Scammers have taken a South Carolina women for $180 and sold her an iPad - a wooden one. Know as a variation of the 'brink in a box' scam. Where the buyer orders an iPad but receives just a brick in the box. Ashley McDowell reported that she was approached by two black males who said they have bought iPads in bulk and were willing to sell her a piece for $300. Saying that she had only $180 on her the con men agreed to sell it to her. But when she opened the FedEx box containing the iPad all she found was the piece of wood with the Apple logo. There was also a Best Buy sales sticker on it. In fact it looks like a replica of the iPad complete with Safari icons and all. Scammers don't go to such lengths to come up with something that looks original In fact the brick in the box scam is exactly what it sounds like, you get an actual brick in the box.
The wooden iPad
Copy of the complaint filed
A display piece that was never meant to work sipped to customer
This is a story that is fast becoming so popular that updates on the hunt for a cat have made it to the wall on AA's Facebook page. To give some background this is what happened. It all started when American Airlines lost Karen Pascoe's cat, named Jack. Jack escaped from his kennel at the JFK airport last week. he escaped shortly after being checked-in. Pascoe's sister then created a Facebook page for the lost cat, the rage then spread to Twitter where the hashtag #FindjackTheCat is picking up steam. AA on their Facebook page has been fast to respond and have personally invited Pascoe over to NY from San Francisco to search for the cat. The latest from AA is that she has accepted and will be joining the search. Read More
Found these really funny videos on YouTube where cats attack other animals and ends really funny. In the first one, two gators come up to a pet cat, thinking nice snack and get slapped by the cat. In an unbelievable turn of events the gators retreat back to their watery homes.
The second one is extremely funny and you need to watch it to the end.
The third one is called break dance cat attack and check out the moves.
Dolphin Browser up until now was a third-party mobile browser for Android devices both phones and tablets. Dolphin Browser now comes to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Presented by Mobotap this browser has been very popular amount Android based devices. The browser for the iPhone has been built on i OS unlike the browser used for Android devices. So here are the features found in the browser and some of them really set them apart from other browsers.
Dolphin Browser: How does it work and features
1. Webzine - clearly displays web-pages as a series of thumbnail images 2. Gesture - a fun feature to navigate the web. You can move up or down by drawing arrows. 3. Add-ons - over 50 available and include a translator 4. Multi-Touch-Zoom - allows you to pinch the screen and expand or reduce text size. You can also double tap to zoom in and out 5. Tabbed Browsing - Lets you have a desktop experience while browsing. Open as many tabs as you want. 6. SideBar - you can quickly swipe to the tool bar on the right to quickly launch additional features 7. Speed Dial - puts your favorite sites on speed dial 8. Smart Address Bar - auto-completes URLs as you type 9. Bookmark Folder - organize your bookmarks into folders 10. User Agent - Allows you to view full sites on your mobile and switch between Andriod, iPhone and Desktop view 11. Bookmark Import - import bookmarks from your default browser
@WalMartLabs began after the acquisition of Kosmix. Kosmix was acquired for $300 million and was a company with deep roots in Social Media and mobile commerce. With the acquiring of Kosmix and subsequently changing the name of the company to @WalmartLabs.
With this new step into social media and mobile commerce Walmart hopes to lead the way for buiness that would deeply intergrate social media with brick and motor stores. @Walmartlabs with study the impact of the way their products rank in social media and also the way search giants like Google rank them. They are also using mobile devices for in-store real-time research.
The tagline of @WalmartLabs is "Social + Mobile + Retail" indicating where the company wants to go with this new technology. Social Media seems to be very important as mobile devices are changing the rules and definitely to brick and mortar companies like Walmart the more they have customers who engage with their brand the more of those customers will walk into their stores. Business in social media is fast and great deals and product move very fast as we have seen with daily deal sites.
Kosmix used to be a search engine that would organize the internet into topics and allows users to explore the web by topic. Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman founded Kosmix in 2005.
Links to find @WalmartLabs on the internet: On Twitter On Facebook On the web
Here is a short video posted by the Google team to explain more about how their search algorithm works and what goes into it before internet users are allowed to use it. The team says that each algorithm update goes through rigorous scientific testing and search algorithms can change every day. Google also says that each year the search giant implements about 500 improvements to its search algorithms.
