Facebook to acquire WhatsApp : The messaging app will now belong to Facebook

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"I'm excited to announce that we've agreed to acquire WhatsApp and that their entire team will be joining us at Facebook." In his official Facebook page, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces. So, the most widely used messaging app will be now a part of Facebook. WhatsApp has a 450 billion active users worldwide. WhatsApp Messenger being a cross-platform mobile messaging app

for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia allows to send text, video, images, audio files to other users in your contact list. It is the most popular messaging app among the smartphone users. Because of its brilliant features, it gained popularity among mobile device users in a short period of time.

According to Wikipedia, WhatsApp handled ten billion messages per day in August 2012, growing from two billion in April 2012, and one billion the previous October. On June 13, 2013, WhatsApp announced on Twitter that they had reached their new daily record by processing 27 billion messages. According to the Financial Times, WhatsApp "has done to SMS on mobile phones what Skype did to international calling on landlines."

In 19 February, 2014, Facebook announced acquiring the fast growing mobile messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion. This amount is more than the amount Facebook got in its IPO. WhatsApp's 450 million active users are being bought by Facebook for a more modest $42 each which is more than the $30 Facebook ogt in its IPO. Facebook will pay $4 billion in cash and the remaining $12 billion in Facebook shares and $3billion in restricted stock units (RSU).

One major fact behind the popularity of WhatsApp is because it is free of cost for the first year and it can be renewed for a minimal cost for another specified time period. Now, WhatsApp going to the hand of Facebook may employ new rules for its users. WhatsApp was founded in 2009 and currently it has fewer than 60 employees. Interesting point here is that Facebook co-founder Brian Acton was rejected a job by Facebook in 2009 after which he co-founded WhatsApp.
"WhatsApp will complement our existing chat and messaging services to provide new tools for our community. Facebook Messenger is widely used for chatting with your Facebook friends, and WhatsApp for communicating with all of your contacts and small groups of people. Since WhatsApp and Messenger serve such different and important uses, we will continue investing in both and making them each great products for everyone." Zuckerberg says in his post on his official Facebook page. So, Facebook users may expect some changes in the existing messaging technology employed by Facebook in recent future.

Post by Mark Zuckerberg.

Facebook Awarded 'Criminal Case' as the Game of the Year 2013

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Gaming in social media is becoming more fun day by day. Gammers can find many interesting games to play on social networking websites like facebook in online mode. Developers also making good profit from online games on social media. Game development companies like Zinga has already been valued million dollar company which entirely depends on revenues from online gamming. Few of the most popular games are like FarmVille, Bubble blast, Pool Live Tour, Angry Birds etc. have already make their mark on the online world. Currently one of the game Criminal Case has become very popular among facebook users. And it has been officially awarded as the 'Game of the Year' by Facebook.

✎What is Criminal Case?

Criminal Case is a fun game on Facebook where you play as a detective. There is a virtual city where crimes happen and you are given the charge to investigate the crime and put the criminal into jail. You are given a case(mostly murder cases) and you have to solve it in some steps. You can have some help like a 'hint' or some powers. You go to the area where a crime has been committed, collect evidences and interrogate suspects. Also you send suspected articles to laboratory for analyzing and you review the results to solve the case. If you add your facebook friends as your game partner in Criminal Case, you can have some energy from them also. To add your friend, he/she needs to play criminal case also. In many steps, you finally complete a case sending the original criminal behind bars and move to the next case. Criminal Case is fun to play because of its elegant design and intelligent procedure of gameplay. Players move to newer instance of cases and places which are exciting to explore and they contain many fun things which makes the game more interesting. You get Daily bonus in terms of energy, coins, orange juice or burgers(a kind of gift which gives you more energy) etc. Players can earn as many gifts they can from palying the game in many terms.

✎Players:

There are more than 38 million people who likes Criminal Case official page on Facebook. Many of them are active players of Criminal Case which makes the game a most engaged game on facebook. It is also increasing its popularity day by day by giving free gifts and offers to its players in special occasions. Their gifts are like free coins which are used to enhance the look and capability of the character you are playing, free energy points to enhance your playing and 'orange juices', 'burgers', 'meals' etc which can be used to boost the energy point of a player.

✎Gameplay:

I have already told you that it is a game where you act as a detective adn investigate crimes that happen in a city. Various crime scenes are created according to the level you are in and you are able to investigate them if you have enough energy to investigate one. A player may collect energy points whe n one of his co-player or partner gets promoted or solves a case. The player can share energy points and his friends can claim to collect them. The player is promoted in his role when he moves ahead in the game.

