December 2011

Want Facebook Messenger On Mac ? Here’s How To Get It

We just saw the launch of Facebook Messenger for Windows, but there’s no word on a Mac client. Did you know that you can chat with your Facebook friends using iChat on Mac ? And if your opt to save your chats in the preferences, you get the same experience of using the Facebook Messenger with chat history. Here’s how:

1. Go to the iChat menu and select “Preferences”.Click “Accounts”, then click the “+” at the bottom.

2. Select “Jabber” from the pull-down menu, then enter the following info:Screen name: username@chat.facebook.com

3. Password: <your Facebook password>

4. Click the arrow next to “Server options” and enter the following info:Server: chat.facebook.com

5. Port: 5222

6. (Untick the box labelled “Use SSL”)

And you’re done. Now you can chat with your Facebook friends without the need for a separate app.

Jonathan Ive To Be Honored As Sir Jonathan Ive

Apple’s legendary designer Jonathan Ive has been chosen to be honored with Knighthood on New Year’s eve this year by the Queen of United Kingdom. For his excellence in services to design and enterprise, he will now be one of the tech’s most successful legendaries who enjoy this position. Currently, Bill Gates, Richard Branson etc are a few others who have been given this title.

Jonathan Ive is responsible for most of the Apple devices’ design like the unibody Macs, iPhone 4/4S etc that are available in the market today. Ive has a Bachelors of Arts and honorary doctorate from Newcastle Polytechnic. Ive has been responsible for the lead design team at Apple since 1996 which is regarded as one of the world’s best.

Facebook Messenger For Windows Now Available

Facebook is becoming an inevitable part of our life. Atleast for most of you out there. We have loads of apps to access Facebook on the go. However, Facebook always lacked a desktop messenger app to send and receive messages with friends. And lets be honest here, the Facebook messenger on the Facebook page is terrible. Well, here’s some good news. The social networking giant has released a new messenger application for those of you who run the latest Windows 7 on your computer. Thats right, you outdated Vista and XP users won’t get any Facebook messenger love unless you upgrade, at least for now.

To download the app, Click Here.

The app doesn’t support video calling at the moment, but its an upgrade you can expect in the future. The app notifies you of any notifications that happen in your account. The app demands a browser sign in the very first time as it lacks a login screen of its own. So what are you waiting for ? Go get it now.

Samsung Sells 1 Million Galaxy Notes

We were all skeptical about the Samsung Galaxy Note. Even though it looks great and the fact that we have a S-pen in the package is tempting, people still found it difficult to call it a phone or in the worst case a tablet. Even Samsung wasn’t really sure. Atleast their ads had these […]

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Flipboard For iPhone Released With New Cover Stories Feature

If you’re Flipboard user on iPad, you may know that the last update brought Flipboard account feature to sync your Flipboard account between iOS devices. In an update released today, Flipboard has outed the Flipboard for iPhone edition with Cover Stories feature which brings a selection of photos and news articles that are being […]

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