Are you an AppSumo Junkie like me? Feb 28, 2012
Twitter + Television = Twelevision May 8, 2011
Watch Lynda.com on the Boxee Box Feb 28, 2011
Its with sad news that we must inform you that Gowalla has shut its doors.
Here is their official statement as per their website.
“Thank you for going out with Gowalla. It was a pleasure to journey with you around the world. Download your check-ins, photos and lists here soon.”
Farewell Gowalla… It’s been fun knowing you.. Thanks for a great couple of years!
Do you want to create a video player for your Facebook Page? Try an awesome new app called Clipster.
In a few easy steps, you can create an awesome looking video player customised to your liking to attract your fans to keep coming back over and over again.
You can add custom header image, add text and change the color and the fonts.
Clipster is an ever growing Facebook app which they are looking at adding more and more features come March 30th, 2012, I look forward to the updates.
While you are creating your video player, each change is updated straight away so you can zoom over to your page and check out how its looking. Simple to add Vimeo and YouTube clips, just copy and paste the URL and the rest is done by Clipster.
Videos can be moved around so you can display your main video to be the main feature at the top of the player and even add catagories to your video’s.
Try Clipster today, plans start from “Free” and range to $9.99 per month, not a bad pricing structure. Me, i started at $2.99 per month to check it out… might look at upping my plan!
All this was done within a few minutes… check out my Clipster player on my Facebook page.
Try this new service which is in Beta testing, Viirl.com that combines the latest tweets from twitter mixed with the newest content from YouTube in a beautiful graphical user interface (GUI).
Take a few minutes or a few hours and lose yourself in this unique video content.
Head on over to Viirl.com and start tuning out to the magic of online video! If you find something you like, share it on your social platforms like Twitter or Facebook and get your friends and followers to join in on the revolution!
If you like your tech apps like me, check out AppSumo (www.appsumo.com).
At AppSumo you can grab some great deals on software, video’s, e-books and much much more!
AppSumo also gives away free stuff too… even better than the heavily discounted deals which they run. Subscribe to their newsletter and be notified as soon as a good deal breaks. Some deals stick around for a while, some get bought up quickly…
Visit www.appsumo.com today and keep up to date with the best apps at really great prices!
Well, i follow some random people on Twitter and also some big names too, i like to follow technology and social media Twitter accounts and I get some great idea’s from reading peoples tweets. But i recently followed @Clik.
I got a Direct Message (DM) from Clik the other day to try their iPhone app, i thought “why not give it a crack!”, so i downloaded the CLIK app (which is free) from iTunes and installed it on my phone.
I ran the app and was instantly amazed.
So, you run the app on your phone and follow the very simple instructions, you dont have to sign up for anything, just run it, then on a device which has a browser, visit www.clikthis.com. The browser will then produce a QR code on the screen, hold up your phone which is running Clik, point it at the browser and it scans the QR code in automatically. Now, look back at your iPhone again and now there is a list of video’s you can browse, select a video or search for a video to play but instead of watching it on your phone, it will play in the browser… now i think this is pretty sweet… i am totally amazed!!!
Clik describes themselves as “a brand new Smart TV platform that lets you turn any screen with a browser into your screen by simply scanning it with your smartphone” as per their twitter bio.
All in all, i must say, this is one of my favourite iPhone apps at the moment…
I also tried bringing up the browser on a D-Link Boxee Box and once again, this app just magically works, HD Video’s on the big screen! NICE!
So if you havent tried CLIK, give it a go and download it to your iPhone or Android today!
Head on over to http://discover.clikthis.com/ and check it out… by the way, i also love their site… Nice jobs CLIK!
So you got an iPhone 4S and you want to play around with Siri?
Here’s How…
Hold in the HOME button for a about 2 seconds, then talk into your iPhone and ask a question like…
“Who are you?”
“Where is ….” but only works in the United States
“Talk dirty to me”
“What time is it in ….”
