The homepage shows a list of people and conversations and you can directly start talking with any of them after you connect your Facebook account to the tool. It’ll need some permissions and you’ll need to grant access. You know the usual drill with any app that uses Facebook Connect. Once done, you’re all set to use the service.

The good thing about the tool is that it hasn’t made things complicated. It’s all very simple. As you see in the screenshot below, you can type something about a topic, a related URL and post it publicly. You’ll then see the related discussions and can connect with people accordingly.

Features

• Connect through conversations about a specific topic.
• Uses Facebook.
• Simple and easy to get started with.

Check out Lets Talk About @ www.letstalkabout.com (By Abhijeet)

The content you can download includes photos, status updates and list of friends. You can download all this to your hard drive and browse it offline by date, week or year. In addition to browsing, you can also search for any specific content like photo or friend or post. This all comes with the free version, but for a small fee, you can also back up content from other social networks like Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+.

Features:

• Backup all Facebook content to your hard drive.
• Browse downloaded content by day, week or month.
• Similar tools: PhotoLive, Facebook2Zip and MyCube Vault.
• Also read related article: How To Backup & Archive All Your Facebook Data.

Visit SocialSafe @ www.socialsafe.net

BuildChatter is a sophisticated, yet user-friendly, tool that lets you build applications for Facebook without writing a single line of code. You can choose a variety of application types to create including Fanpage, Video showcase, Gifting, Voting Contests, Boutique, Sweepstakes, Coupons, Showrooms, Quizzes, Polls and more.

Each application type has features very specific to it, so it’s not a one-theme-fits-all kind of tool. For example if you decide to build a Boutique app, you will start with the design elements of your app specifying header, title background and colors. Then you can add details about your items, set up settings for how users can share content from your app and then finally set up the payment via PayPal or link to a merchant website.

All the text that needs to be inserted in an application is entered through a rich text editor so you can customize fonts, colors and insert links and images. For each app type, you get specific instructions on how to build the application in minutes. Once created, you can also manage all your campaigns from BuildChatter.

By default BuildChatter offers you a free trial of 10 days, but right now they are giving away 10 x 1 year premium accounts to MakeUseOf users. To obtain the free license leave comment below. The free licenses are given away on first come first served basis.

Features:

• Create Facebook apps without writing a line of code.
• Around 15 different application types.
• Choose design details and customize the look of your app.
• Instructions for each app type provided.
• Manage campaigns from one platform.

Visit BuildChatter @ http://buildchatter.com

It gets difficult to buzz through your timeline to find all those precious moments – Timeline Movie Maker makes it easier by finding them for you and then displaying them in a very creative manner.

Just authorize Timeline Movie Maker to access your Facebook account and then wait as it scouts through your Facebook Timeline and grasps all the important events and memories. The Movie Maker then displays those events, automatically adds music and amazes you!

Features

• Simple and easy to use.
• Save time searching for important events.
• Displayed in an amazing way – amazes the person and brings back memories.

Check out Timeline Movie Maker @ http://www.timelinemoviemaker.com (via Mashable)

Albums to PDF is a great online tool that allows users to convert their Facebook albums into digital albums in the form of PDF files – the images are places in the PDF file and can be browsed just like any ordinary album.

To get started, a user is required to authorize the app to access profile information, which then finds your albums and gives you the option to convert them into PDF format. You can even customize the PDF file to add a description to the images or remove the images you do not want in the PDF file.

Features

• Simple and easy to use.
• Easily turn Facebook albums into PDF files.
• PDF files customizable to add description – remove images, etc.

Check out Albums to PDF @ http://www.albumstopdf.com

Symbyoz is a free to use website that helps you connect with important friends on networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. All you have to do is start by connecting your accounts. Your friends are imported and you can add which ones are important to you. While adding your friends you can specify if they are buddies, partners, or VIPs. You can also specify an extra email address for them.

With your friends added you can begin sharing ideas with them and keep in touch with their important updates; they, in turn, can do the same. You can also check out the public ideas forum where you can read valuable ideas shared by all Symbyoz users.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you share ideas with friends.
• Lets you add special contacts from other social networks.
• Supports Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Check out Symbyoz @ www.symbyoz.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

FocalFilter is a free to use desktop application for Windows. The app blocks any website you want for a set duration. The app’s setup file is sized under 2 MB and installs in a jiffy. With the app running you can build your list of blocked websites and set the block for a set duration.

While the block is active you cannot remove it; exiting or uninstalling the application will not help. To reset the block while it is active, you will need to reboot your computer. Thus even if you are tempted, you cannot access the blocked websites without rebooting your computer.

FocalFilter works with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari.

Note: FocalFilter does not work on systems that are running the Kaspersky Internet Security program.

Features:

• A user-friendly desktop app.
• Compatible with Windows.
• Blocks any website for a set duration.
• Works with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari.
• Similar tools: ColdTurkey, StayFocusd, MinutesPlease and KeepMeOut.

Check out FocalFilter @ www.focalfilter.com (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)

Cold Turkey is a freeware application for Windows computers. You start using the application by downloading its EXE setup file which is sized at less than 1MB. With the app installed, you can begin selecting the websites you want to be banned while you are working. The app offers you the ability to block many sites including Facebook, eBay, Reddit, and many more. You can always add more sites through their URLs.

Additionally you can specify the duration for the ban – you can specify till when the sites are banned. With your settings adjusted, all you need to do is click the “Go Cold Turkey!” button and you are all ready for work!

Features:

• A user-friendly desktop app.
• Compatible with Windows computers.
• Bans the websites you want to ban.
• Lets you define duration of ban.
• Helps increase productivity.
• Similar tools: StayFocusd, MinutesPlease and KeepMeOut.

Check out ColdTurkey @ www.getcoldturkey.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

To use Pic Scatter, you first need to log into Facebook and connect your account. Then let Pic Scatter generate photos from your friends’ profile pictures, from the pictures that you liked, or pictures from your photo albums. You can then shuffle the pictures in your collage, click to drag it around, or click on a square to change a picture. Once done, set the title of your collage and publish it to your profile.

Pic Scatter is one of the first few apps that has made great use of Facebook’s timeline feature.

Features:

• Generate collage as Facebook timeline cover photo.
• Choose from your friends’ pics, pics you liked, or pics from your album.
• Drag pic to position inside the square.
• Double click square to change picture.

Check out Pic Scatter @  http://www.picscatter.com

The site also has a number of categories ranging from abstract to funny, games to illusions and so on. You may also conduct searches if you are looking to find a specific type of banner image.

Features

• Collection of Facebook Timeline banners.
• Lot of images under various categories available.

Check out Facebook Timeline Banners @ facebooktimelinebanner.com (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)