Windows 8.1 now with Quiet hours for notifications

Windows 8, like Android and iOS, features an apps notifications function, alerting you when you receive new messages, calendar events and email. Unfortunately, Microsoft offered users scant options for silencing those notifications. You could either shut them off for a few short ours, or turn them off entirely. Thankfully, Microsoft has rectified this omission, adding a new Quiet Hours function in Windows 8.1 that lets users schedule when notifications should be active and when they shouldn’t.

 

 search for 'notifications' from start screen  select it then select '

notification settings'

When enabled, Quiet Hours ensures your notifications don’t make any noise or cause the screen to light up when your Windows 8.1 device is in sleep mode. Your notifications will automatically be restored whenever you start using your device or Quiet Hours are over.

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Best ADSL ISP in South Africa: survey

Mybroadband’s June 2013 broadband survey results showed that Afrihost was the top rated ADSL Internet Service Provider (ISP) in South Africa, followed by Axxess and FNB Connect.
The survey was successfully completed by 4,329 South African broadband users, which included over 2,800 ADSL subscribers.
The surveyed ADSL subscribers rated their ISP on price, network quality, billing, support and overall satisfaction.
This survey tested ADSL users’ satisfaction with their ADSL ISP and their perception of the service, rather than the actual performance of the service. The results therefore show how happy users are with their ADSL ISP.
This survey used a token system where only users who formed part of a random sample could do the survey. This ensured more accurate results.
The survey results show that Afrihost was rated as the top ISP, followed by Axxess, and FNB Connect.
The following table provides an overview of the ADSL ISP survey results. It should be noted that only ISPs with a high enough number of ratings are listed.

ADSL ISP	Price	Network quality	Billing	Support	Overall satisfaction	Average
Afrihost	7.86	7.37	8.56	8.33	7.96	8.02
Axxess	7.57	7.14	8.29	8.07	7.76	7.77
FNB Connect	8.71	6.71	8.38	7.29	7.24	7.66
Web Africa	7.21	7.21	8.14	8.08	7.64	7.65
Openweb	7.27	7.20	7.67	7.32	7.45	7.38
Internet Solutions	6.48	7.77	7.80	7.15	7.44	7.33
Vox Telecom	7.00	7.75	7.08	6.36	7.42	7.12
MWEB	6.25	6.55	7.42	7.37	6.88	6.89
Cybersmart	7.15	6.08	7.23	6.16	6.47	6.62
Telkom Internet	5.40	5.24	6.12	5.38	5.43	5.51

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