“What is the temperature”
“Whats the weather for…”
“What time is sunset?”
“What do you look like”
“Tell me a story”
“Call me …”
“I love Siri”
“Whats my name?”
“Do i make you horny” also only works in the US
“Who is ….” say a name from your address book
“Do you love me?”
“How are you?”
“Can you wake me at 8AM/PM”
“Beam me up”
“Tell me a joke”
“Tell {insert name} {add message} e.g. “Tell Darren I am late”
“Testing testing 1 2 3″
“Your a bitch!”
“Why are you sassy?”
What questions did you ask Siri?
As featured on such big named websites as MASHABLE, SOCIAL TIMES and GIGAOM comes CLIPIK.
Turn your video, photos and music into a masterpiece, well not you, a video professional will do it for you at a great cost.
Simple choose your plan, tell the ‘cutting room crew’ a bit about your video and how you would like it, upload your video, photos and music and in 5 days tops, you will have a perfectly crafted video… it cant get any simpler than that… truly, IT CANT!
Visit their website for a few examples – www.clipik.com you wont be disappointed!
it’s simple, why didn’t anyone else thing of it?
Finding informative content on the web is as important. THOORA has way to discover and share this content by you creating topics, or simply use some of THOORA’s.
You could describe THOORA as a Tivo for Web content, click the ‘heart’ to like the story, click the ‘trash can’ if you are not a fan, after a while, THOORA will get smarter and really deliver the content you want to read about.
Got an RSS feed? no problem, THOORA can also suck this into your content feed. Got someone you want to follow on Twitter, also not a problem, add their Twitter name… let THOORA sought through it all.
I have instantly fallen in love with this site, great design, got a great infographic feel to it, easy to use navigation. I can’t wait for an iPhone app for this one, i know it will be something which i will want to flatten my battery with!
Thoora Screenshot
Well, my blog on my Tivo experience will be coming soon…
Just a heads up though, I just purchased a Tivo today and i get it home, i put it all together and i go to activate it but i cant… i check out the alerts on www.mytivo.com.au and it says you are doing maintenance on:
Wednesday, August 3 – 10am to 5pm (AEST)
Thursday, August 4 – 10am to 5pm (AEST)
Friday, August 5 – 10am to 5pm (AEST)
Monday, August 8 – 8am to 8pm (AEST)
Today is Saturday 6th August, 2011 and there is no scheduled maintenance…it’s not a good start…
I have sent an email to support…
… I have placed a message on Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/TiVoAustralia )
… and i have tweeted Tivo too ( @TivoAustralia )
I am understanding that Tivo are doing maintenance but when their site says it should be right, then it should be right.
I have received the ‘canned’ email reply, lets see how they go at customer service and technical support from here.
**UPDATE**
Im happy that Tivo made a quick reply via their Facebook presence, 29 minutes which is great.
Im also happy with their response which just goes to show they do offer a good customer support.
This was their reply “yes no scheduled maintenance today. But don’t worry if it’s not activating, the TiVo is good for 7 days without online activation. If the problem persists over the weekend please email Support and they will address it after Tuesday.”
Im very excited to get it going… i do love new gadgets!
So coming next, i will give my verdict on the Tivo Media Device, give me a couple of days to play with it! :)
**UPDATE 2**
Account Activated: Mission accomplish! Now the fun begins! :)
I purchased the Network package – what a great waste of time for a Mac User! Avoid purchasing, its basically, $100 donation into the Tivo company, it does nothing for the user!
I tried to contact Tivo to ask for assistance, but no reply, no support on their website…nothing…
Overall, I do like the Tivo product except for the Network Package…. this has failed me and has let the product down! Tivo need to look at the Mac market, as things have changed over the last few years with the advent of iPhone, iPad etc, their user base has grown quiet significantly!
Are you an AppSumo Junkie like me? Feb 28, 2012
Twitter + Television = Twelevision May 8, 2011
Watch Lynda.com on the Boxee Box Feb 28, 2011
