Author: Joel Fernandes Google Profile for Joel Fernandes
Joel Fernandes (G+) is a tech enthusiast and a social media blogger. During his leisure time, he enjoys taking photographs, and photography is one of his most loved hobbies. You can find some of his photos on Flickr. He does a little of web coding, and maintains a tech blog of his own - Techo Latte. Joel is currently pursuing his Masters in Computer Application from Bangalore, India. You can get in touch with him on Twitter - @joelfernandes, or visit his Facebook Profile for more information.

Joel Fernandes has written and can be contacted at joel@techie-buzz.com.
Creating a “Loading…” Animated GIF Using Photoshop [Video Tutorial]

In web designing, it is very much necessary for designers to be creative and use different techniques to attract a viewer, and we have most sites using animate GIF images to drive attention. In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at the Photoshop animation feature which can be used to create animated GIF image.

Read More

 

Remember Google’s Chrome “Bug Bounty” program? Facebook has joined Google, and is following the “Bug Bounty” program, by rewarding its security researchers. However, the reward is way too less. For security related bugs – cross site scripting flaws, for example – the company will pay a base rate of $500, but if they’re highly significant flaws, Facebook has promised to pay more. However, the company executives haven’t revealed the reward.

Read More

 

Most people think that the social networking giant, Facebook, is a place to share photos and connect with people. Unfortunately, the network is also used to spread fake/scam messages that play with users’ belief, making them click on such scam messages.

Read More

 

The new scam titled –“[Video] Girl brutally pranked by 2 guys while UNCONSCIOUS!” with a description that states – “these guys took this prank to far! How could you do that to someone?” is reportedly spreading like wildfire.

Read More

 

Speak Asia in Big Trouble; COO Arrested

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Crime Branch on Friday arrested Tarak Bajpai, COO of Speak Asia, and four other officials for financial irregularities and unearthing a multi-crore scam in which over 13 lakh investors have been cheated.

Read More

 

When Twitter initially launched its service, users created Twitter handles with nicknames and aliases that did not reveal the gender and it was difficult to identify it. Nevertheless, Twitter still does not have an option to let its users reveal their gender. However, a bunch of researchers has figured out a way to identify, or rather predict the gender of a user on Twitter based on their tweets.

Read More

 

A picture is worth a hundred word, but a thumbnail on Facebook is worth a thousand notorious thoughts. Here is a scam with a very displeasing thumbnail of a girl stripping her clothes down. Earlier we had seen a scam that indicated a girl caught by her dad while she was on web cam. Today I came across a similar scam titled -“Girl Caught by Her Dad While Having Fun on Chatroulette..!!” that describes – “This is just WRONG!! Poor father … this is so awkaward!” The scammer couldn’t even get the right spelling of ‘awkward’.

Read More

 

In this tutorial you will learn how to create or transform your pictures into HDR by tuning them with the help of Adobe Photoshop. Unlike the actual HDR technique, this Photoshop trick will require only a single JPEG image. You don’t have to shoot into RAW images or take multiple photos.

Read More

 

Facebook scams are nothing new. They seem to appear with every new disaster that occurs in reality. We have reported a number of scams that are spreading like wildfire on Facebook. A couple of days earlier, Facebook was hit with a massive Amy Winehouse Death Video Scam that promised to show a leaked video of the singer, hours before her death. Today I noticed a new scam going viral where users are clicking on links and posting updates saying “[NSFW] Webcam Girl Fail” which has a description that states – “Silly girl wants to tease some guys on her webcam – The Fail was obvious!”

Read More

 

Smooth Gestures is a free extension for Google Chrome that allows you to browse the Internet by using mouse gestures. The extension helps you browse the web quickly and easily, by allowing you to execute commands without having to use the keyboard, menus or toolbars.

Read More

 

Macro photography is the art of taking close-up pictures that reveal every detail that goes unnoticed by the naked eye. It’s altogether a different world inside. Point-and-shoot digital cameras have remarkable macro capabilities, but for best results you would require a special single-lens reflex camera.

Read More

 

Dad Drops His Daughter to Try to Catch a Baseball on LIVE TV! – Facebook Scam

A new Facebook scam is reportedly spreading like wildfire on Facebook. The scam relates to an incident that happened a month ago. A father, who took his daughter to watch a baseball game in LA, dropped his daughter off his hands while trying to catch a foul ball. However, it was reported that the girl was not injured. Facebook scammers have taken advantage of this incident by creating a fake message that promises to show the video by completing a survey.

Read More

 

How It’s Made – Camera Lenses [Video]

Have you ever wondered how camera lenses are manufactured? Why it takes days to get a new lens done? Well, here’s an interesting look into how lenses for DSLR cameras are made. It takes a total of 6 weeks to make one optical lens. Camera lens goes through several inspections, to make sure that the glass gets to its final stage without any defects or dust on it.

Read More

 

Google Celebrates Alexander Calder’s 113th Birthday with Calder Mobile Doodle

Google continues the tradition of celebrating important events with a doodle, and look what it’s celebrating today. It’s Alexander Calder’s 113th Birthday. Alexander Calder was an American sculptor, artist and most famous for inventing the mobile. In addition to that, he also created paintings, toys, lithographs, and household objects.

Read More

 

Facebook Rolls Out  New Comment Features – Embed Videos, Images and Other Media Content

Facebook has just launched a new feature that allow users to embed videos, pictures and other external content in comments by just including a URL.

Read More

 

1 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 38
 
Copyright 2006-2012 Techie Buzz. All Rights Reserved. Our content may not be reproduced on other websites. Content Delivery by MaxCDN