Bizzy launches check-out app, helps you find places to shop

There's a new check-in app in town, but Bizzy isn't just about letting friends know where you are -- it's also about rating businesses where you just completed a purchase.

The app also acts as a discovery service, allowing you to see where users with tastes similar to your own have been checking out. Location updates can be posted to Facebook or Twitter, and so far the service has gathered information on more than 140,000 individual places.

In order to build out your profile, Bizzy will also ask you to select local businesses which are already among your favorites, so you can receive more targeted recommendations from the get-go.

Bizzy is available for iOS and Android devices. Hit the links below to download!

Bizzy for Android

Bizzy for iOS

Bizzy launches check-out app, helps you find places to shop originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Arkon Universal Tablet Stand Review

iPads are wonderful devices. You can work or play on an iPad, at least until your hands get tired of holding it. There are a lot of stands available for iPads, all with their own pluses and minuses. (The biggest minus for some of those stands is the exorbitant price!) Many of you reading this [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/03/10/arkon-universal-tablet-stand-review/

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Mac OS X requires a helper program to connect to Android 3.0 tablets

Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the OS that runs on the recently-released Motorola Xoom, will not bond with Mac OS X unless you install a helper program on your PC first.

The program, which is aptly named Android File Transfer, provides third-party Media Transfer Protcol (MTP) support, which Mac OS X doesn't natively provide. MTP started off as a Windows Media Player technology, which is probably why Apple doesn't support it, but today it's represented by a standard USB device class and an extension of its precursor, PTP.

MTP support is definitely a step up as far as Android is concerned. Rather than 'turn on mass storage mode,' which locks local apps out of your SD card, MTP allows both the phone and the PC to access your phone's filesystem at the same time. Hopefully Medial Transfer Protocol will find its way to the smartphone version of Android in due course

Incidentally, it's possible that the upcoming version of OS X, Lion, could support MTP. If anyone has Lion, and a Motorola Xoom, we'd love to know if you've had any luck connecting them.

Mac OS X requires a helper program to connect to Android 3.0 tablets originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Zynga Enables Donations To Tsunami Relief Through In-Game Purchases

Social gaming giant Zynga has joined the Internet's efforts at donating to Japanese Tsunami relief tonight, by enabling in-game donations through virtual good buying in Zynga games like FrontierVille, FarmVille and CityVille as of 7pm PST. 100% of the virtual goods purchase prices will be donated to Tsunami relief.

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Ubuntu 11.10 will be called Oneiric Ocelot

Canonical, proving yet again that its idea of prime bed time reading is leafing through a thesaurus, has officially named Ubuntu 11.10 as 'Oneiric Ocelot'. Feature-wise, there is nothing new to report: 11.10 will introduce Qt support, and the Unity 2D window manager for low-power devices.

Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical, has a fantastic blog post that discusses how the developers of Ubuntu arrived at Oneiric Ocelot. Oddball Octopus was almost chosen, because it has been eight years since Ubuntu was first conceived. Osculant Orangutan was mooted too, due to the welcoming nature of the Ubuntu community.

The ocelot, which is a cute wild cat, was eventually chosen -- apparently because it represents the "discipline" that will be needed to drive innovation in Ubuntu 11.10. Oneiric, if you're wondering (leave a comment if you've ever used 'oneiric' in conversation), means 'dreamy.'

In other news, Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, which is due to be released in April, recently reached Alpha 3.

Ubuntu 11.10 will be called Oneiric Ocelot originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HP: You Get WebOS, You Get WebOS - Every PC Gets WebOS

Mobile is getting grounded, HP CEO Leo Apotheker has announced. In 2012, HP will include the mobile operating system it purchased with Palm in 2009, webOS, on every PC it ships, along with the latest version of stationary computing standard Microsoft Windows. HP seeks to expand the webOS platform's reach and attract more developers, Apotheker explained.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/72028.html

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These Indestructible Rubber Speakers Amplify Your Earbuds to 80dB [Speakers]

There are plenty of situations which warrant music but aren't exactly conducive to real speakers, vacations and day trips foremost among them. Tembo Trunks, a Kickstarter project conceived by two Australian brothers on holiday in Africa, looks to be the perfect acoustic compromise. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/CCS4C8RBTdk/these-indestructible-rubber-speakers-amplify-your-earbuds-to-80db

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From ?Businesses? To ?Tools?: The Twitter API ToS Changes

Yesterday, Twitter made a swift and sweeping move to alter their ecosystem. In an email to developers, Twitter laid out the new rules. Essentially, third-party developers should no longer try to compete with Twitter on clients; instead they should focus on things like data and specific verticals for tweets. Not surprisingly, there's quite a bit of backlash against this maneuver. In making these changes, Twitter also had to chance their API Terms of Service. And we thought it would be interesting to compare the old ToS to the new one. We can do that thanks to the magic of Google, which has a cached copy of the ToS dated January 3, 2011.

