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Facebook Phone: Would You Even Buy One?

June 14, 2012 By Don Caprio 7 Comments

This may sound not true but Facebook is a struggling company. It looks like a very big company but the fact is that Facebook has so many challenges and as some predicted, Facebook may disappear in the next five years. Being the second most visited website (according to Alexa) in the world doesn't guaranteed it would always hold that spot. Facebook was about to go IPO and everyone was ecstatic about it but according to a report I read on businnesweek, "Facebook's IPO flop is decade's worst." Facing the Facebook problem This raises so many questions about the survival of the company. It's also reported that Facebook isn't doing so well with ads. When was the last time you actually took … [Read more...]

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Facebook Trick: Javascript to Select All Friends for Fan Page / Event Invitation

May 5, 2012 By Don Caprio 21 Comments

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Just a few days ago, I sent over 2,500 invitations to my facebook friends, asking them to like my fan page. You think I selected them one by one? Come on, you know that's definitely not possible, I used a simple javascript that saved me the trouble of selecting them one after the other. With this script, I was able to select all friends and send the fan page invitation. Selecting your friends can be quite stressful especially if the page is new and you have tons of invites to send. So, how Did I go about it? Like I told you before, it's nothing but a simple piece of javascript but we're going to make a bookmarklet with it, OK? - See the bookmarklet below? Drag it to your bookmarks … [Read more...]

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How To Turn Your Facebook Timeline Into A Pinterest Pinboard

May 1, 2012 By Egbule Obinna 6 Comments

Pinterest is the awesome new social network that everybody and their cat has being talking about of recent. It is an image sharing site where users pin images to boards(known as pin boards). If you are one of those that are stuck on facebook and believe that's where there online world begins, then we have a way out for you. You can view and use Facebook as you would images on Pinterest. Introducing Pinviewer PinViewer is a Facebook app that lets you turn your Facebook Timeline into a Pinterest-like pinboard. It is an alternative way of viewing your facebook newsfeed stream, friends pictures, and videos .How To Get It. Step 1: Navigate … [Read more...]

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4 Ways to Get Back your Old Facebook Profile Layout and Disable Timeline

April 14, 2012 By Don Caprio 15 Comments

I hate facebook timeline just like most facebook users. The stupid change was greeted with lots of noise but it seems Mark Zuckerberg doesn't care what you think. Timeline is here to stay and there seems nothing can be done to make Facebook change this. I've written series of posts on how to get back your old facebook profile layout and one of them still works till date. Facebook timeline sucks due to two major reasons: - It doesn't look too good to me. The old profile looks a lot neater. I may sound cynical and hate changes but I'm just expressing my point of view here - Anyone can easily scroll down to 2005 to know how you were using facebook then. It's a lot better if some things … [Read more...]

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How to Activate your Facebook Email Address

April 9, 2012 By Don Caprio 3 Comments

Facebook email is not new and almost everyone has it but there are still some people out there who do not even know how to activate it or if it even exists at all. Of course, every facebook user is entitled to an email address (yourname@facebook.com) which can be used normally like other emails such as gmail, yahoomail, hotmail and so on. It lacks all the robust features found with other major email providers but you still got to claim it...you might need it someday. Moreover, it's a cool way to let your friends contact you. The post I first wrote on getting @facebook email address is now outdated as some things changed on Facebook. Before getting your email activated, you need to fist … [Read more...]

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How to Block Facebook Photo Tags

April 9, 2012 By Don Caprio 4 Comments

Day in, day out, I keep getting tagged in all sorts of pictures on Facebook. There's nothing wrong with your friends tagging you in their pictures and I have absolutely nothing against it but what I hate is getting tagged in weird photos. Some pictures are so gross I hate to see them appear on my timeline. Some are just obscene, some awkwardly funny and others are simply gross. I've also noticed that I do get tagged in spammy pictures and posts and I had to make this stop. It's improper advertising your website through a tag on my timeline. There's a way to block those tags from appearing on your timeline but I never knew about it till I checked my privacy settings. How do I Block my … [Read more...]

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Facebook Trick – Update your Status with Blue Links

April 6, 2012 By Don Caprio 9 Comments

Bored with the usual facebook status update and want to play a prank on your friends? As you already know, facebook status updates is normally in black font but you might have seen some updates in blue text, linking to your profile. There was a post I wrote on using custom links in facebook status updates but this no longer works because Facebook found a way block it. This trick lets your update lets your Facebook status update link directly to your friend's profile or whoever viewing the update. There's just a little trick behind this and it's just a little piece of code: @[1: ]@@[1:[0:1: Click here to view the ugliest profile ever! ]] This is how it looks like when posted: You can … [Read more...]

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Exceeding Facebook 5000 Friends Limit

March 19, 2012 By Don Caprio 18 Comments

If you happen to be a celebrity, a politician or public figure, you will find yourself reaching facebook's friends limit in no time and when this happens, you can neither send nor receive friends request. Unlike twitter where thousands can follow you and google+ where you can be added to a countless number of circles, the limit facebook places on friendship looks rather ridiculous. But wait a minute, is it really possible to have 5,000 real friends? To be candid, most of these people you call friends are actually fans and it's for this reason the idea of fan pages was brought to life. Facebook pages allow you to connect with millions of people without any limit but taking a critical look … [Read more...]

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