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Facebook has locked my girlfriend out of her account for supposed violations of their Community Standards. They state that the decision “cannot be reversed”. This is very confusing because she very seldom even posts to Facebook and had not posted recently. She is not involved in anything controversial or off-colour either. She has some photos and posts in her account which she would like to recover. Also, it’s very frustrating that she can’t communicate with certain friends.

Has anyone dealt with this before? Any suggestions?

I found a great name for my company, let's call it "XYZ Labs", and xyzlabs.com is available. However, xyz.com is taken by a company called "XYZ Software" which has the trademark in the US for "XYZ Software" under the description: "computer programs for use in computer networking, business, and education."

That seems pretty broad to me. I develop software which is used in education. But it's a completely different category of application than theirs. Also, I am in Canada, where XYZ is not trademarked at all, except as a beachwear company.

Am I safe to buy xyzlabs.com and do business as "XYZ Labs"? Or is this a bad idea?

This is a short question which might get some long answers. I want to develop a tool which makes it easy for teachers and professors to write tests: multiple version, multiple choice, long answer, scantron, the whole works. The question is, would I be better off doing this as a web service (subscription model) or a desktop application (buy-once model)? The attractive thing about this market is the target is academia, which often has a lot of money to spend on this sort of software. I'm just not sure which way to go with it.