Facebook is the largest social network now a days and people are using it for business/personal purposes by creating fanpages of their related stuff. Facebook added Admin Roles feature recently and using it facebook page owners can set different roles for their admins and it is taken as a useful tool for facebook owners.
While browsing today on facebook, I found that this new feature got the worst facebook bug that can ruin many of the pages if not fixed soon. With this ‘Facebook Fanpage Bug’, a Content Creator can hack and take over the page easily and there is no such way yet to get your page back If its done. It can create a big problem so be aware if you are a page owner or a Manager.
If you are on your page, click “Edit Page” on top and then “Admin Roles” and the following ranks/roles are given there:
1) Manager:
2) Content Creator:
3) Moderator
4) Advertiser
5) Insights Analyst
Here is a picture showing roles of each:

Now the main point is how this “bug” works if you are a content creator of a page.
First step is to make a new page with the same name. For example, if the page is “Technology stuff” and a content creator wants to hack the page then he will make a new page with the same name i.e. “Technology stuff”.
Second step is that the content creator can visit fanpage settings and merge the fanpage into the new one having the same name so all the fans will be transferred to the new fanpage and he will be the manager of that page.
Third step is that he can remove you as the page manager of the actual page and can enjoy the manager role on your page.

This post is just for awareness if you are a page owner/manager. It must be fixed soon as content creators can hack many pages like that and there is no such solution to get it back. Facebook can control this by removing the feature of “Merging pages”.

Remember a few years ago, when your Apple store on any given Saturday afternoon ceased being the clean, technological zendo you once admired — the place you bought your iMac — and instead became a crowded bazaar of idealized wonder and hopeless waits at the Genius Bar?

The movement spread. People built their lives around the objects Steve Jobs gave them: the MacBook, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad. What happened with Jobs and Apple over the past decade is one of the rare participatory phenomena of our disconnected and no-longer-common culture. It was as if this generation’s defining event took place in a shopping plaza and then up in the “cloud,” and this time everyone (that is, everyone who could afford Apple products) got to go to Woodstock.

People stopped lining up for concert tickets and started lining up for new phones. This was the future right in front of you. It was sleek, responding to your touch. Imagine explaining an iPad to someone from 1984. They might get it, they might not.

Steve Jobs died Wednesday at age 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer that his wasting form came to wear as familiarly as his preference for outdated jeans and black turtlenecks. When news of his death broke around 7:30 p.m. on the East Coast, a good number of us sought immediate solace (to say nothing of information) from our Apple stuff. The rippling tweets and shares fanned outward.

Swipe, swipe, touch. The nighttime news anchors, fearful of the obsolescence that dogs them at every turn, turned to ­social-media feeds for confirmation of a shared sense of loss; they invited hipster tech writers and thinkers who scorn old-media ways to make themselves available to grieve analytically on the air. (The digital air, that is; in Jobs’s world, we sacrificed the broadcast band to the broadband.) You can easily imagine newspaper assignment desks, similarly afflicted with professional hypochondria, scrambling reporters to Apple stores to gather quotes from the bereaved.

That is what Steve Jobs gave us: the future. A sense of ourselves moving forward into this century, which has proved especially hard to do, with its lack of employment opportunities and its addiction to panic. He gave us a look at the future and all the ambivalence and worry that comes with it. It was the most elegant form of social disruption, and now your kids won’t glance up from their iPhones. They’ll never need to.

We spend a lot of time wishing for the past, carping about our gizmos and the sway they lord over us, while loading up our iPods with songs that were popular when we were in high school, while stalking old boyfriends on Facebook. That in itself is a pleasant form of grief, but it is grief all the same.

Jobs kept nudging us away from that. Under his leadership, Apple’s subliminal selling point was: Let it go. Let go of the uneasiness about computers. Let go of ugly, antique technology. Let go of the fantasy future of personal rocketships. Let go of the expensive, shiny new phone that you bought last year for the slightly less expensive, shiny new phone that’s coming out this year. But let go of something deeper, something resistant in you that romanticizes the past.

In 2011, so much of our culture — as well as our politics — feels as though we’re losing grip on the old, beloved things. Where did record stores go? What happened to letters that come in the mail? Where did movie theaters go? What about the books? Where is my Main Street? Where is my America?

