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Facebook is trying to expand its trademark rights over the word “book” by adding the claim to a newly revised version of its “Statement of Rights and Responsibilities,” the agreement all users implicitly consent to by using or accessing Facebook.
You may recall that Facebook has launched multiple lawsuits against websites incorporating the word “book” into their names. Facebook, as far as we can tell, doesn’t have a registered trademark on “book.” But trademark rights can be asserted based on use of a term, even if the trademark isn’t registered, and adding the claim to Facebook’s user agreement could boost the company’s standing in future lawsuits filed against sites that use the word.
“Unregistered marks are quite common in the US,” University of Minnesota Law Professor William McGeveran told Ars. “Rights arise from use, not registration (though registration does give you some other advantages). That’s how Facebook can try to claim ‘book.’” If you see a ™ next to a name, that indicates an unregistered, claimed trademark, whereas an R in a circle signifies a registered one, McGeveran notes.
» via ars technica
Facebook is only seven years old and has only been open to non-college students for five years (kids under 13 are not offiially allowed to join), so researchers have not had much time to study the emotional, physical, and psychological effects it could have on kids. But science has proven at least one thing: Facebook does something to some people’s brains, probably.
» via The Atlantic
Keeping up with Facebook on Ubuntu has never been an issue; there are a tonne of applications available that let you do everything from read your stream to upload photos and update your status.
If that much Facebook on your desktop sounds like too much you might benefit from ‘Faccialibro‘ – a simple Unity Launcher applet that lets you know of unread messages, notifications and friend requests – and nothing more.
Download and install the Facebook Applet for Unity
Want to add it? First install ‘python-facebook‘ (click link to install)’.
The applet can be downloaded from the site of the of the developer, mirko, at mirkoweb.org/Faccialibro.tar.gz
Let the download fully complete, then extract the archive into your Home folder.
Next, open into your Home folder and press CTRL+H to reveal hidden file and folders.
Locate and open the folder ‘.faccialibro‘ (note the period proceeding the name)
Inside this folder right-click on the file named ‘Faccialibro.desktop’, selecting the ‘Properties’ item from the menu.
Replace the name ‘mirko‘ present in the ‘Command’ field to that of your username. Your username can be seen next to the Home folder icon at the top of the Nautilus sidebar. To apply the icon drag the ‘facebook.png’ icon into the icon field square. to the left of the entry fields.
Lastly select the ‘Permissions’ tab, where you should check the box next to ‘Allow executing file as program’.
All that remains now is to drag the ‘Faccialibro‘ file onto the Unity Launcher so we can use it: -
Authorise the application with Facebook
In order for Faccialibro to receive notification of alerts it first has to be ‘authorised’ with Facebook. This isn’t a hassle; click on the Faccialibro icon now in your launcher to launch Facebook in your browser where a prompt will appear asking you to ‘Allow’ permission to the app.
Once authorised you can close the window and let the applet do the work.
Source : www.omgubuntu.co.uk
