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Archive for July, 2009
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Another 15-Year-Old’s View on Twitter & Media
Posted on July 15, 2009 | No CommentsRecently, a 15-year-old by the name Mathew Robinson wrote an article named "How teens consume media", which got published by Morgan Stanly. The article talks about the new media and how teens are changing, and is pretty accurate. The key points of the article are:- Teens use "new" media alot
- Teens are not likely to pay for stuff
- Print media is disliked by teens
- Most people do not connect HD boxes to HD-ready TVs
- Teens don't usually use twitter, as texting is expensive
- Teens like touch screen devices
- Mid-range phones such as Sony Erricsons are preferred
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TwitVid.com has announced the immediate availability of the TwitVid.com video uploading application for the Apple iPhone 3GS. The TwitVid.com app provides the fastest and easiest way to share video via Twitter. People without an Apple iPhone 3GS can add video to their tweets via TwitVid.com. The company also announced that TwitVid.com users can automatically broadcast their videos and tweets to their Facebook, MySpace and YouTube profiles by simply setting their preferences on the TwitVid.com website via the new AutoShare feature.
“Over the last year, Twitter users have told us that they want video to capture their life experiences and share them with their followers and friends as quickly and easily as possible,†said Mo Adham, Founder of TwitVid.com. “While speed and ease of use is important, they don’t want to sacrifice good video quality and reliable delivery in the process. They have high expectations because video on Twitter is playing an important role in their online social identity and is an extension of the creative way they communicate with their friends and followers. Video can even shape current events and ultimately history, as the recent Iranian election videos have shown. We’ve invested over a year to get TwitVid.com to deliver the things people care about the most.â€" title="TwitVid Announces Availability of Fastest Twitter Video Application for Apple iPhone 3GS" />TwitVid Announces Availability of Fastest Twitter Video Application for Apple iPhone 3GS
Posted on July 13, 2009 | No Comments
TwitVid.com has announced the immediate availability of the TwitVid.com video uploading application for the Apple iPhone 3GS. The TwitVid.com app provides the fastest and easiest way to share video via Twitter. People without an Apple iPhone 3GS can add video to their tweets via TwitVid.com. The company also announced that TwitVid.com users can automatically broadcast their videos and tweets to their Facebook, MySpace and YouTube profiles by simply setting their preferences on the TwitVid.com website via the new AutoShare feature.
“Over the last year, Twitter users have told us that they want video to capture their life experiences and share them with their followers and friends as quickly and easily as possible,†said Mo Adham, Founder of TwitVid.com. “While speed and ease of use is important, they don’t want to sacrifice good video quality and reliable delivery in the process. They have high expectations because video on Twitter is playing an important role in their online social identity and is an extension of the creative way they communicate with their friends and followers. Video can even shape current events and ultimately history, as the recent Iranian election videos have shown. We’ve invested over a year to get TwitVid.com to deliver the things people care about the most.â€
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Kaspersky Lab Detects Over 575 New Variants of Koobface in June 2009
Posted on July 12, 2009 | No Comments
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of Internet threat-protection solutions that defend against computer viruses, spyware and all forms of malicious software, saw an explosion of Koobface modifications throughout the month of June, due to summer and vacations across the northern hemisphere. In just one month, the number of variants detected jumped from 324 at the end of May 2009 to almost 1000 by the end of June 2009.
Koobface, the infamous worm, was first detected by Kaspersky Lab as Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface, and it instantly became popular when it appeared, almost one year ago, targetting Facebook and MySpace accounts. The Koobface worm is spreading through legitimate users’ accounts to their friends’ profiles. Comments and messages sent by the worm contain a link to a fake YouTube-style website which invites users to download a “new version of Flash Playerâ€. Instead, the worm is downloaded to victims’ machines. Once a user is infected, he or she will start spreading such messages to his or her friends. In the meantime, the functionality of the worm has been extended. Koobface is now targetting more social-networking websites like Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, Bebo, Tagged, Netlog and, most recently, Twitter.
