Gadgetory

the dead can still friend you on facebook I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update when you die your Facebook page can live on in the care of a family member or friend facebook now that you assign one person to be in charge of your Facebook page after you die Facebook calls it a legacy contact and this air to your page has very limited powers they cannot post on your behalf so you won't have someone's sending status updates posing as you from beyond the grave however this legacy contact can put some text above your profile such as a special message or a memorial service announcement they can change your main profile photo and cover photo and this one's a bit strange they can also accept pending friend requests so if you weren't friends with someone before hey maybe you could be friends in the afterlife this person does not have the power to delete any photos or change any captions or delete any posts even messages people write on your page after you're gone can't be touched a benefit to having a legacy contact is that the person can download an archive of your photos posts and profile information that was shared on Facebook but they cannot see private messages until now Facebook would just freeze an account of someone who has died and blocked that person from being used in advertisements or other notifications you also don't want other people getting reminders to wish you a happy birthday for that to stop someone does need to notify Facebook about your death you can also request Facebook to delete your account after you're gone this is actually an important issue these days you need to think about who gets access to your digital data google does something similar if you've been an active on your Google accounts for a specified amount of time you can grant someone access to your data like what's in your picasa web albums your youtube account and gmail you just can't send emails from their account anymore it's a good conversation to have with a loved one I mean it's Valentine's Day coming up you're sitting there together with a nice glass of wine it's easy to just break the ice and say honey I love you so much will you be my inactive Account Manager or you know you could just keep a password book and give it to someone in your will and speaking of love yes I'm going to transition to a happier topic best buy has launched own wedding registry by April will start to see wedding registry kiosks in stores encouraging couples to adorn their new home together with flat panel TVs iPads end as thermostats and if you get gifts that you want to resell Facebook added new tools to sell your stuff on the social network there are many groups on the network where people in neighborhoods post up for sale but Facebook created a special post just for selling and that includes a price a pickup and delivery location and you mark when it's sold it doesn't have a way to pay through Facebook but you know that's going to be the next step that's your tech news update and there's always more at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey