Facebook announced that it will be rolling out the new Facebook messaging system to all users.
Launched last November, it set the media abuzz, with many expecting it to be a “Gmail Killer” and something that would render traditional e-mail obsolete.
The new messaging system, as we all know, will treat all communications between people as a part of an ongoing conversation supported over a variety of devices.
Facebook is surely taking a long time to roll-out the feature worldwide. Ben Parr reports at Mashable that there are more than 4 billion messages sent by Facebook users daily and how Facebook is taking its time with the update to make sure it’s right.
The timing couldn’t have been better to make a great impact and gain acceptance, especially among teenagers, whose usage of email plunged 59 percent in a year according to ComScore.
Facebook announce in its blog, “We’ve begun expanding the rollout of the new Messages to everyone. Look out for it over the next few weeks if you’re not yet using it.”
You can go ahead and learn more about the new messaging system here.
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Senior technology consultant at Sophos, Graham Cluley, warns about more rogue apps spreading across Facebook lately.
The first rogue app is said to come with a rather intriguing message:
“My First Facebook Status Was: Hellllooooo ??? Posted on May 2nd 2008 6:57am Find yours out Here! [Link]”
Won’t such updates arouse your curiosity? I am sure it will.
Leave the app alone even if your curiosity outweighs your judgement. It is just a status update from a rogue app and you will only find that your first status was also “Hellllooooo”.
The second rogue app is said to come with Facebook email as the bait like the message below:
Just got my own email @facebook.com! Quickly get one before someone takes your name [LINK]
This is also just another status update from a rogue app. Don’t bother with similar message too if they are posted via some apps.
Facebook will be rolling out the service to everyone soon. Just be patient and keep your private data to yourself.
For those who heard about it late, remove all references of the app from your wall and revoke the permission granted to the application. Check out this post for help.
This short tutorial will show you
- How to add email address to your Facebook account.
- How to change your contact email
- How to remove email address from your Facebook account.
Please follow the steps.
1. Login to your Facebook Account.
2. Go to your Account Settings.
3. In your “My account” page, click the ‘change’ link located to the far end of the “Email” section.
4. Enter the new email address (make sure that it is a valid email address) in the provided text box and click on the “Add new email” button.
5. A confirmation dialog will appear. Enter your Facebook account’s password and click on “confirm” button.
6. Facebook will sent a confirmation mail to the email address that you just added. Leave the Facebook window open and go to that email address.
7. Wait for a couple of minutes if the confirmation from Facebook is not there. You can click on the resend button on the Facebook page that you have left open in step 6.
8. Confirm the mail by clicking on the confirmation link.
By clicking on the link, you will be taken to your Facebook’s account settings. If you see the new email listed there, congrats! you have just added a new email to your Facebook account.
Changing/Removing email on Facebook
In the email section of your Facebook’s account setting page you will see something like the image given below.
- To remove any email click on the ‘(Remove)’ link and enter your account’s password to confirm it.
You might have notice that all except one email address has the ‘(Remove)’ link. To remove that email, first select another email as the contact email.
Note: Your contact email is the email where Facebook sends all the notifications regarding your Facebook account.
- To change your contact email, select the email by clicking on the associated radio button, and click on the “Change Contact Email” button and confirm it by entering your password.
I hope this short tutorial will help some of you. If you face any problems following the tutorial, leave a comment and we will be happy to try our best to help you out.
