Archive for July, 2009

I’m Not A Typical Tech-Savvy Teenager

mac Frankly speaking, I'm not a typical teenager just like my fellow friends or peers. In today's advanced world, teenagers tend to use the computer for hours everyday. For example, they would usually head to Facebook to connect and interact with their friends by posting updates, photos and even videos. Besides spending a huge portion of their time on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, some of which share their daily lives, thoughts and opinions towards a particular issue on their personal blogs mainly powered by Google's Blogger. MSN is also another popular hangout whereby students communicate with their friends or pals in real-time without forking a single cent to pay for expensive phone bills. (of course electricity does plays a part too) I may be a tech geek but unfortunately, I'm personally think that I'm not a typical tech-savvy teenager. Why? Below, I've listed some reasons why...

10+ Websites that Offers Free/Premium Twitter Backgrounds

Are you tired with your current profile background on Twitter? Well, in this list of '10 Websites that Offers Free/Premium Twitter Backgrounds', you're able to find a suitable and well-designed out a few thousands of choices. Some of which are free and the rest are premium custom backgrounds. If you're a businessman, blogger, Internet marketer or even an ordinary person looking to stand out of the crowd, then having a attractive and eye-catching custom background for your Twitter profile is one of the premier ways to impact customers, friends, fans, and the like. Why not share valuable information, photos, and details about your company with a custom design? Twitter Image twitterimage

100+ Amazing & Beautiful Firefox Wallpapers that you may not have seen before

There's no doubt that Mozilla Firefox is the most preferred web browser among all tech-savvy people. Its excellent and user-friendly user-interface filled with tons of features and add-ons contribute to its ever-growing reach. It has emerged from a non-existent project to one of the most popular brands on the world wide web with millions of people around the world using it everyday. According to many analysts, it has the potential to topple Microsoft's Internet Explorer which currently dominates the browser market share. Getting bored with your current desktop wallpaper and want something fresh and interesting? Well, you can download one of this cool and eye-catching Firefox wallpaper. By the way, get ready you mouse wheel, it's going to be a long list!

5 Reasons Why Many Kids Don’t Use Twitter

Whenever I asked my fellow peers about they feel about Twitter, some simply shrugged their shoulders or even said there is nothing special as compared to social networking giant Facebook. In my own opinion, Twitter is fun and unique. It has helped me learn several valuable skills indirectly. What's great about Twitter is that it enabled me to keep updated to the latest news be it on the world wide web or the physical world. Unfortunnately, a large majority of my friends and probably even kids from around the world dislike Twitter and thinks it's a fad. Here are 5 reasons why. 1. Facebook = Twitter, But Much Better Relating to Math, Twitter is a sub-set of Facebook. In layman terms, it means whatever Twitter has, Facebook already has it. Although these two platforms have different cores, but from an ordinary child's perspective, he or she may think that both Twitter and Facebook are similar, just that Facebook offers more interesting and social features. For example, kids need not to head to Twitter to share their thoughts and daily lives (What are you doing?) on the micro-blogging service as they can easily do so on their Facebook Wall itself.

3 Issues Which Must Be Ironed Out Before Macs Are Integrated Into Schools

If you've read this blog post, you should know that I'm part of the my school's FMS program, which requires we students to get Macbooks. Of course, the school self-proclaims itself that they are the only one that does this type of program in the region. Because, as we all know, bringing a Windows laptop to school for study counts for nothing. There are actually a few problems which must be ironed out before we actually see the sci-fi classroom everyone imagines about. Here are a few of the main issues the school must tackle.

Top 10 Airlines on Twitter based on Number of Followers

Singapore-Airlines-Airbus-A380-SydneyIt’s interesting to see the way that Twitter is used by various users. Some use the world's most popular micro-blogging platform as a place to share their personal lives encircling around the question "What are you doing?". Some turn it into a celebrity fan page whereby they can connect with their fans on the world wide web. Some promote their blogs, businesses or products on Twitter to reach out to the large community. Today, I've grabbed data from Twitter Search and a few other sources to form a list of 'Top 10 Airlines on Twitter based on Number of Followers'. Most of these airlines make use of Twitter to introduce new events, offers a limited number of air tickets at discounted, and many more. Check them out and you'll know!

5 Reasons Why Most Kids Say “NO!” to Professional Blogging

As a young tech editor myself and founder of TechXav, today I'll relate to you guys the main reasons why most students/kids/teenagers "shoo" away from professional blogging. I've started blogging since June last year as an amateur without any knowledge or experience about the social web such as Facebook and Twitter. Without any cash, I created a free Blogger hosted blog and wrote articles encircling around the social web. Once in a while, I would review web apps which I think are beneficial for tech users out there. A few months later, the number of daily visitors began to increase rapidly. All thanks to "Web Hosting Secrets Revealed", I've managed to sign up for a .com domain name and a premium web hosting plan. On February 8 2009, TechXav was born. 3055334981_df2252b393_m

Top 5 Famous Fake Twitter Profiles

twitter_logo (1)As Twitter starts gaining popularity, there is no doubt that people are snatching almost every profile names they can think of, be it celebrities, musicians, politicians and even terrorist leaders such as Osama Bin Laden. Before Twitter launches its Verified Account feature which aims to prevent identity confusion, many Twitter users were rather puzzled whether a particular account is genuine or not. As a result, it may leads to a lawsuit against the micro-blogging service and of course the guy who created the fake profile. Anyway, below are the 'Top 5 Famous Fake Twitter Profiles'. Check them out...