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Want to stand out among Badoo users? Super Powers are a premium feature which allow users to get featured in a number of ways among those you want to reach most.

In addition to enjoying your photo in the Spotlight panel of the social network, Badoo users can also enjoy such perks as personalized searches, Invisible profile viewing and more.

Super Powers can be enabled with Badoo credits, available for purchase online or with your Android or iPhone devices.

Today, learn more about the benefits of Badoo Super Powers and how they can lead to a better experience and more matches.

Read the Whole Article: 10 Benefits of Badoo Super Powers.

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While Badoo is a free service for meeting new friends and romantic interests, Super Powers are extended paid features which help get you noticed in a very crowded community of users on this dual chat and social network.

Activating your Super Powers is the same across all platforms, whether you use PC, mobile web, Android or iPhone to access Badoo: You must have credits to use the paid features.

Today, learn how to purchase Badoo credits in just a few easy steps and among the multiple payment options available. Plus, discover ways to earn free credits, too:

• How to Buy Badoo Credits Online
• How to Purchase Badoo Credits on Android
• Badoo Credit Guide for iPhone Users

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One part instant messaging service, one part social networking site, Badoo is a up-and-coming service stateside but has been used across the pond to meet new friends and find potential love interests since 2006.

Whether you want to find someone for dating, an activity partner or just a friend who shares similar interests, Badoo offers an exciting way to do it with colorful profiles, photos, video, IM and more.

Additionally, you can Badoo anywhere and on any device for free.

Read the Article: What is Badoo?

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The 2012 About.com Readers' Choice Awards will close voting for Best IM Clients and dozens of other categories tonight at 11:59 p.m. EDT GMT -4. After a month-long voting period, it comes down to these final hours. Vote now and help determine the winners, which will be revealed right here on March 30.

• Best IM Overall - Ballot
• Best Windows IM - Ballot
• Best Mac IM - Ballot
• Best Business IM - Ballot
• Best Web Messenger - Ballot
• Best iPhone IM App - Ballot
• Best Android IM App - Ballot
• Best Blackberry IM App - Ballot
• Best IM for the Mobile Web - Ballot
• Best Webcam Chat - Ballot
• Best Chat Rooms - Ballot

See also - 2012 Best IM Clients

See also - Readers' Choice Awards FAQs

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In this week's Saturday Roundup, we're focusing on tips and tricks for Facebook social network, from Facebook Messenger, Facebook Chat, Pages and more! You can learn more about this and other social networks from Leslie Walker, About.com's Guide to Social Media, at personalweb.about.com. Now, on with the roundup:

How to Download Facebook Messenger
Continue your Facebook Chat conversations even when you exit your social networking account with the new desktop-based IM client from Facebook. Learn how to get started: Download Facebook Messenger

• See Also: Download Facebook Messenger for Android
• See Also: Download Facebook Messenger for iPhone

A Beginner's Guide to Facebook Chat
For those who want to send instant messages while logged in with your web browser, Facebook Chat is the feature for you and is available without a download. Get started now: How to Use Facebook Chat

• See Also: Facebook Chat Emoticons
• See Also: Top 10 Facebook Chat IM Clients

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A whole spring break away from home is just long enough that you start to miss your friends, so for this week's Follow Friday of the Week, I thought I might highlight my roommate, graphic designer and music enthusiast Andrés Garcia as a must-follow on Twitter.

What @andrgar7 Tweets

As a newspaper advertising designer and radio show host, Andrés often promotes a lot of content from across the web dealing with the media. As a journalism junkie myself, I often get a lot of news about the media and graphic design directly from him.

But, when he's not busy filling me in on where to find free fonts, graphic software reviews and sharing links from his Pinterest account, he's also known to chat about music (loves and breathes Linkin Park), soccer, technology and politics.

He's also bilingual, for anyone who wants to practice their Spanish skills.

Here are a few samples of Andrés' tweets:

• "say hello to the future, no code experience needed to make your own site. muse.adobe.com"
• "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Beta http://dexigner.com/24458 via@dexigner #DigitalDesign #Photography"
• "Check out "Pensando en ti (promo single)" by Paulette"

Takeaways from @andrgar7

While this is Andrés' personal Twitter account (his design company, AnDesign Co., does not have a Twitter account--yet), it is fitting for the Follow Friday column because of the life he exudes in his tweets. Businesses and organizations can learn a few things from his account:

• Mix up content links with conversational tweets. Don't be afraid to chat with your followers!
• Build integrity as an expert in your field by sharing links from outside resources.
• Type as you speak. Andrés' uses a very personable tone fitting for his industry and clientele, which are largely trendy and artistic, such as musical acts and artists.

More Follow Friday

• What is FF?
• How to Participate in Follow Friday
• Best Businesses to Follow on Twitter

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For business and organization users, instant messaging can provide a complex dilemma: While studies have shown IM increases productivity, your company's private information could be susceptible to tampering. This is especially true for mobile IM apps.

But, if you want to keep in touch and protect your proprietary information, Fuze Messenger for iPhone and iPod Touch devices is a good match.

This mobile Enterprise IM client offers business users all-in-one access to AIM, Google Talk, Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger, plus the encryption features necessary to keep your company info between you and your contacts.

In addition to learning how to download Fuze Messenger in our new guide for beginners, you can also learn how to:

• Enable, Disable Fuze Notifications
• Create a Fuze Messenger Account
• Send, Receive IMs with Fuze Messenger
• Change your Fuze Settings

Get Started: Download Fuze Messenger for iPhone

Screenshot Copyright © 2009-2012 Fuzebox, Inc. - All rights reserved.

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In the category for Best Enterprise IM Client in the 2012 About.com Readers' Choice Awards, we have five terrific business instant messaging clients seeking the chance to be named the best IM for corporate and organizational clients. All five were picked by our readers for their user-friendliness, how they operate, available features and support.

The finalists for Best Enterprise IM Client 2012 are:

• 24im
• Beejive
• Brosix
• Microsoft Lync
• Squiggle

Vote now for the Best Enterprise IM 2012 and come back daily to vote for this and 10 other categories in the Best IM awards.

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