✎Facebook Game of the Year 2013:

Facebook recently announced the names of 23 games in various categories those were recognized as facebook game of the year. Among those 23 games, Criminal Case won the award of Game of the year. It is expected that this

honour for Crimnal Case will definitely increase its popularity among facebook gammers.

Full List of Games mentioned by Facebook is given below(along with their development studio names).

♧2013 Hall of Fame:♧

Candy Crush Saga (King)

DoubleDown Casino (DoubleDown Interactive/IGT)

FarmVille 2 (Zynga)

Slotomania (Playtika/Caersar’s Interactive)

♧Staff Favorites♧

DoubleU Casino(AFewGoodSoft)

Game of Thrones Ascent (Disruptor Beam)

King’s Bounty: Legions (Nival)

Panda Jam (SGN)

Wartune (Road7/Proficient City)

War Commander (Kixeye)

♧Best New Games of 2013♧

Bake Shop Drop (Broken Bulb Studios)

Farm Heroes Saga (King)

Heart of Vegas (Product Madness/Aristocrat)

Hit it Rich Casino Slots (Zynga)

Jelly Splash (Wooga)

Kitchen Scramble (Disney Interactive)

Monster Legends (Social Point)

The Smurfs & Co: Spellbound (Ubisoft)

Soldiers Inc. (Plarium)

Solitaire Tales (Qublix)

Thunder Run War of Clans (SpinPunch Games)

Vikings Gone Wild (EveryDayiPlay)

✰✰✰✰Game of the Year 2013✰✰✰

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How to Make money using Twitter

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Yes, This is not a myth. Although, making money online is not an easy task. But you can really earn some extra money with Twitter. Yes, you read it correctly. You can earn money from your twits. I will tell you how. There is huge competition in the online market and most people trying to earn some quick bucks in the Internet fails to earn any money because of their impatience and urge for easy money.

You should always remember that easy money is a myth other than if you are not gambling or selling drugs. A person needs to work hard to earn money online. However, there are many real and legitimate ways to earn money online. Today, we spend hours on social media Twitting, Facebook sharing and in other social networking sites. However, few people know that they can earn money using the power of social media. Social media marketing is growing extensively and gaining popularity. Most business organizations are trying to expanding their market and gain profit with the help of social media marketing. But how one simple user of social media can earn money? Yes, this is possible. But you need patience and some work to earn money. You can earn money with Twitter using some tricks. Games and apps on Facebook has become a popular option to make money online. But everyone cannot afford to create a game on Facebook or not able to create an app which will make revenue. But in twitter, you do not need to program any app or game. You can earn money just for twitting. I am going to tell you how. There are numerous ways to earn money from your tweets. But I will discuss only the best options.

What you need to make money using Twitter?

To make money from Twitter, you will need-

A Twitter account (obviously). If you don’t have one, then create one. Twitter does not distinguish between person, company or any other thing. So, you can create a Twitter account for your personal name, your company or your website or blog.
Get some decent amount of followers. Twitter followers are those, who follows you and gets any tweet you post on your twitter account. To make money, get as many follower as you can. Your earning will be somewhat directly proportional to number of your followers.
Tweet regularly and have at least 50 twits on your account. Tweet about interesting things, so that people get encouraged to follow you and click on your twits.
Always maintain a basic standards for your tweets so that people do not feel compelled to unfollow you.
Share links and images in your tweets. You can share any interesting link you have read on a blog, on a news portal etc.

How to start making money with Twitter?

The following options will help you making money with Twitter.

1. Sponsored tweets: Sponsored Tweets is the most popular option to earn money with Twitter.

Sponsored tweet is a well known service with a large number of users. This service uses a Pay-Per-Click(PPC) option for your tweets. You can also set the amount you want to charge for each click. You can choose the ads you tweet from a list of ads which is updated regularly. To get started with Sponsored Tweets you should have at least 50 followers , 100 tweets in your profile and an account which is 60 days older for signing up and get qualified to sponsored tweets. Sponsored Tweets has a referral program too. You can place referral link on other social media platforms or you can place referral banner ad on your blog or website to earn profit from referral.

2. Rev Twt: Rev Twt is another popular advertising platform based on Twitter tweets. Rev Twt has a simple formula, as much follower you have you have the probability of earning that much. Because this platform uses a Pay-Per-Click(PPC) option, as many clicks your tweet generates, that many amount you earn.

