FaceBook Login

As you all know by now - Facebook happens to be the single most popular Social Networking website on the Internet. Facebook currently has approximately has more than 400 million active users currently worldwide, which makes it the most sought after web property second to Google.

When you are speaking about 400 million users on facebook, the Facebook login problems are also very similar to the login problems that you will face on any other website online. What I am trying to emphazize here is not the common forgotten username / password kind of problem but at most sophisticated problems related to phishing Facebook accounts which many other large websites online too have to worry about - did I forget google's set of misseries in the early days?

We currently have two different versions of the Facebook Login page online - the standard login page to your facebook account that loads up on your web browser, the other version is called Facebook Lite which is mainly a mobile version of Facebook with faster loading times and also less data on the page. Both these pages have an option called the forgot password which links to a page that helps you change the Facebook password in case you have forgotten the original facebook password.

I would recommend users who often forget their Facebook password to use an online Password Manager that helps you to easily fill your password when online. An online password manager will remember the username and password for your Facebook account, and it will also automatically fill the details into the login form at the Facebook homepage - some even have the functionality to do a Facebook login automatically too (How lazy can it get folks!!).

Well, Facebook users often experience other login problems that may not be really related to the Facebook login page o- at such times it is recommended to clear the web browser cache - which will help you fetch a new copy of the website form the webserver again. I can also think of another way to overcome the Facebook login issue by using a different web browser from the one in which you are having problems to see if the login problem still exists. If it still exists you can very well be sure that web browser is not the real problem here nor is it to do anything with the browser settings that may be the culprit for the Facebook login problems the user is facing.

Do read the tips on Facebook Login.

A few FaceBook Login Tips

Here are a few tips for Facebook Login problems that have become very common nowadays. if you follow these tips, you can be sure to reduce the number of issues you face with your Facebook login.

• You should NEVER and EVER click on links from other webpages to visit the Facebook login page. Many a times clicking a Short Url may land you on the Facebook login page - simply close the page and open a new browser session and type the url manually yourself.
• You must always remember to enter the url directly into your web browser's navigation bar to goto the Facebook login page.
• Take a few second to reconfirm the url displayed on the navigation bar and also do a check on the website before you start entering your log in information.
• It is a good practice to use a password manager to enter the login details and process your login. That way no key-press for key loggers to know.
• Always ensure that you have a very secure password with consists of atleast eight characters/digits. This should include atleast one number, atleast one CAPITAL letter and atleast one special character.
• Never give your username and password to anyone - let them be your best friend or family member. You'll never know how knowingly or unknowingly that information can land in the wrong hands.
• Always make it a habit to change your online password the very minute you suspect the account has been compromised - No second thoughts.

Well, that's all the gyan I could think off - if you have any other tips, do post it in the comments below - deeply appreciated.

Also you can find more Facebook login information and some very good security tips at the Facebook Official Login Helper site.

Free Invites for new Orkut – anyone wants?

Many of you folks send e-mails to me asking for an invite to the new Orkut eversince I wrote about the New Orkut. Though the steps were very simple to get an invite easily on the New Orkut but many were unable to get one.

So, here’s some very good news for you folks.

Well I am giving away the invites on a FCFS (First Comment First Serve) basis. You simply need to comment on this post below and also mail me at .

So what are you waiting for folks!! Get started – the new Orkut is really worth the wait I feel.

Simple Steps to easily get an invite to the New Orkut for Free

A new avatar of the popular social networking website - Orkut has been launched a few days back by Google. It seems that Google has finally woken up to the strides taken by Facebook to make it more leaner, fun and simple to work with. The new Orkut seems more like a union of the existing (or should I say OLD) Orkut and Facebook.

Orkut has been on a steady on a decline as more and more users are switching to FaceBook. This includes even me - I too was a loyal Orkut user for years until I was sucked into Facebook a few months / year back and ever since haven't looked back.

So the new Orkut is only open to private invitations currently. Here's how you can easily get an invite to access the all new Orkut. Since the new Orkut is available to only a few users - so make haste!!

Follow the steps given below and you can easily get a Free invite to use the new Orkut :

• Head to the Official webpage of the new Orkut Community.
• On the page you will find a link marked as "BE THE FIRST TO PREVIEW THE NEW ORKUT HERE!". Click on it and it opens a form to enter your details and lo!! your on your way to get an invite for the all new Orkut!!
  

Ain't this simple? Do try it atleast for the fun of it.

Here are a few screen shots of the all new Orkut.





Here is also an official video released by Google. BTW, most of this work was done at the Google R&D hub at Hyderabad, India.

