iPhone Tip: How to access your Privacy and Account settings on the Facebook iPhone app

If you haven't downloaded the latest Facebook iPhone app update I would suggest you do. Why you ask? Because now you can access and update your Privacy and Account settings through the app. What a concept?

Don't know why this took so long but hey now it's here.

To access these settings tap Account. This is where you use to just logout from Facebook. 



Then tap either Account Settings or Privacy Settings to update the information.

You are then taken to the same page you see when you access this information from the Facebook web site.

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I just like to share information, seriously!

It's funny how when people feel threatened by technology they always try to make up excuses why they shouldn't use it. This happens a lot with social networks. If you're technology challenged you shouldn't feel bad, this just means you're probably good at something else. All you should do is embrace and accept your challenge with an open mind. Give things time and if it's still not for you then great.... stop using it but don't covering it up with excuses like "I don't use Facebook because I don't want people seeing my information” or “I like to keep my personal life private”. Just accept that you don't understand them and ask for help or just move on.

Instead of criticizing those that like to share on sites like Facebook and Twitter, just cancel your account and keep your opinions to yourself. Just because you don't understand how to use these sites or why people enjoy sharing doesn't give anyone the right to criticize those that do.

Hey if I'm not good with math does that mean I should criticize accountants, NOT!

All I hear is... so and so shares too much information, so and so is always on Facebook, Only egotistical people use Twitter.... OK, I've had enough!

I think it's time to clear the air.

Even though it seems hard to believe that people are just genuine with no hidden agenda, and the only reward they get out of sharing is a feeling of personal satisfaction, that is the truth.

There are still good people out there that like to help others without expecting anything in return. I personally love to see the light bulb turn on after I teach someone how to do something. I also enjoy seeing how people start getting curious and start doing things on their own. Call me crazy but maybe that's why I'm in the Training field.

I've personally learned and continue to learn from the people I follow on social networks and especially Twitter. Maybe if these people would be more opened to these sites they would learn a thing or two. And I'm not even getting into how much more productive I feel by using these sites and yes, my iPhone apps as well. I can surely bet I'm at least 50% more productive just because of my iPhone.

Yes, there are people out there that are full of themselves but these kinds of people exist every where and in every field not only technology.

So before you start criticizing people, do yourself a favor and educate yourself.

This post was not intended to offend anyone. This was more of a venting post as I'm just a little tired of feeling like I need to explain why I like to use sites like Facebook, Twitter and my apps.

What's your opinion on this?

App Top List: My All Time Favorite Top 10 iPhone Apps

Time has past since I bought my iPhone actually two years this December, and one upgrade later so I thought an all time top 10 app post was over due. Even though some of these apps have been around for a while and some are pretty new I consider them my all time favorites as I use them all the time.

So let's get to it! The apps are in the order I use them the most being #1 the one I use the most and my all time favorite.

10. Gaggle Social Web Browser - Sounds like Google and it's pretty much the same. It's a search app that uses Google to find the information but with the ability to share the sites by tapping on the Share button. You can share on Facebook or Twitter or bookmark the site on your iPhone. Sharing with Tumblr, Digg and Delicious is coming soon. The app is very handy and it's free.

9. Shazam - Love this app and the fact that it's free is amazing to me. This app recognizes the music currently playing around you and gives you the artist and song name along with information on where you can buy the song and view the available videos.

8. Animoto - is a service that allows you to create free short videos by using your still life pictures. You can also create and download unlimited full-length videos for a minimal yearly fee which is well worth it when you see the professional job this service does with your pictures. You can add music, text, and highlight certain pictures and the services mixes it together to form a masterpiece. You can also access the videos you have created online via the app. Cost of the app, FREE.

7. CheckPlease - Tip Calculator - Ever been at a group dinner party and have to split the bill and no one has a calculator? This nifty app will add the bill amount plus tip, and then split it between the number of people you choose. You can also opt to not tip on taxes, apply a discount or coupon amount, round up or down on tip and total and best of all you can post the amount of the bill directly to PocketMoney. I have the paid version of the app which is $0.99 but they also offer a lite version for free.

