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Enjoy FIFA World Cup 2010 with Facebook Users

FIFA World Cup 2010 is getting over everyone’s mind so how can Facebook stay away from it. Facebook is best way to connect with friends and people with same interest then why not to enjoy FIFA World Cup 2010 with Facebook users?

Now all Facebook users will able to share and check opinions, comments and give reactions on all moments of FIFA World Cup. It is best option for ones who hate to watch match alone and always want to share comments with other.

Here are 3 ways to enjoy FIFA World Cup 2010 with Facebook users:

  • Goal! Leaderborad:

This is best way to support and cheer for your Favorite team. Suggest your friends to support your team and show your passion.

GOAL Leader

[ Link ]

  • Live Stream:
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You can watch matches live and also share updates and opinion with your friends at same time by using Facebook’s Live Stream plugins which are:

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  • Make your own team:

This is kind of fun application on Facebook. EA Sports FIFA Superstars allows you to build your own team by signing the world’s best football players to your club and also show off to your friends with matches and victory.

FIFA superstars

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Apart from these there are many more plans of Facebook to make FIFA World Cup fun for all users. So, be a part of FIFA World cup 2010 and enjoy to fullest with all FIFA lovers on Facebook.

If you want to keep yourself updated about FIFA World Cup 2010 activities on Facebook, don’t forget to subscribe to Fbknol RSS Feeds.

VIA: Facebook blog

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Become Facebook Beta Tester and Fly to California

Facebook is introducing lots of changes and new features around Facebook. As it is we are expecting lots of new products/features via Facebook using Facebook domain.

As announced by  Facebook they are working on a new product for which they are inviting beta testers outside of Facebook team. This is an excerpt from official page:

As a beta tester, your job will be to ask great questions and provide great answers about your favorite topics. Economics? Skydiving? Relationships? Mexican Restaurants? It’s up to you. You’ll be the first person outside of Facebook to use this product. Your expert writing will be seen by tens of millions of people — including job recruiters. And we’ll bring our best beta testers out to California to tour Facebook headquarters and meet the team.

So if you become one of lucky winners, you might be lucky enought o fly to California and see Facebook headquarter and meet Facebook team.

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To apply for beta tester of Facebook new Product, you can follow this link and answer 3 question of your choice from following questions:

  • How can I get over my fear of flying?
  • What are some fun family activities to do with two small children on the weekend?
  • What caused the U.S. stock market to crash in 2008?
  • What’s the secret to throwing a great housewarming party?
  • What are the main differences between Google Chrome and Internet Explorer?
  • What are women looking for in a relationship?
  • What methods has BP tried to clean up the oil spill?
  • What should I do to prepare for the Bar exam?
  • How did The Beatles find success?
Write detailed, articulate answers.
  • Where relevant, cite and link to third-party sources such as Wikipedia.
  • Your answer must be original. Plagiarism is unacceptable.

I believe this is a golden chance for everyone and if you are exceptionally good writer, you have a great chance to become Facebook beta tester.

Do let us know if you are participating in this contest to become Facebook beta tester?

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Share Flickr photos on Facebook

Facebook is a great and convenient place to share your pictures with friends and family. This has been recognized by Flickr and now it has a great feature which allows Flickr users to share their photos on Facebook.

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How does it work?

All a Flickr user has to do is visit this link and connect their Flickr and Facebook account so Facebook can easily access your Flickr images and show display them. It can automatically share your image once you upload them. To be on the safe side only if you upload an image publicly then will it be automatically streamed to Facebook. This is a good thing as Facebook has had quite a few privacy headaches lately.

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This could be a great way for Yahoo to have further integration into with Social networks and Facebook mainly. Flickr needs strong support environment to survive and Yahoo cannot probably give it that. So the next best bet would obviously be Facebook.

What do your think about your Flickr images being shared on Facebook? Would you be interested or think two accounts should not have too much interconnectivity? Do let me know your views through your comments.

(via Flickr Blog )

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Who Follow Us : Application to Find your Followers on Facebook

According to Facebook privacy it’s tough to track who is visiting your Facebook profile. But there is a fun application which will let you know who is following you and interacting on your Facebook profile often. The name of application is “Who Follow Us”.

Link to application: Who Follow Us

The application claims that it is right and the results are analyzed on the basis of interactions you and your friends have, it may be wall post, comments, likes, sharing stuffs etc. It gives you the list of TOP 10 Followers. You can also find the top follower but for that you have to pay 2 points, which you can earn by their services.

I tried this application and it was fun to know who is following you. Here are the simple steps to check out stalkers on Facebook.

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Check out how the application works:

  • Click on the link above to go to application. You can select the follower gender according to your wish.
  • Application You will get the results but to find Your top stalker you need 2 points. If you want to earn points click on “Click here for more points”.

Results

  • Once you will click, you will be landed to a page where you can choose any option to earn points.

Earn Points

You might also interested in reading: Most popular Facebook application in sep’09

Try out this application, you might find your “secret lover” and don’t forget to share your views about “Who Follow Us” application.

