Saturday, December 18, 2010
Yes it’s that time of the year, time for us to look back at the hot topics of the year that were shared on the biggest social network on the planet, Facebook. Every year has its fair share of dramatic happenings and incidents of diversified kinds, and also some Personalities, Movies, Gadgets become the focus point of the discussion and become the buzz, so let’s look back at the top 10 topics that were shared the most this year and find out if your favourite topic of discussion made it to the list or not =).
1. HMU
The acronym for "hit me up" was this year's biggest surprise. In early 2009, the acronym HMU was virtually unheard of. Only a few posts a day contained HMU, and half of them were probably typos. By May, however, it started to grow slowly and was averaging about 20 posts a day. The volume roughly doubled every month, and by the end of 2009 it had risen to 1,600 posts a day—too modest of a number to be on our radar for last year's list.
However, HMU continued to grow aggressively throughout 2010, increasing by about 75 percent each month. By the end of summer, HMU reached 80,000 mentions per day.
However, HMU continued to grow aggressively throughout 2010, increasing by about 75 percent each month. By the end of summer, HMU reached 80,000 mentions per day.
2. World Cup
The World Cup was simply the biggest sporting event in 2010, and because of the global presence of Facebook people took to the virtual streets to cheer on their teams and boo their rivals. The start of the games and the finals garnered the most attention, with 1.5 million and 1.3 million mentions, respectively, of "World Cup" and countless more mentions of teams and players. At key moments over the course of the games, as many as 50 percent of all status updates were related to them.
3. Movies
As with last year's list, big movies were much talked about. "Toy Story 3," "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," "Inception," "Alice in Wonderland" and "Iron Man 2" were the five most discussed (in that order).
Naturally, the people updating their status to report on the movie via their mobile phones were able to do so as soon as it ended, while the people reporting on their computers had to get home first. The difference in the spikes between mobile and web gives us an approximation of how long it takes people to get out of the theater, go home and fire up Facebook—about half an hour.
Naturally, the people updating their status to report on the movie via their mobile phones were able to do so as soon as it ended, while the people reporting on their computers had to get home first. The difference in the spikes between mobile and web gives us an approximation of how long it takes people to get out of the theater, go home and fire up Facebook—about half an hour.
4. iPad and iPhone 4
In May, Apple surpassed long-time rival Microsoft in market capitalization, thanks in large part to two of the most discussed products of the year: the iPad and iPhone 4. These two products combined to account for over 25 million bragging or the occasional condemning posts during the year.
5. Haiti
The impact of the Jan. 12 earthquake was widely felt through status updates. Even though most people were far away, they shared the shock, concern and news both among their friends and to the world. One Boston woman was trapped with a group of 36 fellow travelers in Haiti and took to updating her status to find out from her friends what was happening and to let families know the group was safe.
Within one minute of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake's strike, status updates started rolling in. With the infrastructure in Haiti badly damaged, many of the first reports were from people in the nearby Dominican Republic (where earthquake is "terremoto"), who felt the powerful quake at a distance. Firsthand reports peaked four minutes after the quake hit, at a rate of 120 a minute. It took another couple of hours for the world to learn of the disaster, and a day later people on Facebook were discussing it at a peak rate of 1,800 posts per minute.
6. Justin Bieber
Bieber Fever struck before 2010, but by all accounts this was a standout year for the 15-year-old pop music star. The surge in mentions continued to grow throughout the year, largely following the rise in his career. He started 2010 with the release in January of his biggest hit, "Baby." His Sept. 12 debut on the MTV Video Music Awards attracted the most mentions of him.
7. Games on Facebook
Games are popular applications on Facebook, and references appeared throughout this year's list. The biggest trending phrase was "barn raising." No, there wasn't a mass exodus from cities to the country life among people on Facebook. Instead, they were recruiting their friends to virtual versions of the old-time tradition of a community event to build a new barn. This started when FarmVille launched a barn-raising feature in January. FrontierVille, launched in June, also grew in mentions.
8. Mineros/Miners
The story of the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for 69 days captivated the world. People globally watched the truly inspiring story unfold as they were rescued one by one after an unimaginable time underground.
