At first, Facebook will entice you into claiming credits that you can use to boost posts in your Facebook page. And when you try to use it, this happens:
If that is not a scam, I don’t know what else to call it.
Personal rumblings on tech and stuff
At first, Facebook will entice you into claiming credits that you can use to boost posts in your Facebook page. And when you try to use it, this happens:
If that is not a scam, I don’t know what else to call it.
Before I bought my Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 (9.7-inch, T819), I totally forgot taking into consideration the fact that apps are usually better designed in iOS than in Android.
Not that I totally screwed up in my decision, of course, there are other important factors that I considered, the topmost being the price.
But to give you an example of how apps are better designed in iOS than in Android, take a look at the screenshots of probably the most go-to app for every smartphone and/or tablet owners, Facebook.
In landscape modes, here’s the Facebook app in my old iPad 2:
I was greeted by the above reminder when I opened Facebook today. Apparently, Facebook is concerned about our security. What with the reports of cases of user account hacking, some even compromise the personal reputation of the affected individuals. Continue reading
That stupid Facebook app built in browser is just plain stupid.
They need to put it back to open in the default browser, may it be Safari for iOS or Chrome for Android. That way it’ll be easier to share the webpage in any app other than the stupid Facebook app.
This now gives me more reason to stop using Facebook altogether.
Free Facebook is a great promo from Globe. Who doesn’t want free service, right? If only they can carry it out more smoothly:
At least, that’s what happened in my case. I didn’t opt-in but I was automatically subscribed to the service, even though I was on an unlimited data plan to start with.
I’m on unlimited data plan. I don’t need free Facebook. Stop displaying these notices on my device: Continue reading
Whatever happened to the quick post buttons and windows for Twitter and Facebook, just like what you see in the screenshots above?
Obviously, they were removed from the notification center when iOS 7 came. I missed it because right now in order to do a quick status update to Facebook, I need to open the SLOW Facebook app, which takes forever to load before I can proceed any further. And I don’t have Siri to do it for me. Continue reading
Facebook has just made available a free stand-alone messaging app for your mobile phone. It will be like BlackBerry’s BBM service, or WhatsApp, or Kik, or LiveProfile, or PingChat!, but that you don’t need an additional ID, as all your contacts in Facebook will be available for messaging, may they be using the app as well, or just in any other mobile device, or the web.
Get and send messages fast
With the new standalone Messenger app, now messaging with friends is faster than ever. Messages are delivered instantly, and they’re always just a click away.
— Source
Unfortunately, it’s only available (yet!) for iOS and Android (have I already told you about the developers’ preference in developing mobile apps?), and for iOS it’s only available as of the moment in the US iTunes store. Continue reading
After a few cracks at social networking, namely the Google Buzz and Google Wave, Google is at it once again and try to challenge Facebook with the Google+ Project.
Techcrunch has detailed take on it. Continue reading
Just noticed this button when I checked the Facebook app in my iPhone yesterday:
So it appears Facebook Places is now available for the iPhone App in my region. Continue reading
I actually haven’t known that Facebook chat has supported the XMPP standards for quite some time now. Now it enables desktop chat clients like my favorite Pidgin to connect to your Facebook friends without a need for any plugin (which sometimes break).
Thanks to How-To Geek, now I know.
Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once.
I have long been an advocate of Pidgin as a desktop chat client. The reason why? Continue reading