As many users of facebook may have noticed there have been posts of a giraffe on facebook. No giraffes are not endangered. They are part of a meme that is floating around.
The meme invites users to share a riddle with their friends, who then are supposed to send a private message with the answer (don't post it in the comments, obviously). Any user who guesses wrong must agree to change his or her profile photo with one of a giraffe.
Why a giraffe? It's not clear.
The riddle goes like this:
3:00 am, the doorbell rings, and you wake up. Unexpected visitors. It's your parents and they are there for breakfast. You have strawberry jam, honey, wine, bread and cheese. What is the first thing you open?
(Spoiler alert: The answer is at the bottom of this story.)
Most users agree there are two acceptable answers, although given that Facebook is an unruly community of 1.2 billion people, there's some debate over that.
Judging by some comments on Facebook, some users are growing tired of the giraffe riddle. Others are making jokes."If anyone shows up at my house at 3 am they had better get a hotel because I'm not answering the door,"
The answer: The door and your eyes.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Trading in your iPad.. should you do it now?
With the new iPad coming up, and people wanting the latest and greatest, people are selling their iPad sooner than ever. However, the question becomes should you sell your old iPad?
Companies like Gazelle and NextWorth, which buy used electronic devices, say they're experiencing a surge of customers trading in their old iPads. The spike began Tuesday, when Apple announced it has an upcoming event Oct. 22. Apple is widely expected to be giving its tablet its first big redesign in more than a year and a half.
At Gazelle, iPad trade-ins have soared to their highest level this year. IPads now make up 20% of items traded in on Gazelle's website, up from 11% a week ago.
"Previous generations all look the same," said Anthony Scarsella, Gazelle's chief gadget officer. The new iPad could have more processing power, a better camera and even use Apple's latest Touch ID fingerprint sensor.
But consumers looking for a good deal had better act fast, lest they be affected by the basic forces of economics. The surge in supply of trade-in iPads means trade-in prices are dropping.
Data provided by NextWorth show that iPad prices drop after Apple unveils a new tablet - and even more when a new iPad hits store shelves. Last year, trade-in values for the iPad dropped 4% when Apple unveiled its latest-generation iPad in October. The trade-in price fell by another 10% when the tablet hit store shelves in November.
Just remember that if you want the best and want to trade in do it while the price is up or you'll risk loosing more money than you want to.
Monday, October 21, 2013
Facebook Privacy changes
Facebook is relaxing its rules for teenagers. The 13- to 17-year-old set now has the option to share photos, updates and comments with the general public on Facebook. That means strangers, and companies collecting data for advertisers and marketing companies, will be able to see select posts. Teenagers will also be able to turn on the Follow feature for their profiles, which would allow anyone they're not friends with to see their public posts in the main news feed.
The changes will take effect immediately, the company announced in a blog post. The new setting might help Facebook compete against other social networks that skew younger, and having public data on teens will also help the company appeal to advertisers.
The social network is trying to balance the less strict settings with two other privacy protections. When new underage users sign up for a Facebook account, their posts will be shown to a more limited audience by default -- only to friends instead of friends of friends. If a teen decides to change the setting to Public, she or he will see a pair of pop-up warnings explaining what "public" means. One warns they could end up "getting friend requests and messages from people they don't know personally." Default settings for existing teens with profiles won't change or affect past posts.
Facebook has been around for more than nine years and stopped being a hip place for kids long ago when it was invaded by parents, grandparents and advertisers. It has 1.2 billion users. Even as it expands to all ages, the company has to work to hang on to the coveted teen demographic.
In a recent Pew study, teens reported "waning enthusiasm" for the social network, citing the presence of adults and drama. The site has become too important to typical teen life to abandon, so 94% of teens on social media have a Facebook account, and the average teen user has 300 friends.
Other social networks such as Twitter, Tumblr and Last.fm don't prevent teens from posting publicly. However, if someone under 18 wanted to bypass the setting on Facebook before today, they could easily lie about their age when signing up for an account. Children under 13 are not officially allowed to sign up for a Facebook account, though they can skirt the rules in the same way. When someone underage does sign up for an account, Facebook assumes they have the permission of at least one guardian but does not verify it in any way.
