Ray-Ban Facebook Glasses: Good, Bad, and not quite the AR I got the Ray-Ban Facebook ‘AR’ smart glasses over the weekend. So first off, they are not AR. However, I fully understand when Mark pitches these are a step in that direction. And fair enough, building a system to allow wireless media communications from the glasses to a phone, and setting up a publishing platform… Read More
WHY would facebook buy Oculus.. Unless… Second life a la Facebook? Sounds crazy but perhaps not as much as you might think. The main expressed reason Facebook bought Oculus is the ‘platform’. Basically trying to get in front of the next shift in hardware. When Facebook launched they were king of desktop, but then mobile takes over and they had to play a bit of catchup. … Read More
How to hack Facebook through OAuth Well, this not good for facebook. Your worried about your privacy? Try to use all the tools to protect yourself that facebook provides? May not matter. Check this out below. In Nir Goldshlager‘ post, he outlines, almost step by step, how you can perform the same ‘hack’. Facebook claims to have fixed this, but Nir… Read More
First Choice Cola’s Free Ride – Augmented Reality Facebook game So I am visiting the Netherlands and got a chance to check out this augmented reality Facebook application called Free Ride. It launched last week and was developed for YoungWorks by my friends at The Young Generation. My Dutch isn’t the greatest, actually I don’t know any, so expect a follow up interview explaining more about… Read More
Repost: Business Insider -The Google+ Boss Just Brilliantly Deconstructed Everything Annoying About Facebook I found the video interview at the bottom of this Business Insider post worth the watch. I learned more about Google+ and it’s VP of product Bradley Horowitz does a great job of describing things I recently have found more annoying with Facebook.… Read More
Facbook closes the deal with Instagram! We have all heard about it. And we have all been waiting for it. Facebook has finally closed a deal with Instagram for and amazing $747.1 million, which is actually a little bit cheaper than the originally estimated $1 billion back in April. Chump change right? The deal is scheduled to officially close as soon as… Read More
SimCity social… I did not like, but that does not mean it’s bad It only took 10 min of trying SimCity Social to realize this is not for me. Perhaps because I’m a pretty hard core fan of the original game, this pop version is simply a turn off. Perhaps if I was 8 years old… Naw, not even then. Thats pretty harsh I know, but that just… Read More
As bad as it looks for Facebook, its much worse for Zynga Its pretty well know that Facebooks stock dropped pretty low after its first launched. However, in the last few weeks, it has been crawling back from its low of $26.50 a share closing today at $33.10. Once cannot say the same for Zynga. After today’s announcements of new games and initiatives, Zynga stock actually dropped… Read More
Facebook claims its current vulnerability is because of jailbreak. Oh really? The news has been moving around the interwebs on how Gareth Wright found a security issue with Facebook on the iphone. Seems the key information needed to request and hold a token to Facebook is stored unencrypted in a plist file. Facebook claims that this is not a security risk since its stored in a… Read More
Facebook scam warning: Messages from ‘friends’ may not be all that friendly I got this a few days back and since I do not know this person, or if I do I do not remember why. I really do not use facebook all that much. But anyway, my brother got it as well and emailed a scam warning to me, so what the heck, I’ll post it.… Read More
How to get rage comic (troll) emoticons on Chrome Man, am I late to the party on this one, but better late then never. First, the link to install rage face emoticons in Chrome for Now you can use your favorite memes on sites like Facebook, Twitter, youtube, Google+, Reddit, FunnyJunk, EbaumsWorld, and Memebase! This extension does have its limit, if the person who… Read More
iPhone app to auto reply to your twitter and facebook account At first when I read this, I thought; ‘an auto reply for twitter and facebook? NOooooo!’ My worse thoughts was some putting an auto reply that they are eating a sandwich and will be back online in ah hour. Really? You are so locked into your SocMed addition that you have to let people know… Read More
10 Reasons to hate Facebook I saw this video on Devour and found it too funny. These muppets give some really great reasons on how Facebook can suck.… Read More
Exporting from Facebook to Google+ blocked, for now I guess this is not a surprise. Facebook is blocking people from using Mansour’s Chrome tool for exporting contact info from Facebook. The latest from Mansour is that he is going to try and find a work around. CRITICAL UPDATE: Facebook is trying so hard to not allow you to export your friends. They started… Read More
How to copy your Facebook contact to Google+ Before I show how to copy friends for facebook to google+, I want to point of 2 things. First I have tried this Chrome plugin and second I have NO desire to do so. Something I like about Google+ is its a great opportunity to start over. { Update: The chrome facebook exporter has been… Read More
How to add rage faces in Facebook This just came up on Reddit. Its code that will allow you to place rage faces in your facebook chat. WIN. I downloaded the code but will not have a chance to mess with it until tomorrow. But here are the links. I also put them on my own server since the originals are getting… Read More
Intel’s The Museum of Me Project is pretty cool This is pretty cool. Not sure when it came out, but its has over 50k fans. Its a pretty cool little promotional campaign. You go to this site meseumofme.intel.com and it will ask for access to your facebook account. Normally and unlike most of the world, I almost never allow app on Facebook.. Yes I’m… Read More
Poking fun at Facebook These things on Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg gave me a laugh and I thought I would share. 1. This image is so true. Thanks Maribeth for sharing it with me. 2. The Onion’s video coverage of CIA’s ‘Facebook’ Program Dramatically Cut Agency’s Costs.… Read More
The eventbright facebook calendar integration is just the beginning. But why did it take this long? For many people, myself included, facebook is a kind of social calendar. And even though you could share an event you are attending with facebook, there was no way to see what events your friends are going to unless there was also a corresponding facebook event. Now, Eventbright… Read More
How to stop people from checking you into places on Facebook Really?? I have to yet again, go into my privacy setting to stop someone or something on facebook doing something I do not want? Gezz.. So here is the latest. Seems that your ‘friends’ can check you into a place for you. Without you being there or even knowing! WTF?? Ok, so I’m suppose to… Read More