Author: Blancer

Facebook for iPhone updated with ‘Places’ GPS check-in

If you’ve ever wished Facebook would integrate some of the functionality of online check-in apps like Gowalla or Foursquare, you’re in luck. The Facebook for iPhone app has been updated to version 3.2 and includes a new feature called “Places.”

Places is Facebook’s stab at sharing locations with friends via GPS tagging; by tapping a “Check in” button and choosing a location near you, you’ll be able to share your current location in your friends’ news feeds. Your check-in will also show up on the location’s Recent Activity page, assuming the location has a Facebook page. So, you can look forward to a lot of “Johnny Appleseed is at Target in University Heights” posts in your Facebook News Feed in the near future. Hooray? You’ll also be able to tag any friends who are with you, and you can see other Facebook users at that location by checking the “People Here Now” section.

Places is currently only available in the USA (meaning that I haven’t tested it), but Facebook promises to roll the feature out to other countries and mobile platforms “soon.”

I like the idea of this feature in theory, but in practice, as soon as this feature rolls out in my country, I’ll be scrambling to disable it. I’ve always thought of apps like Gowalla and Foursquare as the electronic equivalent of hanging a big sign in front of your house saying “I’m away from home, PLEASE ROB ME!” Add Facebook into the mix, a site already notorious for its questionable privacy record, and it’s enough to send people like me into paroxysms of paranoia. Facebook spent over half their Places introduction post stressing that any information users share with Places is completely under users’ control, but we’ve all heard that one before.

TUAWFacebook for iPhone updated with ‘Places’ GPS check-in originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPad ship times shrink from seven to three days

ipadIt seems like only yesterday when anyone chomping at the bit to get their hands on an iPad had to wait a painfully long time to get one. Then the shipping time dropped down to anywhere from seven to 10 days, and new customers didn’t have the shakes of anticipation for too long.

Just recently, though, Apple has dropped the expected ship date for iPads down to as few as three days. Word is that the wait for an iPhone 4 may drop significantly by the end of September as well.

Something I’m wondering about with these wait times is whether it’s dissuaded people from purchasing. Have you ever visited the Apple store, seen that the wait time was longer than you were willing to hold out, and changed your mind?

TUAWiPad ship times shrink from seven to three days originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Two Guys. No Development Experience. Some Great App Insights.

Here’s the blog of two guys who have jumped onto the iPhone Apps bandwagon. Whats interesting is that they have absolutely no experience in development. They outsource most of their work.

The fantastic part (that you can learn a lot from) is that they are documenting their entire experience online – how they came up with the app idea, creation of the app, publishing it, marketing it, tracking sales and revenues generated, making a lite version etc.

You get to see everything from start to finish about each app they release. They give you some great insights and revenue figures for the apps they publish. This is one blog you want to visit – if you have never published an app before and want to get some very good tips and insights on what to expect.

Currently, they’re averaging around $2000 per month with the apps they have released (around 3 to 4 only, from what I can see). Which is pretty impressive and very encouraging for all indie developers!

Here’s a note from their homepage –

Our names are Pat Flynn and Quoc Bui. We’ve been friends since middle school and have recently decided to put our creative heads together in the iPhone application world. The catch is, we are not developers. We really have no experience with working on iPhone applications whatsoever.

Think of the work we do as an experiment. We outsource all of the work for our application ideas and we submit them to the iTunes Store, just to see what happens.

We’ll be documenting our progress, our marketing campaigns, and our income (if any).We’re hoping to be successful, and show you that anyone, even those who are not familiar with iPhone app development (like us), can succeed if you put in the time, effort and a little bit of money.

Visit Pat and Quoc on their blog at Loler Apps! There’s tons of stuff you can learn from them – that many companies and indie developers won’t tell you!

Two Guys. No Development Experience. Some Great App Insights.

Here’s the blog of two guys who have jumped onto the iPhone Apps bandwagon. Whats interesting is that they have absolutely no experience in development. They outsource most of their work.

