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Facebook Alters Life Events Notifications To Make It Easier To Send Gifts

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:39:36 +0000

Late last month, Facebook rolled out its Gifts feature to all U.S. users. Now the social network is making sure that users know it’s an option for birthdays. Recently, Facebook tweaked the top-right corner life events notification area to make Gifts a more prominent factor.

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Flip Through Your Facebook Timeline With Yearly Leaf

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:51:18 +0000

Companies are figuring out every way to maximize the Facebook experience while users are online, but what about when they’re not logged in? A new project called Yearly Leaf is conducting an experiment in social permanence: by connecting with Yearly Leaf, Facebook users can order a moleskin-bound book recapping a year of their life on the social network.

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Birthday Post App Wins At Facebook Developers World Hack In Austin

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:36:32 +0000

A group from tech agency R/GA traveled to the Facebook Developers World Hack competition in Austin, Texas, hoping to solve a simple problem: what to write on a friend’s timeline on their birthday. Knowing that “Happy birthday!” is entirely passé, the two developers created an application that suggests a more creative post for a friend’s special day. They ended up winning the best mobile application category at the Austin World Hack.

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With Facebook Timeline As A Script, Intel’s Me The Musical Makes You A Star

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:44:15 +0000

Want to star in a Broadway show, but afflicted by stage fright? Intel’s Me the Musical makes you the star of a production, and you don’t even have to leave your chair. The app uses information from your Facebook timeline to create a fun history of your life.

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Weddings, Engagements Will Be Announced Like Birthdays On Facebook

Justin Lafferty — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:21:42 +0000

The birthday notification has been a mainstay of the top right corner of your Facebook page for years. Soon, another type of notification will join it — one for weddings and engagements. Facebook introduced this new feature Thursday, which allows you to write a quick “Congratulations!” on a newly wedded or engaged friend’s timeline, much like you would on their birthday.

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How To Do More For A Friend’s Birthday Besides Post On Their Wall

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:06:11 +0000

Facebook has ruined birthdays. At least, that’s how tech blog Gizmodo feels. Gizmodo argued that Facebook has cheapened the meaning of birthdays, as everyone from close relatives to classmates you haven’t spoken with in years feels their birthday duties are fulfilled by just posting a message on your wall. How can you make a birthday special again?

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7 More Creative Ways To Wish Someone A Happy Birthday On Facebook

Neil Vidyarthi — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:59:14 +0000

Last week we posted a list of 7 Better Ways to Wish Someone Happy Birthday on Facebook, and had a great response from readers. I thought I would compile the best responses from readers into a second list with more tips. Thanks to everyone that commented here and on Facebook.
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7 Better Ways To Wish Someone Happy Birthday On Facebook

Neil Vidyarthi — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:52:42 +0000

With every passing day, the number of friends on our social graphs increases, and our daily “birthday” list increases proportionally as well. Unfortunately, this means that we may sometimes just shoot out the standard “Happy Birthday” message on someone’s wall when we mean to show them a bit a more attention. I came up with a few interesting ways to better wish someone a happy birthday on Facebook.
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Happy 6th Birthday To Facebook!

Nick O'Neill — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:47:27 +0000

Today, Facebook celebrates the 6th anniversary of the launch of Facebook. While the exact date of the founding is not exactly clear (since Mark Zuckerberg and eventually the co-founders were hard at work developing the site before it launched) it marks a major milestone for the company which grew from a dorm room to one the world’s largest communication tools, reaching over 375 million users every month.
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5 Years for Facebook. What's Next?

Kristen Nicole — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:37:52 +0000

Facebook is 5 years old today, and the social network has admittedly come a long way in those few years. Just take a look at the album Facebook posted, chronicling the layout of profiles from 2005 until now. But what does this 5 year milestone really mean for Facebook? It means that we can all take this opportunity to see what Facebook has planned to ensure it can celebrate another 5 birthdays.

All Things Digital took today’s birthday as an opportunity to reflect on Zuckerberg’s plans for Facebook shortly after launching the website from Harvard’s campus. There’s an air of foreshadowing, considering Zuckerberg didn’t want to sell Facebook then and has stuck to many of his core principles surrounding Facebook ever since.
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Facebook Pushing Early Virtual Birthday Gifts

Kristen Nicole — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:41:33 +0000

If you thought Facebook birthday notifications were helpful reminders of your friends’ big day, then you’ll love the new feature Facebook added today. You can now send a virtual birthday gift to your friends up to seven days in advance of their actual (listed) birthday. Facebook is offering two options for the new early birthday gift delivery: directly from your friend’s wall or via Facebook birthday e-mail reminders, which contain a direct link to send your friend an early birthday gift.
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Facebook Gets Agressive with Virtual Goods

Kristen Nicole — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:46:41 +0000

A few months back, we asked if Facebook’s gifting application could become a billion dollar idea for the popular social network. Maybe Facebook is wondering the same thing.

Last night I signed onto Facebook and saw on my notifications tab that it was my friend Ken’s birthday. I don’t typically send a virtual greeting card or gift to friends on Facebook–I prefer to write on their wall, send them a private message or give them a call. So instead of clicking on the option to send Ken a greeting card, I clicked on his user name instead, expecting to be redirected to Ken’s profile where I’d be able to write on his wall.
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Birthdays and Photos, From Facebook to Your Mac

Kristen Nicole — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:12:29 +0000

With the surmised official launching of Facebook Connect, it’s evident that Facebook will very well become the center of activity and attention for a good portion of the social web. But why limit this social hub to other online networks?

A new application called AddressBookSync lets you match Facebook user photos and birthdays with your Mac OS X address book and your iPhone, simplifying your offline life just a little bit. AddressBookSync does his by matching names from your Facebook friends list to those in your address book. There is an option for “Last Name Only” matching, as well as the ability to select which friends you would and would not like to be synchronized for this application. From then on, future updates for user photos and birthdays will be automated.
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