In The It’s About Danged Time Department, Google officially tolled the bell for Google Buzz today. At long last and in a move that should surprise no one, Google is shutting down the lackluster Buzz social effort, its API and converting all relevant resources there to its Google + social network. In a blog post [...]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (209.8MB) | Embed John C. Dvorak hosts X3 on ChannelDvorak.com and today John, Andrew Eisner, and Joe Engo are talking about the Facebook iPad app finally launching. [Videocast: 9:14] Make sure an check out our other groovyCasts covering Android, Tech News, Special Reports and more of John C [...]
Today Facebook quietly released its Facebook for iPad app. The hotly anticipated app hit the App Store at about 1 p.m. Pacific Time. Here’s our first look. After downloading it from the iTunes App Store, launch the app. It’ll prompt you to sign in to your Facebook account. After signing in you’re presented with a [...]
An appealing feature of Google+ is the ability to completely lock down items you post. Here’s how to lock down a post and prevent it from being shared. The first method is locking down the post before you share it. Start by typing your post in Google+. Select who to share it with, then click [...]
One of the cool new features in OS X Lion is the ability to tweet from any Native OS X program. Here’s how to set it up. First launch the Mac App Store from the Dock – included in OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.6 and up. Type: twitter in the search box, hit Enter and [...]
The Google toolbar works for staying up-to-date on what’s happening in Google+. But you need to keep a browser open all day. Here’s how to get Google+ notifications directly on your Windows desktop. First download and install G+ Notifier. Installation is basic following the wizard. After G+ Notifier is installed, choose if you want automatic [...]
Google+ doesn’t give you a lot formatting options for posts. There are a few bare bones formatting tools available. Here’s a quick guide. To make text BOLD: Surround the block of text you want bolded with * Example: *FREE BEER* = FREE BEER To make text ITALIC: Surround the block of text you want italicized [...]
It’s one thing to allow your friends to tag you in photos on Facebook. You still want to control who tags you in what photos, though. A new feature in Facebook’s revamped privacy controls let you do just that. Once enabled, if you’re tagged in a photo, you’ll receive a notification asking you whether you [...]
Photo courtesy: Creative Commons In Google+, it’s easy to set who sees your posts — it’s all via your contact circles. You can also make sure your profile is displaying the way you want when someone else is viewing it. Here’s how. Log in to your Google+ account and click the Profile button at top. [...]
If your business, club, band or any other kind of a group has a Facebook page set up for it, you know Facebook sends visitors to your wall by default. It’s easy to change Facebook’s default landing page so you can control what people see first. Here’s how. First, log in to the Facebook account [...]
Ninety days ago, Google released its own social platform Google+. The internet has been buzzing with activity around the service. We’ve managed to cover much of the important topics we though you would be interested in such as screenshot tour of Google+ including an iPhone and Android tour. We also talked how-to manage your Google+ circles including creating a [...]
With Google+ opening up to the public, I think we’re going to be seeing some huge numbers flocking to it. With that in mind, all of our friends and co-workers will no doubt be using Google+, and because of this we should really learn about some of its features. Today I’m going to show you [...]
Now, don’t start cursing me if this stops working at some point. All I can tell you is that it works today. Facebook has changed everything about the user experience today in a very annoying way. And it’s a coincidence that they did this on the exact day Google has decided to go public with [...]
One of the things I like about Google’s new social platform Google+ is the ease of locking down the profile information. The controls are simple to use and allow you to keep things as locked down or open as you want by specifying who (including circles) can see what field. Full the full write-up, see [...]
