Get Secured and Better Facebook

Starting with some recent news update…“Facebook held its f8 developers conference on Thursday where it unveiled the new Timeline layout for user pages. The new Timelines replace the familiar concept of Wall and Profile; Facebook won't use those terms going forward. You can opt out of the new layout for now, but Facebook will eventually force you to switch to the new version simply because it will be unable to manage both. Facebook said on Thursday that the rollout of timelines will be very gradual."

Today I would like to introduce you two new things that make your Facebook better.

MyPageKeeper.org:  Researchers from University of California and security experts from StopTheHacker.com have joined forces to provide this as a service. Hackers, malicious individuals and even Facebook friends can unknowingly post malicious content on your wall, like “Click here to find who deleted you”, “Facebook shirts” etc…Visitors to your wall may get infected with viruses, may get scammed by phishing campaigns.

Using MyPageKeeper puts you in charge of what content can be allowed on your wall and news feed. You have the power to protect your friends visiting your profile from getting infected with malware. MyPageKeeper scans and monitors all content posted on your wall and news feed to protect your online persona on Facebook.

Also it’s easy to use and as many on the web it’s completely free. Once you visit the site you just need to allow it read your wall, personal info…that’s it. You are done and secured. Use the Settings tab at the top right corner to change your notification settings.

BetterFacebook.net: Better Facebook developed by Matt Kruse is a free browser extension that improves the Facebook site by adding lots of great enhancements and functionality. It has over 75 individual options which control many features of Facebook! Some of them are:

• Themes: Lets you customize your Facebook experience by changing the colors, layout, styles, and images used. Tired of the boring blue and white Facebook? Personalize it!
• Hide Posts You've Already Read: Better Facebook gives you the ability to mark posts as "read" - either individually or everything on the page - and they will be hidden next time you visit! Only new stories will be shown by default.
• Highlight New Comments: If a post you have marked as "read" has new comments, Better Facebook will automatically detect this, and (optionally) make the post visible again so you can see the new comments. You can even mute the post so new comments don't appear anymore
• Character Counter In Status Updates: Facebook allows 420 characters in your status updates, but it doesn't tell you that you've gone over the limit until after you try to publish it. Better Facebook adds a character counter to the status update box so you always know how many characters you've typed.

To know more click here. This browser extension runs in most browsers and installs in just a minute. Once if the extension is installed you need to go and login into Facebook, it’s that simple.


This is a part of weekly series where i introduce you to my new app findings that can help you in various ways....You can find this series under the weekly label.

Google+ for every one

Three months after the launch Google makes Google Plus available to every one. The search giant also suggests users about  the new service in its home page with an arrow.....Google launched the new social networking site in late June, 2011. against Facebook. It made 99 changes to it after its first launch, today Vic Gundotra posted that it made a new 100th change to it being available to all(no invitation required)...  It got 20 million users in less than a month, but later there was less enthu among the people. Should see how this new change is gonna effect it's no. of users...

Find your second half

Each weekend I would like to share with you about a new app or website. This series can be found in the weekly label

This week I would like to present about the new online dating startup Soul2Match.

Whenever I watch the movie Surya son of Krishna I remember the scene Surya (Hero) meets Sameera Reddy (Heroine) for the first time in the train….and Surya holds his heart....saying/feeling love at first sight. Is there anything like soul mate or love at first sight?

Yes! Says a new online dating tool, based on comprehensive scientific research in the areas of psychology and biometrics. It says “Both the phenomenon «soul mates» and «love at first sight» date back to ancient Greek, with Aristophanes mentioning the concepts in Plato's Symposium. Recent scientific research confirms the existence of both. People are attracted to people who resemble their close genetic counterparts, which can be measured in features in the face. The more you match, the happier couples are in long-term relationships. This is what Soul2Match is based on."

The Online dating startup promises to match singles based solely on one piece of information from each of them: their head shot. Then it analyses over 1000 points on their faces giving a compatibility score for their relationship.

Yes, founders Jorn Eiting and Linda van Liempt are serious. They cite several studies that show what we’re all really looking for in our ideal mate is ourselves. “The more two people have similarities in their faces, the more they look alike, the happier they are in the relationship, the stronger the relationship,” says Eiting

They also quote that "The Soul2Match tool is used by Universities to do research on both attractiveness and on how relationships start. Not only has Soul2Match been built on science, but it also contributes to the furthering of science."

Soul2Match will work well for those who want to leave their time-consuming online dating questionnaires behind forever. But it seems the site’s main draw will be entertainment value. So, start making fun with this tool and see if you can catch your soul mate (your second half).

 Checkout the the matches I made below:

Facebook improved friend lists

Facebook is really trying hard to encounter its new competitor Google+; the new social networking site released by Google in late June. As a part of this encounter Facebook is planning to release their improved friend lists this week. With these improved Friend Lists, you can easily see updates from and share with different lists of friends.

Facebook in its blog post says to make lists incredibly easy and even more useful, we're announcing three improvements:

Smart lists - You'll see smart lists that create themselves and stay up-to-date based on profile info your friends have in common with you--like your work, school, family and city.

For instance, if you list Boston College as a school you've attended and your friends John and Sarah do too, then you would instantly have a smart list called "Boston College" with John and Sarah on it. This means that if you're having a grad party or a college reunion, you can easily share photos with just your college friends, without bothering other people you know. You can also add or remove friends manually to make the lists even more accurate.

Close Friends and Acquaintances lists - You can see your best friends' photos and posts in one place, and see less from people you're not as close to.

Better suggestions - You can add the right friends to your lists without a lot of effort.

When you add someone as a friend or confirm a friendship request, you'll be able to add the friend to any of your existing lists.

See and Share With Exactly Who You Want

Each of your lists has its own News Feed, where you can see just the photos, status updates and other posts from the people on the list. To view list News Feeds, look for the Lists section on the left side of your homepage and click the list you want to see. Whenever you feel like sharing something with a narrower set of friends, simply use the dropdown audience selector in the sharing tool and pick one of your lists.

You can also use lists to help control who sees what on your profile, using the audience selector next to each detail on your profile.

Upload into Facebook status via Email

Many workplaces have restrictions like not to browse Facebook in the offices. But you got a message to share with your friends on Facebook..!! What to do??

Some login into Facebook accounts to update their status and after an hour find them still on the Facebook wall..!! How to escape this situation??

To help us from these situations Facebook provides each one of its users with a personalized upload email to past status updates or send photos & videos straight to your profile. You can get your Upload Email Id from here… 

When you send an email to that Id...

• The email subject will be used as your updated status if your email contains no photo or video.

• The email subject will be used as the caption of your photo or video if your email contains photo or video.

Warning: Please make sure that you don’t share this Id with others except with the other admins of the page because using this mail Id any one can upload status or photos into your profile…..you can also refresh the upload email from the Find it more tab in the above link….

To know more about how spammers and hackers can use your secret upload Email Id checkout this post.