When I logged into my Facebook account yesterday, I was surprised to see a box in the lower right corner welcoming me to Facebook Chat. It was surprising for a couple of reasons, but mainly because I knew I hadn't signed up for chat and there it was telling me that I could start conversations.

I've been meaning to give Digsby a spin ever since the public Beta was released about two weeks ago. It looked like it was a well designed cross-network (and cross-platform) instant messenger, and it offered quite a few features that no other instant messengers have touched on before. And after having used it for only about 30 minutes I think I may have found myself a new messenger.

Ever since Facebook apps launched, one of my biggest pet-peeves has been all of the darn app requests I receive.  It's annoying to say the least, and the worst part about it all is that there is no easy way to ignore them all with one click.  For each individual request, I must click "ignore" over and over again.

One of the things that set Facebook apart from MySpace in the "early days" was the simplicity factor.  Every Facebook page contained nearly the same categories of content and in the same order. It was clean and simple unlike MySpace pages which are notoriously known to be full of clutter and have a bad design.

The upcoming presidential election this year in the United States is turning out to be very different than in years prior.  One reason for this is that the Internet has become a HUGE ground for candidates to gain support and get their message out.

How would you like five free iTunes song credits to get any songs of your choice? Well, you can, and it's really simple.  The first requirement is that you need a Facebook account. If you don't have an account but you still want the free songs, go sign up for an account and then come back here for further instructions. If you have an account, read on...

It was just a few days ago that Amazon launched their DRM-Free music store which left many wondering if iTunes will be able to remain the top digital music store for long.  Now rumor has it that Facebook is in the process of putting together their own iTunes competitor.

The big news coming from the Wall Street Journal yesterday was that Microsoft is in talks with Facebook to purchase a 5% chunk of the mammoth social network. While the simple fact that they're talking is no surprise, what is a surprise is that Microsoft is offering up between $300-$500 million for the 5% share. Microsoft's offering puts Facebook's value at an astounding $10 billion at the minimum.

Last night Digg launched several new changes to their site with the biggest change being new user profiles.