This is something that the Social Giant didn’t expect, they’ve been hacked!. Of course, I’m talking about Facebook and for been honest I didn’t realize facebook was hacked until @la_cascara reported that the website was presenting some irregular situations. Based on different information I’ve found around the internet I can say that maybe the Facebook attack is a hack into the languages files.

Based on the information I’ve received (Thanks @la_cascara) it’s obviously a hack into the languages packs, for example, If the word is “Birthday” I’ll get into the file and I’ll change that word into “F*ck you bitches” as it happened today.

The idea that I’m supposing the hacker was thing about was: to hack into the international facebook languages so the English sites can’t report about that. If they didn’t notice it, they wont post anything about it and the hackers could get some fame over the international Facebook users.

Why I’m reporting? Because I’m spanish spoken and here in Panama there’s like 80% of users who uses the Facebook in spanish (it will be a little buzz about it over my Time Line). I use the english version.

A interesting fact: 100 Million of account information ( Like pictures, wall messages and personal information) has been uploaded into torrent sites from person who have their profile as public, bad idea. Facebook is not the site to make public relations, it’s a site in which you can interact with people you know, the information that’s exposed is a lot more than the one you share in other public social networks (such as twitter, buzz, etc…)

I’m waiting for a report from Facebook team but still nothing. As soon as they say something I’ll update this blog post.

Here're other pics staff from @la_cascara posted:

Creditos: @la_cascara

Here’s the video of the Windows Live Hotmail:

I’ll update this blog post with my opinion about this new update.

Update:
here's what I thought about the new layout.

• It has a smooth design: It's simple, that's the most important detail.
• It has new features like: Social updates, Contacts and Groups mails. Only by clicking on one of them you can access to the mails who are related to those categories. That means that I'm not going to recieve on my "Contacts inbox" something of any contact who I doesn't have on messenger.
• Now you can work on documents on Windows Live Hotmail whenever you receive one on your inbox. You'll have Microsoft Office directly on your Inbox.
• Webmessenger is better than Windows Live Messenger itself. I only use messenger to talk with someone. If I need to send him/her a picture or a link I rather to leave it on his/her Facebook Wall or in Google Wave. Webmessenger has a nice, smooth and simple layout who let's you talk with the people you care the most.
• New icons? yep, but.. I think they can improve them.
• New Scenes? Yep, but they're LAME. I don't like any of them, I'm using one because I've to.

Here is! a Sticker! that simple.

The only thing you’ve to do is press the iPhone 4 in that part or hold it with the left hand and voila you’re going to drop the call.

Here’s the video:

Thanks to the guy who film this xD

Have you been on that situation in which you’re exploring the web and then you remember that you’ve to do some investigations but you don’t want to leave the actual website you’ve open? If that so, you’ve probably used two options: The archaic one ( click again on your website icon so you have now two windows open) or the smart one ( in which you open another tab and keep working). Ok, let’s talk about the smart one.

There’s some point in which you’ve a lot of things to do on the internet, maybe you’re waiting for a video to load on Youtube or maybe you’re reading something while searching for one thing that’s on the document you’re reading almost simultaneously. The most you do the more chaotic the situation turns if you don’t have a correct way of organizing those tabs. Introducing Tab Candy (Alpha).

It’s an efficient way in which you can group the tabs that you’ve on your explorer (Yep, it’s like the “Folders” that is now part of the iOS 4 on the iPhone / iPod ) check out the video. I wish Chrome to have a similar function soon. I’m proudly a Chrome user but this is a great advance for the Mozilla Team.

Culture: Excellence of taste in the fine arts and humanities, also known as high culture. Culture is the only thing that relate us with the past and help us to understand or see the world as our forefathers did. Culture is not something about fashion, it’s not about trendy, it’s about knowing the history of your country and the other’s. Panama is a special country, not only because is my home country, it’s special because is the only country in which you can find a “remix” of cultures on the street, mall, schools, etc. It’s a country in which my culture is part of a big mix the cultures of the people who live in Panama.

Are you in Panama next week? If that so, Do you think that the only thing you can do in Panama is go to parties, Panama Canal, Panama Viejo, or drink alcohol? If you think so…you’re very wrong my friend. Panama is the country in which you can find a lot of culture performances in different places. One example, the “II Festival Bohemio” on Indigo (Casco Viejo) the days 29, 30 (next week).

Do you think Panama hasn’t talent? Damn you’re wrong again. Here’s a great piece of work that a friend of mine @JoshDiaz is going to present on the II Festival Bohemio, It’s called Menopausia and it talks the story of 2 brothers ( Both with complete different personalities) and their mom (Who’s running out of hormones and passing throw a difficult part of the life of every women) and one important message for everybody.

“Es mejor tener una madre menopáusica a no tenerla para nada.”

Here’s some banners and the Trailer. Good job bro!

Good job again!

