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Today Facebook has changed a bit of your profile – the part where you’ve got your email listed right out in the open to the public – so that it connects not to the email you entered, but to the Facebook email you never knew you had. If your specific Facebook URL is “therealchrisburns”, then your email is now “therealchrisburns@facebook.com” – convenient for some, a bit of a hassle for most. Let’s have a quick peek at how we can fix this up in a jiffy.

All you’ve got to do is head to your own profile page, hit the button that says, “Update Info,” scroll down to Contact Info, and hit “Edit.” From here you’ll see that you’ve got the new Facebook email alongside the email you already had in place. Take that Facebook email out or decide for yourself if you’d like to make the change.

Facebook is already taking quite a bit of flack over this situation as Facebook users, on the whole, don’t like to have their profile changed. A public network such as Facebook will certainly continue to change as they move towards a more profitable model each and every day, and Facebook’s users will continue to rebel while they stay inside the fold. It’s a strange social networking world we live in today, folks, that’s for sure.

Fix your Facebook email instantly is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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This week the rumors have been proven true as Microsoft announces that they’ll be purchasing Yammer for $1.2 billion in cash. This deal will have the enterprise social network business Yammer joining the Microsoft Office Division lead by President Kurt DelBene, but will have the Yammer team continuing to report to their current CEO David Sacks. This deal was previously tipped for release at the event that ended up turning into the Microsoft Surface tablet reveal.

This acquisition has the 5 million corporate users of Yammer working with Microsoft to push forward. Yammer was launched in 2008 and currently has 85 percent of the employees included in the Fortune 5000 working with it. This company brings a secure, private social network to the business world, allowing then companies to have ease in converting “a grassroots movement into companywide strategic initiative.”

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft had the following to say on the acquisition:

“The acquisition of Yammer underscores our commitment to deliver technology that businesses need and people love. Yammer adds a best-in-class enterprise social networking service to Microsoft’s growing portfolio of complementary cloud services.” – Balmer

Speaking on the joining of these two forces for the greater good of the future, Yammer CEO David Sacks had the following to say:

“When we started Yammer four years ago, we set out to do something big. We had a vision for how social networking could change the way we work. Joining Microsoft will accelerate that vision and give us access to the technologies, expertise and resources we’ll need to scale and innovate.” – Sacks

This deal will have Yammer continuing to develop its standalone service, with Microsoft in the very near future aiming to accelerate the business-based social network’s adoption with bundles that include Microsoft SharePoint, Office 365, Skype, and Microsoft Dynamics.

Microsoft acquiring Yammer for $1.2 billion is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Facebook has a new feature that iOS and Android users can now start to take advantage of called Find Friends Nearby. Originally dubbed “Friendshake”, the feature allows you to see friends who are nearby, as well as potential friends, provided they’re also using Find Friends Nearby. The new feature is primarily aimed at those meeting people for the first time who want to quickly add details to Facebook.

Ryan Patterson, an engineer for Facebook, designed the app at a hackathon event to easily exchange contact information. Rather than hunting for specific names, which can result in finding the wrong people or entering typos, Find Friends Nearby allows both users to log into and see each others details easily and quickly.

The feature has bigger implications too. Rather than just finding people in the immediate area, Facebook could add additional features that that allow you to find people with similar interests, or maybe find friends of friends. Highlight is an app launched at SXSW that has the same functionality already, but Facebook integrating the same features would help command a much larger audience.

There’s two ways to use the new feature. The first is by going to a mobile webpage found at http://fb.com/ffn, and the second is by digging through the iOS and Android app menus. Users need to go to Menu -> Apps -> Find Friends -> Other Tools, then tap on Find Friends Nearby.

[via TechCrunch]

Facebook adds Find Friends Nearby to mobile apps is written by Ben Kersey & originally posted on SlashGear.
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