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When I started this post I had the preconceived notion that automatically posting from Blogger to Facebook would not be an issue at all. For some reason in the back of my mind this was as simple as using email notification to the Facebook email-to-post feature, or using Google's Feedburner.

Well, I was quite wrong about this. Trying to use the email-to-post feature in Facebook only added the blog name and title to my Facebook wall with no content or links. From Feedburner, it looked like Facebook might work but they're only supporting Twitter in their socialize feature.

Now, there are a number of Facebook plug-ins such as RSS Graffiti you can use to grab your blogger RSS feed and post it to your wall. However, I found another tool so useful that I think this might be the easiest path for anyone to use.

If This then That - or, If Blogger then Facebook

A new online utility has appeared that can simply move your social postings around between sites called IFTTT.com (or, in other words, If This, Then That). It is so incredibly intuitive and easy to use that I had no issues setting it up.

I won't lead you on how to setup an account - you'll just need a user name and password - that's very easy to do. As you start you'll just need to activate and register your Blogger account and select your desired blog like this:

And then tie your Blogger blog to the IFTTT account:

Once registered your first step is to 'Create a Recipe' - and in our case it is going to be from Blogger to Facebook:

Simply click on the blue 'this' text to select Blogger as you source choice:

You can see that there are many options for source - I've highligted the Blogger button. Next, just 'Choose a Trigger' type. In this case we want new Posts to be published to Facebook. However, you might want the second label option:

Go ahead and select 'Any new post' for now. Now you will see the Trigger that will kick off the event.

Just select the 'Create Trigger' button to continue. You're going to be directed now to the action that occurs when you trigger off a Blogger Post. Just select the 'that' blue link to continue:

Now you'll see the full list again of social media sites. There are some great options here - but, for our tutorial just click on the 'Facebook' icon:

If this is your first time into IFTTT then you'll need to register your Facebook account much like how you did your Blogger account. Be sure you're logged into your desired Facebook account first.

Now you'll have to make a selection if you want the Blogger post to be fully copied to Facebook, or, just a link back to the blog. I prefer the second option 'Create a link post' - but you make your choice:

Triggering an Action to Post to Facebook

This is the tricky part - how you want the message formatted on your Facebook page. You can certainly experiment with this - but, you'll want to Create an Action that has the URL in the link field and the subject with your own text mixed with your blog post:

Just press 'Create Action' when done and you should have something like this:

You can see I used the PostContent field - but, you certainly don't have to fill your wall with the full Blogger post. Your connection is now ready!!

Now that your link is active you can test it by posting to Blogger, then jumping over to IFTTT.com and clicking on the Recipe you just created and selecting the 'Check' button on the right side of the screen like so:

This normally runs every 15 minutes - but, by clicking on Check your post will appear on Facebook in seconds.

A Great tool in my mind! Enjoy!!

Facebook is set for another legal battle over privacy, with a fresh class-action lawsuit fired up against the company.

Facebook Staring at Fresh Privacy Class Action

The legal action is the brainchild of Austrian law student Max Schrems, a noted campaigner against Facebook's treatment of user privacy. Schrems called on adult Facebook users around the world to join his suit after he filed a complaint in Vienna's commercial court. He urged them to sign up at a website for the suit, using their Facebook account.

Schrems is seeking damages of 500 euros (US$671) per each plaintiff over the company's alleged data violations, including its cooperation with the National Security Agency in its Prism program.

Prism, details of which were leaked by whistle-blower Edward Snowden last summer, is a program that mines personal information of civilians through Facebook and other online services. The allegations include unauthorized sharing of data with third parties and using the Facebook Like button to track users on third-party websites.

Schrems, who has another Facebook- and Prism-related case pending at the European Court of Justice, also wants injunctions under European Union data protection laws.

'Significant Fines'

"This is an interesting suit, though I think it's unlikely to succeed," Derek E. Bambauer, associate professor of law at University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law, told the E-Commerce Times.

"If the suit succeeds, and the claimants obtain damages, it could be quite costly for Facebook. EU regulators have not been shy about imposing significant fines -- or, at least, potential significant fines -- but those are in the context of actions brought by state authorities, not private parties."

If the suit is successful, it could put Facebook out of business, Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times.

