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We already knew that Facebook has updated profile pages of all users. We also already saw a really-cool hack allows you to make recreate your new Facebook profile.



Some Facebook users are showing of some serious creative uses of the new Facebook profile layout. The first one to do that was the French artist Alexandre Oudin, then followed by a number of Facebook users who may made much better layouts.

Have a look through the below gallery of 10 of the best new Facebook profile pictures hacks and feel free to share any cool creations in the comments below.









[via Mashable]

In an extremely shocking report, is it now clear that Facebook has topped Google as the most visited site of 2010. This is very shocking to beat Google because it is a search engine, and many people visit it to search up their topics almost everyday. Is it possible that social networking has topped the #1 search engine?


In 2010, Facebook has accumulated some 8.93% of the site visits online, but Google only accumulated 7.19% followed by the leading video viewing site Youtube with 3.52%. So if you do combine Youtube and Google, the percentage does beat Facebook.

In 2009, Facebook has only reached third place on the top sites visited charts, but it was assumed that Facebook did try to move up one place this year, but many didn't expect to hit the top of the charts. In other news, Facebook has also been the most searched for in phrases or terms. Will Facebook still be the most visited in 2011?
Above is a picture of sites that were top visited over 2009 and 2010. So, what do you think? [TheNextWeb]

As most of you know, Facebook has announced a new profile page with some changes two weeks ago and you may can't get back to your old Facebook profile page. So, you would better recreate your Facebook profile with a really-cool Facebook profile page hack that will make your day !


Oudin says that even Facebook’s simple blue and white layout can be more personalized using this cool tweak. It might not be the same over the top personalization of sites like MySpace and Bebo, Oudin’s hack showed that there are still new, innovative and creative ways to express yourself on Facebook.

Here's an example of Gerges Mourad's profile page for this cool hack:
You can simply follow the below steps to get the same result:

1) Take a screenshot of your current Facebook page.

2) Create a new Photoshop doc.

3) Grab the Slice tool (same family as the Crop tool) and select around the pictures.

4) With the Marquee tool, select around the sliced areas.

5) Bring the image that you want on Facebook into Photoshop and position it roughly the way you want it.

6) Drag the image layer under the Facebook layer and refine your positioning.

7) Go to “File,” select “Save for web and devices,” select all your document area, click “Jpeg, set the quality to 100% and save. Under slices select “All user slices.”

8) Upload your pictures to Facebook and tag them from last to first. When you get to the first picture click “Make this my profile picture.”

Take a look at the video demonstration below:


You can download Stravock’s Photoshop document here. In case you’re not good with Photoshop or too lazy to sit through a tutorial, you can use this profile picture generator that allows you to get the same effect in half the time. [via TechCrunch]

Facebook for iPhone has got an update today, the new 3.3.3 version of Facebook for iPhone brings some improvements for notifications, and much better reliability with some bugs fixes. You can also post as a page that you admin on Facebook, as in the past. Check the full changelog below.

What’s New in Version 3.3.3

- Improved reliability in chat and messages
- Improved notifications UI
- Fixed memory usage
- Fixed some crashes
- Walls you cannot post on no longer show the text field at the top
- Restore ability to post as a page that you admin
- Fixed group photos
- Various Places improvements

You can get the update directly from your iOS device by navigating to the app store icon on your home screen or get it from the iTunes link below:

Download Facebook for iPhone 3.3.3 [iTunes Link]

Almost over 200 million people use Facebook with a mobile device. Whether it's an iOS device or even a simple mobile device, Facebook is used so much to share photos, access apps, and connect and interact with friends. In October, Facebook has added a dashboard to the regular desktop website to see how applications are using your information.


Now, Facebook as released this same feature to the mobile devices. It will allow you to edit this information and stay updated off a mobile device now!

In the picture below, you can see the application Loopy. As you can see, this Loopy application is connected with Facebook, under it are options that you can toggle with a click and easy click of the remove button. This will allow you to control you settings on the go instead of off a computer. This is very useful for people that need to adjust their settings quickly.
You can also edit your basic information and who can see your profile. This is very important for anyone who wants to change anything at all. These features will be made possible by Facebook themselves! The features should roll out in the next few weeks to all mobile devices and we may see a new Facebook for iPhone app update soon. [via Facebook]

Facebook has introduced the new design for profile pages with prominent display of basic profile information, latest photos, friends list and more. However, some users may not like the new design and want to revert back to old Facebook profile page layout. Do you want really to switch back to old Facebook profile page layout design?


Well, technically you can't revert back to old Facebook profile layout as Facebook Help Center (http://facebook.com/help/?faq=19409) notes “You will not be able to switch back to the old design after upgrading”.

Though this, some users have reported that they have successfully switched back to the old layout by deactivating Facebook account for 10 - 15 minutes and then reactivate it again, you will get the old Facebook Profile Page back. I have just tried that way and it works for me. So, did it work with you?

We already broke the news and told you that Facebook is going to launch a new profile page design. As promised, Facebook has announced a new and improved profile page design and will be rolling out starting from tomorrow. In case you can't wait for Facebook to rollout the new design tomorrow, you can get it now easily!


All you have to do is to navigate to http://facebook.com/about/profile and click on the green button at the end of the page “Get the New Profile”. That's it! You will get the new interface as I got mine now.

Mark ZuckerBerg, CEO of Facebook has given a show of an exclusive look at Facebook's new look. We have caught a new look of the profile page design changes a few seconds into this video. The glimpse can be seen in the video found here at the 10th second. The new look’s apparently going live tomorrow as reported by TNW.


As TNW notes, interviewer Lesley Stahl also sneaks in that no one will see this new design…until tomorrow. You can see photos are positioned directly under the profile name and basic info about the individual. Also take a look at Ellen's fan page, it's really interested and claims that a new thing is coming out.

For first time, Google is losing the war as users spend more time on Facebook. According to fresh data from comScore, users on the web spend more time on Facebook than Google, at the same time, Yahoo has begun to slide from the top to the bottom. As said, "If Google wasn't already scared of Facebook, this ought to do the trick."


At first, Yahoo was the first for lots of months, but this month, the changes are happening. The time spend on site don't mean the traffic, there's a big difference, of course, according to Alexa (some people considering it useless), Google is #1 in the number of users who enter the site, but according to today's chart Google is #2 in the time spent on site for the first time. This referring to how successful is Facebook, companies will try and try to buy Facebook. [via BusinessInsider]

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Youtube now is the 3rd most visited website on the Internet! Today, Youtube surpassed Yahoo for the 3rd spot on most visited sites on Alexa. Of course, #1 is Google and #2 is Facebook but now Youtube has a great chance to get from Facebook and take the #2 spot.


If you are interested to know the first 10 most visited sites in the web, you can navigate to this direct link on Alexa which lists the first 20 sites! [via TNW]