With a user base that exceeds that of the United States population by a million users, Facebook is a place with individuals from all walks of life, from politicians to the baby boomer next door, it seems that everyone is on the social network. The rise of Facebook will be chronicled in a one-hour special…Continue Reading
Most people think of social media as something that hinders learning, and perhaps rightfully so. Students who spend hours every day on Facebook probably aren’t allocating enough time to homework. However, social media can be used to engage students in the learning process, and it can bring some pizzazz to the classroom. It’s increasingly becoming…Continue Reading
If you use Windows Live Photo Gallery to manage all of your photos you will love one of the newest features introduced in the latest version of this powerful photo management application. You can now upload photos to your Facebook account with the click of a button. You have the option of uploading a single…Continue Reading
Since its inception, Facebook has been the target of complaints from privacy groups and users regarding the lack of portability of the information users enter in Facebook. To address some of the concerns Facebook recently launched a feature which allows users to download all of their personal information including photos, Wall posts, and more to…Continue Reading
On the heels of today’s announcement, Facebook is now allowing its users to request an invitation to the new messaging system that will be rolled out in the next couple of months. The new messaging system intends to bring text messages, chat, and email in one simple conversation. The new feature will also allow Facebook…Continue Reading
Do you want to keep strangers from finding you or your children on Facebook? The default Facebook privacy settings make sure that you are found online, that is how family and friends are found on Facebook. However if you have already found everyone you want to connect to online and want to ensure that strangers,…Continue Reading
Are you looking for an easy way to download videos from websites like YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, and others? If so, you have come to the right place. I have put together a list of websites and applications that will allow you to download videos from anywhere on the web in a couple of steps. Download…Continue Reading
As a frequent Chrome user the need to weave my social life online with the browser is very important. I’ve already brought you lists of extensions to use with Chrome, but with this post I’ve focused on tools to make managing your social life on Facebook as easy as possible. I’ve rummaged through the Chrome…Continue Reading
Facebook recently launched a location based service by the name of Places which gives Facebook’s 500 million users the ability to check in to places (businesses, schools, cities, etc) via their Facebook app on the iPhone or the Facebook touch site for other mobile devices. Although Places is defaulted to only share check-ins with your…Continue Reading
Do you feel that all pictures of you are trapped inside Facebook? Think about all of the tagged pictures that others have uploaded of you from parties, family events, and nights out. Imagine trying to go through each album to try to copy and paste those pictures so that you can save them to your…Continue Reading
With the recent launch of Facebook Places and the ability for your friends on Facebook to see where you are and at what time, some users may be concerned with certain friends having access to this information. By default Facebook Places only shares your check-ins with your friends on Facebook so there is no need…Continue Reading
If you’re a Foursquare, Gowalla, or other social check-in website user, you now have another option to check in to places you visit and share with friends. Facebook recently announced the roll out of Facebook Places which allows its 500 million users to check into places using the updated Facebook App. What’s a check-in and…Continue Reading
How many times have you been confronted with the problem of trying to figure out what to buy a friend for his/her birthday? You can always use Amazon’s Wish List feature, but that would require that your friend has an Amazon account and keeps a wish list…if that’s not an option then you can tap…Continue Reading
If you’re building up an extensive collection of movies in the new Blu-ray format, chances are that you’ve spent a couple of bucks putting it together. To help protect that small fortune that you call a movie collection, there are a couple of apps out there that will help you backup these discs so that…Continue Reading
If you are looking for a quick, easy and FREE method to convert your favorite movies and TV shows to a format you can take with you anywhere, you need to check out BDlot Video Converter. BDlot Video Converter is part of a greater suite of applications that allows you to convert videos to any…Continue Reading
With the imminent launch of iOS 5 for the iPhone and the iPad, Apple is moving forward with its new music offering for iTunes, Match. iTunes Match stores your entire music library in iCloud (another new service from Apple debuting this fall). When you store your music in iCloud you can access it from anywhere…Continue Reading
One of the settings I always enjoyed in Outlook is the ability to customize work hours so that my available time (work time) would appear on the calendar as a reminder not to schedule anything past a certain time. Google has taken this concept event further and now allows users to hide those morning and…Continue Reading
Just the other day I needed to print a monthly calendar in Mac OS X and realized that I had never done it before. When I opened the print dialog box I was amazed at the number of options available to print a calendar in iCal. So I decided to write this guide to help…Continue Reading
Have you ever found yourself looking for a particular set of files that are either named similarly or are of the same file type? Rather than perform a search in Mac OS to locate these files each time you want to access them, you have the option of creating a Smart Folder to simplify this…Continue Reading