Finally @Microsoft gives the important details about the Kinect, yep, the price!

Microsoft has announced that the price of this new accesory will be $149.99 in U.S.A and it will be released on November 4.

@Microsoft also announced today:

• There’ll be a new console on August 3. It’ll be the Xbox 360 4GB and it’ll cost $199.99
• They said:

“Kinect for Xbox 360 offers tremendous entertainment value for the whole family,” said Dennis Durkin, Xbox 360 chief operating officer. “With full body, voice and the ability to play games with your friends right out of the box, Kinect is the most unique, complete and affordable way for everyone to enjoy controller-free fun and entertainment.”

Today is a special day in @Google schedule, they’re going to have a press event in San Francisco. In this press event they’ll reveal some of the new features that they are currently developing, also it’s presumed that they’ll present the new look of @Google Images.

I’ll put here the info at the end of the presentation. Here’s a picture of what’s happening right now:

Thanks techcrunch for the picture.

Update:

One problem users have is they have to click an image, find one they might not like, hit “back”, go back to the list of images and repeat — it’s not very efficient. “That’s why we’re here today”. There’s still a lot of room for improvement. “Today we’re launching the largest redesign of Google Images since 2001″.

@Google Team

- @Google unveils “Google Image Search Ads”

Desde hace ya algún tiempo he tenido el deseo de escribir esto de manera bien clara y sin equivocaciones. Por tal razón, este post lo verán directamente en Español, quiero que el mensaje se mande claro y conciso. ¿Está Facebook adaptando actitudes agresivas contra la competencia?

Todo empezó hace aproximadamente (digo yo) un par de meses atrás cuando Facebook empezaba a considerar a Twitter como un gran rival en surgimiento. Muchos dirán ¿140 caracteres es competencia para BochinBook? Señoras y Señores, la respuesta es si.

Twitter, como ya he dicho miles de veces en el pasado, es una plataforma que permite sintetizar la información y compartirla con un grupo de amistades o seguidores. Los 140 caracteres es una forma o estrategia de que el lector no se aburra de leer mucha información para concretar que “el libro es verde” por poner un ejemplo simple.

Ahora bien, últimamente estoy notando cierta competencia agresiva por parte del equipo Facebook. ¿Donde?

• Bloqueo de la aplicación Twitter: La aplicación que iba a permitir ver quienes de los amigos que tienes agregados tienen Twitter. A parte de eso, el hecho de poder compartir tus status con tus amigos, les permitía a otros observar la importancia de tener una cuenta de twitter en la que no sólo te mantienes informado, sino que eres tu el que redacta y reporta la historia.
• Mentions y Hovercards llegan al Facebook: La llegada de las mentions (La habilidad de poner @ArlesPinzon) que posee twitter que fue implementada a Facebook ya hace un par de meses fue una cosa, pero ahora con la llegada de las Hovercards (Le pasas con el mouse por encima de un nombre o algo clickeable en facebook y sale una carta de presentación) está claro que el proyecto de Twitter fue una buena idea.
  A esto es a lo que me refiero con HoverCards:
  
  
• La última que he visto, es el uso de información falsa para promover que se use una característica de Facebook. Esto lo pueden ver en un tweet que puso el amigo @monosg y la imagen que pueden apreciar en Facebook. Aquí les pongo ambas:
  

Observen lo que señala @monosg sobre la información de FriendFinder y lo que me dice a mi la información:

Estas técnicas, que en mi opinión están fuera de lugar, afirman la aparición de lo que muchos ya sabemos, la aparición de un rival de Facebook. Un rival enfocado en compartir información, en compartir mensajes y en interesarnos sobre la vida de los demás. Facebook por otro lado, nos invita a adentrarnos dentro de la vida de otra persona aún si la misma no la comparte. Siempre he pensado que: “Facebook es para ver la vida de los que una vez conociste, Twitter en cambio es para conocer más a la gente que te interesa o aprecias”.

No veo porque ambos no puedan convivir en paz y servirse uno del otro, los únicos que estamos perdiendo con esta guerra tecno-social somos nosotros, perdemos una gran posible alianza, una entre dos plataformas de redes sociales con oportunidades inimaginables.

I knew that someone else would come with a better idea than the RIM and Apple company, honestly I never thought it could be a product from Motorola Company.

This is the first look to a new device (powered with Google Android OS) who has seen the light today, it has a gorgeous design, a wide and touch screen with a smooth and nice performance (see the video) and powered by the Google team.

The twitter and facebook connectivity it’s a thing we’re getting used to heard on this new upcoming devices, this is the social media era. You can see the video that I’d posted below in which you see the performance of the new smartphone device in a report of the cnet team.

I like what I’m seen from Motorola, could it compete to the Nexus One (The original Google device)? I bet it has better performance and also better reception that other “Smartphones” *cof* iPhone *cof*.

