Nokia 8 Takes Its First Bite of Oreo™ @HMDGlobal #AnroidOreo #Nokia8 #5YearsofTheLifesWay

Hi Friends,

HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, is excited to announce that Android™ 8.0 Oreo™ is now available for the Nokia 8. If you own a Nokia 8, you can enjoy a truly pure and secure version of Android Oreo, packed with the latest features to make content creation and sharing even more fun.

Patrick Henchie – Head of Product, Sub-Sahara Africa, said:
“We’re proud to deliver our pure and secure take of Android 8.0 Oreo on the Nokia 8. We always want to give our fans the best possible Android experience. That’s why we’ve taken the time to test, optimise and refine the platform.

“Working together with our fans under our newly setup up Nokia phones beta labs, we’ve created a pure version of this highly anticipated mobile platform, delivering all the exciting new features with none of the unnecessary clutter paired with great performance and even better battery life. Android 8.0 Oreo is packed with new features that make communicating, creating, gaming and exploring even more fun.”

Always pure, secure and up-to-date Android experience
Nokia 8 delivers a pure version of Android 8.0 Oreo with no skins and no changes in the user interface. And with no pre-installed apps you don’t need or hidden processes that eat up battery life, it guarantees a snappy experience every time you pick up your smartphone. Monthly security updates come as standard to keep your smartphone safe, and give you real peace of mind in the palm of your hand.

Super powers that give you the best real-life experiences
Android 8.0 Oreo update on Nokia 8 enables fans to enjoy new features that will enhance their day-to-day experiences with none of the gimmicks:

• Picture-in-Picture mode gives you the power to multi-task while processing power of Nokia 8 ensures the smooth operation of even the most demanding apps. Watch a YouTube clip while catching up with friends or check your bank balance while ordering from Amazon – the Nokia 8 processor ensures smooth operation.
• No unnecessary apps come pre-installed on Nokia 8 and with Android Instant Apps, you can de-clutter your software even further. Just go to the supported link on Chrome and you’ll be able to use new apps without having to install them. Google Play Protect works to keep your device and data safe from misbehaving apps by scanning over 50 billion apps per day, even the ones you haven't installed yet.
• Smart software helps the Nokia 8 power up even faster, letting you create content quicker than ever as moments unfold in front of you. Exclusive to Nokia smartphones, Dual-Sight™ mode means you can also stream your reaction to events on social media in real time, using both the front and back cameras simultaneously.
• Android Oreo smart features limit background activity on the apps you use least, maximising battery life so your Nokia 8 will be ready for action when you are.
• Because Nokia 8 stands for self-expression through content creation, fans can now visualise their emotions better than ever before thanks to the fully redesigned set of emojis on Android 8.0 Oreo – more than 60 of them being brand new!

Your Nokia 8 will automatically update with Android Oreo. You will receive a notification on your smartphone when it becomes available in your country. Android Oreo will be coming soon to other Nokia smartphones, stay tuned for updates.

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28 Days To www.TheLifesWay.com 5th Birthday Celebrations #5YearsofTheLifesWay #27Dec2017 #Perseverance

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#Perseverance Part 2

Nobody believed my luck that day as I called my friend who was with me and also that day I had my house owner's daughter's birthday party so I returned immediately after getting the Sony Handycam from UEFA executives. As I was sitting in Jubilee Line to go to Wembley Park, I was all smiles as I always wanted a Handycam and thought that now I can make awesome videos from the same. London really fulfilled many of my small and big dreams and I simply love and adore this city!

Coming back to Perseverance, as it was London Summer time the sun used to set very late in the evenings and UEFA stalls used to get closed around 630-700pm. I used to leave office around 530 and reach Hyde Park to participate in the online contest at the stalls. I did it continuously on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and right on Thursday afternoon, I got another call from UEFA that I have won 2 tickets to the Finals between Manchester United and Football Club Barcelona. Again, I was overjoyed and collected the tickets in the evening that day. I couldn't believe my luck and it was awesome to win the prestigious tickets to the Finals of Champions League Trophy. 

Perseverance is what kept me going on my blog www.thelifesway.com as I continue to face discrimination despite creating content which is above average and giving ROI to brands much more than they deserve too for free. I have used my channels to promote a lot of brands from whom I have never got anything in return. As I celebrate my 5th anniversary of the #TheLifesWay I won't work for brands those who are not invested in me unless it's their first or second post with me. I also have family and also need time and money to work on myself and all these social media handles so there has to be a reward for the same. 

Somewhere in Scotland, United Kingdom on a Road Trip in April 2011

Another story of perseverance in my life is all the facebook contests where there is some app and you need to play certain levels to win once you clear all the levels. Similarly, an Indian gaming website once had a campaign where you can redeem the points collected by playing their mini-games for a Hand Blender. I had heard earlier from my mom how much she desired the hand-blender so I thought it to be the right opportunity to work out the plan to reach that levels of points and earn the hand-blender for my mom. I worked for continuous 10 days playing a lot of games each evening after office hours at home till the time my eyes automatically used to shut down. I reached the level and ordered the hand-blender without the knowledge of my mom and took the delivery of the same in my office and then when I traveled back to my mom's place 275 kilometers far and gifted her the same she was so happy. I thought that my perseverance has paid off big time that day. 

