Facebook Status Update Notifier

Ghacks has a post for Google’s Facebook Status Update Notifier.

This will display Facebook status updates right on the Windows desktop. It uses a semi-transparent window to display the unread messages, pokes, friend requests and invites.

The Facebook status notifier uses roughly 1.5 Megabytes with the transparent window open and the main application window minimized in the system tray. The software program requires the Microsoft .net Framework (not mentioned which version). It can be downloaded from the Google Code project website.

Update Your Facebook Profile from Outlook

SlackerGeek has a post on how to Update Your Facebook Profile from Outlook.

This requires an add-on to Outlook called FBLook.

Facebook Lite on trial

Facebook Lite is a stripped-down version of Facebook that loads the more important functions, faster than the full version.

This is something Facebook is trying out, but it seems to be a useful way to handle Facebook on slower networks.

TweetDeck: a simple & fast way to Twitter

TweetDeck is billed as a simple and fast way to experience Twitter.  It also handles Facebook.

UnHub: Aggregate Your Social Networking

MakeUseOf has a post on UnHub, which allows you to Aggregate Your Social Network Profiles On One Page.

UnHub is an online service that lets you aggregate all your social network identities on one page and then easily share that page with others. This page shows persistent iframe bar with tabs for each of your online profiles (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn , Flickr… etc.).