‘Listen With’ Feature: Enjoy Music With Friends On Facebook Together

January 22, 2012

Music is an amazing thing. It can bring together people, help you connect, and have fun. It can calm and soothe you. It can hold you when you are falling apart. It can make you laugh, break you down, or make you stand strong.

different people loves listen and connect with music in different ways.

On Facebook, up till now, we use to listen to music and share them with our friends. But, Facebook has rolled out a new feature called ‘Listen With’ that allows you to listen songs along with your friends.

You can also listen together in a group while one of your friends plays DJ.

How It works

In the chat sidebar, a music note will appear beside the name of friends who are currently listening to songs. All you have to do is hover your mouse over your friend’s name and click the “Listen With” button.

fb listenwith Listen With Feature: Enjoy Music With Friends On Facebook Together

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You will also be able to chat about what you are listening to. And when more of your friends start listening along, they’ll join in the party in a group chat.

Listen With feature allows users of music services such as Rdio and Spotify share the same song at the same time with you and your friend/s. So, all of you must be registered users of the service.

If you want enjoy listening to some tracks alone or only with some friends, then you can also do that. You can control who you’re listening along with, through your settings.

This feature was launch about 10 days ago to few users. It will be rolled out gradually to all users. If you don’t have this feature yet, be patient. You will soon be able to enjoy music with your friends.

What do you think about this new feature?

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Rajini Power: Website Runs Without Internet

January 21, 2012

I am sure you are probably astonished by the title of this post. I was too. I have checked it out and yes the site works only when you turn off your internet connection.

rajinikanth website Rajini Power: Website Runs Without Internet

A little about Rajikanth

He was a bus conductor before he became an actor. He is hailed as the most popular South Indian film actor. He is so popular, fans look up to him as a demigod. In 2007, he became the highest paid actor in Asia, after Jackie Chan, for his role in ‘Sivaji.’ He has starred in over 150 movies across various film industries. One of his movie, ‘Chandramukhi’ is notable for being the longest-running Tamil film in India, playing for a total of over 800 days.

His rags-to-riches-life story, humbleness, and larger-than -life roles in his movies are some of the reasons that made him so popular. He is so popular that there are tens of thousands of larger-than-life quips about his ability, which are very popular in India.

The site, allaboutrajni.com, contains some trivia, fun facts, quirky quotes about him. As I mentioned earlier, the site does not need internet connection since it is running on ‘Rajini power.’

“The unbelievable spectacle of running a website without the internet is a tribute to Rajinikanth’s larger than life image,” said Webchutney’s creative director Gurbaksh Singh who developed the site for Desimartini.

Here are some quips about his ability to prove what I mean:

  • When Rajnikanth logs on to Facebook.com, Facebook updates its status message!
  • If you spell “Rajanikanth” wrong on Google it doesn’t say, “Did you mean Rajinikanth?” It simply replies, “Run while you still have the chance.”
  • Rajinikanth has already been to Mars, that’s why there are no signs of life there.
  • If Rajinikanth was born 100 years earlier, British would have fought to get independence from India.
  • When Rajinikanth gives you the finger, he’s telling you how many seconds you have left to live.
  • Micheal Jordan to Rajini: I can spin a ball on my finger for over two hours. Can you?
    Rajini: Rascala; how do you think the earth spins?

And a couple of screenshots from a Facebook page called “Rajnikanth Jokes“

rajinikanth jokes moving liberty statue Rajini Power: Website Runs Without Internet

rajinikanth jokes bus hit bike Rajini Power: Website Runs Without Internet

Check out the site yourself – All about Rajini

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Man Unaware Of Nail Lodge Inside His Brain

January 21, 2012

An Illinois man accidentally shot a nail into his brain, and he was completely unaware of it until he went for check-up after feeling nauseous the next day.

Dante Autullo, from Orland Park, Illinois, shot himself in the head with a nail gun when he was building a shed. He assumed the nail had missed and went out to plow some snow, the BBC News reported.

But the next day, he felt nauseous after a nap. So he went for a checkup. He thought the doctors were joking when they told him about the nail (3.25 inch) lodge in the middle of his brain.

