Facebook Guide: 61 resources to enjoy Facebook even more

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Facebook is great at many things, not just keeping your virtual farm watered. You can stay connected to your family and friends, get back in touch with long-lost flings, and even give everyone a video call to say hello. Of course, all that can be done while playing Angry Birds on Facebook... but still! There's a lot to use the social networking platform for.

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Table of contents

• Help using Facebook
• Privacy and security
• Facebook on all your gadgets
• Children and Facebook
• Facebook apps and games
• More about Facebook

Getting started on Facebook Facebook is quickly becoming how many people, particularly young adults, communicate with one another. The site allows you to keep friends up to date on what you've been up to, show off pictures you've... Read more.
Facebook terms to guide you on your social journey Love it or hate it, Facebook has made itself an indispensable part of our online lives. The giant of social networking is on top for a reason, and since eclipsing rival services like MySpace long ago... Read more.		Just Show Me: How to delete a friend on Facebook When you're ready to tighten up your circle of contacts, this episode of Just Show Me on Tecca TV shows you how to remove a friend on Facebook. If you're no longer friends... Read more.
Just Show Me: How to use Facebook's video chat Ready to connect with friends and family on camera? Just Show Me on Tecca TV shows you you how to use Facebook video chat. Facebook recently integrated video... Read more.		Just Show Me: How to deactivate your Facebook account If you've simply had enough Facebook, this episode of Just Show Me on Tecca TV shows you how to deactivate your Facebook account. Facebook can be fun and a... Read more.
How to use the new Facebook Messages When Facebook introduced a total overhaul of its Messages system late last year, it was a shocker. Most people expected a replacement for email, but instead we got something completely different... Read more.		How to use Facebook's new group chat feature Have you ever had a hilarious conversation with a friend and then wanted to pull in someone else to share the fun? You can do that now with Facebook's new Group Chat functionality! Introduced today by... Read more.
Computing Everywhere: How to set up a Facebook Page Nearly everyone's on Facebook nowadays. Even if you created your Facebook account simply to keep in touch with family, you can use the service to trade email-like messages, explore your social... Read more.

How to use Facebook's new privacy settings In an attempt to answer the warning shot fired from Google+ and to satisfy privacy critics, Facebook has implemented new privacy features to make your social networking more secure and manageable.... Read more.
Facebook privacy overhaul adds photo tagging approval, easier selective sharing There are lots of new privacy settings out there to try with Facebook. Take a look at some of them and make your online life safer and more private... Read more.		Just Show Me: How to block apps and people on Facebook Want to block an annoying person or app on Facebook? We'll show you how in our video... Read more.
Spams & Scams: Beware of fake Facebook Video Chat invites Don't get caught accepting a fake Facebook video chat invite from someone you don't know... Read more.		Spams & Scams: A pair of Facebook frauds to avoid It's been designed to appeal to our most basic, narcissistic instincts — a Facebook application that lets you know how many people have looked at your profile. Another promises to remind you of... Read more.
Why you should ignore requests for money via Facebook With websites like Facebook popping up all over the place and instant messenger technology that seems unavoidable, it's becoming easier and easier to stay in touch with people. So easy, in fact, that... Read more.

New Facebook for iPhone adds event check-ins, unfriending The newest update for Facebook's iPhone mobile app takes the idea of location-based check-ins to its logical (and pretty useful) conclusion. In the new iPhone app, downloadable now as update version... Read more.
Facebook was hiding its iPad app inside its iPhone app It appears as though the long-rumored Facebook iPad app is indeed on its way, and its release might be even closer than we think. Technology blog TechCrunch did some digging amongst the programming... Read more.		14 things you can do with Xbox 360 besides play games Microsoft may market the Xbox 360 as a gaming console, but in reality it can do a lot more than just play the latest Call of Duty or Gears of War. The system offers a large amount of non-gaming... Read more.
BlackBerry Tips: How to use Facebook for BlackBerry Why do anything if you can't tell the world about it on Facebook? Well, not everything — but that pretty much sums up how much of a Facebook junkie some of us are. So naturally... Read more.		BlackBerry PlayBook snags official Facebook app ahead of iPad BlackBerry's newly-launched PlayBook tablet might lack access to email and calendar features for users not syncing it with a BlackBerry smartphone, but it will soon get something that even Apple's iPad... Read more.
HTC Salsa and Chacha Android phones add dedicated Facebook buttons While they're not quite as Facebook-focused as Inq's new handsets, HTC has revealed two new Android 2.3 Gingerbread-based smartphones that will sport dedicated Facebook buttons for instant access... Read more.

