If you were online yesterday, you most likely heard that Facebook held an event in their headquarters to make some big announcement. After the resulting rumors by every leading online publication, Facebook announced three new features.
Author: hilzfuld
The Irrelevant Questions Entrepreneurs Have to Answer (VIDEO)
If you have been hanging out on Twitter lately, chances you have come across this video about Apple fanboys (NSFW language). I cannot remember a video that made me laugh as much as that one did. I was therefore excited to watch this new one, made with the same platform and quite possibly the same person.
The First Truly Interactive Ad in a Newspaper! (VIDEO)
This is up there with the coolest uses of modern technology that I have ever seen. You need to watch this video to believe what Axa, a Belgium insurance company, did to promote their iPhone app.
What Really Happens When you Fill out a CAPTCHA (VIDEO)
OK, how annoying are CAPTCHAs? If you do not know what the heck I am talking about, CAPTCHAs are those words you need to write on sites like Facebook and recently LinkedIn in order to prove you are human. You know the ones that you can rarely read yourself? Yes, they are annoying and have become quite a burden on the heavy Web surfer, but truth be told, filling out a word or two is a whole lot better than spammers taking over the Web.
A New Nokia N8 Promo Video
Nokia is a mobile manufacturer that causes a lot of heated debate. On the one hand, due to their tremendous presence in emerging markets, they have the largest market share in the mobile industry. On the other hand, many will claim that while the N95 was great in its time, the company has not innovated much since. Nokia’s stubborn philosophy of sticking with Symbian and not moving on to something bigger and better like let’s say Android, or even Maemo might b e viewed as a big mistake with all the advanced mobile operating systems out there.
A BlackBerry Addict’s Experience Switching to iPhone 4
This is one of the most challenging posts I have ever written. Most people in my circles have been using an iPhone for years. I have not. I stuck with BlackBerry throughout all the different versions of the iPhone because I always found some crucial features missing from the Apple device. If I was going to give up my beloved BlackBerry Bold (not being sarcastic there, I love that phone), it was not going to be for a phone with no copy/paste, a 2 mp camera, or a device with no video capture capabilities.
7 Reasons to Get a Samsung Galaxy Tab over an iPad
The Samsung Galaxy Tab has been making waves in the early adopter community. It might not be the first tablet to run Google’s mobile operating system, Android, but it definitely the most significant one coming from an industry giant like Samsung. Now that there have been a few videos of the Tab in action as well as some initial reviews, I don’t think anyone denies the fact the Tab is an impressive device on all fronts. What seems to be the debate is iPad or Tab.
Exclusive Interview with Richard Barley: Community Manager of Tweetdeck
Working as Community Manager for a company with millions of users is not a simple task. You need to walk the fine line of being overly professional and therefore boring, and on the flip side, too personal and amateurish. Richard Barley, the Community Manager of Tweetdeck does this perfectly. Anyone who has ever had a question about Tweetdeck knows they can ask him on Twitter and except a response within seconds. Richard keeps his audience interested and displays a high level of professionalism in his work.
Mio Moov S505: A GPS I Would Have Liked to Love
It’s been well over two months since I was asked to review my latest acquisition, the S505 navigation system from Mio. Things came up and I just didn’t get around to it until now, and it’s a good thing too, because had I written this review after a couple of days of driving along my usual routes and around my home town, I would have churned out just one more raving review of this product to add to the hundreds already out there on the web.
Sean Percival, VP Marketing of MySpace Talks about Web, iPad, Photoshop, and Cleaning Toilets
In the name of full transparency, I am just going to say that I am not a big music guy and I am therefore not a heavy MySpace user. Having said that, I connected with Sean on Twitter without even knowing who he was and only after a few conversations, I checked out his bio. Suffice to say, I was pretty surprised at how such a down-to-earth kind of guy can be playing such a central role on the Web. Sean is great and you will probably agree after reading his answers.
Ten Crucial Features Missing from the New Twitter
I Just got the new Twitter and there is really no question that it is a huge improvement over the old one. Having said that, the comparison to the old Twitter is irrelevant, that is not what it is here to compete with. The new Twitter can and should only be compared to Twitter clients such as Tweetdeck and Seesmic. Since I am a huge Tweetdeck fan, I am going to talk about the experience the new Twitter provides as compared to that of Tweetdeck.