The fantastic part (that you can learn a lot from) is that they are documenting their entire experience online – how they came up with the app idea, creation of the app, publishing it, marketing it, tracking sales and revenues generated, making a lite version etc.

You get to see everything from start to finish about each app they release. They give you some great insights and revenue figures for the apps they publish. This is one blog you want to visit – if you have never published an app before and want to get some very good tips and insights on what to expect.

Currently, they’re averaging around $2000 per month with the apps they have released (around 3 to 4 only, from what I can see). Which is pretty impressive and very encouraging for all indie developers!

Here’s a note from their homepage –

Our names are Pat Flynn and Quoc Bui. We’ve been friends since middle school and have recently decided to put our creative heads together in the iPhone application world. The catch is, we are not developers. We really have no experience with working on iPhone applications whatsoever.

Think of the work we do as an experiment. We outsource all of the work for our application ideas and we submit them to the iTunes Store, just to see what happens.

We’ll be documenting our progress, our marketing campaigns, and our income (if any).We’re hoping to be successful, and show you that anyone, even those who are not familiar with iPhone app development (like us), can succeed if you put in the time, effort and a little bit of money.

Visit Pat and Quoc on their blog at Loler Apps! There’s tons of stuff you can learn from them – that many companies and indie developers won’t tell you!

Write 100 Sentences About Ipv6

Write 100 sentences about IPv6.

They must be in English.
They must make sense.
They must have correct spelling and punctuation.

They can be marketing catchphrases.
They can be advertising headlines.
They can be about why IPv6 is so great.
They can be about what would happen if you don’t upgrade to IPv6 soon enough.
They can be serious.
They can be funny.

I WILL VERY LIKELY pick multiple bidders.

Very Simple Form Code

We need a simple form that will allow someone to put in a youtube url on our website and have a portion of the url change and update dynamically once they press the submit button. Then it would provide them with a click-able link. When they click on the link the Youtube video will pop out from the browser in a separate window that is always on top. When I say on top I mean they can do other things while watching a movie for example. Their is probably already a free script out there but I cannot find one.

Banner Ad Creation / Ip Transit

A set of banner ads (the theme doesn’t have to be the same over the set) for IP transit.

The jist of the banner ad will be:

Colocation in California.
IP Transit $1/Mbps
IPv6+IPv4 Internet Bandwidth
5000+ BGP Sessions, 45+ IXP
he.net

This can be some of the text: “Transit for your Network
$1/Mbps IPv4+IPv6 premium Internet bandwidth in North America and Europe. Contact us for pricing in Asia.”

Feel free to play with that text.

Also optional is our company name “Hurricane Electric”

Must be business appropriate.

A set of banners need to include at last one of each of the following:

300 x 50 Mobile leaderboard
468 x 60 Banner
728 x 90 Leaderboard
250 x 250 Square
200 x 200 Small square
336 x 280 Large rectangle
300 x 250 Inline rectangle
120 x 600 Skyscraper
160 x 600 Wide skyscraper

(I can attach a high res version of the logo if needed.)

Program Macro To Get Data From Web

Need someone to setup a sample Macro to get specific information in websites, copy the right value and paste the info into a spreadsheet. I need you to set it up and teach me how to modify it.

I need to know what lines of codes are needed to find the exact value from the web, then copy that and put the info back into my spreadsheet. (I can do Mouse positions and keystrokes, but need to grab the exact right values in web pages.) If you prefer using a even more easy version of Macro, I’d be open to using your recommendation.

Total Budget = $18._

WordPress Expert/designer Team Steady Work

Our Company is seeking a reliable and fast Responding wordpress/ Buddy Press Guru team to handle several monthly wordpress jobs

criteria need only apply if your meet all the listed details below

1) good communication
2) use Skype or IM (Aim , Yahoo ,Gtalk)
3) Proof of custom wordpress work (gotta be good)
4) Familiar with Thesis Theme and Skins
5) Can alter images and logos
6) Fast turn around time
7) Answers emails in a timely fashion
8) please look over these Thesis Theme sites
9) who can handle css/xhtml based design into wordpress,
10) The theme/website will be compatible with all browsers, SEO optimized and widget ready.
11) social media and audio and video intergration

we need this type quality focuzprinting.com/loochiedigital
and like these listed http://diythemes.com/showcase/

please provide 3 links to wordpress project you have done on SL or portfolio India or European freelancer is much better

please bid on this project correctly as we have done these on Sl and know the going rate and completion for most average projects

http://www.arizemag.com/- this site and exact functions as well how much and time to prepare