Rev Twt works on the basis of two methods, CPC (Cost per Click) or CPT (Cost per Thousand Followers). You have the option add multiple twitter accounts in Rev Twt to make more money. Payments are made via paypal when you reach a minimum of $ 20 in your account.

3. MyLikes: MyLikes is another popular option to earn money on Twitter. You can use MyLikes on other platforms too like your blog, tumbler and YouTube.

You can choose from thousands of advertisers and you can also schedule the time when the advertisement will be tweeted from your twitter account. You can earn around $ 0.50 per click on your tweets and you can get a payout per week. MyLike can be a good option if you want to use it on multiple platforms and have a large number of followers.

4. BIT.LY: BIT.LY can be another option to earn money on tweets. You can easily monetize valuable contents you are sharing to social media with BIT.LY. However you would not be getting paid per click, PPC method is not followed by BIT.LY. Instead of PPC, you will need to create a profile based on your interests then advertisers can choose your account to publicize a campaign. You need to agree to send some tweets at specific schedule and you will get paid.

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How to add Facebook Pop up Like box into blog using HTML/Javascript Gadget

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You must have seen my previous blog post on this same topic, How to add a pop up like box for Facebook into your blogger blog or any website. Here is the link to the previous post. But

i think that post was a bit complicated for beginner bloggers and for those who does not have

much knowledge of javascript and web designing. There is a simpler way to achieve the same task. You can easily add a pop-up Facebook Like box in a lightbox style which will link to your blogs official Facebook page and will show up some of the faces who have already liked your page. The pop-up Like box appears in a lightbox style, i.e you see when you click on a photo in Facebook, The image opens up in zooming itself and the background content remains static. The pop-up Likebox appears the same way. The viewer can either hit 'Like' or close the window to browse further. This can be done using an HTML/Javascript gadget and without going to edit your blogs template. I will now show you step by step how to add the pop-up Like box for Facebook into your blogger blog.

Step I: Log in to your Blogger Dashboard and go to the blog where you want to add the Facebook pop-up likebox.

Step II: Click on Layout and then Add a Gadget. Select an HTML/Javascript gadget to add.

Step III: On the newly opened window for HTML/JavaScript gadget, copy and paste the following code.

  
<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js' 
type='text/javascript'></script>
<style>
#techBhuvanFBlike {
display:none;
background:rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
width:100%;
height:100%;
position:fixed;
top:0;
left:0;
z-index:99999;
}
#techBhuvanexit{
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
#techBhuvanfanbox{
background:white;
width:420px;
height:270px;
position:absolute;
top:58%;
left:63%;
margin:-220px 0 0 -375px;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 50px 0 #939393;
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 0 50px 0 #939393;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 50px 0 #939393;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
margin: -220px 0 0 -375px;
}
#techBhuvanfanclose {
float:right;
cursor:pointer;
background:
url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMTCGa87SuHCAzFC6-gvYefvhh6Kc35GqUcWxXf7POYaM5mlgoD1QWMFW90gKjaouaMOCEae6erkUCuioTMN281Xyc2Lx-T2B6WuFRZq0VWJd6pl3TMVdpKgg2pB8lOIFf-hl0OuJ4Db4/
h120/fblikeclose.png)
 repeat;
height:15px;
padding:20px;
position:relative;
padding-right:40px;
margin-top:-20px;
margin-right:-22px;
}
.removefbborder {
height:1px;
width:366px;
margin:0 auto;
background:#F3F3F3;
margin-top:16px;
position:relative;
margin-left:20px;
}
</style>

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
jQuery.cookie = function (key, value, options) {

// key and at least value given, set cookie...
if (arguments.length > 1 && String(value) !== "[object Object]") {
options = jQuery.extend({}, options);

if (value === null || value === undefined) {
options.expires = -1;
}

if (typeof options.expires === 'number') {
var days = options.expires, t = options.expires = new Date();
t.setDate(t.getDate() + days);
}

value = String(value);

return (document.cookie = [
encodeURIComponent(key), '=',
options.raw ? value : encodeURIComponent(value),
options.expires ? '; expires=' + options.expires.toUTCString() : '',
options.path ? '; path=' + options.path : '',
options.domain ? '; domain=' + options.domain : '',
options.secure ? '; secure' : ''
].join(''));
}

