Posts Tagged ‘ Facebook

Avira Free SocialShield: Parental Control for Social Networks

Avira Free SocialShield Avira Free SocialShield: Parental Control for Social Networks

Social networks are a great way for our children to socialize with their friends. But, parents must be aware of dangers, like Cyberbullying and inappropriate content. If you have already tried to monitor what your kids are doing on social networks, your life is about to become much easier.

Avira Free SocialShield is a free parental control service that offers an easy way to monitor what your kids are doing on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Goggle+. With Avira Free SocialShield, you… Read More

MyStatusBar: Get Instant Facebook Notifications

MyStatusBar MyStatusBar: Get Instant Facebook Notifications

MyStatusBar is an extension for Chrome and Firefox that displays all the notifications that you receive on Facebook in real time in the status bar of the browser. MyStatusBar integrates seamlessly with your browser, adding a blue toolbar in browser footer, allowing you to see your latest friend requests, messages and notifications.

After installing the extension, all you need to do is connect your Facebook Account. Once this is done, you will be able to see all your friendship requests, notifications and messages, and you… Read More

Official Facebook Messenger is now available for Windows

Official Facebook Messenger Official Facebook Messenger is now available for Windows

Don’t like Facebook chat style or think too laborious to maintain social networking page open just to talk to your best friends? Thinking about better practicality, Mark Zuckerberg’s company officially launched today a chat client for Windows.

To start chatting using the client, simply download the Messenger and log in with your Facebook credentials. The Messenger carries all your contacts with a simplified design that resemble the online version of the chat. You will also receive notifications alerts about updates from your friends in real… Read More

Configure e-mail notifications of your social networks with Notification Control

Notification Control Configure e mail notifications of your social networks with Notification Control

Most social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ send email notifications to warn you about updates of your friends, comments, friend requests and new followers, etc.

Despite the e-mail notifications are useful for some users, in most cases these are useless and can become a nuisance, especially when you get dozens of daily notifications. If you are receiving more e-mail notifications, then Notification Control I is a service that helps you quickly configure the receiving e-mail notifications of all your social networks.

Basically… Read More

Protect your Facebook account with FB Phishing Protector

FB Phishing Protector Protect your Facebook account with FB Phishing Protector

Recently, several phishing scams were propagated on Facebook. So, it is important to take some security measures to protect your Facebook account. FB Phishing Protector is a Firefox add-on that provides a safer experience on Facebook, protecting your account against phishing scams.

FB Phishing Protector will warn you when an unusual activity is detected in your account, as an attempt to script injection and when a fake site, which is not the real Facebook website asks for your credentials. Once logged into Facebook, FB Phishing… Read More

Facebook could face €100,000 fine for holding deleted data

Facebook Logo Facebook could face €100,000 fine for holding deleted data

Facebook could face a fine of up to €100,000 ($139,000) after an Australian law student discovered that the social networking site held 1,200 pages of personal data about him, much of which he had previously deleted.

Max Schrems, 24, requested a copy of his data after attending a lecture hosted by Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg whilst he was on an exchange program at Santa Clara University in California. He eventually received a CD from the social networking giant, and was shocked to find information through… Read More