Facebook Can Now Send Your Christmas Cards For You

Starting Wednesday, you will be able to send custom Christmas cards to any one of your Facebook friends without knowing their address.

A British company that currently sends custom postcards, Touchnote, is offering the service with a new app interface which is available on iOS, Android, and the web.
The service lets you pick any holiday card image, allows you to add an Instagram style filter, type a message and select a Facebook friend to send it to.

The company then takes care of the rest and looks up the address of the recipient. Users can send out batches of up to 100 at a bulk price of 99 cents or pence per card.

Touchnote assures that each card will be printed on high quality, heavy paper stock and put into premium envelopes.The cards should be delivered in 2-5 business days to anywhere in America, most of Europe and Australia.
Oded Ran, CEO of Touchnote says: “often times a Facebook message, email or text doesn’t quite cut it . . . We are changing the face of holiday cards forever.”

There is large competition in the online delivery service for postcards, such as Postagram but none of them offer specifically holiday cards, and none of them allow you to send in bulk.


What do you make of this service? Do you think you’ll be sending cards via Facebook?
Let us know your thoughts in the comments below

Don’t Fall For Fake Facebook Privacy Notice

A ‘privacy notice’ that’s been virally spreading on Facebook, supposedly protecting one’s personal details and data from unauthorized copying, is fake.

The notice started spreading a few days after Facebook posted its new privacy guidelines, announcing it would let users comment on proposed changes to its governing documents, but not vote.

The text of the notice starts as follows: “In response to the new Facebook guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, graphics, comics, paintings, photos and videos, etc. (as a result of the Berner Convention). For commercial use of the above my written consent is needed at all times!”
It then goes on claiming that anyone can copy this text and paste it on their Facebook wall, which supposedly forbids Facebook to “disclose, copy, distribute, disseminate, or take any other action against [the user] on the basis of this profile and/or its contents.”
Finally, the notice points out that “Facebook is now an open capital entity.” and that all its members are “recommended to publish a notice like this.”

The notice resembles a text from July which also spread virally on Facebook and, just like that notice, the new one is untrue as well.

The idea behind the “notice” is that Facebook’s listing as a publicly traded company will negatively affect its users’ privacy, which is not true. Simply put, Facebook and its users are still bound to the same terms and conditions that are accepted by users when they sign up for the service, and posting a legal “talisman” of this kind on your profile does nothing to change that.

We’ve included the full text of the notice below.

In response to the new Facebook guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, graphics, comics, paintings, photos and videos, etc. (as a result of the Berner Convention). 

For commercial use of the above my written consent is needed at all times!
(Anyone reading this can copy this text and paste it on their Facebook
Wall. This will place them under protection of copyright laws. By the present communiqué, I notify Facebook that it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, disseminate, or take any other action against me on the basis of this profile and/or its contents. The aforementioned prohibited actions also apply to employees, students, agents and/or any staff under Facebook’s direction or control. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of my privacy is punished by law (UCC 1 1-308-308 1-103 and the Rome Statute). 

Facebook is now an open capital entity. All members are recommended to publish a notice like this, or if you prefer, you may copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once, you will be tacitly allowing the use of elements such as your photos as well as the information contained in your profile status updates…

New SkinnyScoop Social Media Platform Adds Conversation to Pinterest-Style Recommendations

New social media site SkinnyScoop aims to combine the goal setting and daydreaming agenda of Pinterest, and turn these dreams into a reality.
The site that was launched in San Francisco targets women, and specifically mothers to combine the eccentric nature of Pinterest with the reality of a one-on-one friendly conversation.

Women can create lists similar to Pinterest boards, but will also be able to contribute to discussions with other users as well as following their accounts. Once you have signed up via Facebook Login or with an email account, SkinnyScoop offers pre-sorted lists such as “TV Shows I Watch” and “My Favourite Chick Flicks”, as well as the option to create custom lists.

The premise is that women will take recommendations from their best friend or someone they are in regular contact with more seriously than random images found on the Internet.



CEO of SkinnyScoop, Eden Godsoe says: “SkinnyScoop takes the offline conversations between women that happen everywhere, everyday, and moves them online bringing value to both the tastemakers and the women they influence.”
“We rarely have time these days to read long articles or sift through email chains to figure out what book to read, app to download or gift to buy.”

