Facebook Launched India Election Tracker for 2014

Facebook India today announced launch of “India Election Tracker”, an app on Facebook that will give live information on how various election candidates and parties are faring on Facebook.
The launch of the app comes on the eve of Facebook Talks live that will be conducted on March 4th to 8th between 8pm-9pm.
The Facebook App “India Election Tracker” is a dashboard where app users will be able to watch the Candidates 2014 livestreams, take a poll about the issues that matter the most to them in the election as well as compare how much the Facebook community is talking about leading candidates and parties over time.
The app will provide a live stream, giving users a upto the minute view of various candidates and parties.

In regards to the Facebook app launch, Ankhi Das, Director of Public Policy for India and South Asia said; “Today, we have over 93 million people in India engaging actively every month on Facebook. We have always been focused on making sure that we give people the power to share, and to make the world more open and connected. This and the opportunity to engage actively and regularly with constituents have led campaign teams and leaders to use the medium, making facebook a core part of the political infrastructure in the country. Our new dashboard allows every Indian citizen who uses Facebook to see how the candidates and parties are trending from now until the election”
The way elections are fought now have gone through a sea-change, thanks to technology and internet. Previously, it was impossible for an ordinary citizen to interact with political candidates, but now they have numerous channels through which they can make their voices heard. Political parties like BJP and AAP have derived tremendous advantage through their Facebook pages and Twitter feeds.
While Facebook has already launched their political tracker, I am sure something similar will coming up from Google India headquarters as well.
General Elections 2014 is a major event for India,
 And I am sure companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter will make most of it as well!

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Some Crazy Numbers of WhatsApp and its $19 Billion Acquisition by Facebook Made Today(20/2/2014)

The social juggernaut Facebook has entered an agreement to purchase massively popular instant messaging service WhatsApp. The $16 billion acquisition churns to $4 billion cash and $12 billion worth of Facebook’s stocks. In addition, Facebook is offering $3 billion in restricted stock units which will be granted to WhatsApp employees and founders.

Used by over 450 million users across the globe, the whopping 16 billion dollar valuation has left many people in shock, but it fits Facebook’s roadmap to “make the world more open and connected”. Interestingly this is about twice the price Microsoft paid for Skype three years ago. And this is by far the biggest investment Facebook has made till date.

What does this deal mean?

So what happens now? Do your WhatsApp friends start appearing on your Facebook too? Or will it be other way around? Or are we looking at one application that will offer to handle both Facebook messenger and WhatsApp? Well, none really, at least for now. Facebook says WhatsApp will work independently, with the same team and same leaders. But, it definitely wants to see some integration in the future.
“WhatsApp will complement our existing chat and messaging services to provide new tools for our community. Facebook Messenger is widely used for chatting with your Facebook friends, and WhatsApp for communicating with all of your contacts and small groups of people. Since WhatsApp and Messenger serve such different and important uses, we will continue investing in both and making them each great products for everyone.”, said Mark Zuckerberg on his Facebook page. Mobile is the next computing platform, and Facebook has laid its cards straight. Last year, the social network giant was keen on to buy Snapchat, another popular photo and video sharing service. And a year before, it bought the popular photo social network Instagram for $1 billion.
While company’s own Facebook Messenger is stack, it has failed to create a direct messaging service. Of about 450 million users who use WhatsApp, 70 percent people fire up the app everyday. Facebook notes that WhatsApp is close to surpassing the SMS volume by all the telecom companies.
In short, this is how Facebook sees the deal,

Facebook fosters an environment where independent-minded entrepreneurs can build companies, set their own direction and focus on growth while also benefiting from Facebook’s expertise, resources and scale. This approach is working well with Instagram, and WhatsApp will operate in this manner. WhatsApp’s brand will be maintained; its headquarters will remain in Mountain View, CA; Jan Koum will join Facebook’s Board of Directors; and WhatsApp’s core messaging product and Facebook’s existing Messenger app will continue to operate as standalone applications.

And Jan Koum, CEO of WhatsApp explains how this is not really going to affect you.