The first one occurred exclusively in Chile in August, when the mine first collapsed and contact with the miners was lost. A week later, the miners were miraculously found alive and the rest of the world started to talk about them a little bit, but the story was still predominantly in Chile. Over the course of the next 60 days, the world watched the trials and tribulations as workers above ground scrambled to drill rescue shafts. When the ordeal finally ended, millions of people posted about it.
9. Airplanes
Using the word "airplanes" is nothing new or noteworthy—most years. But in 2010, it burst onto the scene in status messages thanks to the catchy lyrics of the international hit song "Airplanes." A deeper look showed that people were specifically quoting the following line, often times to share a personal wish and sometimes when they were traveling.
10. 2011
Similar to last year, people talked frequently about years in their status updates. People are looking forward to big personal events in the coming year—perhaps a wedding or an expectant child. References to 2011 showed a big spike on Jan. 1, 2010, as people took the new year as an opportunity to look ahead another full year. As the date approaches, mentions have steadily increased, as people make more and more plans for the coming year.
Source: Facebook
Source: Facebook
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Facebook is whole lot of fun with all its native features but then there are apps to give extra features and fun, games and lots more, i have picked five apps with a mix of games and some interesting applications try it and i am sure you will like these =)
Bejeweled Blitz:
Bejeweled Blitz is the Facebook version of our favorite PopCap game Bejeweled, where you need to swap pairs of jewels to match three or more of the same colour, creating cascades and scoring points. The key thing in this version is that it enables you to challenge your friends or even work alongside them to earn prizes.
There are a few bunch surprises in this version of the game, including bonuses for completing levels at speed and multiplier gems to add new challenges. You can try some practice games before getting launched into the competition, Its real fun.
Networked Blogs:
Networked Blogs enables you to monitor your favorite blogs using Facebook and see new posts appearing in your news stream. You can also use it to promote your own blog to other interested Facebook users, and discover new blogs that your friends enjoy or those that other people with similar interests to yours recommend.
When you start using the application you need to subscribe to at least five blogs, then you can start finding new ones or promoting your own and it has its own subscription as mentioned earlier which helps increasing your blog traffic.It has Twitter support as well, for posting your blog post on twitter automatically.
PuzzleBee:
PuzzleBee suits jigsaw lovers everywhere. Use it to create new jigsaws from your own Facebook photos, or compete against other users to finish the "jigsaw of the day" puzzle in the shortest time.
Unlike other online puzzles, you can rotate pieces as well as move them around, and you can change the number of pieces in each puzzle to alter the level of difficulty. As you complete different puzzles you move up the hierarchy, in a quest to progress from Baby Bee to Queen PuzzleBee.
DivShare:
The DivShare application links your Facebook account to its online storage service, so you can use it to share documents, photos, music and videos with your friends. It enables you to link your files with your profile, or post them on friends' walls.
You can even share them in your news feed. Files can be up to 200MB in size and you can have unlimited storage space on the DivShare servers. You can host anything that meets the terms of service for free, as long as your account lasts, and you don't have to register.
My Flickr:
My Flickr enables you to display your Flickr photos and photo sets to your Facebook friends without them leaving Facebook. It's a third-party application, not officially supported by Flickr, and you need to authorise the app in your Flickr account settings.
The application respects your Flickr privacy settings, so only photos you've marked as public will be shown on Facebook. You can also pick shots to showcase your photography on your profile. You can select these from a simple search.
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
Grappling with your online existence? or is there a way to organise it better? and the answer is 'yes' =)
Evernote:
One of the more popular note-taking software around, Evernote has become a chart-topper in all software reviews. You can take notes, audio notes, clip web pages while browsing(plugins available for internet browsers) and even click a photo and post a note to it. Evernote is one of the top downloads in mobile and PC platforms.
The free version though has a cap on the amount of files you can upload in a month.It is restricted to 40 MB whereas the premium version allows 500 MB of uploads a month.But despite this it is a very handy service and worth trying out. More so now because Livescribe, a digital smart pen that could well be on every tech enthusiast's wish list, has offered support for Evernote.
Dropbox:
Another interesting service that may not offer the level and depth of Evernote but is extremely handy is the Dropbox. It is , as explained by the company's YouTube promotional video, like a magic purse. You just drop all your files into it and rest assured that it is safe residing in the cloud computing servers, for you to download later at your convenience in any device of your choice. It offers up to 2 GB free storage and one could even host a small website entirely out of the Dropbox server.
