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Firefox for Mobile Devices

daynah — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:37:28 +0000

I’m really looking forward to trying out Firefox mobile when it’s released. Below is a video that highlights what Firefox mobile can do.

Swiping left and right to see the controls is a great idea since space is very limited. And the AwesomeBar sounds, well, awesome! I really like the idea of Weave Sync as well. This technology syncs your mobile, work desktop, home desktop, etc. for a seamless transition in web browsing. Location-Aware browsing sounds pretty amazing. It’s like having Yelp for topics you’re browsing on! Check out the video for more features.

Meet some of the members of the Mozilla Mobile Team as they give you a quick tour of the user interface and features of Firefox for mobile devices, including the Awesome Bar, Weave Sync, add-ons and tabbed browsing, to name a few.

Google Voice with Your Existing Number

daynah — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:23:43 +0000

Now you can use Google Voice with your existing number! Before, in order to use Google Voice, you had to sign up for a new phone number. But with the recent changes, you can now add the Google Voice service to your existing phone number! Read the Google Voice blog for more information about this new service.

Did You Know 4.0

daynah — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:19:13 +0000

This is another official update to the original “Shift Happens” video. I really enjoyed it because it’s filled with all sorts of statistics from the new media generation and technology shift.

This is another official update to the original “Shift Happens” video. This completely new Fall 2009 version includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology, and was developed in partnership with The Economist. For more information, or to join the conversation, please visit http://mediaconvergence.economist.com and http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com.

Content by XPLANE, The Economist, Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod and Laura Bestler. Design and development by XPLANE, http://www.xplane.com. You can follow us on Twitter at @xplane

MMS on the iPhone!

daynah — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:51:16 +0000

AT&T in the US finally made MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) on the iPhone today. Yes, finally. Now you don’t have to use my MMS on iPhone workaround anymore. However, if you don’t have an unlimited sms and mms data plan, you may still want to use the workaround to save you money. Otherwise, just use the more simpler way.

So how do you get it on your phone? Here are the steps:

Plug you iPhone 3G/3GS into iTunes
Select you iPhone and click on “Check for Update”
It will ask you to download a new carrier file. Select Download and install.
Now restart your phone.

To test it out..

Click on the “Photos” app.
Select a photo
In the lower left corner, click on the arrow
You should now have a new choice — MMS
Click on MMS and the photo will be inserted into a new MMS
Click on the + button and select a contact to send it to.
Click on “Send”

And that’s it! Congrats, you just sent your first MMS on your iPhone. Welcome to 2002. :)

New Facebook Design

daynah — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:05:10 +0000

Facebook changed their design again and I really like it. The main focal point is now the status update, which does remind me of Twitter. I believe this new change will help create more conversations though. Having the groups on the left is very nice. Now I can separate status updates by groups which is one thing that twitter is missing.

There’s a lot of data on the right side that it seems a bit cluttered. But it doesn’t bother me too much. I like to glance at it to see what’s new. I would prefer the “pokes” to be moved up though. They seem lost being so far at the bottom.

So I’ve played with Facebook user profiles, events, and groups. But I haven’t played with the Facebook pages option yet. So I decided to create a Fan page to test it out. It’s close to a user profile except it’s missing a lot of options like adding other apps/boxes. I can’t seem to find the “add a link” option anymore either. I do like the
Discussions option! It’s a great place if you want to ask me tech questions and such. And this social network seems to be more manageable than a Ning website. So if you’d like to interact with me, please add me here on facebook. Thanks!

Skittles and Social Media

daynah — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:22:25 +0000

The new Skittles.com redesign is an interesting approach to creating a website. It take social media to the extreme!

Every link you click on leads you to popular social media website. The products page now points to their Wikipedia, their media page takes you to YouTube and Flickr, Chatter takes you to a Skittles Twitter search, and Friends take you to Facebook.

The longer I sit and watch the Twitter search page refresh itself, the more I think this is a bad idea. Any mention of the word “Skittles” on Twitter gets displayed on the website. And since this is a candy company, I think it should be more geared towards children more right?

The website does ask you for your birthdate before you can enter the website. I put in a date that would make me 5 years-old. Since I’m too young, the only thing that gets displayed is “No Way, Jose. Unfortunately you aren’t eligible to visit the site” yet, the Twitter stream still refreshes in the background! A simple fix to this is to display the YouTube page or something else instead. But honestly, I think they’re targeting the wrong audience for their website..

Although Twitter is slowly hitting the mainstream, not everyone knows what Twitter is yet. So the new website would appear quite confusing for a majority of visitors.

Read more:
Skittles Site Receives an Extreme Social Makeover (Thanks for the link @mayhemstudios!)

Skittles – Taste the Revolution? (Thanks for the link @djsteen!)

Viddyho Phishing Scam

daynah — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:04:51 +0000

I got a Gtalk instant messge saying:

Hey check out this video! http://tinyurl.com/BLAHBLAH (not linking it).

The link goes to a website that looks like this, and I thought that was very fishy (or phishing I should say!).

@veronica only confirmed that it was indeed a phishing scam. So please DO NOT enter in your GMail login or password.

If this new website wanted to connect via google, why not try the Google FriendConnect widget instead?

Update:
Related Article: Wall Street Journal: ViddyHo Attack Spreads Through Chat Sessions by Andrew LaVallee
Wall Street Journal: Google Warns Users About ViddyHo by Andrew LaVallee

Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word at PodCamp Hawaii

daynah — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:08:42 +0000

I was out today, so I missed all the sessions from Podcamp Hawaii! So I’m trying to catch up, starting with Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word session. I really love hearing about WordPress news.

Stream videos at Ustream

What I’m really excited about is WordPress 2.7, Automatic Updates, and BuddyPress! Check out the session, it’s very interesting.