Lists that are made can be shared across social networks with images being auto-populated. Godsoe sees most potential available for female bloggers who will be able to enclose their recommendations into a visual list on their personal site.

Godsoe says: “Pinterest is a great tool for housing what women are striving for – their dream vacation, perfectly decorated home or flawless bikini body.”
“Going beyond the inspirational, SkinnyScoop is more centred on what someone needs, wants or is interested in today . . . it uses structured data – which makes it more actionable, versus photos or images – to connect hundreds of thousands of women and identify what is trending, most useful or popular among their friends.”

The new start-up announced a $1 million  seed funding today.

What are your thoughts on SkinnyScoop? 

LinkedIn Now Allows Profile Edit On Mobile Phones

LinkedIn have now released an update to their mobile app which will allow users to edit their profile on the move.
The update to the iOS and Android app was one of the most requested features for users of LinkedIn and has now become available.

LinkedIn said in a blog post that: “Now you can update your profile with a new headline, add recent skills, or add a new position so your professional identity is always up to date.”
Enrichments to inMail and “Who’s viewed your profile” for premium members have been introduced due to the update to the iOS and Android app which also adds support for the iPhone 5.




LinkedIn recently updated the interface to debut an all new profile which highlights activity and displays information in a more visual style.

Have you been waiting for this update? How important do you think this is?

#EatDownTipUp Campaign Hopes to Save Restaurants Post-Sandy

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy that hit the east-coast of America, a new Twitter campaign is hoping to help restaurants bring in more money to repair damages.

The #EatDownTipUp initiative aims to help the restaurants that lost power for almost a whole week in Lower Manhattan. Many of which were severely damaged in the historic storm.
Standard tips in America range from 15-20% of the bill, but this Twitter campaign hopes to recover from the economic hit that many suffered due to the storm.
The campaign began when celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain sent out this tweet:



#EatDownTipUp’s official website said that; “from this one tweet, a movement was born and a group of renegade NYC residents banded together to help restaurants in need.”
The site links to a Foursquare page that lists the restaurants that people can help support as well as a ‘Restaurant Stories’ section that explains the trials and tribulations that some of the eateries have gone through.

How much do you think this campaign will help?

Facebook Tests New 'Pages Feed'

Some Facebook users can now see a ‘Pages Feed’ option where they can view all the updates they Like in a single stream.


As activity increases throughout users and pages, this means more competition for places in the News Feed. With this potential move, users will be able to see the more posts from pages that they are interested in. Facebook regularly adjusts its algorithms to determine the best mixture of content available for each user.


In the process, some have complained that they now cannot see the content that they are most interested in and care about. Many feel that Facebook is sabotaging their marketing campaigns.


The Pages Feed shows that the site is attempting to show viewers the posts they really care about rather than overwhelmingly clogging their News Feed with activity from friends and businesses.


Those part of the test group can access the Pages Feed link on the left-and side of the site in the bookmarks sidebar. Having the feature does not seem to eliminate all posts from the main feed though. It will continue showing top posts and sponsored content, but the link may serve as an unfiltered stream of page activity.


“We’re always testing new features, but have nothing further to share right now.” Facebook said in a statement.


It used to be that users could filter their News Feed in many ways, a pages-only feed being one of the options. This was available in 2009 and 2010 but seems to have been removed last year.

Facebook Testing New Timeline Format With Single Column of Posts

Be prepared for another change to your Facebook profile: Timeline could soon be getting a makeover.
The social networking giant is testing a new design for profile pages that places all posts in a single column on the left, while activity updates, friends, places, apps and other sections are on the right.



The current format, a two-column layout, includes posts on both sides, forcing users to look back and forth. When Timeline rolled out site-wide last December, many complained that it was confusing. One Facebook page, “I hate FB Timeline, and want to disable it ASAP,” was started shortly after its launch, and now has nearly 26,000 likes.

In its new incarnation, Timeline no longer has the vertical line that divides a profile in half. This change, ironically, makes it look less like a timeline, according to Inside Facebook, which revealed the updated design. Clickable dates that help users navigate through profiles, however, are still listed on the top right.
What’s more, modules on the right-hand side are now smaller than posts (they were the same size, before); so, Timeline has blank spots that would have previously been filled with posts.




Facebook is testing the new format with a “small percentage of users,” it told Inside Facebook. The company did not immediately respond to Mashable for a request for comment.



What do you think of these changes to Facebook Timeline? Tell us in the comments below.