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Can't connect to the iTunes Store

Have you tried calling Apple live support? Do you think it's free? Good luck! If you don't have a Service Care support, they will not help you. They will recommend that you search the Internet or send email to Apple support. Yes, this is a company with a market value of $400+ Billion. Going back to the real issue " Can't connect to the iTunes Store " using your iMac, iPhone, iPod, iPad, or other iApple devices. Here's a simple guide on how to troubleshoot this problem. For iMac, check if you can access the Internet using any Internet browser e.g. Safari, Chrome, or Firefox. For iPhone, iPad, or iPod, use Safari browser to surf the Internet. If you can visit any website, then your Internet connection is OK. If you can't connect to the Internet, then check your Internet connection. Now let's check your network or computer security settings. For Network, check if you enable OpenDNS or any similar web filtering software. For OpenDNS settings, your ne

Misleading Advertisement

If you received an offer from  #BestBuy  that you won $1000 gift card, don’t bother to claim. Here’s why, read the 4th eligibility requirements. THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. SEE TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. Members are being accepted subject to the following Program Requirements: 1) Must be a legal US resident; 2) must be at least 18 years old or older; 3) must have a valid email and shipping address; 4) Eligible members can receive the incentive gift package by completing two reward offers from each of the Silver and Gold reward offer page options and nine reward offers from the Platinum reward offer page options and refer 3 friends to do the same. Various types of reward offers are available. Completion of reward offers most often requires a purchase or filing a credit application and being accepted for a financial product such as a credit card or consumer loan. The following link illustrates a Representative Sample of reward offers by group

iPhone: A USB device has exceeded the power limits

All of a sudden this error " A USB device has exceeded the power limits of its hub port " appears to your computer screen, and it won't charge your iPhone or iPod to your computer. You turn to the apple community forum or other technology related forums, start asking questions, what happen to your computer USB drive? and people (with good heart) start suggesting you need to check your computer USB ports and the power supplied (500mA) by going to device manager. You don't want to mess with your configuration settings if you don't know anything about it. Here's a simple trick to check if your USB cable is still working. Your iPhone/iPad normally comes with a wall connector, use it to check if your device battery will charge. If not, proceed to the next test. If you don't have a wall power connector, proceed to the next test. If you can charge the battery, then something wrong with your computer USB ports (very rare scenario). Get another iPhone/iPad US

WordPress Multisite image upload issue

I have issue uploading images using a wordpress multisite environment. I've posted this to the Wordpress community and got a superb assistance from lpstenu . Here's how I started noticing I can't upload any images to other websites in multisite environment: +++ " Uploading images in wordpress multisite questions. If I upload an image at king.net it goes to  http://www.king.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120521-064035.jpg while if I upload the same image through friended.com it goes to http://friended.com/files/2012/05/20120521-063835.jpg  but the image won’t work. I dried using the un-mapped version e.g. friends.king.net (for friended.com) got the same results. How to fixt it? Thanks in advance." +++ The forum member "lpstenu" asked mbe to verify my .htaccess and httpd.conf file has "allowoverride" set to all. I verified, and also contacted by web hosting company to re-verify this for me. Another set of eyes, is a good thing

Friended.com Social Network the beginning

May 18, 2012. The Facebook Social Network is open for public trade starting at $38 per shares. The CEO Mark Zuckerberg become one of the young billionaire, and his company worth $100+ billion as of writing this article. You're now thinking of creating your own next facebook social network. Well, you're in the right website. Here are the steps on how you can start your own social network. This is the official guide I've used to start Friended.com Social Network , maybe one day it will be one of the top social network out there. That's a possibility because  Friended.com Social Network   is powered by open source programs e.g. WordPress, BuddyPress, and BBPress, it is stable, secure and your privacy is protected! I didn't say that your Facebook privacy is not protected, it is now public (hypothetically speaking). Let's go dig deep! Assuming you have a web hosting service already in place, and WordPress CMS/Blog is already pre-installed. Then you have to add

Facebook to start trading today

The most anticipated social network goes public today at starting $38 per share . I don't know about you but I heard a positive vibes (and negative) from investors, today is the time to tell how much it will cost to sell your information publicly (hypothetically speaking). The users helped this company to be one of the highest IPO in technology, and it will continue to grow as long as the users will use this service. Your privacy is now public! Just a thought!

Game Development Tools

Someone asked me about Game Development Tools, here are some software's that you can try, and most of them are free to download. Blender.org open source 3d creation suites available for windows or mac operating system. Gimp.org (good for graphics and textures) Daz3d.com free 3d Art software for a limited time. RakNet ( http://www.jenkinssoftware.com ) open source, C++ networking engine for game programmer. And NOT really free: GameSalad.com CryENGINE ( http://mycryengine.com/ ) maker of Crisis, Warface, Far Cry, etc. Unreal Development Kit ( http://udk.com/ ) used to make Gears of Wars and Infinity Blade That's for now. If you have something to share, post it here so I can update the list.