Posted in Technology News - Posted on Monday, August 15th, 2011
Whilst browsing photo albums on Facebook, you may have noticed a new subtle update. “On this day” Facebook status updates.
What happened on this day? – well Facebook now rotates status updates from your past. A nifty little feature but it does make you wonder where all this info’s stored.
You might be naive in thinking that once your updates on your profile get bumped onto the previous page that these will be gone forever. Well they’re not. As you can see.
Now I do like these features that Facebook installs, don’t you? – but it does make me wonder how much data websites have on me and who has access to it. Once you post something it seems to remain there forever.
How do you feel about your data being stored and used?
Posted in Technology News - Posted on Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Posters used to be cool. These days I find myself taking more down than I would put up.
People usually put up posters to remind them of something. Putting up your favourite film or band on the wall used to be the norm. Maybe I’m just getting old, or is this still done?
To me, technology is fun and interactive. Digital photo frames are a great example of mixing something so 90s with digital tech. Your photos look the same but because they can be rotated and changed, it’s magic. They’re the same photos but not.
So, what about content?
I have discovered a way in which you can make your posters interactive.
This afternoon I simply purchased a frame, put a poster that meant something to me in there, along with a QR Code. Once scanned it brings up a YouTube video to illustrate exactly what it is.
Although the idea isn’t quite there. You get it. You yourself could have a poster of your favourite film with a video link to YouTube.. or something else.
QR Codes aren’t knew. They are scanable codes with your mobile phone and make you perform an action. This could be to view content online like a video… or even a website.
Whilst on the subject of photos. Think of this. You’ve just had a baby with your partner and want to show off all your photos to friends and family. These days people are using Facebook but it’s less personal. Bring back the photo album. A photo album of your child but with a twist. Why not have QR codes on some of the pages? Hear me out. Remember when Rhys junior laughed for the first time? – A photo cannot replicate this. But a video can. Simply scan the code in the corner of your photo album to reveal the video.
What do you think?
Posted in Blogging, featured, Tech, Technology News - Posted on Sunday, July 24th, 2011
When you think of blogging. It conjures up someone sitting at their computer voicing, their opinions over the World Wide Web via their personal website. More often than not, coming across articles online and leaving comments with feedback.
The idea behind Percolate is blogging simplicity. It simply filters on content that you don’t want and displays what you do on the right hand side of the page. This allows you to comment on topics relating to your interests. These are then displayed on a Twitter-like blogging stream (on the left).
At the moment. All the comments that you make are posted on your own ‘Percolate Blog’. Which is good in its own right as, a blogging platform. But this is what I was hoping for:
- Seeing relevant content to you (which Percolate does) but allows you to directly comment on the article’s page. Instead of keeping your comment on Percolate and not the original website.
- The ability to export comments (blog posts) to other blogging platforms like WordPress.
Conclusion?
This is definitely one to watch. You can also try it out yourself with, an exclusive invite provide by Marketing Clout below. Just leave a comment on their blog post out of courtesy to let them know what you think.
With a little tweaking, Percolate could very much be the future of blogging.
Invite code kindly provided by Marketing Clout over here.
Posted in featured, Tech, Technology News - Posted on Saturday, June 25th, 2011
“Majority of Over 45s Consider Facebook Exit” – Brand Republic
Although Facebook is estimated to have grown by half since its announcement last year to 750 million active users from 500 million, a recent survey of 1,300 suggested some of its users were considering leaving Facebook and was more prominent in over 45s.
The survey doesn’t clearly represent Facebook’s large population of people but it does give you some food for thought.
Also revealed was that over 50% of people were concerned about how Facebook used its information. This comes of no surprise as Facebook becomes more commercial as more companies use it for marketing campaigns.
The results may indicate a Facebook life-cycle where you actively use Facebook between certain ages more than others. Facebook is a great way for people to network and stay in touch but its usefulness could diminish over-time. The time you hit 25 all of your friends from school, college and University have dispersed all over the World and so you can see why it would be useful.
Despite the results Facebook remains the most dominant social network.
Posted on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
This isn’t new, Aberystwyth University and the town has been struggling to cope with the increased intake of students each year. Back in 2008, students were put up in hotels...
Posted on Monday, July 18th, 2011
With the News of the World Newspaper brand coming under fire lately it was still a shock to see Murdoch completely get rid of it. As new scandals emerge...
