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Big Tech's Day of Reckoning: What the Meta and Google Verdicts Really Mean

In the span of just 48 hours this week, two separate juries in two different US states delivered verdicts that could reshape the entire social media industry — not because of the dollar amounts involved, but because of what those verdicts legally establish for the first time. On Tuesday, March 24, a jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $375 million for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram. Less than 24 hours later, on Wednesday, March 25, a jury in Los Angeles found both Meta and Google (YouTube) liable for engineering addiction in young users — finding them negligent in the design of their platforms and awarding a further $6 million in damages. Two days. Two states. Two juries. Both pointing at the same conclusion: that Big Tech can no longer hide behind the legal shields it has relied on for nearly three decades. This is the story of what happened, why it matters far beyond the headline numbers, and what comes next for the s...

How to change your Facebook Page URL

Once you create a page on Facebook, you can then give it a Vanity URL. This means you can give it a name in its URl that matches the page name and purpose.. For example we have a Facebook page called Sociolatte and on FB our page URL is www.facebook.com/sociolatte. When you first create your page this is not the case. You get a URL that is a string of characters that follows www.facebook.com like this - www.facebook.com/pages/spiderman/123456789. So if you have a page and want to give it a decent URL or name which you can then share on your blog or website, you will need to give it a name. This is how to get a Facebook Page Name or Vanity URL as it is called . You can get your Facebook page name only after your page receives 25 likes. So once you get your Facebook page URL and you then decide you want to change it, you can do so now. This was a feature that was not available on Facebook but they have now allowed one change. Which means you can change the name of your FB page once more....

How to review posts friends tag you in before it appears on your Facebook Timeline

With Facebook you know how your pals keep posting updates and tagging you in it. Sometimes these tagged posts may not be something you really want to appear on your Timeline. Facebook has a process found in your privacy settings to take care of this. It is nice to have people tagging you in a post but if you would like to review all these posts before they appear on your Timeline, you can use this workaround to make sure nothing appears without your approval. This goes for all kinds of posts like pics, videos, status updates etc. How to review a post before it appears on my Facebook Timeline 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click the down-arrow beside home 3. Choose Privacy Settings 4. Beside Timeline and Tagging click on Edit Settings 5. beside 'Review posts friends tag you in before they appear on your Timeline Choose 'On' 6. You now see a screen with Enabled on it - this will mean that posts your tagged in need your approval before they appear on your Timeline 7. Select Enabled a...

Facebook Instant Personalization: How it works and how to opt out, turn off or disable

Facebook Instant Personalization is an initiative by Facebook and other select partners. Basically ensuring that when you reach these partner sites the experience is immediately tailored to your likes and dislikes. The way these sites are able to do this is by using your publicly available information on Facebook and adjusting everything on the site to what you like and your expected behavior. It also brings your friends with you when you arrive. Facebook Instant Personalization: How it works when you arrive on a select partner website you will be told that this site has been persnolized for you, using your Facebook profile. You can either turn-off instant personalization or continue to use the site with it on. The whole purpose is to provide you with a more personalized experience while browsing these Facebook partner websites. A list of websites using instant personalization Bing - Social Search Pandora - Personalized Music TripAdvisor - Social Travel Yelp - Friends' Local Review...

Change relationship status on Facebook without people knowing

If you are going through a break-up and would like to keep things a little private on Facebook . You can do so in a few steps. Many users like to broadcast their new found love on FB but then things go a little sour and break-ups can become quiet public on Facebook. Especially when you change your status from 'In a relationship', 'Married' or 'Engaged' to 'Single'. All this does not have to happen in front of all your friends and if you are not careful to same goes to all your friends 'news feed'. So if you would like to keep things private and change your status without having your relationship status broadcasted to all your fiends pages, follow the steps below to safely change your status and not let you friends know. How to change relationship status on Facebook without people knowing.  Steps to follow 1. On Timeline click on About 2. Beside basic info click on edit 3. Beside relationship status choose single or whichever status you desire. 4....

