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Mark Zuckerberg And The Facebook Insignia…. Innocence, Cult Or Illuminati For Real?

Posted June 5, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb16 Mark Zuckerberg And The Facebook Insignia…. Innocence, Cult Or Illuminati For Real?

That is Mark Zuckerberg’s new insignia, something he had been hiding under that hood of his and tell me if it reminds you of anything or bears resemblance to? Illuminati? Well I don’t see much of a difference and honestly it would give Facebook haters and those who are against the cult a chance to create a brouhaha about.

Of course there are other explanations to it and the best possible one is that it explains the latest development in Facebook, especially after the f8 conference. It fully explains Facebook’s strategy of bringing the entire online community around Facebook as it opens up the social networking site to others, even going beyond to leaking user data [for any reason] to advertizing networks like Google and Yahoo.

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Job Graphs: Get Job Trends For The Global Software Industry

Posted June 5, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb14 Job Graphs: Get Job Trends For The Global Software Industry

Ever since the recession last year that saw a record layoffs globally, I can bet many are out there looking for jobs even now. JobGraphs is a startup that helps with this by keeping a record of job trends in the information and technology in different countries. Before I go any further, I must state that the job is nicely done at sticking to one sector instead of making it a portal for all jobs.

Job Graphs doesn’t tell you what jobs are available or the positions you can apply for but gives you insight on the job environment as per your expertise and experience. To cut it short, it lets you analyze job environment as per technology. For example you want to see the prospects of Business Process Management [BPM], Job Graphs provides you with BPM Software Demand Comparison, a series of graphs which include:

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The WWDC: What Are You Expecting From Apple?

Posted June 4, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb13 The WWDC: What Are You Expecting From Apple?

Monday, right? June 7 is when we see Steve Jobs taking charge of the WWDC and there must be a lot of speculation as to what Apple is announcing. While many have already heard a lot of Apple right before the WWDC and that there is less secrecy as to what is coming out, Apple’s CEO is never short of surprises. We might have seen the countless images of the new iPhone 4G, and it has already become old news in my humble opinion, I am just interested in learning what would make this year’s WWDC ticklish compared to the ones in the past?

There are a lot more than just the iPhone or another hardware story this time. Maybe Apple might be more focused on defying gravity and thinking about the Cloud based version of its long existing traditional iTunes. I mean Apple really hasn’t done much about it in fact as Mashable reported earlier, it even terminated Lala service added to the fact that Google is in full throttle with its Chrome OS, chances are something cloudy might happen at the upcoming WWDC.

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6 Essential Facebook WordPress Plugins A Blogger Can’t Miss

Posted June 4, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb12 6 Essential Facebook WordPress Plugins A Blogger Can’t Miss

I will be surprised if a blogger comes up and says he simply hates the idea of connecting his blog to Facebook. Maybe the blogger might have his or her own reasons to hate, but having Facebook plugins helps the readers at least. I mean you wont mind sharing this article with the FShare or the Like button at the top on your Facebook profile, would you? What if they weren’t available? I bet many would leave a comment complaining about the unavailability of sharing features.

Startup Meme is a WordPress blog so the following plugins are going to be really helpful to you if you are a WordPress blogger as well. I would however request that you make sure that your blog is running the latest version of WordPress.

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People Do Matter To Facebook: Social Network Launches Official Privacy Settings Page

Posted June 3, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb11 People Do Matter To Facebook: Social Network Launches Official Privacy Settings Page

Seeing the discontented reaction of the people with its ever confusing privacy settings and that they were actually searching Google on how to delete or deactivate their accounts Facebook gave it’s privacy settings a makeover and simplified those. How many of you found them simplified enough? Well that’s another story, but just a tip, the social network now has an official Facebook and Privacy Page. Like it or not.

Users were left surprised and shocked out of their wits when news broke forth that Facebook, MySpace and other social networks were leaking user data to advertising networks. That surprise was fueled by anger when a few instant messaged from Zuckerberg revealed that he thought users were stupid for trusting him and the network with their information. It has taken a lot of time for the management, especially its CEO and founder to realize and admit the privacy flaws. To cut the long tale short, Facebook is gearing up  to portray a more user friendly image of itself for its valued users and now providing them a central page to communicate in connection to privacy settings.

