12/16/2011
People around the world began seeing messages from Facebook on Thursday encouraging them to start scrapbooking their life.
The service's new Timeline profiles, which Facebook introduced nearly three months ago at its annual conference, is now available to any of the site's 800 million users who decide to activate it. Soon, Facebook will turn it on for everybody with an alert at the top of profiles, the company said in a blog post.
Timeline will arrange a user's posts, photos and important milestones (weddings, births of children, etc.) chronologically in two columns of information, with a blue line marked by dates running vertically down the middle. On the right, visitors can easily skip to certain months or years to see what was happening at that time in a person's life, and below that is advertisements.
In addition to a standard profile picture, users can now set a cover photo, a large shot that appears at the top of each Timeline profile.
Facebook has said the idea behind Timeline is to chronicle someone's life and its major events over many years instead of the social network's current profile pages, which tend to emphasize the here and now.
For those anxious to see what kind of past info or photos Facebook may find, the clock starts ticking as soon as Timeline is turned on. Once that happens, a user has seven days to review the new layout and edit things before it goes public and can be viewed by friends. Each user can choose during that time to unveil their page before the seven days are up; regardless, Facebook will publish the page automatically after a week.
People can choose to "feature" major life events, such as engagements or injuries (which is now an optional type of status update), or hide more embarrassing ones. A new Activity Log page makes it easier to see everything and to find certain posts.
Facebook app developers began testing Timeline profiles in September, and the company has not made significant changes to it since then. This update has followed Facebook's "slow rollout" mantra for product launches.
"We're more than what we did just recently," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during the announcement earlier this year. "We want to design a place that feels like your home."
Inevitably, when Facebook makes changes, some users complain about the new look of their pages. In this case, many users may not be fully aware of Facebook's latest redesign until it shows up on the site.
"Facebook is about to completely change the way its profile pages look as part of the website's biggest redesign so far, and only a fraction of the website's 800 million users seem to have the slightest clue," wrote Mashable founder Pete Cashmore in a September column for CNN.
"So yes, you will hate the new Facebook profile when it launches ... " he added. "Then, like me, you'll realize that Facebook has unleashed something so remarkable that you didn't even recognize it at first: A meaningful social network. And ... you'll wonder why life wasn't always this way, and how you got by without it."
The service's new Timeline profiles, which Facebook introduced nearly three months ago at its annual conference, is now available to any of the site's 800 million users who decide to activate it. Soon, Facebook will turn it on for everybody with an alert at the top of profiles, the company said in a blog post.
Timeline will arrange a user's posts, photos and important milestones (weddings, births of children, etc.) chronologically in two columns of information, with a blue line marked by dates running vertically down the middle. On the right, visitors can easily skip to certain months or years to see what was happening at that time in a person's life, and below that is advertisements.
In addition to a standard profile picture, users can now set a cover photo, a large shot that appears at the top of each Timeline profile.
Facebook has said the idea behind Timeline is to chronicle someone's life and its major events over many years instead of the social network's current profile pages, which tend to emphasize the here and now.
For those anxious to see what kind of past info or photos Facebook may find, the clock starts ticking as soon as Timeline is turned on. Once that happens, a user has seven days to review the new layout and edit things before it goes public and can be viewed by friends. Each user can choose during that time to unveil their page before the seven days are up; regardless, Facebook will publish the page automatically after a week.
People can choose to "feature" major life events, such as engagements or injuries (which is now an optional type of status update), or hide more embarrassing ones. A new Activity Log page makes it easier to see everything and to find certain posts.
Facebook app developers began testing Timeline profiles in September, and the company has not made significant changes to it since then. This update has followed Facebook's "slow rollout" mantra for product launches.
"We're more than what we did just recently," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during the announcement earlier this year. "We want to design a place that feels like your home."
Inevitably, when Facebook makes changes, some users complain about the new look of their pages. In this case, many users may not be fully aware of Facebook's latest redesign until it shows up on the site.
"Facebook is about to completely change the way its profile pages look as part of the website's biggest redesign so far, and only a fraction of the website's 800 million users seem to have the slightest clue," wrote Mashable founder Pete Cashmore in a September column for CNN.
"So yes, you will hate the new Facebook profile when it launches ... " he added. "Then, like me, you'll realize that Facebook has unleashed something so remarkable that you didn't even recognize it at first: A meaningful social network. And ... you'll wonder why life wasn't always this way, and how you got by without it."
People around the world began seeing messages from Facebook on Thursday encouraging them to start scrapbooking their life.
The service's new Timeline profiles, which Facebook introduced nearly three months ago at its annual conference, is now available to any of the site's 800 million users who decide to activate it. Soon, Facebook will turn it on for everybody with an alert at the top of profiles, the company said in a blog post.
Timeline will arrange a user's posts, photos and important milestones (weddings, births of children, etc.) chronologically in two columns of information, with a blue line marked by dates running vertically down the middle. On the right, visitors can easily skip to certain months or years to see what was happening at that time in a person's life, and below that is advertisements.
In addition to a standard profile picture, users can now set a cover photo, a large shot that appears at the top of each Timeline profile.
Facebook has said the idea behind Timeline is to chronicle someone's life and its major events over many years instead of the social network's current profile pages, which tend to emphasize the here and now.
For those anxious to see what kind of past info or photos Facebook may find, the clock starts ticking as soon as Timeline is turned on. Once that happens, a user has seven days to review the new layout and edit things before it goes public and can be viewed by friends. Each user can choose during that time to unveil their page before the seven days are up; regardless, Facebook will publish the page automatically after a week.
People can choose to "feature" major life events, such as engagements or injuries (which is now an optional type of status update), or hide more embarrassing ones. A new Activity Log page makes it easier to see everything and to find certain posts.