What is Google's Solve for X program and how does it work

Google has launched a new web app in called Solve for X with a corresponding Google+ page. The program has been launched in effect to create Technology Moonshots. For people to come together and collaborate on issues effecting the world on a Global scale. In effect the program seeks to tackle and address world problems using Technology. It encourages people to come up with solutions and spread the word. The program wants to be radically different and collaborative in its effort and help bring solutions to global problems using Tech. Not only Tech but radically different ideas and ways, that might work. The amazing thing about this program is that there will be live events for you to attend and there is a forums for discussion on their G+ page. If you have an idea that will be a moonshot, meaning so good like going to the moon, you can create a video with you talking about it and post a link to it on the Google+ page. Once on that page selected talks and video recordings that will make ...

11 ways to effectively use Pinterest to gain traffic and Social Media Clout

Some of our pins on Pinterest Pinterest is the hot new social network that will soon need no introduction. If you would like to go through our guide you can find it here . Pinterest is basically sharing things you like on the web in picture form. When you see a photo or image that catches your eye, you can pin it onto Pinterest. Other members of the network can then view your Pin and if they like it, they can repin it, post a comment, add it to one of their boards. A board is a collection of pins. You can also pin your own content and it is not seen as something that is a no-no on the site. It is therefore top dollar when it comes to generating traffic to your blog or website. You can also share you pins and boards on Twitter and Facebook. Here are 10 ways to ensure you get the most of of Pinterest. Please also remember that if you images and videos do not catch the eye or the imagination, it is of no use.  1. Become an expert and curate your personal brand just as you would on Twitter...

Facebook Timeline Guide

Image Credit: Facebook Facebook launched Timeline last year with the option for users to try it out, test it for 7 days before it goes live on their profiles. Over the next week whether you are ready or not it is coming to you, once you see the announcement on top of your homepage, you will have 7 days to check it out and delete or remove or add stories to your Timeline. This is going to take many uses by surprise and the rush is going to be on as to how on earth do you get it ready before friends can see your Timeline. We have a few guides to help you get started and we have them listed below. If you require further guides and lists do let us know in the comment section below. 1. How to delete old posts on Facebook Timeline 2. How to limit the audience of past posts on your Timeline 3. How to upload videos  to your Timeline 4. How to add apps to your Timeline  5. How to get Facebook Timeline right now 6. Difference between delete and hide post on Timeline 7. How to set your full f...

Facebook Listen with friends: How does it work

Facebook has launched a new feature using its open graph initiative, called 'Listen with', allowing all Facebook users to listen to music with their friends. This is a real-time feature and if when your on your Timeline and you see a music icon next to a friend's name in the chat sidebar. You can click on that icon and listen to music with your friends. You can also chat about the song as it's playing. This is a brand new feature and gives people connected to each other to listen to music together and enjoy the song at the same time.  How to listen to music together with your friends on Facebook? 1. Login to Facebook 2. Look for the music icon next to your friends name in the Chat Sidebar.  3. Hover over their name in the chat sidebar or the story appearing in ticker Click the Listen With (Friend's Name) button that appears beside their name with the speaker icon If you haven't already opened the same music provider as your friend, click the Open button on the n...

Pinterest: How does it work

This is the hot new social network on the web, which everyone is talking about these days. It has been in the news for a lot of good reasons and the main one being its phenomenal growth. This social network builds on the fact that people like to collect stuff online converting everyone with internet access into online curators. Breaking down this a little further is Pinterest - which allows you to create a virtual pinboard based on just about any conceivable topic one can imagine. Please go through our small Guide we have put together below.  1. What is Pinterest? A place for you to create a board based on images collected from the internet and then pin it up. ONce you create a Pinboard, you can then share it with the public and people who find your content interesting can then follow you. People use Pinterest to collect and share all sort of things. From DJ Equipment to interesting recipes to wedding ring collections, you name it you can now find it on Pinterest. 2. What is a person w...

what happens when your post is public on google+

Now that you have joined Google+ and have started posting and updating your status. Here is what you need to know in case you like to share and your posts are public. Google+ being fun to use is very encouraging to post and update especially public posts. You tend to be seen more and might even get more people who want to add you to circles. It is therefore important for you to know what happens when your posts are public on Google+. Google+ allows you to share privately and there are many options for that. This post is just a beginners guide to Google+ and for those who do not know what happens when they post publicly. When you posts on Google+ are public this is what happens. 1. Your posts can be seen by anyone, even if they are not logged into Google+ 2. Your post can show up in Google Search results 3. If you post shows up in a Google search result, your profile is also automatically linked to the post. 4. If your public posts show up in Google search results that means your commen...

