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For people who have been around long enough on the internet, you would remember chat. People would go to web apps like 'ICQ' and chat with random strangers. All that died out some time ago but Facebook wants to recreate that magic with their latest App 'Rooms'. This App comes from Facebook creative labs and seeks to create the early ethos of the web. That of web communities and random chats with strangers from anywhere in the world. The iPhone app is ready for download and use right now. You can choose any username you want and it will not use your Facebook profile. You can read more at their blog post here and download the App here .

The new game Mickey O'Greedy's Luggage Swindle is brought to you by SendMyBag. The game revolves around the concept of frustrated travelers and the problems with luggage. Low-cost airlines tend to be greedy and very bad at handling luggage. You, their customer and traveler must pay the price. It all starts with the Airlines and their confusing luggage policies, high excess baggage fees and hand luggage. The game takes a swipe at all this. So the next time you're in an airport and need a game to vent your frustrations and also earn discounts from SendMyBag - this is the game you need to be playing. Mickey O'Greedy's Luggage Swindle - how to play. The game can be played on your iPhone, iPad, Android Phone and Facebook. Once you start the game you have a catching hand and with it, you can grab as many travelers as you can. Be sure to only grab travelers with luggage. Each one you grab gives you points. Reach a high score and avail discounts and coupons from SendMyBag....

The Facebook App for the iPhone and iPad has got a decent upgrade. The visuals for stories on the iPad has been improved and you now have clearer and brighter stories in your News feed. Especially pictures being shared by your friends, which appear on your news feed - looks a lot more interesting and bigger. The two biggest and most noteworthy improvement are 'Chat Heads' and 'Stickers'. Facebook Chat Heads The way this works on the app is that - you keep doing what you normally do. When a friend wants to chat all you need to do is to click on the Chat heads icon to reply. Drag them around and flick them down to close. This way you carry on doing what you usually do and simultaneously chat with all your FB pals. Facebook Stickers. This is one of those fun features to add life to you fb messages. So when you're chatting all you need to do is to tap on the smiley face to add sticker to your chat. You can also tap on the basket to go to the stickers store. Here you can...

Every Facebook user is familiar with the Facebook Poke feature and some loved it and others not so much. If you are one of those people who like to use this fun feature and poke your friends -- things just got a little better for you. You can now download the Facebook Poke stand alone App for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad. This app works by allowing you to poke your friends either one at a time or multiple friends at once. With the Poke App you can poke, send a message, photo or video in a lightweight way. Once you poke a friend you can set a time for the message, meaning after 1,3,5 or 10 seconds whenever time runs out, the poke disappears completely. If a friend pokes you using the Poke App you will need to tap and hold down the message to read it, after which it expires. If there is a message that you might be uncomfortable with you can always report it. So this is something that many people didn't see coming. You though the Facebook Poke has silently disappeared, not so ...

Facebook does not have a native Facebook app for Windows 8. In fact even if they do build one, it's going to take some time. Facebook and Microsoft have a comfortable relationship and it therefore is comes as a complete surprise that Facebook are not going to building a native app for Windows 8 , this according to VentureBeat . So there's no telling how this is going to turn-out. Maybe Facebook is secretly building a Facebook App and if that is not the case maybe Microsoft will build one. Whatever maybe the outcome if you want the FB experience on Windows 8 -- Facebook Touch might be the App to go with. With Facebook Touch you get the whole Windows 8 and Windows RT experience. Facebook Touch can be downloaded onto your PC, Tablet or other device and brings the Facebook experience to Windows 8 devices. The app comfortable brings the touch experience to Windows 8 devices and also brings all Facebook features that users are familiar with. You have Chat, Timeline, Notifications an...

This seems to be so annoying to some users that there is a new app that will do this. Once installed it will search your Facebook News Feed it will search for all those baby photos and replace them with pictures of cats and other awesome stuff. The purpose of the app is to make sure that you don't have to look at all your friends' annoying kids anymore. It is also a fun app and you need to try it out to see how it works.  Unbaby.me: How does it work This is a Chrome Extension and will not work on other browsers.So open your Facebook in Google Chrome head over to the app and simple click on the install button. Once the app has been installed you can then allow it to work naturally. whihc has some limitations. basically the creators of the app have made it to search by default keywords like cute, mommy etc. You can however add your own keywords and if you don't want to see your friends' vacation shots you can do that also and thereby get your daily  dose of cat photos. If...

