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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Facebook Rolls Out New, Simplified, and Improved Privacy Features

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There's been a lot of talk recently about Facebook and privacy but the settings weren't always user-friendly. Now Facebook began rolling out their new simplified, yet feature-rich security settings to keep its users on top of their privacy.

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It doesn't appear to be out for all accounts yet but if your account has been switched, you should be prompted to set your security settings as soon as you log in. In fact, it will keep bugging you until you do set them—forcing users to take an active role in their privacy.

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  The settings in the wizard have been narrowed down a lot to avoid confusion, and really only give you two choices—Facebook's recommended setting for that feature, or your old settings. However, once you go through the wizard, you will have a new feature on your profile that allows you to set who can see each individual status update, wall post, or any other individual post you make: everyone, friends of friends, only friends, or something more specific. (For Example : blocking certain people)

[What do you all think of the new privacy features? Sound off in the comments]

New Tools to Control Your Experience [Facebook Blog]

Offline Gmail Graduates from Labs

Gmail's Labs section graduates offline Mail feature into the mainstream today, pulling offline mail into the general settings pane

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Now that you can fine-tune which messages get saved offline and send offline attachments. To access all of Offline Gmail's settings, look for the new "Offline tab" on your Settings page.

Offline Gmail graduates from Labs [Official Gmail Blog]

Google Chrome for Mac and Linux Finally Hits Beta!!

Google officially released Chrome for Mac and Linux as a proper beta—that is to say, it's still not a final release.

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Chrome for Mac/Linux beta doesn't have all of the features available to Chrome on Windows, and if you've been using the dev builds of Chrome before this, you probably won't notice any significant changes.

[Chrome for Mac/Linux beta is a free download, works with Intel Macs running Leopard or Snow Leopard or Linux PCs.]

Download

1.Google Chrome for Mac
2.Google Chrome for Linux

A Day in the Internet!!

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The internet is, like, big. So's this infographic showing just how crazy huge it is !!

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Google Officially Converts Homepage to Minimalist, Fade-In Style

google_homepageThe page shows just the logo, elongated search bar, and two buttons when you first arrive, and then the top-level menus fade in when you interact with it. It may not show up right away, but after a hard refresh—or cookie wipe—you should start seeing the new effects.

Now you see it, now you don't [Official Google Blog]