Tag: Facebook

Facebook Acquires Instagram

April 10, 2012

That’s right, Facebook acquires Instagram for $1 Billion in cash and stock. Here are some points regarding this acquisition (from what Mark Zuckerberg) wrote: “We plan on keeping features like the ability to post to other social networks, the ability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you want, and the ability to have…
Instagram for Android gets tablet support

April 8, 2012

Good news for Instragram users on Android device. Instagram is now supporting tablet. It also support WiFi-only devices like Samsung’s Galaxy Play. Download now.
10 patents Facebook is suing Yahoo with

April 8, 2012

ZDNet has a list of 10 patents that Facebook is using to attack Yahoo. This is a simple list: Generating a feed of stories personalized for members of a social network (U.S. Patent No. 7,827,208) Tagging digital media (U.S. Patent No. 7,945,653) Headline posting algorithm (U.S. Patent No. 6,288,717) Method for enabling a user to fetch a specific…
My Nokia N9: Personal Review

November 7, 2011

I have been using Nokia N9 for about a week, and I would like to share a bit more about this phone. In my previous post, I posted about the unboxing photos. In short, I think this phone works for me and I’m comfortable with the features, speed, and more importantly to keep myself ‘connected’…
Google is now indexing Facebook Comments (AJAX/Iframe)

November 4, 2011

One reason why people avoid using Javascript or iframe is regarding the search engine optimization. Contents presented in Javascript or iframe is not good for search engine, and Google is one of them. But, recently, there is an update from Google about how Google indexes contents presented using these ways (using AJAX/iframe). Google’s Matt Cutts…
Flickr: Photo Sharing or Photo Storage Service?

November 1, 2011

If you read this blog, or meet me in person, you probably know me as Flickr fan. Yes, among services owned by Yahoo!, Flickr is one of my favorite. I have friends who love to use Flickr and also bring some people to Flickr. So far, they’re enjoying it. Well, at least I heard some…
Sample Photos: Here are picplz filters in action

October 15, 2011

Instagram got its popularity these days. It’s exclussively available only for Phone, iPad, and iPod touch users. Just to remind you, Instagram got its 150,000,000 photos uploaded to the service last August. Also, Klout made Instagram as one of the Klout score factors. There are some similar services offer what Instagram offers, for example Streamzoo,…
Pengalaman Pembuatan Kartu ATM Pengganti di Bank BCA

October 14, 2011

Singkatnya, kemarin saya mendapatkan pelayanan yang baik dari Bank BCA Kantor Cabang Utama (KCU) Sudirman ketika melakukan pengurusan pembuatan kartu ATM baru. Semua proses berlangsung dengan cepat, dan petugas layanan nasabah membantu semua prosesnya. Terima kasih Bank BCA! Saya lupa tepatnya kapan saya kehilangan buku tabungan saya. Yang pasti, sudah lama. Atau mungkin, sudah sangat…
So, what is the best Twitter Client?

October 12, 2011

Not exactly a Twitter client, but tool to manage social media accounts like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and more. When I created my first Twitter account in 2006, there weren’t any applications for desktop or mobile. But, it’s 2011 and the service grows so fast. It’s around one billion tweets sent per week (according to…
about.me offers free email for its users. Do you use it?

September 12, 2011

I decided not to use it. I’m using about.me service to create my personal splash page. You can see mine at about.me/thomasarie. It looks good, and very useful to display multiple online profiles like Twitter, Facebook, or even Instagram. Everything works great. Few days ago, about.me users received an email informing about an offer to…
I don't send Instagram photos to Flickr automatically. Why?

September 1, 2011

I like taking photos using my iPhone 4 and send them to Instagram. At the same time, I also like Flickr. iPhone 4, Nokia N8, and Flickr should be a great combination. Both Instagram and Flickr have their good and bad. And, I think both services can not be compared. Each service has its own…
Instagram and how Instagram works with its users

August 29, 2011

Yes, I’m joining Instagram under @thomasarie username. Having a desired username for Instagram username is easy and should be painless. But, that didn’t happen to me at first. I wanted to have @thomasarie as my username, but I was a little bit unlucky. I contacted Instagram support team after doing some attempts to get my…
Hello iPhone 4!

August 24, 2011

Two weeks ago, I bought myself a black iPhone 4. So did Lala. She bought the white one. I decided to buy it after I searched for reviews, looking up what I can do with it, and also how people work with this gadget. I was lucky because there was a great deal I didn’t…
Klout Adds Five New Networks

August 17, 2011

If you like to analyze influence using a service called Klout — or, you like to analyze your own Klout score — this might be a good news. Klout just added five new services to build (hopefully) better scoring. You can now add services like Tumblr, Instagram, Blogger.com, Flickr and Last.fm.The additional services try to…
Instagram now received more than 150,000,000 photos!

August 4, 2011

Instagram announced another milestone yesterday on their blog: Today, we’re excited to announce that more than 150 million photos have been shared on Instagram and Instagrammers now share photos with one another at a rate of 15 photos per second. And, it only took less than a year to hit that impressive statistics! And, I…