WhatsApp will remain autonomous and operate independently. You can continue to enjoy the service for a nominal fee. You can continue to use WhatsApp no matter where in the world you are, or what smartphone you’re using. And you can still count on absolutely no ads interrupting your communication. There would have been no partnership between our two companies if we had to compromise on the core principles that will always define our company, our vision and our product.

Founded back in 2009 by Mr. Koum and Brian Acton, two former Yahoo executives, WhatsApp is available across all popular mobile platforms. Just two years after its launch, the service received about $10 million funding. It has grown strong and has become the most popular instant messaging service by miles of difference.

Did you know that each WhatsApp employee stands to get around $54 million on an average post acquisition? This and many other crazy numbers to digest.

It’s still early morning here in India, and we woke up to some mind-blowing news of Facebook Acquiring WhatsApp for a whopping $19 Billion. Journalists, bloggers and analysts across the world have been trying to make sense of this humongous deal.
Let’s sit back and take note of these crazy numbers.
450 million active users – WhatsApp has more than 450 million active users, and if you consider the registered user base, that would be much higher. In comparison, Facebook has around 945 million active users. Considering WhatsApp is less than 5 years old, that’s a staggering number.
55 employees – WhatsApp supposedly has just 55 employees working for them, with 32 of them being the engineers. Now that translates to over 14 million active users per engineer/developer. Read that again – 14,000,000 active users per developer.
$35 per current user – The $16 billion deal values WhatsApp users at $35 each. This is pretty close to what Google had paid to YouTube. In comparison, Rakuten recently bought Viber (with around 300 million active users) for about $3 per user.
$3 billion for Employees – Usually, the employees of company getting acquired are hired with some bonus at best, but Facebook has agreed to give $3Bn in RSUs (Restricted Stock Units) which equates to approximately $54 million for each employee.
50 billion messages – Approximately 50 billion messages are exchanged on WhatsApp every day.
500 million images – WhatsApp processes 500,000,000 images every day, which is more than SnapChat’s 400 million and Facebook’s 350 million figures.
44% – That’s the percentage share of WhatsApp amongst social messaging apps which people use on a weekly basis. In comparison, Facebook messenger is at 35% and WeChat is at 28%.
70% – That’s the percentage of the active user base on WhatsApp who are active on a given day.
1 million new users per day – According to WhatsApp, the company is adding over 1,000,000 new users every day. That’s a huge growth rate for any service.
0 ads – This possibly defines what WhatsApp is all about. The company has been committed to keep the popular messaging platform ad-free. Though the creators promised that it remains autonomous even after Facebook acquisition, we should wait and what Facebook does after an year or so.
7 trillion – According to Facebook, WhatsApp’s volume is approaching the entire global telecom SMS volume, which is close to 7 trillion messages per year. That’s 7,000,000,000,000 messages!
$2 billion – Break-up fee to be given by Facebook to WhatsApp should the deal not go through. $1bn cash and $1bn shares.
100,000,000 – 500,000,000 – That’s the number of times WhatsApp is installed on Android alone. We don’t know the actual number of installs yet.
$60 million – That’s how much Sequoia supposedly invested in WhatsApp over three rounds of financing. Important thing to note here is that Sequoia is the sole venture capital firm who currently holds shares in WhatsApp. They stand to make approximately $3.4 billion out of this deal.

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Facebook Acquires WhatsApp For A Whopping $19 Billion

In a surprising move (or probably not so surprising), Facebook has bought Whatsapp for $16 billion. Facebook will pay around $4 billion in cash and the rest of the sum in Facebook shares.

Whatsapp is supposed to work independently inside facebook, not unlike Instagram. Whatsapp CEO and co-founder Jan Koum will join Facebook’s Board of Directors. Also, over the span of four years, facebook will give Whatsapp employees and founders an additional $3 billion making the total purchase price $19 billion.

This deal, in my personal opinion is because Whatsapp was probably growing too big for Facebook’s comfort. It is a strategic acquisition, as Facebook perceived them to be a major threat… and hence such big bucks!

