Facebook and Orkut Desktop Client
by Haris on February 1, 2009
in Freewares, Social Networks, Softwares
Facebook and Orkut are very popular social networks, but one thing lacks in both of them is a proper desktop IM client to chat with our friends on those networks.
Scrapboy is a free desktop client for some of the popular social networks like Facebook, Orkut, and MySpace. It is a very useful app that brings all the features of social networks right on your desktop.
How To Appear Invisible in Facebook Chat
by Haris on January 25, 2009
in Facebook, Tips and Tricks
Last year, back in April 2008, Facebook introduced Chat to communicate with our friends in real-time right from the Facebook website. For some it proved quite useful, but some people didn’t liked it and keep themselves offline.
Earlier, I used Facebook Chat a lot, but as my friends list got bigger, it started getting annoying that every time I log in Facebook to check my wall, messages etc, 4-5 friends would come by just for a casual chat.
Free Facebook Advertisement Credit Worth $100
by Haris on December 28, 2008
in Facebook, Freebies, Internet, Tips and Tricks
I must say, Twitter is really replacing my feed reader to get the latest and hot tips. I hardly check my feed reader now, when I can get everything from my friends on Twitter.
As you all know Facebook is one of the most popular social networks out there, that has also beaten MySpace in terms of traffic per month. They allow you to advertise your Facebook pages, brands and other websites through their geo-targeted advertising system.
How To Upload Photos By Facebook Mobile
by Haris on December 19, 2008
in Facebook, Tips and Tricks
Facebook has a separate site for mobile users with a clean interface and less options; optimized for all mobile devices. Along this, it also allows you to upload photos directly from your mobile phone.
Many times I’m asked by my friends on how I set up Facebook to upload photos directly from my mobile phone. So for them, and all those who don’t know how to, I’m writing the procedure below for your convenience.
Upload Facebook Photos from Desktop
People who have me on Facebook will know that I recently added about 7 albums in my Facebook Photos of my 3-day trip to Karachi, for the Bloggers Meetup (review coming soon) there.
Even though Facebook lets us upload photos through it’s own Java-based or simple uploader, I had to find a desktop solution because my Firefox kept crashing in the middle of upload process.
Facebook Mobile Phone
by Haris on November 7, 2008
in Facebook, Gadgets, Technology
First, we got the iPhone from Apple and then G1 from Google. And it looks like this isn’t going to end here. We now have something more interesting, a social network coming out with their mobile phone!
Yep, I’m talking about Facebook. It is rumoured, that this Facebook mobile phone would be launched by Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa Ltd through its new handset unit INQ Mobile.
VisualSage: Facebook on Desktop
Okay, I’m finally out of the Windows 7 mania and have an interesting freeware to share that will be helpful to all Facebook-addicts (like me). I always wanted a complete desktop aplication for Facebook, and I’ve found one now.
Visual Sage for Facebook is an innovative Facebook chat and desktop application implemented by VisualSage, an innovative software technology company. This app is built upon Microsoft’s new technology WPF which shows all our friends at Facebook in a network.
How to Get Back Old Facebook
Facebook is all set to launch its new design, and have already started moving users to it. Some have liked the new Facebook, but there are many others who find it very confusing and don’t like it.
Soon Facebook will disable the old Facebook for good, and everyone will have to use the new one. But at least for now, there are two ways by which you can get the look and feel of old Facebook back.
New Facebook Profile Page Beta Is Now Live
Facebook will soon be rolling out the much-anticipated and long-delayed redesigned profile pages. The beta version is now live and can be tried out by anyone. You no longer need to use the Developer trick to try it.
Currently this profile page is in beta, and does not cover the whole site, but you can at least take a look at what and how the new design will look like. Login to the new profile at www.new.facebook.com and check it out!
