[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8szrFilYJU&w=600&rel=0] Karen writes: Hey Ben, do you have any suggestions for how to get the Pinterest pin button to work on an iPad 2? I had no trouble installing it on my PC laptop, but the directions for adding one...
Imagine a huge, virtual pinboard, covered with photos of the hottest fashions, mouth-watering meals, stylish home wares, gotta-read books, and shiny gadgets, all “pinned” on the web by thousands of everyday users. That’s the idea behind Pinterest, a...
Beth writes: I signed up for Facebook with my married name a few years ago, but my old friends from my single days (esp. high school and college) are having a hard time finding me. Is there any way to add my maiden name to my Facebook account without changing my...
It’s all too easy to forget how public your Facebook profile really is. Sure, it might seem like you’re sharing that snapshot of dessert (“Mmmm!”) or your latest random rant (“Can’t take this anymore!”) with only your close-knit circle of Facebook pals, but...
Just because you’ve chosen, say, “Friends” as your default Facebook sharing setting on the Privacy Settings page doesn’t mean only your confirmed friends will see your next status update. Why? Because for most Facebook posts, the default...
Terry writes: Is there any way to keep Facebook from suggesting me to others as a “Person You May Know”? I’m getting all kinds of random requests from people I barely know and I want it to stop. Hi Terry! So here’s the deal: you can’t...
Don’t want a certain Facebook friend to see you’re online? Sure, you could switch the entire Facebook chat sidebar into “offline” mode, but then you’d be invisible to all your friends. The trick, as All Facebook reports, is a new...
Need to know what your Facebook friends are doing the moment they do it? If so, the Facebook ticker is a wonderful thing; otherwise, it’s one of the most annoying things on Facebook. The good news, though, is that you can—finally!—hide it completely. Want to...
Don’t like getting tagged in someone else’s Facebook photo? Had it up to here with the ticker? Want to change the privacy settings for all your old posts in one fell swoop? Read on for 10 tips that’ll make life on Facebook easier—and more private....
Some people love it, most seem to hate it. Until now, though, there was no real way to completely hide the Facebook ticker—you know, that scrolling feed of real-time alerts that ticks off each and every activity of your Facebook friends, no matter how minuscule they...
