Archive for December, 2009

  • <img style="float:right;" src="http://www.widgetslab.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/google-wave-logo.png"/>This year has been great for technology. Many companies have created new products. There were many products that everyone wanted to be released, or become big. Here is a list of something that was expected to become big, but never did. <strong>1.</strong> <strong>Google Wave</strong>: Earlier this year Google rolled out their new service called Wave. Wave was essentially going to kill email. It was a way to let people collaborate on projects and ideas. The reason it got so much hype is the from the invite only model. People were trying so hard to get an invite, it just felt like the next, best, service out there. After people received their invite and signed up, they found that it really has no point.

    Top 5 Things That Got Too Much Hype in 2009, and Failed or Never Came

    Posted on December 29, 2009 | No Comments
    This year has been great for technology. Many companies have created new products. There were many products that everyone wanted to be released, or become big. Here is a list of something that was expected to become big, but never did. 1. Google Wave: Earlier this year Google rolled out their new service called Wave. Wave was essentially going to kill email. It was a way to let people collaborate on projects and ideas. The reason it got so much hype is the from the invite only model. People were trying so hard to get an invite, it just felt like the next, best, service out there. After people received their invite and signed up, they found that it really has no point.

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  • <img style=The Pantless Knights has again come up with a funny and interesting rap about Mac. In June, their original "Mac VS PC" music video garnered over 3.5 million views and 20,000 ratings! Will their latest "I'm on a Mac (I'm on a boat spoof)" rap with a Mac fanboy's anthem about Apple culture and products achieves such success again?" title="I’m On A Mac [FUNNY RAP]" />

    I’m On A Mac [FUNNY RAP]

    Posted on December 29, 2009 | No Comments
    The Pantless Knights has again come up with a funny and interesting rap about Mac. In June, their original "Mac VS PC" music video garnered over 3.5 million views and 20,000 ratings! Will their latest "I'm on a Mac (I'm on a boat spoof)" rap with a Mac fanboy's anthem about Apple culture and products achieves such success again?

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  • <img style="float:right;" src="http://www.techxav.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/facebook_1.jpg"/>When I started to use Facebook, I love the site because I can play games and interact with my peers after school. But now I seldom use it for one simple reason - SPAM, especially those continuous updates from Farmville and Daily Horoscope. Although there are a few ways to filter those updates, but here's a nifty little trick of how to read your friend's statuses ("What are you doing" Twitter-like part of Facebook) directly from a feed reader like Google Reader or Newswire. Facebook no longer links to the status RSS feed URL, so it requires some tweaks to the URL. First of all, make sure you're logged in on Facebook. Visit <a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes.php"target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/notes.php</a>, and click on the "My Friends' Notes" link located at upper right of the page. Your feed URL will resemble something like this (http://www.facebook.com/feeds/friends_notes.php?id...). Next, change the part of the URL that says "<strong>friends_notes</strong>" to "<strong>friends_status</strong>". Make sure the rest of the URL remains intact, and copy and paste the URL into your preferred feed reader.

    HOW-TO: Read Your Friends’ Facebook Status Updates From A Feed Reader

    Posted on December 29, 2009 | No Comments
    When I started to use Facebook, I love the site because I can play games and interact with my peers after school. But now I seldom use it for one simple reason - SPAM, especially those continuous updates from Farmville and Daily Horoscope. Although there are a few ways to filter those updates, but here's a nifty little trick of how to read your friend's statuses ("What are you doing" Twitter-like part of Facebook) directly from a feed reader like Google Reader or Newswire. Facebook no longer links to the status RSS feed URL, so it requires some tweaks to the URL. First of all, make sure you're logged in on Facebook. Visit http://www.facebook.com/notes.php, and click on the "My Friends' Notes" link located at upper right of the page. Your feed URL will resemble something like this (http://www.facebook.com/feeds/friends_notes.php?id...). Next, change the part of the URL that says "friends_notes" to "friends_status". Make sure the rest of the URL remains intact, and copy and paste the URL into your preferred feed reader.

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  • <img style="float:right;" src="http://www.techxav.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/howfanboysseeoperatingsystems.jpg" alt="" width="588" height="430" />LOL! This is the perfect illustration (although not as vivid) for all the OS fanboys out there. It depicts how fanboys of the Linux, Windows, and Mac operating systems see other. I definitely fall into the Mac category! Must I say more? Pure epicness.

    How OS Fanboys See Each Other [PIC]

    Posted on December 28, 2009 | No Comments
    LOL! This is the perfect illustration (although not as vivid) for all the OS fanboys out there. It depicts how fanboys of the Linux, Windows, and Mac operating systems see other. I definitely fall into the Mac category! Must I say more? Pure epicness.