This is the new Era of the Droid devices, it’s called Droid X

iPhone is just about anything, but calling people. The stylish hardware & software company Apple has made an announcement today establishing some points about the “iPhone 4 reception issues”.

As they said on their website, they’re not the only company with bad reception on its smartphone, they compare the iPhone 4 reception with the Blackberry 9700 and the Droid Phones as saying “Hey! I don’t know what you’re talking about, you’ve the same problems as mine”

Let me saying something, I’m a BB 9700 ( Onyx ) Owner, and I can tell you 3 things about my Smartphone.

• It do work for calling ( Not as iPhone 4 does completely)
• I’ve never been on a dropped call situation, my cellphone it’s not the Xperia 10 but it works for the things I care about (talk/chat with my friends), sync my mail, connect with my favorites social networks.
• The battery sucks. I mean, I need my charger everywhere I go ‘cause I don’t know when I could ran out of battery.

Thinks that Apple talks about on today’s conference:

• The connection issue could be painless if you update your iOS to the 4.0.1 version that’s now on the iTunes Store.
• If you’re happy with your Phone, but you still want a refund, apple is going to give you a free bumper or a refund for their existing Bumper.
• Unsatisfied Customers will get a Full Refund.

So we van say apple is taking “some care” of their clients, what do you think about apple decision?

Here’s the new video from RIM about the upcomming OS 6.0

Things I don’t like about the new OS:

- It’s a copy from Apple and Google (Obviously). How I’m so sure? You can look at the dock which has the shortcuts for every program installed on the Phone, yep, it’s like the one on the Android’s phones. And what about apple? The apps,

- that’s it? only the apps from apple? – No – It also has the Keyboard (The virtual one, obviously)

- The new 9800 has a familiar look, where do I’ve seen that look before… hummm, oh! wait, it’s the Nexus One’s look.

Google App Inventor is the new idea Google team is going to launch for the people who have an android phone. It’s a new an easier way to get an app just for the thing you want to be done.

What’s this all about? It’s about competition with Apple. As you know, on the iPhone ( Apple’s Phone ) you can download an app for resolving almost everything, the thing is, what do I do if there’s no app for what I need? – Google though.

Now, it’s easier with the new smart phones powered with Android ( The Google O.S for Mobil devices ), you can create your app. There’s no need for a special knowledge on programming ( thing that I don’t like to much as I’m a programmer student ) there’s just about clicks.

Personal note: Creating this app doesn’t make you a programmer, so don’t call yourself one. This is a tool that Google is launching to help people to create their own tools, programming is about creating the code and transforming it to “The language that computer uses”

Here’s a video:

Apple rolls out new TV Ads!

You can see this videos on the new “Highlight Videos” gadget on this blog.

First of all, I’ve to say I was rootinig for Brasil since the World Cup started a month ago, and I’m proud of what my team did. Second, I want to congratulate the team from Spain for an awesome game ( Cardiac and Intense, but it worth ).

I liked the final result, it’s better for a team to win on extra time than penalties, in my opinion, penalties don’t decide which team is the best, it only says who had the best luck.

Paul “The Octopus”, I’ve no words to say, you’re awesome, you’re “THE MAN” I dunno how the hell you know all the things you know, but you know them!!

Things that weren’t normal:

A man who tries to put a hat to the World Cup Trophy. He’s called “Jimmy Jump” I think he’s like an “Infraganti” from the local TV Show “Infraganti” -- Medcom. The thing is that he’s pro and Gerson isn’t.

Then: (Busted)

This is how the YouTube’s new interface will be.

It’s pretty comfortable to see a mayor change on the redesign of the youtube’s mobile web. The main problem with this redesign could be that whenever there’s a big change on the design of a social network platform, there are also a great amount of people unsatisfied with the result. The main thing that you need to check once you’re in the mobile website is:

1. Is it now easier for you to look for a Youtube video?
2. Is it a stable website? I mean, have it ever crashed to you while you’re looking for a video?
3. Is it faster to do the stuff you like on the website? (Mark as favorite, subscribe, comment, etc)

Those aspect correspond to 3 categories that I use to understand the relevance of a template redesign:

- Graphic User Interface (Category)
- What you need. Basic user’s stuff or tools (Category)
- What you need. Advanced user’s stuff or tools  (Category)

Based on categories (Thay you can create by yourself also or by your criteria) you should be able to correctly qualify the Youtube mobile web redesign.

Any opinions about the new design?

The FifaWorld Cup’s final matches have been decided. It’s Holanda vs. Spain for the 1st and 2nd place. It was a tough game (way more intense than other I’ve seen in this championship) but in my opinion, Germany didn’t play as cool as in other games before. It was a totally different team in which the 1st and only Gol was crucial and sort of influential in the players’s mood for the rest of the game. I wish an awesome game for Sunday’s afternoon and of course, I hope Netherlands to loose. Go Spain!

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