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Apple announced on Monday that in less than two months 2 million iPads have been sold. On May 28th the iPad had it's international launch in  Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Large queues were reported in Australia, Japan and the UK with people waiting for up to 30 hours before they got their hands on their beloved iPads.  Steve Jobs had this to say  “Customers around the world are experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be loving it as much as we do,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We appreciate their patience, and are working hard to build enough iPads for everyone.” When the iPad first launched we had written an article which said that the iPad could be a boon for third world countries and could be used for education in distant and remote areas. Places that are hard to reach for medical aid could also benefit from the iPad it is easy to cart around and comes with great battery life. In addition it does not cost too ...

There are some basic guidelines laid down by ebay if you want to cancel an auction without selling the item. Sometimes there is a need an a seller would want to cancel the auction and not sell. Some of the reasons could be that the item is missing a part or has been stolen or the item is not working anymore. You need to be very careful as ending an auction early will leave your buyers disappointed and ebay being such a community based on feedback you don't really want to get bad feedback.  Here are the basic requirements that would determine how to end your listing early. 1. If there are 12 hours or more remaining before you end your listing you can do so without any restrictions. 2. If there are less than 12 hours remaining before you end your listing. You would need to check if there are any bids on your item and if there is a reserve price on your item. If there are no bids including no cancelled bids then you can end you ebay item listing and cancel the auction. If there are an...

So how do you get to find a adoptable elephant on Treasure Isle. As you are in game play there will suddenly be a pop  up saying that you have found a lost elephant and would you like to give it a name. You would need to click yes and publish this to your wall and your friends walls. You friends can then click on the published post and get the elephant. You however will not be able to get the elephant by clicking on your own wall post. You would need to wait for a friend to find the elephant and publisher this. You would then need to click on the story on your wall to get the lost elephant. Even then you need to be among the first people to click on the wall link to get an elephant.  Once you save an elephant you can then sell it for 1.000 coins. This is an offer being run on Treasure Isle and ends on June 1. An original post by Sociolatte

Did you know that on Social City you can move building and items from one district to another. So if there is a building or an item you would like to move from a certain district, simply place that building or item into storage. Then go to the district you want to move this building or item to. In the build menu go to building inventory and grab this building or item and place it in the new district destination . An original post by Sociolatte

How to delete or remove Social City from Facebook. There are two things people are worried about. If you simply want to delete notifications coming to your wall from these games you would need to hover over the upper right hand side of the notification when it arrives and the option "Hide" appears. Simply click hide and the notifications will then be stopped. This was you can continue your game and not get the notifications. If you want to delete the game from your application settings you would need to do the following 1. Account 2. Privacy Preferences 3. Click on 'edit your settings' under "Apps and Websites" 4. Beside Apps you use please click on 'edit Settings' 5. Click on 'edit' beside Apps you use 5. Click on Social City or the (X) mark beside the App 6. Click on Remove 7. Confirm Remove 8. You're done By removing the game completely you will now no more be able to play it. So you need to decide if you want to remove the game applic...

  A toddler on Sumatra is hooked on nicotine after being introduced to cigarettes by his father. It costs the father 5 bucks a day to give him the 2 packs of cigarette's a day. The child starts creaming and banging his head to the ground if he is denied his fix and even gets sick   An original post by Sociolatte

There have been a lot of rumors circulating over the internet and latest one is that the new Apple TV will cost $99 and run on iPhone OS4 with an A4 processor. The set top box will display all YouTube videos, images from iPhoto and Flickr, will get it's video content from iTunes in SD and HD Quality. The rumor further goes on to suggest that the device will have 16GB of Flash Storage and be capable of full 1080p HD. This rumor first appeared on Engadget . Some have described the device as an iPhone without a screen Critics says that the difference between Apple TV and Google TV is Apply TV will not be able to play flash videos and everyone knows that up until now flash was what people used to make videos. Apple goes with HTML5 only. Most of the videos on the web run on Flash An original post by Sociolatte

