Mark zuckerberg going to provide internet for all.

For nine years, we’ve been on a mission to connect the world. We now connect more than 1 billion people, but to connect the next 5 billion we must solve a much bigger problem: the vast majority of people don’t have access to the internet.

I’m focused on this because I think it’s one of the greatest challenges of our generation. I’ve attached a rough plan I’ve written outlining the work Facebook is doing to solve this and how our industry can work together to connect the next 5 billion people.

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Download Facebook Home APK for Unsupported Devices

The Facebook Home APK leaked online a few hours after the official application hit Google Play. This is extremely useful for all Android users out there, as Facebook only made it available in the United States.

However, the folks at Modaco extracted the Facebook Home APK file and made it available for all those in other countries than the US.

But what about Android enthusiasts who own unsupported devices. For those who don't know yet, Facebook Home is only compatible with several devices, such as HTC One, HTC One X, HTC One X+, Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Note II and Samsung Galaxy S 4.

Well, that won't be a problem as Paul O'Brian of Modaco found a way to patch the files necessary to run Facebook Home on unsupported devices and made it available for download. For more details on how to download and install this APK file head over to Modaco.

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Facebook Home

Facebook has unveiled their Home today – a home screen replacement for Android phones. Tablet version will be out some time this year. Instead of seeing apps on your lock screen, you will see Cover Feed and prioritizes updates from people. It features the pop up reply, so you can reply text messages with exiting the app you are running on. (Chat Heads appear as round icons on the right hand side and you can drag them anywhere you like.) When you hit the home buttons it will bring you to the social updates and you can swipe left for messenger, swipe up for apps and swipe right to open up your latest app. Unfortunately, the Facebook Home will only available in good android phones they are the HTC One X, HTC One X+, Samsung Galaxy S III, Note II, and the new HTC One, Samsung Galaxy S4, and HTC First. It will be available on those phones starting April 12th in the US, followed by other countries. Check out the videos after the break.

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New Profile! New Look!

Introducing Timeline -- a New Kind of Profile

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This is why you shouldn’t be playing Facebook at Starbucks

We’ve seen so many add-ons for Firefox, and that’s a good thing. Now, things will be getting slightly haywire. Some Eric Butler who is a software developer, isn’t very happy with Facebook, and he thinks you should too. Well, at least he wants you to know why you should. So, here he is, forcing you to learn a few simple things to know how bad Mark Zuckerburg is, as so does the rest of the Internet.

He’s developed Firesheep, a Firefox add-on that even the least technically inclined among us can use to eavesdrop on open WiFi networks and capture your fellow users’ cookies. Any time a site recognized by Firesheep (including Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, and Dropbox) is accessed by a user on your network, Firesheep provides you with an icon and a link to access that account. A simple click, and Firesheep will show a small picture and a link, if there’s anyone accessing these sites with no encryption. And with a double-click, you’re on your way to post some nasty things on that person’s wall.

So, maybe you should think twice before accessing Facebook at Starbucks, or anywhere that is using public network. Maybe you should learn a thing or two about force SSL. Search up Force-TLS in Firefox Add-on, if you’re using Firefox.

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That’s the total number of manly hours spent on Facebook games, monthly

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Facebook, the family destroyer

I’ve seen many funny cases of people getting fired over what they said at Facebook. I’ve seen few relationships getting bombarded over scandalicious photos tagging them. But marriage ‘Game Over’ is quite the first for me. This John France dude surely let his new pet wife too loose that she posted dozens their ’secret wedding’ photos all over the Internet. Somehow, somewhere, someone who knows John’s 1st wife, Lynn France came across those photos. My oh my what disaster did that caused. What’s worse? The lady’s last name is now “France”. W00t!!!

John doesn’t seemed very bright either. The loophole came when John told Lynn he’s going for a China business trip, but oddly left behind his Passport back at Cleveland, Ohio and never came back. I wonder why didn’t the wife rush over to the airport when she found the passport, or maybe give him a call.

The two were married at Disney World in December 2008, with the Frances’ two young boys in attendance. John France was dressed as Prince Charming, said Lynn France’s attorney, Andrew Zashin.

After Lynn went on the Today show to rant about how her “happy ever after” turned into a nightmare, her husband’s lawyer states that their Italian wedding in 2005 wasn’t really legally enforceable, so he was actually free to go fly off to Florida on his private plane and marry some lady, no problemo. I guess that’s the latest trend excuse for those failed marriage that started with “runaway marriage” in Vegas.

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EFF Proposes New Bill Of Rights For Facebook Users

As we now know, Facebook and its users have different opinions on the appropriate levels of privacy for the site. Users want more, Facebook wants less. While Facebook already has their own bill of rights for users, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is proposing their own Bill of Rights for users.

Now, a little history lesson. Back in the good old days, when the union was new and the government was young, people created a Bill of Rights to protect certain universal individual liberties. This Bill of Rights has become the foundation of our society, and every day we fight to protect our ideals of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, due process, equal protection, etc. The framers of the Constitution felt that unless these rights were specifically spelled out in a separate and binding document, they would never be properly protected. And they were important enough to stand apart on their own in what is arguably the most meaningful document that has ever been created in this country.

Presently we find ourselves amidst a similar situation with Facebook. Users have expressed that they don’t feel as though they and their data are being adequately protected. They feel as though they are at the mercy of Facebook, and they just have to roll with whatever privacy controls are thrown at or taken away from them, or take their profiles elsewhere. Of course, there is always the caveat that Facebook is a private site, and can run its business as it pleases as long is it does so legally. It is not a government and it does not owe its users the same consideration that our government owes to us. But some are calling for a Bill of Rights of sorts to protect users, their information and their interests.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has begun by proposing three basic principles that all social network users should demand. First they call for the right to informed decision making whereby users can “make informed choices about who sees their data and how it is used.” They also want users to be notified when a government or private party uses a legal process to obtain information about them. Second, they want the right to control “the use and disclosure of their own data,” such that users must opt in or opt out of any secondary data sharing. Last, users should have the right to delete their information completely should they decide to deactivate from the site. Others have proposed similar breakdowns of these principles, basically calling for user data control and transparency about what of their data is shared and with whom.

Facebook does have a set of “Facebook Principles” which states that people should own their own information, have the freedom to share it with whoever they want, and set privacy controls to protect their choices in this respect. Why does it seem like Facebook isn’t practicing what they preach?

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