April
12
2011
There seems to be a lot of Facebook account hacking recently. This can be extremely frustrating or even dangerous. The main reasons people hack accounts are for spamming something or just to abuse a individual. Here are some tips to prevent account hacking on Facebook provided by the 15 (16 in May WAHOO!) year old software developer/engineer. These are tips I’ve always followed and have never had any problems in my whole life.
1. Use a secret email address
Accounts are usually hacked by someone attacking a email address used for a Facebook account and sending Facebook password recovery emails to the hacked email then they have access to your Facebook without you having access to use your Facebook or Email. Use a email address no one knows about that you will never use such as for me (Rhys Towey): rhystowey.facebook395@hotmail.com or if your a bit more technical like me: fb392821@alpine.rhystowey.com. Please don’t waste your time trying to hack my Facebook as those emails are fake and used for example purposes only. Make sure you set privacy settings for “show email address” as “Only Me” so only you can see it. Privacy settings can be found at Account (top right corner) > Privacy Settings.
2. Use a strong password
People can sometimes guess your password depending how much you say things similar to it or if you accidentally mistype it somewhere insecure (other than facebook.com). You should use a password that you will NEVER mention related things to it such as a football player for a football team. That is a example of what NOT to set a password to. Choose something very personal and hard to remember for others to memorise. If you have any suspicion that someone knows your password, CHANGE IT!
3. Trust no one but yourself
Yes this may seem a little harsh but telling anyone your account information can lead to account information being spread in a way that they make a mistake of mistyping it somewhere other than facebook.com. Its best to avoid telling anyone your account information if you can help it.
4. Know your friends
Don’t go accepting any random people you’ve never spoken to before. You never know who you could be adding. Hackers usually add their ‘victims’ on a fake account to gain any useful information before hacking you.
5. Be careful where you log on
Hackers may try to trick the vulnerable people by creating a clone of the Facebook login page that sends the hacker your account information once you press “login”. Always make sure your connected to www.facebook.com when typing in this information. If you discover a cloned Facebook site, do the people of the Internet a favour and report it so others don’t get caught up in this.
Follow these tips and you will be hack free! You can trust me, I’m a geek who cares.
February
10
2011
Wow, three years already? Time goes fast..
Three years ago today on 10th Feb 2008 it was I who created Towey Software. Since then we have achieved a lot from meeting tens of thousands of new people to creating new and improved Software. Everyday we learn something new and have recently learnt that were not that good with planning things! (Such as the releases of Speedster and WebSurfer 3)
I personally feel proud of what we have achieved and believe that we can achieve anything we aim to do. With the brilliant team members that we have, this should be possible. We have also managed to double our population within the last year.
As Founder and head of Towey Software I would like to give a HUGE thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout the years such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for the Social Networking to communicate with our users, Microsoft for their developing tools and most importantly YOU the user of our Software.
So lets hope for another great year!
Happy 3rd Birthday Towey Software and all the best,
Rhys Towey
Founder of Towey Software
January
6
2011
For those who care or wonder whether to get the Kinect for there Xbox, below is my thoughts and suggestions.
When I first got Kinect as a present for Christmas (2010) I first seemed a little unsure of the device as from knowing about previous versions of devices like Kinect such as the Eye Toy for Play Station 2 which was terrible. From seeing Kinect on TV and on the Internet it seemed almost unrealistic for the way it measures so accurately. I also questioned myself to if it will work with the old Xbox 360 as well as the new one. Microsoft said “Yes, it works with the old Xbox 360 but requires your Xbox to have over 175MB of Memory(RAM)”.
Anyway, after plugging in my new Xbox Kinect I found how simple it was to get started with the new device just by turning on the console and downloading the latest update then my new Kinect was ready to go. I have three games for Kinect which are Kinect Sports, Kinect Adventures (which comes with the Kinect) and Dance Central. Xbox Kinect automatically adjusts itself by tilting the device up and down with its built in electric motor. Kinect also has a built in microphone for voice recognition and commands such as on the dashboard for saying things like “Xbox.. Play disk”. As I played the games I noticed how accurate it was with detecting your body movement. Your avatar on the screen moves exactly as you do from the slightest hand or feet movement which makes the Kinect games more realistic.
Okay so what do I think overall?
Fantastic! Microsoft really done a good job on this, I would most certainly recommend this to anyone. It costs around £130+ but is worth every penny! There are on the other hand two problems with this; You need to plug it into an outlet (separate plug) and you require some space to play. I recommend around 3 meters of space to play.
Well that’s all from me. Hope my thoughts were useful.
December
17
2010
Towey Software’s first mention on TV! (well as far as I know!)
Friends calling up an Adult channel and told me to switch to the channel. What a way to advertise? hahaha.