Skype has announced their all new App that allows users to make and receive calls over 3G in the US. In addition the calls made from Skype to Skype now come with new CD quality sound on your iPhone 3GS and 2nd generation iPod Touch and onwards.  The service will remain free till the end of 2010 after which a small fee will be charged. Skype-to-Skpye over WIFI will remain free. And you can make calls to landlines and mobiles at Skype's incredibly free rates.  The new version App features enhanced quality sound, which will help you choose the best moment to call. The App is speedier, giving you rapid access to the dial pad from the home screen. All of this making it easier for you to get from click to chatter.  The updated app is available now in the App Store –   download it now . An original post by Sociolatte

pcmag reported that "Quit Facebook Day" only effected 2% of US users. It seems people are not ready to give up on the social network over the recent privacy issues. Users have obviously spent a lot of time, energy and creativity in creating their own social network on Facebook and are not really ready to give it up. Facebook has also announced it's new privacy policy that aims to make thing simpler for users to understand and adjust. There are many privacy rights groups who are very vocal against Facebook's privacy policies but that does not necessarily effect the masses. People are just not ready to quit, Facebook on the other hand has already put their new policy in place and if you login to Facebook and click on privacy policy you see a whole new page with simplified layouts in place. Creating an account and maintaining it on Facebook is also no joke. You need to interact with your people, share photos, videos and then the games. People love their games and applica...

You would remember about a week ago Facebook was blocked in Pakistan because of a page called "  Everybody Draw Mohammed Day". Muslims regard drawing of their prophet Mohammed blasphemous even the good ones. It is considered sacrilegious to draw images of the Prophet. Chief telecommunication regulator Zia Ahmed said Sunday that access to the site has been temporarily blocked because it was publishing caricatures that may hurt the religious sentiments of people in the Muslim-majority nation. Thousands of Muslims took to the streets in Dhaka to protest. Facebook is back up in Pakistan though. [Image Courtesy: Yahoo News] An original post by Sociolatte

Even wondered what happens when you block someone on Gmail Chat. Was thinking on these lines and did a little research and this is what we found out. For starters many of your Gmail Chat friends can become quiet annoying after sometime. Then there are those people you added by accident, who are not pestering you. Whatever might be the reasons' - there comes a time when you want to block a group of people or a single individual.  Firstly, for those who do not know how to block someone in Gchat. This is what you need to do. Once you login to Gmail hover over the name of the person you want to block and click the down arrow beside the phone icon. The last option is block, click on that to block a person . When you block a person this is what happens . When you login to Gmail Chat again - both of you will not appear in each other's friends list or rather will not appear online.Their name might still appear in a grayed out icon. This will however not affect any emailing capabilities...

PetVille has announced a 10,000 Pet Cash Weekend Giveaway. You enter your pet in the contest all you have to do is simply click on this link to enter.  http://zyn.ga/GE  by clicking and entering you also get 1 pet cash. The contest is for three days and starts Saturday May 29 and ends Monday May 31. This is a must enter contest imagine what you can do with 10,000 pet cash. To increase you chances please visit the PetVille Fan page everyday for the next three days. Chances to win will be announced on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday on the fan page! An original post by Sociolatte

Many people on Twitter are confused with today's trend. The No.1 topic is "Lady RodriGaga" and No. 2 is "Faro Dancando Lady Gaga". So here is what happed that made this a trending topic on Twitter. Rodrigo faro is a Brazilian TV presenter who danced to Lady Gaga's bad Romance. The audience was thirlled and thought it really funny. Twitter is covered with tweets regarding the performance by Rodrigo faro. We've got the video for you. Check it out. An original post by Sociolatte

There is a new phishing attack doing the rounds on Facebook. You will be able to recognize it because it is labeled as "The is without a doubt the most hilarious Facebook video ever LOL". There is also a picture of a woman in a short skirt. So be careful and do not click on it. If off course you are tempted and would like to click on it you are redirected to a phishing site. The page you are taken to is a page that looks like the original Facebook sign in page. This is no Facebook page as you will be able to notice from the address bar. If you do sign in you are then redirected to an application that wants to access all your information. In addition a malware program is installed on your PC. The Facebook application is often called "Media Player HD". So if you fell for this attack change your Facebook password. Delete this application and run a virus / malware scan on your computer.  This video from websense explains it further. An original post by Sociolatte

