Tech Tips

October 2012

Facebook Adds Emoticons to Comments

by Barbara J. Feldman October 15, 2012
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The smiley face emoticons that Facebook previously only allowed in messages and chat, are now available in comments. Whether this is a good thing or not depends on your circle friends. For a list of emoticons, see this article from FB Smileys.

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What is a Twitter Chat?

by Barbara J. Feldman October 8, 2012
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A Twitter chat is a an organized event (sometimes occurring at regular times) to tweet on a pre-arranged hashtag. It is similar to a Twitter party, but while a party may only occur once or twice, Twitter chats frequently recur at the same time weekly or monthly. For example, #gtchat is the hashtag for a [...]

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View Your Facebook Wall as a Stranger Does

by Barbara J. Feldman October 4, 2012
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Facebook has a (well-deserved) bad reputation when it comes to respecting our privacy.  On the other hand,  there are plenty of times when all the hand wringing and cries of foul play are actually not Facebook’s fault at all.  It is simply a matter of people not understanding that they see things on their Facebook wall that others do [...]

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