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New Facebook Login For The Web

January 2, 2011

Facebook Login

Facebook has released a brand new sign up tool which lets web site designers give a fast and simple method for users to register using their information directly from Facebook.

The tool, a counterpart to Facebook Login, entails customizing and placing a little bit of code right into a website’s pages, which in turn operates like a sign-up form.

Website designers can request particular fields necessary for an account or include customized fields and dropdowns of their own. All the details contained by Facebook are automatically filled into these fields, which users give over to the website once they click “Register.” When the website doesn’t need a Facebook account to register, the form may also function as a separate signup form.

At a time when each and every web site appears to use its own sign-up method, the move may come as an attempt by Facebook to simplify issues for users. But simultaneously, Facebook has almost everything to gain by serving as the intermediary for registrations and getting more Web developers to work with Facebook’s code.

Is it great for users? Facebook is basically asking its users to permit it to hand over their information to third-party websites. It serves a historical goal of Facebook, which would be to get users to use one regular and real identity throughout the Web.

But users might rebel. Most trust Facebook with their birthdays, for instance, since it allows their own friends to shower them with birthday greetings, however many hesitate at entering their real birthday to an unfamiliar website. And Facebook, not that site, will face the backlash.

In a year when every other Facebook statement seems to have started a privacy backlash, one wonders about the type of reaction this announcement will produce as websites begin integrating it.

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Facebook’s Shocking 2010 Stats

January 1, 2011

As 2010 draws to a close we can take a look at some data that provides a window into the lives of the millions of people around the world who use Facebook everyday to share their lives, feelings and interests with friends. Here is a snapshot of 20 minutes on Facebook showing the huge number of photos, links and statuses posted everyday demonstrating how much the internet has changed the way we interact with our friends, making it easier for us stay in touch or share our interests, with Facebook being at the centre of that change in 2010.

Relationship Statuses in 2010:

43,869,800 changed their status to single

3,025,791 changed their status to “it’s complicated”

28,460,516 changed their status to in a relationship

5,974,574 changed their status to engaged

36,774,801 changes their status to married

What 20 minutes on Facebook looks like

Shared links: 1,000,000 every 20 minutes

Tagged photos: 1,323,000

Event invites sent out: 1,484,000

Wall Posts: 1,587,000

Status updates: 1,851,000

Friend requests accepted: 1,972,000

Photos uploaded: 2,716,000

Comments: 10,208,000

Message: 4,632,000

Most Liked Celebrities:

Lady Gaga
24,712,169 people like this

Eminem
23,729,700 people like this

Megan Fox
19,575,080 people like this

Vin Diesel
19,425,325 people like this

Rihanna
18,903,844 people like this

Barack Obama
17,229,885 people like this

Bob Marley
17,168,034 people like this

Lil Wayne
17,004,850 people like this

Justin Bieber
16,779,874 people like this

Shakira
16,520,790 people like this

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Facebook Launches New Facebook-Registration Tool For Websites

December 17, 2010

Facebook launched a new registration tool to help website owners offer quick and easy Facebook registration from their websites.

This powerful plugin allows developers to create a pre-populated registration form by inserting a single line of code, and also add custom information to their registration form. The same registration form can be used for users with or without Facebook accounts.

If you have a Facebook account and don’t mind linking it other website, the registration tool works like an auto-fill tool. It automatically fills in the registration form with the required information like your name, email address and location from your Facebook account. For those who don’t have a Facebook account or doesn’t want to link their Facebook account, they can manually fill in the form.

Since the new registration tool works through an iframe, users’ data are not shared with the website until the user clicks “Register.”

Facebook is happy about the result provided by the new registration tool in beta tests. Facebook engineer Paul Tarjan wrote in Facebook developers blog:

“By minimizing the friction associated with signing up for a new account and making it easy for people to bring their friends with them, we’ve seen that people are more likely to complete the sign up process, stay on sites longer, share more content, and come back more often. For example, in beta tests with FriendFeed, Facebook sign ups increased 300%.”

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Mark Zuckerberg To Give Away The Majority Of His Wealth

December 9, 2010

The wealthy creator of the social networking site Facebook has decided to give most of his wealth to charitable organisations, as part of a wider number of wealthy business owners committing to philanthropy earlier in their lifetimes.

The Giving Pledge is an attempt organized by computer software mogul Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett to influence our planet’s wealthy to enhance their giving. Mark is just one of sixteen billionaires new to the pledge, which currently totals over 50 donors.

The ones pledging are part of a larger shift in philanthropy, in which prosperous business people are giving more of their money to charity much sooner than their predecessors. It had been a trend that was assisted by Mr. Gates, who began his foundation while still leading Microsoft.

The Giving Pledge was born in part from a dislike by Mr. Buffett for dynastic wealth. Mr. Buffett through the years has schooled Mr. Gates on philanthropy, giving him a copy of “The Gospel of Wealth,” in which steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie argued that fortunes were often squandered by heirs and should be put to charitable use.

Starting last year, Mr. Gates, his wife Melinda Gates, Mr. Buffett along with other affluent individuals hosted a number of dinners for billionaires to discuss establishing the pledge. That resulted in an announcement in June of the pledge and its original signers.