"This action wouldn't limit similar actions in other jurisdictions, and the monetary damages potentially could bankrupt a number of companies," he said.

"There is risk because this is largely untested law -- and for the other side, collecting on damages at this scale would be problematic. But if it were successful and spawned other litigation, particularly in the U.S., the awards collectively could amount to several times what Facebook could pay, forcing bankruptcy for debt protection."

Austria, which is a data-friendly nation, allows a group of people to transfer financial claims to one person, and the lawsuit process essentially works as a class-action case.

Locked Out

However, Facebook users in the U.S. and Canada are locked out from taking part because they have an agreement with Facebook's U.S. operations. Users in all other territories have a contract with Facebook's Irish entity.

Additionally, the EU largely has stricter data-protection regulations than the U.S. -- Schrems' suit largely rests on the EU Data Protection Directive.

Facebook's relationship with its users and their privacy has been an issue for the company since its early days. Recently, the UK's data agency started investigating Facebook's 2012 experiment seeking to determine whether it could affect users' emotional states and make their posts more positive or negative.

European courts do not shy away from making substantial privacy rulings against Internet firms, even those headquartered in the U.S. The EU earlier this year issued a "right to be forgotten" mandate that allows anyone to request that search engines delete from search results links to false, out of date or irrelevant information about themselves.

'Wild West'

The suit "will potentially begin to establish a legal framework for who can legitimately use information that users provide, which is a bit of a 'wild west' at the moment," said Rita Gunther McGrath, associate professor of management at Columbia Business School.

"People really have no idea how much of their information is being traded, bought, sold and manipulated, all for the benefit of third parties who want to use it. The most benign uses are for advertising, but it is rapidly becoming clear that personal information can also be used for much less beneficial purposes, such as discriminating against people in employment situations and denying them credit," she told the E-Commerce Times.

"What FB could do to stem claims and improve its handling of user privacy runs up against a key issue; the elemental tension between Facebook's business model and its users' privacy," said Charles King, principal at Pund-IT.

"The thing is that Facebook tends to regard its users as business 'assets' that it leverages to benefit the company's actual customers -- the advertisers and other businesses that pay for information about or access to Facebook's assets," he told the E-Commerce Times.

"As we've seen in the past, whatever changes Facebook decides to make to its privacy guidelines are likely to be designed to minimize any impact on the value of those information assets," observed King.

Schrems has chased multiple lawsuits and complaints against Facebook and other major U.S. technology companies through their Irish holdings. His Europe versus Facebook group has recorded multiple victories, includingrequiring Facebook to make available to users a record of their entire history of activity on the service.

No Cost to Plaintiffs

Facebook users will bear no cost for the Schrems case. A financial firm is absorbing the legal costs if Schrems loses, and is entitled to 20 percent of the damages award if he wins the case. Schrems himself is declining to take a fee, instead opting only to take the same 500 euros-settlement as other users if he wins.

Facebook this week announced it has 1.32 billion users globally, and it reported a 61 percent increase in sales in Q2. The news captured Wall Street's attention and the company's valuation rose to almost $200 billion.

While Schrems' legal action centers on nations outside the U.S. and Canada, it's not clear whether a potential similar suit for North American users will hold much water.

US Suit 'Unlikely'

"As for a stateside suit, I think the odds of a successful one are low -- American privacy law is sector-specific, and operates from a starting point where privacy is arranged through contracts between, say, Facebook and its users," Arizona's Bambauer said.

"In the absence of a breach of contract, I think it's unlikely that users could successfully sue Facebook along these lines. The U.S. does not have an equivalent to the EU Data Protection Directive, and Facebook doesn't fall under any of the more stringent privacy requirements of the health care (HIPAA) or financial (Gramm-Leach-Bliley) sectors," he pointed out.

"A similar suit in the U.S. seems unlikely to me since Facebook users -- and tech consumers generally -- seem far less concerned with privacy issues than their European counterparts," Pund-IT's King suggested.

"Even when a serious issue arises," he said, "like the 'study' Facebook implemented to manipulate users' emotions, whatever outrage is sparked tends to flame out pretty quickly in the U.S."

PrivateCore was launched in 2012 in Palo Alto and specializes in protecting servers against malware and other kinds of intrusions.

