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November 6, 2009

Five Incredibly Useful Things You Can Do Without Ever Leaving Facebook

I have been spending a fair amount of time on Facebook since they updated the news feed feature, mostly because I can get a quick read on what's new. I like how they show you "trends from friends." In the process, I am discovering that it's becoming a one-stop shop for many of my day-to-day activities. Here are five things that I recently found you can do right from within Facebook without having to leave...

1) Read, search and post tweets via Twitgether, a full-featured Twitter client

2) Watch TV streams via Hulu

3) Catch up with the local weather, using WeatherBug

4) Read blog and news RSS feeds with Frontpage News

5) Follow sports scores and more via Citizen Sports

         
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Comments (10)

Nov 06, 2009
Jay Cross said...
Steve, what's the advantage of doing stuff like checking the weather or watching Hulu from within Facebook?
Nov 06, 2009
r4 ds said...
Thanx for the valuable information. This was just the thing I was looking for, keep posting. Will be visiting back soon.
Nov 07, 2009
steve cunningham said...
Steve - are you spending more time within Facebook as opposed to doing those things the "old fashioned" way?
Nov 07, 2009
Peter Handzus said...
pat uzitocnych veci ktore mozete urobit bez toho aby ste opustili FB
Nov 08, 2009
bloggers said...
Please drop the mouse and Step back from the computer :)
Hey since 98.9% of all status updates are lame and worthless
can't blame you for looking for cool things to do :)
I'm going to check out that twitgether thanks
Nov 08, 2009
Doug Anderson said...
Facebook looks a lot like my AOL home page looked in the 1990s. What are the advantages to accessing from w/in FB and not the webpages themselves?
Nov 09, 2009
Stephen Woodall said...
Facebook is simply evolving. It wants as many users as possible and wants them to have as much control over their interface as possible. It does not surprise me that those tools are available through Facebook. (I think it is more surprising to see what other apps and tools are also implemented in FB.)

Everyone is looking for that silver bullet, the one-stop shop. This is Facebook attempting it by incorporating popular tools, manipulation of interface, detailed privacy settings, etc. I can't wait to see them take it to the next step and do something truly original and unseen before in social media.

Nov 09, 2009
SEO Denver said...
The Facebook home page emerges - overrunning cnn.com which is probably good thing.
Nov 10, 2009
Gary Baker said...
Thanks Steve, good list. In addition to Hulu, ClipBlast gives you the tools to watch, save and share video from thousands of great video sources from across the web within Facebook. CliplBlast : http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=5423824121&v=info
Nov 12, 2009
S * Y said...
Excellent post....

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