How to view your Facebook profile as others see it

Well many people like to know how their Facebook public profile would look. How does your Facebook profile appear to others and what is it that is visible when someone searches from you on Google or Yahoo or Bing. Firstly it is safe to say that only options that you have chosen to be visible on your Facebook public profile will be shown on your profile. So, once you check your public profile and would not want some information to be visible on your public profile. it would be good for you to go back and change your privacy settings. So to see how your Facebook profile appears to others you can open Google and type your name as it appears in your Facebook profile and after your name type Facebook. This will bring up your public profile and probably a few others who have the same name. You can then click on your name to see how your Facebook profile appears on the internet. You can repeat the same thing on other search engines if you are curious enough. If there are things you see that y...

How to unblock someone on Facebook

For whatever reasons you might have blocked someone on Facebook and you now want to unblock that friend. There are many reasons why friends block each other on FB. There first could b,e you find that person a source of irritation or maybe your ex and therefore you want to block and hide your stuff from that person. The reasons are numerous but there is a simple method to unblock a person or friend on Facebook. How to unblock a person on Facebook. 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on Account 3. Click on Privacy Settings 4. Under block lists found at the bottom of the page click on "edit Block Lists" 5. Under Block Users you find a list of people or person you blocked. 6. Click on unblock on the right hand side of the person's name.  7. Your done. An original post by Sociolatte

How to become a mayor in Foursquare

Becoming a mayor in Foursquare is the simplest thing. You need to have visited a certain place the most number of times. In Foursquare terms this is known as a check-in. Therefore there is a simple formula to be applied,  mayorships are based on the most days with check-ins in the past 60 days. So if you check-in more than once on the same day it is still calculated as 1x. Therefore to become mayor you will need to have the most number of check-ins. So if there is someone who has checked in more days that you, they get the title of mayor. There is however a lot of freebies to help you on your way as many bars and cafes are now offering "Mayor Specials" like free coffees, discounts and other goodies. It therefore pays to be a mayor as you get a lot of free stuff. This of course is not guaranteed but there are goodies available in popular places. (Hint: if you want to become mayor, you will need to have uploaded a profile photo to your account via your  settings   page) An orig...

How to delete friends on Facebook

This is going to be a simple post on how to delete friends on Facebook. Many users when they first start using Facebook, go on a friend adding and accepting spree. Many find out later that there are some friends they would actually like to delete from their friends list. There are many reasons why users might want to delete a friend from their list and it happens all the time. All regular Facebook users would have experienced both sides of this coin one time or the other. How to delete a friend on Facebook. 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on the name of the friend, user, person you wish to delete 3. You are taken to their profile 4. Scroll all the way down 5. Right down at the bottom on the left hand side column you will find the option "Remove from friends".  6. Click this and you will be asked to confirm if you really want to remove this person as friend. Click "remove from friends if you are sure or click cancel if you change your mind. 7. Your done. If you have a numbe...

Treasure Isle Poseidon Relic Guide

Upon visiting your isle, you will be greeted by this awesome popup: The game then prompts you to place the foundation of the Poseidon Relic, which can be put anywhere in your waters. Once you click on your relic and choose "Build", you'll see the following popup, asking you for materials needed for the building process: You can: Find relic materials while digging Ask for materials through your feed Send requests Buy them with Treasure Isle Cash, for 1 cash per material If you choose to buy them with Treasure Isle Cash, you will get a discount per building phase. There are 4 building phases you have to go through, the first one requires 1 material of each, the second requires 2 of each, the third needs 3 of each and the 4th needs 4 of each. Once you complete the statue, you will be able to receive awesome rewards from it, which includes: Volcanic Tea (permanently increases your energy by +1) Bag of Gems 25 Treasure Isle Cash ------------------------------------------------...

