Facebook Hacker Cup 2013

Posted by Boffill Saturday, January 12, 2013

Programmers around the world is being invited by Facebook to join this year's Facebook Hacker Cup. Facebook Hacker Cup 2013 is being organized by Facebook for programmers to show off their talent in solving different sets of algorithmic problems. The World Champion can win the total prize of $10,000 and a possible job offer from Facebook. The competition was announced by the world's biggest social networking last January 9. The last day for registration will be on January 27 and the competition proper will start on February 2 up to 27. The top 25 for the online qualification will be sent to Facebook's headquarters on March 22 for the onsite finals. Visit the Facebook Hacker Cup 2013 page at Facebook.com/hackercup for more details.




Alternative for Instagram on Android and iOS

Posted by Boffill Thursday, December 20, 2012

Instagram have recently spooked plenty of its users because of the changes on their terms of services. I don't own an Android or iOS powered devices and I haven't read Instagram's changes on their terms of service. But for the sake of the people who wanted to use a different service with filters and photo editing options, I am going to list some of the available applications online that you guys can install on your devices as an alternative to Instagram. For the information of everybody, Kevin Systrom, the chief executive and co-founder of Instagram announced that users still own the rights of their photos and the photos itself, users will have the same amount of privacy they experienced even before the terms of service has been change and he made sure that the photos uploaded by the users on Instagram will not be seen in any advertisement. The new agreement will take effect on January 16, 2013.


Before you shift to a different service, I suggest you make a backup of your photos first by downloading them or checking on Instaport or Instarchive. Both services link to the user's Instagram account and will be giving them an option to download a compact file of their photos.

A lot of services are available online that provide the same aspect as Instagram. Yahoo's Flickr can let you share your photos to your close network and add filter on it. Google's Snapseed has a broad editing options that includes filter before you can share it to Google+, Twitter and Facebook. Hipstamatic, Pixlr-o-matic and Camera+ are available online and can be used to both iOS and Android devices. The latter 3 are all independent application and has an Instagram aspect. For all Nokia Symbian users, since the platform is  dying, these applications won't be available for download but still, we can have an Instagram-like application installed in our mobile phone, it's called Molome. Molome is also available for iOS, Blackberry, Android, Windows and Symbian.

 Just to inform you all that if you would delete your Instagram account, there's no way for you to reactivate it meaning all your connections and photos will be gone.

Facebook Year In Review

Posted by Boffill Thursday, December 13, 2012
Facebook Year In Review 2012

What's new on Facebook? Facebook has this new feature that shows your most memorable noments in the year 2012. It's called Facebook Year in Review. It shows your 20 most highlight of the year. You can also check your friend's by just adding your friend's url. Check your most embarassing, I mean memorable moment at Facebook.com/yearinreview.

Enjoy Unlimited Facebook from Smart

Posted by Boffill Monday, November 12, 2012


Get unlimited browsing to Facebook for P10/day. Smart Commnications is now offering an unlimited offer to their prepaid subscribers in browsing Facebook. Getting connected to your friends and family thru Facebook is now getting cheaper. Try it now and enjoy this unlimited offer from Smart. Just text FB to 211.

MOLOME­™ Shoot. Share. Badged. Play. Instagram for Symbian Phones

Posted by Boffill Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Right now, I’m getting addicted to this new installed application on my Nokia N8, its called Molome. Molome is an instagram application for your Symbian mobile phone (Also available for Android and Blackberry OS). If you’re an iPhone user, you should be familiar with instagram and for those who don’t know what instagram is, you take a snap, add filter on it and share it on your friends. Its like a Lomography for your Nokia phone. Filters available are Normal, Auto Level, Vignette, Black Border, Viridescent, Crossy, Purlo, Vintage, SmartBlue, GentleArt, Sunset and a whole lot more! You can automatically share your photos to your Facebook and Twitter account. Also, before I forgot, Molome is free from Ovi Store. So better check this application now and be one of us! Check out this video below to know more about Molome