The social messaging app Whatsapp is hugely popular owing to the fact that it acts as a substitute for messages. Where traditional messaging service is costly and has limitations to multimedia that can be handled by it, Whatsapp can be used to send texts, pictures, videos and everything in between by the internet connection via mobile internet or WiFi. Whatsapp has observed tremendous growth over the years and now boasts of over 450 million users.

Ironically, Whatsapp has only 55 employees and at a valuation of $19 billion, facebook is paying around $42 per user to Whatsapp. Also, in case the deal fails, Facebook will pay Whatsapp $1 billion as the breakup fees.

So, in all, at worst, Whatsapp gets a billion dollars out of this venture.

The most interesting thing to observe is going to be the changes that Whatsapp might have due to this. Jan Koum has been pretty clear that he is not a supporter of ads in Whatsapp whereas Facebook’s primary revenue source are ads. While Whatsapp is currently working independently, this is bound to come up at some point, possibly creating friction.

According to Facebook CEO and founder, Mark Zuckerberg-“WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people. The services that reach that milestone are all incredibly valuable.”

At this price, Facebook certainly is showing how important mobile arena is for them and how much they are willing to pay to get any competition out of the way (or maybe the correct word is ‘in the team’). Earlier they had bought a rival photosharing app Instagram for $1 billion.

Comparing the Whatsapp-Facebook deal with a few deals recently happening in the Tech industry-

• Google bought Motorola for $12.5 billion.
• Google sold Motorola (hardware division) for $2.91 billion.
• Microsoft bought Nokia for $7.17 billion.

It is hard to imagine that Facebook has considered Whatsapp almost as valuable as both Motorola ($12.5 billion) and Nokia ($7.17 billion) combined.

Facebook’s valuation of Whatsapp also tells us how much important users are from the companies perspective. Only time will tell whether it was a beneficial deal for both the companies. For now though, it will turn heads and will give Google a few concerned nights.

According to Jan Koum, WhatsApp co-founder and CEO, “WhatsApp’s extremely high user engagement and rapid growth are driven by the simple, powerful and instantaneous messaging capabilities we provide. We’re excited and honored to partner with Mark and Facebook as we continue to bring our product to more people around the world.”

Facebook was advised by Allen & Company LLC and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; and WhatsApp was advised by Morgan Stanley and Fenwick & West, LLP.

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Kickstarter gets hacked, tells users to change passwords

Summary: Kickstarter was hacked earlier this week, the crowdfunding site informed users on Saturday. While the company says the hackers didn’t gain access to credit card numbers and only two users were affected, it advised all users to change their passwords.

Kickstarter was hacked Wednesday night and the crowdfunding site advised users to change their passwords late Saturday afternoon.
The hack appeared limited to just two users’ accounts, Kickstarter said. While the company says that “No credit card data of any kind was accessed by hackers. There is no evidence of unauthorized activity of any kind on all but two Kickstarter user accounts,” the hackers did gain access to other types of information — including “usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords.”
In a blog post, Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler offered a Q&A:

“How were passwords encrypted?
Older passwords were uniquely salted and digested with SHA-1 multiple times. More recent passwords are hashed with bcrypt.
Does Kickstarter store credit card data?
Kickstarter does not store full credit card numbers. For pledges to projects outside of the US, we store the last four digits and expiration dates for credit cards. None of this data was in any way accessed.
If Kickstarter was notified Wednesday night, why were people notified on Saturday?
We immediately closed the breach and notified everyone as soon we had thoroughly investigated the situation.
Will Kickstarter work with the two people whose accounts were compromised?
Yes. We have reached out to them and have secured their accounts.
I use Facebook to log in to Kickstarter. Is my login compromised?
No. As a precaution we reset all Facebook login credentials. Facebook users can simply reconnect when they come to Kickstarter.”

Kickstarter said it’s improved its security measures and will continue to do so in coming weeks.

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Get Thousands Of Likes For Free In a Minute

The Trick is About How to Get Likes On facebook For Free...Without Doing Anything

Hey Friends Today i am back with this new Amazing Trick Of Getting thousand's of Likes, Twitter Followers, PinInterest Likes etc

We Know that many of our Blog Readers have their Own Site/Blog too.But Having a site/blog is not much, we all also want to be as much famous as possible. We are also like other Bloggers who want to be famous.
So today we are going to teach a trick to all bloggers and and site owners How to be Popular socially. Without doing any thing....

