The 3 Facebook Settings Every User Should Check Now
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By SARAH PEREZ of ReadWriteWeb
Published: January 20, 2010
In December, Facebook made a series of bold and controversial changes regarding the nature of its users' privacy on the social networking site. The company once known for protecting privacy to the point of exclusivity (it began its days as a network for college kids only - no one else even had access), now seemingly wants to compete with more open social networks like the microblogging media darling Twitter.
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Those of you who edited your privacy settings prior to December's change have nothing to worry about - that is, assuming you elected to keep your personalized settings when prompted by Facebook's "transition tool." The tool, a dialog box explaining the changes, appeared at the top of Facebook homepages this past month with its own selection of recommended settings. Unfortunately, most Facebook users likely opted for the recommended settings without really understanding what they were agreeing to. If you did so, you may now be surprised to find that you inadvertently gave Facebook the right to publicize your private information including status updates, photos, and shared links. Want to change things back? Read on to find out how.
Tanveer Ahmad on 28 Jul 11A large explosion has been reported in Oslo (Norwegian Capital) today on 22nd July 2011 around 03:00 O' Clock GMT. The Explosion said to be a bomb blast. Many casualties have been reported. Initially according to media it is in retaliation of Cartoons issue by the Muslim extremists, but latter it is declared that it is the Ander Behring Breivik, a Norway origin Christian extremist, who is responsible for the bomb blast in Government Building of Oslo and latter firing in youth camp of the ruling party.