August
2
2010
Visit http://www.jailbreakme.com from your iPhone Safari (Internet Browser) and once website loads, Slide to Jailbreak!
Doing this installs Cydia to your home screen for you to then continue further.
Enjoy and please share this post on to friends by posting it on your Twitter or Facebook! Thank you all!
June
23
2010
I’ve recently got a Apple MacBook Pro and started making apps for the iPhone. I am currently working on a app project that gets the current location of the device and gives you a distance (in meters) of a coordinate on a map.
Here is a picture of how i want the information presented on a Table View:
The part I have a problem with is trying to display the result of distance. I have the following code:
- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation
fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation {
}
double distance = [newLocation getDistanceFrom:location1];
I have no idea how to display the result on a label on a table view showing closest to furthest distances..
PLEASE HELP ME OUT DEVELOPERS! Email me: info@rhystowey.com
May
17
2010
I currently have had a iPhone 3G now since October 2009 (over a year and half) and even today i still find it the best Phone ever. Its never been damaged (apart from the time i opened the device up and accidentally cracked the screen from the inside. Well i did that myself so it doesn’t count!) apart from a few scratches and works as if its brand-new.
Here is my beef with a Blackberry:
1. The screen isn’t large enough – I like to occasionally watch movies on my iPhone or browse YouTube for some short videos when I’m on the Train and with a small screen like on the Blackberry it is harder to see the screen.
2. Lack of touch screen – I have taken a strong liking to touch screen devices over the years because of the potential of them. I know there’s Blackberry Storm which is touch screen but it doesn’t compare to the iPhone version.
3. The Applications (most important reason!) – Well on iPhone there’s around 200,000+ amazing apps where as Blackberry has around 2000+. iPhone have a much better App Store than Blackberry to quickly download multiple of your favourite apps or even new ones at once.
4. Small Keyboard - The Keyboard on Blackberry has very small buttons where as iPhone has a large on-screen Keyboard with multiple language Keyboards. You end up pressing more than one key at a time!
5. The design - The iPhone design is known for “More screen, less buttons.” which helps keep the device looking good even after 1.5 years! The Blackberry is a more bulky device if i must say but still surprisingly weighs less than the iPhone. Software wise the iPhone is much simpler for navigating to applications and on the web where as Blackberry is more complicated.
The ONLY thing i like with Blackberry’s – The application Blackberry Messenger (BBM) is the only thing i like about the whole phone. Why you maybe asking? Well my friends use it to communicate for free.
Overall my final opinion is that Blackberry’s are Business Phones (Text, Call, Email & Web) and they should be kept that way where as iPhone, the better device is a more gaming device proven by the 50,000+ games available to download.
Sorry Blackberry, don’t expect me to buy from you soon!
April
29
2010
Here are some images of the new iPhone. The iPhone has not been confirmed by Apple yet but the following is what was found in a Pub left from a Apple Software Engineer.. Google it for more information..
Dont forget to visit ToweySoftware.com for the no.1 Software 
March
21
2010
Join my Facebook Pages ive made..
http://www.facebook.com/toweysoftware – Official Towey Software Page
http://www.facebook.com/ChessingtonWofA – Chessington World of Adventures
http://www.facebook.com/BlackpoolPB – Blackpool Pleasure Beach
http://www.facebook.com/LegolandWindsor – Legoland in Windsor
http://www.facebook.com/MerlinEntertainments – Merlin Entertainments Group (the people who own Thorpe Park, Alton Towers, ect.)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Join-if-youve-seen-a-person-so-dark-that-they-look-like-a-leather-couch/107571709268359 – Seen someone that looks like a Leather Couch..
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mininova-Sucks-now-/377715210528 – A Group for the people who no longer like Mininova
http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-FacebookR-Search-Bar/110130498999097 – Discuss about the new Facebook Search Bar
BECOME A FAN!
February
9
2010
Two years ago today it was me Rhys Towey, who Started the Company Towey Software. Since then we have
managed to form a team of People who give there time to help improve the Company and managed to
make over 11,000 Users Lives Simpler on the Computer. We have learnt alot since we started, things such as better skills with developing, communication skills and Computer Skills.
I personally am very proud of what the Company has become and sure the rest of the Team are. I would like
to thank all our Software Users for using and reviewing our Software, All the Websites that have Supported
us, All The Towey Team for all there Support and even the Social Networking sites (Facebook, Myspace,
Youtube, Twitter and the Rest) for allowing us to Post Updates and News quickly to our Users. 2010 has been
a fantastic start of the year for us as we are getting a ton more Users and we are bringing out great new Software.
Happy Second Birthday Towey Software and Wish only the Best for us all,
Rhys Towey
Founder of Towey Software