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Follow Facebook Friends On Twitter

June 25, 2010

Do you know who you’re following on Twitter or is it likely a bunch of strangers? Good news, Twitter and Facebook are becoming more tightly integrated. Twitter now lets you add your Facebook information to their find feature and search for your Facebook friends within Twitter.

This new feature lets your find which of your Facebook friends are using Twitter, save them to a list, and follow them instantly. Tweets can also be posted directly to your Facebook page, in addition to your Twitter stream. Facebook is increasing it’s integration with Twitter as well, allowing you to syndicate your Facebook status updates instantly to Twitter.

We’re living in the age of web services and API’s, and content is starting to move fluidly between disparate online services. We’re likely to see more and more sites integrate with Facebook and Twitter very soon.

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Usage Of Social Networking Sites Rising

February 23, 2010

How much time do you spend on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. The answer will differ from person to person, but can you guess how much time an average user spend tweeting and facebooking?

According to a survey by The Nielsen Company, the average social network user around the world spend more than five and a half hours on sites like Facebook and Twitter in December 2009. This is an 82 percent jump from December 2008 when Tweeters and Facebookers spend around three hours the entire month.

Social Networks and blogs proved to be the most popular sites in December. Facebook was the top social-networking site in December with 67% of social networking users around the world.

Among all countries, the United States led the way with the largest number of people checking out social-networking sites at 142.1 million unique visitors.

Australian users top the list of most time spend at social-networking sites with almost seven hours for the month, while U.S., U.K., and Italy users spent around six hours.

Although, Japan came in the number of unique visitors with 46.5 million users after the United States, it had a much lesser average usage time of around 3 hours.

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Higher Insurance Premiums Predicted For Facebook, Twitter Users

February 23, 2010

There are many ways a user can become a victim of online oversharing.

Leaving aside the social-network related crime, have you ever though that your post on Facebook and Twitter could raise your insurance premiums or get your insurance claims denied?

Experts on an insurance comparison website, confused.com, warned that people who use social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter could eventually face price hikes of as much as 10% in their home insurance premiums.

Darren Black, Head of Home Insurance, confused.com says, “criminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their information gathering even using Google Earth and Streetview to plan their burglaries with military precision.

“Insurance providers are starting to take into account when they are assessing claims and we may in future see insurers declining claims if they believe the customer was negligent.”

The website pleaserobme.com has recently highlighted the issue and dangers of online oversharing by listing empty homes, which have created quite a debate on the affects associated with it.

We have also heard about Nathalie Blanchard whose insurance benefits were reportedly pulled back by her insurance company in regard to her info and photos on Facebook.

So, it’s apt to say that not only informing others you are not home, but posting photos of extreme sports hobby or one that depicts your negligence etc might as well cost you dearly.

It is very advisable to be very careful about what you share online, which in the worst-case scenario might even endanger your life and those around you.

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Facebook Tops World’s Most Innovative Companies 2010

February 22, 2010

Facebook tops the list of “World’s Most Innovative Companies 2010.”

Compiled annually by Fast Company, a US magazine which focuses on innovation, digital media and technology and list the 50 most innovative companies from around the world.

The top 10 out of the 50 are as follows:

1. Facebook
2. Amazon
3. Apple
4. Google
5. Huawei
6. First Solar
7. PG&E
8. Novartis
9. Walmart
10. HP

Last year’s topper Team Obama, the e-campaigning team behind the successful presidential race, did not even feature in the entire list. Google went down two spot to no. 4, while Apple climbed up a place to feature third and Amazon climbed 7 places to finish second. Twitter also made its debut at no. 50 while Microsoft despite launching it’s latest operating system – Windows 7 – barely made it at no. 48.

Facebook was ranked at no. 15 last year.

“Now available in 70 languages and every country, the 400-million-user strong King of Social Media has managed a balance between insane growth and staying true to its core identity. Zuckerberg’s relentless embrace of his founding hacker philosophy encourages Facebook engineers to “break things in order to make them better” and allows them to change products and introduce new services as often as some users change profile pics,” writes Mark Borden.

Go here for a full list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies 2010.

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Facebook’s Technical Glitch Now Clear

February 21, 2010

Facebook users were disappointed when Facebook was started giving trouble to its users yesterday.