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Facebook Brings US Politics To The Social Network With A Fan Page

Posted June 3, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb10 Facebook Brings US Politics To The Social Network With A Fan Page

No matter how determined I am to not write on Facebook, something just pops up which has to be shared. The social network has launched a dedicated Politics Page for United States, which you can access here.

The page was launched in a bid to monitor how the US Officials are utilizing the social networking site to build better connections with people. I bet the connections are going to be pretty tough to handle given that you can’t really control the crowds on the social network if they decide to break free on criticizing any action of the government. I am not surprised seeing this inclination of the US governments towards Facebook, given the fact that the President Barrack Obama had actively used these social networking sites for his presidential campaign, his page has over 8 million fans to date.

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Audioo Steps Out To Be The Global Database For Human Voice – Impressive and Useful For A Variety Of Purposes

Posted June 3, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb9 Audioo Steps Out To Be The Global Database For Human Voice – Impressive and Useful For A Variety Of Purposes

Who doesn’t want to be a part of the conversation anywhere? You throw a topic at a crowd and you are bound to get loads of opinion, irrespective if it’s something serious you talk about out or not. The Web with all the essential tools and services it has to offer, be it social networking sites like Facebook or twitter to Google’s Voice service. Google Voice, there has to be a way to save all those conversations and someone else was thinking along the same lines and brought forward Audioo.

The startup has launched with a purpose to create a database of human voice. The project has initiated with an idea to start with voicemail sharing and plans to further increase the database by including any voice recording available. What I like about the application is that it enables you to search the entire database with keywords or by your area code. There also categories for you to browse through and find any voice, be it associated to work, fun or even those that are sexy. The idea is pretty clever,

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Facebook Has Its First CTO And He Is FriendFeed’s Co-Founder Bret Taylor

Posted June 2, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb8 Facebook Has Its First CTO And He Is FriendFeed’s Co Founder Bret Taylor

Looks like FriendFeed is set to get more of its influence on Facebook as the social networking site promoted FriendFeed founder, Bret Taylor to the position of its CTO. We had reported the acquisition of FriendFeed by Facebook for $50 Million back in 2009. Bret has been the man who has tried to make it simpler to Facebook anyone, not sure how many have actually benefitted though.

If I be not wrong, I had stated that the social network is adopting more and more from FriendFeed. It’s evident, I mean ever since the acquisition, we have seen more FriendFeed like features, for example the Like button, share, comments, etc. In fact the reworked Facebook has a lot coming in from Bret’s brainchild. Given that there is a lot of influence of FriendFeed on Facebook, Bret has rightly been given the long vacant CTO position, where he will be able to more easily bring in FF ideas and further improve the Facebook platform. In email from Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook CEO defines Bret’s role as follows:

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5 Must Have Mobile Apps For Car Leasing

Posted June 2, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb4 5 Must Have Mobile Apps For Car Leasing

A large population on the Web uses smart phones to access it, be they Google’s Android phones, BlackBerry or the beloved iPhone. The uses vary from simply performing search, checking emails, social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to playing games. However businesses and brands have leveraged the developers population by getting apps to assist their functioning, one such example LeaseTrader, a portal that assists people trade their leased cars.

Of course there must be a countless apps out there but the top 5 for the purpose are:

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Facebook: Hey We Have Pages You Can Link To , Or At Least You Should Link To

Posted June 2, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb2 Facebook: Hey We Have Pages You Can Link To , Or At Least You Should Link To

I was feeling lucky that Facebook wasn’t sending me recommendations to link my profile to various pages. Sadly like many others I haven’t been spared as well, why would I be? I use Facebook and the social network network appears has rights to promote their features. We had been hearing of this feature for a long time and I was just waiting for the window to pop and ask me for this.

Linking profiles to the pages you like or rather might be interested in joining. Why is it so adamant at automating the process of connecting people to their likes? I mean there must be a reason why I haven’t joined or liked those pages, oh yes, Facebook is simplifying the task of bringing the food to my table, while it ensures my linking to the social network is extremely deep-rooted. You have the liberty to select these pages individually by selecting the option or if you are one of those who are trigger or click happy hit the link all option. I guess if you are really into connecting yourself to these recommendations, go for the Link Individually option, especially if you have a lot on your profile and you are sure to be connected to loads of random pages.

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