Archive for September, 2009

Apple presents New iPod Versions, iTunes Enhancements

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Apple, led by its CEO Steve Jobs, presented the company’s new products and services in San Francisco last September 9, 2009. 
First, Jobs introduced the entry price drops on iPod touches new lineup. The two higher-end models presented include the 8GB version which has a price of $199, and the 32GB and 64 GB of $299 and $399 respectively. This last two models replaced the older versions of 16 GB and 32 GB of the same prices but the newest versions are up to 50% faster. 

Another product that was introduced was the iPod Nano with a built-in video camera. It has a 2.2-inch color display larger compared to the previous iPod Nano. It also boasts its built-in mic and speaker, FM radio that has iTunes features, pedometer and an aluminum and glass body. It has two types – the 8 GB version ($149) and the 16 GB ($179). 

There’s also lined up for iPod shuffle. The entry price drops to $59 for its 2 GB models and a $79 for the 48 GB version.  
iTunes got a new version too which includes a support of iTunes LP. With this, iTunes can provide expanded contents and other interactive elements such as videos, lyrics, artworks, liner notes, interviews, photos and album credits for some albums.

Flickr App – a Cool New iPhone App

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Flickr, one of the world’s most popular photo-sharing sites, now has an iPhone application!
Reports say that Flickr’s iPhone app is now available in the iTunes Store for free. Taking the features of this newest app, you’ll say that it’s exceptionally done well.
Once you have downloaded this iPhone app and logged in, the front page is loaded with the images. You can also see the images from your friends.
There’s a search box at the top of the screen which has several options such as ‘all uploads,’ ‘from your contacts,’ and ‘your photostream.’
The app is so cool for Flickr users but it has limitations. Though you can put your location on the app, you can’t look for photos within your locations.
Another button in the app is the ‘i’ button where you can see the information about the app and privacy policies. On the upper left screen, that’s where you can login or log out.

Twitter 101: Know your Tweets

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Twitter is so addicting for it offers various reasons to tweet. You can talk to your far away friends, have a conversation with your officemates or update everyone absolutely everything.

But, having a freedom without limitations has negative effects. So learn how to limit your tweets. Know what to tweet. Don’t be fooled with the magic of posting your life on your timeline. It’s quite terrible to tweet all your private meetings, private activities and/or private sessions.

Quality tweets do not necessarily equate with factual tweets. So, don’t release information that will harm you and your career. Try to make it balance. Tweet something like you’re updating your status but not providing all the necessary information. Anyways, you’re followers may not like to know where you’ve been if it’s not interesting on their part.

Twitter 101: Tweet a Lot, But not too Much!

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

On the early period of being in Twitter, the process of getting used to it might end up, being addicted to it.

Yes, it’s true! Like any other social networking sites, Twitter is addicting once you get familiarized with it. Plus, the fact that Twitter is a micro-blog, you’ll surely post updates of your life from time to time therefore flooding your timeline.

In Twitter, there’s no limit on how many tweets you’re allowed to send every day. But to make sure that you’re giving your followers the quality posts they needed, tweet an average of 20-30 messages a day. That will do. Or else, you might want to be tagged as a human spammer.

Requests for Google Preferences

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Many of you have written asking us if we have seen the change with the Google preferences and whether we know or not what happened.

Yes, we have figured out what happened so we will answer the question for anyone who is still trying to figure it out.

On the Google search page or home page, there was a link called “preferences” in between “advanced search” and “language tools”. It has been removed but not deleted. Really, it has just been renamed and repositioned.

You may now find the preferences under “search settings” in the very top right of the page. In between “igoogle” and “login”.

Hope that helps!

Google Search is Bigger

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Did you notice yesterday that when you used Google, the search box was wider? In addition, the font for the text was much bigger. While I do not think this is particularly bad, I wonder why they couldn’t make a note on the page letting us know. I actually thought that my computer had done an update and one of my settings had been changed.

I have spent time worrying about things changing and just read on another site that Google had made the changes themselves. Until I get used to the screen, I find it irritating but at the same time, it is easier to see for many people.

Like I said, I do not think it is a bad thing, I just wish I would have realized the change was legit and not something going on with my system!

Twitter 101: Be a Good Conversationalist

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Twitter not only gives you power to announce to the whole world what are you up to. It also gives you freedom on how to be a good conversationalist.

In order to make new friends, it is nice that you’re also interested with them. So, try to be a nice guy to everyone. Check their posts and if you find them interesting, reply. There’s no other way to befriend someone than approaching them. And here on Twitter, replying on their tweets is the nicest approach.

But be careful in replying here and there. Just reply with those tweets that are answerable. Or, give a response to clarify something on someone else’s tweet, to give your feedback or to offer a help. Don’t just reply as if you’re an automated response application. It’s a big NO! NO! to someone misinterpreting your account as a spam. So please, avoid that! Try to mix up your tweets with daily stories, then replies to your Twitter friends and also some links that you might want to share with your followers.

Twitter 101: How to get rid of Spammers

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Newbies in Twitter all wanted to have numerous followers so, by analysis; they follow everyone across the world wide web that they encounter.

Well, that’s pretty horrible. Spammers are always around the corner. For sure, you don’t want to follow a spammer’s account so better yet, follow these simple lines:

If you’re really into Twitter, wanted to gain new friends and be updated every now and then with what’s the world is going on, then, follow everyone in a condition that you check first their timelines.

Check if their tweets are not spams. Check if they are really humans not machines that send automatic tweets to spam your network. Check their bio and their networks – their followers and followings.

And for you not to be tagged as a spammer, tweet interesting stuff, share links and reply to other’s tweets.

Twitter 101: Think First Before Tweeting

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Building your network in Twitter is just like building your network on other social networking sites. The only difference is that, here in Twitter, you’re always answering the magic question ‘What are you doing now?’

So, to attract more followers and to make new friends, make sure that you’re giving them quality updates. Prove to them that you’re a human and not a spammer that uses this tool to get into your accounts. Talk about something you like or something new to you, something cool. Feel free to use Twitter as if it’s your river of thoughts. This is, primarily, an advantage in having a Twitter account.

But, make sure that you’re not giving them pertinent information. Stalkers are out there. You might want to know how obsessed they are in getting important information. So, while knowing well your followers, think first before tweeting.

Twitter 101: Follow Everyone, But Not All

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Everyone who’s online is in Twitter. So why not join the bandwagon?

It is understandable that it is hard to cope up with the twitting lifestyle. So, understanding how to tweet better and what to tweet is something that you should first learn.

Like every newbie to Twitter, it is advisable to you follow a lot of people. By doing this, you’ll realize the magic of timeline and the news that it brings through your network’s tweets. But following this advice is somewhat deceiving.

The process of following everyone is like spamming your own account. You don’t even know what their tweets are all about because you only follow them for the sake of getting a number of tweets on your timeline. But you forgot to check the quality of these tweets.

Follow only those accounts that are in your fields of interests, your circle of friends and family. You may invite more people to join Twitter if you haven’t seen some of your buddies on your network. In this case, you’re getting the point of what Twitter is all about – building social networks with timeline.

Remember, quality tweets are more important than having numerous of spam tweets that are not helping you grow in this cyber niche.