Additional Info

www.daymondjohn.com

Home


http://be-entertainedmag.com/
http://necolebitchie.com/
http://www.whutsgood.com/1/index.cfm
http://perezhilton.com/

looking for features like these blogs design and function if you can do jobs like these and have samples close to them we are in business

oswebmaster

Dynamic Php Facebook Application – Short Deadline

Project entails creating a php based Facebook application within a 36 hour timespan.

The application will have a non-fan and fan page. The non-fan page will have static image based call to actions that will prompt users to become a fan of the page.

Once users become fans, the fan page will have a daily static based image reveal over a 7 day time frame. During the 7 day cycle a different image will be displayed to fans on the fan page each day. This 7 day cycle should be adjustable through a config file or variable allowing us to change from a 7 day cycle to a 10 day cycle with ten images, or any other possible combination.

Additionally, a ‘Send a Gift’ feature will be needed, that allows users to send to gifts to friends, which will then prompt the recipient the option to send a return gift to another friend.

The ‘Send a Gift’ function will also have a 7 day time frame reveal. Allowing more gift options as each day passes.

Application will also have a built in notification for current fans of the application that will inform them they have a new gift waiting for them.

This project will be awarded Saturday Evening US (EST) Time and will need to be test ready within 36 hours of hire.

WordPress Password Recovery 2

I have lost the password to my WordPress blog. And it won’t send it to my email either. As it is set to send to the wrong email.

I’m sure the solution involves changing something in the database, to either reset the password, or to place my own email back into wordpress, also from the database, so that I can do the password reset by email again.

I will pay immediately as soon as I can login to my WordPress again. Please don’t bid unless you are sure you can handle this job.

Post News Articles That Are Already Written

I have a news portal for my website, and I need the latest news articles to be posted to this news portal. The articles you’ll be posting are already online, I just need them to be copy/pasted over to my site.

Requirements –

1. I need 5 articles posted each week. Of these 5 if they could be updated 2-3 times per week that would be perfect. For example, on 3 different days you can upload 1, 2, 2, or any other way. I can be flexible with how often they are updated as long as it’s 5 per week and not all on the same day.

2. When copy/pasting the articles the admin panel will include links. There’s a simply “unlink” button in the text editor which I will require you to click in order to break the links (to keep users on my site).

3. For each article posted, I need an associated image to go with it. If the article source page already includes the image, perfect, we can use that. If not, a simple Google Image search for the related image would be fine.

4. Posting news articles to the system is extremely easy. I will provide you with a few webpages to check for the most relevant news articles (Example site to check daily: http://feeds.feedburner.com/CarnivalCruiseLinesNews?format=xml) , and you need to simply copy and paste the entire article (with the author’s name such as CNN, Usa Today, etc) within the article. I will provide you with the user login and interface to use when posting these articles. Posting each article should take no more than 1-2 minutes each.

Please understand that I can have this done automatically, but would prefer a human to do it. With that said, my budget is not large for this, so please send me a quote with your price per posted article. Thank you!

WordPress Theme Modification

Hello I am wanting to update this the Falcon wordpress them. Here is what I need.

1. I want the header replaced by a single image that is a link to the index. (See sample image below.)

2. I want a new widget area where it says “Latest Forum Posts” on my sample below.

3. I want to remove one or two hard coded block in the right hand column of this theme.

4. I would like a list of changes made and backups of the files etc.

If all goes well I will probably have you help match my forum and gallery to this wordpress theme.

Falcon Theme http://www.web2feel.com/falcon/

What I want it to look like http://www.pwlawrence.com/temp_art/wp_theme.jpg