Search Results for “Facebook Places”

How To Use Google Maps For Facebook Places

Have you been Facebook places religiously, then you probably also hate that Facebook.com uses Bing Maps to show you the check-in(s). This article tells you how to configure your browser to show Google Maps instead of Bing Maps. If you still don’t know what I mean, then check how boring a check-in to the Statue…

February 24, 2011
Facebook Places Now Works in India

For those already not using a hack to get Facebook Places to work in India or other un-supporting countries, Facebook today silently rolled-out "Places" check-ins in India. This feature was actually available to me since like a week and more users are discovering this now which could mean a phased rollout by Facebook.

February 21, 2011
Use Facebook places in India

If you hate Facebook for not launching “Places” in India and other countries (except US, UK, Japan), then join the club. Although this article primarily explains its usage on iPhone(s), the same approach should work when Facebook releases Places for other mobile platforms such as Android, Blackberry – Your VPN Configuration would change. So, You…

October 16, 2010
Facebook’s iPhone app updated with Places

Facebook totally wants to get in the location game with Places. Facebook Places is a Foursquare like feature in which you can check in a place on Facebook if you are physically present at that place. For example, if you are in your neighborhood comic book store, you can check in to it on Facebook…

August 19, 2010
Facebook Phones By HTC With Dedicated “F” Buttons [Rumor]

Okay, so Facebook phones are real. Unless of course these images are fake. The phones are being made by HTC and have dedicated F buttons which probably launch the Facebook app.

February 15, 2011
Twitter, Facebook release updated apps on Android

Both Facebook and Twitter release proper apps on Android recently. While marked as minor version upgrades, both have a great new feature list which makes them much closer to the respective iPhone apps. Facebook for Android I’ve always hated this app for one reason. The notifications system. Whenever you click on a notification, it takes…

November 7, 2010
Location Privacy And All The Fuss Around It

Social check-in services have a secret agenda. They’ve grown to keep their user’s engaged by awarding them “new badges”, they make money by signing up deals with the famous places. If every one wins, what’s all this fuss about “Location Privacy” that’s on the news last week? I would classify the end-users who are “affected”…

May 7, 2011