We have covered quite a few Facebook modifications and tips in the past that let you get more out of Facebook Chat. A userscript for instance to add easier access to emoticons in chat or how to hide from friends on Facebook chat. Pretty Facebook Chat is a Google Chrome extension that lets you customize [...]

Categories: Browsing, Facebook, Google Chrome

First information about Facebook’s plan to release their own instant messaging program appeared on a Facebook support page about a month ago. Facebook Messenger for Windows, according to that page, offers chat, messaging and notification functionality. The program was initially only available to a group of alpha testers. A direct link to Facebook’s Messenger has [...]

Categories: Facebook, Software, Windows

I’m watching Facebook’s live video stream right now like many other tech interested users. Facebook promised to announce something awesome today. The rumor that it was live video chat, or video calling as they call it, proved to be true. But that’s only part of the announcement. Facebook is actually announcing three new features today, [...]

Categories: Facebook

Video chat has not met up to the standards that we, the people of the world, hoped it might. The hope was the perhaps webcams could become the way of the next generation and that they would become the prominent means of communication with other people. The telephone would simply be replaced by the webcam. [...]

Categories: Facebook, Online Services

Facebook users who log into their account on the popular social networking site are automatically registered as online on the network. Online, among other things, means that your friends and contacts see that you are logged in and available for chat. You may have noticed the chat interface in the lower right corner of the [...]

Categories: Facebook, Tutorials Basic

Chatting on Facebook can be pretty handy at times. I often catch friends on Facebook that I would otherwise have a hard time contacting, especially if they live in a different time zone. It is ok for a quick chat, setting up a meeting and everything else that does not take long explanations. Well, that’s [...]

Categories: Facebook

Facebook feels like privacy hell. Not a single week goes by without reports of new privacy problems on the popular social networking site. The latest was published on Techcrunch Europe just yesterday. It apparently allowed anyone to view their friend’s live chats and take a look at their friend requests and friends. It is ironic [...]

Categories: companies, Facebook

Gabtastic provides desktop access to the chat applications Facebook Chat and Google Talk. Those two are normally only accessible on the Facebook and Google Mail websites which require a permanently opened browser during chat. The chats put some strain on the browser and system and using them in a desktop client instead could be a [...]

Categories: Facebook, Software, Windows