Borat approves, do you?
A Facebook ‘Like’ Greasemonkey script was rolled out to the masses yesterday. This script was developed by Matt Kelly, who works at Facebook, so you should know it works pretty darn well. This script enables you to ‘like’ any page on the web by placing a thin toolbar at the top of every site you visit. It’s a simple script that has been downloaded over 1,000 times since yesterday. Greasemonkey scripts require Firefox but users of other browsers can also use – Greasemetal for Google Chrome and Greasekit for Safari. If you want to get your universal ‘like’ on, download the Facebook Greasemonkey script here.
Written on 27 July 2010
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Just last week, Facebook announced that they will officially kill the company’s Gift Shop on August 1st of this year. The Gift Shop sells: Virtual Gifts, E-Cards, Real Gifts, Charity Donations, and Music/MP3’s. Following August 1st, users received gifts will still be visible but the option to purchase will be obsolete.
So why is the company getting rid of the shop?
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Written on 12 July 2010
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Want to print pictures off your Facebook account without all the hassle?
Kodak has the perfect solution!
Soon, you’ll be able to log into your Facebook account at Kodak’s retail photo-printing kiosks in stores like CVS and Target to print photos. You also will be able to gain access to Picasa and Kodak Gallery online albums, as well as take advantage of a couple of useful new editing features.
How Does it Work?
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Written on 07 July 2010
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At the end of last week, Facebook added a new system for ‘tagging’ friends in photos via the site. Facebook has acquired the application – Divvyshot, which allows users to instantly tag their friends without clicking on them in the actual photo. This new feature will automatically detect faces in the photos and prompt you to select the friend who’s face it is.
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Written on 06 July 2010
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June 21, 2010 - Facebook pushed out a new version of their iPhone application which includes a few upgrades including the ability to watch Facebook Video. Other upgrades with this newer version include: the ability to view/write on walls of events and upload photos that are 720 pixels wide.
The only upgrade developers have left out this time around is the ability for users to tag or un-tag themselves in photos (sigh). The app. also has a tendency to not work or load properly, but I think this minor bug will be perfected with more upgrades. At least Facebook is dedicated to refining their app so users can access Facebook anytime, anywhere. Convenience and simplicity is definitely the way to win Facebook user’s over.
Written on 29 June 2010
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With the growth of social networking sites, more and more relationships are ending in divorce.
According to MyFoxPhilly.com, a survey compiled with some of the nation’s top divorce lawyers, found more clients are coming to divorce court armed with Facebook evidence to prove spouses are cheating.
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It looks as though I found myself under some kind of rock last week, because I didn’t know about “Quit Facebook” Day until today. And it was yesterday. And it was a failure.
Hmmmm….
No doubt the trend of quitting Facebook is growing – but all the people that want to quit Facebook will find the can’t. They’ve made it their destination to catch up with friends and family, share photos, post cryptic complaints, say “Happy Birthday,” etc. Facebook is to the internet what happy hour is to the offline world. And its inescapable! While we all get up in arms about Facebook’s constantly changing Terms of Service and the myriad of privacy issues – we still stay. We stay because what would we do otherwise. Email seems like a regression, Twitter doesn’t offer the totally functionality we appreciate in Facebook, Google Buzz is still behind the curve… what else is there?
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The creators at Openbook are taking a stand against Facebook.
Openbook is a parody and has no ties with Facebook, they would just like to be heard.
The site allows users AND non-users of Facebook to search for information, made public via the site. Creepy huh? Information that is leaked about user’s include: Pictures, status updates, relationship status’, etc. You can even do a name search. The possibilities are endless and there is so much dirt on the site, really, anything goes.
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Written on 27 May 2010
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With social networking sites becoming extensions of our personal lives the more businesses are using information on your personal profiles to determine if you get the job or not.
In today’s economic climate, more and more are on the hunt for jobs. Many of these so-called job hunters are recent college graduates who have had Facebook profiles since the start of their college years.
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With Facebook leading the pack for top social networking sites, there has been a rise in sexual offenders using the site by means of seeking out potential victims.
Currently, Facebook has a link, through which people can report abuse or concerns about other users to the website but no panic button has yet been installed. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) centre hopes to have the link accessible from every page on the site. Ceop’s director Jim Gamble had recently met with Facebook in Washington DC whom takes the issue very seriously. Facebook is looking to install some type of “panic” system on the site because they have realized that with growth, the more security there needs to be. Facebook has been stated as saying that they are, “Committed to improve the way they work with Ceop”.
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