Facebook announced on Friday it was buying California-based cybersecurity startup PrivateCore, in a move to boost defences of its vast server network.

“I believe that PrivateCore’s technology and expertise will help support Facebook’s mission to help make the world more open and connected, in a secure and trusted way,” Facebook’s Joe Sullivan said.

“Over time, we plan to deploy PrivateCore’s technology directly into the Facebook server stack.”

PrivateCore was launched in 2012 in Palo Alto and specializes in protecting servers against malware and other kinds of intrusions.

Private Core’s Oded Horovitz said in a blog post that the two firms “have an aligned mission.”

“Since the beginning, we have worked tirelessly on our technology to protect servers from malware threats, unauthorized physical access, and malicious hardware devices,” he said.

“Working together with Facebook, there is a huge opportunity to pursue our joint vision at scale with incredible impact.”

Terms of the deal were not announced.

Low-end devices with constrained resources can keep using in-app messaging

Facebook is working on transitioning users somewhat forcefully to using their dedicated Messenger app. Warning messages have been sent out to some European users that in about two weeks time, they wouldn’t be able to use the core Facebook app to do their chatting. Though this change will be rolling out globally, there will be exceptions in place for lower-powered Android devices that apparently can’t handle the Pure Awesome of the Facebook Messenger standalone app, and for Facebook’s relatively fresh news app, Paper.

Though this means you’ll need to install and manage two apps, hopefully it will result in greater performance individually. What do you guys think of the change? Do you already have Facebook Messenger installed, or would you rather keep your Facebook chats bundled in the core experience?

It was a few months ago that we reported that Facebook would be killing in-app messaging. Facebook instead prefers users to chat with the dedicated Facebook Messenger app. Facebook is now notifying users that transition will happen over the next few days.

Facebook hasn't posted an announcement about the upcoming changes. Instead they sent a statement directly to TechCrunch. Here's their message:

"In the next few days, we're continuing to notify more people that if they want to send and receive Facebook messages, they'll need to download the Messenger app. As we've said, our goal is to focus development efforts on making Messenger the best mobile messaging experience possible and avoid the confusion of having separate Facebook mobile messaging experiences. Messenger is used by more than 200 million people every month, and we'll keep working to make it an even more engaging way to connect with people."

We just checked the Facebook app for Android. It doesn't quite force you just yet. You can still see messages in the Facebook app if you hit the install button (taking you to the Google Play Store), and then switch back to Facebook. For now.

What do you think of the change to messaging on Facebook? Do you like the dedicated Facebook Messenger app or do you prefer using all things Facebook in one app? Sound off below.

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Facebook intends to kill messaging from its main mobile application in the coming days, following through with the plans it laid out several months ago. If you want to continue chatting through Facebook, you'll need to download the company's standalone Messenger app.

Messaging through the main mobile application has been hardly fantastic for quite a while now, as Facebook hasn't maintained that section of their app particularly well. Installing Messenger will typically give you a much better experience using Facebook chat, including the ability to chat while in other apps through 'chat heads' and quick call functionality.

If you don't want to install Messenger, the Facebook app will continually notify you to download it over the next few days before it will disappear entirely. The changes will affect the iOS, Android and Windows Phone versions of the application.

Facebook says that the choice to split out messaging into a dedicated app is to "focus development efforts on making Messenger the best mobile messaging experience possible and avoid the confusion of having separate Facebook mobile messaging experiences."

Facebook the worlds best social networking site no doubt it.We use facebook in daily life. we chat with our friends,share pictures,share videos and many more…to make facebooking more interesting we can use many tricks in faebook.After my research i listed the best facebook tricks below.go through the tricks once and use in your facebook.

Best Facebook Tricks

1.Trick to update blank status:

Now you can update your Facebook status as blank.first login to your Facebook account.

now enter @[3:3: ] in your status box if you want to update your blank status as long statement the paste the code again below the code just like below

@[3:3: ]

2.Remove Facebook adds:

Remove Facebook adds by using Facebook cleaner

In the above photo you can see an arrow indicating towards some Adds by using facebook cleaner you can remove Annoying Facebook Adds.

