unit has helped my overall mood, it seems, as after using it, my demeanor is calm and relaxed. Though I don't know if this is due to the machine itself or not, but I believe that using it has helped me. Combined with other treatments, this TENS therapy is assisting me (along with other techniques for reducing depression) in making a more enjoyable life. Go ahead and research TENS units online, and see if this is something suitable for you. In my point of view, it is a viable way to help combat depression.

From Entity to Enterprise in 90 Days

How do some online businesses go from relative obscurity to household name in a very short period of time? While the number one answer might be advertising, it is also the most expensive method of gaining recognition. It is also extremely important that every aspect of your business model from administration to product fulfillment is flawless as you must create credibility to match that sudden increase in visibility.

The internet is an environment where creative genius is a suitable substitute for cash when it comes to gaining visibility for your company. As a matter of fact, there are many individuals who have quickly become millionaires just by repeatedly applying one successful business model within different product markets. Usually these individuals will share the secrets to their success for a fee, so I was overwhelmed by the time-tested strategies and course material which I found for absolutely no charge while researching ways to improve my own online business.

One of the most important strategies discussed is changing your attitude towards competitors and viewing your competitors as potential partners. It is important to have some service or product that you are willing to cross promote with them, for a commission of course, but even more importantly for the exposure to their customer base. Since there is no brick and mortar presence, your business can only grow by exposure to new potential clients. It may cost you a small percentage of your first sale, but a large percentage of satisfied customers will return. It is a difficult concept for a new online business owner to assist, but the majority of your company's value is determined by the size of your customer database. The faster you build your client base, the faster you will catapult your income to seven figures or more. I would guess that the thing to do would be to partner with as many companies as possible, as quickly as possible, and then position your self for total domination.

Marketing online is so much different than I would ever have imagined. The whole concept of the more you give, the more you get, is so foreign in the physical world, but a necessary tactic of online survival. Another way of increasing your customer base is through the use of viral marketing. I know that it sounds like you are spreading a contagion, but that is in fact the concept. In a nutshell, you create an information product for whatever your market happens to be. As you are writing it, think about how much it would be worth if you sold it. Once you are satisfied that you have created a premium product, make sure that your name and contact information appear in various conspicuous places, and give it away. Not only can you literally trade it for a prospect's name and email address, but you can encourage them to pass it on to their friends. Ideally, a file which requires their name and email to unlock it would be something to consider.

How to Select the Best Human Services Software Program

In past articles, we have explored the possibility of telecommuting in human services and nonprofit agencies. In this article, we will explore the features that are essential for a successful telecommuting option for human services professionals (as well as benefits to those professionals working in a more traditional setting).

Flexibility

While the missions of human service and non profits might be similar, there are differences in the laws and practices which need to be followed around the country. Software solutions for human service agencies should be able to be customized to meet the needs of each of these agencies. Additionally, there should be a user friendly interface from which information can be easily accessed and organized.

Ease of access

When selecting products such as a software program to manage case files, etc., it is useful to have a product that is easily accessible from a variety of devices - PC or MAC, iPads or Android tablets or smart phones. The ability to access and manipulate files from a variety of platforms allows for employees to have easy access to their files as well as being able to address emergencies as they arise. With the increasing mobility and accessibility of these devices, a web-based platform is usually the way to go.

Stability and support

When employees work from home, the chance of computer technical support challenges arises significantly. This can be further complicated by the remote nature of the equipment. In a nutshell, the more complex a system is, the bigger chance that there is for some level of failure on some level. This can become extremely frustrating for all. Since most people are not technical support gurus, it is critical to have a resource person who is well trained in the different programs and troubleshooting the various gremlins which surface in the world of technology - typically as a deadline is looming! In the absence of a technical guru, it is important that your human services software company has an active (and helpful) technical support department from what advice and solutions are easily available.

In closing, it is important that the person is responsible with selecting the software product be someone who is familiar with the various needs for your particular agency. It does little good for someone who has never sewn a dress to decide which dress will be sewn. Software products should be able to grow with an agency and meet both their short term and long term needs.

Three Advantages of Hiring a Local Electrician Over a Big Corporate

There are advantages to hiring a local electrician who is not part of an agency or corporation versus hiring an electrician that works for a big corporate company. It is best to research local electricians online, through people you know, and through a directory of electricians.

You should take time to research credentials so that you get the best electrician for the job. Once you find a list you can compare the electricians and can compare to a big corporate agency to see what is best. Consider that there are positives and negatives to choosing either an electrician or a big corporation.

The first advantage is price. A local electrician can decide how much to charge while an agency may have set prices and no way to bargain it down. You can look at multiple electricians and find out who is willing to offer you the best price for the job. Some electricians maybe willing to bargain with you as they will be happy to have your business if business is slow, which it might be with the economy. Consider multiple ones as price may be different due to different ways of doing the job (ie tools they use, etc.) Sometimes you may have to pay a little more for services but it may be worth it depending on the electrician's experience.

