Meet Facebook's "Buffy"

Photo Credit Given To In-Entertainment

By Lauren
5/29/2012


Rumor has it, that FaceBook is planning on making their very own Smart Phone by next year. FaceBook has already hired more than half a dozen former Apple software and hardware engineers that have helped come up with the brilliant iPhone and iPad, to help them with their plans for the new Smart Phone. It turns out this isn't the first report of the new Smart Phone. In 2010, Tech Crunch reported that FaceBook was looking into making their own Smart Phone and late last year we heard from AllThingsD that an unidentified phone was being tested, which was code-named "Buffy". Recently, we found out that "Buffy" is the new FaceBook Smart Phone. There are many FaceBook operated apps like the new FaceBook camera, but Mark Zuckerberg claims that he doesn't want FaceBook to be a bunch of apps. HTC came out with the HTC Status last year, which was partially dedicated to Facebook, but it appears that it still doesn't suit Zuckerberg. FaceBook has partnered up with many famous applications like Draw Something and Pinterest, so there will be the best games they can possibly get. This phone has its appeal to the avid facebookers, but to everyone else's appeal, well we are not sure. You can still go on Facebook on the iPhone, Android, and pretty much about every other smartphone, so that is the downfall of this soon to be smartphone. I would be very surprised if the FaceBook Smart Phone was on Sprint, Verizon, etc. because the HTC Status and iPhone originally started out with AT&T and then worked it's way to other carriers. Will this new invention be a success? We will just have to wait and see for ourselves.


By Grant Fitzsimmons
5/29/2012

Google's Nexus One

At&t has been a huge part of Facebook's early phone models, but will they support this new phone? Questions to ask Facebook would be why this? There franchise has expanded to be on almost every smartphone on earth, but Facebook cannot just pull all other phone users Facebook away. They would need a new way of communicating, like Google's Nexus, designed to be exactly for Google+ and Android. Facebook's previous models have been android, but will Facebook pull its own operating system out of the mess they already created? Samsung created the Nexus, but will HTC create so called Buffy?

Windows 8 QuickMenu

Hey guys! I know the Tech Bin has been fairly behind lately, but we're going to be a little bit farther in the future. This is a video tutorial on how to get a Quick Menu on Windows 8!

Logo Design

Hey guys, the new logo for The Tech Bin will be established tommorow with Lauren and I, Grant. Lauren Talk will be released tommorow alongside the other updates. For now you can read about Siri and Icons.

Misleading Siri Advertisements

As many of you know, Siri was probably one of the most popular features of the iPhone 4S. Statistics show that 45% of the customers upgraded to the 4S all because of Siri features. Apple started presenting the fabulous capabilities of Siri with TV Commercials, and were soon to be found misleading. Apple was showing how Siri could teach you Guitar Songs such as London Calling as shown in the video below:

I thought that this was quite cool, considering the fact that I would learn to play a new toon on  my guitar, but the results were very disappointing. When I asked Siri to help me learn London Calling as they advertised, all I got was a Google Search. A Google Search was often given whenever I commanded Siri, but she has improved. After updating the software to iOS 5.1.0, Siri improved and was more realistic. There are many other Apps out there that are just as good or even better than Siri. Such as SimSimi, the chatting robot who is always up to talk. 

What do you all think of Siri?

Read More About Siri Problems on....

The Huffington Post

iDownload Blog

The Wall Street Journal

More Icon Locations!

Continuing the previous post, I found some extra icons!
These are rough and have only 1-3 icons in each, but if you could look up what the unused icon is, that would be great!


Printer (Windows 95 & 98):
C:\Windows\System32\FXSSVC.exe

Unused Icon (unknown origin?):
%SystemRoot%\system32\msdtc.exe

Windows Homegroup (Windows 95 & 98):
%SystemRoot%\system32\nslookup.exe

Windows XP Control Panel White:
%SystemRoot%\system32\tabcal.exe

Locked Computer (Windows 95 & 98)
%SystemRoot%\system32\syskey.exe

Hidden Icons!

Hidden Icons in Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8!

1. Right-Click your Desktop anywhere and mouse over New. Then, select Folder.



2. Right click the New folder and click or tap properties.

3. Click Change Icon...

4. Type in the box one of the following unbold text.

5. Type one of these locations!




Basic Icons, (Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8):
%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll

System Icons, (Windows Vista, 7, 8):
C:\WINDOWS\System32\imageres.dll

MS DOS (Windows 3.1, NT, 95, 98, XP):
%SystemRoot%\system32\moricons.dll

Windows 95/98 Basic Icons-Play:
%SystemRoot%\system32\pifmgr.dll

MSN and Phone Connections:
%SystemRoot%\system32\ACCTRES.dll