Delicious:
As far as bookmarks manager, its still the old faithful Delicious. One of the first full fledged bookmarks manager on the cloud. Delicious scores with its simplicity. Get store all your favorite websites and online resources on the cloud, so that you can access them from anywhere. The Delicious plug-in is available for all the browsers, Works best with Mozilla Firefox. Also do note that Xnote is another highly recommended bookmarks manager. But the thing about bookmarks servive is, once you are in, just stick with one service. Better that way.
Nimbuzz:
There are plenty of services that let you connect to multiple IM services under one roof. Nimbuzz is one of the many that has generated positive hype among smartphone users. With one secure login via Nimbuzz, users can chat with friends across all popular IM services. The recent additions include Facebook Connect. Nimbuzz also allows users to make free VoIP calls. Other notable mentions for similar Services include Meebo, Snaptu.
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
All those who are crazy about using YouTube and uploading their videos aspire for one thing in common, they want their video to go Viral. Its not easy, but its not very tough either, Follow these steps below and sure your video is the next viral video in YouTube.
Hold on before you start, download few of the top viral videos and check the following golden rules:
☞ Why is it a huge LOL product?
☞ What’s the USP of the video?
☞ What makes it look offbeat?
☞ And finally why people are crazy to share it?
☞ Why is it a huge LOL product?
☞ What’s the USP of the video?
☞ What makes it look offbeat?
☞ And finally why people are crazy to share it?
Now here are some steps to follow once you get started:
Should look real:
The unique fact about viral videos is that they don’t need to look professional. Strangely enough, many of the top videos are created by very expensive videographers… to look home-made. Plan your videos before starting. Script the main scenes. Do it take several times till you are convinced that it is perfect.
Video Length:
Short is Super. Create 20 minutes of video if you want but then edit it back to 100 seconds. Use good video editing tools like Adobe Premiere, If the video is short, its file size is small meaning it’s easy to send/share across the web and mobile phones.
Engaging Headlines:
When you upload it to YouTube, DIGG and others, write highly engaging headlines that make people want to click on it and see what’s inside.
Again, study how other videographers do this and then copy their style. Look at the top 20 videos on DIGG every day and you’ll get the idea.
Selecting a Category Wisely:
Predict where people will look for your videos and enter them in the right category. Its better if you you avoid crowded categories. Look at areas that others tend to ignore and focus on those.
Spin a Story:
Even if you have a reallly good video, its all about how you promote the video with a story spun around it by a series of promotional videos about the main video. People generally fall for stories use it to your advantage, but never cross the line.
Use Social Media:
The biggest weapon for you to promote your video is Socail Media and its all about using it effectively. Use Twitter and Facebook extensively to promote your videos and slowly it will go viral.
Remember success is not instant, keep working on your video and sure it will go viral.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
When it comes to Desktop Twitter clients TweetDeck is the only thing that comes to our mind, there are few other Desktop clients worth trying as well, here are five clients that i have picked:
1.Seesmic for Windows
Seesmic for Windows is an elegant desktop client for Twitter with a slightly transparent tabbed interface. Seesmic for Windows can handle multiple Twitter accounts – you can get a integrated timeline or look at your replies, direct messages and sent messages for each account separately. You can post the same updates/links/photos to one or more Twitter account simultaneously. This is a native Windows application and doesn’t require Adobe AIR which is an added advantage.
2.Twhirl
Twhirl is an quick and easy-to-use Twitter client with a simple yet terrific interface. You can even choose your own color schemes and font styles for the interface. Unlike heavy-weights like Seesmic or TweetDeck, Twhirl doesn’t offer loads of features but if all you need is a way to quickly post status updates on your Twitter timeline, this could be a good choice. Twirl also offers integration with other less-common networks such as identi.ca and FriendFeed, and lets you cross-post updates to other social networks via Ping.fm. Twhirl is from Seesmic, the same company the develops previously mentioned Seesmic Desktop for AIR and Seemsmic for Windows.
3.DigiTweet
DigiTweet is an open source desktop Twitter application for Windows. Through Windows Presentation Foundation, DigiTweet provides Twitter features with rich user interface. It’s notable features include search facility for finding other twitter users as well as Twitter contents, and a friends list for viewing Twitter users you are following and who are following you.
