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ZInga has a very popular game on Facebook called Mafia Wars. It is one of the most popular applications on the social networking site with more than 26 million active accounts. There is an option of three character builds and because of this many users create different accounts. The game is basically set in the city of New York and the players have the option to travel between Cuba, New York, Bangkok and Moscow. The main aim of this game is to master the jobs and earn money to advance and establish the criminal empire of the player. Players need to recruit the other players and build their mafia and also hire other mafia members using the points that they have.

On Facebook players also have the option to recruit from their friends. To do the jobs the players have a limited amount of energy and stamina and health meters and these can be recharged over the game. There are different levels in the game and by completing different jobs the levels can be increased. With higher levels there are more jobs and also different features are available in the game.

The game has become very popular with many users of Facebook especially the boys. They all want to expand their crime empire and in order to do so they are addicted to it. One can see users sitting them playing the game for hours. They recruit different players and their friends and they also complete the different tasks in order to reach higher levels of the game. Mafia Wars is undoubtedly one of the most famous applications on Facebook and this is proved by the large number of fans it has and the millions of users that play the game. Zinga truly has created one of the most interesting games and users love it for this.

Social networking sites have become very popular in the recent times and one of the best liked of them is Facebook. Facebook has many interesting applications and one of the most favourite is Farmville. In fact Farmville has become the reason that more and more people are joining Facebook. This application is the latest thing and the most well talked of online game. The application has become very popular and the number of people playing it is increasing day by day.

Farmville gives an experience of being a farmer and many enjoy being a virtual farmer. All people living in big towns and cities never even dreamt that they could be a farmer and with Farmville they all get to enjoy acting like a farmer and this truly is very addictive. One can easily find people checking their farms every two hours even if they are at work.

It can be said easily that Farmville is one of the best and the most innovative applications on Facebook and because of this the traffic has increased by leaps and bounds. Facebook is a popular social networking site and because of this more and more people are attracted to the application. At the end of the day both Facebook and Farmville are benefitting each other by increasing the members.

Another great advantage of the game is that people of all age groups are attracted to the game. Both young and old people, ladies and men and children love being a virtual farmer. The game is an addiction and one should not be surprised if this is the topic of discussion at any social gathering. Farmville undoubtedly is a great concept and this is the reason it is loved and appreciated by people of all age groups and this is reflected by the number of people playing the game.

Quizzes have been there for many years now and they always have been a favourite of many people. Quizzes can be of two kinds; fun quizzes or trivia quizzes. Fun quizzes are those where the result entirely depends on what answers have been chosen by the person taking the quiz whereas on the other hand trivia quizzes are those where results depend on one’s awareness and general knowledge.

There are many quiz applications that are available on the Facebook. Facebook has many members and a huge percent of these are very fond of the quizzes and love to take them for fun. There are different quizzes like When will you die, What does Your Birthday Say About you, quizzes on love life, future etc. The trend shows that more than boys, girls are more fond of taking these quizzes and they take different kinds of the quizzes.

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European Commission threatens to take action against Facebook, because of recent changes in privacy settings, making personal information available to anyone by default.This is in contradiction with the enactment of EU policy for more privacy on the Internet, especially minors, citing Euractiv.

European Commissioner responsible for data protection commissioner Viviane Reding announced its “concern” about the changes in Facebook in a speech today at the commemoration day for the European Safer Internet in Strasbourg.

Despite increasing pressure to improve the protection of user data in social networks, Facebook surprisingly changed its privacy policy in late January, making easy access to personal information to its site.

From January on Facebook profiles can be accessed by default. Users who wish to control the protection of their data would have to make their profiles private, so that they remain visible to their friends.

Before this change, the situation was exactly the opposite – I profiles private by default and may become public only if consumers want it.

“I am amazed by this sudden change in policy. I can not understand it because it is in the interest of social networking sites to give consumers control over their personal data, “said Reding.

Facebook attacks are due to report to the Commission of measures taken by social networks for data protection, in which Facebook is one among the leading Internet companies in terms of protecting consumer data.

