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The Hackers Threaten to Destroy Facebook on November 5th

Diposkan oleh Unknown on Thursday, August 11, 2011

Group of hackers known as Anonymous has vowed to 'destroy' Facebook on November 5th, to commemorate the event coincided with Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of him.

The hackers, known for its support of Wikileaks, has announced they will focus this work on social networking sites because of its privacy policy.

Along with increasing popularity, many questions focused on these networking sites
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5 smart ways to get on the job through the use of social networking

Diposkan oleh Unknown on Thursday, June 23, 2011



Dan Schauble, author of Me 2.0 and founder of the agency Millennial Branding the means of social communication have facilitated the process of finding work and communicate with people who can help you find job opportunities, where still many job seekers use the methods of traditional research, which does not lead to satisfactory results. Schauble and transfer to the New York Post carried a report about a woman who made more than a thousand Todev request through 99 weeks. According to the author of the book, there is one out of every three job seekers almost remained unemployed for more than a year, where researchers give up work after five months.

Should not be to end up like those people. It is through your knowledge of yourself and what you different in the labor market and through the establishment of self-ranking on the Internet you can compete in the new labor market. Once you build your own website and set up personal pages on social networking sites, you are ready to take advantage of your relationships and your talents together to get the dream job is not just a job opportunity is enough to cover your expenses personal. The number of companies that hire through the means of social networking on the rise, the proportion of users of social networking to get jobs and 40% according to the work site free Elance.com.

The first way: take advantage of the planned network of relationships on the Social Graph social networking sites
Usually people get jobs through other people and not by computers. So you multiply opportunities to work in the case of personal relationships within the company you are applying to work there. But will not Ihalvk a lot of luck thrown to them if your resume only. Ten years ago it was to require you to exert much effort to ask friends who know and remember where you work all your friends. Now single click on a chart your social network Social Graph you can get all the required information very easily. This is for those who are looking for a job means to identify people working in companies that interest you. For companies, it means double the job interviews rather than make phone calls routine. The Internet is your laboratory research. Here are some sites that will help you in your search for job opportunities through planned relationships on social networking:

LinkedIn
Site you can access to hiring managers through close relationships. Having created your own page on the site, you must download your e-mail full information to be no basis can be built upon. And then search for a company or position, and pressing the search results by identifying the site to see from across the network can introduce you to one of the immediate hiring managers. The site LinkedIn force us all to conduct further research about the employees and companies before interviews.

InTheDoor.com

Think of this site such as the employment relationships on a chart on the social networking. This site reaches between the total database Indeed.com employment and the outline of network relationships on Facebook to show you any people in your network can connect you the opportunity to employ certain.

BranchOut.com
This site is very similar to the previous site but it is used to plan your social network Facebook. The primary difference between it and the previous site that you can access it via your personal page on Facebook also gives you a more professional identity. This site takes its importance from the capital investment of $ 18 million, and through the menus and functions to contain 3 million job listings and training totaling 200,000. You can, as in the case of LinkedIn recommendations Get recommendations on your page, and you can also get badges badges as in Foursquare.

The second method: Use technology augmented reality Augmented Reality applications and job search
People started using mobile applications to search and apply for job opportunities near them with a few touches on the phones the iPhone and Android. LinkUp site has announced that 20% of job seekers who use smartphones in their research. The technology actually enhanced erase the difference between what is realistic and what has created Kmpiotraa through the promotion of what is his vision or hearing or smell or touch it. To acquire from the iPhone download the application "Layar" and then press the button "Layars" and search for "JobAmp Mobile" and will then be able to see all companies close to its current location and where the vacant positions. Schauble and adds: In 2009 published a list of the best iPhone applications to search for jobs, and found a number of other good applications that may help in the search, including:

CareerBliss (Free): This application contains a review of the companies and information about salaries and the list of jobs has nearly three million job.
Good Job (at $ 4.99): The Atnzim Your search for jobs by keeping track of jobs from several locations, contacts, appointments and interviews, biographies and more.
Real-Time Jobs (Free): The page file to attach social networking and video clip to the publications of jobs for Twitter.
BusyBee (free) if you are working freely, you can find a job near you.

