Jun 19 2012
Everybody likes a good photo and the concept of “liking” something on Facebook has fast become a convenient way to allow people to provide positive feedback about something without having to write something. Sure, this could be laziness but sometimes people might not have much to say about it except to convey their appreciation for something in …
Jun 17 2012
Just an observation that my wife made today when watching television this evening. I remember growing up as a kid that we would have phone numbers flashing on the screen and even some phone numbers sung as part of the jingle so it stuck in your head (like the ABC Shop was 008 02 33 …
Feb 19 2012
Here’s something I found out the hard way. I wanted to brush the dust off my old Flickr account and I noticed that it has the option of Facebook authentication. Given how rarely I use Yahoo services I thought it’d be a neat way to avoid remembering another username and password combination (not that it’d …
Feb 09 2012
Here’s something that might potential float your boat or sink it depending upon your inclination. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has launched a new “meet and seat” service which allows people to select “seatmates” by looking through the social profiles of other passengers who have selected the same flight. Your individual social profile is created and …
Feb 08 2012
For the vast majority of us, managing privacy and security across the various social media sites probably isn’t at the forefront of our minds. Over time, more and more apps end up having access to our information or otherwise you might inadvertently allow access to a malicious app. There’s no time like the present to check the …
Jan 15 2012
For a lot of people using Windows the Twitter client of choice is TweetDeck however it can be a problem to get running if you are unable to install Adobe Air on the computer (which is often the case in corporate or enterprise environments). Otherwise, if you are staunchly against installing Adobe Air on your computer …
Jan 11 2012
I’ve shared this on Facebook and Google Plus already but I have to mention it here as well. Today, I had my first post published on the Panasonic Australia blog as Insider Guru and, to say the least, I’m quite stoked about it! It’s also my first post on a blog other than my own …
Jan 10 2012
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is always an exciting time of year on the geek calendar and this year has already unearthed a few things of interest. MySpace (for those of you who still remember it) had most of its users pulled over by the enormous gravity generated by Facebook. This left Myspace as a …
Nov 08 2011
Just a quick heads up that Google Plus (or Google+ depending upon your preference) now has made available the ability to create pages similar to how Facebook has pages for non-personal profiles. For instance, this blog’s Facebook page is located @ https://www.facebook.com/boydostechtalk which is where I aggregate information from the blog, photos from unboxings and all the …
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