The Controversial Fight of Pacquiao and Marquez

Posted by Boffill Monday, November 14, 2011
Marquez, the National Footlocker of Mexico!
The last fight of Pacquiao and Marquez on November 13, 2011 was very controversial to all the boxing fans all over the world. I am a Filipino so I think you know whose side I am. I watched the replay one by one per round and tried to analyze the fight. For the first few rounds, it was Pacquiao who dominated the fight but on the Rounds 7, 8 and 9; I think Marquez countered Pacquiao but on the last 4 rounds, Pacquiao took over again dominating the whole fight. I’ve seen this picture in Facebook about how Marquez’s step-the-foot-of-Pacquiao trick made him almost won the fight. If you’re going to check the photo very carefully, you can see that Marquez steps on the foot of Pacquiao and throws a power punch on him. It was like holding Pacquiao so he cannot get away from Marquez’s power punch. It was too really obvious when I watched the replay over the Internet. I read an article on Yahoo! about Pacquiao having a foot cramps beginning the fourth round which is the first round we ever saw Marquez doing the step-the-foot-of-Pacquiao trick. Pacquiao is not making excuses, he was a victim of cheating here. Marquez was a very good fighter, he is well known in counter punching but on this fight, he cheated on Pacquiao where Pacquiao almost lost the fight. If you want to check the video replay of Pacquiao's fight, go to this link and see it for your self. 

How To Get Facebook Timeline.

Posted by Boffill Sunday, September 25, 2011
Facebook just announced a new layout on the profile page called "Timeline". As of this date, only Developers can be able to use Timeline on their profile pages. Right now, I am creating this post to give you tricks on how to activate your Facebook Timeline without waiting for the invite.

Step 1. Type on "developer" at the Search Box of your Facebook and hit the very first result. It has 1.5M active users.
Step 2. Click "Allow" on the pop up screen of the Developer App.

Step 3. You'll now be taken to the Developer's App or if not, try to check on the left side of your screen then click on it.
Step 4. Create a "New App" and give it a namespace. Remember, namespace should not contain capital letters, symbols and spaces. You don't really have to worry about the name because nobody will be viewing it.

Step 5. Click on the "Open Graph" at the left panel of the screen.

Step 6. You will now have to define an action for your app. Put an action word on the first box and the subject on the second box. Example: First Box = eat; Second Box = sandwich. After doing this, click "Get Started".

Step 7. On the next page, just keep on clicking Save Changes and Next until you reach "Save and Finish".
Step 8. After 2-3 minutes, go back to your Facebook's profile page and you should see an invite at the top of the page asking you to use "Timeline". Click on "Get it now" to start using Timeline.

Once you've done this 8 simple steps, you should now be viewing your Facebook profile page with Timeline Layout just like the picture at the top. Enjoy and don't forget to share this tutorial to your friends!


Anonymous' Announces to Shutdown Facebook on November 5

Posted by Boffill Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Hacker group who took credit in hacking Syria’s defense site last Monday is targeting Facebook as their next victim. Anonymous, politically motivated hackers are targeting Facebook because they claim that Facebook is using its registered member’s personal information by selling it to Government agencies so they can spy on them or should I say “US”. The date of the operation is on November 5, Guy Fawke’s Day in Britain. If you watched “V for Vendetta”, on the first part of the movie, the scene was all about Guy Fawke who placed explosives under the British House of Lords on 1605. Common type of operation of “Anonymous” is by using Distributed Denial-Of-Service attack or commonly known as DDoS Attack. What’s gonna happen with this one is that the hacker will send you loads of packets until your internet connection will slow down or worse, you’ll lose connection to the Internet. This happened to me before when I had a fight with this guy from IRC who happen to be a hacker. He attacked me by using DDoS and there I lost my Internet connection. Good thing I was at the Internet café that time, my personal Internet connection was not touched. So, going back to the Anonymous’ announcement of attack at Facebook, we should all be waiting for this and see what’s Facebook’s counter-attack to them. Check on the video below for Anonymous' announcement. Good luck to both sides!

