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26, Feb, 12

‘FastStatus’ lets you tweet, text, and email using Activator

Posted by Jeff Benjamin, under Activator, Email, iMessage, iPhone News, Jailbreak Apps, SMS, Tweak, Twitter, Video

With everything going the route of iOS 5′s Notification Center, we’re seeing less and less tweaks that use Activator as a means for invoking, but FastStatus bucks that trend. In fact, FastStatus’ ability to retain full compatibility with iOS 4 is one of the feathers in its cap. This is a tweak that allows you [...]

23, Feb, 12

Pro tip: how to quickly open your last email draft in iOS

Posted by Cody, under Email, How To, iOS, iOS 5, iPhone News, tips, Tutorial

Even though iOS 5 has seemingly been turned inside out over the last 6 months, there are still a few easter eggs hidden in the software. Earlier this month we told you about the invisible buttons on the iPad’s split keyboard, and now we’ve come across another little-known feature…(…)Read the rest of Pro tip: how [...]

21, Feb, 12

How to add rich text capability to your Notes app now

Posted by Jeff Benjamin, under Email, iOS 5.1, iPhone News, Jailbreak Apps, Notes, Ryan Petrich, Tweak, Video

With the rumors and leaks lending strong indications that we’ll see some sort of rich text functionality for Notes in iOS 5.1, developer Ryan Petrich decided he doesn’t like waiting. As a result, Rich Text For Mail — a tweak dedicated to adding rich text support to Email — has been updated to support Notes [...]

06, Feb, 12

AnyRing: A Simple Way to Create Custom Ringtones

Posted by Jeff Benjamin, under Custom, Email, iPhone News, Jailbreak Apps, Phone, Ringtones, SMS, Tweak, Video, youtube

Creating custom ringtones is possible without jailbreaking, but it’s still not the simplest feat in the world. Jailbreaking, on the other hand, makes creating custom ringtones extremely easy. AnyRing is one such jailbreak app dedicated to creating custom ringtones, SMS alerts, and mail alerts. Check out our video highlights of the recently updated app inside.(…)Read [...]

28, Nov, 11

Featured Facebook Campaigns: Toys “R” Us, Taco Cabana, “Mission Impossible,” GLAAD, Walmart, Michael Kors, Macy’s and Visa

Posted by Sara Inés Calderón, under Advertising, Credits, E-commerce, Email, Facebook, Messages, Page Management, Pages, Social Media Monitoring, Twitter

Black Friday features prominently in our campaigns this week as Toys “R” Us offered its catalog for download on Facebook and Walmart used an app to help users locate their nearest stores — and the deals to be had there. … Continue reading →

11, Oct, 11

Chat Alert Notifies Users When a Specific Facebook Friend Goes Online

Posted by Sara Inés Calderón, under Applications, Apps For Sale, Chat, Email, Facebook, Messages

Chat Alert is a simple application that informs users when selected friends become available to chat with on Facebook. A common feature of some other instant messaging services, Chat Alert provides provides a service not available on Facebook Chat. The app is free up to a certain point, and then begins to charge users a certain [...]

22, Aug, 11

Featured Facebook Campaigns: Dunkin’ Nation, UNO, Notruf Deutschland, “The Big Lebowski” and Publishers Clearing House

Posted by Sara Inés Calderón, under Advertising, AppData, Applications, Connect, Email, Facebook, Marketing, Page Management, Pages, Video

Credits, free money and fear were used by different brands this week to attract more Likes, customers and promote brand loyalty. Dunkin Donuts, UNO and Publishers Clearing House lured users with free money while the German crime show Notruf Deutschland utilized a user’s profile to instill fear in them. Finally, Milyoni’s new Social Theater app [...]

15, Aug, 11

Featured Facebook Campaigns: Pizza Hut, Domino’s Pizza, Super 8, Cost Plus and Clearasil

Posted by Sara Inés Calderón, under Advertising, AppData, Applications, Business, Email, Facebook, Marketing, news feed, Page Management, Pages, Social Media Monitoring

Brands used everything from coupons to nostalgia to recruit Likes on their Facebook Pages this week. Pizza Hut gave out coupons, while Domino’s Pizza gave out free pizzas with a side of nostalgia, then there were sweepstakes for guitars, cars and vacations from Clearasil, Super8 and Cost Plus World Market. We’ve excerpted two of the [...]

12, Aug, 11

Facebook Roundup: UK Gov, Police, Netlog, Ceglia, Narcissism, Google+ and More

Posted by Sara Inés Calderón, under Advertising, Business, Email, Facebook, Google, Government, International, Legal, Politics, Security

UK Officials Meet With Facebook to Stem Riots – United Kingdom officials are set to meet with Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry regarding their corporate responsibility to not fuel riots, such as those recently plaguing London. One possible outcome: to suspend social networks when governments deem it an emergency. NYPD Forms Social Media Tracking Unit – [...]

04, Jul, 11

Featured Facebook Campaigns: Bucca di Beppo, Bissell, Bank of the West and the NBA

Posted by Sara Inés Calderón, under Advertising, Applications, Business, Email, Facebook, Marketing, Page Management, Pages

Among the tactics used by the brands on our featured Facebook campaign roundup this week, a restaurant asked its reward club members to help grow the Page, Bissell (a maker of vacuum cleaners) wanted to help pet lovers help pets across the country, a bank offered tennis lovers a crack at playing with a pro [...]

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