Jobs had been teaching us to say goodbye to all that for decades — we just didn’t know it. Some of us said goodbye to typewriters in the 1980s when we finished term papers using MacWrite on a Macintosh Plus for the first time. Some of us said goodbye when we made PTA fliers and “Lost Dog” posters that were far and away better than their Sharpie-scrawled predecessors. Let it go, let it go: Take your CDs to Goodwill; give your books to the library sale.

It was therefore an irresistible metaphor, in these final years, when the auditorium lights would go down and the crowd would go wild for Jobs, who increasingly greeted his followers and touted the latest neat, new thing even as he wore the look of a person who was not going into that future with us. He would be getting off here; we were to proceed without him into the unknown. Let it go and look ahead was the message all along.

Via: Washingtonpost

(Reuters) – Steve Jobs, the transcendent Silicon Valley entrepreneur who reinvented the world’s computing, music and mobile phone industries and changed the daily habits of millions around the globe, died on Wednesday at the age of 56.

His death after a years-long battle with pancreatic cancer sparked an immediate outpouring of tributes as world leaders, business rivals and fans alike lamented the tragedy of his premature passing and celebrated his monumental achievements.

“The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented,” President Barack Obama said in a statement.

Fans paid homage to Jobs outside Apple stores around the world, from Los Angeles to Sydney. Outside one store in New York City, mourners laid candles, bouquets of flowers, an apple and an iPod Touch in a makeshift memorial. In San Francisco, they held up black-and-white portraits of Jobs on their iPads.

Many websites, including Apple’s own, were transformed into online memorials, a testament to the digital creativity that Jobs inspired.

“For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it’s been an insanely great honor,” said Microsoft’s Bill Gates, who once triumphed over Jobs but has seen his legendary status overtaken by the Apple co-founder in recent years.

Jobs was surrounded by his wife and immediate family when he died in Palo Alto, California, Apple said late on Wednesday. Other details were not immediately available.

Jobs stepped down as CEO in August and handed the reins to long-time operations chief Tim Cook. With a passion for minimalist design and a genius for marketing, Jobs laid the groundwork for the company to continue to flourish after his death, most analysts and investors say.

But Apple still faces challenges in the absence of the man who was its chief product designer, marketing guru and salesman nonpareil. Phones running Google’s Android software are gaining share in the smartphone market, and there are questions over what the next big thing is in Apple’s product line.

LEGENDARY ENTREPRENEUR

A college drop-out and the son of adoptive parents, Jobs changed the technology world in the late 1970s, when the Apple II became the first personal computer to gain a wide following. He did it again in 1984 with the Macintosh, which built on the breakthrough technologies developed at Xerox Parc and elsewhere to create the personal computing experience as we know it today.

The rebel streak that’s central to his persona got him tossed out of the company in 1985, but he returned in 1997 and after a few years began the rollout of a troika of products — the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad — that again upended the established order in major industries.

A diagnosis of a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004 initially cast only a mild shadow over Jobs and Apple, with the CEO asserting that the disease was treatable. But his health deteriorated rapidly over the past several years, and after two temporary leaves of absence he stepped down as chief executive and became Apple’s chairman in August.

Jobs’ death came just one day after Cook presented a new iPhone at the kind of gala event that became Jobs’ trademark. Perhaps coincidentally, the new device got lukewarm reviews, with many saying that it wasn’t a big enough improvement over the existing version of one of the most successful consumer products in history.

Apple on Wednesday paid homage to its visionary leader by changing its website to a big black-and-white photograph of him with the caption “Steve Jobs: 1955-2011.”

The flags outside the company’s headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop flew at half mast. Employees left flowers on a bench and a mourner played music on bagpipes in an impromptu tribute.

Cook said in a statement that Apple planned to hold a celebration of Jobs’ life for employees “soon”.

“Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve,” Apple said in a statement.

“His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.”

The announcement of Jobs’ death came after almost all trading in U.S. stocks had finished for the day. Apple’s stock was last quoted at $377.22, a tad lower than its Nasdaq close of $378.25.

Outside Jobs’ house in Palo Alto, neighbors and friends left flowers and drew messages with markers on the sidewalk. “Thanks for changing the world,” read one.

A low fence surrounded a lawn filled with apple trees.

“He was special for the area, like part of the family,” said Robert Blum, who brought flowers with his eight-year-old son, Daniel.

NET WORTH $7 BLN

Jobs, in his trademark uniform of black mock-turtleneck and blue jeans, was deemed the heart and soul of a company that rivals Exxon Mobil as the most valuable in America.

Forbes estimates Jobs’ net worth at $7 billion. It was not immediately known how his estate would be handled.

