Google’s new social experiment. +1 button.

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Google answers to the universal Like button of Facebook by introducing +1 button. Yes, they have done this on 31st March and it does not seems to be an April Fool prank unlike yesteryears. Google for some time to compete in the social web, but has not fared too well (anyone still using Wave or [...]

How to hide friends on Facebook

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Privacy is being a major concern when our social life on the web is increasing rapidly. Any information about us that is displayed on the web, will be available to anyone, if it not properly secured. And this information can be handled by malicious users and it could work against us.

How to remove unwanted applications from Facebook

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This article talks abot steps to remove unwanted facebook applications

Facebook Page for your Business

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Facebook is a great area for advertising. Facebook Pages aid in advertising your business if designed well. Facebook Page is a single page that can be created for a Business, Brand, Organization, Band or even for topic or a cause. Facebook Page is like a single page website or your business brochure where the fans [...]

xAuth Makes Social Sharing Easy

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Extended Authentication (XAuth) makes social sharing easier by automating the way users share the content on various social networks. XAuth was an initiative by Meebo. When you log in to social networks like Google, Microsoft, MySpace, Yahoo! and others, these services notify xAuth.org that you have an active session with the service. When you visit [...]

Facebook – Changing from ‘Become a Fan’ to ‘Like’

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Facebook’s “Become a Fan” button is going to be replaced with “Like”. Facebook users click on “Like” twice as much as they click on “Become a Fan”. Facebook is a great means for marketing various businesses. A company can create a Facebook page, which can be used to promote their business to the millions of [...]

GoJiyo – From Locks to Social Networking

GoJiyo.com is a new social networking site launched by Godrej in association with CNBC-TV 18 seeing the popularity of Orkut and Facebook  in India. Tanya Dubash, Executive Directorand President – Marketing, Godrej group said “It is an online activation platform for us to activate the youth and get it to interact with  us  and our portfolio. It is certainly a deviation form our core business,  but  is  the definitely the next step as getting ourselves more relevant to the youth.” It has avatars where you can [...]

McAfee warns Facebook users of Email scam

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McAfee has released a consumer threat alert, saying that scammers have been sending emails to the Facebook users saying that the Facebook Password has been reset and the users need to click on an attachment to retrieve it. The attachment is a password stealer says McAfee, which installs when the user clicks on it. Password [...]

Stalker apps on Facebook

A number of applications like “Who is checking my profile”, “Who is viewing my photos” have come up on Facebook these days. They claim to show users who has been viewing your profile/ photo. They are the so-called stalker apps. A large number of users have started to use these applications. Facebook says “Don’t believe [...]

Spies on Social Networking Sites

The US law enforcement agents are going undercover on the social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to access the social networks of suspects and to search for evidence or even to track suspects.  Marc Zwillinger, a former U.S. cybersecurity prosecutor, said investigators should be able to go undercover in the online world the same [...]

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