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How to write a Facebook application in 5 Minutes

How to write a Facebook application in 5 Minutes

Adobe AIR Facebook Desktop Clients How to Protect Your Privacy with Facebook’s New Privacy Settings in 17 Easy Steps Facebook’s new, more public privacy settings are here to stay. And there are a lot of details that you should make sure you’re clear about. Otherwise, you may be exposing (or not exposing) the information you intend to. The company has spent a lot of time communicating about the changes, and it has also been working to upgrade its help pages so people can find exactly what they’re looking for. You may already be familiar with the settings and the changes. But this comprehensive, step-by-step guide to 17 key settings might help you quickly spot what changes Facebook has made, and what changes you should make as a result. If you haven’t been following the changes, here’s a quick explanation of what Facebook is doing. Facebook also changed some information, like friends and some demographic information, to be public by default. The company has seen other companies, like Twitter, benefit from open data services, and it intends to make itself a key part of the entire web. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Facebook Pages vs Facebook Groups: What's the Difference? Howard Greenstein is a Social Media Strategy and Marketing consultant, and President of the Harbrooke Group. He's also a national board member of Social Media Club. “Should I create a group or launch a Page?” What is a Page on Facebook? In their own words, “Facebook created Pages when we noticed that people were trying to connect with brands and famous artists in ways that didn't quite work on Facebook…Not only can you connect with your favorite artists and businesses, but now you also can show your friends what you care about and recommend by adding Pages to your personal profile.” So, when you become a fan of a brand, a band, a movie, or a person, that information is posted on your wall, and your friends might see it too. To create a fan page, one simply has to go to facebook.com/pages/create.php and create a new page. Of course, a single fan doesn’t make a fan page very valuable. Value of Fan Pages Here, for example, is the Mashable Page on Facebook: facebook.com/mashable What’s a Group?

6 Facebook Hack Codes And Tips To Show Off Your Geeky Skills Advertisement The very first thing I should mention is that when it comes to Facebook, there’s really no such thing as “hack codes.” The title of this article is partially tongue-in-cheek, because with Facebook, the rules change so often that one “Facebook hack” code that works today will likely not work tomorrow. Facebook designers change links and features at whim – and you’re left trying to guess what’s coming next and why your link or plug-in no longer works. I’ve previously written a couple of articles here about Facebook, such as the controversial method on how to view private Facebook profiles, or how to email mobile photos to your Facebook account. #1 – The Konami Code Lens Flare Hack This is a rather silly hack, but if you’re visiting friends who may not be very computer savvy – this is a very easy way to impress them with your hacking skills. Oddly, the effect isn’t horribly annoying because it disappears pretty quickly when you really need it to. Ahoy matey – yer now a Cap’n!

Comment contacter l’administrateur d’une Page Facebook ? 12 Reasons You Need a Facebook Fan Page and 5 Easy Steps for Creating One Facebook fan pages aren’t just for large corporations interested in getting involved in social media. Small businesses, entrepreneurs, freelancers and other professionals can benefit from having a fan page on Facebook. Separate from your personal profile, a Facebook fan page is a public profile that lets you share your products, services and related information with other Facebook users. Here are some of the biggest reasons you should create a fan page today. 12 Reasons You Need a Facebook Fan Page There isn’t a limit to the number of fans you can have. 5 Easy Steps for Creating a Facebook Fan Page Step 1: Go to Step 2: Select a category and enter the name for your page (you can set your fan page to be private until you’re ready to go live). Step 3: Add a picture and become a fan. Step 4: Edit your page settings.

Why is Vin Diesel so popular on Facebook? It's the authenci With all due respect, I wouldn’t put Vin Diesel in the upper echelon of movie actors. But on Facebook, the Fast & Furious star is second to none among the Hollywood elite. He’s currently adding hundreds of thousands of fans daily, and with more than 3.4 million of them at the moment, the only person bigger than Diesel on Facebook is President Obama. How’s he doing it? Diesel appears to have been doing this too – up until about a month ago when his updates went from standard fare – clips of TV appearances and an event schedule – to authentic updates and interaction from the star. A typical update from Diesel features about a paragraph of text – sometimes on edgy subjects like race – as well as personal photos as opposed to staged photo opps. At this point, Diesel is probably most analogous to Shaq on Twitter. The moral of the story is a simple one: authentic communication usually wins out over boring, boilerplate content.

5 Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and Private!) on Facebook When the President of the United States warns schoolchildren to watch what they say and do on Facebook, you know that we've got a problem...and it's not one limited to the U.S.'s borders, either. People everywhere are mindlessly over-sharing on the world's largest social network, without a second thought as to who's reading their posts or what effect it could have on them further down the road. For example, did you know that 30% of today's employers are using Facebook to vet potential employees prior to hiring? But what can be done? Unbeknownst to most mainstream Facebook users, the social network actually offers a slew of privacy controls and security features which can help you batten down the hatches, so to speak. The problem in implementing these privacy options is that they're just too confusing for most non-tech savvy people to handle. Step 1: Make Friend Lists Yes, it will take some time, especially if you're connected to a couple hundred friends already. Conclusion

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