The third way: Build your own Nfozk on the Internet
In today's world you need to develop Nfozk Profile on the Internet, seems to be when the two candidates for a job are equal on paper, and they possess good communication skills, the difference in the extent of their influence on the Internet. The influence is measured on the Internet through a number of relationships that you own, and who are those people and how their influence and share your content of your website and how many. The site Klout.com measuring the extent of influence over the Internet and growing popularity among business owners. If the total of your points on that site, that gives a high priority. Aware of companies that have the largest communication networks are more productive and can create new business and employ the talents and market their products better, who lacks a major network.

Fourth way: Use multi-media biography biography instead of paper
Study, told OfficeTeam that 36% of companies believe that the CVs of paper may be replaced by pages of personal social networking sites and business, where the number of people who are using innovative ways to promote themselves on the Internet Some people use the video pages and Facebook dedicated and codes says the owners "do Ptozifa "and presentations on SlideShare. These promotional tactics can be effective has been the person to receive media attention, which could lead to some offers of employment. These are some useful sites in this area:
SlideShare.net: Upload your presentation on this site, and its promotion through your website or your networks.
QR codes: code involved rapid response (quick response (QR on your social network.
Viral videos: Create your own video clip and use YouTube to promote it. You can also create video biography video to highlight your personality and your skills to employers.
You can also build your own website your full name.

Method Five: Convert yourself into a product advertising
Another way to attract people's attention is turning yourself into a product advertising for companies and individuals who seek to work in their favor. There are four ways to do this via: Facebook social ads, and Google AdWords and LinkedIn Ads ads as well as blogs.

For example, the Alec Brouanstin in 2010 to transfer the same boiling product advertising by targeting executives in the companies wanted to work with, and so got the hiring interviews, while the executives of those searches in Gogol. So you have to produce a product ad draws attention, and make sure that the links it to the main site or mail your page personal LinkedIn. It should also be advertising your product carefully and include your experience clearly.


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Privacy groups refuse to recognize faces technique on Facebook

Diposkan oleh Unknown on Saturday, June 18, 2011



Administration seems to be site Facebook were not expecting great controversy surrounding the use of technology to recognize faces in property Tag Suggestions beginning of last week, where the four organizations defending the privacy of users, led by the Center for EPIC to protect the privacy of electronic editing an official complaint against Facebook to the Federal Trade in the United States.
Included a complaint accusing Facebook that the use of technology recognize faces that will contribute to the establishment of a system to distinguish the images under the control of the Logo only, which is what you see groups of privacy in violation of the policy of protection of privacy on Facebook and also violates many of the assertions made by the management of the largest social network in the world to its users, it which lays the foundations for the emergence of deceptive practices, unfair, affecting the normal user in the base and violated his right to privacy, which claims ratified by the other three groups that filed a complaint with the EPIC; Center for Digital Democracy, and Consumer Watchdog, and the Privacy Right Clearinghouse.
Did not stop fears groups to protect privacy at this point, which included a complaint of fear of the possibility that repressive governments such as China and Iran to exploit these advanced systems to distinguish human faces to work to undermine the freedom and privacy of users, and the fears long and the Department of Homeland Security U.S., which accuses the report, according to documents possession Center EPIC, it is seeking to deploy technology recognize faces to aid in their security tasks, which creates mechanisms for additional government from which to monitor individuals in public areas, while the charge is also to Facebook facilitating access U.S. government information that you want the participants in the network in the larger social world.
The response of the accused parties rapidly, rejected the Department of Homeland Security U.S. accusations, in the words of spokeswoman for "Amy Kuada", noting that it charges completely false and not based on any grounds or evidence, noting at the same time that the ministry does not embrace that kind of programs or techniques that I talked about the complaint; while came the defense Facebook multi-axes and on the tongue of the Spokesman, "Andrew Noyes," where he explained that the property you are using advanced software to recognize faces in a particular case is when the user develop new photos on the web, all provided by property is merely suggestions for names Ctosifat can use those images.
And ensure the defense of Facebook also refer to the user's freedom fully in dealing with proposals of their acceptance in whole or in part or completely ignored, or even stop the work of property Tag Suggestions, that have emerged since December and used by millions of users throughout those months that have not been well received any complaints about them, according the "noise", which also pointed at the conclusion of his speech to TechNewsWorld that the site charges a violation of privacy that is currently surrounding Facebook is not a reason for the low participation rate of new users from the United States.


