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Stop Pinterest Posting on Facebook

Social Networks & Online Communities,

So Pinterest seems to be the fastest growing social media site right now and it definitely has it’s own little niche that makes it stand out from the rest. But the truth is it is still in relatively early stages and there are some issues that need tweaking.

One issue is how to stop all of your Pinterest pins being posted on your facebook wall. When you first sign in to Pinterest with your facebook logon, it automatically starts posting to your wall. In order to stop it doing this you need to go to your facebook settings, then to Apps and then edit the Pinterest app. You can stop it posting or else set the posts so that only you can see them.

It may well be the case that you don’t want all of your facebook friends seeing what you are posting on Pinterest so this is a good way to stop them knowing everything that you are doing on there.

iPhone Tips for Beginners

Computers & Electronics, Internet, Lifestyles, Recreation, Social Networks & Online Communities, Technology

So You have a New iPhone!

iphone-tipsSo I am assuming that you have just got yourself an iPhone and with it a plan that comes with 3G coverage so that you can access the web wherever you are. These days the plans are very reasonable but if you don’t have web access then you can use the wireless features of the phone when you are in an area that has wireless coverage.

In that lovely new box there are a few goodies but one thing that there is not is an instruction booklet – I guess that Apple think that you can get all the information online in their help manuals but sometimes that just doesn’t cut it and even some basic things need a small about of explaining when you first start using it.

Firstly, I have to say I now love my iPhone and wouldn’t want to be without it, which is what I guess Apple want you to think! It has loads of great features and by downloading apps you can use it for more and more things. Anyway, here are a few basics to start you off.

How To Change The Sim Card

It sounds obvious but from experience I looked and looked for where the iPhone SIM card went and couldn’t find it! So in order to change the iPhone SIM card you will need the SIM card pin that came with your phone (it looks a bit like a paper clip). Use the pin end on this to poke into the hole at the top of the phone and the SIM card holder will pop out of the top of the phone. Whenever you need to open the SIM card holder you will need to use the pin.

Synching Your iPhone

Firstly, in order to synchronise your data with your computer you will need to have iTunes installed and also have an iTunes account. These are pretty simple to set up if you do not already have one.

You will need to link your iPhone to iTunes via a usb port on computer with the usb cable that was supplied with your iPhone and within the iTunes interface you can synchronise your contacts, music, calendar and pretty much everything else on your iPhone (except downloading photos).

Once you plug your phone in iTunes should start up automatically and it will start synching all the data on your phone. Don’t unplug your phone until it has finished.

Copying Photos from your iPhone

You can choose photo albums to synch up to your phone within the iTunes interface but it seems you can’t synch your photos down 🙁

If you want to copy your photos down from your iPhone to your computer then you basically need to do this in Window Explorer. Open the phone in explorer and copy them to your chosen directory.

However, this does not always work so one other way of doing it is to use Google’s Picasa tool to import the photos.

How To Change the Number of Times The iPhone Rings Before Voicemail Cuts In

When I first got my iPhone it would ring only 4 times and then go straight to voicemail which I thought was very annoying as more often than not I did not reach the phone before it stopped ringing. After much investigation, I found that they way to change the number of rings on your iPhone before going to voicemail was as follows:

Call *#61#

Take a note of the number that comnes through as ‘Forwards to’

Dial *61*/Forwards To/*11*n#

where n= no. of seconds that you want it to ring for before going to voicemail. After a bit of trial and error I set it to around 30 seconds to give me a chance to find the phone!

Battery Power

From my experience the battery on the iPhone lasts between 10 hours and two days but obviously it depends on how much you use it. You can recharge the battery with the USB cable either through your computer or with the power adapter for the USB cable that plugs into the mains. You can also buy many music systems to play your iPhone music through and these will charge your iPhone while they play.

How Do You Take a Screenshot with Your iPhone?

Well this is actually a really easy thing to do once you know how. All you have to do is to navigate to the page that you want a screenshot of, then you press down the power button at the top of the phone and at the same time you hit the round ‘home’ button on the bottom of the front screen.

This saves a shot of the screen to your camera roll where you can do whatever you like with it!

How To Take A Screenshot on Your iPhone

Computers & Electronics

Well this might seen like an impossible thing to do but actually, once you know how, it is pretty simple. This can be really useful if you want to write instructions about something or if you just want to email what you can see on your phone to someone else. In any case there are many reasons why you may want to take a screenshot on your iPhone!

So, all you need to do, once you have the screen that you want a picture of, is to hold down the power button on the top of the phone and at the same time press the ‘home’ button that is the circular one on the front of the phone at the bottom. This will save the screenshot to your camera roll.

When is the Ratchet & Clank Collection Released For PS3?

Games

A new, high definition version of 3 Ratchett & Clank games that were previously on the PS2 are being released at the beginning of September. The games, which are produced by Sony Entertainment, are remastered versions of: Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando and Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal.

The collection is due for release in the Uk in May 2012, although the release date is set for the US is 1 September 2012, and you can preorder the games from Amazon and in doing so you will be able to get the games at the lowest possible price with their preorder price guarantee. If the price is lowered between the time you pre-order and the time of release, you will pay the lower price.

So it is worth pre-ordering the games now so that you will not miss out on the first release of the HD versions of Ratchet & Clank.

What is Pinterest?

Internet, Social Networks & Online Communities

Pinterest is one of the newest of what can be classed as a social media site but with a bit of a difference. It could actually be grouped with sites like reddit and stumbleupon (and quite a few others too numerous to mention) but it seems to have captured people’s imagination a little better.

The key point of pinterest is that it is a kind of virtual pinboard for people to post things. But the way that it has been set up might be the key. In effect you ‘pin’ a picture to the pinterest board in a category that is relevant to the picture or web page that it came from. Others can see whatever you have pinned and if they like it they can ‘repin’ it.

If you are someone with a website then this can drive traffic to your site if people repin your page or picture in large numbers. If you can get something eye catching and useful that is pinned then it will get read and repinned quite a bit.

You can pin something by linking in with your twitter or facebook account or you can apply for a pinterest account where you will be put on the waiting list!

Is pinterest the new facebook or twitter though? If it continues to take off as it has then who knows?