The Lion arrives - Mountain Lion Update Adds Facebook Integration Feature

Perhaps your Mac is upgraded to Mountain Lion, but are you sure that you're not missing anything? If yes, then you must be aware of 10.8.2 that Apple rolled out, alongside iOS 6. If you’re not aware of it, check the Software Updates in the Apple Menu and download the latest update. 

Earlier this year, Apple made promises like Facebook Integration to Mountain Lion,but when Mountain Lion was launched only Twitter Integration was live. Later, Apple announced that Facebook Integration will be added in an update. And now, that update has been rolled out. Mac OS X Mountain Lion – the world’s advanced desktop OS gets even better with the new version 10.8.2, the second update to Mountain Lion since its launch in late July.

The new update adds Facebook Integration just like the iOS update - iOS 6.The new version 10.8.2 adds several Facebook-related options and incorporates Facebook sharing into Apple-made apps and many system components. Similar to the Twitter Integration in Mountain Lion, now you can sign in to Facebook. With this new update, while sharing links and photos, you can add Facebook as an option.You don’t need to launch specific apps to post status and updates as you can setup a notification center that allows you to post and share status. The notification center also lets you see your Facebook notifications.

It's not just this, apps like Safari, Contacts and Preview will now have the Facebook option. And you can view your Facebook friends’ photo albums and contact information in Contacts. Apple also allows third-party developers to create various apps that exploit this feature.In addition to Facebook integration, there are many other new features included in the update like:

• Late 2010 MacBook Air models receivePower Nap support.
• You can add passes to Passbook from Mail and Safari on your Mac, but that requires iOS 6.
• You can sort notes based on the date of creation,last edited and title with new sort options.
• You can add SinaWeibo (Chinese Micro blogging Website) profile photos to Contacts.
• The iMessages you received can be viewed in Messages on your Mac (it requires iOS 6, too).
• New, shared reminder lists are available.
• You have a new French definition dictionary included in the Dictionary app.
• Dictation supports many additional languages like Cantonese, Canadian French, Canadian English, Italian, Mandarin, Spanish and Korean.
• You can receive FaceTime video calls on your Mac that are sent to your phone number.
• Apart from these new features, the update also includes a host of bug fixes and general OS fixes that can improve the stability, security, and compatibility of your Mac.The new update addresses certain issues that Mac users face:
• Enable Autodiscover (Checkbox remains checked always),
• Active Directory (preventing accounts from locking out),
• Keychain (sometimes may not be accessible),
• NIS (auto-login is enabled),
• Video issues (with VGA projectors),
• Xsan (automatic start), etc.

In simple words, the new update has something for everybody. Like for gamers, with the Game Center, they can share their scores on Facebook and Twitter. The Game Center will let you play against your Facebook friends and challenge them to beat your scores. You can like any game from the Game Center with the Facebook Like option. You will have your Facebook friends included in the list of Game Center friend recommendations automatically, and so on.

Regardless of what the new update has, Facebook Integration is the big thing in the new version OS X 10.8.2 that is noteworthy. The Facebook Integration feature available in the new update is exactly what you and I need.

This guest post is brought to you by Nicole Wilson of Cabletimenyc, a site that offers savings and current information on Time Warner cable new york.

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3 Types of Tragedies A BlackBerry Monitoring Application Can Help You Prevent

A BlackBerry Monitoring Application, for all the hype and features it has, it's just a tool. And just like any other tool, it's only useful for what you use it for. It might have the most developed technology in the world, but it would be all for naught if it didn't serve a useful purpose.

Fortunately, a BlackBerry Monitoring Application does have a purpose, and I would say it's a very useful one: preventing tragedies. That is the main reason why I think it's becoming so popular. I think people of different backgrounds would benefit from it if they knew that they would be able to get the information that would allow you to prevent the following:

1. Car accidents due to alcohol and drinking.

If you have a teenage boy, this is a real danger. Unfortunately, 65% of teenage boys drink. The problem is that they often drive after drinking. Yes, they know they shouldn't do it, but when someone is drunk, his judgement is impaired and they make bad decisions. The program can let you know if your child or any of his friends drink, or if alcohol will be served at the reunions that your child attends. Remember, if your boy (or girl, because unfortunately girls are now drinking as much as boys nowadays) drinks, he's certainly going to keep it a secret.