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Coldplay Sparks Palestinian Debate On Facebook

Diposkan oleh Unknown on Friday, June 3, 2011


Coldplay called on fans to go check out a new “Freedom for Palestine” single, and since the controversial post went up yesterday, comments have erupted into a debate over the band’s political stance.


One Israeli posted:
are you serious!@?!?# Israel is doing it’s best to create peace and until you wont live in israel you dont have the right to say anything. our country is democratic and we dont kill people from no reason!!! theyre attacing us! what should we do?!!! to let them kill us?? coldplay, shame on you.
A Palestinian supporter wrote:
VIctoria, the vast majority of arab are being ABUSED!!!!
the kleptocratic people occupying the government of those countries do not speak for the majority.
In israel the majority agree with the occupation of palestine, hence the israelis are the oppresers and the arabs are not!
Of course, the comments are also littered with hate speech. Clearly, this is a controversial topic and I’m sure Coldplay knew this when posting the link to the band’s page.
The volume of comments is increasing, with people posting updates every second. While I’m not sure what will bring an end to the postings I doubt it will last as long as the actual debate.
Interestingly enough, Coldplay’s Facebook page continues to be gaining fans with more than 13.35 million as of right now.
My guess is that very little will come out of the conversation, but it’s interesting to see how heated the debate can become on a band’s Facebook page. As usual, both sides are calling on others to go and post comments on the page as though that’s going to make a dramatic difference. Even the YouTube videos have a large number of likes and dislikes.

Posted by Nick O'Neill 
Source: Allfacebook
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17 Interesting Facts About Facebook

Diposkan oleh Unknown on Thursday, March 3, 2011

Who does not know Facebook, a phenomenal social networking site has had more than 500 million users. The man behind it, Mark Zuckerberg has successfully become the youngest billionaire in the world. Want to know some interesting things about Facebook? See summary below that quoted by the Daily Mail:



1 out of 13 people in the world today have an account Facebook. More than half of whom log in
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Facebook 2.0 for BlackBerry Coming Soon: Launch Chat and UI Improvements

Diposkan oleh Unknown on Tuesday, March 1, 2011

BlackBerry users will get its official Facebook application updates in the near future. While drawing up a snapshot of the application version 2.0 has been circulating in cyberspace and showing some changes such as:

     * Facebook Chat
     * Refresher interface
     * Displays the profile info, page, and a list of friends from your Facebook friends
     * Integration of the deeper core

The
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Facebook Messenger, Enjoy Free VoIP Calls with Facebook Friend

Diposkan oleh Unknown on Monday, February 21, 2011

For IOS devices that active users on Facebook may be a new application like this one, Facebook Messenger. Application allows users to call friends free via Facebook, VoIP.

Applications for $ 2.99 also allows users to see the wall of his friends, send pictures and send instant messages through Facebook Chat. The main feature of this application include:

    * Chat with friends up via iPhone /
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Free Access to the Facebook in Aircraft

Diposkan oleh Unknown on Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Some airlines already offer internet access long enough for passengers, of course, for a fee. But now, Facebook’s fans in the United States would be satisfied to access his favorite websites while sitting pretty on the bench plane.Yes, six major airlines in the USA would provide free access Facebook for a month. They are Virgin America, United Airlines, American airlines, Delta, AirTran, U.S.
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Facebook Disable Access Addresses and Telephone Numbers

Diposkan oleh Unknown on Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Facebook, which has just mentioned his plan to give access to the home address and telephone number Facebooker for application developers, now disable the feature.

This decision followed the emergence of criticism about the risks of the policy up for it. A spokesman for Facebook, Douglas Purdy seeks to explain the benefits of the feature and re-assure users that their data will be safe.

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Facebook Responsibility Issues Site Closure

Diposkan oleh Unknown on Monday, January 10, 2011

The news shocked the close up a lot of people. Starting from the inscriptions on the parody site called Weeklyworldnews, this rumor spread quickly in cyberspace and not a few who believe it just like that.

If so, are very many people would feel lost. For about 500 million users, Facebook has become a favorite site that is accessed almost every day or maybe every hour.

