Tag: people
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0.facebook.com: fast and free
Good news from Facebook after they bright Facebook Lite offline. There is 0.facebook.com now. According to the announcement: Yet when using the mobile internet, people around the world face two main challenges–sometimes the experience is too slow to be fun and the cost of data plans and understanding them can be daunting. We have designed…
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Have You Checked Your Facebook Privacy Settings (One More Time)?
I’m using Facebook, and I really want to take my profile privacy settings seriously. I mean, this is my account and I want to have every settings (especially related to privacy) are correct. I know, it’s something personal. Some people also think that privacy is dead. You can have your own settings. I think more…
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Twitter's List Of 370 Banned Passwords
Twitter’s List Of 370 Banned Passwords. “Why ban them? They’re very easy for humans and brute-force hacking scripts to figure out, making it easier for people to get access to your account. On Twitter, this can be embarrassing. On other sites, this can be very costly.”
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Twitter Improves Trending Topic Algorithm, Bye Bieber
In the last few weeks, I (and lots of people) noticed that Justin Beiber was becoming on the Twitter trending topic list. But, not now. For Bieber’s fans, of course this was something cool. For lots of people, it might be something they didn’t care about. Other people also thought that it should be removed.…
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WordPress 3.0 Installation Process
Today, I tried the upcoming WordPress 3.0 distribution. It’s not yet released. I installed WordPress 3.0 Beta 2. I do this because I want to know whether I will have some WordPress installations upgraded or not, to find the possibilities and considerations. The installation process is similar to the previous versions, but I think it’s…
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Some Changes on Twitter Interface
Among various Twitter applications available, I only use Echofon. I also check Twitter’s website regularly when checking updates from my list, follow/unfollow other people and some other activities that can be done from the website. Of course, there some Twitter text commands I can use. Twitter made some changes on its website recently. Some of…
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Wishlist: Twitter released a new feature called 'Mute'
I tweeted a Twitter wishlist. I want to see a new feature called “Mute” on Twitter. So, why I want to have this, or how it should be useful for user (at least for me)? Here’s a situation: I follow some people on Twitter. I follow them because I know them well — have a…
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Unfollow All People You Follow (on Twitter)
I’m not sure whether I will use this tool called Unfollow All or not, but right now, I don’t have plan to unfollow Twitter users I’m following. But, if I — or an account I maintain — need to do this, this tool should help me do the dirty job. What is Unfollow All? This…
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Telkom Indonesia has a new logo
TELKOM (PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk) introduced its new logo. Some people like it, some don’t. I personally like its old logo (compared to the newly-introduced one). This is the old logo: And, meet the new logo below. There are new philosophies, meaning and concepts behind this new logo — of course. But, when I saw…
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Posterouseptember: Posterous Features in September
This September, Posterous blogging service released some new features and improvements. If you’re not familiar with Posterous — or never heard about it before, it’s a service that will help you put something online. You can post text, photos, videos and also documents. The big difference is that you can do it directly from your…
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300M Facebook Users
Two months ago, I heard that Facebook had 250 millions users in the system. Today, they just announced that there are more than 300 millions users. So, it’s like 50M new users in two months? The numbers is debatable — you know, duplicate accounts, real people, etc. But, the number is HUGE.
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Beware of those 'get more followers' services!
Recently, I see many updates in my Twitter timeline containing updates about that so called “get more free followers”. The idea is to encourage you to join a service that will boost your number of followers. Sounds familiar? A simple question: what does those number mean (for me)? What do I want to prove by…
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Hey, Twitter will gain entry in dictionary?
Twitter‘s popularity increases very fast among the other microblogging application these days. You already know that in 2004, Merriam-Webster dictionary included the word “blog” as Merriam-Webster’s #1 Word of the Year for 2004. Blog is defined as: [short for Weblog] (1999) : a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and…
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250 Million People Are using Facebook (July 2009)
Mark Zuckerberg (Wikipedia profile) announced that Facebook has more than 250 million users around the globe. It’s almost the same with the country population. According to a report, Facebook had 200 million users in last April. I’m amazed to see the growth. This is how “250 million users” in a world map. (click to enlarge,…