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You can now avoid annoying Facebook notifications in the future

Facebook now added an improvement to their notifications system, along with some other developer updates that are going on. You can now turn off the types of notifications you don't want, right from the notifications drop down menu.

It was supposedly released to users in May, but it's now been released to more people. If you're like me and don't have it yet, it should show up soon.

All you have to do is go to the notifications drop down menu and if you hover over the notification you want to get rid of, a small 'x' should appear on the top right corner.

As shown below:

Developers can track how many people turn off these things from their apps.

(Source: TheNextWeb)

#tech #news #facebook #thenextweb #internet #social networks #Social media

iPad 2 now starting at $399

Because of Apple announcing the new iPad, they have put the iPad 2 starting at $399, a hundred dollars less than regular.

If you'd like to purchase an iPad 2 for $399, click here.

#Apple #Cool new #News #Tech #iPad #iPad 2 #Savings

Apple unveils new iPad

At Apple's event on Wednesday, held at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the new iPad was unveiled.

The new iPad features a Retina Display (9.7 inch, 2048 x 1536 pixels), 5 mega-pixel camera, and 1080p video recording.

The new iPad will be for sale on Friday, March 16, in the US, Canada, the UK, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia.

Available in both black and white, the new iPads will cost for Wi-Fi models: 16GB $499, 32GB $599, and 64GB $699.

For 4G models: 16GB $629, 32GB $729, and 64GB $829. 4G is available on AT&T or Verizon.

The tablet will also include A5x chip, which provides quad-core graphics.

The new iPad provides 10 hours of battery life and 9 hours on 4G.

Read more information and tech specs on Apple's website, here.

#Apple #Tech #iPad #New iPad #iOS

New VEVO app released today for Xbox Live

The music video provider released an app for Xbox Live today. They had been mentioning the app on their blog.

Xbox Live users can now browse through over 45,000 video that VEVO provides by using Kinect and voice controls.

(Source)

#Xbox #Xbox 360 #Gaming #Tech #VEVO #Music Videos #Xbox Live

Happy 57th birthday Steve

You revolutionized the world.

#Apple #Steve Jobs #Tech #Happy Birthday #Revolutionize #World

Apple unveils OS X Mountain Lion

Apple just published on their website about a new release of Mac OS X, Mountain Lion. They are giving a sneak peek of the features it comes with.

Here are a few of the new features:

1. Messages

I honestly think this was obvious. After being a huge hit on iOS, Messages is now going to be available for the Mac. Messages allow you to send instant messages to any iOS device or another Mac. It allows you to send pictures and even HD video.

Messages is available for download in Beta mode, here.

2. Notification Banners and Notification Center.

Macs will now push notifications by displaying them on the top right corner of your screen. Just like they do on the top of the screen on and iPhone or iPad. These even include third party applications.

Just like notification banners, Apple also brought the concept of Notification Center into the Mac. Notification Center on Mac allows you to view earlier notifications from several apps. To access it, all you have to do is swipe left and it will appear on the right side.

3. Notes + Reminders

Now you can write notes on your Mac with Notes, the same way you do on your iPhone or iPad. Notes allows you to attach pictures, change fonts, colors and more. You can swipe through your notes very easily. And all your notes are synced across all your devices with iCloud.

Reminders is also going to be available for Mac. Providing the same comfort and ease of the iPhone version, Reminders meets all the needs of a reminder app. It pushes notifications and it syncs across all your devices with iCloud as well.

These are just a few of all the new features Mountain Lion comes with. There's Share Sheets, Airplay Mirroring, Twitter, Game Center, Gatekeeper, and more. Click here to learn more on Apple's website.

#Apple #Mac #Mas OS X #Mountain Lion #Tech #New #Cool

Early Spotify users will soon have to pay to keep their privileges.

Spotify users will soon hit six months of signing up to the service, since July 14th, 2011 was the date that Spotify was open to the public in the U.S. But these are not good news since users will have to pay monthly fees in order to keep the same privileges. If a user does not pay those fees, they will have limitations, such as being able to listen to only 10 hours of music per month and only being able to listen to a particular song 5 times during the same time period.

The company said in its terms of service that user would be to listen to unlimited amounts of music only for the first six months after signing up, when they first came to the U.S. And don't feel discriminated because Europe has the exact same restrictions. The monthly plans go like this: $4.99 for unlimited streaming and $9.99 for higher audio quality and the mobile app.

So, are you gonna pay these fees, deal with the restrictions, or perhaps leave Spotify for good?

(Source)

#Spotify #fees #Spotify users #Europe #U.S.

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Yeah, I tried that already, thanks.

My blog is going down to protest.

My blog is going down, in order to protest against SOPA/PIPA.

You should do that too. No? You'll regret it.

#SOPA #PIPA #stop SOPA #freedom #US

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More sales for digital music, less sales for physical music.

For the first time in history, digital music sales topped the physical sale of music.

According to a Nielsen and Billboard report, digital music purchases accounted for 50.3% of music sales in 2011. Digital sales were up 8.4% from the previous year, while physical album sales declined 5%.

(Source: CNN)

#CNN #News #Music #World #Social Media #Technology #Digital Music #Physical Music

iPhone App of the week: Zite

Zite, by Zite, Inc.

Zite is a free personalized magazine for your iPad that automatically learns what you like and gets smarter every time you use it. Zite delivers all the great news, articles, blogs, and videos you want – and helps you discover new stuff that you'll love.

Zite personalizes your content automatically and gets better the more you use it. Gaming and tech? Motorcycles, cats, or vegetarianism? Create your magazine your way with thousands of sections and a smart auto-suggest tool.

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