Posts Tagged ‘Lunchcast’
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
Changes to Facebook
Timeline -- Events in your life
Blog that makes it self
Filters -- Timeline views -- Photos timeline view
Creating catagories
Map view -- Show where you were on a map based on time
Content based on apps you use (netflix, cooking etc)
Running app -- tracks your run
Sumerizes things for you
Privacy button on each entry (public / private etc)
Like a book / read a book
Like a movie / watch a movie
Like a song / Listen to a song
Ticker is a lightweight streem of everything going on around you.
Share a post -- Goes into news feed
Add a ticker, doesn’t go into news feed.
Open Graph
Connect to anything you want anyway you want.
Communication / Games / Media / Lifestyle
A new class of apps
Add activity to your timeline without the popups to share
Spotify -- Music service -- Tracks every song you listen to
Realtime serendipity
Play song from the timeline from a friend
Discover music through your friends
Finding Patterns
Captures all your activities into facebook
Tags: facebook, Lunchcast, time line
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Are you a netflix user?
Netflix has seperated its streaming video service from the DVD service. In fact, another company has bought out the DVD section. You can no longer browse your DVD que from netflix.com.
Tags: Internet TV, Lunchcast, netflix
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Windows users tend to have drive C: as a small drive for the operating system. They use an external hard drive or partition for there data. iTunes does not give you the flexibility to change where it backs up its devices.
One resolution is to use a program called junction that redirects folders to another location.
Download the tool from Microsoft
- Copy it to your windows folder
- Create a destination folder on your alternate drive (EG: d:\backup)
- (XP users) D:\>junction “C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Apple Computer\Mobile Sync\Backup” D:\backup -s
- (Vista / Windows 7) D:\>junction “C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup” “D:\backup” -s
- Change username to your actual username in the above examples
Tags: backup, ipad, iphone, junction, Lunchcast
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Have a tough time reading the terms of use agreements? Why not listen to them instead. You may find Richard Dryfus’s reading a bit amuzing.
Listen here on Cnet
What is Steve Jobs planning now? His legacy office? Check it out here at WSJ
Tags: agreement, apple, license, Lunchcast, richard dryfus, steve jobs
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
This website goes through your Facebook account and creates a museum about you.
Visit INTEL
Tags: intel, Lunchcast, museum
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Apple has released an APP store for the MAC OS. What about the PC. There are talks about getting one. However, there are some pretty cool alternatives:
- Allmyapps (my favorite)
- Google Apps
- Amazon Apps for Droid

Allmyapps
Tags: apps, Droid, Lunchcast, Windows
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Be sure and get the latest update for your iPad / iPhone.
You can do this by connecting your device to your computer and going into iTunes to update the device. Why would you want to update it? There are 6 main reasons to do so.
- Safari web-kit has been updated and is about 2 times faster than before. You can do a run sunspider-0.9.1 benchmarks to compare speeds. They have also updated some security fixes.
- The iPad side switch can now be set to either mute the audio or lock the screen from rotating. You can set this in general preferences.
- Turn your device into a mobile hotspot
- iTunes Home Sharing
- Airplay updates allow you to stream audio / video to other devices
- Screen sharing -- Allows you to hook up a video cable from the iPad and mirror it to your tv / monitor. This feature can turn your ipad into a media server / client for your TV / Theater room.
Visit Apple for the updates
Tags: apple, features, ios 4.3, ipad, Lunchcast, upgrade
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
The iPad 2 is here. You can buy one at apple on the 11th of March.

Apple's ipad 2 in White
Features
- White or Black color
- Video mirroring at 1080p
- Two cameras, HD, low light
- Video editing with iMovie
- Dual-core A5 chip
- 10 hour battery
- Thinner and lighter design 33% thinner and 15% lighter
- 9x faster
- Same size, same screen resolution, same battery
- New ios 4.3
- Micro-SIM card tray
- Three-axis gyro, accelerometer, ambient light sensor
- Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Technology, 3G cellular
Software preference for the lock switch
Price is the same as the iPad 1
Buy in store on March 11 at 5:00pm or buy online
Tags: ipad, Lunchcast
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Thursday, February 10th, 2011
What do you think will be the added features in the future iPad 3?
Based on the rumors that I have heard, I will post a few that are likely to appear.
First off, it will be scheduled for release in September 2011. HD video say, 2 times the existing resolution which would be 2048 x 1536. Or what about 3D video, without glasses. Front and back facing cameras in HD resolution with optical and digital zoom.
Since we are still waiting for the release of the iPad 2, why would we be expecting an iPad 3 right away? Will it be a replacement iPad2? With the new competition from the Android platform, you will see more tablets released in September, so Apples wants to stay ahead of the curve. Since they have invested another 4 billion in research for new technology, you can bet that it will be a substantial improvement over the existing hardware.
Tags: ipad, ipad 3, Lunchcast, rumors
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Did you purchase the camera connection kit to use the iPad’s USB feature?
Did you purchase the Yeti USB Microphone with the understanding that it would work with the iPad? Well, it did work fine until Apple released the new iOS 4.2 software for the iPad. The software now reduces the power output on the USB port. Because of this, the microphone will no longer work plugged in directly to the iPad. But don’t fret, you can still get it to work with a USB Powered hub attached in-between the iPad and the Yeti. You can still do professional recordings in stereo with the blue fire app from the App store.
Tags: iOS 4.2, ipad, Lunchcast, microphone, yeti
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