6. PhotoArtist - The name implies it all Photo Art. You can select any of the photos in your library or take a new one and then apply any of the following six filters: cartoon, watercolor, illustration, halftone, mono, and pen and your photo is turned into art. It's not a photo editor likePhotogene, it converts your photo's into artwork as the name indicates and it does a great job at it. It's only $1.99 and I think it's well worth it.

5. Photofunia - There are lots of app that let you place your picture into a frame or even into a character but most of the work is done manually by you. With Photofunia all you do is select the photo from your camera roll or take a new one, select one of the 100 effects and this nifty free app recognizes the face in the photo and places the face where it goes. It's very neat, and the results look very professional.

4. Instapaper - This app let's you save articles and web sites for offline reading. You can categorize your articles by folders, star rate them, and share them on Twitter and Tumblr and if you have Echofon Pro it integrates with it. You can also browser the app's directory for more reading material or subscribe to some one's starred items and let them recommend more articles. I have the paid version which is $4.99 but they also have a free version available.

3. Facebook - After version 3.0 this app became amazing. Now you can see pretty much everything that goes on Facebook. The app is free and the only downside is that the videos do not play on the iPhone.

2. Echofon Pro - This app use to be TwitterFon Pro, a Twitter app and it goes for $4.99. You can manage multiple Twitter accounts, it has instapaper integration, push notification for mentions, Twitter search and trends, photo and video upload and so many other features. There is also a free version available.

1. Photogene - With Photogene you can crop, apply filters, color adjustment, exposure, and saturation. You can also enhance your photos with effects, captions, frames, borders, and even rotate the image. You have the option to edit photos from your library or taking a new one. Photogene brings photo editing to another level and it's just so simple to use. The app is $2.99 but it's well worth it. Some people prefer the new PhotoShop app but to me that app doesn't do half of the things Photogene does so I'll stick to this one for now.

Now of course these are only 10 out of 110 apps I have but these are the ones that make my life just a little easier.

What about you? What apps are your all time favorites?

How to create screen captures with highlighted areas on the iPhone

I've been asked the following question by my readers several times "How do you get screen captures from the iPhone and highlight some areas? So instead of just answering my readers individually I decided to write a post with the steps I take to accomplish it. This way everyone wins.

First of all, I have the Photogene app which is a really good photo editor. This app has a lot of really great editing tools, it's like having a mini version of PhotoShop on your iPhone. You can download it here.

After you download the app you need to get all the photos you want to use as screen captures. If you're writing about the iPhone and you need some screen captures, you can press the Home and sleep/wake button at the same time (see image to right). This takes a photo of your current screen and the photos are saved automatically in your Camera Roll.

OK, so now you have all the photos you need so let's get down to business.

1. Access the Photogene app.

2. Tap Edit new photo and then select the photo from your Camera Roll.

3. Tap the crop tool (scissors) and resize the box to cover the portion of the photo you want to keep and tap Crop. This will trim the photo to your liking.

4. Tap the symbols icon (star) and swipe the bottom toolbar to the left.

5. Drag the square figure onto the photo.

6. Double-tap the square figure to remove text and click Done.

7. Tap the outline tool and select yellow and tap the fill tool and select transparent. (Choose the outline color that will be more visible with the background color of your photo.)

8. Put your finger in the middle of the highlighted square figure and drag it to the area of the photo you want to highlight.

9. Use the circled corners to resize the square to fit the area you want to highlight.

10. Tap the Done icon (check mark) and tap Save.

All your photos will be stored in your Camera Roll. Now follow the same steps with all the photos you want to use as screen captures. At first this might seem to long of a process but it's not. Each step takes a second to do and after you do a couple of screen captures you'll be able to do this in your sleep :O)

By the way, all these screen caps with the exception of first full iPhone photo were taken following these steps. To me this is one of the most productive apps that I have. I recommend you play with it because this is just one of the ways you can use it but it does so much much more.

If you want to be more productive you can paste those photos into an e-mail and use them to write an article in your inbox, send it to Posterous, and your article will be live in no time in all your social media sites.

