Directly import your Instagram photos into a Facebook album with InstaFB

UPDATE:InstaFB is back up and running. UPDATE:Since we published this post, Facebook has shut off API access to InstaFB. The app’s developers say they are working on a fix for this, and that you should check theirTwitter accountfor updates. If you’ve been looking for a quick and easy way to share yourInstagramphotos with yourFacebookfriends, the newly launchedInstaFBmakes it easier than ever. By connecting both your Facebook and Instagram accounts to the service, you can do a quick import of all of your existing Instagram photos in one go, into a specially created Facebook album....

2 min · 372 words · Jerry Allen

Disabling location services won’t stop your iPhone from tracking your location

News reportsconfirmedlast week that the iPhone and 3G-enabled iPads are tracking, collecting and storing location information without the user’s consent. It was said that users can opt-out of the tracking by turning off the global Location Services setting on the device. However, this does not seem to be the case according to a test conducted by The Wall Street Journal. WSJreports that the location data appear to be collected using cellphone towers and Wi-Fi access points near a user’s phone and don’t appear to be transmitted back to Apple....

2 min · 344 words · Michelle Powell

Disappearing Xbox LIVE games explained

Earlier today it became known that several games hadgone missingfrom the Windows Phone 7 app Marketplace. The games themselves were popular and ‘higher profile,’ and so their sudden exit caused a stir. However, before any sort of conspiracy theory (Not selling enough copies! Litigation!) could truly lay root, Microsoft explained what was happening. In a tweet,Karl Stricker, Senior Business Manager of Xbox Live,provided a full explanation: “Fast & Furious, Star Wars: Cantina/Hoth were removed from the marketplace per request of the publishers as the game’s licenses had expired....

2 min · 331 words · Samantha Allen

Disco Dog is possibly the greatest pet product ever but you can’t buy one

The dachshund in the video above is called Lolli. She’s the official model forDisco Dog, an LED vest for your pooch that can be controlled using your smartphone. Party New York, the creative agency behind Disco Dog, just closed a successful$22,527 Kickstarter campaignto create 45 vests for a select band of backers. Bad news though! It has no plans to make more. That means you won’t be able to dress your beloved canine up in colored lights or make use of the iPhone app which lets you choose colors and design custom patterns....

2 min · 274 words · Kathleen Tucker

Discover Digital Arabia: Middle East Internet usage in numbers

N2V, one of the largest Internet holding companies in the Middle East, justlauncheda brand new site aiming to bring together all statistics relating to Internet, mobile and social media usage, and more, in the region. The new site,Discover Digital Arabiamakes it easier than ever to understand how the Middle East is using modern technology, and how it differs from country to country. Taking a look at the statistics available on Discover Digital Arabia, and its original sources, you can get a sense of the movers and shakers in various online sectors....

4 min · 712 words · Julia Davis
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