Google Search Algorithms are step by step procedures built and written to perform a certain task , especially a recursive computational procedure. These set of mathematical instructions enable Google to determine which pages and sites rank highest on it's search engine. Site and blog owners are dependent on this to ensure that optimum traffic is passed on to their site from Google. The video below explains a little bit more about how they go about analyzing and deciding which features to release onto the search engine and the kind of testing that's involved.
Facebook games is an addiction that most fb users are used to. With the recent release of the latest games ticker on Facebook your friends can now know which game you have been playing and for how long. If they are also online the same time as you they will also know you are currently playing the game. So if you do not want your friends to know you have been spending a lot of time playing FarmVille and CityVille just to name a few. You have a way out and keep all this info to yourself only. This ticker is a surefire way for your Facebook gaming friends to stalk you and know your whereabouts and which game you have been playing and for how long.
How to stop Facebook from displaying game activity to friends
The game ticker that appears on the right hand side each time you start playing a Facebook game. So on this ticker find where your name is mentioned and mouse over. You will get an (x) mark that appears. Click it and from the drop-down you would need to click on 'Don't publish is playing (Game name) posts. This will take care of it and you will not not be seen for that particular game on the games ticker. Repeat the same procedure for all your other games.
Now that you have a Google+ account the next thing you would want is to find interesting content in your stream. The stream is something like the Twitter timeline where whenever you login. You find content from people you have added to circles. You can follow anyone you choose to on Google+. Now it is to be noted that there are a lot of interesting people on Google+ and a whole lot of content is being shared daily. Photographers have become an instant hit on Google Plus and there are many that share interesting photographs and daily photography tips. This has become on of the instant hits on the service - Photography. Also for those Tech Geeks and Social Media addicts. There are all the big names on the service, well mostly all. You have the bloggers and tech people and not to forget all the people like us who write continuously on social media. To make our job easier and find the most followed people on Google+. We recommen two new sites that will help you on your quest.
1. Recommendedusers.com Will help you sort out who you want to follow based on categories 2. SociaoStatistics.com will also let you see who are the movers and shakers on Google+
UPDATE:Google+ have released a suggested Google+ list of who to follow and interesting people you can add to your circles. By doing this you can keep your stream supercharged and lively. The list has been divided into various categories ranging from politics, entertainment, technology, news, sports, photography & art, fun & interesting and last but not least picks. This list is quiet comprehensive and well Google+ has much more to offer so don't think this list is final. This can get your started and you can go for there. This is where to find the Google+ Suggested User list.
After the Justin Bieber VEVO channel gets hacked it is Lady Gaga's Bad Romance to go missing on YouTubeVEVO. The hacked has smartly chosen the biggest fan bases online to mess with. Someone is having a lot of fun somewhere as they look at the Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga fans go gaga all over Twitter and other social media sites. Apparently it does not stop there as Bruno Mars and Rihanna's videos have also been taken down. YouTube has not been able to get all the videos back up and it is going to take some time. How many more artists music is going to go missing is anyone's guess.
The hacked many are saying is a kid but there are no confirmations as yet. The news is all over Twitter as fans were the first to notice and report it.
Was browsing through the world wide trending topics and noticed this one on Twitter 'JustinBieberVEVO'. Which is Justin Bieber's official channel on YouTube. Apparently when you click on the channel you get this message. '"Justin Bieber - ..." This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by iLCreation.' What has transpired has not become too clear but we can summarize that there has been a copyright claim by iLcreation and YouTube has decided tot ake down all his videos. Belibers will surely be disappointed as there are no official Justin Bieber videos to watch. Will update more and as more information flows in as to why this has happened. There are now two topics trending on Twitter related to what has happened #JustinBieberVEVO and #WeWantJustinBieberVEVOBack. The fans on Twitter are tweeting that his channel has actually been hacked because if you Google 'iL creation' all you get is a catering company. Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
Here comes another Google+ tip and this time not a big one but a fun one nevertheless. Once you reach the bottom of your stream or even if you are in the middle and you know your Google+ stream can get quiet long. Especially if you follow a lot of people who post many updates every day. If you are an active Google+ user I do not need to mention the names, it is actually fun and well the team at Google have added a little bit more fun. you can now autoscroll back to the top iPhone style. All you need to do to scroll back to the top is to click on the top bar. The black bar located on top of your Google+ page and you are autoscrolled back to where you began. This tip was first posted by Casey on Google+.
