Some businesses (particularly in UK) have blocked access to Facebook during office hours as IT managers feel that surfing social networking sites at work could make employees less productive.
If you also happen to work in such a company where the office firewall has restricted access to Facebook, there’s a workaround - your email.
A new service called MoDazzle makes it possible to use Facebook (and LinkedIn) through email commands.
For instance, you can send an email to fbreadwall@modazzle.com with the subject SELF to read messages posted on your Facebook wall - alter the subject like JOHN to read John’s Facebook wall.
You can do most Facebook actions via email including poke, status updates, writing on a friend’s wall, read messages lying unread in your Facebook Inbox and so on.
Modazzle.com - also supports LinkedIn and Google Maps.
The service could also pick up in schools and countries like Syria and UAE that have banned Facebook on religious grounds.
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Reader Comments
This is what I’m looking at since my office block facebook and gmail, thanks!!
Written by zaki on 12.31.07
This is helpful to me. Our company blocks social bookmarking. I hope friendster.com also provides tools like this.
Written by the extraordinary directory on 01.01.08
hi i was wondering how i can view this website and allow me to have access to it, even though its blocked. is there anyway i would be able to go on without a problem. please and thanks.
Written by daniel on 09.02.08
It says on the site you gave that they no longer “Suport” Facebook anymore. YOU CAN’T GET IN!
Written by emily on 12.09.08
i want to unlock the facebbok and hotmail
Written by elena on 02.19.09