His health had been a controversial topic for years and a deep concern to Apple fans and investors. Even board members have in past years confided to friends their concern that Jobs, in his quest for privacy, was not being forthcoming enough with directors about the true condition of his health.

Born in San Francisco, the Buddhist and son of adoptive parents started Apple Computer with friend Steve Wozniak in his parent’s garage 1976.

Six years ago, Jobs had talked about how a sense of his mortality was a major driver behind that vision.

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life,” Jobs said during a Stanford commencement ceremony in 2005.

“Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.”

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”

(Additional reporting by Beck Diefenbach)

(Reporting by Poornima Gupta, Edwin Chan, Andrew Longstreth, Sarah McBride, Bill Rigby, Lisa Richwine, Liana Baker, Soyoung Kim, Nadia Damouni and Peter Lauria; Editing by Gary Hill, Tiffany Wu, Ted Kerr and Bernard Orr)

Via: Reuters

HTC EVO 4G is Sprint’s wonder phone revealing stunning specs and great looks.It’s the first 4G phone in the United States packed with the absolute android awesomeness. We’ll now see in detail if this CDMA is really a showstopper or just another bragger.

HTC EVO4G specs and features
The phone features 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD 8650 processor, which is currently supported by Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. Its 4.3”capacitive display vaunts WVGA resolution and multi-touch capabilities. The 8 mega pixel camera is another dynamic addition to the phone, complemented with 2x LED flash and Auto-focus skills. It is also capable of making 720p HD videos, which you can enjoy on your TV screens with the help of EVO’s HDMI port.There’s also a front 1.3 mega pixel camera with fixed focus, typically ideal for video chat and self-portrait.

The value added features like HTC Sense, Friend stream, WiMax mobile Wi-Fi router, HTC Sync, Amazon MP3 adds a lot of entertaining possibilities to the HTC EVO 4G. Battery is rechargeable 1500 mAh Li-ion, which is also compatible with the batteries of HTC Incredible, Hero, and Touch Pro 2. The device claims to give a talk time of around 5 hours and stand-by time of 146 hours.

The internal memory of this phone is composed of 1 GB ROM and 512 MB RAM. An eight GB microSD card is also included in the handset, which gives you a nice room for storage. One of the most amazing HTC EVO 4G specs is the Mobile Hotspot, which lets up to 8 Wi-Fi enabled devices, use the phone’s internet concurrently. Cool, isn’t it?

Other than that, there’s 802.11 b/g WLAN, 2.1 Bluetooth, and GPS navigation for your ease. Total weight of the device is just 6 ounces with battery.EVO’s unique kickstand completely satisfies its users by upholding the large screen for viewing entertaining HD stuff. In other words, it’s definitely a kickass stand.

HTC EVO 4G price
The phone is sold exclusively by Sprint, which provides different prices for different plans. With a 2 year contract, you have to choose from three different mobile plans that range from $69.99 a month (for 450 minutes) to $99.99 a month (for unlimited talktime).If you pick the unlimited plan with premium data (worth $10/month), then your total HTC EVO 4G price becomes $109.99 per month.Similarly, if you pick the cheapest 450 minutes plan, then your total becomes $79.99 a month. Either way, Sprint charges you mainly for the plan and services you choose, as the device itself is priced as $0.01 only.

HTC EVO4G reviews
Although the phone claims to give such a fair battery time, many people still complain about its quick and frustrating drainage in no time. Otherwise, the phone is still and will always remain one of the best Android devices ever. Its success is also proven by the release ofits successor HTC EVO 3D, which has taken the whole EVO charisma to a new dimension.

In all the good ways, this phone has definitely worked out for Sprint, which is exactly why we call it the Sprint’s darling!

On June 21, 2011, Obsidian Entertainment and Square Enixreleased their first joint venture called Dungeon Siege 3 in North America. It’s the first action-RPG from the Dungeon Siege series that isalso available for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, in addition toWindows PC.Just like the previous versions, this game also features typical loot-filled dungeon crawling gameplay, but with certain modifications.

The storyline revolves around the Kingdom of Ehb, which is undergoing the era of destruction. As one of the four heroes, the players will take charge of rebuilding the kingdom in order to save it from complete demise. The plot, unlike before, is much more intensein Dungeon Siege 3. Multiplayer capabilities let up to four players fight together for the restoration of 10th Legion through the online co-op play option. The players can join or leave the battle whenever they want, without disturbing the overall action of the game.

