Here’s another quick tip for those people finding pages appearing in their Facebook feeds with updates whilst having no recollection of liking them in the first place. Periodically pruning your “likes” can be beneficial in reducing the noise in your news stream whilst giving you an opportunity to review what you like as time progresses. …
Category: Communications
Sep 02 2011
Panasonic Live @ IFA
Another quick one for tonight. A lot of electronics vendors are at IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin) for the next few days to show off their wares and latest advancements in their product lineups. Panasonic had a Q&A this evening with one of their product experts live from the floor of the IFA which worked incredibly …
Aug 29 2011
Disable Social Advertising on LinkedIn
This might have gone under the radar for many people who use LinkedIn in terms of being opted in for “social advertising” on its service. In a nuthshell, your photo and name may be used in ads shown to other members of LinkedIn in relevance to companies and services when you make recommendations or follow …
Aug 28 2011
Ignorance Would Be Bliss on Google+
Sometimes ignorance is bliss or silence is golden depending which way you look at it. Last week at work I was discussing Google+ with someone who had noted that there was a distinct lack of ability to add someone to your circles but to completely suppress their content from showing up in your stream. You …
Aug 14 2011
Windows Phone 7 Mango Beta 2 – First Impressions
Well, I have had about 24 hours with Mango Beta 2 for Windows Phone 7 and wanted to share with you some of my first impressions of this forthcoming update for this mobile platform. While it’s speculated for a September release, I could easily see this being delayed to October or later by the carrier …
Aug 11 2011
Hide Your Google Plus Profile From Search Engines
As more and more people are trying out Google Plus a good number of them will be conscious of the default setting to make it visible in results generated by the various search engines. If you are one of those people, this is how you can change the search visibility of your profile to suit. …
Jul 23 2011
Boydo’s Back at University
Just a quick one for tonight . I am heading back for another semester at uni for my eleventh course out of twelve for my Masters of Science in Information Technology. The course I have selected this semester is “Internetworking” which looks at how routing works specifically on the Internet. I think I will really enjoy this course …
Jul 14 2011
Indirect Twitter Integration in Mango Update for Windows Phone
One of the great features of Windows Phone 7 is its ability to integrate with social networking services such as Facebook directly through the phone and other services such as YouTube, WordPress LinkedIn through your Windows Live account to your Windows Phone. Of course, the most glaring omission at the moment is Twitter. Sure, you …
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