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Steve Jobs Passes Away at 56

Published on October 5, 2011 in Apple, Featured, Music and Technology. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .
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Steve Jobs, Apple chairman passed away on Wednesday, October 5 at the age of 56.

The Apple Board of Directors released a statement that Steve Jobs passed away on Wednesday (October 5, 2011) at the age of 56. Here’s the statement.

“We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.

Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.

His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.

You can share remembrances with Apple at rememberingsteve@apple.com. Here is a post from the eve of his stepping down as CEO.

Do not therefore consider this life as an object of any moment. Look back on the immense gulf of time already past; and forwards, to that infinite duration yet to come, and you will find how trifling the difference is between a life of three days and of three ages.

Let us then employ properly this moment of time allotted us by fate, and leave the world contentedly; like a ripe olive dropping from its stalk, speaking well of the soil that produced it, and of the tree that bore it.”

Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple CEO in August 2011, the second time in less than 3 years that he stepped down to deal with “personal issues.”

Steve Jobs, a Buddhist, is survived by wife Laurene Powell Jobs, 47 and four children. One of his children Lisa had an early Apple computer named after her.

How to Enable Your Facebook Timeline?

Published on September 23, 2011 in Facebook, Social Networks and Technology. 0 Comments Tags: , , .
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On September 22, Mark Zuckerberg introduces the new brand feature called “Facebook Timeline,” a visual representation of your entire life.

“Timeline can help you summarize all of your stories,” Zuckerberg said. Based on how far back you scroll in your Timeline, a different amount of events will be summarized including the date you were born and the day you started on Facebook.

Zuckerberg also announced that the new feature would be available in the coming weeks, but if you’re one of the users who can’t wait, there’s an easy way to enable it.

Before you do that, please take note of the following :

  • Timeline gets disabled automatically when you log in to another computer.
  • This version is only for developers so expect bugs.

Here’s the instructions :

  • First, log into Facebook
  • Enable developer mode, to do this, just type “developer” into the Facebook search box located above your profile, click the first result then add the app.
  • Next, go to developer app. In case Facebook doesn’t put you there automatically, it should be in your left-hand tool bar.
  • Create a new app. Provide any display name and namespace. Read and agree to the Platform Privacy agreement.
  • Make sure you’re in your new app’s main settings screen. You should see your app’s name near the top of the page.
  • Search for the “Open Graph” located at the mid part and click the “Get Started using open graph” link.
  • Last, make a test action for your app, like “watch” a “movie”, or “read” a “book” then click the green button that says “Get Started.”

Wait for a couple of minutes then as you go back to your homepage, you should see an invite to try Timeline. Click “Get It Now” and you’re done.

Source : TechCrunch

Facebook to Launch New Set of Buttons, Read, Listened, Watched & Want

Published on September 21, 2011 in Facebook, Social Networks and Technology. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .
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Facebook is now planning to add new set of buttons aside from “Like.” These new buttons are “Read,” “Listened,” “Watched.”

Facebook will also launch a social commerce button named “Want” after the introduction of the Read, Listened and Watched buttons.

According to TechCrunch, “It’s unclear what will happen to the Like button and how these new buttons will affect the Like button. And we don’t know what Facebook will do with this data, but there is so much the network could do with the data from these buttons. It seems pretty obvious that ad targeting would be a huge opportunity as well as the capability of delivering a more personalized experience for users. Not to mention that brands, retailers, entertainment companies and other businesses will be able to gain segmented data around the Like.”

The new Facebook buttons is expected to be introduced at the f8 Developer Conference next week.

How to Get Back the Old Facebook Layout

Published on September 21, 2011 in Facebook, How To, Social Networks and Technology. 0 Comments Tags: .
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Facebook has changed it’s look again and many users doesn’t like the new update. It takes several hours to learn the new changes.

If you want to get back the old Facebook layout, here’s the easiest way to do it.

  • Login To Your Facebook Account
  • In the right hand top corner, click on the arrow and then account settings.


  • Click on Edit beside the Language and select English (UK) and save the changes.

There you go, Presto!

Apple iPad 2 Official Release in the Philippines on April 29

Published on April 28, 2011 in Gadgets and Technology. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .
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Apple has announced that iPad2 is set to release on April 29 in the Philippines. The news was confirmed by Apple on it’s website dated April 27.

iPad 2 with Wi-Fi will be available in Japan on April 28 and Hong Kong, India, Israel, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey and UAE including the Philippines on April 29.

Suggested retail price :
iPad 2 Wi-Fi only

  • $499 for the 16GB model
  • $599 for the 32GB model
  • $699 for the 64GB model

iPad 2 with Wi-Fi + 3G

  • $629 for the 16GB model
  • $729 for the 32GB model
  • $829 for the 64GB model

Meanwhile, iPad 2 with Wi-Fi will be available in China on May 6, and further international availability will be announced at a later date.

Watch Apple unveil iPad 2 at a special event on March 2, 2011, in San Francisco.

How to Speed Up Internet Connection

Published on June 26, 2009 in How To and Technology. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

If your internet connection is slow, there are many ways to improve it or to speed it up. The following are suggestions that can be tried on the spot. There are easy and complex methods.

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(1) First thing is configure your browser so it will not display any graphics, animations, sound, video or other multimedia content.

(2) Two is surf the Internet when the traffic is low. Heaviest traffic falls on weekends and in the evenings.

(3) Third, use your cache effectively. “Cache” refers to storage space where your recently visited Web sites are saved. You may need to resize your cache allotment, or you may need to purge your cache periodically. Look through your browser’s menus for items named Cache, Temporary Internet files and so on.

(4) Fourth, upgrade your modem. 56.6 kb/s modems are the fastest telephone modems available.

(5) Consult with your Internet service provider to ensure that your modem is configured correctly.

(6) Replace your telephone modem with a fast-access connection such as wave, ISDN, DSL, satellite, a cable modem and so on.