3.Send free SMS:

yes you are right now you can send SMS from Facebook.there is no country restriction.your mesage sending is instant and takes only few seconds to reach destination.

just go to Facebook chat application
then you can find screen alert as like in below picture

enter the details and your message
you can send only 4 SMS per day of each limted up to 100 letters

4.Download facebook photo Album in a single click:

now you can download facebook photo album with a single click,all you need is to just go to app named Facebook2zip.com

check the process:

Step1: As soon as go the above app you are asked to Login with facebook just like in above picture
Step2: Now choose your friend from whom you want to download photo album you can see an arrow 2 pointing in the above picture
Step3: Now choose the album what you want to download
Step4: Just click Download button and save photo album to your desired location.

5.Download Facebook videos:

Download videos from facebook easily.

6.Create a Video with your Facebook pictures:

now can create a video with your facebook pictures it is so easy you can go to pixable.com and login with your facebook account.

7.Post your staus in all facebook groups at once:

it is easy to post your status on your wall.when comes you have to post status in all groups it takes much time and even it is hard task.by using simple app it is easy you can post in all facebook groups at once
Go to Multi post application and login with Facebook.
you can also use another app click here

8.Update status in BLUE color:

click here to see here how it works
paste below code in your staus box and write your text in place of your text
@@[1:[0:1: your text]]

9.Watch live streaming:

Now you can watch live TV on your Facebook.there is a application which allows us to watch lots of international channels with free of cost.As i am cricket addict i watch live cricket match on facebook with chating my friends

App you can use: WATCH LIVE STREAMING

10. Visible Online for Whom You want:

Now you can visible online for whom you want.By using this trick you can chat with only with the persons whom you want.

Just go to Advanced chat settings by clicking on Gear icon below chat bar.

Then a pop up arises just like below screen capture

Now click Turn On chat for Some Friends
Now add your friends in the options

finally click save option.

So that’s all for this post.soon i am going to write about best facebook tricks-part 2.stay connected with us. don’t forget to like us on Fcaebook.
if i missed any best facebook trick let me know in the comments below.so that i will update them on my list.

There are a lot of ways to lose control of your Facebook account. You may get hacked and ultimately loose Control over your facebook account
Certainly this is not the end of the world, but be aware that you can also be the victim of an attack by malicious softwares and hackers causing much more damage on your Facebook account. It is very important to Prevent Fb Accounts from Being Hacked.Indeed , while no software installed on your local system, there is nothing that your local antivirus can detect and your account may be hacked in one-of- hand trick, leading to all sorts of hassles and problems . So today in this article we will discuss some Basic Tips to Prevent Fb Accounts from Being Hacked.

Tips to Prevent Fb Accounts from Being Hacked

1)Application Permission

Whenever on Facebook you answer a quiz , install a Facebook game, or add any application , you will be forced to go through an intermediate screen showing what the permissions the application needs . These permissions can include almost anything, which may also include full access to your Facebook account , even when you’re not connected.
In other words, if you do not carefully read the permissions required , you might end up giving more than just personal information, so beware next time and Prevent Fb Accounts from Being Hacked !

2) Spammy Video links:

Also Beware of videos on Facebook, Spammers are targeting Facebook to Spread links of Spammy videos, Which on your click redirects you and takes control of your fb account to Spam on other fb comments, you might not be even aware that you have commented so and so thing on so and so palce.

3)Download Notification:

Sometimes when you start a video , you receive a notification that you need to install or update a codec , which is necessary and essential to watch the clip.That may be true, but its often said that codec is actually a Trojan horse . For those who do not know , be aware that antivirus program is blocking it , although it could still slip through the net and suddenly be harmful for you. So be very smart when you come accross this situation and Prevent Fb Accounts from Being Hacked.

4) Message from Facebook:

If you own Popular Facebook pages, then you may even recieve Messages with names like : Facebook team, Security team, Facebook Security, etc, etc.
The Message would so legit that you will be Forced to click on Some link, Which are actually Cookie stealing apps and eventually you may end up loosing your facebook account so better ignore that message and Prevent Fb Accounts from Being Hacked.
No Facebook team will never Send you such messages, so Dont forget to Report that message.

