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By Abiel Abuy on 02.07.13Microsoft to release Office for Linux in 2014Microsoft Philippines just launched MS Office 2013 yesterday and today ExtremeTech is reporting that Microsoft is considering to release a full port of MS Office for Linux by 2014. Continue Reading...
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By Abiel Abuy on 02.02.13Adbrite just Closed Shop!I just thought that there was just a problem with the Adbrite code that I installed on my site and it looks the problem is much worst, at least for Adbrite employees. Starting today Feb 1, 2013 (or yesterday) the company will no longer be in operation and the only reason that Adbrite will be shutting that they mention in their email its because of "market conditions and certain financial liabilities". Continue Reading...
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By Fjordan Allego on 01.17.13Twitter to open office in BrazilAfter Facebook, social network giant Twitter is also planning to establish its own office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reports said that the company will be tapping the ever growing online population of the South American country to have it monetized. Continue Reading...
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By Abiel Abuy on 01.04.13Canonical announces Ubuntu for SmartphoneVia their virtual (Apple-esque) keynote Mark Shuttleworth Ubuntu founder and VP Products at Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu for smartphone mobile OS. The Ubuntu Mobile OS will be demoed at their booth in this years CES 2013. Continue Reading...
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By Abiel Abuy on 12.22.12Facebook intro a SnapChat clone — “Poke”It looks like Facebook does not want SnapChat to grow into another Instagram, so they've created their own photo and video messaging app that will - like Snapchat - self destruct. The similarity doesn't just end with the auto-deleting message and like SnapChat, you can set specific time as to how long your friends can view or watch message. Continue Reading...
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By Fjordan Allego on 12.21.12Facebook charges $1 per message sent to another userFacebook is trying another way to monetize its huge social network with the introduction of the "small experiment" in Facebook Message. According to the Internet giant, the company will be charging $1 as a fee per message sent to a user not on your current network. In the current setup, Facebook Message, which acts like a regular email account, allows all kinds of messages received from either your friends or strangers. But if users configured this setting, they have the capability to block messages sent by those that are not on their network of friends. But most users are not configuring ...
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By Fjordan Allego on 12.19.12Twitter now offers Tweet ArchivingIf you've been to Twitter for a quite a long time, perhaps you'd want to go back in time and check your tweets. Twitter became our instant partner in expressing our thoughts and reactions whether it's in the real or cyber world. In a blog post, Twitter announced that users can now download an archive of their tweets so you can start searching for those past moments you have shared on your Twitter timeline. Continue Reading...
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By Abiel Abuy on 12.18.12Twitter and Nielsen partnering to create Social TV RatingToday, Twitter and Nielsen announced an agreement to create “Nielsen Twitter TV Rating,” an industry-standard metric that is based entirely on Twitter data. Its a fact that most people while watching TV will also tweet about the show and TV host even brags if they're the trending topic (even if they're not). Now it looks like Nielsen would want to use all our tweets on a particular TV Show or program in order to get the real-time metrics required to understand TV audience social activity for a better TV experience and targeted ads. Continue Reading...
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By Abiel Abuy on 12.15.12Are you using SnapChat ?SnapChat, a popular photo (and now video) messaging app that allows you to send a photo or video to other snapchat users. Snapchat is not your common photo and video sharing/messaging app, since it has a timer that you can set from 1-10 seconds, so that the media that you sent will self destruct ala "Mission Impossible" once its been received and open. Since its release last September 2011, Snapchat become a popular app amongst teens, already sending more than a billion snaps and the top free photo app beating instagram and second only to Youtube, since Snapchat gives the user ...
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By Abiel Abuy on 12.11.12Twitter intro Photo Filter to its Mobile AppsIt may be just a coincidence that 24 hours after Instagram disabling support to Twitter card, Twitter is officially introducing the photo filters to it Android App and still waiting for approval for its iOS app. Continue Reading...
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