TweetDeck 0.30 - adds support for Facebook and Myspace

TweetDeck - Twitter desktop and iPhone application.
With TweetDeck You can update and manage your multiple twitter account,
preview short URL's,
keep your TweetDeck safe with sync and back-up on multiple computers,
record, share and watch video clips within TweetDeck.
To make TweetDeck a better accessory for social media TweetDeck 0.30 now supports two more major social networks Facebook and MySpace as TweetDeck says "Bring your Facebook and MySpace friends closer".


Facebook - Now you can update your Facebook Pages, view or add comments and likes, updating the user’s wall, sending the user a message, etc form your desktop. And stay organized with groups.

MySpace - Update your MySpace status and mood from TweetDeck, and new MySpace columns to stay up-to-date with your friends’ status and moods, comments on your profile and view the full activity stream choc full of photos, events, videos and apps.

TweetDeck Directory and more... TweetDeck Directory makes it easier to find and follow your favorite subjects. Select the subject you are interested in and click 'Add column' to add column in TweetDeck app.
More...
* Minimise to tray.
* Drag and Drop photo sharing
* Post photos to Twitter via TweetPhoto.
* Ability to add a Bit.ly account.
* Quick Profile – Simply enter a Twitter name to view profiles in TweetDeck.
* Better follower management.

Facebook : Withdraws changes in TOS

A few days back Facebook made some changes to their TOS regarding the rights to own content uploaded on Facebook. By which Facebook owns the content uploaded by about 150 million users and do whatever they want. Which was hurting the feelings of Facebook users. And obviously people protested against it, and finally Facebook decided to withdraw changes made to TOS. Facebook homepage displays message about this.
"Over the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago. Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised. For more information, visit the Facebook Blog.
If you want to share your thoughts on what should be in the new terms, check out our group Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities."
Read more about Update of terms by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Facebook : Whatever is yours is ours.

After planning to sell huge user data, Facebook now saying that "Whatever is yours is ours". According to Consumerist, Facebook's terms of services used to say that, quitting on Facebook network will result in any rights you claimed to the original content you uploaded would expire. But now it seems to be "not any more" because, Facebook's new TOS states so.
"You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content you (i) Post on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings or (ii) enable a user to Post, including by offering a Share Link on your website and (b) to use your name, likeness and image for any purpose, including commercial or advertising, each of (a) and (b) on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof."
and also
"You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content."
"The following sections will survive any termination of your use of the Facebook Service: Prohibited Conduct, User Content, Your Privacy Practices, Gift Credits, Ownership; Proprietary Rights, Licenses, Submissions, User Disputes; Complaints, Indemnity, General Disclaimers, Limitation on Liability, Termination and Changes to the Facebook Service, Arbitration, Governing Law; Venue and Jurisdiction and Other."
Conclusion
Never upload your personal and expensive content on facebook, that you don't want to loose forever, never. Because they says "Whatever is yours is ours".

Facebook selling your data to marketing companies

Telegraph says that one of largest social network "Facebook" planning to sell it's user data to marketing companies. Then Marketing companies will be able to ask questions to user according to their age, sex, relationships, interests, etc. and will allow multinational marketing companies to selectively target its members in order to research the appeal of new products, as market research tool.
Facebook holds huge user database about 150 million. Telegraph also says that Facebook has struggled to make money from advertising and been demonstrating the polling tool to some of the marketing leaders.
Experts says that "The huge user database Facebook holds and honest answers from users could worth millions to the research in marketing strategies". So the conclusion is all the Facebook users get ready to be spammed by these marketing companies.