Protect Yourself:

Facebook continues to work on security even within its platform, but the social giant can not help you to provide your personal information to play a game or a quiz . In addition, a local antivirus will not prevent this error.
Ultimately it is up to you to pay attention and Prevent yourself:

Add your phone number and Change its privacy to Only me, So Even if there is any problem in your fb account you may easily get it back by making facebook send you Code to your Mobile. And Changing your Phone number Privacy to Only me Will make sure that other people will not be able to see your Phone number.

Add Security Question as a Secondary option to get back your Facebook account. Choose a Question, Answer to which only you know. or add any other Unique answer which nobody knows but make sure you are able to remember it.

Add People as Friends that you know personally, Many a times people on facebook adds many other people who they dont even know by thier face. Facebook Asks you to identify Friends in which they are Tagged in.

Turn on Notification when you log in to your facebook account, so whenever you login, you get a mail from facebook with information about time, date, Operating system and Browser.

Change your Password Frequently, It is said that you must Use your Password as your Toothbrush. So keep changing it Frequently to Prevent Fb Accounts from Being Hacked

So these were some Basic Tips that Facebook users must Consider in order to keep thier facebook account secure and safe. i hope this helps.

Fake Facebook Accounts is Proving out to be a new Trend on Facebook. Probably 20-30% of total Facebook Accounts are fake or even more, This Number is Anticipated to be Increasing in Future. Fake accounts on Facebook are mainly Created with an intention to Spam all over Facebook and Spread Virus. Many people Create Fake Girl’s Profiles to Dupe Some innocent Fb Users too.
Its Sad that Facebook Can’t Identify Fake Facebook Account and Delete them all Manully,and One Should not expect it from Facebook because of obvious Reasons. But yes they will Definately Block your account if you send lots of Friend requests to Unknown People and if you post or Comment Spammy Links over and over again. Facebook Catches you and then next time when you try to Login again, it asks you to Identify Photos of Friends, This is where Fake Account Users Get Caught.
But This Don’t Stop Spammers to Create another Fake Facebook account, So in this article we will Discuss Some Tips that will Help you to Identify Fake Facebook Account easily, So that you don’t fell in thier Traps, Report that Account to Facebook which will Help to Make Facebook Safer to all of us.

4 Tips to Identify Fake Facebook Account

1) Profile Picture :

First Thing we see about any Facebook account is thier Profile Picture, If you Find any Facebook Account on your Friendlist suspicious, First thing you will do is Use Reverse Image Search. This helps you find out if Similar Pictures are available on Internet. First Download the Profile Picture of the account you find suspicious

Goto Google images Click on Camera icon which says Search by image, Click on Upload an Image, now choose the Picture you had downloaded earlier , Now once the uploading Completes, google will show you Similar Images that already exist over internet.

2) Timeline:

The Facebook timeline of a Facebook accounts says a lot about that Profile. Most Fake Profiles have “Female” as a gender, this doesn’t Mean all fb accounts with “Female” Genders are Fake, There are many other things to Identify Fake Facebook Account.

if thier photos folder shows only 1 or 2 Pictures that too of random Celebrities then probably its fake.

if the Person does not update Status, or if he does, the Comments does not read like his Real friends or the profile does not comments on others status,then its likely to be a Fake profile

The “About” tab will Give you More information about the Profile, if the “About” tab don’t show you any info about the persons profile then thats an indication about fake profile

3) Wait for 1st january:

This is kind of Funny, Why Would one Wait for 1st jan to Identify Fake Facebook Account, Well Fake Profile Makers Most Probably Enter 1st jan as thier birth date while creating Fake account. So on 1st Jan, Facebook will Show you People who have birthdays today. Go through that list and Unfriend them if you dont know them Personally.

On 1st jan 2014, i was shocked to see 28 people Having thier birthday, Guess what i performed the above Proccess.

4) Girls Profile :

Most of the Fake profiles are created with Girl Identity and with a Beautiful face as a Profile Picture, You may even find Cell phone Number, Girls Hardly will Share thier Contact number in Public.

A girl Profile with Lots of Friends and Followers indicates a Fake Profile.

These were some tips to Identify Fake Facebook Account , which i wanted to share with you all, if you find any Fake profile then you and your friends can report it to facebook.