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Five Most Anticipated Gadgets of 2010

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With 2009 coming to a close, several manufacturers are already prepping up their latest gadgets for a 2010 launch. We’ve seen some of these gadgets as early as now and they have been generating  buzz already.

We’ve gathered up 5 of these gadgets which are starting to catch fire as early as now despite the fact that they are still being planned for release in 2010. So, here goes our top five most anticipated gadgets of 2010.

1. Apple Tablet

Not the JooJoo, not the CrunchPad or any of those tablet magazine demoed by  Time Inc. but the real Apple Tablet which has been rumored to be already in the works and which Apple remains mum about.  This makes us want the Apple Tablet even more. Will Apple finally release it in 2010? Or is there really an Apple Tablet?  We”ll soon find out about that. [Read more…] about Five Most Anticipated Gadgets of 2010

Best of 2000s in Marketing, Media and Agency

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As the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close, expect more “top list” kind of postings to come up in the next couple of weeks. This is the best time to release those lists as this is the time to look back and analyze what has happened in our lives during the past 10 years.

In Marketing, Media and Agency World, the decade has been a pretty exciting one. And Adweek Media got it fully covered with its best and brightest in the branding, marketing, media and agency world covering 33 categories.

Among those who made it to Adweek Media’s Best of 2000s are the likes of Google, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Disney Channel, Wired and other Internet famous people, organizations, companies and websites which all graced our lives this past decade.

So, here’s Adweek Media’s Best of the 2000s: [Read more…] about Best of 2000s in Marketing, Media and Agency

WordPress.com Now Allows Posting and Reading via Twitter

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post-view-m2The folks at WordPress.com are really working doubly hard these days to improve on the services they offer to loyal users of the free WordPress hosting site. After the geotagging and emails subscription features, here’s another better and more useful feature – posting and reading via Twitter API.

The new feature is supposed to work with mobile Twitter applications which use the Twitter API. Of course, it was tested on an iPhone application, particularly Tweetie 2.0. But the feature should work on any third party app that allows you to set a custom API URL.

To enable posting and reading to your WordPress.com blog via Tweetie 2.0, you need to add your WordPress account to Tweetie just like you are adding another Twitter account.  To make it work, you need to add https://twitter-api.wordpress.com/ to the API Root field before adding the account. Once your information is verified by Tweetie 2., you can then start posting to your WordPress.com blog using your iPhone’s Tweetie 2. app.

If you’re having problems setting up your account, full details can be found here.

Playboy Has an App for That Too!

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playboyappicon_thumbHold your horses fellas! Before you start grabbing the Playboy iPhone which just got approved, let me tell you as early as now that Apple is not supporting mobile pornography. The Playboy app was approved for resale at the iTunes Store because of the merits of the magazine’s articles. Yeah, right!

And for technology’s sake we are covering the release of Playboy’s iPhone app here in DB. In fact, I’m about to tell you its features. So please read on first before you start installing the Playboy iPhone app.

So, what does this iPhone app has to offer for $1.99? It’s basically a “stripped” down version of Playboy magazine. You’ll get to read most of the magazine’s article columns such as Playboy Interview, Playbor Advisor, 20 Questions, Party Jokes, Fashion and more.

And most importantly Playboy iPhone app also got the magazine’s bread and butter – Playmate of the Month but the Playmates are not going to be in their full nude poses. Bleh! You didn’t really expect Apple to go lax with their Anti-Nudity policy, right? So, what you will see as part of the Playmate of the Month feature are the playmates’ bios, data sheet, preview picture and behind the scenes video.

Still interested with this iPhone app even without the nudity aspect? I’m sure you’re still are.  Now is the time to get the Playboy iPhone App. Have Fun folksies!

Via Krapps

Five Popular Google Chrome Extensions Worth Installing

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When Google announced recently that Google Chrome is now available for the Mac, Google Chrome Extensions in Chrome Beta was also made available. In case you’re not using Google Chrome, Extensions are just your Plugins and Add-Ons for Firefox.

There are currently around 300 Extensions available right now which can be found here. But you don’t have to go through all these extensions to find what are going to be useful to you. Here are 5 popular Google Chrome Extensions that you should install in case you are using Google Chrome Beta. Procedures for installing Extensions on Google Chrome Beta follows our list. So be sure to check it out. [Read more…] about Five Popular Google Chrome Extensions Worth Installing

Facebook Wants You to Go Public

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With all the rage on real-time search right now, it is not surprising that Facebook would want its members to rethink their privacy settings. Interestingly, Facebook issued this long press release explaining all sorts of things where in fact it could easily just ask users – “hey folks! we’re getting into the real-time bandwagon, care to share your Facebook profile so that we would have something to offer to the search engines?”

That would have saved them the trouble of writing the long piece, justifying and sugar coating the real objective of persuading Facebook members to go public.

Ok, I may be too harsh. Let’s give the Facebook folks the benefit of the doubt and consider the announcement as a genuine call for Facebook members to personalize their privacy settings and look at the easy-to-use tools that will help empower them to adjust these settings.

Let’s see now, individual privacy settings for individual posts and content, deletion of the regional network settings, transition tool for reviewing and updating members’ privacy settings, and a learning center that aims to educate members about the importance of personalizing their privacy settings on Facebook.

Alright folks, the ball is now in your hands. Are you going public with your Facebook account or not?