Once I have set my mind to achieve something no one can change the same until I get that thing. I have that in me but it doesn't mean I have not struggled in my life. My life has always been a Life of Pi because I was born on 22 July so numerically its 22/7 which is a Pi value. The Life's Way is my love and passion which gives me smiles all the time I look at and some unfulfilled expectations which I am working towards on a daily basis. 

Invest in me and your ROI will be beyond your thinking! Check out my instagram.com/araijain

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29 Days To www.TheLifesWay.com 5th Birthday Celebrations #5YearsofTheLifesWay #27Dec2017 #Perseverance

Hi Friends, 

#Perseverance

Continuing the journey of the 5th year anniversary for my baby whom I grew from strength to strength and which kept me alive by giving me enough motivation and passion to carry on despite nothing turning out as I desired. Perseverance is a powerful skill and if you have the same, you can do wonders. I will tell you a story from my life where I got something great in my life by following this principle of life. 

I created my twitter handle @araijain long back on 14 Dec 2009 when I got the first Google Android Smartphone G1 from my brother who used to work for Google. It was a lovely smartphone which defined what is Smart and what lies beyond in the world of technology. I really loved the Google G1 because of its full-fledged sliding keyboard and ability to increase the memory using the micro-SD card. As it was the first smartphone from Google, it used to get the latest android updates till version 2.3 it got and after that it was kind of incompatible with the next versions of Android Operating System. I used it throughout my London Stay before getting migrated to Google's Nexus One smartphone so as to play Angry Birds on the same. 

At the Hyde Park Venue for UEFA Champions League Wembley Finals 2011

Coming back to the story of perseverance, it was during those times in London, I came across an advertisement in the Metro newspaper for the UEFA Champions League Trophy 2011 where the finals were to be held in Wembley Stadium and UEFA is organizing an awareness campaign in Hyde Park, London for the week following the finals. I had no clue about the football but only used to see people buying and wearing merchandise from Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and many such teams sponsored by many brands. Though I used to live right next to Wembley Stadium but never watched any football match before that time. I asked my friends if they want to go to Hyde Park on Saturday to attend the Road to Finals event but they declined other than 1 who said he wants to come and see the trophy live. 

We reached and venue and saw all the stalls setup and tried our luck in various competitions all day long. UEFA stall girls who were from Germany and were not fluent in English did some partiality in terms of handing out the right prizes to us when we answered some of the questions in one of their main stalls. We were happy with what we got and visited several of the stalls from video games to actual tshirts signed by biggest players. Messi was gaining much popularity and people were supporting him a lot. Meanwhile, my friend figured out all the 12 questions answers using a gang of Chinese people who were non-stop participating in the contest. We were not aware as to why and what’s the top prize but came to know when we also go our 12 questions correct in the online system. Not only I got the bagpack or the football as the prize but also stood a chance to see the finals at Wembley Stadium. Till that time our strategy was to get all the prizes nominated for 1 to 11 right answers and collect all the unique UEFA memorabilia. Crazy huh!!!

With one of the Adidas soccer balls to be used in the Wembley Finals 2011

After a hectic day where I also got into the finals for that game where you have touch the blinking light in the fastest hands with the fastest time around to be called for the next round on Sunday, I reached and slept in my room. Next morning again I went alone to play the second round but could not perform better than the first day so couldn’t reach next round. 

Disappointed with my performance I was walking and enjoying the Hyde Park when I received a call from the UEFA team that I have won a Digital Camera to come and collect by a certain time. I became so excited that I ran to the main stall and waited there till the time the executives came and handed me a brand new Sony HDR 120GB Handycam in my hands. It was a moment of true joy and I thanked all Gods and everyone and immediately followed the principle of perseverance again by participating in the quiz contest. Rest story will be in another post tomorrow.

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28 Days                                                                                                                                  30 Days

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30 Days To www.TheLifesWay.com 5th Birthday Celebrations #5YearsofTheLifesWay #27Dec2017 #Hope

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#Hope

It all started when we visited one of my wife’s friend and she told that she had won a Kindle from a contest from writing a blog post. After some days, she visited our house and I asked her how and where she won the same?

Before that time I used to participate in Facebook contests and used to win 1 or 2 every week or month and was happy with the goodies received from the same. Then I tried participating in twitter contests and my winning rate multiplied significantly by 7 to 15 per week. It was awesome where I need to track which contests I won on which date and then whether the goodies/prizes have been received or not? It was awesome and then there were times when I didn’t win even a single contest for 3 months at one go despite more efforts and it was really devastating. So I thought about the same later and connected the dots and the results was that you need to be grateful for every small as well as big wins and you have to stay in the attitude of winner. It’s something that take time to come but can be mastered with practice. I really loved learning new things as social media channels grew and worked on many different social media channels.

