Archive for the ‘Tech Planet’ Category

fb.me: Facebook Now Has Its Own URL Shortener

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

URL shorteners have been around for years, but they were mostly afterthoughts rather than legitimate businesses. That all changed with the rise of Twitter and short-form, 140-character blogging. With limited space for tweeting, the URL shortener business has boomed. Bit.ly has grown tremendously, companies like Coke have even made their ...

How To Appear Invisible in Facebook Chat | Invisible in Facebook chat | How-To be invisible in Facebook Chat

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Go to www.facebook.com open your online friends list, and then click here Then click on Go Offline. Now, the real tutorial starts from here. Go to this link http://apps.facebook.com/invisible/ And then, you should know the rest, its too easy ! :-) ----- If you still don't get it, then you can click here to mail me and get ...

Christopher or Jessica Davies Hacker Hoax Warning | Facebook Hacking | CHRISOPHER DAVIES AND JESSICA DAVIES Facebook Hack | Full Review

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Summary: Message warns recipients not to accept a friend request from Christopher Davies or Jessica Davies because they are hackers who can gain access to your computer and the computers of your friends as well (Full commentary below). Status: False Example:(Submitted, December 2009) DO NOT ACCEPT A FRIEND REQUEST FROM CHRISTOPHER DAVIES OR JESSICA DAVIES, ...

New Facebook Worm Spreading Via User’s Walls [WARNING]

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Anti-virus maker AVG is warning of a new worm spreading on Facebook via user’s walls. According to one of AVG’s bloggers, the worm spreads as users that are already logged into the social network click on the suggestive photo that is being placed on their walls by infected friends. Here’s how it ...

3.ly Yet another URL shortener that gives you the Shortest URL

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

And the race of the URL shorteners continues, each trying to beat the other by differing in names and a few additional features like password protection, etc. I just came across another one (don’t blame me, it’s the fault of the real time FriendFeed), 3.ly. The new URL shortener takes ...

Facebook testing Twitter-like “Lite” version

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO – The Internet was buzzing Wednesday with talk of Facebook testing a streamlined "Lite" version of the social-networking service that could challenge microblogging sensation Twitter. "We are currently testing a simplified alternative to Facebook.com that loads a specific set of features quickly and efficiently," the Internet star said in ...

LG Crystal GD900

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

The LG Crystal GD900 is a slider, equipped with transparent, touch sensitive keypad. It allows not only entering numbers and typing messages, but performing different actions through gestures as well. The device sports a 3-inch display that is also touch sensitive and you can control all functions of the phone ...

Mozilla’s Firefox Browser Hits One Billion Downloads

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Do you know that the open source Web browser "Firefox" has been downloaded over 1 billion times. It has been announced by The Mozilla Foundation on Friday morning. The browser, developed by the Mozilla Foundation, has quickly become a favourite with web surfers since its launch in 2004. Whoa.. 1 ...