He reportedly posted the picture of the X-ray on his Facebook page as he was rushed to another hospital for surgery. But, the X-ray was so shocking, that family friends though it was a hoax when he posted it on his Facebook wall.

While there are pain-sensitive nerves in the person’s skull, there are none within the brain, which explains what happened. Yet shocking, right?

See the X-ray here.

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Facebook Scam: “Katy Perry and Russel Brand Sex Tape Leaked”

January 21, 2012

Would I rejoice if I find a link to a leaked sex tape of Katy Perry and Russell Brand? I guess I will go… OMG!!!!! And check it out.

As we all know the two celebrities are in the middle of a divorce, I would be betting to myself on who flew off the handle and leaked the video online.

katyrussell brand sex tape video link Facebook Scam: Katy Perry and Russel Brand Sex Tape Leaked

But don’t do that.

If you find links that says “Watch Katy Perry and Russell Brand Sex Tape Leaked to Facebook,” please don’t do that wooohhh thing. It is just another scam. Scammers are smart people who do their homework well. They know what’s hot and trending, and they will offer the things people would jump at without thinking.

Going through the link will take you to a Facebook look-alike page asking you to install a Divx plugin, saying you don’t have the plugin required to view the video, making the process look very realistic.

katyrussell brand sex tape install Facebook Scam: Katy Perry and Russel Brand Sex Tape Leaked

Many users who are not paying attention to the page will think that the premium YouTube plugin is legitimate. But, one look at the address bar of the page will tell you that the page is certainly does not belong to Facebook. This is where many users will stop.

Installing plugins from untrusted source can leave your system as well as your private information like login credentials totally vulnerable to the scammers.

We advise you not to risk yourself for a video that may or may not exist.

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Students-Created Facebook Game Raise Awareness On Wetland Restoration

January 20, 2012

Undergraduate students at the University of Washington Bothell’s Center for Serious Play created and released a Wetlands restoration game for Facebook titled ‘UWB Wetlands Restoration’ on Thursday.

UWBWetlandsRestoration Students Created Facebook Game Raise Awareness On Wetland RestorationIn UWB Wetlands Restoration, you start with an empty piece of land. The main objective of the game is to convert your empty piece of land into fully functioning ecosystems.

Evolution of your ecosystem follows a path of succession. So you will need careful planning and execution. Flora and fauna needs to be introducing gradually. For example, if you want the Cinnamon Teal duck to roost on your land, you need Tall Mannagrass, Ponds, and Broadleaf Arrowhead. But in order to have Tall Mannagrass, you need trees planted, and the easiest tree to get is the Douglas-fir, which will first require planting Tufted Hairgrass.

The game has two seasons, winter and summer. You will need to work on different aspects of your wetland during different seasons. to best protect and grow the ecosystem. The game last for 50 years of evolution and your progress is measured in a biodiversity rating.

There are two types of currency in the game: donations and grant funds. Grant funds are given at the beginning of the game and at various intervals. Donations on the other hand can be acquired by inviting friends to play, helping other players, holding events to raise money, and by buying them with Facebook Credits.

An interesting element of the game is video lecture by Dr. Warren Gold, the Associate Professor of Environmental Science at UWB, on how these flora and fauna contribute to wetland restoration. A video icon appears sometime when you gain access to new game element (animal, plant or terrain). Clicking on it allows you to view a brief YouTube lecture video.

Also, every time you purchase in-game currency, 80 percent of the proceeds will go to restoring the actual Wetlands ecosystem located at the university, while the other 20 percent will be retained to maintain the game.

You don’t often come across games like these; one that educate you, and gives you a chance to be a part of real-world issues and causes while you are having fun.

(Play UWB Wetlands Restoration)

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Starz Launches Spartacus: Vengeance Game On Facebook

January 19, 2012

Starz is launched another Facebook game titled “Spartacus: Vengeance,” a sequel to it popular social game, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.

Starz launched the game on Wednesday, the same day the new season of its popular TV show ‘Spartacus’ began.

Spartacus: Vengeance: The Game is sort of sequel to the existing Facebook game Spartacus: Gods of the Arena: The Game. The big difference between the two games is the new Spartacus game takes players outside of the arena.