4.DestroyTwitter
DestroyTwitter, an Adobe AIR powered Twitter desktop client, is very popular for its minimalistic but innovative interface. The unique thing about Destroy Twitter is its support for Themes – you can either download default themes or use the online theme-builder to create one that matches your taste. DestroyTwitter uses impressive transitions when switching from one screen to another and it’s probably the only desktop client that lets you edit your own Twitter profile. Then there’s support for Twitter trends so that you can know what’s hot on Twitter without having to visit the Twitter site. Destroy Twitter is lightweight and extremely fast. You can also configure the application so that it always stays on top of other applications.
5.Snitter
Snitter is an Adobe AIR powered Twitter client compatible for Windows. Snitter offers auto updates tweet list, recent list of tweets, 20 most recent items in your timeline, 20 most recent replies, 20 most recent direct messages and more. Further, it has options for viewing and filtering the followers.
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
No time to sit all day on Twitter?, Schedule your tweets and stop worrying, here are the 4 best tools for you to do so-
1.Twuffer
Twuffer is one of the best in class. It is the easiest and fastest to use for scheduling a tweet. The huge favour it does to those impatient users like me is that it doesn’t require me to sign up for a Twuffer user account. Many services require you to sign up with their site, in addition to your existing Twitter account, in order to link the two together and use the service. Many of us don’t like having many different logins to remember, There are enough things to mess up in our lives. =)
To login to Twuffer, just type in your Twitter information and thats all you need to do! The interface couldn’t be simpler and it keeps track of your past and future scheduled tweets.Simplicity is just what you need?, Then "this is your cup of tea" =)
2.SocialOomph
To login to Twuffer, just type in your Twitter information and thats all you need to do! The interface couldn’t be simpler and it keeps track of your past and future scheduled tweets.Simplicity is just what you need?, Then "this is your cup of tea" =)
2.SocialOomph
SocialOomph demands registration with email activation, having said that you get lots of cool features (most are free). From scheduling tweets, automatically following and unfollowing tweeps doing the same, save drafts , create extended profiles to display more personal info. By upgrading to the optional professional version, it gives you many more features such as Facebook integration, keyword tracking and recurring updates.
SocialOomph works reasonably well, i use it and its my favourite app in its kind, but some might find it looking a little complicated in the way the features are organised. However it’s still a very useful app anyway.
3.Hootsuite
SocialOomph works reasonably well, i use it and its my favourite app in its kind, but some might find it looking a little complicated in the way the features are organised. However it’s still a very useful app anyway.
3.Hootsuite
Hootsuite is one app that needs no introduction because of its huge popularity. Its a good package in terms of features just like SocialOomph. The interface is elegant, customizable, One should be 'wow'ed by the way it works with its AJAX technology.
Even though it’s overkill for scheduling tweets, it’s still simple enough to use for just that purpose. It has other time-saving features, such as automatic updates of your blog feeds into Twitter and threaded converstions can be very useful for those who follow thousands of tweeps.
4.CoTweet
Even though it’s overkill for scheduling tweets, it’s still simple enough to use for just that purpose. It has other time-saving features, such as automatic updates of your blog feeds into Twitter and threaded converstions can be very useful for those who follow thousands of tweeps.
4.CoTweet
Frankly i knew CoTweet only after seeing Aaron (@AskAaronLee) using it all the time. It has a clean interface, which seems to have become a must for Twitter apps. Apart from scheduling tweets, CoTweet will save all incoming and sent messages for you to view later if needed. One of its more unique features is the ability to assign a tweet to a friend, or someone else to follow up on. This can be very useful for businesses.
CoTweet does require you to register an account with them, but it’s all for good. You can link your CoTweet account with up to 5 of your Twitter accounts and manage them all under one roof. This saves a lot of time and lets you schedule tweets for multiple accounts from one place.Now you know why businesses use CoTweet.
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CoTweet does require you to register an account with them, but it’s all for good. You can link your CoTweet account with up to 5 of your Twitter accounts and manage them all under one roof. This saves a lot of time and lets you schedule tweets for multiple accounts from one place.Now you know why businesses use CoTweet.
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