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Movie Bundles now available on iTunes – provide good value for money

Faisal Hameed — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:24:03 +0000

Apple has silently introduced Movie bundles in iTunes. Movie bundles are collections of two or more movies at special prices. Collections include classics such as Godfather I and II, Rambo double feature, Bad Boys/Bad Boys 2, Scarlet Johansson feature and much more.

These collections are divided into $9.99 double features, $14.99 double and triple features, $19.99 and up: triple features and more. The HD bundle of Jason Statham Action Pack containing 3 movies costs $34.99 which is the highest pricing for a movie bundle.

Movie bundles are a great introduction by Apple and provide great value for money when you compare the prices of these movies separately and in a bundle. Good amount of savings to be had.

So, don’t forget to check out movie bundles on iTunes for your next movie marathon!

Movie bundles are a great introduction by Apple and provide great value for money when you compare the prices of these movies separately and in a bundle. Good amount of savings to be had.

So, don’t forget to check out movie bundles on iTunes for your next movie marathon!

Free e-book by Microsoft Press “First Look: Microsoft Office 2010”

Faisal Hameed — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:12:37 +0000

Microsoft Press has released a new e-book for free (for a limited time only) titled First Look: Microsoft Office 2010. It contains 14 chapters which walk you through the newest features Office 2010 has to offer along with details of how they work. Interoperability with other applications has also been discussed as well as focus on how to work anywhere with Office 2010.

While Office 2010 is in public beta currently, this book can turn out to be really useful to spread awareness of the new features and provide training on them. The book is very well written with scenario based presentation, which makes it easy to understand.

Download it while it’s available for free.

[via Thurrott]

Fishbowl – Facebook client for Windows 7 updated with chat and improved performance

Faisal Hameed — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:45:31 +0000

Fishbowl, the WPF based Facebook client developed by uxlabs@Microsoft has been updated with a couple of new changes and features. It gets a Facebook chat client, which is basically the chat widget running in a separate window although the online status of your friends is shown in a Facebook chat like bar in the app now.

The performance of the app has improved as well. It consumes lesser memory now and is easier on the CPU. Settings, notifications, inbox and online status of friends are now shown on a bar at the bottom of the app.

The rest of the functionality hasn’t changed much, but the improved performance makes it a whole lot more useable than it was before. I just might start using it regularly instead of the Facebook website if it can now implement support for Pages and Groups natively instead of loading them up in the in-app browser.

For those concerned, the latest version is 1.1.0.205

Download Fishbowl (website images don’t reflect the changes yet)

For those concerned, the latest version is 1.1.0.205

Download: Fishbowl (website images don’t reflect the changes yet)

Move and Edit Youtube Videos using iPhone 3GS Camera Roll

Faisal Hameed — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:33:40 +0000

The following tutorial will enable you to move your downloaded Youtube videos on your iPhone to the camera roll app. This will give you complete video editing capabilities of iPhone 3GS with which you can trim and share your downloaded videos on your iPhone, and then sync them with your PC or Mac. You can also make it work with your iPhone 2G, 3G and iPod touch on How-to: Enable iPhone 3GS Video Editing and Camera Roll in iPhone 3G, 2G and iPod touch before following the guide posted below.

Step 1: You will first need to jailbreak your iPhone or iPod touch to get this to work.

Step 2: There are tons of apps available on the iPhone for downloading Youtube videos.

Step 3: You will now have to install SBSettings and Video Mover app from Cydia. SBSettings can be found in BigBoss repo, while Video Mover app can be found in http://apt.macosmovil.com repository.

Step 4: Now simply start SBSettings by swiping on the status bar on the top and enable “Video Mover” as shown in screenshot below.

That’s it! Now go to your Camera Roll in Photos app and you should now have all the downloaded Youtube videos in your Camera Roll. You can now trim the videos, share them with your friends via email, and can sync them with your PC or Mac.

HTC Sense like Snow Weather Background for Jailbroken iPhone

Faisal Hameed — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:07:05 +0000

Did you ever got jealous of your friends with HTC HD2 which has this beautiful animated weather background which changes automatically with real weather forecast?

Comes in Let It Snow Widget theme which brings snowy animation background right on your iPhone and iPod touch screen. The main purpose of this theme is to display snowflakes which falls on the home screen right behind all the icons. The overall effect is really nice as can be seen in the screenshot below.

How-to Install:

Step 1: You will need to have a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch to install this theme.

Step 2: Let It Snow Widget theme is available on http://cy.sosiphone.com/ repository and needs Winterboard app from Cydia to activate. Make sure you have installed Winterboard and have added http://cy.sosiphone.com/repo in Cydia.

Step 3: Once you are done with all the steps above, simply activate the Let It Snow Widget theme from Winterboard to make it fall snowflakes all over your iPhone home screen.

Here is a video showing the theme in action on the iPhone.

Official Bing app for iPhone coming soon

Faisal Hameed — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:19:07 +0000

The Microsoft principal group program manager David Raissipour all but confirmed that they’re working on a Bing app for the iPhone. He said that Microsoft is working on the iPhone app which will have more than just mapping and search, but declined to give a time line for the release. Ina Fried also questioned the inclusion of mapping features that have been implemented using Silverlight inBing, for the iPhone app and the answer was “It’s certainly possible”.