How to delete Happy Aquarium on Facebook. There are two things people are worried about. If you simply want to delete notifications coming to your wall from these games you would need to hover over the upper right hand side of the notification when it arrives and the option "Hide" appears. Simply click hide and the notifications will then be stopped. This was you can continue your game and not get the notifications. If you want to delete the game from your application settings you would need to do the following 1. Account 2. Privacy Preferences 3. Click on 'edit your settings' under "Apps and Websites" 4. Beside Apps you use please click on 'edit Settings' 5. Click on 'edit' beside Apps you use 5. Click on Happy Aquarium or the (X) mark beside the App 6. Click on Remove 7. Confirm Remove 8. You're done By removing the game completely you will now no more be able to play it. So you need to decide if you want to remove the game application ...

The London challenge mission has kicked off in Mafia Wars. The more mafia the better, make sure you have a large mafia as it works better to ensure you get passports. You need to earn your passports through fights, robbing and doing jobs. Invite as many people to join you on Mafia Wars and make sure your Mafia is strong. The passports will help you on your way as you work to steel the Crown Jewels.  By adding more people to your Mafia you add additional ways to get passports. British Passports are needed to complete each of the three London chapters. The London challenge mission consists of three chapters and one will unlock each week. Complete each chapter to score one of three limited edition items. An original post by Sociolatte

FarmVille now has a farmer's market. So if you are at level 15 or higher the farmer's market allows you to collect bushels from harvested crops that can be used to get bonuses for yourself or give them to neighbors. To collect bushels all you need to do is harvest your regular crops in the same way you can harvest bunches from flower crops. You will be able to collect bushel;s from all permanent crops available in the market. Once you find your first bushel you will get a market stall. If you do not wish to wait you also purchase a market stall in the building section of the market for either coins or farm cash. The limit to market stalls is five. You farm can have a maximum of five stalls. Each stall you have can sell one type of crop. Once you have your market stalls in place you can then start collecting bushels to use yourself or let your neighbors collect by harvesting your crops.  To access the market stalls menu you would need to select farmers market from it's pull ...

YouTube now gets Facebook integration. You can now sign up for YouTube with your Facebook account. Will definitely make it easier for you to share videos from YouTube directly to Facebook. Once you click on Sign up for YouTube with your Facebook account this is what you get to see. As you see from the image below by signing up for YouTube with your Facebook account you will be allowing the application to send you emails, access your Facebook public information, access posts in your news feeds.  YouTube  is requesting permission to do the following: Access my public information Includes name, profile picture, list of friends, and all other public parts of my profile Send me email YouTube may email me directly at abc@gmail.com ·  Access posts in my News Feed Access my data any time YouTube may access my data when I'm not using the application YouTube Report Application Once you click on allow application this is the screen you get if you have already logged into YouTUbe with ...

Have you built your Nursery Barn if so you can now raise your baby foals and baby calves in the nursery barn. With the chance that each time your harvest from your Nursery barn one of your baby animals will grow into an adult animal. So stock up your Nursery barn with nursery items.  To know more about the Nursery barn we have attached a guide found on the official FarmVille forum by community manager Lexilicious. “Nursery Barn: Upon entering Farmville you’ll receive the following Message of the Day.After clicking the ‘OK’ button, you will be taken to your Gift Box where you will receive the Nursery Barn Foundation.You can also purchase the Nursery foundation from the decorations section of Market for 5,000 Coins. Once you’ve placed the Foundation on your farm, you will be prompted with a message letting you know that you can post a feed to ask you friends for help building your Nursery. Clicking the “Share” button will give you the option to post a feed to your wall. Up to 10 of your ...

Facebook has launched privacy settings with a whole new design. When you click on Privacy Settings you are taken to a whole new page where things seem simpler and easier to understand. The options however remain the same and  you need to play around a little to get it right. There is also a guide that has been launched to help explain all of these settings. To understand each of these settings Facebook has got a page that explains all of this and is available here . We are also posting the guide in this post if you would like to read through it. The New Privacy page on Facebook now looks like this. Choose Your Privacy Settings Basic Directory Information To help real world friends find you, some basic information is open to everyone. We also suggest setting basics like hometown and interests to everyone so friends can use those to connect with you.  View settings Sharing on Facebook Everyone Friends of Friends Friends Only Recommended Custom Everyone Friends of Friends Friends Only Oth...

