Details have been surfacing today regarding Apple’s new release: OSX Mountain Lion, slated for a summer 2012 release. Included in this update are iMessage and Airplay Mirroring functionality. Woohoo! For those of you with iPads and iPhones, you’ll likely be familiar with iMessage. It’s the same iMessage used on your other mobile iDevices. Consequently, you’ll now… Read more »
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How to enable Foursquare Radar on an iPhone
After you update your iPhone to iOS 5, you can then update your Foursquare app via the App Store. The newest version of Foursquare includes Foursquare Radar. Foursquare Radar will “buzz” you via vibration or alert/push when you’re near a point-of-interest, or somewhere where you have a chunk of friends checked in (to let… Read more »
How to enable “deep Twitter integration” after installing iOS 5
One of the nice new features of iOS 5 is its ability to “deeply-integrate” with Twitter. This allows you to do useful things like Tweet photos directly from the iPhone Photos app, and much more. To enable this integration, simply open up the Settings app on your iPhone, find the Twitter menu, open it… Read more »
How to find your Activity Score on Empire Avenue
To find your “Activity Score” on the social stock market Empire Avenue, the score by which you’re ranked among other people on your current index, simply open your My Profile page: Then click the name of your current index (as seen above). You will then be presented with a pop-up window that shows your… Read more »
How to hide Facebook’s new sidebar
Don’t like the new Facebook’s infamous new sidebar/live news feed? Easily hide it by… Matt DuffSocial media junkie, blogger, and E-Nerd. I love Grand Rapids, running, my motorcycle, good beer, and music. Follow me at:Website – Twitter – Facebook – More Posts Sharing is caring:FacebookEmailShareDiggStumbleUponReddit
Facebook Chat using Pidgin
Pidgin is an excellent cross-platform instant messaging client that allows you to connect to pretty much all of the mainstream instant messaging protocols. To connect to Facebook chat/messaging using Pidgin, you’ll need to set it up as an XMPP connection using these steps: 1. Create a new connection under Accounts -> Manage Accounts ->… Read more »
Scrobble Turntable.FM to your Last.FM recently listened tracks
I’ve been loving Turntable.FM since I created my account a few weeks ago. It seems great for discovering new music, or just using it as a set-and-forget music streaming service. The primary reason I don’t use it more frequently is because it lacks the ability to Scrobble my recently-listened tracks to my Last.FM profile…. Read more »
Disable instant upload of photos in Google+
When I installed the Google Plus app on my HTC Incredible, the Instant Upload option was automatically turned on. I can definitely see how this would be useful to not worry about the hassle of uploading all your photos to Google+ or using it to back up your photos from your phone. All of… Read more »
Allow button does not appear when trying to connect Spotify to Facebook
I spent several days trying this over and over in frustration, but it turns out, the fix is very simple. Make sure the Facebook window is closed first. Minimize the Spotify window. Click the “Connect to Facebook” button. Drag ONLY the bottom of the Spotify window down until you see the “Allow” button appear…. Read more »
Can’t find Google+ app in App Store search
If you’re having trouble finding the brand new Google Plus app on your iPhone in the Apple App Store… app, you can open the URL in Safari from your phone, and it will locate Google+ in the App Store for you. Click this link from your phone: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google/id447119634?mt=8 If you enjoyed this guide… Read more »