2. Teen pregnancy.

I'm not talking about your opinion on life, which is yours and I respect. I'm only talking about the fact that girls get pregnant while in their teens, which is not a desirable thing by anyone's standards. You may ignore that your daughter is dating, or if she's having sex. Even if you are one of those liberal parents who allows your daughter to date and have sex, you would like the reassurance that her boyfriend is a good boy and that she's protecting herself. Obviously, most parents are not that liberal and they can prevent a teen pregnancy with this software.


3. Employee fraud.

If you have a company, you have to protect it too. Employees who are dishonest can literally destroy it if they commit fraud. Some of them sell your information to your competitors. Others lower your prices (and thus your profits) for their clients, just caring about getting a commission but not about whether the deal is good for the company or not. And yet there are others who blatantly steal from the company, either money or supplies.

Having a monitoring software program gives you all the information that goes through a BlackBerry, allowing you to know everything that people keep a secret from you. In turn, you'll know who's safe and who's not and who is on your side and who's not.

Brian Coulter is an expert on mobile phone technology and its applications. He likes to explain the latest in mobile phone technology to his readers in simple terms, without all the technical jargon. He is also the author of Blackberry Monitoring Program.

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How Technology Can Help Save You Money

Most people avoid using technology because of its initial costs. After all, technology can't exactly run without requiring purchases or upgrades in terms of hardware, software, and services like Internet access. However, what these people also frequently fail to realize is that the total initial cost of making your business technology-proof will be more than easily offset by its continuous and long-term benefits.

Email newsletters versus direct mail marketing

Sure, there are still advantages that you can undeniably enjoy with direct mail marketing, but are those advantages truly worth the expenses you incur for it at the same time? Why not cut back on your marketing expenses by taking an Internet-based approach to marketing? Instead of delivering your marketing newsletters by snail mail, why not send them via email instead? Email is not just for free but you also get greater flexibility when it comes to choosing the content that goes with your marketing newsletter. You would no longer have to consider the costs you'd incur when you opt for full-color images and text or the number of pages you end up consuming. Everything will still cost you nothing with email marketing.

Reduce costs for contests and giveaways.

When holding giveaways and contests for your customers, you do not only spend money on the prizes. You also have to spend extra on marketing. After all, there's no point giving away prizes when no one knows about your contest in the first place. However, you can limit your marketing expenses by holding your contest and giveaway online instead. You can start promoting it on social networking sites, blogs, and micro-blogging sites like Twitter. You should also promote it through forums and by coming up with online press releases. And the greatest thing about all these is that they are completely free for you to take advantage of.

Enjoy higher profits by selling your products or services online.

When you rely on retailers and distributors to sell your products and services, it can't be helped that you would end up with smaller profits. After all, you may have to pay them a percentage of your earnings in exchange of their services. Other times, you have to pay commission when agents help you sell your merchandise. You can skip all these, however, by directly selling your products and services through your website. More importantly, web-based stores also come with lower operating costs compared to managing a brick-and-mortar store. Websites can run 24/7 and every stage of the selling and marketing process may even be completely automated!

Say goodbye to phone expenses.

If you do frequent business with individuals living outside your state, then you can use VoIP to lower your phone expenses. With VoIP you can enjoy unlimited international calls for free!

Update your business technology today!

Don't allow your business to remain behind its competition a day longer. Update your company's technology right this moment. You can start by contacting Cell Phone Expertand find out what you can do to improve people's mobile access to your company's website. By making it easier for people to access your products and services online, expect your sales to grow by leaps and bounds as well.

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Dropbox's New Security Features expected to bring down Hacks and Threats?

Dropbox is a free file hosting service that allows you to have a unique folder on your computer which will be synchronized so that you can access that folder from anywhere. You can easily access data stored in your Dropbox folder from other computers, through a website and using other mobile phone applications like iPhones and iPads. Eventually, Dropbox became a great success as it provided users with an easy way to store, access and share files. It enables you to store your photos, videos, files and documents, all in one place and also share a link to it

Recently, about a month back, Dropbox came under scrutiny following a password security breach that resulted in spam messages being sent to Dropbox customer’s email addresses. Later, the company confirmed the hacking incident, blaming it on a Dropbox employee who had carelessly used security password at a third party site which got hacked. The company stated that the stolen password and username were misused to inappropriately access the employee’s account containing few customers’ email addresses.  But, they did not disclose any details about how many customer accounts were hacked.

Dropbox reported that they would be adding enhanced security features like

• A two-factor authentication process.
  
• An automated mechanism that helps you to spot suspicious activities.
  
• A page from where you can analyze active logins to your account.

