50GB of Free Storage on Box

     The popular file sharing application, Box, is offering a free 50GB worth of memory if you sign up via their Android app! Box is a free app, similar to Dropbox, where you can share any of your files from your smartphone to your computer, or vise-versa. You have to pay for extensive data, but with this free offer, you can probably use it for a few months. I recommend you take a look at this offer before it's too late!

Review: Garmin Dakota 20 GPS

     The Dakota 20 GPS from Garmin is a "Rugged GPS with a 2.6 inch touchscreen. Today I'll give you a review on the device.
     The screen is hideous. 2.6 inches leaves very little room for operation. The touchscreen looks to be capacitive touch, but feels like resistive. The resolution is probably 352x240, which isn't impressing whatsoever. The screen is a con, for sure.
     Next is the user-interface. The UI is actually a pleasant surprise. The icons are relatively big (on the screen), which utilizes the small screen real-estate available. When you go into an "app", they have a nice transition, and doesn't lag whatsoever. Scrolling is also pretty smooth. Not perfect, but quite decent.
     For functionality, the device is amazing. Built-in, there is a map, navigation, geocaching, trip computer, compass, elevation plot, su/moon, calendar, and much, much more. Again, the UI's are amazing, despite, the terrible screen resolution. Aesthetics seem to be well thought out, from icons to buttons.
     Overall, the design is extremely tough and rugged, the UI is well made, and the functions the device performs, again, quite decent. The only cons (and big ones), are the screen and it's resolution. They are both quite terrible, and aren't pleasing. The thickness of the device is behind it's time, but still isn't too annoying. I still wouldn't recommend this product, al long as you have a smartphone with GPS capabilities. There is no reason to carry more than one device.

iPad 3: What to Expect

The iPad 3 rumors have come and gone throughout the past few months, but it's almost time for the actual device to be revealed. So, in this post I'll go over the rumors, and tell you what you should see this coming March.
First, is the screen. The original iPad had a non-retina display, and while this was speculated in the iPad 2, it never came. Competing tablets have amazing AMOLED screens, and are usually much better than the current iPad 2's. MacRumors claims to have an iPad 3 screen. They took a look at it under a microscope, and there are twice as many pixels than there are currently. This would be a retina display, and would make any computer screen look like rubbish after using the "iPad 3".
Next is the "mini iPad". With the Kindle Fire becoming a huge competitor to the iPad (hence taking a mass amount of sales from it during the holiday season), Apple has to have a way to respond. A 6-7 inch iPad could solve that, by reducing the parts/cost, and also providing that form-factor that many like. Now, will this happen? We'll just have to wait and see in March.
One flaw with the iPad 2 were the cameras. The front camera wasn't expected to be decent at all, but the back facing camera should've been decent. But, no! Apple had to cheap out on the camera. The 5MP camera & 720p video recording was very washed out and wasn't very good frame-rate wise. With the iPad 3, I predict an 8MP camera, with 1080p video recording. No flash though, to keep the design minimal. With the vast amount of movie editing programs being released for the iPad, there is a huge market Apple could seize. Avid Studio Pro offers amazing editing, on a small, thin device. If you like making family movies/videos, you probably won't import your footage from an external camera. Rather , you will film on your iPad.
These are my predictions for the iPad 3. What about yours? Tell me in the comments below, or shoot me a tweet to my Twitter account, @DiegoDoes.

Facebook Tip: Posting to Certain Areas

     If your business uses Facebook for marketing, this could be the post for you. On Facebook, you may have an audience worldwide. While some might know your language, some might not. Certain regions will know certain languages. With a simple trick on Facebook, you can post different things to different countries/cities. For example, let's say you have customers in Europe, that don't speak English. You also have customers in the United States of America. When you're posting, you can click on the button that reads,  "Public". The default is public, but we want to change that to, let's say, Europe. Now that you've changed your location settings, you may now write in that country/cities native language, to please them specifically. Again, you can change this for each post.

YouTube Testing "+1" Button Instead of Like/Dislike

YouTube going crazy with changes, yet again. Most are annoyed. I rather like the change, and some changes can effect the YouTube community in a quite positive way. In the image above (via Twitter User @GeekAndrew), there is no Like/Dislike button. Google has been trying especially hard to integrate Google+ with Android, Blogger, Google Chrome and YouTube. There is a +1 button. On Google+, +1 is the equivalent to a like on Facebook. One problem with this is that you can't see the red/green lightsaber in order to judge whether the video is worth watching. Don't worry though, this is being tested randomly on various users, not worldwide yet.

OS X: Mountain Lion!

Today, Apple announced a new version of OS X. Of course named after a cat of some sort. This time, Mountain Lion. I ain't lion! (You've cat to be kitten me!) Enough with the stupid puns, let's get to the important stuff. First off, Mountain Lion has very tight integration with Twitter. From Safari, there will be a simple button, where there is a link added, and a non-intrusive interface where you can compose your Tweet. That's nice, but not very exciting compared to the iOS like features included. Now, there will be a notification center! Yes, practically identical to iOS's, but it will appear on the right side of your screen. There is also an addition of Reminders (which might signal a revamped iCloud to sync this across all platforms. without Siri...) iMessage has basically come to Mac with Messages, which is available for download from Apple's website. Delivery receipts can be sent to your email, but only by choice. The social aspect is now becoming tightly integrated with the system, with Twitter, Messages, and also GameCenter. Nothing exciting, because GameCenter really isn't that great of a network. A notable feature is Gatekeeper, which is like a bodyguard for your Mac. There are security options for where apps are installed from, and when a password is required. This also cracks down on malware, with Developer ID's. This way, a developer ID can be taken away if there is malware made by them. These features are nice, but aside from Messages Beta, you'll have to wait until Summer to grab them. Pricing is unknown, but we'll have to just wait and see.

Musicians Not Happy with Revenue from Spotify?

    A few weeks ago, a few artists (and their music labels) pulled numerous tracks, and even all of their songs, from the music streaming service, Spotify. One very notable artist is Paul McCartney. In fact, he pulled his music from all online streaming services. Other artists have dine this to, such as Coldplay AC/DC pulling their music from Rhapsody. The reason for these happenings are all about money; they feel their revenue isn'y sufficient. And truly, it probably isn't. The artists only get a few cents per play of the song, and mainly the musicians are at loss at Spotify. Just a few dollars a month, to listen to what might be $150 worth of songs on iTunes. What are your thoughts on the artists and their money disputes? Feel free to tell me in the comments down below.