Tag: Google

YouTube Selectively Removing Video Length Restrictions

YouTube - Video File Upload Message

Last week when I was uploading the unboxing video for the Nintendo 3DS to YouTube I noticed the following message up the top of my browser window: “Congratulations! Your account is now enabled for uploads longer than 15 minutes. Click the Upload button below to select a video.” In the past, I have run up …

Continue reading

Nintendo 3DS Preview

Earlier this week, I showed off the video unboxing the Nintendo 3DS. Today, I am releasing the preview video to show you around the Nintendo 3DS itself as well as a look at some of the basic functionality, the included AR cards and the recharging dock. You’ll also get a peak at Super Street Fighter 4! …

Continue reading

Should Governments Request Removal of Police Location Apps?

This is not a new issue by any means but this topic has bubbled up to the surface again after four US senators wrote to Apple as well as RIM and Google to revoke apps that help people avoid police checkpoints. This was in response to a specific app called PhantomALERT that is at the …

Continue reading

Facebook for Android: No Longer Screws Up Your Photos

Just a heads up for all of those Android users out there that have put up with the Facebook app buggering up photos shot in portrait orientation. For those who don’t know, portrait photos ended up being rotated into landscape orientation requiring manual correction via the Facebook website. Version 1.5.2 of Facebook for Android now corrects this …

Continue reading

Webroot Social Media Sobriety Test

Some of us may have regrets of posting a message on one or more social media websites after having had a big night on the grog. Whilst I don’t drink (and as a result don’t have this particular issue) I can possibly see some merit in a sobriety test for social media sites for those …

Continue reading

Adjust Text Brightness on Android with Screen Filter

A tip for the Android users out there. Have you ever woken up during the night and needed to check your phone only to find your eyes burnt by the brightness of the screen even on the minimum or automatic brightness setting? It’s definitely not a pleasant experience but there is something you can do …

Continue reading

Google Prevents Use of American Express Cards on Certain Cross-Currency Transactions

American Express unusable for this purchase

Up until yesterday I had only ever downloaded free application from the Android Market but yesterday I was looking to get some nice looking widgets courtesy of the “Beautiful Widgets” app. I thought for the cost of €1.45 (approximately AU$1.95 at the time of writing) it was a fair price for something that has received pretty good …

Continue reading

Secure Online Transactions with VeriSign Identity Protection

These days we hear horror stories of accounts being hacked and unwanted activity occurring under those accounts. In the worst cases, this can involve finances which can really cause major problems depending on what happens. So really, prevention is the best cure as trying to pick up the pieces afterwards can be time consuming and …

Continue reading

Keep Tabs on the Climate Conditions with Forecastfox Weather

Weather on my Cisco IP Phone

Another quick tip for tonight. Not all of us are lucky to have desktop phones that show the weather at a glance but there is a way to get it in Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome without too much fuss. There’s a great little add-on called Forecastfox Weather which, as you might guess, add the …

Continue reading

Nokia Wises Up to Their Shrinking Market

For many years it has been widely acknowledged that Nokia, once the world leader in mobile phones and technology, has become nothing more than a random handset generator that uses a combination of numbers and letters to label its phones (possibly using a random alphanumeric value generator). Whilst there are Nokia handsets that are fit …

Continue reading