A new feature added by the Google Plus team allows you to see all the photos you have been tagged in. All of this on one single page A great way to sit back and enjoy all the fun times you have with people whoa re in your circles. This feature takes away the burden of having to switch between profile to view photos you have been tagged in. With the ability to see all of this on one single page definitely saves you all the hassle of moving between friends and circles.
There is also one more side to this feature, assuming your friend has tagged you or has shared photos publically you can do the same for them.
How to view all photos you have been tagged in on one page on Google+
1. Click on photos on the top bar 2. When you photo page opens you need to then click on photos of you found on the left-hand side 3. Click view all 4. You're done
If you do not want anything to do with someone on Google+ you have the option to block them. Blocking a person on Google+ is something severe and essentially cuts off that person from your and all your activities on Google+
How to block someone on Google+ 1. Go to the person's profile and click on block that appears below their circles information 2. Click on confirm 3. You can also block by clicking on your notifications that appear on the top right-hand corner and click ignore. You then get a second option to block them.
What happens when you block someone in Google+ 1. They are removed from your circles and your extended circles 2. Their posts will not appear in your stream 3. They do not see anything you share with your circles 4. They will not be able to comment on your posts 5. They will not be notified that you have blocked them
How to unblock someone in Google+ 1. Go to the person's profile and click on block that appears on the top right-hand. 2. You can also unblock from your circles page. Click on more actions and then click on view blocked and then click on unblock.
Google+ has introduced another new feature, the ability to ignore people. This is different from a block and is not as severe and harsh. This feature is if you want to ignore someone and not view their updates in your incoming stream. They will still be part of your circles but you can conveniently not view their posts.
How to ignore a person in Google+
1. You can ignore them from the Google+ bar or from your notification stream
2. Click ignore next to their name
3. You would then see a confirmation message
4. You can also click on incoming on the left and bar and then click ignore next to their name
5. You can also ignore people from your circles page. Click on circles and then highlight the people you want to ignore and then click ignore found on the top off the page
How to undo ignore on Google+
If you change your niimd and wish to reverse ignore and see these people and their posts once again you would need to.
1. Go to your circles page
2. Click on more actions
3. Click on view ignored
4. Click on unignore from here or by adding them back to a circle
What happens when you ignore someone on Google+
1. You won't see any of their posts in your incoming stream
2. You won't get notifications about their activities
3. You won't see them on your circles page
4. They will not be notified that they have been blocked.
The famed city that never sleeps is ignoring orders to flee and in fact many are on the beach soaking up the sun and surf. There is always a calm before the storm and that's what is being enjoyed. There is also a little skepticism about the actual strength of the Hurricane, since it has no visible eye according to some reports and that it has already weakened. Since it cannot muster its own strength.
Yahoo news reports that 'Many other New Yorkers, and visitors, offered a sense of humor as they waited for the storm. At a dive bar near Rockaway Beach, regulars toasted "Happy Hurricane!" as they downed late-afternoon beers and burgers. On Rockaway Beach, Katie Richardson was heading to swim and surf with her friends, who all arrived on Thursday from Austin, Texas. She said she barely made her flight as airlines began to scale back service to New York. Now in New York, the 27-year-old and her friends planned to make the most of their time in the Big Apple, even if it shuts down. "We're going to ride this out with granola bars and Jameson," she vowed.
Found below are full-earth photos and images that have been posted by NASA on their Flickr and Hurricane watch site. Even as hurricane Irene close in on the U.S Atlantic coast and emergency evacuations are being prepared in New York City. Social Media is being used to keep a watch and track its progress. There are Facebook pages that can be visited for additional information. Facebook also has a tip sheet on what to do when there is a natural disaster. NASA has been tracking the progress of the storm and the images below offer a fantastic view from the eye in the sky. if you are using Twitter the hashtag #irene is what you would need to keep track of any new tweets regarding the hurricane.
Bieber is back on the trending topics again, he always seems to be there even though his name was banned from appearing on the Trending Topics list. This time it is trending as Bieber Christmas. So why is Bieber Christmas trending on Twitter; it is because Justin started tweeting about a Christmas album he would like to put together. We would like to make a lot of money for charity he said. His next tweet was, what would be a good name for the album. You can see from the topic how beliebers have reacted and maybe the best suggestion for the Xmas album would be Bieber Christmas. So now that a holiday album has been announced his fans have something great to look forward to. Justin Bieber on Twitter.
