Facebook Offices or Twitter Offices, where would you like to work?

Brandon Davenport Aug 21, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Design, Pictures

Facebook is the king of social networks, and keeping people in touch, it always has been and we are starting to wonder if it will stay that way. With the advent of Twitter, Facebook is getting a run for its money. Some people prefer Twitter – some prefer Facebook.

We decided to take the social networking battle a step further and compare the brand new Facebook facility in Palo Alto, CA to the Twitter headquarters not far away in San Francisco, CA.

Which do you prefer?

 

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How to link your Facebook account and fan page with Twitter

Brandon Davenport Aug 21, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us How to, Okay Geek, Websites

 

Everyone knows that Twitter is an easy way to get your message out to hundreds of people, in just 140 characters. Twitter won the hearts of social media junkies because it is so simple and easy to use. The ability to customize your profile with cool backgrounds and iPhone, Black Berry and Windows Mobile apps everywhere, it has been really easy to take your thoughts, ideas, or stuff you found on the internet, and tell everyone!

Now, Facebook is the exact opposite. It's home page is filled with "news about friends", endless invites and piles of stuff to go through. "Billy just sent you a beer" "You have been invited to mafia wars" "Dylan wrote anonymously on the bathroom wall". Even though its bloated with stuff, it is a powerful tool to share everything, and anything with friends, family and the world.

What if you could put the two together and create 1 mega super duper fantastic web-app!?!?

I will tell you how...

Step 1

First you have to login to facebook, and twitter.

Then go to facebook.com/pages and create a page

Step 2

Go to facebook.com/twitter (I never thought i'd see those words in the same URL)

Click "Link a page to twitter", and choose the page you just created.

Twitter will open and make sure you say allow.

 

Step 3

Select what you want to be "Tweeted"

Step 4

Load up your page by clicking the "Ads and pages" button on the bottom control bar.

Then do a test tweet:

It will automatically tweet for you, and link to any pictures, video or links you attach

Thats it!

So now you can reach a bigger audience and at the same time, keep up with all your tweeting and facebook... ing.

@t3chh3lp

@itsbrandond

Windows Live Essentials *Updated*

Ricardo Trejo Aug 20, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Microsoft

This update affects Live Messenger and ummm, whatever else is in the "Essentials" collection. Funny name - for them being named essential, I don't use any except messenger. Hmmm... but was the update necessary? Not really. Well, not for the applications other than Movie Maker and Family Safety. Ars Technica got some time in with Microsoft and wondered why all the essentials were given updated build numbers? This was their answer:

"...From a technical perspective, we had to update the build numbers since we were updating these two services." - Microsoft spokesperson.

Wow. So what changed?

"Today, we announced the launch of an updated version of Windows Live Family Safety. Based on customer feedback, the newest version of Family Safety features tighter integration with Windows User Accounts and Windows Parental Controls. This results in a seamless login experience and enhanced reporting capabilities to help parents understand what their kids are doing on the computer and online. We have also made enhancements for web browsing such as locking Safe Search for children and helping them find sites designed for kids with http://fss.live.com/kids. These updates will make Windows Live Family Safety easier for parents to get started, and it's easier for them to keep their kids safer online."

I don't have kids, and I certainly don't use movie maker... sooo does that mean I update for no reaosn? And here I was thinking I was getting new far out features for messenger. Like that'd happen. On that note, what sort of IM software do you think is the best?

[Via ArsTechnica]

Introducing the Microsoft Fune

Ricardo Trejo Aug 20, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Humor, Microsoft

"What if a phone, could be more than a phone?"

I just had to share that with everyone. That is all.

Jame Cameron's Avatar gets teaser - "should've sent a poet"

Ricardo Trejo Aug 20, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Movies

There's been a lot of buzz surrounding James Cameron's latest film, Avatar.

AVATAR takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization. The film was first conceived by Cameron 14 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not yet exist. Now, after four years of actual production work, AVATAR delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind, where the revolutionary technology invented to make the film, disappears into the emotion of the characters and the sweep of the story.

Watch the trailer in HD on Apple's site below

[Via Apple]

Turn your iPhone 3GS into a mobile video beast, with OWLE Bubo

Brandon Davenport Aug 20, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gadgets, iPhone

Oh my GOD! What is that!

Well my friends this is somwhat of a utility suit for your jesus phone. Although it looks like something that Batman would be using to burn holes through metal but this as an iPhone strapped to the back of it.

Yes, this takes your sad little 3 mega pixle iPhone video camera and turns it into an (almost) professional grade camcorder including a 37mm camcorder lens and a front facing microphone, which plugs into the phone’s headphone/mic jack.

A new startup called OWLE (Optical Widgets For Life Enhancement) has come to bring our dreams true. Now you won't have to buy a 900 dollar video camcorder and have your sad little iPhone in your pocket. Now you can take this monster and strap your iPhone to it and use it as a full blown cam corder.

What I really like about this accesory, is that it takes something that is already "The perfect device" and makes it better. Its one of the few devices that can be fused with another device and create one mega device, wicked!

There’s also planned support for external lighting and power. All in a package that could slip easily into a backpack or laptop case. In short, this is exactly what you need if you frequently use the iPhone for video.

Unfortunately, it will be a while before you can get your grimey hands on one. OWLE plans to have a limited production run completed by late August.

Shot on an OWLE Bubo

Leaked: OS X Snow Leopard Swarming Stores Next Friday, August 28

Brandon Davenport Aug 20, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Apple, News

 

Looks like that final version of Snow Leopard may be starting to hit shelves as early as next Friday, August 28. Macenstein, has gotten word that support training has begun for the new Mac OS X.

Hopefully next Friday is "the day" and Its seeming to become more likely every day! Macenstein seemed to have some pages from the training manual to back up the claim.