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  • <img style="float:right;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4220435713_397843e998_o.gif" width="210" height="68" alt="logo" />Your wallet contains important personal contents - credit cards, driver's license, identity card, etc. Your lifestream data such as your emails or contacts on Gmail, precious photos on Flickr or Photobucket, blog posts on Blogger or Wordpress, and documents on Google Docs, are as crucial as well. Although most popular Web 2.0 services have stepped up security, but many are still worried about their private data, especially when they are in the hands of these websites that have no service level agreement (SLA). Sometimes, they are lost due to hackers, an human error, or a careless mistake you've made. It’s rather heartbreaking to see all your important data disappearing into thin air if one of your online accounts is being hacked into, deleted or even lost. You may think that it'll be very safe and this wouldn’t happen to you. Well, no web service out there is infallible and nothing is impossible.

    Backup Your Data From Twitter, Facebook, and Gmail For Free With Backupify

    Posted on December 27, 2009 | No Comments
    logoYour wallet contains important personal contents - credit cards, driver's license, identity card, etc. Your lifestream data such as your emails or contacts on Gmail, precious photos on Flickr or Photobucket, blog posts on Blogger or Wordpress, and documents on Google Docs, are as crucial as well. Although most popular Web 2.0 services have stepped up security, but many are still worried about their private data, especially when they are in the hands of these websites that have no service level agreement (SLA). Sometimes, they are lost due to hackers, an human error, or a careless mistake you've made. It’s rather heartbreaking to see all your important data disappearing into thin air if one of your online accounts is being hacked into, deleted or even lost. You may think that it'll be very safe and this wouldn’t happen to you. Well, no web service out there is infallible and nothing is impossible.

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  • <a href="http://www.techxav.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/xavtc-large.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8493" title="xavtc-large" src="http://www.techxav.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/xavtc-large.png" alt="" width="500" height="240" /></a>Recently, the URL shortener market is getting much hotter than before, with Google launching Goo.gl and Youtu.be, Facebook unveiling Fb.me, and Bit.ly releasing Bit.ly Pro Service. These services are built for the same purpose - CUSTOM URL Shortening. Our new and unique URL shortener Xav.tc is up and running, and readers can publish the shortened URLs in their tweets or via email. Many people may ask why TechXav decided to use a custom and self-hosted URL shortener instead of using Bit.ly (the default URL shortener on Twitter)?

    Introducing Xav.tc – TechXav’s Own URL Shortener, And Here’s Why We Don’t Use Bit.ly Pro

    Posted on December 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Recently, the URL shortener market is getting much hotter than before, with Google launching Goo.gl and Youtu.be, Facebook unveiling Fb.me, and Bit.ly releasing Bit.ly Pro Service. These services are built for the same purpose - CUSTOM URL Shortening. Our new and unique URL shortener Xav.tc is up and running, and readers can publish the shortened URLs in their tweets or via email. Many people may ask why TechXav decided to use a custom and self-hosted URL shortener instead of using Bit.ly (the default URL shortener on Twitter)?

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  • <img style="float:right;" src="http://www.techxav.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/h_03.jpg" alt="" width="171" height="67" />The second <a href="http://www.teensintechconf.com/"target="_blank">Teens in Tech Conference</a> is coming up. On February 6th, Daniel Bru and Sam Levin will be co-chairing a conference at Google's Headquarters in San Fransisco. Teens in Tech is a website founded by Daniel Bru to let teens blog. It gives them a spot to get inspired and write their thoughts down. Last year, he got the great idea to turn it into a conference. He invites any teen to come, who can afford a ticket. There are some great speakers this year to inspire teens to venture into entrepreneurship online.

    Teens in Tech Conference

    Posted on December 27, 2009 | No Comments
    The second Teens in Tech Conference is coming up. On February 6th, Daniel Bru and Sam Levin will be co-chairing a conference at Google's Headquarters in San Fransisco. Teens in Tech is a website founded by Daniel Bru to let teens blog. It gives them a spot to get inspired and write their thoughts down. Last year, he got the great idea to turn it into a conference. He invites any teen to come, who can afford a ticket. There are some great speakers this year to inspire teens to venture into entrepreneurship online.

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  • <img src="http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/images/2007/10/10/101007_inspired_through_a_creative_.jpg"> I have many people I look up to online. I am inspired by everyone. I would not have learned ONE thing about computers, if it wasn't for Josh Rath. Josh always streamed and gave people on his stream, computer help. I payed a lot of attention and realized how it worked. I started to get involved with Youtube and then that led to blogging. Besides the point, I have learned so much from all these icons online. It is very important to me to have icons. I haven't heard anything out of Josh in awhile, so sadly, I won't include him, but I remember him. Here is a list of the top 10 people I look up to right now.

    My Favorite People on the Web

    Posted on December 27, 2009 | No Comments
    I have many people I look up to online. I am inspired by everyone. I would not have learned ONE thing about computers, if it wasn't for Josh Rath. Josh always streamed and gave people on his stream, computer help. I payed a lot of attention and realized how it worked. I started to get involved with Youtube and then that led to blogging. Besides the point, I have learned so much from all these icons online. It is very important to me to have icons. I haven't heard anything out of Josh in awhile, so sadly, I won't include him, but I remember him. Here is a list of the top 10 people I look up to right now.

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