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The Social Network movie got 3 Oscars !

The Oscars 2011 winners have been announced ! The movie Social Network got 3 Oscars. Ah, a bit bad. I was expecting more.

The movie which was nominated for 8 Oscars has finally bagged 3 out of 8 awards. Well, if it would have got at least half of what was nominated, I would have been happier.

The movie got Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Score and Best Editing awards. How much did you expect it will get ? Share your views with me. For more information on who won what go to the Official website for Oscars. 🙂

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‘Most stupid criminal ever’ on Facebook

Well, this is the story of a man who stole the laptop with money and jacket and posted it on the victim’s Facebook page . Phew, how stupid as well as just see the guts of that thief.

Last December, Rodney Knight Jr, 19, broke into the house of Washington Post journalist Marc Fisher and lifted “a bunch of stuff”, including cash, a winter coat and a laptop computer belonging to the hack’s 15-year-old son.

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Later he took his snap and posted it on the child’s Facebook page. 🙂 While investigating the crime, DC police officer Kyle Roe admitted:

I’ve seen a lot, but this is the most stupid criminal I’ve ever seen.

Knight, the thief got arrested later this January. He has been given a title of stupid thief ever. What do you think ? Share your views with me here.

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Facebook For BlackBerry v2.0 Images Leaked!

Do you own a Blackberry and wish to have Facebook chat integration? Well, the thing is that there is news that we are getting Facebook for BlackBerry v2.0 application.

Facebook 2.0 is said to have an official target release date of May 2011, with an even earlier Beta 2 release projected for March 2011. N4BB has some screen shots of this thing. Facebook for BlackBerry v2.0 will include Facebook Chat integration, which was always awaited.

Have a look at the image above. Well, lets see if this happens actually. Share your views with me here.

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American Idol Now Lets Fans Vote Through Facebook

Are you a fan of American Idol and Facebook ? Well, now you can vote for your favorite idols through Facebook.

American Idol is for the first time giving fans a chance to vote online using their Facebook accounts. The new voting method will be available to fans when the new season hits the TV on 1 March.

The Fans are required to log onto their Facebook account to access the American Idol voting page. A total of 50 online votes can be cast per user.

So, what do you think ? Are you going to vote for your favorites online ? Share your views with me here.

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Bing now displays Results according to Facebook Likes

The Microsoft Bing search engine will soon integrate ‘Facebook Likes‘ more prominently into its search results. Wow.

Bing added Facebook Instant Personalization and began showing Liked results at the bottom of result pages in October. Well, now when you search for something, your friend’s name will appear below the search result.

According to the Bing blog, they will be showing results with Facebook user’s name etc. They said,

You may not see Liked Results on every query, but when it does trigger it’s often a delightful experience. We are hoping that it will make searching on Bing more effortless and enjoyable. We are continuing to work with Facebook to make search more social and relevant.

Look at the image above, you will see the Facebook user’s name who have liked that place or something. What do you think ? Are you excited about this kind of search ? Let me know through your comments. 🙂

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Facebook hires Google’s Head of Sales

Facebook has recruited Google’s head of Latin America’s sale person. Wow, Facebook is surely getting the best brains for themselves.

Alexandre Hohagen has been asked to become vice president for sales in the region. Hohagen was behind Google’s Latin American presence over the past six years, and has served as a general manager in Brazil before becoming the head of the search engine’s entire operation in Latin America.

Lets see what this recruitment does. Share your views with me on this.

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Breakup Notifier: The stalking Application is Shutdown by Facebook

Yesterday we talked about how people can stalk more using this application called Breakup notifier. Well, today Facebook blocked it !

According to TechCrunch, the developer of stalking application got an email from Facebook saying,

To ensure positive user experiences on Platform, we run routine automated screens that take user feedback, machine learning and various algorithms into account and remove spammy applications. For example, if an application is making an inordinate number of stream.publish calls and receiving a large number of user reports, it may be removed by our automated systems to protect the user experience and the Platform ecosystem.

Breakup Notifier creator Dan Loewenherz, has contacted Facebook saying he is ready to do anything but he wants to keep running this application. If you go to the Breakup Notifier website now, you will see a message saying

Facebook has blocked Breakup Notifier. We’re trying to bring it back online. Please contact Facebook on Twitter to express your displeasure!

Well, I guess Facebook took a right step here! It is good that the app got blocked by Facebook ! 🙂 But, well lets see what happens. Share your views here.

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Chinese Facebook- Renren about to win the IPO race

Have you heard about the Facebook’s Chinese version? 😛 It is called renren which means everyone. 😀 Renren is a social networking website in China.

Renren is a six-year-old company that is called as “the Facebook of China”. Well the news is it may be the first social networking site to go all public. It is estimated to have 22m active users, renren is the largest site of its kind in China.

Facebook may go public in may 2010, which is estimated to be $600 million. Along with this there are other websites also that are planning to go public including Twitter and YouTube.

What do you think ? Point is will Facebook really go all public or it’s just rumors ? What if Facebook wants to continue with its privacy. Share your views with me on this .

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Facebook Places now in India !

Facebook places let your friends know where are you, what are you up to . 😉 If you are using Facebook on phone then you must be knowing this. 🙂 See where friends are. Discover new places.

With Facebook places you also get Facebook deals. There are certain deals and offers specially for you if you using it. 🙂 Well, the news is that Facebook places are now working in India on Blackberry and iPhone (Source) !

My friend has this feature and using it. I personally feel very happy when Facebook rolls out some feature for usage in India. Generally all the features are delayed here. I wonder what is the reason.

Well, do let me know if you also have this feature. 🙂 Share your views on the usage.

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Young Egyptian names his daughter ‘Facebook’

We all know what was the role of Facebook in the Egypt Revolution. 🙂 People thanked Facebook, Ghonim even wants to meet Mark Zuckerberg personally to thank him.

Now, a young man has reportedly named his first born daughter “Facebook” , Wow. 🙂  Here is that news :

It says,

Man Names His Newborn Girl Facebook

A young man in his twenties wanted to express his gratitude about the victories the youth of 25th of January have achieved and chose to express it in the form of naming his firstborn girl “Facebook” Jamal Ibrahim (his name.) The girl’s family, friends, and neighbors in the Ibrahimya region gathered around the new born to express their continuing support for the revolution that started on Facebook. “Facebook” received many gifts from the youth who were overjoyed by her arrival and the new name. A name [Facebook] that shocked the entire world.

It is nice indeed, but will we name our kids as Orkut if some day Orkut brings some change in Kashmir ? I don’t think so. What are your views, share them with me here.