The changes will take effect immediately, the company announced in a blog post. The new setting might help Facebook compete against other social networks that skew younger, and having public data on teens will also help the company appeal to advertisers.
The social network is trying to balance the less strict settings with two other privacy protections. When new underage users sign up for a Facebook account, their posts will be shown to a more limited audience by default -- only to friends instead of friends of friends. If a teen decides to change the setting to Public, she or he will see a pair of pop-up warnings explaining what "public" means. One warns they could end up "getting friend requests and messages from people they don't know personally." Default settings for existing teens with profiles won't change or affect past posts.
Facebook has been around for more than nine years and stopped being a hip place for kids long ago when it was invaded by parents, grandparents and advertisers. It has 1.2 billion users. Even as it expands to all ages, the company has to work to hang on to the coveted teen demographic.
In a recent Pew study, teens reported "waning enthusiasm" for the social network, citing the presence of adults and drama. The site has become too important to typical teen life to abandon, so 94% of teens on social media have a Facebook account, and the average teen user has 300 friends.
Other social networks such as Twitter, Tumblr and Last.fm don't prevent teens from posting publicly. However, if someone under 18 wanted to bypass the setting on Facebook before today, they could easily lie about their age when signing up for an account. Children under 13 are not officially allowed to sign up for a Facebook account, though they can skirt the rules in the same way. When someone underage does sign up for an account, Facebook assumes they have the permission of at least one guardian but does not verify it in any way.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
BlackBerry is it out of the game?
We all know Blackberrys as the first smartphone to hit the market for businesses. They pioneered the smartphone industry and led us on a journey of what a phone is capable of. With Apple, Google, and even Microsoft coming into the picture is the once dominant phone compony finally on their last legs? I think with lacking of catching up with the times and holding on to their main design for dear life they may have dug a ditch they can't get out of and their latest phone being an almost complete flop. its no wonder why the other compony are trying to recruit blackberry employees. Everyone knows the compony is about to go down. I just hope it doesn't take any companies with it.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Homebrew club reuniting for the first time in years.
Tech-savvy members of the Homebrew Computer Club are scheduled to present at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, the same city where tech giants Google and LinkedIn now have their headquarters. The Homebrew Computer Club was founded in 1975 and, in typical Silicon Valley fashion, hosted its inaugural meeting at computer engineer Gordon French's garage in Menlo Park, Calif. "If one had to pick the single most important moment in personal computing history, the first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club in that dimly lit garage in Menlo Park might be at the top of the list," the campaign's organizers said on Kickstarter. So far, 25 members from the club's old guard, including Wozniak, have RSVPed for the reunion. Tickets for the public are being sold via the Kickstarter page; a single ticket costs $64, or $128 for a ticket and a limited-edition t-shirt. The campaign aimed to raise $16,000 to fund the event space, food, and travel for some of the club's original members. As of Saturday, more than 200 backers had pledged over $23,000 towards the event. If the campaign raises $30,000, professional photographs from the event will be shared online. If $40,000 is raised, a micro-documentary will be made about the reunion. What do you think was the Homebrew Computer Club's biggest contribution to technology?
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Curved Smartphone Displays
In the coming days of the near future we come to an apex of what a smart phone is and can be. To most people a smart phone can be categorized as a device that is rectangular the front composing mostly of a screen on the front that is touch sensitive. There are slight variations of this design to prevent accidental patent infringement, but that's pretty much it. There are new smart phones coming to the market that are curved displays and apple even filed a patent for a screen that was flexible. Apple however is notorious for filing patents and never using the technology in their devices but the fact that it exists and can be used is good enough for me. I am excited to see what the future holds for the evolution of smart phones because we've seen the google glass (smart glasses), and samsungs new smart watch. Granted these devices are obviously in their infancy but the concept and the fact that they exist at all is a step in the right direction.
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Hey guys this is going to be a blog talking about the latest news at tips in electronics. Wether its designing a circuit board or it's the new smartphone that came out I'll be on the ball with all that and i'll let you know the net2kno.
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