YM app for the iPhone now offers video and voice calls

I can't contain myself not to release what's in my head about this new update from yahoo messenger app for the iPhone.

yahoo messenger ver 2.0 for the iPhone

I just updated my old version yesterday and i'm impressed by its new features.

It now allows video calling which is a plus for the users of iPhone 4 due to its front-facing camera. In contrast for the 3GS users, you could still use it, however, the other party will obviously see the output of the single camera on the back. Needless to say, you can flip the back part of the iPhone so your chatmate could see your face.

I tested the call feature too. I still can't believe it, (although Skype has this kind of feature for the iPhone), the purpose is well enacted and simply justified. I tried to call my friend who was online on her laptop, realistically, the reception is intelligible and crystal clear.

Magically, i noticed that this app carries a blazing speed whenever you open it. previous vers were quite slow in authenticating to get into the "online" status. Now, the difference compared to the older version is truly evident. Multi-tasking is at its finest, you press the home button and the app disappears, but technically, it's still running on the background, allowing to receive notifications you sure wouldn't want to miss.

Barriers gone and unbarred, im so happy now that at the expense of a smartphone, i can call and video chat with my ym buddies and yep! windows live buddies who are using their laptops or desktops or iPhones online. Just a one buzz a way, and you're good to go.

If you haven't downloaded yours yet. Get your fingers swooshing with the App Store to check for updates and it should DL automatically after you entered your pw.

note: requires iOS 3.0 or later

~mAc

Top 2 Free iPhone app of the week

the best things in life are free

I promised before to post about apps that could tickle the wild side of imagination... Here are my top2 picks.

1. Sex Facts 

2. Female Orgasm

It's for you to judge. I'm almost done reading the two, i'd tell that both are purely educational and eye-openers. It's one way to broaden your knowledge and horizon, besides the fact of trusting your guts and instincts. Then again, eXperience is still the best teacher.




note:
(these apps are selective of your location/country when downloading, some countries would not allow it, there are work-arounds just incase your country doesn't allow it to DL. i'll explain how to do it in my upcoming posts.)

Rolltop: the killer of Ipads and Laptops

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. 

Robert Frost

Prinsesa emailed me asking about my views re rolltop! What the heck is that? t'was my reply in the netmail i sent her just hours ago. Only to get amazed and struck by this roll top thing research i've done in a minute. Thanks Gizmodo and Youtube for the inputs.

So...

Goodbye Ipad, Ciao Laptop and netbooks... Welcome Rolltop. Hang on tight! this is still just a concept  but deep inside me it's saying that this isn't far from reality anymore. Maybe a few years from now, this OLED flexible display is just another must have gadgets for everyone. Check the vid for a blast of awesomeness!

~mAc

HTML5 : born to please

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. 

Helen Keller 

I was gasping with awe while experiencing the future of the web by actually playing around with this interactive chrome experiment. (if you'll remember, i blogged about ie9's focused usage of html5 last week, well it was only this time that i got the idea of what this html5 has to offer). 

If you are a keen observer while using your browser, say you wanna watch a youtube video or anything that requires playback, sometimes you get to have this pop up message telling you to update your Flash version or giving no Flash installed notification. That is because, most of our browser nowadays are still plug-in dependent to Adobe Flash or Microsoft Silverlight (these are third party browser plug-ins that enables video playback amongst browsers such as chrome, ie and firefox). Lo! and Behold, for this kind of dilemma (installing plug-ins) will soon be over with the birth of html5, it would be then intrinsic to our web browsers to deliver this kind of feature making the complex structure into a simple one.

http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/

That link above allows you to experience visually the horizon of html5. Not only that, ever thought of doing a drag and drop capabilities on the browser seamlessly without any third party extensions of plug-ins enabled? this is not impossible anymore with the newest html.

This image below is a doodle on a browser itself.

Another hard to resist part of this progress in technology is the ability of the web browser to display a customized screen size in video playback. Yup just like VLC where you can size and resize your screen ratio. With the web, you can actually move to the length and width you wish to.

Below are sample outputs from the wilderness downtown experiment.

If you wanna find out more about the application and visual effects of how html5 and javascript could hybrid our browsers, then take a peek with this link:

http://www.chromeexperiments.com/

And topping my favorite from the list of experiment entries is the video below. As they say, awesome is an adjective that qualifies an inspiration.

~mAc

Differential Equations

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. 

Maya Angelou  

of all the things that outcries my tune
is the emblem of my singing rune
to dance in the flames so hot
bearing this shy type heart


but i know, its never going to happen
the crazy, madness, bursting zen
for the angels are at guard
those demons won't do no ward


ninety-six are those forgotten
grumpiness, when is the start?
is it through feelings that squirted?
or 'tis old age that vibrated?








~mAc

(i hope im not too blunt here. riddle me please. whatever you thought about it, keep it to yourself)