YouTube has launched Moderator. Opening new avenues for channel owners to interact with their audience in a more direct manner. Up until now the only way people could interact with a channel was through the comments section and channel owners could not easily interact with their audience en-mass.  Now channel owners can ask questions to their audience and poll votes. Giving them the next idea and clue as to what video to create and upload next. The audience can also submit their reviews and ideas to channel owners thus increasing communication between channel owners and their audience. Channel owners who spend time, money and  energy creating videos are sure going to love this new feature as it brings about a more personal feel to the whole thing. Channels will begin to make more sense with this new feature. Gives those users who really have something good to say a chance to be heard and seen. Here's a video that shows you how this new feature works. [Image courtesy TechCrunch ] An...

ShareGrove essentially let's people create groups and share things. Where everyone in the group sees the same thing at the same time. So if you have created a group and one member posts shares something everyone gets to see it at the same time. If you post something on your wall all members get to see it at the same time. Essentially we could see Facebook getting better chat features and going more mainstream as an IM client. To know more about ShareGrove and how it works please check the video below. ShareGrove made the  announcement  on their Facebook page . An original post by Sociolatte

"ModNation Racerrs" the PSP and PlayStation 3 exclusive Karting game has a new dose of adrenalin. It has now made it's way to the PSP storefront with more action and tricks to keep users glued to the screen.  ModNation Racers ($29.99) has made its way to the PSP storefront. The kart-racing game affords players the ability to create vehicles and characters and put their skills to the test against up to five others in both ad hoc and online multiplayer modes. In addition, those with the PS3 version of the racer can now pick up smaller pieces of ModNation Racers-themed downloadable content, including a Super Nova Kart ($.99) a Van Mood Mod ($.99), and a bundle of the two ($1.75). How to drift in ModNation Racers. Drifting 101. Start the drift in the direction you want to go, then immediately go in the opposite direction to straighten out your drift line. Now all you have to do is just tweak your line by moving left or right around lazy turns, sharp curves or short straight...

One of the side effects of the iPad overuse seems to be greasy smudges and fingerprints according to many reports. Especially if a lot of people want to touch your iPad and run their fingers all over the screen. iPad owners have reported that one of the side effects in having to use the iPad constantly is that a lot of grease developers because of the sweat on the screen. The phenomenal gadget is grease and smudge prone. Creative users have started showing off their smudge designs on the iPad. Of all the uses Steve Jobs thought off this was probably not one of them.  The WSJ also has a video on the same, which we have attached. Apple says the iPad has the same fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating as the iPhone. Nevertheless there is smudging and well some users think it's good as it let's them slide over the scree much more easily. Apple on the other hand recommends iKlear a non-toxic liquid cleaner, which its manufacturer Meridrew Enterprises says Apple uses on its own ...

Mafia Wars has announced the upcoming Memorial Day weekend sale. Items will be heavily discounted and up to 50% off on all previously sold merchandise. There will also be a special mastery event being held by which you stand to win a  WWII M4 Sherman. The sale starts at 12 am PST. We see that the hawk eye and B52 will also be going on sale and a host of other items. 50% of all proceeds from the sale will be donated to Fisher House a non-profit that assists families of wounded veterans.  [Image Courtesy Zynga Mafia Wars] An original post by Sociolatte

All Attics have now been unlocked in PetVille. You do however need to be at level 10 at least before you can enter and play around. So if you have crossed level 10 and have gained entry into the attic you have a few surprises in store. You also need keys to enter Tahiki. Once you enter your attic to explore you are asked for keys to visit Tahiki. The beaches of Tahiki are locked unless you open them with the keys.  How do you get keys the answer is very simple ask your friends. The locks are of different colors and you need the corresponding colored key to open it. We see yellow, blue, orange, green and purple locks and these are the colored keys you need to open the beaches of Tahiki.  Once your friends send you keys they would be kept in your storage area. Click on the key and drag it to the lock to open.  So go on now and unlock the magic doors. Magic Doors are available only in your attic. An original post by Sociolatte