The report is the first evaluation due to the voluntary agreement signed in 2009 by the largest Internet social networks, operating within the EU, which include Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Bebo and Daily Motion.
25 companies pledged to implement measures to protect data, because of pressure from national and European institutions.

The first evaluation found that most social networks improve data protection, providing security advice for young users.

Emoticons are leading the Social Networks from the origin. Well, There is no change till Now. Being the best Social Network, Facebook has got a Lot of Users for Emoticons. This article is just about the Most Popular Emoticons used by Facebook Members.
Different people use Facebook to keep things different, so naturally there will be the same emoticons. Some, such as the heart, when talking to sweathearts and others that the main chat emoticons like to use is the smiling face.Others believe that you can enjoy more cool emoticons to use the chat. Because it’s just regular stupid smile. There are many strange images available for use on Facebook, so that these people have many options. What do the chat style, sure some smileys or emoticons you enjoy the search. Here is a list of some of the best emoticons Facebook.

Shark Symbol

The shark is a symbol of the most hot emoticons Facebook now. This is something that only recently gained popularity. Much of the style of Facebook is reflected in the 80’s, so the symbol of the shark f right for itself, the movie Jaws was very popular during this period.
Penguin Emoticon

When you think of cute, what can beat a penguin? Is simply adorable, which is probably one reason for the penguin emoticons have become so popular lately. The penguins are especially popular in winter, you can expect to use this emoticon to increase during this period can not be seen.

Pacman Symbol

According to question 80 on Facebook, let’s flash back to a time when Atari was the most popular game systems, and the game was great as was Pacman. This cute yellow man can not play more, but returned as a nostalgic symbol for those who grew up in the 80s or just love the game. By Pacman emoticons to your messages Facebook chat is a great way to retrieve old memories.

Heart Symbol

Of course, one of the most popular emoticons for the heart of Facebook. Because Facebook often by people who use a romantic relationship in the Internet World.
Apart from sending the heart comes and goes to her lover, many users of Facebook uses this to send his heart when they speak, that someone special with other people. This makes the heart One of the Popular Icon in Facebook. After all, love makes the world go round.

It has been a great year for making the world more open and connected. Thanks to your help, more than 350 million people around the world are using Facebook to share their lives online.

To make this possible, we have focused on giving you the tools you need to share and control your information. Starting with the very first version of Facebook five years ago, we’ve built tools that help you control what you share with which individuals and groups of people. Our work to improve privacy continues today.

Facebook’s current privacy model revolves around “networks” — communities for your school, your company or your region. This worked well when Facebook was mostly used by students, since it made sense that a student might want to share content with their fellow students.

Over time people also asked us to add networks for companies and regions as well. Today we even have networks for some entire countries, like India and China.

However, as Facebook has grown, some of these regional networks now have millions of members and we’ve concluded that this is no longer the best way for you to control your privacy. Almost 50 percent of all Facebook users are members of regional networks, so this is an important issue for us. If we can build a better system, then more than 100 million people will have even more control of their information.

The plan we’ve come up with is to remove regional networks completely and create a simpler model for privacy control where you can set content to be available to only your friends, friends of your friends, or everyone.

We’re adding something that many of you have asked for — the ability to control who sees each individual piece of content you create or upload. In addition, we’ll also be fulfilling a request made by many of you to make the privacy settings page simpler by combining some settings. If you want to read more about this, we began discussing this plan back in July.

Since this update will remove regional networks and create some new settings, in the next couple of weeks we’ll ask you to review and update your privacy settings. You’ll see a message that will explain the changes and take you to a page where you can update your settings. When you’re finished, we’ll show you a confirmation page so you can make sure you chose the right settings for you. As always, once you’re done you’ll still be able to change your settings whenever you want.

We’ve worked hard to build controls that we think will be better for you, but we also understand that everyone’s needs are different. We’ll suggest settings for you based on your current level of privacy, but the best way for you to find the right settings is to read through all your options and customize them for yourself. I encourage you to do this and consider who you’re sharing with online.