The game takes the player, a recently escaped slave, outside of the arena to lead a band of warriors. Travelling from Capua to Vesuvius, players can engage themselves with the improved visuals, and new elements of the game like expanded battle system for six-on-six melee battles, advance game progressions, and more varied strategic gameplay as they try to take over Roman territories. Players will also come across various characters from the TV show in the game.

Starz will sample the first full episode of Spartacus: Vengeances to fans on their Facebook Page beginning January 20.

Check out the trailer of the game:

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Alert: A Mug You Can Live Without

January 19, 2012

Will there ever be an end to scams on Facebook? The answer is obviously no. So, here is another Facebook-related scam that you should be careful about .

fb mug Alert: A Mug You Can Live WithoutThis scam offers free Facebook mugs to prospective victims, but steals the victim’s online credentials instead.

According to Kaspersky Lab’s MalwareCity blog, this scam exploits a Facebook option that lets users post their content by email.

Users who click on the offer link are directed to a page that requires them to hit a couple of Likes, on a page that tries to imitate Facebook’s page layout and color scheme to gain users’ trust.

The user is then taken to a page that provides details about the non-existent Facebook Mug.

Unlike most scams on Facebook that follows the shorter “install add-on” approach, this type of scam make sure that users’ are taken through an extra step before getting to the core of the scam.

In this case “…all other intermediary steps are skipped  because the scam authors want to avoid raising suspicion and because they probably assume that providing details about the item makes it seem more real to the user,” the blog said.

An interesting part of the scam comes next, where a step-by-step guide to obtaining the e-mail address that Facebook provides to each user for e-mail posting purpose is described to the user, which is then extracted from the victim.

With this piece of information, the scammers will be able to post anything on the victim’s wall without direct access to their account.

“In some ways, having this e-mail address is better than having your Facebook password,” the blog said.

Some other reasons for targeting Facebook email by scammers according to Kaspersky are:

  • Facebook has set up GeoIP security measures intended to block scammers from logging into hijacked accounts. Even if the hijacked account is not blocked, the account owner will at least receive an e-mail from Facebook warning him/her about the suspicious activity, which might prompt him/her to stop the hack.
  • Posting by e-mail does not prompt any warning from Facebook. Users might not notice the scam posts on their Walls until they visit their own Facebook profiles.
  • Scammers can easily post on Facebook in users’ name by sending in e-mails. Automatic posting by means of a software/script from within a browser is much more complicated.
  • The same scam can be distributed to a vast number of users just as spam.
Don’t forget to stay away from it. This is one free mug you can live without icon wink Alert: A Mug You Can Live Without

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Facebook Launches Open Graph With 60+ Timeline Apps

January 19, 2012

Facebook unveiled a hoard of timeline app on Wednesday along with the launch of the last element of its Open Graph platform.

The social network site unveiled over 60 apps that let users share the what, when, where, and how of their interests on their Timeline.

fb timeline apps Facebook Launches Open Graph With 60+ Timeline Apps

Through the use of Open Graph platform, developers can now turn their web pages into objects that fit into users’ timeline that will detail user’s activities on their sites/with their service.

“Starting today, developers can build apps that let people add anything they love to their timelines – whether it is eating, travelling, shopping, running or taking pictures,” Facebook said.

Some of the timeline apps unveiled by Facebook includes Autotrader, Foodspotting, Foodily, lyst, Soundcloud, Artfinder, Ticketmaster, Pinterest, Rotten Tomatoes, Pose, Words with Friends, Kobo, Gogobot, and TripAdvisor. User can now begin to add these apps to their timelines.

“If you’re a traveler, you can add the Gogobot and TripAdvisor apps to bring a virtual passport to your timeline, and show your friends where you’ve been and share tips about your favorite spots from around the world,” Facebook’s director of Platform Cal Sjogreen wrote in a blog post.

“Soon, there will be apps for all types of interest, as more apps will launch over time. Whether you love snowboarding, gardening, hiking, or knitting, or something else, there will be an app for you,” he added.

“Timeline apps are for the activities you want to share with friends. You choose when to add an app, and you decide who can see it. After you’ve added an app, you can always remove posts directly from timeline, and you can also edit your settings from your personal Activity Log.”

You can find the timeline apps here.

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