Quora seems to be built on the idea of Yahoo Answers - which has been replicated by sites like Facebook and LinkedIn having their own Fb Answers and LinkedIn Answers. The simple premise is that it is a forum for people to ask questions and others in the community to answer them. Quora builds up on the strength of its users who post questions and others who answer them.
Quora defines itself as 'A continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited, and organized by everyone who uses it'.
The thing about the questions on Quora is that they are constantly being built upon, think Wikipedia. So when a user finds a question he is interested in and finds it has not been worded properly. The user can help define the question in a clearer manner and therefore bring more light to it and in turn better answers. So each question will be answered totally with references and links and Quora hops that each question will be complete in the sense the user will not have to look anywhere else for an answer. It is accumulated knowledge to be shared with everyone around.
Each question on Quora has a set of topics assigned to it to bring about better organization. Topics are also used to show related questions and bring about context to it. You can also follow topics to find related content for your research. You can also follow individual questions.
Each question and answer has a history related to it and you can find who asked and who answers and who revised. Each person's name and short bio shows up and you can see when relevant questions have been answered by relevant people. So a question relating to HR is best answered by people working and studying in the field of human Resources.
Amazon now has a daily ebook deal for all their kindle books and there is a new deal every night.
How does the Amazon Kindle Daily Deal work
Everyday there is a new kindle deal announced and you have 24 hours to claim your deal. When you reach their site you will know how many hours you have before the daily ebook deal expires and if you like the deal you can pay for it and get your ebook. Amazon has already already made it's foray into the daily deals market with Amazon Local. Amazon Local has now come to New York.
Today's kindle daily deal is the book 'Water For Elephants' and is priced at $2.99. So to get the best deal you will need to check in everyday and find out what the best deal is. If you would like to bookmark the Kindle Daily Deals page please find the link here.
There is a fantastic video on YouTube where Steve Jobs is delivering his commencement speech to the graduates of Stanford University in 2005. He mainly takes about being fired from Apple and all about life and death. In the video Steve tells the audience three stories. The first one is about connecting the dots. Where he says that no matter what happens in life there is always a purpose and it is only after you go through much in your life that you can later look back and connect the dots. There will always be a connection for your benefit. His notable quote during the first story is 'You have to believe in something your gut, destiny, life karma, whatever. The second one is about love and loss. Steve says he is found love in what he wanted to do but lost when he was kicked out of Apple. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. The third story is about death, 'Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Listening to him will leave you wondering whether you are listening to a modern day mystic or the Chief Executive of a 21st century Tech company.
CityVille have launched the Dam and it is know as a 'Dam Good Time'. This is part of the official guides released by CityVille.
It's time to introduce some hydroelectric power to your cities and increase your maximum energy by up to 7 points!
Benefits of having a Dam
When you supply the Dam it will increase your maximum energy by +1 (up to 37 total maximum energy)
Cool new and unique structure!
Summary FAQ
Q: How can I receive the Dam? A: You will receive the quest "Power Your City" when you reach level 50.
Q: Where can I place the Dam? A: You will see a green square highlighting the area with a yellow arrow pointing to it.
Q: How often can I supply my Dam to receive energy? A: Once every 12 hours.
Q: How long can I wait once it's ready to be supplied again? A: You have 24 to supply the Dam once it's ready to be supplied, after that your energy bonus will reset.
Q: What is the maximum bonus energy that can be received by supplying the Dam? A: The maximum bonus is +7, which would increase your total maximum energy to 37.
Q: What happens when I supply the Dam and I'm already at 37 maximum energy? A: You will maintain your maximum energy at 37.
Q: What happens if I miss a day? A: You will lose one bonus energy; for example, if you got your total maximum energy to 35, and you missed one day, it will go down to 34. Please keep in mind that your total energy will never fall below 30, by missing a day of supplying your Dam you can only lose 1 point of the bonus energy you already received.
Part 1: Building your Dam
Once you receive the quest to build the Dam, click on the quest icon to bring up the quest requirements.
Clicking on the "Place" button will show you where to place the Dam:
Note: You will have to expand on the left side of the river to where you have to place the Dam, expanding on the right side is not necessary; in fact, once you place the Dam, you will get some land for free!
After placing your Dam, click on it to bring up a list of the items needed to start constructing it.
Once you have gathered all the materials, click on the "Start Building" building button to continue construction.
Finishing your Dam will require 15 energy, but once you complete it you will receive 31 energy bolts!