The multiplayer mode also allows players to combine their individual powers to defeat a stronger enemy, vote on conversation options, and recover fallen co-players in the game. Dungeon Siege iii features customizable characters with three stances (one defensive, two offensive) and diverse magical and martial abilities, which can help you create a great impact during the game. These characters include Lucas Montbarron, Reinhart Manx, Aanjali, and Katarina. All of these characters have their own different back-stories but one common goal, i.e. to re-establish the torn kingdom.

Dungeon Siege 3 release date was June 17th, 2011 for Europe and July 28, 2011 for Japan. The game is rated Teen (T) and priced$47.70at Amazon,sold directly by Square Enix. You can also try the game by downloading its free demo version on Windows PC before making the actual purchase.

The game received a combination of good and bad reviews after its release. When some appreciated its effectiveness on consoles, others complained about its inept controls and interface on PC. Similarly, the dense storyline seemed like a positive step ahead to some, while others thought it to be a lengthy and boring addition to the game.

So if you’re a Dungeon RPG fan, and want to experience loot combined with story, then you must try this game for yourself. Because after all, the best judge is always you!

After experiencing both the ups and downs in the smartphone market, Research In Motion (RIM) is now trying to make its way in the tablet industry as well. The new Blackberry PlayBook tablet is the company’s first effort in this regard. Released in April 2011, this tablet is working really hard to make some productive revenue for its developers, if nothing else. We’ll now take a look at the goods and bads of this device in detail. So jump in!

Blackberry PlayBook Specs and Features
The tablet features 1 GHz dual core processor and 1 GB of Random-Access Memory (RAM). It has a distinctive 7-inch LCD screen with WSVGA 1024 x 600 pixel resolution,and acapacitive panel with multi-touch capabilities. The compact screenmakes this tabletreally handy by reducing its total weight to 0.9 lbs, which is much lighter as compared to the iPad.

PlayBook is backed by the new Blackberry Tablet OS with QNX technology, an operating system that also supports symmetric multiprocessing. The device also flaunts twin 1080p HD cameras ideal for making high-quality videos and video conferencing. The rear camera is 5 mega-pixels and the front-facing camera is 3 mega-pixels, definitely better than the low-quality iPad cameras in every way.Not just that, this Blackberry Tablet also have 1080p HDMI output; GPS; accelerometer; stereo speakers and microphones; digital compass; micro USB port; and 6-axis motion sensor (gyroscope). In terms of connectivity, the device can be connected through Bluetooth (2.1+ EDR) or Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n).Later, it will be updated to support WiMax, LTE, and HSPA+ as well, probably by the end of this year.

The Blackberry PlayBook release took place on April 19, 2011 with Best Buy being its preferred retailer in the USA. The device is available in three models, differentiating each other on the basis of external storage and also prices. Therefore, the 16 GB PlayBook is priced at $499, 32 GB at $599, and the 64 GB version is available at $699 in North America.

BlackberryPlayBook Review

Even after having such amazing features and smart technology, the Blackberry PlayBook couldn’t manage to attract users like the iPad. Why? There are a number of reasons for that. Let’s find out!

First, the PlayBookapps are pretty limited, especially when we compare them with Apple or Android applications. This majordrawback automatically reduces its usability and makes the device less enjoyable. There’s no doubt that applications play a great role in maintaining the reputation of devices. That’s why the continuously growing app stores of Apple and Android do not let their devices fade out from the market so easily.

Secondly, the Blackberry PlayBook price is pretty much similar to the iPad 2, which makes it a lot easier for buyers to make their choice between the two. Of course, no sane person would want to spend their money on an unstable new device, when a highly rated device is available at the same price.

And lastly, the false promise! The Blackberry tablet claims to give a battery life of up to 10 hours, but it actually gives much lesser time when compared with other tablets.According to a test done by Engadget, the PlayBook displayed an average battery life of 7:01 hours, which was fairly less than the iPads, Motorola Xoom and even Archos 101.

Overall, the Blackberry PlayBook is purty, smart and unique but it is also true that the industry is already dominated by a name-brand tablet. Therefore, the new tablet developers should consider all of the various aspects including features, competitors, prices, and of course timing before releasing their final products in the market.

For a number of reasons, the Amazon Kindle is among the hot topics of all the technology blogs these days.First, the Apple-Kindle controversy, and secondly, the Kindle textbooks rental program and a lot of other newly proposed plans and strategies. We’ll talk about all that, right here right now. But first, a quick recap!

