Changes to Facebook. See what was changed on Facebook

Facebook, the largest social network announced it will make some changes in the menu on the left of the page profile of users to make applications easier to use.

Thus, the new version will share the menu on the left in four sections: Favorites, Groups, Pages and Apps. Pages and Groups will put together pages and user groups to which it belongs, Favorites section will include the most visited pages, links or the favorite applications. Apps will include interactive games and applications.



This would be the first change after almost a year, when Facebook facelift took place.

Google+ App For iPod touch And iPad Now Available Download

The Google+ iOS app has been updated today to support the previously “missing” iOS devices, the iPod touch and the iPad, just weeks after the original iPhone-only app wasunveiled. All iOS users are urged to download this update as soon as possible from their device’s App Store or iTunes.

Back when Google+ launched, many were disappointed about the lack of an iPhone app, which Google later addressed, but left iPad and iPod touch users in the cold.
In addition to iPad (not fully optimized interface) and iPod touch support, the new version of the iOS app includes minor new features that have been requested by some users, namely the ability to customize +Huddle, Google+’s instant messaging feature, aggregated circle add notifications and the same old “Performance and stability improvements”. These apply to every device, including the iPhone.

Indeed, this update changes the app’s settings screen with new settings allowing you to choose which circles should be displayed within the stream, as well as set which people can message you through +Huddle. Currently, you can choose to either let everyone do it, extended circles or just your circles.
Google+ is Google’s new attempt at succeeding in the social networking space, after the failure of Buzz and Google Wave before it. Instead of introducing brand-new paradigms, Google has taken features from other social networks and given them its own twist. Among the many features, several are prominent, such as +Circles, which allows for effortless management of contacts and their respective permissions; +Hangouts, which makes online multi-person video conversations easier than ever. As with any other social network, media and posts can easily be shared and appear on every follower’s “stream”. The social network has so far enjoyed a moderate amount of success, although usage has slowed down over the last few weeks.
Keep in mind that you will have to enter your Google+ login details again once you update this app since they seem to be “forgotten”. Aside from this slight annoyance, there are no other known side effects.

Download Google+ For iPhone, iPad and iPod touch [iTunes Link]

FBapp For iPhone & Status Via For Android Lets You Update Facebook Status From iPhone 5G, Air Force One, Hogwarts

Those via iPhone, via Blackberry status updates are starting to get boring now. While there is no escaping them since Facebook includes them along with their native apps, you can set yourself apart by customizing the via message.
We talked about how to do this from a web browser last week. If you wish to pull of the same trickery using an Android smartphone or an iPhone/iPod touch/iPad, we’ve got the solutions: Status Via for Android and FBapp for iOS device.
Status Via for Android



After downloading, installing and launching the app from the link posted at the end, you must log in to Facebook. Once logged in, you can pretend to be posting the status update from any of the 50 supported devices/places included in the app.
From the app’s page on Android Market:

Status Via allows you to post status updates on Facebook under the guise of another device.
You’ve probably seen the "via Facebook for Android" and "via Facebook for iPhone" tags sitting underneath status updates. Well, you’ve probably also thought to yourself "Man, I wish I could have something a bit more… fulfilling in it’s place".

Status Via for Android lets you update your Facebook status via the following: Banana Phone, Google+, PS3, Tin Cans Connected by String, Gameboy Color, Telepathy, Air Force One, IPhone 5G, Xbox LIVE, SNES, NASA Satellite, The Future, Pokedex, Typewriter, Pip Boy. Hogwarts, BMW iDrive, IPod Nano, The Moon, Nintendo Wii, GLaDOS, K.I.T.T. (Knight Industries Two Thousand), Mind-Computer Interface among others.

The developer promises to add pretend-places/devices to the app if you leave a nice enough review. Status Via is a free app and it supports all Android devices running versions 1.6 and up. You can download it from the link embedded at the end of the post.
FBapp for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad

FBApp (pronounced as F-bap, supposedly) lets you pull off the same trickery from an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Unfortunately it isn’t as simple to use as Status Via as you will have to manually enter App IDs from the post Oliver wrote. This, however, comes with the added benefit of customizability: once you set up your own app on Facebook, you simply enter its ID on FBapp and update your status from there allowing you have full control over the via <App Name> message.
Those via iPhone, via Blackberry status updates are starting to get boring now. While there is no escaping them since Facebook includes them along with their native apps, you can set yourself apart by customizing the via message.

FBApp is also free. You can download it from the link embedded at the end.

For both apps, this is the end result:

It’s a one time thing, really. I don’t expect people to get fooled over this many times. Still, it’s a nice way to make your friends awe at how you managed to “hack” Facebook.
Download Status Via For Android [Android Market Link]
Download FBapp For iPhone, iPod touch and iPad [iTunes Link]

Microsoft's Tulalip social network response to Facebook and Google +

After Google launched it's own social network a short period ago, now on the web exists rumors saying that Microsoft leaked the information that it wil launch it's social network site.



This information was available thursday, on soci.com, a site owned by Microsoft.

Tulalip could be the Microsoft's company response to Facebook and Google+.



Based on the informations provided by Microsoft, Tulalip it will be able to search and share infos from Facebook and Twitter.



The disclosure, made accidentaly or not, came a few weeks after Google revealed it's social network.



Google + reached 10 mil users at 2 weeks after it's launch.



What do you think about this? Who do you think it will win the battle of the social networks?