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Instagram Gets a Tilt-Shift Effect and a More Useful News Feed [Apps]

Instagram, the popular (and ever getting more popular) photo sharing app, just got a nice new update for SXSW (because if you've got a "cool" app and you're not updating it for SXSW, then you might as well just shut down shop altogether). First, for photos, there's a new tilt-shift effect, resulting in those sort of miniature train model-looking scenes that you're probably used to from HP advertisements and Vimeo videos and the like. It's Instagram's first foray into an effect, per se, as opposed to a simple filter, so that's fun. And then there's the new news feed—it's been revamped to be more like Facebook's, emphasizing your friends' activity over your own in an effort to help you find new people to follow. The app, as always, is free. [iTunes, Screenshots via TechCrunch] More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Nmat2XpzfEs/instagram-gets-a-tilt+shift-effect-and-a-more-useful-news-feed

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Samsung's Transparent LCD Now Runs on Ambient Light [LCD]

Samsung unveiled a new rendition of its beautiful and transparent 46-inch LCD at German expo CeBIT that uses astonishingly little energy. In fact, the high-tech glass runs on ambient light that hits its solar panels but still manages to offer 1920x1080 pixel resolution and ten finger touchscreen capability. [Techtree and Physorg] More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/HXRsfukuXHc/samsungs-transparent-lcd-now-runs-on-ambient-light

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Add a keyboard shortcut to a Chrome bookmark or bookmarklet

It occurred to us, after writing yesterday's list of Chrome keyboard shortcuts, that there was one glaring omission: bookmark shortcuts.

Not only does the Bookmark Bar take up valuable real estate, but no one really wants to click through folders of bookmarks to find what you're looking for.

Now, Firefox has 'Smart bookmarks', which lets you add a keyword to a bookmark. Chrome, however, only lets you assign keywords (and thus keyboard shortcuts) to search engines.

Fortunately, with a little bit of hacking, that doesn't matter.

Continue reading Add a keyboard shortcut to a Chrome bookmark or bookmarklet

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Weekly Links ? Did you miss anything on The Gadgeteer this week?

If you don’t subscribe to our daily email newsletter or our RSS feed, you might have missed one of our reviews or news items. Don’t worry, you can catch up fast by checking out this handy list of everything we posted this past week. Reviews Cooler Master StrikeForce 19 USB 3.0 Laptop Cooler Review Keyport [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/03/12/weekly-links-did-you-miss-anything-on-the-gadgeteer-this-week-3/

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Warner Bros. renting movies on Facebook for $3

Warner Bros., finding yet another corner piece of the Social Networking Jigsaw, has begun renting movies on Facebook for 30 Facebook Credits, or $3.

The films are packaged as apps -- like FarmVille and CityVille -- but it really is as simple as heading to a page, using 30 Credits, and watching the movie. You can watch the movie as many times as you like for 48 hours, after which the rental terminates. You can stop and start the movie whenever you like, too.

Facebook Credits, if they somehow passed you by (there must be a few people who don't play FarmVille, right?) are Facebook's new all-encompassing currency. Every virtual good transaction (such as in-app purchases, or renting a movie) must use Facebook Credits. Facebook, like Apple, takes a 30% cut of all purchases with Credits.

For now, the only movie available to rent on Facebook is Batman: The Dark Knight, but more should begin to appear soon. If you 'Like' a movie, you should see a status update when it becomes available to rent (see the Dark Knight page for an example).

Warner Bros. renting movies on Facebook for $3 originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How to block specific friends from reading a Facebook status update

This week's set of tech tips are all about the most popular website in the world: Facebook. For more tips, check our tips index!

Facebook, despite the blogosphere's perpetual bickering, actually has good, granular privacy controls. You can control exactly who can see each section of your profile, and easily block specific people from even finding your profile.

One lesser-known feature, however, is that you can control who can read each and every one of your status updates. You've probably seen the padblock below the status update box, but if you click it, and then Customize, you can block specific people from reading your update!

Maybe you're not quite ready to unfriend someone, or perhaps you're simply trying to arrange a surprise birthday party for one of your friends -- either way, it's a great little feature. As a commenter points out, it's also rather handy if you want to block family members from reading... sensitive... things.