Thanks for being a part of making Facebook what it is today, and for helping to make the world more open and connected.

Mark Zuckerberg

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Farmville, one of the most successful Facebook game, which managed to earn million dollars revenue, is out with FishVille. Now if you are Farmville player than you certainly know the charm of the game. It is simple and fun. Farmville must be considered as a benchmark to online game in Facebook. This has encouraged many game developers to reconsider their game design and be innovative.

The goal of Farmville is simple – manage your farm and earn as much money and experience as you can. Making a definite goal is important and Farmville has managed to do so. But there is a particular human intelligence involved which takes the game to whole new level. Player is given with lots of choice, like which vegetables or animals to put in his farm, each items have clear benefit. Allowing user to take control of this decision making process is what differentiates the game from other. And as you watch your decision and strategy work in the game, it brings enormous satisfaction. This is some of the reason behind the success.

Now, FishVille is a new game launched by the developers of Farmville and its all about maintaining your aquarium. Will it hit the success as Farmville did. Well, we have to wait and watch. There is also a saying that same strategy doesn’t work twice. Having the same element as that of Farmville, will it engage players. It may or it may not. Here is a video showing the preview of the game. Enjoy.

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8:15 a.m. The alarm rings. I hit the snooze button and, five minutes later, the alarm goes off again. I turn it off and decide to just sleep in for the day.

While lying in bed, I realize that I have a Mandarin quiz this morning, so I can’t sleep in. I sprint around the room doing my morning preparations.

I glance over at the laptop on my desk and realize that I have yet to check my e-mail or Facebook for the day. Just five minutes, I tell myself. I’ll just check my notifications and then I’ll go to breakfast.

“I never log off,” said Sabrina Pol ‘13. “It’s more convenient to just click on a button and be on Facebook.”

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Michael Kaiser is the executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a U.S.-focused nonprofit organization that works to keep people secure online. The organization focuses its efforts on cyber security education to provide information and tools for people to take control over preventing cyber crimes and attacks. As October and National Cyber Security Awareness month come to a close, we asked Michael to share his thoughts on precautions people should take online.

Many people believe they know their way around the digital world as well as or better than the physical world. Everything from paying bills to phone calls to distant relatives can now be done online. People store some of their most important documents, photos and financial information electronically — and seem to be more organized than ever. Yet while people may be cyber savvy and on the cutting edge of digital culture, they may not be cyber secure.

It turns out that we are only as protected as the weakest link in our network, so if you don’t take precautions, you’re not just endangering yourself. You also are impacting your friends and family. For instance, a “cyber criminal” can leave his entire network at risk by using an easily guessed password like the word “password” for his email account. This innocent person inadvertently becomes an enabler of cybercrime by not being cautious.

With a growing number of people online for a significant portion of every day, it’s not surprising that more people are particularly visible and vulnerable targets of cyber criminals. Often, a healthy dose of common sense and knowledge about threats are the first step. Keep these 10 tips in mind as you get on the path to becoming cyber savvy.

1. Protect your personal information. Know who is going to see it and understand the value of it and why the other party needs it before you share.
2. Create complex and lengthy passwords that include letters, numbers and symbols. Be sure to change them often, and keep in mind “password1″ doesn’t make the cut.
3. Don’t use public networks to conduct private business.
4. Set your security software, operating system and browser to update automatically.
5. Conduct transactions only on secure sites. Look for “shttp” or “https” in the URL.
6. Use privacy, safety and other settings on social networks.
7. Understand threats and learn more at the NCSA website and the Facebook Security Page.
8. Back up important information regularly to keep your music, photos and work protected.
9. Physically protect your computer, too. If you wouldn’t leave your credit card unattended in a public location, you shouldn’t leave your computer either.
10. Report cyber crimes.

Remember it is our shared responsibility to stay cyber secure. Keep updated on how you can help yourself, your friends and family by becoming a fan of the Facebook Security Page and the National Cyber Security Alliance Page.

Michael hopes you’ll check out the NCSA cyberskits to learn the do’s and don’ts of cyber security.