Since then, Mr. Gates, Ms. Gates and Mr. Buffett have been contacting billionaires to get their obligation. The pledge does not ask for particular donations, nor does it monitor giving; rather, it asks that a pledge maker commit to offering nearly all their wealth.

Mr. Zuckerberg, who started Facebook in his Harvard University dormitory before quitting college and working on the business full-time in California, is among the world’s youngest billionaires, worth approximately $6.9 billion.

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Details On Worst Facebook Outage In 4 Years

September 25, 2010

Two days ago Facebook was completely down for 2.5 hours. This was the worst outage in the past 4 years. It was caused by a database glitch that triggered an infinite loop, crashing the entire site. Facebook’s engineers posted more details on their developer blog.

If you have a hard time getting on Facebook don’t always assume it’s on your end. Although it’s rare, Facebook does go down every once and a while. If you’re having problems logging into Facebook in the future, check here for status updates and help logging in.

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Birthday Party Cancelled After 21,000 RSVP’d On Facebook

September 22, 2010

A 14-year-old in the U.K would almost had a really great birthday party when her mom allowed her to invite 15 of her closet friends, but she made a little mistake.

Rebecca Javeleau, unaware of her Facebook’s privacy settings, practically advertised the event details to the whole world. Strangers RSVP’d to the Oct. 7 taking the total confirmed guests to a sensational 21,000.

According to the telegraph, her mother cancelled the party and seized her computer. She will also, most probably, have to get a new mobile SIM to escape the frequent calls she is receiving.

Though the party has been cancelled and the posting removed, many groups is said to have mushroomed inviting people along to a pre-party, after-party, clear-up party and ‘hang-over’ party and her photograph being circulated online.

There are fears of chaos even if a few percent of the RSVP’d guest turn up in the town, which has a population of 30,000. The police plans to increase patrols on the day of the party.

In February, revelers trashed a couple’s family home after their teenage daughter advertised the party on Facebook. The damage was estimated at around £15,000.

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Impostor Embarrass Minister Through Fake Facebook Account

September 9, 2010

A minister of the Indian government lodged a complaint against his impostor on Facebook.

Some unknown person created a Facebook account in the name of Babush Monserrate and had been posing as the Education Minister of Goa, India.

The Facebook account sports the picture of the minister that is found in the government’s official directory. Moreover, the impostor set the personal info in the minister’s fake account as; interested in ‘women’ and looking for ‘dating’.

Interestingly, the impostor also linked Spanish singer Julio Iglesias’ YouTube video ‘To all the girls I’ve loved before’.

‘I am pretty much a computer illiterate. I cannot operate these sites. Somebody must have made an account using my name and has been chatting as well. I was informed about this by Reginaldo, who was abused by the impostor while chatting,’ Monserrate told IANS, adding, that all the while Reginaldo thought he was speaking to the education minister.

The imposter is also said to have use Monserrate’s fake account to throw abuses on several persons known to the minister.

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Facebook To Roll Out Remote-Logout Feature

September 2, 2010

Facebook announced a new security feature that will allow users to check if they are logged into their accounts on a different computer and log out of it remotely.

This feature will enhance user control over their accounts and curb abuse of Facebook accounts as many people tend to forget to log off after using Facebook through friends cell phones and laptops or even on public computers. Doing so is risky especially on public computers, because users leave their accounts open for abuse by whoever happens to visit Facebook next on that system.

This new security feature, as usual, will be rolled out gradually and once live, users will be able to access it through the “Account Security” section of the ‘Account Settings’ page. Users will be able to see what devices are logged into their account and remotely log off their active accounts.

fb accountactivity Facebook To Roll Out Remote Logout Feature

(Source: Facebook)

Facebook says in a blog post:

There, you’ll see all of your active sessions along with information about each one. That information includes the login time, device name if you’ve previously named it through our login notifications feature, the approximate location of the login based on IP address, and browser and operating system.

In the unlikely case that someone accesses your account without your permission, you can shut down the unauthorized login before resetting your password and taking other steps to secure your account and computer.

Stay tuned for more news on this new security feature from Facebook.

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Security Alert: Facebook Hacker Tool Steals Login Info

August 18, 2010

A new tool called Facebook Hacker is drawing considerable attention of ill-intentioned people, looking for passwords and usernames that belongs to others.

The tool is said to be very intuitive and extremely simple to configure and use.

Loredana Botezatu at Help Net Security writes:

“There are only two fields that need filling in: a disposable e-mail and a password that will eventually constitute the location where the stolen information is to be delivered to,” says Loredana Botezatu, “After clicking the “build” button, a server.exe file is created and deposited into the facebook Hacker folder along with the initial files. This server.exe file is to be sent to the intended victims.”

After clicking the “build” button, a server.exe file is created and deposited into the facebook Hacker folder along with the initial files. This server.exe file is to be sent to the intended victims.

The program, unlike most malware, doesn’t monitor keystrokes to steal passwords and ids. It can extract info by just searching for key words saved by the user’s web browser.

The solution is to disable auto-remember or auto-complete features in all programs including your web browser, according Paul Ducklin, Asia Pacific head of technology at Sophos.

It is also highly advisable to keep different passwords for different accounts – social accounts, mail accounts etc. This will help in keep your other accounts safe even if one of your account is compromised.

Last but not the least, update your anti-virus program frequently and scan any attachments received via messengers or mails before running them.

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