Now, if only you could control who could read your posts on your friends' pages...

How to block specific friends from reading a Facebook status update originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Pad & Quill Octavo Case for iPad 2: Thinner, Lighter, Pocket-ier

Pad & Quill’s new Octavo case for the iPad 2 is a lot like the redesign of the new iPad itself. It’s thinner, lighter and adds a hole for the rear-facing camera. It also comes in a range of colors instead of the plain black of v1.0, and even has a fancy new option for [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/pad-quill-octavo-case-for-ipad-2-thinner-lighter-pocket-ier/

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Jetbus is a retro-tastic physics game, with a bus

Once upon a time, there used to be a DOS game with a caveman and a human powered helicopter. The caveman would shuttle around the screen, madly trying to get customers to where they wanted to go.

Jetbus is not that game, but it's obviously inspired by it. You're driving a yellow school bus which has jets. I guess the jet engine takes quite a bit of space inside the bus, because you can only pick up one person at a time.

There are several doors on the screen, each with its own number. As you pick up a person, the status bar at the bottom of the screen shows you which number door you have to take them to.

You must fly your bus carefully, because if it gets bumped around too much, you lose. You earn money on each level, and can visit the garage to buy better jets and damping, power-ups, or even a whole new vehicle.

So while this game isn't made as well as the original that inspired it, it does provide a few minutes of fun. And now, which one of you guys remembers the original and feels like pointing to it in the comments?

Jetbus is a retro-tastic physics game, with a bus originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lightbox Photos Wants To Be Your New Android Camera App (SXSW)

Although Android adoption is growing at a huge clip compared to the iPhone (not hard, since there are so many more devices and plans), iPhone apps still remain the benchmark for the smartphone app experience. In part this is down to the fact that many companies build an iPhone app first and an Android version some time later, which is often inferior in user experience. Part of the reason is that little things like the pull-down-to-refresh features that are often in Phone apps come default with the iOS platform. But to make that kind of feature work in an Android app you have to build it from the ground up. That means there is a space for a creator of ridiculously good Android apps. Step forward Thai Tran and Nilesh Patel with Lightbox, their new startup which has taken a $1.1 million seed round from some of the top VCs and Angels in the UK and US. A private beta launches this week at SXSW, with the founders in attendance handing out invitation codes to the private beta. The app will be presented at the Team Android Choice Awards. You can sign up here to get on the invite list for the app here.

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Daily Crunch: Impossible Zombie Edition

Video Of Escher?s Impossible Waterfall A La Rube Goldberg Board Up The House, The Walking Dead Video Game Is Coming DIY Sous Vide Cooker Distributed Computing Project: Climate Change Is Responsible For All The Flooding Good Thing Shadows Don?t Normally Fight Back

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Faces of the Tsunami [Japan Quake]

The massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged Japan this morning did more than just impact the topography. This is an account of the tsunami's human toll. We'll be updating this page as new developments arise, so check back often. More »

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How To Install iMovie on Your iPad 1

It is possible to install the new iPad 2-only iMovie on the original iPad. You don’t need to jailbreak, and the app runs perfectly well, but there is one big problem which may annoy you into uninstalling it. Read on to find out how.
The App Store checks your hardware and stops you from downloading iMove [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/how-to-install-imovie-on-your-ipad-1/

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G Data CloudSecurity offers free protection from Web malware

You may not have heard of G Data, but the German security software developer consistently posts top marks in antivirus tests. Now, we know many of you don't like toolbars, but G Data CloudSecurity for Firefox and Internet Explorer is one that might be good enough to recommend to your friends and family who need help avoiding malware on the Web.

CloudSecurity offers functionality much like the browser components offered by many antivirus and anti-malware apps (including AVG, Avast, and Norton). Once installed, CloudSecurity checks Web pages for all kinds of malicious activity -- from phishing to malware-infested code and downloads. It's also worth noting that the G Data toolbar doesn't noticeably delay the opening of new tabs in Internet Explorer -- IE9's add-on manager reports a total time of about half a second.

If you know people who have trouble resisting the allure of fakeAV pop-ups and Facebook scam links, you may just want to install CloudSecurity for them to provide a little extra protection.

G Data CloudSecurity offers free protection from Web malware originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Twitter to World: Stop Making Twitter Apps, Thx [Blip]

Twitter's decided they've got the gold standard in applications, and are essentially telling aspiring devs to eff off: "Developers ask us if they should build client apps that mimic or reproduce the mainstreamTwitter consumer client experience. The answer is no." More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/a3GXQktNAtE/twitter-stop-making-twitter-apps-thx

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