Just within a month after the company announced their plans to strengthen security, they have silently made the two-factor authentication feature available to their registered Forum users. They haven’t launched it officially though. They are proceeding with caution and have enabled the beta version only to few selected users. They call the move an “experimental build” and stated that the security fix will be open to all in a short while.

Now, you would be wondering if you could make use of the two-factor authentication feature. Then, you are in for a good news as by following the below instructions, you can enable it for your Dropbox account. The authentication step is almost similar to Google Authentication app for Gmail available on Android phones.

STEP 1: Visit this - Dropbox link and login. It will redirect you to a security tab from where you can activate the two-step authentication

STEP 2: There, you will see a “change link” option. Click on it and you will be asked to re-enter the password.  In the next step, you will be provided with the option to send your 6 digit security code to your phone via text message or any mobile application such as Google Authenticator

STEP 3: Also, you will receive a unique 16 digit back up code to help you access Dropbox account in emergency situations, incase if you are not able to generate code or you lose your phone. You have to keep the backup code safe.

STEP 4: Now, you have to install the newest version of Dropbox for your device (computer/iPhone/iPad). Applications are available for Windows, Linux and Mac computers.

STEP 5: After installation, you have to unlink your device from your Dropbox account’s security tab. The next time you try to login to your Dropbox account, you will be prompted to enter the 6 digit code.

The Dropbox team is working hard to provide users with additional security. So the Dropbox users can relax without the fear of your Dropbox account being hacked.

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Android Meets Digital Photography

When most think about the role Android apps play in photography, they think Instagram, or any other form of cell phone photography. But in fact the new Nikon Coolpix S800c breaks this former mold. An actual point and shoot camera, the new Nikon Coolpix will run off of Android apps that will really push the envelope of what point-and-shoot cameras are capable of. The ability for a WiFi connection with the camera make it easy to share and use mobile photography apps, like the aforementioned Instagram.

 

 
If you look on the back, you’ll see a complete touch screen, further making this new camera look more like a cell phone, though it will not replace any smartphone or tablet. In fact, boasting a 16 megapixel sensor, it is something that cell phones will have a time competing with. What the camera and Android system does enable is quicker sharing apps from the Google Play store, as well as access to other third party editing software. In fact, Nikon is also releasing a new photo sharing site in response to this new technology.

What will this make the rest of the digital photography look like? 
This will be great for the social photographer, but will this translate at all to the professional market? There are already memory cards that have Wifi capabilities, which among other solutions, can send the photo directly to a camera, but that isn’t quite the same. Also, with the amount of editing required for most professional photos isn’t supported by the mobile apps... at least not yet. But with the development of these third party apps it could be a possibility. Then it will come down to photographer preference, which is most likely in a formal workplace, so they might not be able to cut into the pro market for polished images.

However, utilizing these apps for the Android market could be a good move for users. Sometimes hardware is only compatible with a non-effective software offered by the camera maker. That will not longer be the case for the Coolpix S800c. Having access to this market of compatible apps will take out the need for such software, possibly saving the camera companies some development costs.

So it seems that this move is going to have a successful impact on the market. It is going to shake things up to the benefit of consumers, and it is a refreshing change of pace. I am excited to see what opportunities this opens up.

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Jordan is a tech enthusiast and media blogger. He helps write for Digital Satellite Dish TV, and he is currently working on his Masters in Film and Video.

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EdiTweaks Online HTML Parser

This should count as our second, after we released our very first Google PageRank Checker, few months back, which helped us  instantly check our PageRanks at one click.
Now, our second tool, a totally Free Online HTML Parser Tool is used to convert HTML, XHTML, or any JavaScript codes to ASCII codes.
Using this gadget won't change a thing in your codes, rather it would only help replace them with ASCII encoded characters so they can be compatible for your blogspot.

APPLICATIONS / USES OF THIS HTML Parser

• You can use Converted codes to display Adsense Ads and other Ad Networks on your Blogspot blogs..
• Use it for displaying Designs in blog post body

Simply Copy and Paste the Codes in the Box Below and Hit Convert.                                                                                                                              



HTML PARSER - ONLINE Tool by EdiTweaks
© EdiTweaks Inc. All rights Reserved.

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The 10 Best Facebook Features of All Time Which You Should Not Ignore

Facebook is an amazing tool that all business owners need to utilise. Find out a few of the many reasons why and what this can mean for your business. Reach the millions that pass through the social network every day.