How To Get Thousand's of Fans :

The Trick starts here...
First: You need to register to a Site :::::Register it Here

Second: You will Get 50points as your registration Bonus.

Third: You all have to Earn Points  in it...Don't Worry further we are providing the Trick how to earn points.

Fourth: You all Have to enter your FB, TT, Pinit, URl of Site/Blog etc...and decide how many points you want to give to users who visit/like your pages....

Like This Only The Site rotates the traffic from one Page To Another...You All Have to do nothing ...Just Sit and Enjoy...

Description Of the Site???? 

Addmefast is free social exchange network which helps you grow your social presence.

You can add your pages/accounts/music videos/websites clicking on the green button '' Add Site/Page''. You have to choose a network type, input title (if necessary), then add the URL or username/ID and set CPC * (Cost (points) Per Click for your Site/Page - min=2 and max=10) and then click the save changes button. After this, the link you have added will appear in ''My sites'' section. If you want to pause campaign for one of your site/page - click on the pause button(CPC=0 automatically). If you want to start it again, you can click on the start button (CPC=5 automatically) and then change your CPC. You can delete the link that you have added whenever you want taking into consideration that the link that you have removed can't be added any more by another user but you. You can add unlimited amount of links for any type of network.

Some Important Features of AddMeFast: 

• Easy and Simple to Use.
• Just Register and Enjoy.
• Earning Points is Very easy, We are providing the Trick How to Earn Points.
• Higher the CPC Rate...The more Visits/Like on your Page/Blog.

Click Here To Register.... 

Now Here Comes The Original Trick:Earning Points. 

• You Just Need To Download AddOn of FireFox Browser...Named iMacros

• Now You Just need to download The Scripts.Get It Here.
•  after download scripts extract .rar file and copy all .iim files and past this location
• copy/paste your macro in - "C:/User/YOURCOMPUTERNAME/Documents/imacros/macros"
•  after pasting your files in this location open your firefox browser and click on imacros icon

•  Select any option like fb_pagelikes fb_postlikes etc etc

and in max type any value you want like this 200 or 2000
and then click on play loop
make sure when you do this your facebook and addmefast account is login

You all Are Done Now Enjoy Thousands of Fans and Followers....In A Day....

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Exclusive Airtel 3G Speed Uncapping Trick:_:July 2013

Exclusive Airtel 3G Speed Uncapping Trick

Finally we have came up with a confirmed method for Uncapping your Airtel 3G Speed. You don’t need to recharge with any 3G or data pack. This method will work with any Android phone. Yeah you need to have a Android device for Uncapping your Trick. Nowadays there are numerous ofAirtel 3G Tricks getting scattered widely over the web. Most Un-revealed tricks are being shared openly and hence almost every trick user is enjoying Free Internet over Airtel Network.

For controlling 3G Bandwidth usage Airtel have initiated Speed capping System and most of the user’s including me was victim of this. Many Senior members have discovered several tricks to Un Cap Speed but now only the 3G recharge method is working. We are here with exclusive 3G Speed Uncapping Trick for July 2013 which don’t require any recharge. Just make sure you have an Android Smartphone.

Benefits of Airtel 3G Speed Uncapping Trick:

• No 3G Recharge Required
• Easy and Secure method
• Removes Speed cap of 10kbps
• No SIM Blocking Issue
• Android handset Required
•  Workig data connection requierd for implementing with this method
• 100% Working All over India
• The trick activates 3G Zero rentyal plan via Airtel’s Official Android app.

Airtel have closed their 3G operations in many states, But still the user’s who were using Airtel 3G service are getting 3G Network on their SIM’s but they are not able toactivate zero rental pack or any other 3g plan from USSD service, Hence this trick will enable you to directly activate 3G Zero rental plan via Official Airtel Android app and then you don’t need to recharge with a 3G plan every month for speed capping.:)

Steps for Airtel 3G Speed Uncapping Trick

Here is the simple yet reliable steps for Un capping your Airtel 3G Speed for VPN or other Tricks, Just follow the instructions below as shown in Screenshots.

