5 FaceBook Source Code SecretsAugust 15th, 2007 I glanced over the Facebook source code for both index and search pages. As an enterprise developer of some experience, source code is always interesting to me as it provides an insight into the health of a company.
MySQL Tip: How To Check, Repair & Optimize All Tables in All DatabasesApril 20th, 2008 Here is a simple command to auto repair, check and optimize all the tables in all databases running on a MySQL server:
mysqlcheck -u root -p --auto-repair --check --optimize --all-databases
mysqlcheck is available in MySQL 3.23.38 and later. mysqlcheck uses the SQL statements CHECK TABLE, REPAIR TABLE, ANALYZE TABLE, and OPTIMIZE TABLE in a convenient way for the user.
Two ways to Optimize your RSS feedJanuary 15th, 2009 Baffled with a sea of RSS feeds in your reader or aggregator? You are not alone. This happens to every other subscriber.
Facebook Users Protest Against Facebook RedesignMarch 24th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - More than 1.7 million Facebook users have joined a protest against another redesign of the popular social networking site, in one of the biggest consumer revolts seen in the online world. As of midday Monday, the Facebook group called Petition Against the New Facebook had 1,727,394 disgruntled members, while a Facebook-sponsored poll on the redesign had received more than 1.2 million votes, with just 75,000 approving the new look.
Facebook offers personalised URLs for usersJune 10th, 2009 SYDNEY - Millions of Facebook users are set to join the rush to grab their personalised URLs on the social networking site.t 2pm on June 13, Facebook will allow members to register their own user names to make it easier for others to find their pages. Under the new system, people can get a unique address for themsleves, like http://www.facebook.com/joebloggs, instead of the current system whereby profile pages have a URL with a randomly assigned number such as "www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=123456789".
Beware: As if fakes weren't enough, Facebook has got Robot chatters nowMay 7th, 2009 LONDON - A robot is being given its own Facebook profile page in a bid to bridge the divide between humans and robots. With the development, researchers are hoping to foster meaningful relationships with people.
9 Facebook Hacks for You!December 12th, 2008 We have always had a close look at Facebook right from the start. As you probably know by now that we have discussed 10 ways to connect facebook to other social networking media and Top 30 Newest Facebook Apps to Brighten Up 2009 and people liked it.
Facebook Hack: How to See the Album of Any Private UserDecember 10th, 2008 Facebook has grown stupendously popular over the years. As you probably know by now that we have discussed 10 ways to connect facebook to other social networking media and Top 30 Newest Facebook Apps to Brighten Up 2009 and people liked it.
Facebook to give its core access to developersApril 27th, 2009 The most popular social networking site on a global scale, Facebook is trying to welcome developers by keeping some of the core floodgates open so that they get familiar with the system in a better way. If you remember well, most of the recent changes in Facebook has brought about agitation from the Facebook crowd.
Facebook to shut down Beacon tracking tool as part of class-action settlementSeptember 21st, 2009 Facebook shuts down thorny marketing toolNEW YORK — Facebook is closing an uncomfortable chapter in its five-year history. The social network says it will shut down Beacon, a program that tracks users' activities on other Web sites.
My First Facebook SpamDecember 27th, 2007 My first Facebook spam:
Subject: Mi Chai invited you to join the group "I'M A CHRISTIAN..AND I'M PROUD TO SAY IT!!"... Mi invited you to join the Facebook group "I'M A CHRISTIAN..AND I'M PROUD TO SAY IT!!".
Facebook Turns to Real Time Web InteractivityMarch 5th, 2009 After it's failed attempts to acquire Twitter, Facebook has come up with new strategies. It has incurred a number of changes to the homepage/newsfeed.
Facebook Loses Weight; Turns to Facebook LiteAugust 13th, 2009 If MySpace can have a Lite View Version why not Facebook? In a bid to take on its arch-rival, the Social networking giant rolled out a slimmer version of its web site to the test audience. Facebook Lite is the new face of Facebook targeted at narrowband users.
Facebook brought in more money than it spent in previous quarter, ahead of 2010 goalSeptember 15th, 2009 Facebook says it's bringing in more than it spendsSAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it is now bringing in more money than it is spending. The social networking site had previously said it expected to achieve this goal sometime next year.
Facebook Chief Privacy Officer may run for Calif. Attorney General in 2010April 30th, 2009 Facebook exec considers California AG job in 2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The chief privacy officer of networking Web site Facebook says he's considering running to be California's attorney general in 2010.