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After Pakistan, Bangladesh Lifts Facebook Ban

Following the footsteps of authorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Authority has also lifted the ban imposed on Facebook nearly a week ago. Similar to what happened in Pakistan, a number of protesters were seen on the streets in Bangladesh in last week of may, protesting against the “Everyone Draw Mohammad” day organized by a group of Facebook users.

The objectionable content might have hurt the feelings of many people who saw or heard about it, and in-turn forced the Bangladesh government to order a Ban on the much famous social networking website.

Bangladesh Telecommunication officials said that they have restored access to Facebook in Bangladesh after the US-based social networking website agreed to remove objectionable images from their website. This step came as a relief to Facebook fans in Bangladesh, as it became hugely popular among the people.

via: BBC

What measures would you suggest to keep a check on the defaulters, to avoid such embarrassing moments?

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25 things that annoy you about Facebook [Video]

Facebook has been criticized lately for privacy concerns and some people even thought they should Quit Facebook. Well for all the criticism and some angry users, Facebook still has not really had a very bad fallout and pretty much is still growing and working on new ways to makes make money. Ofcourse just because we do not quit Facebook does not mean we love each and everything about it.

For instance I am sure everyone things its lame that Facebook recommends us to allow everyone to see our photos put up on Facebook.

Julian Smith has created a video of 25 things that annoy you on Facebook and has made a funny video.

Do check out the video below and let us know what really annoys you about Facebook.

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4 Facebook Style Free WordPress Theme

Do you love Facebook? Are you fan of Facebook? If you really like Facebook and want to have Facebook style for your WordPress based website then you are at right place. Here I have listed 4 free WordPress theme which is fully inspired by Facebook.

#1. Facebooked:

Very customizable, 3-column, widget-ready, fixed-width design based off Facebook. Features expanding/collapsing and movable sidebar boxes.
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#2. Smells Like Facebook:

The exact Facebook clone theme for WordPress. Based on Facebook profile page. 3 columns or 2 columns available. Advanced Javascript & AJAX effect just like on Facebook also available. Autogrow comment box.
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#3. Crybook:

CryBook is a 3 Column simple theme base with the popular Facebook. It contain 2 widget-ready sidebar, live theme swistcher and Custom Admin Panel.
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#4. Facebook Layouts Free WordPress theme:

A free WordPress theme inspired with Facebook and give more option with 9 different color scheme to tweak with this theme. As simple as the Facebook design itself, this theme brings it all together. It looks good and works great.
Download | Demo

One thing I really missed here. And of course it is our fbknol wordpress theme.  What you think about it?

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Facebook launches US Politics page

Facebook has changed the way people interact amongst each other. To reach out to a younger demograph usually the best bet is social networks and YouTube on the internet and when it comes to social networks the best bet is Facebook. So it is no wonder we see many US politicians having a Facebook Page which allows them to reach out to people from across country if not the world.

This US Politics Page which is dedicated to news and links to be shared related to US Politics. There is also a a link for voters to Register to vote for upcoming elections in the United States. This page is similar to Facebook’s sports page.

This is a great trend by politicians to interact with their voters online through Facebook. It would be nice to see Indian politicians also show some proactive interest in engaging with the urban youth through Facebook and other social networks.

What do you think about Social networking groups and pages related to politics?

Link: Mashable

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Facebook Recommends Making Your Photos Public!

This morning, I woke up to see new Facebook privacy settings on my Facebook account. Without wasting time I jumped to new privacy settings page to discover Facebook’s new privacy settings (read confusion).

After brainstorming for a while, when I failed to figure out much from new privacy settings, I decided to check “recommended settings” by Facebook.

Have a look at following screenshot and as you can see below – your photos are visible to everyone in recommended settings.

Considering user-base of Facebook, many users will give “recommended settings” a try only to end up making their personal information, that’s too photos, publicly accessible!

What do you think about this recommendation by Facebook? Are you going to make your images public or viewable by your friends only?

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How to write in Bold/Underline in Facebook chat

Recently author Sahil Malhan posted about List of Facebook Chat Emoticons to Spice up the Chat. This is just an extension to add more spice while you are chatting on Facebook chat. Just like gtalk, you can also write in bold and underlined text in facebook chat however there’s no option for italics.

How to write in BOLD:

Suppose I want to write

“This is a sample BOLD text”

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So just before and after the above text I’ll a an asterisk “*” (multiply/star button on your keyboard, use without quotes) i.e

This is a sample BOLD text will be shown as This is a sample BOLD text on facebook. Just give it a try right now 😉

How to write in UNDERLINE:

Now suppose I want to write

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“This is a sample UNDERLINE text”

So for this, add an underscore ” _” (without quotes) before and after the above text. i.e

This is a sample UNDERLINE text will be shown as This is a sample UNDERLINE text on facebook.

Please Note that:

The code we are using for underline was earlier used for italics, so don’t confuse between both of them. Unfortunately there’s no working code for italics right now, check out this space for updates. Also unlike gtalk, you cannot use both of them simultaneously, you can either underline or bold text.

Don’t forget to share something interesting you know about Facebook Chat. 🙂