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Facebook Phone Rumors

admin — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:10:38 +0000

Rumors surfaced earlier today that Facebook was building a mobile device based on Google’s Android OS. According to an official representative however, the company is not, in fact, developing a device.

Spokesperson Jaime Schopflin revealed the following in a statement to Mashable (Mashable):

“The story, which originated in Techcrunch, is not accurate. Facebook (Facebook) is not building a phone. Our approach has always been to make phones and apps more social. Current projects include include everything from an HTML5 version of the site to apps on major platforms to full Connect support with SDKs to deeper integrations with some manufacturers. Our view is that almost all experiences would be better if they were social, so integrating deeply into existing platforms and operating systems is a good way to enable this. For an example, check out Connect for iPhone and the integration we have with contact syncing through our iPhone app. Another example is the INQ1 phone with Facebook integration (the first so-called ‘Facebook Phone’). The people mentioned in the story are working on these projects. The bottom line is that whenever we work on a deep integration, people want to call it a ‘Facebook Phone’ because that’s such an attractive soundbite, but building phones is just not what we do.”

The rumors began with a report from TechCrunch earlier this morning, which claimed that Facebook’s Joe Hewitt and Matthew Papakipos were secretly working on a Facebook-branded phone, and that the company was “working with a third party to actually build the hardware.” Joe Hewitt is the creator of Facebook’s iPhone app and one of the creators of the Firefox (Firefox) web browser; Matthew Papakipos was the former engineering director of Google’s (Google) Chrome OS.

The rumors gained greater traction after an anonymous source told Silicon Alley Insider that Facebook was using Google’s Android OS for the device “for sure.”

So although a Facebook-branded mobile device will not appear on the market anytime soon, we can look forward to what Schopflin describes as “deeper integrations with some manufacturers” including, perhaps, those who produce devices based on Google’s Android OS.

Source : Mashable

Have You Tried Facebook Lite?

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:33:14 +0000

Facebook, become more popular as social media. Socializing, connecting, advertising, and many more activity. Original Facebook website have so many features, such as application, chat, share toolbar. This features can be added value, but most of people doesn’t use it. They said it’s only make heavy loaded especially for limited bandwidth.

But now, Facebook has launched Facebook Lite. Facebook has removed unused features such as chat and application toolbar. Facebook Lite appearance is cleaner, with no many script and flash item. User with limited bandwidth can be easily access Facebook without wasting time for waiting loading time.

Best Series of Social Bookmarking WordPress Plugin

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:33:10 +0000

Nowadays, social bookmarking ease to share, spread, and bookmark an interesting article. You can find so many social bookmarks plugin for wordpress, but which is the best fit? Maybe I can’t choose the one as the best because of difference opinion each other. But if you’re looking for social bookmark plugin, here the list of most popular social bookmarks plugin.

AddThis

I use this for my wordpress and also blogspot blog platform. In blogspot, it’s easy to use just put HTML code. The AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget allows users to bookmark site easily with over 45 popular services, and to share it with friends via email. Addthis button is small, unobtrusive, quick to load and recognized all over the web.

Sociable

Sociable is a plugin which adds social media buttons to posts, and does so easily. Sociable provide 99 different social bookmarking sites. Wow, that’s so complete.

ShareThis

ShareThis provide 12 social bookmarks site services, including facebook, twitter, linkedin, and many more. Easy to use with small button bookmarks. ShareThis also can be used in any blogging platform, including Blogger and TypePad.

Add to Any

Its appearance similar to AddThis button, with two choice share and subscribe button. We can share, save, bookmark, and email any service, such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Delicious, and over 100 more social bookmarking and sharing sites.

Tell a Friend

FreeTellaFriend is a free service to allow visitors to share article. The great addition compare to another social bookmark plugin is, visitor can enter e-mail username and password (support major e-mail providers) and system will automatically retrieve their contact list. Thereafter they can choose who to e-mail the website to. If one user decides to e-mail all their contacts, article will be exposed to over 50 friends (on average).

Promoting Your Business Inside Facebook Advertising

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:30:55 +0000

Facebook not only useful as social media but also as advertising media. You can promote your business by creating ad inside facebook. Why should? Facebook, the largest social media community, have over over 250,000,000 active Facebook users, is a potential market for your business. You can set targetting customer based on location, age, sex, depend on your product.

Create your own interesting facebook ad , image or text based ads. Your ads will appear on Facebook user’s profile page. Attract your customer by interesting ads.

You can evaluate your ads performance by monitoring progress with real time.

You can get over a million page impression per month. It’s mean more chance click your ads. So how to create an advertising inside Facebook? Just go your Facebook account, and go to Advertising section.

Image : copyrighted to facebook.com

Fun Game You Can Play on Facebook

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:10:51 +0000

Facebook, as social media network, not only for business use but also for fun use. There are available about 200 games that you can play. From simple and fun game to a lil bit complicated game. Just pick from Application toolbar (At bottom left of Firefox bottom section).

Pet Society

In the world of Pet Society you and your pet can have a great time! You can play games, decorate your house and even bring gifts for your friends when you visit them. This game is so much fun, with a funny and colorfull character. Mostly mommy Facebooker, play this game.

Mafia War

Mafia War like a gangster organization. You can recruit as many as possible from friendlist. You get money/point from crime job, buy weapon, and fight with another mafia.

Restaurant City

In Restaurant City you get to create and run your very own restaurant. Design it, decorate it, hire your friends to work in it, collect new ingredients and menu items and visit friends. Play a cute avatar manage the restaurant.

Bejeweled Blitz

Maybe you recognize this game from classic gems game on PC, and now created just for Facebook. Try out the new multiplier gems and speed bonuses. Compete against friends for bragging rights. Cooperate with friends for the chance to win prizes.

Yoville

Hang out with your friends and make new ones in YoVille. Dress in the latest fashions. Decorate with hip, fun furniture. Host a party, chat, play games, send messages or gifts, shop, earn coins at work. from its description we can say that this is fun and girly facebook game

Happy Facebooking ^_^v

Facebook Application for Blog Promotion

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:56:12 +0000

Now, Facebook is growing rapidly as social media network. Not only for personal use such as post what are you doing now, but also commercial use such as promoting product, finding business partner, and promoting blog. As we know, blog also become business media for online business. That’s a perfect combination using Facebook as social media, that’s mean more intensive communication, for promoting blog.

Beside inserting link on status update, there are available some application for promoting blog. Here are 4 main Facebook application to help promote, network, communicate about your online business blog.

Networked Blog Application : this application show up on your sidebar profile, display your blog fans/networker and also blog you like to read. You also can embbed this application to your blog. Simple but great way to promote your own adn your friend’s blog

Notes : this is default application of your facebook profile display friend feeds update.

RSS Connect : connecting feeds display new update

Simplaris Blogcast : this application combine blog post as link on our feeds

List source : Mashable.com with my own editing