My Twitter Has Been Hacked!

Posted by Boffill Sunday, July 24, 2011
Last time I logged in to my account at Twitter was last week. I am not really fond of twitting twits to my Twitter friends but I always value my account. I can contact my cousins and friends thru twitter at times especially when they are not logged in to their Facebook account. This morning, when I logged in to Twitter, I noticed that the spams I get from last week were still there. I first noticed this spam when some of my friends at Facebook were complaining about it. By the way, my Twitter and Facebook were linked to each other. I checked on it and it was there, I checked the apps and websites that have an access to my Twitter and none of them were suspicious. I don’t really know what’s happening now, I tried to check on the Help page of Twitter but have not gotten any good result. Now, I’m frustrated about it because it’s spamming my account and I’ll have to unlink my Facebook and Twitter so that my Facebook won’t get affected. I still need some help about it. I hope this one will be fixed soon!

Help my Friend at Best of Cebu Blog's 2010 Contest

Posted by Boffill Tuesday, November 9, 2010
A few weeks back, I joined the National Geographic Channel Great Migration Photo Contest. Now, I am struggling for more votes on it. The competition is very tight. Professional photographers even joined the contests. I want to personally thank my friends and relatives who voted for my entry.

I never went online for a few days because of my busy schedule and when I went back online the other day; I noticed that one of my blogger friends, Noynoy, joined a contest called Best Cebu Blogs 2010. Noynoy’s blog is all about the latest buzz in Cebu and Davao. He talks about different activities currently happening in Cebu and Davao. Noynoy’s a good friend of mine and I am asking you all to please support him on this contest.
For you to vote, you will have to “like” the Best of Cebu Blog’s fan page first and then go to Noynoy’s entry here and then “like” his entry.

I Joined the National Geographic Channel Asia Photo Contest and I NEED your Help!

Posted by Boffill Sunday, October 17, 2010
All this time I have never been very lucky in joining a contest. Whether it’s a raffle contest or any other kind of contest. The only contest I won was the Schützen® Notebook from Batang Yagit’s contest almost a year ago. Right now, I’m trying my luck in joining a Photo Contest sponsored by the National Geographic Channel Asia. It’s a photo contest about “Migration”. Basically, you just have to tell the world about your own insight of “Migration” with three categories; Born to Move, Race to Survive, Feast or Famine and Need to Breed.




I submitted my Fisherkid photo for the Feast and Famine category. Now, I am asking for your support to just simply like my entry at Facebook. That’s how easy it is for you to vote. I hope I’m gonna get a good feedback about it and Thank you for taking time reading this blog post. I hope I'm gonna win this contest!

Please visit this link to "like" my entry!

Upload Photos To Facebook from Right Click Menu

Posted by Boffill Sunday, October 10, 2010
Did you ever wish to upload a picture in Facebook as easy as ABC? This application might be a help to you. Imagine an option to your right click menu that says Upload Image to Facebook. This can be made possible by this small application that you might want to install in your computer (requires .Net). Just check out the screenshots below for more details. Download the file now and enjoy the easy way to upload a photo in your Facebook account. It will let you create a new album or just add the selected photos in your existing albums. After installation, it will require your login details.



Laguna's Most Wanted Now In Facebook

Posted by Boffill Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Days are now being counted for the criminals to be captured by our policemen. Laguna Police Department are being innovative and resourceful in using the internet. The Laguna PD are posting images of Laguna's most wanted criminal at the most popular social networking site, Facebook. They are indeed hoping that the Filipino users of Facebook can be able to help out in capturing this criminals. It is indeed a very helpful aide for them and for the people of Laguna. I just hope that there's gonna be a page like this for all the criminals in the Philippines. Us, the Filipino People, our job is to help the local Policemen sending this culprits behind the bars. Check out their page here.