How to protect your kids on Facebook Facebook: Like it or loathe it, you just can't ignore it. Millions of people use Facebook every day for a myriad of functions, and this includes your kids. While it can be fun to update status... Read more.
Facebook has 7.5 million rule-breaking underage users Facebook has a minimum age limit requiring users to be at least 13 years of age, but you'd never know it by the sheer number of extremely young social network participants. Underage users are such a... Read more.		Facebook applications for your kids One of the first Facebook features your child will encounter on Facebook is applications. Should kids follow special rules or guidelines about using apps? Facebook... Read more.
Introducing your child to Facebook If your child has been asking for his or her own Facebook page, yet your experience with it is limited to horror stories you've heard, you might find yourself in a pretty difficult position... Read more.		Non-removable apps on your child's Facebook page There are some apps that can't be removed from your child's Facebook page... Read more.
Facebook and the White House team up on cyberbullying President Obama and Facebook have teamed up to stop cyberbullying... Read more.		Computing Everywhere: The etiquette of being your college-bound child's Facebook friend College is a huge milestone for both students and parents. Kids are exploring the world, using new tools, and experiencing brand new things. As a parent, you have to deal with their leaving the nest... Read more.
Professor takes her class to Facebook after snow cancellation When some heavy snow predictions started pouring out of various weather outlets last week, several of Professor Rhonda Zaharna's students at American University in Washington, D.C., began to send emails... Read more.		Facebook will send out AMBER Alerts for missing children The website that facilitates most of our frivolous online interaction will soon provide a decidedly more serious service. Facebook users will soon be able to opt in to a system that will disseminate... Read more.
Missouri "Facebook law" bans teachers from friending students online In Missouri, a new bill effective on August 28 will formally ban teachers from befriending students on social networking websites like Facebook. The law is an aggressive step toward dictating the... Read more.

Angry Birds landing on Facebook Angry Birds, one of the world's most popular mobile games, is coming to Facebook. The game is expected to launch on the social network sometime next month, but a specific date was not... Read more.
Social Memories turns your Facebook life into a real book Social networking has become a huge part of millions of lives around the world, and a person's Facebook existence can sometimes be just as interesting as the real thing. The German postal service, Deutsche Post, is doing its best to help you... Read more.		Delta Air Lines now allows flight check-ins via Facebook Delta Air Lines' Ticket Counter app for Facebook has been available since August 2010, but today it gets a convenient extra feature: virtual check-in. At launch, Ticket Counter allowed fliers... Read more.
JetBlue and Facebook Places to offer check-in rewards Frequent JetBlue fliers might want to give Facebook's answer to Foursquare another look. Just like the location-based service that inspired it, Facebook Places allows you to check in and... Read more.		Shopping Mall Facebook app opens its doors A new Facebook app called Shopping Mall integrates some of the social aspects of Facebook with a smooth online shopping experience that many people seem to prefer over brick-and-mortar stores... Read more.
CityVille beats out FarmVille to become number one on Facebook You'd think there would be no stopping FarmVille, the juggernaut of casual gaming that has all of your Facebook friends harvesting virtual crops all the live-long day. But CityVille, Farmville's... Read more.		Real life FarmVille asks 10,000 online players to raise actual cows and crops FarmVille, a Facebook-born and cartoon-styled farming simulation, boasts millions of regular players who plant virtual crops, tend to livestock, and make purchases. This might be fine for the... Read more.

