Twitter has come a long way from its very first tweet on March 21, 2006 to being a microblogging site where140 million active users post more than 340 million tweets a day. Twitter has influenced other mediums of communication and cut across barriers that kept people apart. The social site has exponentially grown from its initial days, to being a handy tool, used for protests, politics and natural disaster responses. Here are some mind blowing facts about how Twitter has grown in the last 6 years:
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Posted: May 7th, 2012 | | Category Social Media
Have you recently done a search on Google Maps and then found an ad about the same when you watched a video on YouTube? Well, this is not a coincidence, as Google’s consolidated privacy policy is behind this. When Google came up with a single privacy policy for all of their 60 applications, which claimed to simplify user experience, few people actually stopped by to read it. Here’s what to make of it:
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Posted: May 1st, 2012 | | Category SEO
The much hyped about Google+ is turning into a failure, mainly because its platform is flawed. Facebook, which has 20 times as many users, as Google+, has something for everyone, while Google+ has been unable to cater to the diverse needs of different people. After the opening of Google+ to the public in late September 2011, traffic has dropped by 60 percent. This is mainly because of the following five reasons:
1. Google+ has very few members
When compared to the 750 million active users on Facebook, the estimated 43 million on Google+ seems quite small. If you were to post mind-blowing news, it would go completely unnoticed, as no one is there to comment or re-post. The primary purpose of Google+ being a social platform is lost as there is no one to be social with.
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Posted: April 25th, 2012 | | Category Social Media
When experts tested the new third-generation Apple iPad against leading Android tablets, like the Asus Transformer Prime TF201, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Toshiba Excite 10 LE, they found the iPad, ahead of the pack. The high-resolution Retina display with 2048 by 1536 pixels is what separates the iPad from the rest. However the Android tablets did win points, when it came to faster web page loading, gaming, size and weight. Let’s delve deeper into the war between Apple and Android and find out who is the real winner:
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Posted: April 24th, 2012 | | Category Technology
With Facebook making the big switch to the new timeline format, it’s time to make some essential changes to your brand page. Here is an extensive checklist that can guide you to seamlessly implement the facebook timeline into your business page.
1. Make your cover image impressive
Your cover image should be appropriate for your business and should be in sync with your brand’s message. Do put in some time, energy and money while choosing a cover image, as your customers will be making their first impression about you from it. If you are short on budget, you can buy images from Shutterstock or use some of Digital Blasphempy’s free images. Keep these in mind, while selecting an image:
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Posted: April 17th, 2012 | | Category Social Media
Did you know that it can take less than 10 minutes for a potential boss to sift through your Facebook Profile and foretell how you will perform at the workplace?
A new study conducted by the Northeastern Illinois, Evansville and Auburn University asked two students and a university professor to go through the Facebook profiles of 56 employed college students. The reviewers went through each profile for not more than 10 minutes and then rated them.
To answer questions like “is this person dependable?” or “how emotionally stable is this person?” the researchers considered the person’s hobbies, photos and number of friends. A person with a high number of friends, varied interests and adventure/travel photographs was thought to be more agreeable and dependable. Even party snaps boosted a person’s ratings, as researchers felt party snaps showcased the person to be sociable and an extrovert.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2012 | | Category Social Media
Can you believe that the collective time that Americans spend on Facebook is more than 100,000 years each month? Yes, this is shocking but true. The acclaimed statistics portal Statista, gathered this mind boggling data from Google Ad Planner, Compete and comScore, when researching on the usage of social network sites in the United States.
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Posted: March 30th, 2012 | | Category Social Media
Have you ever felt the need to text a friend while being held up in a boring meeting? Or maybe you have found it difficult to type on your smartphone while simultaneously working out or watching TV. Now you can effectively multitask and text notes, with the new texting app from Georgia Tech which won the MobileHCI 2011 competition for design at the MobileHCI conference in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Posted: March 28th, 2012 | | Category Technology
The New Waterproof ELUGA Smartphone from Panasonic
The ELUGA is Panasonic’s soon-to-be-released smartphone that is high on style and features. The most outstanding feature is its ability to resist water. Here are some of the phone’s cool features:
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Posted: March 16th, 2012 | | Category Technology
Have you been eagerly waiting for the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 software update? Now, you can download the OS, as it has been officially launched. If you enjoyed the earlier features of the PlayBook, you can get ready to make the most of them, with the BlackBerry team updating and enhancing key features that users liked the most. The BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 also includes, new and exciting features that cannot be found on other competing tablets.
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Posted: March 14th, 2012 | | Category Technology