Facebook does not have a native function for you to be able to do this and find out. There is no App on Facebook to know when someone removes you as a friend. There are however a few other alternatives available on the web that will help you do just this. You need to keep in mind that sometimes you get a notification about being unfriended but all that has happened is that one of your friends have deactivated their profile or deleted this Facebook profiles. With this is mind let's look at a few apps that allow you to find out who has removed you as a friend on Facebook. So how do you find out which friend has unfriended you on Facebook.  1. Unfriend Finder This is a script that can be downloaded to your  Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer. There are three main things this script helps you do - a. notifies you when someone has unfriended you b. Lets you know when a friend of yours has deactivated their account. c. Helps you keep a track of all your friend re...

Skype launched a campaign to bring back humanity into our world of social networking. Called 'It's time for Skype', meaning more face to face is better and brings real conversations back into the lives of people. Unlike staying in touch using 140 characters (think Twitter) and upgrade from a wall post to a first grade conversations. As part of this campaign Skype has launched something called humoticons, this is just like emoticons that everyone is used to with one little difference. You can use your own face and create a Humoticon with your own face and personality. This can be shared on a special page on Skype as well as a sharing option. There is a URL attached to every Humoticon you create so you can share it with freinds. Next time you or your pals are chatting they can use your Humoticon while chatting. Some people think this is quiet Bizarre but if you look at some of the Humoticons people are building they are quiet funny and entertaining.  The above pic illustrates...

If you have download the Facebook app for your Android device one thing that needs to be fixed is speed. It might take forever to open and leave you staring at a screen as it struggles to load photos, news feed and Timeline. Fast Facebook which is still in beta seeks to do away with all the slowness and promises a much faster Facebook experience. The App has gotten good reviews on the web and has got a rating with an 3.9 average. Comments also praise this  Android App .  Fast Facebook is an Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) inspired app and therefore has an amazing look and feel and the ability to have themes. You can theme your Facebook experience or upload and use your own background images.  The design is based on Android 4.0 and is designed to be streamlined and run much faster that the original Facebook app for Android, which can be downloaded here .  Fast Facebook has the following features that bring out it's highlights - Customizable - It's fast with photos and profiles loading ...

Facebook Old profile style There is new a hand y little app that helps you hide Facebook Timeline. The app is actually a chrome extension that you can add to your chrome browser and it works by hiding Timeline. You can then begin to view your profiles and other people's profiles with the old Facebook back and not in the new Facebook Timeline mode. When other people visit your profile however they will still be able to view your profile in the Timeline format. So, it does not really turn-off Facebook Timeline but simply hides it from you while you are browsing Facebook. In reality your Facebook profile will still show in the new Timeline format but while you are working on Facebook Timeline everything you view will be in the old Facebook style and format. So if you find it annoying to keep looking at people's profiles in the new Facebook Timeline style this will bring you the old Facebook look, feel and style back. Something that most users had gotten used to and fell in love wi...

Facebook has launched 60 new apps to be made use of your Facebook Timeline. Up until now users were able to share what they were reading or the music their were listening to. This new release now changes everything. Users can now share using apps from  from  Foodspotting ,  Foodily ,  Ticketmaster ,  Pinterest ,  Rotten Tomatoes ,  Pose ,  Kobo ,  Gogobot ,  TripAdvisor , and others. So if you love to cook you can share using Foodily, if you like to travel you can use TripAdvisor to share your travels and other travel related info. No matter what your interests are there is an app for you. Whether your like snowboarding, gardening, hiking knitting, collecting stamps. There will eventually be an app available for you. How to add apps to your Timeline 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on this link to see a list of Apps you can install and use on your Facebook Timeline. If you want to full URl here it is  http://www.facebook.com/about/timeline/apps 3. Once you find an app you would like to a...

Facebook Messenger which was already available for Android and iPhone now available for Blackberry. The real-time app also shows when your buddies are typing. Messages are sent instantly and group messaging is supported. The App proved to be a hit with iPhone and Android users and is now all the rage with BlackBerry users. Facebook shows its commitment to real-time chat across various platforms and if you do not use a SmartPhone you can still reply to messages by confirming your mobile number. How to download Facebook Messenger You will need to visit fb.me/msgr on you iPhone, Android or BlackBerry phone to download the App. You could also go here and confirm your mobile number to get the App.  Once you get and install the App you can start communicating with all your pals instantaneously on your phones. Take Facebook wherever you go.  Download Facebook Messenger For Mobile Now An original post by Sociolatte