 By reducing anxiety,
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Facebook Will Close?

Diposkan oleh Unknown on Sunday, January 9, 2011

Shocking news came from Facebook. The biggest social network in the face of this earth will be preached immediately closed within two months by the owner, Mark Zuckerberg.

As quoted from weeklyworldnews.com, Sunday (09/01/2011), history of Facebook, which has 500 million users worldwide will soon be over on March 15, 2011.

"Facebook is completely excessive, I must end all this madness. All the
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Beware Applications' Who's Looking at Your Facebook Profile'

Diposkan oleh Unknown on Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Whether lately often see bid to find anyone who sees your profile? Be careful, you should not have to click it, because it ensured the application link is the latest malware or a malicious program that was circulating on Facebook.
Yes, it's fraud was heavily wara-Wiri in News Feed up. One form is through Facebook friends status updates, which reads: "OMG OMG OMG ... I cannot believe this
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Diposkan oleh Unknown on Wednesday, December 2, 2009

R v Internet - or was it journos v lawyers, and where is the horse?

I was at the R v Internet seminar today. It appears journalists and internet people were outnumbered by legal people and public servants.

It was an interesting forum, with everyone recognising that the Internet makes name suppression of celebrities redundant, and can threaten an accused's right to a fair trial. Some such as Victoria University Professor Tony Smith, considered that many problems were to do with the unregulated blogosphere. Steven Price, himself a blogger, as well as a university lecturer with legal and journalism credentials, was more realistic about what to do when suppression is breached. In short, the genie is out of the bottle, the horse has bolted, and there's nothing you can do. However, judges should direct juries to enable fair trials by advising that information "out there" may not be reliable.

Deputy Law Commissioner Warren Young, in talking about the recent Law Commission report, Suppressing Names and Evidence [PDF] explained how the Commission wants to tighten laws around suppression, particularly those of celebrities. Young did not consider the " horse had bolted", and made an analogy between suppression and shoplifting. Namely the fact that while lots of people know the name of a certain celebrity does not mean that suppression should be done away with just as many people who shoplift does not mean that shoplifting should be decriminalised. Yet there's a distinction: Many people consider that suppression - particularly of celebrities - should not be against the law, whereas most believe shoplifting should be illegal.

Judge David Harvey spoke in the afternoon and livened things up. He thinks the Internet can be regulated, and pointed to China as an example of regulation. But when asked about sites like Facebook and Twitter, he was out of his depth. He doesn't appear to have heard of platforms such as ping.fm where you can simultaneously post an item to Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, blogs and other social networking sites. Rather than " the horse has bolted" he appears to think that the horse has briefly wandered out of the stable, and on a leash, but is unsure how long that leash is.

Canterbury University Associate Professor Ursula Cheer was very good on the legal side of suppression and contempt, but admittedly less clear on the tools of the Internet. She emphasised the truth that many legal people are not as clued up on social network programmes as they would like to or need to be, just as some bloggers and social networkers are ignorant of the law surrounding what they can and cannot publish. The former group don't think the horse has bolted - the latter think the horse bolted some time back. Bernard Hickey brought up what I thought was a good suggestion in that the two groups get together informally and discuss some of the issues raised, believing that the legal people and the technically savvy people, including online journalists, were "talking past each other". The question they should work towards agreement on is this: Where is the horse?

David Farrar also spoke. He was the only speaker who was not a journalist or a lawyer. He started off by discussing the prominent entertainer whose name was suppressed, and how he has seen the name on TradeMe, Yahoo Answers, and MSN NZ. I also found it on the front page of a certain Twitter search. As Farrar was talking about this suppression, and how angry he gets when people get away with breaching suppression on blogs, what did he do... he breached suppression to those with eagle eyes after telling everyone how he viewed the man's Facebook site. Oops. He also raised good points regarding what is actually a breach - a link to another site, a hint, a pointer to another site that the name is accessed. Many in the legal fraternity believed that nearly everyone under the age of 30 know who this person is, not so many over that age. I spoke to two law students during the lunch break, both were internet savvy, both were interested in Internet issues to do with suppression and contempt - both under 30 and both had no idea who this entertainer was.

The entire forum was videoed and will be available. You should be able to find it by googling it sometime.
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