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Let’s Activate the Way Back Machine: The History of Twitter in Pictures
Posted on July 10, 2009 | No Comments
All thanks to the excessive media coverage and the influence of several notable celebrities, Twitter has emerged from a simple start-up that has less than 100 users to one of the world's most popular micro-blogging platform on the world wide web with over 22 millions unique visitors from the United States in June. Despite the fact that 60% of users quit after using a month, Twitter's ever-reaching growth still continues on an upward trend.
In this post, I've gathered information from various sources around the web such as the official Twitter blog, Wikipedia and Mashable to show you guys The History of Twitter (March 21 2006 - Today). Let's activate the way back machine!
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54% of Communicators thinks Twitter is a Fad
Posted on July 9, 2009 | No Comments
Founded in March 2006, Twitter has emerged from a simple SMS service to one of the world's most popular micro-blogging platform with over 22 million unique visitors in the United States in June (according to the latest statistics from Compete). Its recent phenomenal growth has stunned many analysts and bloggers who think that the website is merely a simple social networking platform unlike rival Facebook. Without the presence of influential celebrities such as Barack Obama, Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey, Twitter will just remain as another start-up.
According to a poll of communicators conducted by Ragan Communications, 54 percent of 702 respondents claim Twitter is a fad and will plateau in the near future. Not surprisingly, the results complement a recent study by stat tracking firm Nielsen which found out that 60% of users who sign up fail to return the following month. In other words, hundreds of thousands of people around the world flood the Twitter sign-up page daily because of the excessive coverage by the press and blogs but gave it up soon after posting a tweet or two.
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Top 40 Funniest Comic Strips About Google
Posted on July 8, 2009 | No CommentsThere is no doubt that Google is the world's most popular search engine and dominates a large share of the browser market. Billions of searches are made daily and it has significantly helped millions of Internet users to find what they need from the web almost instantly without any hassle, as compared to a decade ago. Well, below are the "Top 40 Funniest Comic Strips About Google". Check them out and enjoy! If Google Were:
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30+ Funny & Weird Twitter Applications
Posted on July 5, 2009 | No Comments
All thanks to the presence of a handful of influential celebrities such as Barack Obama, Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey, the folks at Twitter wouldn't have enjoyed a taste of success without their help in garnering more people to join the micro-blogging platform. As a result of Twitter's phenomenal growth, the number of Twitter applications and tools has become extensive. Most of them are pretty useful such as TwitPic, TweetLater and TwitterFeed. However, there are quite a number of applications out there that are weird and funny to a certain extent.
Below, I've compiled a list of 30+ Funniest & Weirdest Twitter Applications Ever.
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Handphone stolen? Tech tools help you get it back
Posted on July 5, 2009 | No Comments
Thieves are increasingly going after iPhone and other "smart phones" but victims now can fight back with technology. One device allow a user to remotely activate a loud siren designed to rattle the thief. Another application, designed for iPhones, can reveal the phone's location. New technology helps owners of expensive gadgets to get them back after they are lost or stolen. The Find My iPhone feature from Apple, which declined to comment for this report, enables users to determine the phone's location and erase the data on it, among other things.
A Chicago blogger who tried the feature after his iPhone disappeared tracked the phone's movements from a friend's computer. According to his post at happywaffle.livejournal.com/5890.html, he got his phone back - and a handshake from the surprised culprit. "You're lucky you didn't get shot in the face," read one comment on the blog. Indian company Maverick Mobile Solutions' system allows victims of theft to activate a siren and send a text message to the phone - perhaps to offer a deal to get the phone back. Fear of a gadget-related crime wave is not new. In 2005, as Apple's signature white earphones were becoming ubiquitous in US cities, the New York Police Department reported an increase in subway crime linked to iPod thefts. Before that, victims were targeted fro their expensive sneakers.