How to easily download Entire / Complete Photo Albums from FaceBook

A few days back, we had been on a trip down country side with my friends. We were about 10 of us and carried 6-7 cameras. As one can expect - after returning from the trip we had 6 different sets of photos - some snaps were good in some camera's, so I had to download each of the albums to store it on my Hard Disk for personal memoirs. But how do I do it?

Well - I started hunting for an app that could help me download entire albums off FaceBook easily. Then I found a very cool free Firefox plug-in called as FreePAD - short for Facebook Photo Album Downloader!! It allows you to easily download entire albums of photos of friends off the internet easily.

P.S: This will work only in Firefox - so you need Firefox to be installed first.

• Download the FacePAD Firefox extension directly from here. You may get a message block from Firefox - right click and allow that.
  
• Once you have installed - You will need to re-start Firefox to begin using the new extension.
  
• You will now see FacePAD added to your list of Plugins in Firefox.
  
• Head over to your friend's profile page and click on Photos. There you will find all the albums of your friends. Simply right click on the photo album and you will now get a new option "Download Album with FacePAD". Go ahead and download the album.
  
• Currently you get a weird message to indicate that the album download has begun.
  
• You will now find all the photos of the FaceBook album neatly downloaded to your Hard Disk with absolutely no effort.
  

Now that's a really cool app to have. Makes tasks that much more simpler and fun.

Complete list of Orkut Country Specific Websites – use these when Orkut is blocked to scrap

Orkut – the popular social networking website from the Google stable has many country specific websites. Though most of us are only aware of www.Orkut.com yet there are specific websites for India, United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Israel, Portugal and Australia currently.

Orkut is very popular in Brazil, followed by India – but atleast in India I see Facebook to become more popular by the day – though the quizzes may be crazy, games may be kiddish – yet the flocks head towards FaceBook!!

Here is the list of Country specific Orkut websites that may be useful for you to use when the Orkut.com website is blocked at your school, college or office. You could try one of the below Orkut websites and can log-in with your original user credentials.

• India : www.Orkut.co.in
• Australia : www.Orkut.com.au
• United Kingdom : www.Orkut.co.uk
• Brazil : www.Orkut.com.br
• Canada : www.Orkut.ca
• Germany : www.Orkut.de
• Israel : www.Orkut.co.il
• New Zealand : www.Orkut.co.nz
• Portugal : www.Orkut.pt

Happy Surfing!! You could also use one of the proxy websites to access Orkut when it is blocked.

How to easily get the Highest Score and Fastest Time in FaceBook / MindJolt Crazy Taxi Game

Well, of late I have been playing a few FaceBook games like SCRAMBLE, SCRABBLE, Crazy Taxi, etc. I was just checking the High Scores for Crazy Taxi and found quite a few folks having a magic 7 Digit score and I was here struggling with my pals with scores of 5 digits.

So, this afternoon I was looking for any tricks to update the score manually – I found that there was the score being sent via the query string along with a Random Key called as ‘gamekey’ which was being changed for every game. But with so many trials and errors – yet I couldn’t find a solution. Again, a few moments back the idea struck to me to find a solution and I did quite a bit of research and here is the solution I found.

Using these simple steps below you can very easily get high scores in FaceBook Crazy Taxi game:

• Download the latest version of a cool software called Cheat Engine 5.5 from here (MediaFire Link) or the creator’s website and install it.
• Now goto the Crazy Taxi Game page using either Internet Explorer or Mozilla FireFox (I haven’t tested it on other browsers yet).
• Once, you get the main screen of Crazy Taxi – head over to the newly installed Cheat Engine and Open it.
  
• Click on the “Computer Icon” (Step 1 in above Screenshot).
• A Process List Pops up, If you are using Firefox – select it from the list (Step 2 in above Screenshot). Else if you are using Internet Explorer, you will need to select iexplore.exe from the list.
• Then hit the Open Button (Step 3 in above Screenshot).
  
• The above screen opens up.
• Select “Enable Speedhack” (Step 1 in above Screenshot).
• Then set the speed to around 100 by using the slider or entering the value (Step 2 in above Screenshot).
• Click Apply (Step 3 in above Screenshot).
• Now head back to the Crazy Taxi game in your browser and hit Start.
• Remember to hold the Up arrow key before you press start again.

Now you can simply sit back and enjoy as your scores fly by and also the cars. You can very easily score really high points like me (Screenshot below).

As you can clearly see, I have simply crossed all my pals scores in just a tiffy. Now am aiming to come up at challenging the “All of FaceBook” high scores.

But please note that this method is currently working in Windows XP and Vista only. Hope you folks find this useful.