Note: If you remove the Dam after placing it, but before you finish it's construction, it will go back into you inventory and you will lose any progress you have made. Removing the Dam once you have finished building it is not possible.
Part 2: Using your Dam
Now that you have your very own energy Dam, supply it daily to increase your total maximum energy by up to 7 points! Click on the Dam to supply it with 400:
And watch your maximum energy increase by 1!
Your Dam will be ready for more goods 12 hours after you supply it. Once it's ready, make sure to supply it within 48 hours to keep your energy bonus. You can hover over the Dam to see how much time you have left to resupply it.
It seems all mobile phone manufactures are heading the way of offering cheap phones. We covered Apple' s plan to launch a whole new cheaper iPhone 4 in emerging markets and now Nokia is taking the competition to a whole new level. Inspired by the local markets in Africa and Asia where the need of the hour is not high end Apps but the ability to use dual-sim phones. The reason for this is because alot of people in these countries prefer using prepaid sin cards rather that the postpaid which is costlier and can run into heavy bills. On the other hand a prepaid SIM can be used for as long as you need it and when you find another phone company offering lower tariff plans the old SIM can be ditched for a new one and with number portability you still retain your old number.
Nokia will be launching the 101 and the 100 in Q3 and Q4 of 2012 respectively. The Nokia 101 will cost approx $35 and the 100 will cost approx $29.
Check out the features of the phones below, information provided by ibtimes.com The 101 features include
Dual SIM possibility • Extremely affordable • 65K 1.8” color screen • Grid-based menu with easily readable icons • Supporting FM radio and MP3 player • Memory card up to 16 GB capacity • Possibility to have 500 entries in the phone book
In addition, it features an incorporated flashlight, 3.5 mm AV connector, pre-loaded games and also a time tracker. It will have a talk time of 8.5 hours.
It will be available in phantom black and coral red colors. It weighs only 69.6 g including battery.
Nokia 100 features will include
• 65K 1.8” color screen • Grid-based menu with easily readable icons • Supporting FM radio • Possibility to have 500 entries in the phone book • Memory card up to 16 GB capacity • Extremely affordable
Unlike 101 it does not offer MP3 support. It will have a talk time of 7.2 hours.
In addition, like the 101, it offers an incorporated flashlight, 3.5 mm AV connector, pre-loaded games and also the time tracker. It weighs the same as the 101 model.
It will be available in more color options of blue, pink, red and black.
You know how cluttered your wall can become because of all those third-party Apps. You allow a lot of platform activity on Facebook and every time you start using a third-party app it gets posted to your wall. Platform activity would be when you start playing a new game and your Facebook wall will have a posting like 'ABC has started playing the new game' and things like that. This will not help however to remove you in-game notifications so if you are playing FarmVille you have already authorized the game to post to your wall and to stop game notifications coming to your wall you will need to follow a different procedure. This is to remove all platform activity and it also takes care of the new apps you join and ensure that they are not posting to your wall. Unless you allow a platform or an app to continue posting to your fb wall.
How to hide, stop, erase, remove, turn off all platform activity on Facebook 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on profile 3. Hover over you recent notification from an app or platform and click the (x) mark that appears 4. From the drop-down click on 'Hide all Platform Activities'
5. Under platform activity will no longer appear in your recent section on your wall, click on hide all
6. You're done
You can also click on edit for a few more options.
With Facebook being so popular it is only inevitable that you get quiet a few friend requests every week and maybe you even send out more. This post will deal with how to hide all friend activity on Facebook. There are many reasons why you might want to do this and the main one is that you do not want all your friends on Facebook to know who has friended you and how you have friended. Sorry about the new works like friended and friending but these are thanks to Facebook and the popular activity of friending. So if you would like to hide all friend activity on Facebook and you be the only person who knows who you have added as a friend and who has added you this is what you will need to do. This will stop all friend activity notifications from appearing on your profile wall. So to clear your wall of all friend notifications you would need to do the following
How to hide, stop, erase, remove, turn off all friend activity on your Facebook wall 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on Profile 3. Hover over the last friend notification you have and when the (x) mark appears click it
4. From the drop-down click on hide all friending activity 5. You get a message 'Friending activity will no longer appear on your recent activity section of your wall'. Click on Hide All below that
6. You're done
All your friending and friend activity will no longer appear on the recent activity section on your Facebook wall.