It's finally here the Facebook for iPad App. The app itself is stunning using the screen space available to deliver bigger and clearer photos. With Facebook for iPad you can navigate faster with the tap pinch or slide options. Mover around and see who is nearby using the map that is available. Regarding what's new with the App Facebook Says  You can chat with friends right from your iPad, for example, or play games and use apps in full-screen mode. You can also watch high-res videos inline, record HD video and stream to Airplay devices. This new mobile platform launched by Facebook is still so new and users have found a few bugs. Will need to give it sometime before things can be sorted out. You can also play all your favorite games on the App. Farmville and CityVille popular games from Zynga can be played on the App. The Facebook App is  Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later. If you are upgrading your iOS and the App does not function correctl...

The new Facebook App dedicated to messaging is available from today for both the iPhone and Android. This standalone App is not a part of the Facebook App but comes separate and is dedicated solely to messaging. The new Facebook Messenger for Mobile delivers your messages instantly and there is no need for a refresh. All communication on the App happens in real-time. The App allows from group conversations a feature that many companies have been trying to cash in on. With group messaging everyone who is  part of that group can carry on conversations in real time. Texting is taking on a new meaning all together with group texting. The technology that is used in the App is from Beluga the group messaging app company that Facebook acquired for the same purpose If you do not have a smartphone you can still reply to messages by  confirming your mobile number.  How does Facebook Messenger work Messages are delivered through texts and notifications You can message all your friends whether the...

Facebook is going places these days with their check in feature. Facebook check-in is similar to location based social networking Apps like Foursquare and Gowalla. With Facebook 'Check-In' you can visit places and using your fb App on your smartphone and check-in to these places and share with your friends. With this service your friends can know where you are and if they are nearby can also join you at the place. With Facebook Check-in you can also find deals from local businesses and avail special discounts. Facebook check-in is a part of Facebook places and to be a part of Facebook check in you would need the App on your Smartphone or your touch phone. The purpose of Facebook check-in is to bring the best of deals available near you to you so you can avail the same. To use the App you will need to use either the iPhone App ,  Android App or the Windows Phone 7 App . You can also login to Facebook using the Touch Phone to find deals near you by pointing your browser to m.fac...

For all users who access Facebook on their BlackBerry comes a new App called Chit Chat for Facebook. The App is really useful if you have hundreds of friends on Facebook and keep track of all chat conversations you have with them. The Facebook chat messaging application sports an innovative tabbed interface.  With Chit Chat for Facebook on your BlackBerry you get: An attractive easy to use interface Manage Lots Of Conversations - The tabbed interface means that many conversations can easily be handled at once Searchable Buddy List - Search your Facebook friends to find the one your looking for Customisable - Customize your instant messaging window So if you are a person on the move and likes to keep a track of all your friends and conversations on Facebook this App is for you, no need to endlessly scroll as the App's spacebar and cursor allows you to quick scroll up and down. You can also use Alt and space to jump up and down your buddy list. with it you can also add filters to qui...

BandPage  by Root Music on Facebook now has almost 30 million fans and growing. It is by far the most popular music app on Facebook. So what is BandPage and how does it work. Well for starters fans can login to the App and listen to their favorite music, check out photos, watch videos and buy merchandise. Fans can also look for upcoming shows and share music with friends. Once a track is share on Facebook it can be played straight from the FB Wall or News Feed.  So how does it work if you are a musician. You need to go to their FB page and login using the BandPage App using your FB login, you can also login to Rootmusic.com. Once logged in you would already need to have a FB page for your music or your band and that page can be converted into a BandPage. This BandPage will show up on your Facebook profile and your fans can then share your music from there and spread the word across the network. People can share and buy your music right from your Bandpage.  If you want to find your favo...

What is Facebook places and how does it work? For starters it your familiar with iPhone Apps like Gowalla and Foursquare you will know how this works. It's called Facebook places because it let's you share you current Geographic location with your friends. You can also tag friends who are with you at that point in time. The feature is currently only available in the US and will be rolled out to other countries soon. So once you want to share your location you will need to check-in to that place. You can set your privacy to only your friends or to everyone and your location gets shared. There is also a "People here now" section to see other people who are there.  If you friend tags you in a certain place you can set your privacy to allow tagging or turn it off. You can also remove yourself from a tag anytime you want since it works like "Photo Tagging". So you can use Facebook place on your mobile to share where you are and connect with friends who might  nea...