What is PAL? PAL is a Free application that brings your favorite online tools and services to your desktop or mobile device. Everything that matters to you – and only things that matter to you - Your shows, yor favorite team, Weather, Photos, Email, Events, Movies, Facebook, Twitter, – automatically. All you have to do is tell your PAL what you care about - and your PAL does the rest.
We all lead busy lives – and its about time that our favorite web content and services were delivered to us – and not the other way around. No longer will you need to go and log into all of your social, picture, creative, fan-club, etc sites – and you will no longer have to search the headlines for the latest info on your favorite player – its all delivered to you by your PAL.
Life is too short to join every group – read every website – visit different website for everything – just give me what I want. That’s how we got started.
We are internet users like you – just looking to make the vast number of services and limitless information – consumable for you and us. Our mission – it’s simple. We want everyone to have a PAL and make it their own.
Download instructions Clink on the install now button below the PAL (you may need to scroll down depending on your screen size) PAL requires Adobe Air in order to run so if you don't already have it PAL will walk you through downloading it Follow the screen prompts to finish your PAL install
Using your PAL PAL will put an icon on your desktop that will allow you launch your PAL Now that your PAL is installed and open you'll see a series of panels The first panel contains a list of the 25 most recent updates across all of the feeds your PAL is listening to The other panels are an aggregation of feeds by category (News, Technology, Sports, etc) Each panel contains a list of the 25 most recent feeds for that category The scroll bar at the bottom of your PAL will allow you to scroll across each panel When you find a headline / story that interests you mouse over the story you'll see a view button pop up in the lower right side of the headline / story. Clicking on the view link will automatically launch the website that contains the story Your PAL will automatically update as new story's, blogs, tweets, etc. hit the web If you want to update at anytime you can click on the chasing arrows icon in the upper right corner of the PAL The other icons in the upper right corner allow you to configure your social channel connection, post to your social channels as well as minimize and close your PAL
How to connect your PAL to social channels (Facebook and Twitter)? Click on the personalization (looks like a person) icon in the upper right corner of the PAL
Select Facebook or Twitter icon ( a small window will launch asking for confirmation - select this after you have received confirmation from the Facebook or Twitter web page) A web page will launch behind the PAL - Enter your Facebook or Twitter user name and password A confirmation message will be displayed from Facebook or Twitter when the connection has been made. Return to PAL and select confirm connection button
How to post to your social channels (Facebook and Twitter)from your PAL? Click on the Quotes ("") icon in the upper right corner of the PAL Type your tweet or status update into the message box Select the social network you want to send it to If you want to send a link you can enter it into the URL box then click TinyURL to insert it into your message Click send and your done
How do I add an RSS or ATOM feed to my PAL? To add a new feed to your PAL simply click on the personalize your PAL icon in the upper right. Select My Feeds, this will launch a website that will enable you to enter and manage your own feeds. Example: let's add a feed from your LinkedIn account. Log in to your LinkedIn account, click on the RSS icon next to the Network Update link. This will open the Network Updates page - make sure network updates is enabled, then copy the URL in the RSS link box. Then return to your PAL and select the personalize your PAL icon - My Feeds. Copy the URL into the dialog box and click the plus sign to add this feed to your PAL. Now Close your PAL by clicking on the X in the upper right then start your PAL. You'll notice a new panel has been created called My Feeds and it will display updates from LinkedIn account.
What is PAL?
ReplyDeletePAL is a Free application that brings your favorite online tools and services to your desktop or mobile device. Everything that matters to you – and only things that matter to you - Your shows, yor favorite team, Weather, Photos, Email, Events, Movies, Facebook, Twitter, – automatically. All you have to do is tell your PAL what you care about - and your PAL does the rest.
We all lead busy lives – and its about time that our favorite web content and services were delivered to us – and not the other way around. No longer will you need to go and log into all of your social, picture, creative, fan-club, etc sites – and you will no longer have to search the headlines for the latest info on your favorite player – its all delivered to you by your PAL.
Life is too short to join every group – read every website – visit different website for everything – just give me what I want. That’s how we got started.
We are internet users like you – just looking to make the vast number of services and limitless information – consumable for you and us. Our mission – it’s simple. We want everyone to have a PAL and make it their own.
Download instructions
ReplyDeleteClink on the install now button below the PAL (you may need to scroll down depending on your screen size)
PAL requires Adobe Air in order to run so if you don't already have it PAL will walk you through downloading it
Follow the screen prompts to finish your PAL install
Using your PAL
ReplyDeletePAL will put an icon on your desktop that will allow you launch your PAL
Now that your PAL is installed and open you'll see a series of panels
The first panel contains a list of the 25 most recent updates across all of the feeds your PAL is listening to
The other panels are an aggregation of feeds by category (News, Technology, Sports, etc)
Each panel contains a list of the 25 most recent feeds for that category
The scroll bar at the bottom of your PAL will allow you to scroll across each panel
When you find a headline / story that interests you mouse over the story you'll see a view button pop up in the lower right side of the headline / story. Clicking on the view link will automatically launch the website that contains the story
Your PAL will automatically update as new story's, blogs, tweets, etc. hit the web
If you want to update at anytime you can click on the chasing arrows icon in the upper right corner of the PAL
The other icons in the upper right corner allow you to configure your social channel connection, post to your social channels as well as minimize and close your PAL
How to connect your PAL to social channels (Facebook and Twitter)?
ReplyDeleteClick on the personalization (looks like a person) icon in the upper right corner of the PAL
Select Facebook or Twitter icon ( a small window will launch asking for confirmation - select this after you have received confirmation from the Facebook or Twitter web page)
A web page will launch behind the PAL - Enter your Facebook or Twitter user name and password
A confirmation message will be displayed from Facebook or Twitter when the connection has been made.
Return to PAL and select confirm connection button
How to post to your social channels (Facebook and Twitter)from your PAL?
ReplyDeleteClick on the Quotes ("") icon in the upper right corner of the PAL
Type your tweet or status update into the message box
Select the social network you want to send it to
If you want to send a link you can enter it into the URL box then click TinyURL to insert it into your message
Click send and your done
How do I add an RSS or ATOM feed to my PAL?
ReplyDeleteTo add a new feed to your PAL simply click on the personalize your PAL icon in the upper right. Select My Feeds, this will launch a website that will enable you to enter and manage your own feeds.
Example: let's add a feed from your LinkedIn account. Log in to your LinkedIn account, click on the RSS icon next to the Network Update link. This will open the Network Updates page - make sure network updates is enabled, then copy the URL in the RSS link box.
Then return to your PAL and select the personalize your PAL icon - My Feeds. Copy the URL into the dialog box and click the plus sign to add this feed to your PAL. Now Close your PAL by clicking on the X in the upper right then start your PAL. You'll notice a new panel has been created called My Feeds and it will display updates from LinkedIn account.