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Facebook Messenger - is the privacy compromised?

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I remember a time when I used to go to my female friend's place and knock on her door. And if she or her father opened it, I would be real glad. But if it's her mom, I would generally flee before she could ask me questions. Then came the telephone era. It became pretty easy. But the phone is generally picked up by pa, ma or bro of my friend. I would cut the call immediately. At the end I guess God looked down on all the boys and threw the mobile phone from heaven. There's hardly any possibility left for any of the relatives to pick the call other than the owner of the phone. It was not enough. Facebook joined the mobile phone market. And Whatsapp became a household name. In fact, couple of months back when I didn't have the Whatsapp installed on my phone, I was almost a laughing stock among my friends. Of course it made sense. I was spending money on calls and messages. Now I can atleast message for free. Then came the Facebook Messenger. What is Facebook ...

Verified musician or band page on Facebook - does it help?

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Updated - August 21, 2014 Click Here to request Facebook for verification if you are a celeb or notable person. Read the full article below F ew years ago when I created a page for legendary American guitarist Eric Johnson on Facebook , I had no idea about verified pages as well as terms of creating a musician or band's page on Facebook. I created the page when I didn't find any official or a proper page giving details of the guitarist. Later, when I was contacted by the management of Eric Johnson to re-create my page as the official page of Eric Johnson on Facebook, I came to know few things. What is an Official Facebook Page? First, Facebook Pages are for musicians, bands, authors, celebrities, businesses, organizations and brands to share their stories and connect with people. Though many times I come across with pages which have no relevance to any of the above. Why do we need a page? Well, profiles are kind of private - mainly for friends and in some rare cases - f...

Convert your blog to website - Blogger tricks and tips

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I started 'blogging' from 2008. Before that I had very less to no knowledge about blogs and sites. I created my first blog with Blogger and later checked out Wordpress too. But I thought of sticking with Blogspot, which I felt easy compared to Wordpress. I ended up learning CSS and HTML and created 6 website like blogs in the next four years including Eastern Fare , Music Malt , North-East-India , Eric Johnson and EF News International . Here are some tips for the Bloggers. One can modify the Blogspot Page with these tricks. These are very easy to use HTML Codes / Javascript. How to Add Post Summaries With Thumbnail in Blogger Blog How to Create RSS Feed (RSS Feed Generator) How to Make Images Open in a Pop-up Window How to Add Animated GIFs to Blogger How to Create Typewriter Effect for RSS Feed and Atom How to Add Facebook Share Button in Blogger / Blogspot Posts How to Create Extra Pages (Static) in Blogger / Blogspot How to Create a Static Home Page in Blogger...