• First you need to Download Airtel official Android app on your Smartphone/tablet

• Download official Airtel App from Google play 

• (You need to Like or tweet for Downloading the App directly)

• Now connect Internet on Android with AirtelGPRS.com as APN

• Now just launch the Airtel App and follow the instructions below..

• On the Airtel App, Just TAP on the 3G button to view all 3G tariffs.

• Now hit on 3G Tariff and select the “”preplan 202″ or zero rental plan andActivate it. (Check out the screenshot below)

Who oho! you have successfully activated the 3G Zero rental plan and now just check your 3G Speed with any Airtel 3G tricks in our 3G tricks Section. This method also works in Blocked SIMs. Just an Android handset is required.

The Airtel Speed Uncapping Trick via Android app is discovered by a User: Trickdad, All the credits goes to Him. If you have any doubts or questions feel free to ask us in comments section. Do share this post with your Friends and help them to Uncap their 3G Speed.:)

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Earn Money Online By Doing Nothing

Earn Money Online By Doing Nothing from m-Ginger

Yes you heard Right. Now you can earn money Online by doing Nothing. You have to do only is just Register with m-Ginger website and leave it. This website doesn't want any Penny for registration. Its a SMS based website which send you SMS daily in account of m-Ginger and your account is automatically credited for receiving SMS. Join m-Ginger by click here.

What is m-Ginger?

m-Ginger is operated by Ginger Soft Pvt. Ltd. in Banglore, India. m-Ginger is the advertisement base program of various products which they initiates to their customers through receiving sms. Now it has more than 7 Millions users after the developing of m-Ginger. It is widely grown website, many users join daily and earned from m-Ginger. It also provides many deals as Accessories or Products from which you can purchase online from them.

Does m-ginger really works?

Most of the people think that all these kinds of online jobs or services is just a scam but friends m-Ginger is not a scam. Yes m-Ginger is 100% legit. This service is available only for Indian users. They pay you on time and pays very fast. They will pay via check when you cross 300 rs.

How much can you earn from m-Ginger?

There is no such limit of earning form m-Ginger. We honestly Speaking you can't earn much from m-Ginger. To earn the legitimate income from m-ginger you need to refer your friends. You can earn much as you can but you have a number of good referrals. The more you refer the more you gain. So refer your friends and increase members for better income. Currently i m earning 15-20 rs from m-Ginger which is much sufficient for recharging our mobile balance.

Secrets to earn money from m-Ginger.

• To earn decent amount from m-Ginger you should refer your friends.
• If you lived in metro cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Banglore then you don't get ad daily.
• More you refer more you gain is the secret to earn decent amount from m-Ginger. 

            

Hope you like my article Earn money online by dong Nothing. Stay tuned with us and keeps visiting for more earning methods in a legitimate way. Like us on Facebook.

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Increase Internet Speed in Mobile WORKING 100%

How to Increase Internet Speed in Mobile

Hi Friends  its Time to Increase your Internet Speed by a Simple Trick in Mobile. you may not be knowing That sometimes Changing our DNS servers may increase your Speed a Lot. In Companies DNS cache is Flushed and Cleared every Day to maintain Good Speed. I recently Shared a very Easy tweaks to Increase  Speed in Windows 7.but if you are having windows 7 or Windows 8. then this is the Right Trick for you. Increase Internet Speed In Mobile

Increase Internet Speed in Mobile

Their  must be many Tricks and Hacks to SpeedUp Internet in Windows 7. But to do that All Tweaks in system you need to be a Pro or Geek expert. So by not going deep Inside we will going to use a Simple DNS Trick which Speedups your Browsing and downloading in Mobile or Windows 8 beta.

Increase Internet Speed Through Open DNS

What is openDNS?