What is Amazon Kindle?
Amazon Kindle is a longstanding e-books reader developed by Amazon, which is one of the largest online retailing website in the world. Released in late 2007, the first generation Kindle was a massive hit featuring 6” gray scale display and 250 MB internal memory. The third generation Kindle is their latest version, which was released in mid-2010. It is available in Wi-Fi, 3G, or both Wi-Fi+3G models and is priced between $139-$189, depending upon the model of your choice.

The new-generation Amazon Kindle reader is the fastest-selling Kindle, featuring the new E ink pearl technology display. This technology ensures higher contrast and faster refresh rate than its previous versions. Owned by millions of people around the world, this device is known for giving an enjoyable reading experience to its users by simulating the overall feel of paper-reading.

Apple-Kindle Issue
Recently, Apple enforced a new law on all the e-reader app developers, which asked them to remove any external links from their relative iOS applications. In order to comply with these policy changes, Amazon updated its iPhone and iPad Kindle apps by removing the “Kindle Store” button from the app thatpreviouslyled users to the Kindle store website for purchases and subscriptions.However, users can still access the website directly through browsers and purchase their favorite kindle books just like they did before.

Apple made these policy changes in order to retain its 30% share it receives from the in-app purchases. It’s an effort to induce people to make purchases from iBooks and not somewhere else. But we are not quite sure, if this move is really going to help Apple and stop people from making smart choices.

Kindle Textbooks Rental Service
The other great news is about the new service started by Amazon called “Kindle Textbook Rental” program. It’s a great deal for students who are already burdened with so many expensesduring their college life. By renting, students can save up to 80% on their textbooks as compared to the printed editions sold on Amazon.com. Students can choose the rental duration from 30 to 360 days and pay the rent accordingly.

This plan will not only help boost the rental textbooks sales, but also the Kindle fashion in the campuses. So overall, it’s a win-win situation for both students and the Amazon.

Other news…
Along with Amazon Kindle e-books, now you can also enjoy reading newspapers and magazines on your device, as this is another big change Amazon recently made. You can choose to read from over 100 newspapers and magazines, available in the Kindle Store including the Economist, and the New York Times.

Not only that, users can also share their favorite lines and quotes from their reading through Facebook and Twitter. All the newspapers and magazines are available through monthly subscriptions which includes a free 14-day trial and automatic wireless delivery to the Kindle.

One last treat!
You can get a number of Amazon Kindle books for free these days including Delivery, Stealing Jake, Cash Burn, and Reinventing Leona. If you’re into fiction, then you can enjoy reading these books at no cost and no obligation to subscribe or purchase. So download your copy now and keep Kindling!

After an overwhelming response of users just during the field trial period, Google is now
onboard with iPhone for the release of its first Google+ iPhone app. This recently released
application is now available for iPhone (4.1 iOS or newer), featuring all the vital functions for
your ease with the commitment to thrive in the future as well.

The best and most promising thing about this application is that it’s totally free, which makes
it a lot easier for everyone to get it directly from the iTunes. It is also reported that this iPhone
app for Google+ has now become the no. 1 free application in the Apple app store. You
can use many of the Google+ features on this app like access or manage your circles, get
streaming updates from your friends and other contacts, upload photos, check in from different
places, or use Huddles which is the instant group messaging service you can enjoy within a
circle. ‘Huddles’ is a great feature that is available in Google+ for mobile only.

The main interface of the Google+ iPhone app is very neat and simple, giving it a classy
Googlized touch. It has a black bar above and below the app with Settings and Notifications
icons on it. In the middle, there are only five icons namely Stream, Huddle, Photos, Profile,
and Circles arranged in a simple grid mode. In terms of appearance, this iPhone app looks
exactly like the Android app for Google+.

The application is not available for iPads or iPhones with older versions yet, so we can only
hope to see these other versions sometime really soon. Since Google+ is one of the fastest
growing projects ever presented, the developers must definitely be working really hard to
spread it on all the devices as soon as possible. Makes sense, right?

For all those who’re still not aware about The Google+, let me tell you, it’s a newly released
social networking project by Google, which is still in the field trial period, and like the
previous project Orkut, is accessible through invitations only. It will be open to public once
it gets over its trial mode, explained the developers. The project already received such an
amazing response from all around the world that people now expect it to oust Facebook in
the future. According to Google’s CEO Larry Page, “There are more than 10 million users on
the social network already, and more than 1 billion items are shared every day”.