The next advantage of hiring a local electrician is that they are more than likely more experienced than an agency. Considering that low level electricians or electricians with little experience can work in a corporate company under others but are not able to work on their own. It is still important to research credentials of electricians to make sure they have the experience you are looking for and also ask them what they do best in terms of their electrical work.

The last advantage is knowing that a local electrician should be licensed. Make sure to research the electrician to make sure their credentials match up with what they should have. A corporation can have people that are not licensed working as apprentices.

Compounding Is The Best And Least Time Consuming Strategy

Time in a Composite strategy is your biggest friend. The longer your investment is allowed to Compound, the larger your Account becomes.

If you have a 'super' busy life, and have a lump sum to invest, after making the initial investment there is nothing more to do. Get on with your life and watch your dispute reinvestment strategy build up.

Compounding involves adding to your original capital invested every year, and then that new balance to be added to in the next year, and so on. Buy solid dividend paying companies, like the Dividend Aristocrats, and you are assured of the best Compounding strategy available.

Not only do Dividend Aristocrats pay dividends every year, their dividend history through all sorts of market upheavals, their dividends also Rise every year. This means a Growing dividend Yield for the Composite strategy, and when coupled with dividend reinvestment, you have 2 strategies in one!

Most pay Rising dividends 4 times a year, so no matter the current state of the market, reinvestment is taken care of by these companies for you. No temptation to sell in a big drop, just let the reinvestment strategy take care of itself, and LET IT COMPOUND.

Your Time is your own, after the original investment is made, just 'put it in the bottom drawer' and watch it Compound for as long as you like.

In the last big 'drop' in the market (2008-2009), 10 Dividend Aristocrat stocks were delisted from the Dividend Aristocrat Index because of changes to their dispute policy (they cut their dividend), so make sure to only invest in the ' biggest and best '. The longer they have paid rising dividends and stayed in the Index the better.

Companies like McDonald's, Johnson & Johnson, 3M, Wal Mart, who have paid rising dividends for decades, through all sorts of economic shock / upheavals, are the ones to invest in.

If you are investing through a savings plan, you are probably adding to your investment once a year, so again your time is yours.

Even if you have 10-20 years to go till retirement, do not 'put off' this strategy, as Compounding is the best 'hands off' strategy there is. Even if only your bills in retirement are taken care of, that is a huge bonus, the alternative is not pretty.

The best holding period for this strategy is 'forever', but when you ever need the money, there is no need to sell, just change the reinvestment part to cash dividends, and everything 'is sweet'. No capital gains tax, as no shares have been sold, you are receiving a 'GROWING' income stream for ever!

Time is your FRIEND in a Composite investment strategy, so start NOW.

New Franchisee? How Franchising Lenders Work in Canadian Franchise Finance

Being the 'new person' is not always beneficial, especially when it comes to a major life decision such as your new career as a franchisee in Canada. Not knowing about franchise finance or franchising lenders work is definitely a set back - so lets get you 'armed and ready' with some solid info on financing your franchise.

First of all, here's the good news - financing a franchise in Canada is certainly possible - It's mostly done by a guy named BILL! And we're not kidding. More about him later.

In fact, the franchise industry is currently viewed as quite healthy as lenders feel that the concept of proven business models and branding of your franchise are great steps to opening what absolutely is a 'start up' business. Obviously we all agree a franchise 'start up' is steps ahead of opening up your own business and 'taking a chance'.

So, can you get a 'standard' bank loan to complete your franchise finance? We do not want to be too sarcastic here, but the answer is, yes, if you have a million dollars net worth, pristine credit, and some outside collateral and guarantee ability. So what we are saying, putting that sarcasm aside, is that conventional lending does not really work if you're a new franchisee seeking an independent business opportunity financing.

So, that brings us to our friend BIll, remember we told you he finances most of the franchises in Canada. Clearly a popular guy, as he finances millions of dollars of franchises. Our clients want to immediately get to know this Bill guy. So, who is Bill?

Actually we have spelled his name wrong, its BIL, because that is the name of the government sponsored loan program in Canada (in the US it's called the SBA loan) that funds most franchises in Canada.

How can one program be so popular? It's simply because it's well suited to what you are trying to accomplish. It provides great rates, terms and structures, limited personal guarantees, and requires what we in our firm call a reasonable or decent personal credit history. IE You do not need that million dollar net worth we spoke of earlier?

So how do you achieve franchise finance success with franchising lenders on the BIL loan? Again, pardon our humor, but investigate the Boy Scout motto - Be Prepared!

The essence of approval for your franchisee venture for franchising lenders under a BIL loan is a crisp business plan, a financial projection that makes sense, and various back up documents as required by the program. Naturally you also need assistance in determining who offers this loan program, how it can be sometimes augmented with other financing, and it sure helps if you present it professionally and properly.

So, we always try to have a bottom line, and in this cases its pretty simple - investigate the BIL program, do your homework, identify key requirements, and, if you are challenged by any of the above seek a trusted, reliable, and experienced Canadian business financing advisor who can help you achieve franchisee franchise finance success with the right franchising lenders for your BIL. And, by the way, congratulations on your new role as a Canadian entrepreneur!