// key and possibly options given, get cookie...
options = value || {};
var result, decode = options.raw ? function (s) { return s; } : decodeURIComponent;
return (result = 
new RegExp('(?:^|; )' + encodeURIComponent(key) + '=([^;]*)')
.exec(document.cookie)) ? decode(result[1]) : null;
};
//]]>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
if($.cookie('popup_user_login') != 'yes'){
$('#fanback').delay(100).fadeIn('medium');
$('#fanclose, #fan-exit').click(function(){
$('#fanback').stop().fadeOut('medium');
});
}
$.cookie('popup_user_login', 'yes', { path: '/', expires: 7 });
});
</script>
<div id='techBhuvanFBlike'>
<div id='BMSboxexit'></div><div id='BMSfanbox'>
<div id='techBhuvanfanclose'></div><div class='removefbborder'></div>
<iframe allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' 
src='//www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=<span style="color: #ff0000;">
http://www.facebook.com/TechBhuvan
</span>
&width=402&
height=255&colorscheme=light&show_faces=true&
border_color=%23E2E2E2&stream=false&header=false' 
style='border: none; overflow: hidden; margin-top: -19px; width: 402px; 
height: 230px;'></iframe>
</div></div>

Step IV: Save your gadget. Then Save your template. You are done. Now test your blog opening it in browser whether it is working properly or not.

If you have liked this post, please share among your friends. If you have any query, please comment below. Thanks.

Make your friends Wipe their Facebook screen

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Hi everyone, this is a cool Facebook status update trick. Using this, you can play prank on your friends and make them wipe their Facebook screen fooling them that there are dirty spots in their screen. When you post an update, it will carry some blurry dirty spots which will spread across up and down of your normal status update area, and will give a look that there are dirt in the screen. The screen will look somewhat similar to following.

Isn’t it really cool? Well, let me proceed with the steps to teach you do this.

    First, go to Zalo text Generator by following this link>>. You will be landing in a page like following.
Enter any text you want to the blue marked area. Apply options as your choice.
Click on ‘’HE COMES ‘ . Copy the text generated in the other text area.
Go to your Facebook profile and paste the text you have copied to your status update.
Post the status and see the magic. All your friends will see the text as dirty spots scattering on the screen and will try to wipe them up.

That it. Is not it a really cool prank? If you like this, please share with your friends. Thanks.

How to Make cool Symbols in Facebook or Any Application using Keyboard key Combinations

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Here are some beautiful keyboard shortcuts using which you can create many symbols used in chatting or special purposes. Just Press the shortcut and you should get the symbol.

Shortcut Symbol Meaning
Alt + 0153............. ™......... Trademark symbol
Alt + 0169............. © ......... Copyright symbol
Alt + 0174............. ® ..........Registered trademark symbol
Alt + 0176 ............ ° ...........Degre e symbol
Alt + 0177 ............. ± ...........Plus-or -minus sign
Alt + 0182 .............. ¶ ..........Paragr aph mark
Alt + 0190 .............. ¾ .........Fractio n, three-fourths
Alt + 0215 .............. × ..........Multi plication sign
Alt + 0162............... ¢ ..........The cent sign
Alt + 0161............... ¡ ......... .Upside down exclamation point
Alt + 0191............... ¿ ......... upside down question mark
Alt + 1..................... ☺ .........sm iley face
Alt + 2 .................... ☻ .........black smiley face
Alt + 15.................. ☼ ..........sun
Alt + 12.................. ♀ ...........Female sign
Alt + 11.................. ♂ ...........Male sign
Alt + 6.................... ♠ ...........Spade
Alt + 5.................... ♣ ........... Club
Alt + 3.................... ♥ ............ Heart
Alt + 4.................... ♦ ........... Diamond
Alt + 13.................. ♪ ............eighth note
Alt + 14................. ♫ ............ beamed eighth note
Alt + 8721.... ......... ∑ ........... N-ary summation (auto sum)
Alt + 251................ √ ............square root check mark
Alt + 8236.............. ∞ ............ infinity
Alt + 24.................. ↑ ............ up arrow
Alt + 25.................. ↓ ............ down arrow
Alt + 26.................. → .............right arrow
Alt + 27.................. ← .............left arrow
Alt + 18.................. ↕ ..............up/down arrow
Alt + 29.................. ↔ ..............left right arrow

Some Interesting Facebook Images Part III

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In this section, we showcase some interesting images we've got from facebook groups and pages. All the Images are collected from facebook, and not from other sources. We do not claim the rights for the images and the credit for all images goes to the original creditor. If some image is offensive or is a proprietary material of your's then please let us know, We'll remove it ASAP.

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