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Facebook’s New Home Page: Blessing or Curse
October 27th, 2009 | Comments Off
ch_client = "manojt"; ch_width = 300; ch_height = 250; ch_type = "mpu"; ch_sid = "Chitika Default"; ch_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.theunrealuniverse.com/ads/ads1.php?size=300x250&kwds="; ch_color_site_link = "#164675"; ch_color_title = "#164675"; ch_color_border = "#B0C9EB"; ch_color_text = "#333333"; ch_color_bg = "#FFFFFF"; A couple of days ago, Facebook unveiled a new version of the home page. One of the most obvious changes is that the News Feed view can now be viewed as either a “Live News Feed” or a (summarized) “News Feed”. If you haven’t logged on in a while, you’ll be presented with “News Feed”. This view contains a summary of what you may have missed since you last logged-on. It includes some of your friends status, links, photos, and videos. The posts shown depend on varying factors like the number of comments they received, the number of likes, the number of views, etc. After looking through this summarized … Read entire article »
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Product Review: Facebook iPhone App
September 9th, 2009 | Comments Off
ch_client = "manojt"; ch_width = 300; ch_height = 250; ch_type = "mpu"; ch_sid = "Chitika Default"; ch_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.theunrealuniverse.com/ads/ads1.php?size=300x250&kwds="; ch_color_site_link = "#164675"; ch_color_title = "#164675"; ch_color_border = "#B0C9EB"; ch_color_text = "#333333"; ch_color_bg = "#FFFFFF"; The latest version of Facebook’s application for the iPhone and iPod Touch is finally available from the App Store. It has a new user interface that totally blows away the UI of the previous version. Taking a cue from the iPhone OS interface, Facebook for iPhone opens up with a home page containing icons representing common Facebook pages: News Feed, Profile, Friends, Inbox, Chat, Requests, Events, Photos and Notes. You can even add your own links to your friends and pages just as you would add applications on your iPhone when you purchase them from the App Store. You can also rearrange the icons … Read entire article »
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