SMO (Social Media Optimisation) is the thing to be in the know about these days and without it, your business could be missing out on reaching missions of people worldwide. Depending on what your business, service, or product is depends on exactly what tools you will be able to make the most use of, but even the smallest business needs online visibility if you are serious about being a success in ways that only the 21st century knows how. Technology has advanced massively and with it has come the Social Networking sites that attract missions of users each and every day. These people could be your next customers and it's time to find out how you can utilise Facebook to help you.

The great thing about Facebook is that it likes relevance and this goes for target audiences as well.

Facebook Ads are there to advertise your 'page' or business to users. Facebook will only show the ads to those users who fall into the categories you select and, based on your business type, will specifically target the audiences who are going to find your service relevant and have the potential to become your customers. The progress made here can be followed via your Facebook Ads Campaigns.

The main focus should be on your page itself so it's time to explore what that means in detail. There are a number of reasons why a business should be on Facebook; these are just a few of them.

Firstly,

• Engage your fans (or customers) with relevant content and even special offers. Keeping your fans in the loop and giving them something worth reading about, which is related to your business or product, will ensure they don't forget you're in a hurry.
  
  
• Relevant content is really important because otherwise you can guarantee you will lose fans as quickly as you gain them.
  
  
• Approaching this in the right way will remind your customers that you are there
  
  

The Activity Log on your page is like the standard users timeline and records every interaction you have had on Facebook. This is great for monitoring purposes to see how you are engaging with fans and if they are interested in what you have to say or offer. Get this right and you might have people sharing your content which means you will reach even more people that you thought!

You can even link your Facebook page to Twitter which means you can cross-promote and kill two birds with one stone. This is great for any social media marketing strategy and allows you to reach a much wider audience without having to do anything more than you would have. When you post an update on to Facebook, having this feature enabled means that the post will also be published on Twitter.

Although it is not a common thing for business owners and Facebook users to do, you can even specify terms for comments on your posts and page. You can block certain conversation although users don't really like this, but it can be a handy tool!

The new timeline is great for businesses because it encourages fresh content. The changes mean that business pages are now similar to user profile pages and encourage fresh, unique content. This may seem a bit of a pain initially, but this fresh content will ensure a steady stream of traffic to your page and can potentially increase custom. Try to post daily, it doesn't have to be much, maybe a question or start a discussion to provoke users into commenting on your posts. The attention you get, the more visibility you will have.

Facebook Insights now allows you to get real-time data as well, pretty much. You can now view how your post is getting on within 10 minutes of posting it. This means that you can always change your mind if the desired effect is not immediate.

Using Facebook is the way to reach millions who may be interested in your service that you wouldn’t have met before.

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Top Ways To Make Your Blog Hugely Popular

  Every serious blogger have dreams to make his or her blog hugely popular. With countless of blogs being added on a daily basis, the competition among the bloggers seems to have become fierce. Everyone whether they are part time bloggers or professional bloggers often dream big about their blogs. All of these bloggers aspire to increase their readers’ base. In such a cut throat competition, it’s really difficult to achieve this, however, with some competent ways you can certainly aim to reach at this stage. The below is the list of some top ways to make your blog huge popular.

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Have passion for blogging

This can only work when you talk about things which you like and have authority over the subject. For instance, if you like any particular sport and you write about movies, you cannot expect to make your blog posts popular. In fact, these posts would be too boring for any reader coming to your blog. Hence you should always abide this rule of writing a blog for things which you like and know. You need to select a blog niche which can be interesting to you, could be something which is your hobby or passion. Once you decide such subject then only you can start blogging with passion.

Write for two audiences

Whenever you write anything for your blog, you have always two audiences- one is your readers and second one is bloggers. Both these audiences are important for any blog. The other bloggers of your niche area could be attracted towards your blog post if they find something interesting and unique. This will build up your authority over your niche area in the blogosphere. This will give you the opportunity to link your blog by other bloggers.

For readers, you need to think of posts which are unique and subject specific which no one has covered in their blog as yet. In order to publish quality blog posts, you can carry out a comprehensive research before posting anything over your blog. Also, while writing blogs posts think of making it difficult to duplicate which can provoke other bloggers to link with you.

Linking to other bloggers

Links are the best way to get traffic from other blogs. By linking to other bloggers, you send across message which demands to check your blog post over other blogs. You can have an instant back link in the form of trackback. Lastly, linking to different popular and authority blogs helps you in establishing yourself in your niche area. These efforts are easily recognized by major search engines thus making your blog more visible and popular among the readers.

