Techie Minx

Google updates privacy policies – worried much?

Michelledh — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:37:07 +0000

Google announced a few days ago that they are updating their privacy policies. They are now also sending out emails to everyone with a Google account, how much more upfront can they be and still people think they are hiding something. The [...]

It wasn’t me! Twitter admits to unfollowing for us

Michelledh — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:58:41 +0000

Twitter has confirmed that there is a known issue which seems as if it is unfollowing our followers. Well, what they actually say is that it just appears that your friends have been unfollowed but really they haven’t. However this doesn’t [...]

How to find an RSS feed on a Blogger Blogspot blog.

Michelledh — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:29:19 +0000

The reason for this post is that I wanted to add someones RSS feed to my new reader and for some reason they don’t have it displayed on their blog and this is how I found it What is an RSS [...]

SOPA and why popular websites are joining the blackout

Michelledh — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:21:44 +0000

SOPA – Stop Online Piracy Act – A proposed Bill to stop or restrict access to sites that host pirated content. Sopa is basically looking for a way to finally completely shutdown all torrent sites such at Pirate Bay. Good you say…… So [...]

Have you signed up for Pinterest yet?

Michelledh — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:42:57 +0000

Pinterest is your virtual Pinboard or Scrapbook. Pinterest is well-funded by a this group of successful entrepreneurs and investors: Jack Abraham (Milo), Michael Birch (Bebo), Scott Belsky(Behance), Shana Fisher (Highline Venture Partners), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Kevin Hartz (EventBrite), Jeremy Stoppelman (Yelp), Hank Vigil, and Fritz Lanman. I’ve just signed up for this, even though it was apparently launched [...]

How to enable the new Blogger or Blogspot new threaded comments

Michelledh — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:14:46 +0000

Bloggers on Google’s Blogger blog sites have been asking the question for a long time, when will we get threaded comments like you can have on websites such as wordpress. Now they can, today Blogger announced they have made another improvement [...]

Don’t give up! New Year’s Resolutions [Infographic]

Michelledh — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:12:16 +0000

It seems that New years resolutions are made to break, a little bit like rules! We seem to set ourselves impossible tasks or too many at once. We are 10 days into 2012 now… How are you doing with your 2012 resolutions? If you said [...]

How to get Facebook’s new Timeline and What the heck is it?

Michelledh — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:55:22 +0000

Can’t wait to get Facebook’s New Timeline ? You will have it very soon, don’t worry! However if you have been chomping at the bit since the launch of Timeline in December for your Facebook Profile to change and can’t wait any longer you can [...]

Switch to Pink Facebook Hoax Spreading Fast

Michelledh — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:23:02 +0000

Message appearing on Facebook claiming to change your Facebook Pink, is a survey scam There are ways to switch to a Pink Facebook using Chrome which you can Google for but there is a link spreading on Facebook at the moment, [...]

iRobot Roomba vacuum cleaner does your housework

Michelledh — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:02:27 +0000

iRobot was founded in 1990 (then called IS Robotics) by Rodney Brooks, Colin Angel (CEO) and Helen Greiner. The company was originally involved with space exploration by robots and worked with organizations such as NASA where they developed a robot for lunar exploration. Cool [...]