FrontierVille Storage Shed Guide

To get started, head to the in-game market and purchase the Storage Shed frame. You can find it under the Buildings tab in the Market. The frame costs 20,000 coins and 20 wood, and once you place it on your property, you'll have to spend 10 energy and a total of 100 pieces of wood to whack it.   Once all of the whacking is done, then you'll have to start collecting materials to complete the building. You'll have to collect 35 items in all, a list which consists of the following: 5 Windows 5 Cement 5 Pegs 5 Mallets 5 Singles 10 Elbow Grease These materials can be acquired by requesting them from friends, and that is the only way you can get these materials right now -- you can't buy them in the store and they are also not available for everyone to send items as free gifts. That means that unless you have very active neighbors, building this shed could be quite difficult. Hopefully this will change over the next few days. There's a new achievement that comes along wit...

Zynga Poker contest, "Shuffle Up and Deal!" Best story will be rewarded with $10M chips and 50 Gold!

  Zynga Texas Hold'em poker is having a contest and you have a chance to win $10M chips and 50 Gold!. Find details of the contest and click this link to enter now .  Our weekly "Shuffle Up and Deal" contest is all about your week playing Zynga Texas Hold'em Poker. Whether you want to tell us about finally winning that Round 3 Shootout, a really bad beat, a great bluff, or just a great night playing with family and friends, we want to hear it. Post your stories in this thread. RULES: 1. Only one post per thread is allowed. Additional posts will be deleted and disqualified. 2. The contest will close at 12:00 PM Pacific Time (GMT-7) on Wednesday - 8/04/10 and the winners will be announced Friday – 8/06/10. 3. Winners will be notified via a Private Message on the forums. The message will include instructions for claiming the prize.  You can find your Private Messages  HERE . NOTE: If you do not respond to the Private Message, you may not receive your winnings!! PRIZES: -1...

FarmTown latest updates 15 New LEVELS, about 50 new items all in coins

FarmTown has announced all new updates for the game. The top level has now been increased to 115. There are also 50 new items available for coins only, which is a good thing if you want new decorations and items for your Farm. - 15 New LEVELS (top level now is 115), about 50 new items all in coins - Manure Spreader Tool allows you to fertilize your farms (in one click) and get 2 boxes instead of 1 when harvesting - Flower Harvester Tool allows you to harvest up to 32 flowers at a time - Big Bulldozer tool to delete 4 harvested or wasted fields at a time - Sorting items in the Store by Level, Name, Cost and Harvest Time (top-right icon) - Keep selected tool when changing farms, this will often save you having to move the tools between farms - 'Switch View' menu option for alternate versions of the Juice Factory, Sandwich Restaurant and Oil Factory Other Past Updates: - Up to 5 farms now available for you to farm and decorate without space contrains - Fishing Boat and Net, allow ...

FarmVille Storage Cellar a complete guide

Storage Cellar: The new storage cellar will allow you to store up to 500 items on your Farm once it is fully expanded. If you are level 16 or above, you will receive the following pop-up upon logging into FarmVille: The Storage Cellar can be found in your Gift Box, or it can be purchased from the Market for 10,000 coins. To get started with this feature, open your gift box and place the Cellar on your farm. Once you have placed your Storage Cellar, click on “look inside” from the Cellar’s menu. From here, you can see your progress, how you compare to your friends and your overall storage inventory. To expand your Storage Cellar, you will need to collect shovels from your friends. Each Shovel that you collect will count as 1 storage space in your new Cellar. You can collect materials for your Cellar in three different ways: 1. From neighbors via the Free Gifts Menu Neighbors can send you the Shovels you need to expand your storage from the Free Gifts Page. Each gift sent from the Free G...

FrontierVille Storage Shed

Got too mush stuff on your homestead, need more space for new decorations and buildings. FrontierVille have announced that soon you will be able to build a storage shed to place all the extra things you don't really need, but would like to keep. Seems like a lot of FarmVille ideas are now making their way to FrontierVille.Will update this post with more details as soon as they start Rollin in.  An original post by Sociolatte