Consistency in your posts

When readers come at your blog they should find new posts there or else they will stop coming. You are supposed to make your blog lively and bubbling place by posting regular and consistent blog posts. If you cannot post several posts in a day, try for just one post in a day. The irregularity in your postings could lead to blog failure. Consistent posts would keep on bringing the repeat visitors. This will make your blog popular among your readers and bloggers of your niche area.

Become an integral part of blogging community

More you interact with experienced and professional bloggers in your community the more amount of exposure you will give to your blog. You are supposed to connect with existing popular blogs in your niche area. Find out the reasons behind the popularity of their blogs and try these things at your blog.

Final word

Making your blog hugely popular requires consistent efforts from your end. If you are serious enough to make it popular, the above ways could help you in achieving this goal. All you need is organized and consistent blogging efforts.

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Increase Your Earnings - Display Adsense & AdDynamo Ads on RSS Feeds

After successfully building, attracting a worthful amount of traffic and Signing Up for an Advertising program for your blog or website, earning becomes the next agenda. No body wants to do all those Hard work with NO PENNY to gain from it.
Google Adsense and its alternative, Ad:Dynamo are on top charts as long as PPC earning programs are concerned for bloggers and website owners in and around my country, I use one of them, and I bet you do also.

The one major challenge we all have as web publishers, is Increasing Our Earnings, placing the Ad codes on your blog pages isn't just enough to fetch the cash.

I believe you are burning your Blog Feeds via FeedBurner, otherwise go sign up and start burning one now,  so you would be using this tip which we can use to Increase earnings through RSS Feed, especially if you are on Addynamo like me.

Here's How:

• Login to your Blogger Dashboard
  
  
• Hit Settings >> Site Feed 

 

• Now, Login to your Google adsense or Addynamo Dashboard, GENERATE your Ad code, Copy the Codes
  
  
  
• Paste the Java Script ad codes inside Post Feed Footer Box

• Now Save. Check your Feed URL, Addynamo or Adsense ads should start displaying immediately.

If you know the importance of RSS Feeds for your blog readers, and have grown a good number of RSS feed Listeners, this should be of great value to you.
Do keep in touch, I may be discussing how you can develop plenty of RSS Feed subscribers in one of my future posts, besides this, even if you don't have much subscribers, I still suggest you use this tip, because Mobile Browsers such as Opera Mini, amongst others can display this ads via RSS especially for your Mobile visitors.

Hope you found this post helpful, Please take a second, show some care and share with people who need it too.

Greetings!

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How You Can Make Money with Pinterest

There are tons of other ways for you to earn money online. The most known is by freelancing or working as a blogger; however, not everyone has heard about making money with pinterest. Well, first of all, Pinterest is best for affiliate marketers. The network will serve mostly female audiences who are very much in to shopping. They make money by posting or “pinning” items that would seem interesting to these women and those posts will be affiliated to another link. This is why there are a lot of items or pins on objects from Amazon.com.

It is actually 10 out of 10 that the Amazon link will be an affiliated one. But before you could start earning money with Pinterest, there are some things that you have to do.

• Cloak the links- if you are planning to Pinterest by posting affiliate links, you have to cloak it. There are services for this such as Skimlinks, this scans the network for affiliate links then automatically change those links to their affiliate ID. It is best to custom your link with a short URL. It is not advisable to known services like Bit.ly or Tiny URL. Skimlinks will most probably have them in their database already. But the best cloaking service is said to be LinkTrackr. Not only will LinkTrackr let you monitor the clicks and the conversions. You’ll be able to custom a short URL that will be outside the Skimlinkss database.
  
  
• Host images on your server- you have to host all the images you pin on your server. Pinterest links all the images back to the source. If you’re getting them straight from the Amazon, the person who clicks on the link will immediately be directed to the website. And of course, since you won’t be able to link an image with your ID, it will be best to send the user directly to where the host image and the post links are.
  
  
• Spamming- there are bots to monitor spamming, especially in the process of creating accounts and posting pins. Pinterest will get better at monitoring and detecting spam pins. Take your time in posting pins of stuff that you are interested in. link those pins with LinkTrackr and continue on building it up. And most probably, you’ll have gotten your own Pinterest page with tons of items with an affiliate link and you’ll make more money of it.

Don’t forget that this isn’t all about making money. You have to be responsible while doing this because if you don’t, you obviously won’t be making enough money. You have to be patient with this type of work, not everyone click on the links on website, so that may be the challenging part for you.

Be creative and work your way in improving to get more audience,because the more you build audience, the better you increase the money you earn from Pinterest.

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