Apart from mapping and search, it’s possible that Microsoft might implement voice operated search in the app like Google has in their app for the iPhone.

Microsoft also have their eyes set on non-Google branded Android devices for a Bing app. If you own a Windows Mobile or BlackBerry device, then luckily you can already download and use a Bingapplication. Android device owners, head on to m.bing.com to use the search engine. iPhone users can download Bing powered apps such as bingGo for search or MotionX GPS Drive for mapping.

Meanwhile, the Bing app for Windows Mobile just got updated. Here’s a tour of what’s new viaWMExperts:

Flickr app for iPhone and iPod Touch updated [Download]

Faisal Hameed — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:50:01 +0000

Flickr app for the iPhone and iPod Touch just got updated to version 1.1. The new app finally brings support for multiple photo and video uploads at a time, which was one of the biggest complaints people had with version 1.1. Along with multiple uploads, you can now edit titles, descriptions, sets, tags and privacy controls for photos and videos.

These additions actually make the app more useful than it was before. I’m sure photography enthusiasts with iPhone will love them.

The Flickr app is free and can be downloaded from iTunes here.

Twitter Mobile Website Launched

Faisal Hameed — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:35:59 +0000

Today when I signed in Twitter from my phone in the morning, I noticed a fresh, clean and new Twitter mobile website.

Then the next step was to check Twitter blog, and yes, the preview was live indeed and the latest Twitter mobile website was rolled out just an hour ago when I checked.

The new design is much more appealing, clean and with lots of functions that you always wanted to have in the Twitter mobile like the reply, retweet buttons.

Twitter mobile website works best on Webkit browsers, like the one onAndroid, iPhone, Nokia S60 and Palm Web OS phones. Twitter has also changed the mobile website URL. Previously, it was m.twitter.com, but now it has been changed to mobile.twitter.com

To try out the new design, simply point your mobile browser to the URL given below:

mobile.twitter.com

Google Public DNS Launched

Faisal Hameed — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:25:52 +0000

Google has been working to make the web faster, and as part of that initiative, they have introduced their very own public DNS resolver called Google Public DNS.

Google Public DNS is a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolutionservice, that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider.

The average Internet user ends up performing hundreds of DNS lookups each day, and some complex pages require multiple DNS lookups before they start loading. This can slow down the browsing experience. Our research has shown that speed matters to Internet users, so over the past several months our engineers have been working to make improvements to our public DNS resolver to make users’ web-surfing experiences faster, safer and more reliable.

By using Google Public DNS, you can:

Speed up your browsing experience.
Improve your security.
Get the results you expect with absolutely no redirection.

So far, most of us have been using OpenDNS for faster and safer web-browsing experience, but with Google launching their own public DNS resolver, it looks like a tough competition between both of them in providing better service.

Try out Google Public DNS

Visio 2010 and Project 2010 public betas available for [Download]

Faisal Hameed — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:22:47 +0000

It’s raining betas in Redmond. Microsoft just released the public betas for Office 2010, Web Apps and Office Mobile 2010. Visio 2010 and Project 2010 have also gotten public beta releases. The improvements to both of these very useful apps are really welcome, as they’ve both finally acquired the ribbon interface along with updates features and productivity boosts thanks to various visual changes as well as some behind the scenes work.

Visio 2010:

Some of the best improvements in Visio 2010 are the updates to the UI, updated shapes if you’re creating diagrams for Windows apps ( in 2007 they resembled the XP UI instead of Vista’s UI ) and it also lets you create and share data linked diagrams via web browsers which will come in handy to many!

The advanced diagramming tools of Visio 2010 help you simplify complexity with dynamic, data-driven visuals and new ways to share on the Web in real-time.

Start by building your diagram with professional-looking templates and modern, pre-drawn shapes. Then, easily link your diagram to popular data sources (such as Excel). You’ll see data automatically refresh right within your diagram, reflected in vibrant visuals such as icons, symbols, colors, and bar graphs. Finally, with just a few clicks, publish your data-linked diagram to SharePoint, and provide access to others on the Web, even if they don’t haveVisio.

Together, simplicity, data-driven shapes, and Web sharing make Visio 2010 one of the most powerful ways to see and understand important information.

Download Visio 2010

Project 2010:

Project 2010 has improved navigation, thanks to the inclusion of ribbon UI as well as a streamlined and visually pleasing timeline which makes it easier to work with and provides a clearer view of things. Collaboration has been made easier than before allowing you to exchange ideas and work with team mates on project planning and scheduling.

Poised for the ascent, Microsoft Project 2010 offers flexibility and choice for individuals, teams and the enterprise to effectively manage all types of work — from simple tasks to complex projects and programs. Project 2010 delivers innovative new capabilities:

From a simple and intuitive user experience — plan, schedule and successfully complete important work
Enhance productivity using a sophisticated yet easy-to-use tool with built in reporting and powerful collaboration capabilities
Select the right projects, optimize scarce resources and manage costs with unified product and portfolio management
Built on Microsoft SharePoint 2010, choose a flexible and powerful work management solution that integrates, extends, and scales for the enterprise

Download Project 2010