Facebook for Silverlight Puts a Dark, Stylish Facebook on Your Desktop

Microsoft has finally released the fancy Facebook client for download, and it has almost everything you could want from Facebook.

Above all, this app is beautiful.Not only does it have cool photo grids integrated into your news feed, but there are some really cool sweeping animations when viewing photos in an album. It even features a photo uploading tool to replace Facebook's mediocre uploader.Viewing photos is certainly where Silverlight's strengths come into play the most, but the app has pretty much every other part of Facebook integrated—you can view your news feed, friend list feeds, profiles, and even your inbox. You can view a list of upcoming events.

   Drawbacks:

• The app doesn't currently support chat.
• The app has a few minor bugs, which is to be expected due to the fact that it's still a developer preview.
• And sometimes new posts just don't load.
• It seems you can't use your scroll wheel in the application—you actually have to click the arrows or the scroll bar to scroll up and down.

 

[The Microsoft Silverlight 4 Beta Client for Facebook is a free download, requires Windows or Mac OS X with Microsoft Silverlight to use. ]

Microsoft Silverlight 4 Beta Client for Facebook

How to Deliver a Great Presentation Like Steve Jobs

A person can have greatest idea in the world. But that person can’t convince enough other people, it doesn’t matter.

Steve Jobs is probably one of the most polished presenters in the world. He doesn’t use any bullet points in his presentations, his keynote addresses are free of any jargon, there are very few words in the slides but they have photographs and headlines that are hard to forget.

If you like to learn some of the techniques and styles that make Steve Jobs such a great presenter, here’s one excellent book from Carmine Gallo.

 

Download : The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs.

Facebook Rolls Out New, Simplified, and Improved Privacy Features

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.

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.

 

  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

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.

 

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