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RIP Michael Jackson…We will always remember you King Of Pop..

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In an announcement on its website they stated:

Nextstop.com will be shutting down on September 1, 2010, but we want to make sure that the amazing guides that Nextstoppers have created live on.

If you are an existing user, you can continue to use Nextstop for the next two months and can use our export tools to export your contributions to Picasa Web Albums, Google Maps, or download a set of PDF or HTML files for your guides. We hope with these options you’ll be able to retain all the work you’ve put into Nextstop guides, albeit in a new form. You must export your guides by September 1.

Additionally, the company plans on releasing their database of places under creative commons in the coming weeks.

Do you think Facebook is taking the location game very seriously through Nextstop acquisition?

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With billions of pieces of content being shared on Facebook every month and some bad actors constantly targeting the people who use Facebook, preventing spam isn’t easy. In general Facebook relies on its users to know when they encounter spam, which can be anything from a friend request sent by someone they don’t know to a message that includes a link to a malicious website.

Facebook has identified certain common patterns of unacceptable behavior. For example..If someone sends the same message to 50 people not on his or her friend list in the span of an hour, it’s usually spam. Similarly, if 75 percent of the friend requests a person sends are ignored, it’s very likely that that person is annoying others he or she doesn’t actually know.

Facebook said: We can’t share all of the details of how these systems work because if we did, the spammers might try to get around them. However, they’re designed to automatically detect suspicious behavior, block it and warn the person who’s engaging in it to slow down.

In extreme cases where the behavior continues despite our warnings, we may disable the person’s account. When this happens, it usually isn’t a person’s account at all but a fake account or a real account that’s been compromised. The compromised accounts are put into a process to give control back to the rightful owner. In all other cases, we always give the person an opportunity to appeal the decision by contacting us. We then review the account and reactivate it if we determine that the person hasn’t violated our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. For more information on our warnings, check out Facebook Help Center.

These automated systems don’t just prevent spam and other annoyances. They also protect against dangerous websites that damage your computer or try to steal your information. When we’re notified about one of these sites, we immediately add it to a block list and prevent Wall posts or messages that link to it. We also provide the person who’s attempting to share the link with an explanation of why it’s blocked and a way to correct us if we’re wrong.

Sometimes, spammers try to hide their malicious links behind URL shorteners like Tiny URL or bit.ly, and in rare cases, we may temporarily block all use of a specific shortener. If you hit a block while using a URL shortener, try a different one or just use the original URL for whatever you’re trying to share.

These systems are so effective at working in the background that most people who use Facebook will never encounter one. They’re not perfect, though, and we’re always working to improve them. We do this by actively monitoring appeals and learning from the rare cases in which we make mistakes.

I hope you understand now how Facebook’s Spam Prevention Systems work so that you can save your account from being disabled..Finally I would like to know your opinion in the comment section.

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Foodspotting is a collection of user-uploaded photos of various edible treats and where to find them. Look what you can do:
1. Set your location
2. Then browse items in your neighborhood, and further specify by food type, a place or a person
3. You can also sort by dishes that have received the highest ratings or were most recently added.
4. And you can add friends to keep track of their “food sightings,” and those who contribute to the site can earn points (“tips”) when someone “Compliments,” “Wants,” or “Noms,” an item they’ve submitted.

Sound delicious right :P…And that’s not all Foodspotting is also available as an application [iTunes link] for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, making it incredibly easy for someone to post an entry to the site on-location. Thus far, 65,000 foods have been spotted by more than 105,000 users.

Tell me what do you think of Foodspotting…Time to check what’s cooking there see ya..

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Geo-tagged photos will be grouped and Twitpics will be searchable by location. In addition, usres can view a history of places they’ve been.

Twitpic’s Noah Everett tweeted about the new feature by linking to a collection of photos grouped by location from Charleston, South Carolina. The photos are grouped based on the geo-location data pulled in from the Twitter Places API…Really Cool..

Do you think those Twitpic improvements can lead for much-enhanced Twitter photo sharing?

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Caffee Time..See Ya Later

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Facebook notifications today not like yesterday…What???Yup Facebook notifications now with photos, once you click on your Facebook notifications’ icon you will not only see X-people commented on/liked X-friend’s status/post/photo now you can also see his/her photo too.. Go ahead check it out and enjoy the new enhancement

Let me know your opinion..Do you like the new Facebook notifications???

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Calendar World Cup 2010 by MARCA.com: If you are looking for a cool way to keep track of the big event schedule, then Calendar World Cup 2010 is your perfect choice. In my opinion having over 188,000 likes on Facebook is a great proof that Calendar World Cup 2010 is amazing.

The Calendar World Cup 2010 is a wheel of visually stimulating information and  all you have to do is moving your cursor to hover over a date, city or team and you’ll get a glimpse at the associated matches…Check It Out:

CNN’s Twitter Buzz is another cool application which tracks World Cup tweets by teams, players and topics. You can check out the current flow of tweets or scroll through the past 24 hours…I am sure you’ll like Twitter Buzz as I do.

The Live Tracker application is simply an ongoing World Cup analytical dashboard with visual stimuli. Live tracker bears a striking resemblance to Sprint’s Now Network site and includes blocks of World Cup trivia… An amazing tool for amazing football fans.

If you haven’t checked my prevoius post “The FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 Into Your Desktop“.. It’s time to do it now..

Finally if you liked the above tools.. Let me know in the comment section..And Don’t Forget To Spread The Word “Tell Your Friends”….We Love Football

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While editing the footage directly in the browser makes the process much faster and can fit in with workflows that might not always include a computer that is capable of running and has access to desktop software. With the New Youtube video editor you can now loop a few movie clips together and trim the intro or outro of this movie.

The New Youtube Video Editor

Here are some videos created using YouTube’s new video editor.

Personally I like the new editor…What about you???

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This new functionality is much the same as traditional “Likes”. When you click ‘Like’ on a comment the commenter will receive a notification. Other people who can see the comment based on its privacy setting also will be able to see who has liked the comment.

Now with this new “Like” button for comments, Do you think your Facebook interaction will be more effective?

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