What other cool things do you do with Photogene or any other photo app?

Remember that text from last night?

If you think FML is funny then you haven't laughed hard enough yet. Now there is Texts from last night where users can send text messages to the site by using their area code and others can reply. The number you see before the text is the area code where the text message came from and if you see another text message right below it, it's because some one has responded to it.

You can leave a comment by clicking on reply or rate the messages as good night or bad night.

Here are a couple of them to give you a sample.
(775): I was too high to figure out which of the three doors would lead me to my classroom, so i sat down in the middle of the hallway and ate a twinkie.
(248): Is your delayed response due to the massive amount of judging going on?
(802): My social work teacher just told our class about her bicurios adventures in college
(516): is she hot?
(802): She is now
(702): what made you think it was a good idea to trust the girl that hides tequila in her backpack?
(204): My cousin's wedding had personal beer funnels for each table and a drinking game against the bride and groom. im sorry for ever calling you white trash
(504): She looks like Sash Grey but sounds like Fran Drescher. Advise.
(858): This concert is like a reunion of all my bad sex.
(203): a girl in my class is on a twilight fan site and running her fingers on the screen as edwards body comes up.


Oh and there is an app for this too!!! It's $0.99 for those that would like to know and you can downlad it here .

Just remember, you might forget the text messages you send but will we?

How do I organize iPhone Apps in iTunes 9?

If you're like me then you probably have tons of apps that would be difficult to find if you had endless pages of pages. With iTunes 9, you can now organize them in folders which makes finding an app much more easier. I've compiled a couple of videos that will help you succeed at this. Enjoy!


How to Organize iPhone Apps in iTunes 9 Part 1

How to Organize iPhone Apps in iTunes Part 2

Now that you've learned how to do that, organize away.

Feel like stalking your ex? There is an app for that!!

Stalkers don't get your hopes up, it's just a parody.

Posted via email from All Things Cynthia Medina

iPhone Tip: How to scroll through your app pages

I know one of the coolest things people first liked about the iPhone is that you swipe your finger on the screen to do numerous functions. One of the times you swipe is to scroll through the different pages of applications you have and if you're like me you probably have lots of them.

Well here is a quick tip on another way of scrolling through your pages, just tap anywhere on the line of dots that indicate you have multiple pages.

BTW, this works when scrolling through different pages of Safari and where ever you see the lines of dots.

(Just added after the 3.0 upgrade 6/17/2009.)

As you've probably heard or seen already with the upgrade to 3.0 you can now search across your iPhone. A search page has been added to your iPhone and to view it you can swipe your screen to the right, it's the first page on your iPhone. You can also get to it by tapping on the line of dotts. The new search page is indicated by a magnifying glass to the left of the line of dotts.

Or you can press Home to toggle from and to your first app page to the search page.

Do you have a quick tip to share?

App Video Review: Get prices and reviews of CDs, Books, DVDs, or video games by taking a snapshot - Snaptell

Have you ever bought a video game that you think would be really good and then when you play it you realize it was a bomb? I think that has happened to a lot of us and the worst is that you're stuck with it since you already opened it. Well worry no more, Snaptell is here to help you.

Snaptell is a very handy app. With this app you take snapshots of the cover of any CD, DVD, Book, or video game sold in the U.S. and it will automatically locate it for you. The app will provide you with the online and local price for stores like Amazon and Barnes and Nobles, Google search for prices and reviews, Yahoo search results, eBay and half.com links, and even articles in Wikipedia when available. You can even complete purchases through the app.

I took snapshots of old and new movies, books, and CDs and this app did not fail once. This app uses image recognition technology developed by Snaptell.com to match the image against product images. Pretty soon they will also offer this service for International products.

So can you now imagine yourself going to Barnes and Nobles, taking a snapshot of a book cover to check out the competition's prices and the reviews, and then making your decision on whether to buy it or not?

Here is a video from our friends from AppVee.com that shows you how Snaptell works.




Download Snaptell.

Oh and did I mention this handy app is free? Have you used it? Tell us your experience with this app.