Browser Central: 4 tips for saving time on Facebook As a population, we spend around 25% of our time online on social networks — and the vast proportion of that is spent on Facebook. The average American Facebook user spends no less than seven hours a... Read more.
Kiss your Facebook profile goodbye... and say hello to Timelines The familiar Facebook profiles will be going away, and replaced by Timelines... Read More.		September 2011 Facebook Changes: What you need to know At September 2011's F8 conference Facebook announced some major changes to the social networking site, here's what you need to know... Read More.
5 reasons to love the new Facebook changes Don't be afraid of Facebook's new Timeline and other changes, they're actually making the service even better! Read More.		Facebook rolls out revamped news feed today Facebook is rolling out a new look for your news feed today. If you've been away for awhile from Facebook, the site will show you the stories it thinks are important to you first. This would be the... Read More.
Facebook's Timeline preview in pictures Take a look at Facebook's Timeline feature in our gallery of images nabbed right from the developer preview... Read More.		The Future of Facebook: Out with profile pages, in with the Timeline Want to know more about Facebook's new Timeline? Learn what it means for you, your friend, and your family... Read More.
Alternate Apps: Facebook vs. LiveJournal When LiveJournal began in 1999, it quickly flourished to become one of the internet's first social networks, well before the term "social network" had entered common parlance. A LiveJournal... Read more.		Alternate Apps: Facebook vs. Google+ Google+ started hitting the streets in late June, quickly soaking up press and attention everywhere. Folks had been anticipating a social network from Google for a while, especially since Google's... Read more.
Computing Everywhere: Twitter vs. Facebook for keeping in touch with family There's a lot of buzz about social networks. The idea behind a social network service is that you can talk to your friends and family through the website; you can post pictures, brief messages, and... Read more.		Facebook adds subscribe button, gets Twittery If you like following celebrities and well-known personalities on social networking sites, you'd love Facebook's new update. Facebook now gives you the option to follow people's updates without adding... Read more.
Facebook will sort your friends for you, enable more selective sharing It's no surprise that Facebook is stepping up its game. With Google+ on the loose — and many people still not quite sure what to make of it — the social giant is making every... Read more.		Court rules that employees fired for Facebook griping be re-hired Sometimes it seems like social media was built for griping — whether you got a flat tire, had an overpriced lunch, or suffered through a frustrating work day, you're probably tempted to let the... Read more.
Artist's real Facebook Like button lets you give reality a thumbs up The Facebook Like button may be a ubiquitous accessory to the web, but what are we to do when faced with Like-able things when we're offline? Artist Mario Klingemann offers a simple solution: a... Read more.		Germany to Facebook: We don't like Like Facebook has been the subject of legal questions many times before, but until now, never has such an iconic part of the social networking service been attacked. The German state of Schleswig-Holstein's... Read more.
Facebook launches Messenger, a real-time mobile messaging app Today, Facebook unveiled Messenger, a texting and messaging app for Android and iOS. While Facebook has long offered official core mobile apps for both platforms, Messenger will be the first app... Read more.		Facebook expands into the womb: New "expecting" status lets you broadcast pregnancy Facebook has quietly launched a new feature allowing users to indicate on their profiles when they are expecting a child. Though a new profile for the unborn child isn't created, this status will... Read more.
Facebook adds Pages to photo tagging feature We've all been unexpectedly tagged in a not-so-flattering Facebook photo (haven't we?), and now companies, celebrities, and food items can share our shame. The social network has added the ability... Read more.		Homeland Security to share terror alerts on Twitter and Facebook When it comes to up-to-the-second information, especially emergency information, social networks like Twitter and Facebook reign supreme. Traditional websites and publications just can't spread... Read more.
Facebook Depression recognized as medical condition According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, social network users — especially the younger set — are falling victim to a new condition called "Facebook Depression." The disorder is... Read more.		Facebook adds civil unions to relationship status options Today Facebook made a small gesture that will go a long way toward inclusivity: expanding the choices of "relationship status." Facebook users can display relationship information at the top of a... Read more.
Facebook passes Google as 2010's most visited website As if we needed any more evidence that 2010 was a year of total Facebook dominance. A new report reveals that Facebook was actually the number one most visited website in the United States in 2010... Read more.		Facebook adds facial recognition to identify friends in your photos If you've used the tagging feature to identify which friends are in the photos you upload to Facebook, you probably already know how cumbersome it can be to add person tags for an entire image album.... Read more.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is Time's Person of the Year 2010 Time has unveiled its choice for 2010's Person of the Year: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Why pick the young 26-year-old head of a popular social network? In Time's words: "For connecting more than... Read more.		Facebook is the social network of choice across the globe Facebook is the king of social networks here in the United States, but it's gaining ground worldwide, and fast. An updated world map of social media usage shows Facebook has edged out popular local... Read more.

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