One of the dreams came true to visit Wimbledon and see all the Tennis Stars live

As she hesitated but finally introduced me to the website after several requests on the same, I only focussed on remembering the website she logged on my laptop and this way I came to know about Indiblogger. Indiblogger is the biggest bloggers community with their unique and advanced platforms in India and they used to organize several bloggers events collaborating with brands. As I was good with my tweets and continued to win several contests, I blogged about all the goodies received from several brands.

The first year of blogging was slow till March, when I just launched the online blogpost page and did some posts to get into the Indiblogger community. After I got some posts done and I got chance to be on the Blogadda bloggers platform too where they has these fastest blogger wins sure shot gift vouchers. I participated in the same and got some gift vouchers from the branded posts. My biggest break came in my first Indiblogger meet for Microsoft where I met some of local bloggers and they gave me some good ideas to advance my blogging skills. I won several gifts at the event and at the second meet, I won my first big prize of HP Sleekbook for one of my posts on HP Connected Music. 

Blogadda and Indiblogger became my family networks as I continued to win several prizes in many of their contests. With Blogadda I even got their esteemed Notable Newbie Blogger award and many books and products to review on their platforms. 

I will continue my journey during these 30 days to the 5th Birthday of The Life’s Way on 27th Dec 2017 and write more about my experience with the social media channels. 

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29 Days

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A Memoir - This Month Last Year - Nov 2016 www.thelifesway.com #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends, 

November is the time when you plan to finish all your pending tasks and I am also busy completing all the pending review posts for some of the devices I either bought or got it for review. It's also the time to meet and start new associations for the next year. As my blog www.thelifesway.com will be completing 5 Years on 27th Dec 2017, I have upped my Instagram game and also associating all the channels across all my handles and some days ago only, I switched to Business account on Instagram. I have also started seeking help from many in the industry to learn from their experiences which I was not doing earlier. This has opened my world further and I am getting a lot of ideas. 

1. @HuaweiZA Introduces the #HuaweiMate9 #Android #Phablet #aStepAhead - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/11/huaweiza-introduces-huaweimate9-android.html - Huawei launches their Mate Editions range of smartphones during this time and this year Mate 10 was launched in CapeTown but I was not the chosen blogger to be flown to the launch but anyhow I watched the same live on facebook as my love for the brand. Let's see what happens as I try again and again to get sponsored a smartphone by Huawei. 

2. A #Trolls Movie Experience of Lifetime @FantaFunZA #FantaPhotoBomb - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/11/a-trolls-movie-experience-of-lifetime.html - This was such a great campaign I was part of last year which gave me a lot of fun along with fun with family too. I also won the Samsung A5 Smartphone as a lucky draw prize when I attended the Trolls movie at Sterkinekor. I gifted the same to my mom as she was looking for something new and always was getting old smartphones from either my brother or myself. She was very happy to get this gift. Thanks to Fanta South Africa for the same. 

3. Come and Celebrate #Summer @SilverstarZA This Festive Season - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/11/come-and-celebrate-summer-silverstarza.html 

http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/11/come-and-celebrate-festive-season-with.html - Silverstar Casino is the only brand which calls me to most of their without any fail and I have also done a lot for them on social media promoting all their events. Recently, I am not doing much for anyone as I am now looking to go sponsored so totally taking away all the free posts. If I am not getting the pageviews, I want to achieve, then only I will go and post press releases but it will be only my wish.

4. Halloween Just Got Real With @DStv #DStvHalloween @MNet #NightRun - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/11/halloween-just-got-real-with-dstv.html - I attended this unique launch for a Night Run with the Zombies and it was amazing. The amount of detail in the setup was awesome and checkout some of the images from the night run in this post. 

5. A Memoir - This Month Last Year - Aug 2015 www.thelifesway.com #TheLifesWay -
http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/11/a-memoir-this-month-last-year-aug-2015.html
http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/11/a-memoir-this-month-last-year-sep-2015.html

http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/11/a-memoir-this-month-last-year-oct-2015.html  - I simply love my memoir series of posts as it brings back those memories and thoughts which I was having that time of the year. I am very lazy sometimes and too busy sometimes to write these but last year November I covered for all the pending ones. It also gives me perspective and benchmarks the amount of clients I have currently and who left me and I left whom. There were many companies from whom I have not got anything in return so I have simply stopped working for them or covering them on my blog.

The next big thing that is happening in November 2017 is the launch of Anytime Anywhere Magazine Print Edition in UK and South Africa along with Online edition where I will be writing articles on Travel and Technology. In case, you want to sponsor my pages on the monthly magazine, do contact me either via aashish@anytimemagazine.co.za or thelifesway@gmail.com and I will introduce you to our Sales Team and Editor for further advertisement rates in the print editions. In case you want to sponsor my personal blog and channels, you can do that too. Follow Anytime Magazine on facebook, twitter and instagram. Looking forward to this associations!

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