Google has always been featuring different doodles on its webpage in every special occasion. For this year's Valentines Day, they showcase a cute game "Pangolin Love". Playing the game is very simple. It is like playing a 2D Sonic Crash video game, but instead of having a blue hedgedog, a red pangolin takes the main role. The pangolin rolls over the slopes to collect items before clearing the game. Game performance is graded through stars -- 3 being the highest if the perfect score is attained. Pangolin Love is based on a love story of two pangolins on a long distance relationship. For Valentines, the male pangolin decides to visit his lover, however, he panics because he is not able to prepare for a present. Before meeting his lover, he went to Ghana to collect cacaos for a chocolate cake, to India to learn how to play music, to China to learn how to dance, and to the Philippines to collect flowers. These four countries were part of his journey. Apparently, these places … [Read more...] about Google Features “Pangolin Love” Doodle Game on Valentines Day
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How to Change Facebook Language to Bisaya
Only a few people living the in Visayas and Mindanao regions in the Philippines knows that there is actually an option to change the language used in Facebook to Bisaya. English is the default language and here are the necessary steps anybody can take to change Facebook into the Cebuano tongue. Let the photos guide you. Step 1 Click on the options on the upper-right concern of the Facebook screen. (Location of this option varies on the smartphone platform). Then, click on the settings tab. Step 2 Click on language option on the left portion on the screen. Then click on "edit" under "What language do you want to use Facebook in?" Step 3 Select "Bisaya" on the dropdown. Step 4 Bisaya is still not complete as a language in all of the database in Facebook. So, it is better to leave in into English. Then click "Save Changes". If you see this screen below, Congratulations! You have changed your Facebook language to Bisaya. When you are at this level, your … [Read more...] about How to Change Facebook Language to Bisaya
Google Commemorates 2016 Philippine Elections: #PHVote
Today is a big day in the Philippines. It's the elections day! Finally, Filipinos will be spared from those annoying campaign debates and jingles. Today marks an important note to the country's history for the leaders who will be elected will determine the future of the Filipino people. The Presidential elections has always been a trending topic on the internet in the recent months. In fact, social media platforms played an important role in choosing who to vote. Perhaps, it is also interesting to find out the power of social media in shaping the politics. This will be the first in the Philippines. Google, who probably, being the number one source of information of election-related matters, commemorate the event by changing their homepage logo. Designs maintains is color order trademark -- blue, red, yellow, blue again, green, and red again. The letters are anthropomorphized personifying people voting. On the green letter "L", a ballot box is placed along with a Philippine … [Read more...] about Google Commemorates 2016 Philippine Elections: #PHVote
How to Navigate Facebook Faster — Hotkeys
One day, I was opening my Facebook account through PC and pressed a random button. Then, a series of command keys appeared on my screen. Here are they: You can press these buttons on your keyboard to use Facebook faster. j , k — Scroll between News Feed stories p — Post a new status l — Like or unlike the selected story c — Comment on the selected story s — Share the selected story o — Open attachment of the selected story enter — See More of the selected story / — Search q — Search chat contacts ? — Show this help dialog Ctrl + Alt + 0 — Help Ctrl + Alt + 1 — Home Ctrl + Alt + 2 — Timeline Ctrl + Alt + 3 — Friends Ctrl + Alt + 4 — Inbox Ctrl + Alt + 5 — Notifications Ctrl + Alt + 6 — Settings Ctrl + Alt + 7 — Activity Log Ctrl + Alt + 8 — About Ctrl + Alt + 9 — Terms Ctrl + Alt + m — New Message Now, thinking about these things, I wonder if I actually use them in real life. "Meh", it wont bother me if I do things the long way. You might also like to … [Read more...] about How to Navigate Facebook Faster — Hotkeys
Facebook Reaction System Now Available in the Philippines
It has been a discussion throughout the Facebook button to implement the "dislike button". However, Mark Zuckerberg's team don't want to want to turn Facebook into some kind of forum page. Instead, they want to allow their user to show their emotions in a more colorful ways especially to express empathy to someone who has a bad day. As a result, here come the "Facebook Reactions." Facebook reactions is the answer to the concern of expressing something beyond the like button. Aside from the like button, there are six other options a netizen can choose from: Love, Haha, Yay, Wow, Sad, and Angry. Currently, this feature is available on a testing period in the Philippines. It will be also tested in other countries like Spain and Ireland after the concerns of the non-English-speaking population is addressed. Users can select the other reactions on mobile by holding the like button longer. It is also available in desktop by hovering the cursor to the like button. However, for the … [Read more...] about Facebook Reaction System Now Available in the Philippines