The DNS (Domain Name System) is the phonebook of the Internet. When you enter a website into a browser, it’s DNS that finds the optimal machine to serve that website to you. Without it, browsing as we know it would not be possible.
For Example:
When you type an internet address in your web browser “ www.google.com“, the request first goes to the DNS servers of your local ISP. These “Domain Name Servers” will translate the web URL into some cryptic and hard-to-remember numeric address ” 74.125.39.104″

Increase Internet Speed by Open DNS

Open DNS serve 30 billion DNS requests to 20 million customers every day, with plenty of capacity to spare. You’re probably using DNS service from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) today, but ISPs have notoriously unreliable and slow service. OpenDNS is the best  DNS service available and its the best solution for slow internet Connections. When i was Using 2g still i use sometimes. i have Open DNS Configured in my computer. To be honest my Speed is increased 30% faster.

Steps to Setup OpenDNS on your Android Mobile.

Step 1

Press the "Menu" button on the Android. Tap "Settings."

Step 2

Tap "Wireless & Networks." Tap "Wi-Fi Settings."

Step 3

Press the "Menu" button. Tap "Advanced."

Step 4

Tap "DNS 1." Press and hold the backspace key to erase the existing DNS, and then type the new primary DNS address "208.67.222.222" or "208.67.220.220" into the text field. Tap "OK."

Step 5

Tap "DNS 2." Erase the old DNS address, and then enter the new secondary DNS server address using the on-screen keyboard. Press the "Back" button four times to return to the home screen.

Steps to setup DNS on your IPhone:

Step 1

Open the Settings app on your iPhone while connected to a wireless network.

Step 2

Click on the "Wi-Fi" option on the top-level Settings menu.

Step 3

Click on the blue arrow next to the wireless network for which you wish to change DNS settings.

Step 4

Click on the DNS option under the settings for the chosen wireless network. The current value will be equal to two IP addresses separated by a comma. If only one IP address is visible, only a primary DNS has been set on your phone.

Step 5

Enter the primary and secondary IP address of the DNS you wish to use for this wireless connection in the future. "208.67.222.222" , "208.67.220.220" to use OpenDNS. The secondary DNS provides a backup should the primary be unreachable. You may configure the secondary DNS even if you previously had only a primary set.

Step 6

Click the "Wi-Fi Networks" navigation arrow to save the entered settings and return to the previous settings screen.

Test OpenDNS Configuration 

Thats All. now you have SpeedUp your Internet Connection

Ya that’s True. Sometimes we don’t know but our Net Speed is slow because of DNS and we think it is a Network problem or Virus problem. But after doing the above Steps shown in a very easy way be me. You will Feel the change in your Internet Speed. Yes, its Increase Internet Speed on your Windows 7 computer or Laptop, Mobiles. Enjoy

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Discount on Movie Tickets, free pizza, free cappuccino, and many special coupons.....for discounts and free things.....

Hello all my friends,
I've written this post to inform you all about our giveaways,

We are starting new project of giveaways to our fans,
GIVEAWAYS can include Discount on Movie Tickets, free pizza, free cappuccino, and many special coupons.....for discounts and free things.....

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Free Facebook on Vodafone Forever-:-november,2012

Free facebook forever for vodafone Users:::
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Again we are back with sharing all new Vodafone Facebook Site Tricks.  Almost everyone knows Exceeding limits of Proxy Tricks in vodafone mat lead in SIM Blocking but if you Use in fair Limits nothing Will happen. We are sharing this Vodafone Proxy Tricks , we are not responsible for any Causes. Its always better to use any VPN Tricks , but in some cases NO VPN tricks works this is the Option Left to Use. Lets see its features and Method to Use.

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High Speed Vodafone facebook Proxy Tricks

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We have so many Tricks in our Site, So you ca use the one suitable for you. Coming on to this Vodafone facebook Proxy Site Tricks Speed depends upon your Network Strength, However Speed Capping is the only Issues in Vodafone no days. But Still it is better to use something for free. 

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Change Facebook themes

Many Of My Friends Think that these theme changing Tricks are fake... But All the TricksWhich are post by our Safe Tricks Team are 100% working and fully secured.  Because our team respects their loyal readers...:)

Now Want To Change Your Boring Old Facebook Theme. Just Follow My these simple steps.

Important Note :- This Trick is only for Mozilla Firefox. 

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