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How to Remove or Show Location Under Facebook Status Updates

January 29, 2012 By 12 Comments
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I was going through a forum when someone raised a concern about how Facebook shows your current city (ex., near Lagos) below every status update and uploaded photos. The person in question expressed concern over stalkers and those on her list who are not even real friends. Facebook is full of normal people and wierdos as well and for this reason, there's need to be careful about the way you use it. I'm not saying disclosing your real location is not good at all, I just don't like the idea personally. Every status update I post displays my location as Baghdad, Iraq when I'm actually in Nigeria :D I did this for three reasons: 1. Just for the fun of it and fooling my friends 2. To … [Read more...]

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Using Custom Links In Facebook Status Updates And Wall Posts

November 18, 2011 By 28 Comments
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The first time I saw a status update with a link underneath a custom text, I thought Facebook was already supporting HTML in status updates and wall posts. I tried writing some stuff in basic HTML but was rendered as plain text and realized it's all some sort of trick after all. Of course we all know you can tag people and mention pages in your status update or comment by typing @ before writing the name but it all gets even better if you can mask/hide that fan page or profile name with some sort of custom text. You can even write a whole status update or comment linking directly to your profile or facebook fan page. I bet you want to learn how, right? Before you can do this, you have to … [Read more...]

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View Facebook Updates From Google Plus

October 9, 2011 By 2 Comments
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Going back and forth from facebook to google plus sometimes can slow you down especially if you have a lot to do online and would rather have your updates in just one place. Have you ever felt like having all your social networks in just one place? Don't want to switch browser tabs just to see updates? Well, there's no official way to link your facebook and google plus account and merge your updates but Google+Facebook is a browser addon that makes it easy managing your social two favorite social networks right from one place. Google+Facebook adds a facebook tab to your google plus profile. You can check facebook posts and update your status without leaving google plus.Google+Facebook works … [Read more...]

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Update Facebook Status With Animated Smilies And Text Effects

August 31, 2011 By 11 Comments
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You've probably seen some of your facebook friends updating their status with smilies, right? Facebook doesn't officially support animated smilies on status updates and you can't even see the animations if you upload an animated .gif picture. Normally, you should only be able to use smilies on facebook chat but there are now ways to use them to update your status or post to a friend's wall.Some weeks back, I started seeing all sorts of funny status updates with moving pictures and I got curious till I was forced to ask some of my facebook friends how they did it. I then found out there are certain facebook applications basically made to add text effects and animations to make your status … [Read more...]

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How To Update Facebook Status Via Blackberry Or Any Custom Device

May 6, 2011 By 26 Comments
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You've probably seen a couple of facebook status updates via funny devices like calculator or handheld devices like blackberry, iphone or Nexus and wondering how to post your facebook status update via your own custom device, probably your name. It's definitely not possible to update your status via calculator and some of those status updates via blackberry aren't actually from blackberry devices, it's a simple trick you'll sooon find out.I actually found two site where you can post your status update via custom devices like iphone, blacberry, calculator, dead laptop, etc:1. Statusvia.netYou can find quite a number of ready made devices on the main page, ranging from sleek mobile devices to … [Read more...]

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