A couple of weeks ago the Facebook folks announced their support for Jabber/XMPP. If you’re a Facebook fan this is a big deal as that announcement opens up FB chat to all of the multi-protocol IM applications. No more having to endure the web-based version.
If you’re a Pidgin user, as I am, check out this
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Facebook announced some Privacy Policy changes this past week and many users just skipped over the announcements to get to Mafia Wars and Farmville… If you’re one of those, there are a few things you really should be aware of.
From the policy:
“Everyone” Privacy Setting. Information set to “everyone” is publicly available information, may be accessed
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Facebook is getting more and more popular which isn’t necessarily always a bad thing. However, the built-in instant messenger can be a pain in the butt. The fact that it defaults to ON for all users doesn’t help matters. Sometimes you just want a quick look at the recent statuses without the world knowing you’re
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I’ve been mildly frustrated that I haven’t really found a simple way to get pictures or videos directly from my phone to Facebook. The typical MMS method doesn’t work with my Windows Mobile HTC Mogul phone.
This weekend I received an email from “Total Access from Windows Mobile” announcing their Facebook app. I gave it a
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