How to Block Annoying Notifications from Facebook Groups

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Coming online to see over fifty notifications on Facebook is one of the things that annoys me most about this social network. You get added to groups without your approval and then get bombarded with useless notifications you don't need. Real notifications to posts I'm subscribed to get drowned in the sea of useless group notifications. Normally, you should confirm before being added to a group but the whole Facebook setup is rather stupid. From silly photo tags notifications down to group notifications, it's easy to get tired of Facebook. So, is there a way to block these group notifications? There are four  different ways to do this. 1. From notifications The easiest way to … [Read more...]

And Finally, Facebook Monetizes its Mobile Version

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With its initial public offering (IPO) turning out to perform below expectation, Facebook was recently predicted to run out of business in the next five years according to some analysts. There are rumors of Facebook developing its own mobile phone but we're yet to confirm if this is true and there's no official statement from Facebook to confirm it. Despite the huge number of users on Facebook, it's quite obvious this social networking site is a struggling company. With a higher number of its users on mobile, only a little percentage of Facebook's total traffic actually converts to profit. In a bid to monetize its mobile version, Facebook now enables ads on its mobile version. I was … [Read more...]

How to Backup Your Entire Facebook Photo Albums To Your Computer

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It may have occured to you to download your Facebook photo albums but selecting the photos one after the other and downloading each of them isn't an easy task, especially if you have loads of pictures on Facebook. At first, I found it hard also backing up my entire Facebook photo albums on my hard drive which seems like a pretty cool idea till I discovered this simple trick. Reasons for this post To let you download at ease all the contents(photos) in an album. To save time. In addition, during the process, this will let you create a specific folder for the album on your computer as it is on the internet. In this article, I will be showing you how to download entire facebook … [Read more...]

Facebook Share Button Stopped Working? Here’s a Quick Fix

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Facebook officially deprecated the share button in favor of the like button earlier this year. A few days ago, I realized that the share button no longer displays on sites I manage. Trying to figure out what could be wrong, I checked those sites using a different browser and it was the same. Still in doubt, I used a different PC and even checked other websites just to be sure. Across the web, a certain version of Facebook share button stopped working. The Share Button has been deprecated already a while ago but not yet completely dead. If it stops working on your website or blog, you only need to update your code. Facebook deprecated the Share button on February 28, which means they no … [Read more...]

Hiding Old Facebook Wall Photos From Friends and Public

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For reasons best known to you, you may decide to hide some of your old Facebook wall photos from public view. It's easy to control privacy settings for other albums you created yourself but it's a bit different with the Wall photos album. You're expected to change the privacy for each photo one after the other. You can change the audience for each photo in this album. That is what you see if you're trying to change the privacy settings for the whole Wall photos album and mobile uploads. I still can't figure out why Facebook locked this folder but there's a workaround. Hiding your profile pictures from public and friends Hiding your profile photos is quite easy. When hidden, only your current … [Read more...]

5 Things You Should Hide From Your Facebook Profile

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One way or the other, Facebook has benefited you and with a lot of people using it these days, it's easy to hook up with old or make new ones. Perhaps you're not so much into social networking, Facebook can still benefit your business in a lot of ways through social marketing. Facebook is fun to use but it can also be a nightmare. Leaving your personal information lying around the internet isn't such a good idea. With so many people sending your friend requests everyday, it's almost impossible to know everyone on your friend list personally. Some basic things on your profile should be hidden from the public, some should not even appear on your profile at all. 1. Primary email You … [Read more...]

Facebook Changes all Emails to @Facebook: How to Get yours Fixed

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It's cool to have a Facebook email address and I sort of like it though I'm not actively using it. Almost everyone now has one and just yesterday, Facebook forced all primary emails to be @Facebook. There was no message to inform users about this and again, it looks like another privacy blunder. Without informing anyone, they removed everybody's contact email from their profiles and replaced it with the internal Facebook email.. The reason they probably did this was because most people don't use the email function that much and they're trying to make it work. It still looks pretty like a social network messaging system to me and I doubt if it's ever gonna replace my GMail. The fact is, … [Read more...]

3 Cool Ways to Merge your Facebook Profile Picture with Timeline Cover

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Despite the huge amount negative feedback the greeted Facebook timeline, the feature that almost everyone love is the cover picture that allows you to express yourself and even showcase what you like to do. You can create your own timeline banners if you're good with Photoshop or simply use an image from your gallery. You can as well download from any of the sites offering timeline covers for free. Timeline has come to stay and you can't get back to your old profile. I've learned to live with it and make the most of it. :D I stumbled across a couple of sites offering you a cool ways to customize your timeline banner by combining it with your profile picture, making the two look like … [Read more...]