Google Analytics is a piece of code that web site owners place within their websites to track their visitors. This piece of code will tell them where visitors came from, how they found the site, which country they belong to and an the average time they spend on the site. These statistics are analyzed by website owners to see how their websites are doing.  This is achieved by a small cookie that is placed on a person's computer. Which in turn collects data and sends it back to Google.  Google has this to say about the new Add-on. "To provide website visitors with more choice about how their data is collected by Google Analytics, we have developed the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on communicates with the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to indicate that information about the website visit should not be sent to Google Analytics. If you want to opt out, download and install the add-on for your current web browser. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on ...

Mafia Wars now has two types of Arctic Crates. One Arctic crate which can be purchased for 12 Reward Points and three Arctic crates which can by purchased for 35 reward points. The Item Chances of these crates are 10% Rare 30% Uncommon 60% Common The Loot items you get are as follows Armor snow shoes (36 attack 21 defense) – common immersion suit (28 attack 44 defense) – uncommon Weapons ice pick (22 attack 35 defense) – common polar bear (43 attack 25 defense) – uncommon glacier (42 attack 25 defense) – uncommon tundra smg (37 attack 61 defense) – rare Vehicles penguin aquacraft (36 attack 25 defense) – common snow monster (62 attack 30 defense) – rare An original post by Sociolatte

This is one video that has really gone viral, with almost 5 million hits. The video features soldiers in Afghanistan doing a re-make of the Lady Gaga song Telephone. The response from viewers have been nothing but positive and the video itself is very interesting as you see the guys dressing up and dancing to a Lady Gaga song. Most people who commented on their channel also make it a point to wish the troops a safe return home. An original post by Sociolatte

Linkedin now fully functions like a Twitter client. Once you add the Twitter application to your Linkedin account you can then find and follow your all your Linkedin connections on Twitter. The application has all the functionalities to provide a complete Twitter experience while still on Linkedin. Once you add the applciation on your Linkedin account. The application will ask you for your Twitter email ID and password to login. You can also enter your user name and password and it works just as well. Once you add the Linkedin Twitter application to your account this is what happens. 1. It will automatically follow your Twitter connections who are already on Linkedin. Provided both of you are already following each other on Twitter 2. It will show you your Linkedin connections who are also using Twitter.  You can then choose to follow. 3. You can update your Twitter status right from Linkedin. 4. There is also a check box if you would like to update your linkedin status as well. 5. Cho...

The feed says things like "Mermaids are real, they are now extinct", " does anyone have Criss Angel's email? I bet he can make this oil disappear!". and so on has generated interest and gathered a large number of followers. The obviously bogus account can be found at  @BPGlobalPR  while the real BP PR feed can be found at @BP_America which has just about 5, 247 followers. The satirical account launched on the 19th already has 32,568 followers. The fake account mocks the efforts of BP and the founders still remain anonymous. They barely conform to Twitter rules on parody and the real BP has still not asked twitter for their shut down. So the fake account continues to grow and the tweets keep coming. On this Twitter Bio this is what is said " This page exists to get BP's message and mission statement out into the twitterverse!" This logo is also a take on the real BP logo so instead of the green and yellow they have a black and white with an oil spil...

FarmVille has now got Wild Mustangs roaming around and visiting farms. If you see a wild mustang on your farm you will need the help of 5 friends to wrangle her if you would like to keep her. There are also wild mustang foals. So go and search your farm now for a chance to complete the challenge and get a wild mustang to keep on your farm.  There is also another catch FarmVille will insist that you give them permission to contact you via email. So if they have your mail ID and you have a minimum of five neighbors then while you are tending your farm this message will pop up. When you click "Ask For Help" you must choose a minimum of 5 neighbors and a up to a maximum of 15.  If the friends you are asking for help have not given FarmVille their email IDs. The Following message will pop up. This is a three day challenge and your friends need to respond really fast. To be of any use to you they should have also signed up with FarmVille to receive notifications via email.  Once yo...