Sunday, May 30th, 2010 As you should already know, Bangladesh Government has recently blocked facebook in Bangladesh. It's being almost 24hrs and the site is still blocked.Though we do not know how long the block will last, I expect it to get removed in a few days.But I have found an excellent resource which can allow you to access facebook in Bangladesh for 3 days. Of course, for FREE!There is an excellent VPN provider Unblock VPN (I am going to write a review of their service shortly). They are offering free 3 days trial accounts which can allow us to access facebook from Bangladesh.Te ...
(read more) Sunday, May 30th, 2010 As you should already know, (Digital) Bangladesh Government has blocked facebook since yesterday.But you can still access facebook using a proxy site like FacebookProxy.us.There are many other proxy sites around which will do the work too. Some are: facebookproxy.co.uk, facebookproxy.net, unblock-facebook.net etc.How to use it? Just go to the facebook proxy site and scroll down to the section where you are asked to enter an URL (web address).Type in the URL as "http://www.facebook.com" and click on the "Go" button.The facebook page will now open in a frame.You now access the facebook site as you would do normally :)
(read more) Sunday, May 30th, 2010 After blocking YouTube the (Digital) Bangladesh Government blocks Facebook!Reason? "...Ban follows arrest of man over 'cartoon' of Hasina, Khaleda"Update: Faceboook is STILL blocked it Bangladesh. Please raise your voice to unblock facebook.While facebook remains blocked in Bangladesh, you can still use a proxy site like FacebookProxy.us to access facebook.You might also consider joining this page to show your support to unblock facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Unblock-Facebook-in-Bangladesh/130320823651243The full story from The Daily Star: Regulators yesterday "temporarily" blocked access to Facebook, a popular social networking site.The decision came after the arrest of a youth for uploading satiric images of some politicians, including the prime minister and ...
(read more) Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 UPDATE: Facebook Emoticons now has its own dedicated website. Please visit: FacebookEmoticons.info.Spice up your facebook chat conversations with facebook chat emoticons.Here is a complete list of Facebook Chat Emoticon Codes (also called Facebook Emoticons, Facebook Smileys, Facebook Emotions, Facebook Emotes, Facebook Codes, Facebook Emoticon Codes, Facebook Emotions):01. Facebook chat smile emoticon Emoticon: Code: :-) or :) or :] or =)02. Facebook chat frown emoticon Emoticon: Code: :-( or :( or :[ or =(03. Facebook chat tongue emoticon Emoticon: Code: :-P or :P or :-p or :p or =P04. Facebook chat grin emoticon Emoticon: Code: :-D or :D or =D05. Facebook chat gasp emoticon Emoticon: Code: ...
(read more) Monday, September 28th, 2009 Facebook has recently (and silently) added a new feature that allows you to tag a friend, facebook page, group, event or application on your facebook status.This is how you can tag a friend on you facebook status:Step 1: Start typing your status text on the publisher. (ie. where you type in your status)Step 2: Now after a space type "@" (without the quotes). This will bring up the text "Type the name of someone or something..." under the publisher text area.Step 3: After the "@" start typing the name of your friend. A drop-down list will appear with matching friends. Select your desired ...
(read more) Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 A friend request got stuck? Feel like you are missing the attention staying at the bottom of the "pending friend request" list?Or, like in my case, just hate the "Awaiting friend confirmation" message?You can now cancel a pending friend request if you like.To cancel a pending friend request, first click the "Account > Edit Friends" link on the top right corner.Now start typing the name in the "Search Friends" box.This will bring up the pending friend request for that person.Click on the "X" icon (Remove Request) next to the person.Confirm the friend request removal.Done! If you again visit that ...
(read more) Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 Starting at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Saturday, June 13, you'll be able to choose a username on a first-come, first-serve basis for your profile and the Facebook Pages.This will change your profile url from "http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=506915199" to "http://www.facebook.com/your-name"Once the feature becomes available, you will be able to choose your username from here: http://www.facebook.com/username/Though till then, you will see a countdown clock over the page.Note that it will be served in "first-come, first-serve basis". So do grab your desired username before someone else does!If you are from Bangladesh, the time is 10:01am on June 13th.
(read more) Sunday, April 5th, 2009 Do you want to get facebook notifications right on your desktop system tray?Though apps like fbQuick and FizzBoost has been developed to meet such requirement, I personally find them bit over charged. Too many features, too much messy. Basically what I have been looking for was a tiny app sitting on the system tray to give me "toasts" when there is a facebook notification.For that I thought of utilizing the "Facebook Notification RSS Feed" already provided by facebook. Facebook provides options of what content i wish to include in this feed. Thus I can include my "Facebook Connect Notifications" ...
(read more) Thursday, February 12th, 2009 Recently Facebook introduced a new "Like/Unlike" feature which looks similar to the Digg/Undigg feature of Digg.comAt this moment I see this feature in Status and Images (both gallery (other than Profile Images) and individual images). I wonder if Facebook going to use these "I Like" votes to create something similar to Digg.com?Are we soon to see new sections on facebook as "most popular status updates" and "most popular images"?
(read more) Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 Has your facebook account got hacked (compromised)? You can no longer use the reset password feature as the hacker has changed the email address?Before you give up and create a new account, you can try to recover your hacked facebook account.To recover your hacked facebook account you need to send a request to facebook using the cont form located here: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=account_compromisedIf you have problem understanding what the fields mean, here is explanation of them: Full name on the account: Provide the full name you had on the account.Network(s) the account belongs to: Provide the networks you were in on that account. Include all networks ...
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