It’s been awhile since we last updated you on what’s happening with Fixya, but we have a pretty good reason for our silence.
Over the past few months, all of us here at Fixya have been hard at work designing and building several new features and tools that we know will improve your Fixya experience. We are super excited to start rolling out these new features in the coming weeks, so be sure to continually check back here to stay up to date on what’s new.
To kick things off, we want to introduce our first new feature: Local Pro Reviews.
Local Pro Reviews: a new way to show your appreciation
Fixya Users, you love learning how to identify and fix your product problems as much as our Pros love helping you.
Now it’s time to share some of that love back to the Pros. With the new Review system, you can give direct feedback to Local Pros who may have helped you in some way. Whether they have aided you in person, via phone or email, or simply posted the perfect solution to your problem, Local Pro Reviews allows you to show them your gratitude.
And of course if the Pro has not been very helpful, you can let other Fixya users know to tread carefully with that particular Pro’s solutions. A Local Pro’s star-rating will help rank the best and brightest Pros at the top of the Local Directory, making it easier for you to find the best service professional in your area.
To review a Local Pro, simply go to their profile. Right below their Logo and Name, you will see the “Rate this pro” form. Simply select your star rating to get started!
Reported problem data from Fixya’s Microsoft Fixboard
Microsoft’s announcement that current CEO Steve Ballmer will step down within the next twelve months completes a re-organization that began in July when the company went through some significant changes to department heads and set path on a new direction. With a greater focus now being placed on their mobile and entertainment divisions, Microsoft hopes to change the downward trend of a company that has struggled competing in a world with less personal computers and more smartphones and gadgets.
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Hello FixYa fanatics! Over the course of the next few weeks we will be profiling some items in the point shop in order to give you a better idea of what you can earn for free by solving questions on FixYa. Our original post on the grand opening of the shop can be found here.
Earlier this summer we brought to you the FixYa Point Shop, a place where Experts can turn in their points for cool items like the Kindle Fire, Roku 2 XS, and clothing branded with one-of-a-kind FixYa logos. In case you’re unaware of the Point Shop and all of the awesomeness that comes along with it, here’s a brief refresher course:
- Earn points by solving questions on FixYa
- Visit the FixYa Point Shop and select the item you’d like to receive
- Get free shipping around the world, wherever you live
As of this posting we have 8 items in the shop for you to choose from. They range from clothing to electronics, giving you a wide variety of gifts you can receive for all of your hard work.
Today we’ll be taking a deeper look at the sandwich cap. Continue on to find out more!
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Hello FixYa fanatics! Over the course of the next six weeks we will be profiling some items in the point shop in order to give you a better idea of what you can earn for free by solving questions on FixYa. Our original post on the grand opening of the shop can be found here.
Earlier this month we brought to you the FixYa Point Shop, a place where Experts can turn in their points for cool items like the Kindle Fire, Roku 2 XS, and clothing branded with one-of-a-kind FixYa logos. In case you’re unaware of the Point Shop and all of the awesomeness that comes along with it, here’s a brief refresher course:
Earn points by solving questions on FixYa
Visit www.fixya.com/shop and select the item you’d like to receive
Get free shipping around the world, wherever you live
As of this posting we have 8 items in the shop for you to choose from. They range from clothing to electronics, giving you a wide variety of gifts you can receive for all of your hard work.
Today we’ll be taking a deeper look at the t-shirt and hoodie. Click “Continue Reading” to find out more!
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Apple’s new Macbook Pro with a retina display. This image won’t do it justice.
Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference kicked off today with four major announcements from the company regarding their upcoming product lines.
The conference, held in San Francisco, California, was primarily expected to provide more details into the new Macbook Pro. For months there have been rumors that the new laptop would have the retina display. Yes, that retina display, the same one that earned rave reviews upon the release of the New iPad earlier this year.
Apple confirmed today that the new Macbook Pro would have it.
The full run down of information from Apple is as follows:
- Macbook Pro with retina display, full flash storage, and radically thin and light design [More Info]
- Macbook Air with faster graphics, faster storage, and latest Intel core processors [More Info]
- OS X Mountain Lion, the brand new operating system from Apple, will be released in July as a download from the App Store [More Info]
- iOS 6 which will include an all new Maps app, a smarter Siri, and numerous other features [More Info]
It was a big day for the company and one that understandably got their rabid userbase extremely excited for what is to come.
However, it should be noted that some of Apple’s previous releases have undergone media scrutiny in the past due to their lack of reliability. The new iPad’s “Heat Gate” controversy, which began when Consumer Reports stated that the new iPad could reach uncomfortable temperatures if used for too long, turned heads even if it didn’t turn down sales.
And who can forget “Antennagate” following the release of the iPhone 4, where consumers far and wide reported dropped calls when the phone was held by the receiver. Apple eventually corrected the issue, but not before taking a beating in the press.
Nonetheless, we’re extremely excited for the release of these new gadgets and operating systems.
And you can be absolutely certain that FixYa’s Experts are excited to get their hands on them as well.