Facebook app developers began testing Timeline profiles in September, and the company has not made significant changes to it since then. This update has followed Facebook's "slow rollout" mantra for product launches.
"We're more than what we did just recently," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during the announcement earlier this year. "We want to design a place that feels like your home."
Inevitably, when Facebook makes changes, some users complain about the new look of their pages. In this case, many users may not be fully aware of Facebook's latest redesign until it shows up on the site.
"Facebook is about to completely change the way its profile pages look as part of the website's biggest redesign so far, and only a fraction of the website's 800 million users seem to have the slightest clue," wrote Mashable founder Pete Cashmore in a September column for CNN.
"So yes, you will hate the new Facebook profile when it launches ... " he added. "Then, like me, you'll realize that Facebook has unleashed something so remarkable that you didn't even recognize it at first: A meaningful social network. And ... you'll wonder why life wasn't always this way, and how you got by without it."
The service's new Timeline profiles, which Facebook introduced nearly three months ago at its annual conference, is now available to any of the site's 800 million users who decide to activate it. Soon, Facebook will turn it on for everybody with an alert at the top of profiles, the company said in a blog post.
Timeline will arrange a user's posts, photos and important milestones (weddings, births of children, etc.) chronologically in two columns of information, with a blue line marked by dates running vertically down the middle. On the right, visitors can easily skip to certain months or years to see what was happening at that time in a person's life, and below that is advertisements.
In addition to a standard profile picture, users can now set a cover photo, a large shot that appears at the top of each Timeline profile.
Facebook has said the idea behind Timeline is to chronicle someone's life and its major events over many years instead of the social network's current profile pages, which tend to emphasize the here and now.
For those anxious to see what kind of past info or photos Facebook may find, the clock starts ticking as soon as Timeline is turned on. Once that happens, a user has seven days to review the new layout and edit things before it goes public and can be viewed by friends. Each user can choose during that time to unveil their page before the seven days are up; regardless, Facebook will publish the page automatically after a week.
People can choose to "feature" major life events, such as engagements or injuries (which is now an optional type of status update), or hide more embarrassing ones. A new Activity Log page makes it easier to see everything and to find certain posts.
Facebook app developers began testing Timeline profiles in September, and the company has not made significant changes to it since then. This update has followed Facebook's "slow rollout" mantra for product launches.
"We're more than what we did just recently," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during the announcement earlier this year. "We want to design a place that feels like your home."
Inevitably, when Facebook makes changes, some users complain about the new look of their pages. In this case, many users may not be fully aware of Facebook's latest redesign until it shows up on the site.
"Facebook is about to completely change the way its profile pages look as part of the website's biggest redesign so far, and only a fraction of the website's 800 million users seem to have the slightest clue," wrote Mashable founder Pete Cashmore in a September column for CNN.
"So yes, you will hate the new Facebook profile when it launches ... " he added. "Then, like me, you'll realize that Facebook has unleashed something so remarkable that you didn't even recognize it at first: A meaningful social network. And ... you'll wonder why life wasn't always this way, and how you got by without it."
Ms. Britney Jean Spears (formerly Federline) will soon walk down the aisle (again)
The 30 year old mother of two is about to be engaged to longtime (by Hollywood standards) boyfriend Jason Trawick, the celebrity website says.
TMZ says a source reports that Jason will pop the question Friday in Las Vegas – and Britney is in the know. Um, way to ruin the surprise! Well, sources say the pop singer knows all about the proposal.
The 30 year old mother of two is about to be engaged to longtime (by Hollywood standards) boyfriend Jason Trawick, the celebrity website says.
TMZ says a source reports that Jason will pop the question Friday in Las Vegas – and Britney is in the know. Um, way to ruin the surprise! Well, sources say the pop singer knows all about the proposal.
12/14/2011
Alan Wood, 48, who appeared via a video link to the Oakland County Jail, crossed his arms and cocked his head to the side as he was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of fraudulent use of Dailey’s bank card and larceny in a building. Both face sentences of mandatory life in prison if convicted.
The two had wandered the neighborhood seeking odd jobs, did leaf raking for Dailey and then returned to her house to rob her, Royal Oak police Det. Carl Baretto said. He said the two entered through unlocked doors, one barging in through the front door, the other through the side door at the same time.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Bianca Jones: Detroit police request warrant in missing toddler case
The Detroit Police Department requested for a warrant on Tuesday in the disappearance of 2 year old Bianca Jones. Neither the Wayne Prosecutor's Office nor police discuss the warrant request including names and charges associated with it. "The warrant request is being reviewed and there will not be any decisions made this week ", Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Maria Miller wrote. We will not Observed this case anymore this week. Terry Johnson Attorney for Bianca's father, D'Andre Lane said Tuesday that his client hopes for his daughter's safe return. Lane's Home was searched and investigators questioned him several times in the case that is nearly two weeks old. Lane reported the toddler missing Dec. 2, after telling police he was carjacked at gunpoint near East Grand Boulevard and Brush Street. He said Bianca was taken with the car. Police Found Lane's silver Mercury Grand Marquis about ten minutes later at Beaubien and Philadelphia, still running but Bianca was missing
12/13/2011
NAME: Madam C.J. Walker (birth name Sarah Breedlove)
DATE OF BIRTH: December 23, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH: Delta, Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH: May 25, 1919
PLACE OF DEATH: Irvington-on-Hudson, New York
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Madam Walker was an entrepreneur who built her empire developing hair products for black women. She claims to have built her company on an actual dream where a large black man appeared to her and gave her a formula for curing baldness. When confronted with the idea that she was trying to conform black women's hair to that of whites, she stressed that her products were simply an attempt to help black women take proper care of their hair and promote its growth.
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