Facebook users in the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Thailand, and other nations had to face difficulty logging in the site while others were shut out. Some users came across various troubles like difficulty in uploading photos, posting on each others wall.

Many of those users started reporting the problems on Twitter, with many of them venting their anger. The most affected were the users from US.

Facebook itself used its rival site to announce the problem, tweeting, “Some people are having trouble accessing Facebook . . . We are working to fix this ASAP,” from its Twitter account.

“Because of isolated server problems, small percentage of users faced problems accessing Facebook, and some specific profile features,” said Facebook spokesman Matt Hicks.

The problem is resolved now. Spokespeople for the company said technicians had isolated the problem and repaired the server. Around 5:30 p.m. Eastern, Facebook announced the problems were all clear.

Facebook has generally eluded hiccups such as yesterday’s wide-spread problems and has never shut down completely. Ironically, Twitter has generally had more technical glitches than Facebook. The entire service was down for several hours last August after getting hacked.

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Please Rob Me Spreads Awareness On Online Oversharing

February 19, 2010

“Oh this is clever. A trio of geeks — Barry Borsboom, Frank Groeneveld, Boy van Amstel — have put together a web site to demonstrate why telling the world where you are at all times may not be a great idea,” writes Brian Caulfield at forbes.com

Most of you might have heard about the site pleaserobme.com, a mashup of user’s content from Twitter and FourSquare, which is making a huge wave lately and getting a lot of attention lately.

The site shows a list of recent empty homes on their site which raises serious questions about the potential ills associated with publicizing information online, particularly a user’s whereabouts.

Groeneveld says, “We’re not trying to get people robbed, but helping them not get robbed. We’re just presenting this information in a more obvious way. And that’s our point: Everyone can see this on Twitter.”

The stated goal of the site is not really to promote burglaries, but rather to raise awareness about the dangers of over-sharing on public forums such as Foursquare, Brighkite, Google Buzz, and Twitter.

On one side the site is giving out organized, potential information that can be used for committing crimes, while the site has also created enough buzz to spread the awareness of the dangers of oversharing online.

So, is the site a boon or bane?

Online sharing and social networks have long been used to both commit crimes and solve crimes. In spite of all the crimes committed involving online social media, nothing much have curtailed the raise of the popularity of social networks and the information users share online.

In the end everything comes down to every online user to be aware of the potential risks associated with they say or share online. It is everyone own responsibility to take precautions to keep oneself safe.

Stay Safe!!

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Google Buzz: What’s The Real Deal

February 10, 2010

Words have been out before that Google’s product Gmail will get social networking features. Google has finally launched its new social product called Google Buzz.

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Buzz, unveiled yesterday, will let Gmail users share status updates and links to media, like videos, news feeds and photos.

It is being compared heavily with Facebook’s FriendFeed service, which also allow posting, sharing and viewing photos, videos and commeting within the stream of updates.

Like Facebook, Google Buzz will also let users share either with the rest of the world or with selected group of people.

Mobile version application of Google Buzz allows people to see the public updates of other people in the same vicinity, which is particularly Twitter-like.

Many people are taking this launch as a move to rival Facebook and Twitter on the social-networking scene. However, Quentin Hardy writes at Forbes.com that Google’s plan for Buzz is “Not an “Us Too” social play –  it wants to manage knowledge.”

He suggests that though the features are very much like Facebook and Twitter at first look, Google has a very different core business from those other companies’ information organization, particularly on the web. By watching what people upload or who they follow, Google can offer a more personalized web search inside the Gmail application.

I wonder what Facebook users have to say on this issue. Some of the first time reactions, i believe, would be “Oh no, not another one!!”, “One networking site is enough for me!”, or “Buzz of Google Buzz.” It’s rather hard and too early too say how far this is going to affect Facebook. But, one thing for sure, if anyone is looking for me, you’ll find me on Facebook icon smile Google Buzz: Whats The Real Deal

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Chuck Your Way Into “Chuck” With The Chuck Game

December 14, 2009

Most of you may be familiar with the dramedy named “Chuck” that centers around a computer geek named Chuck Bartowski who becomes the CIA’s most important agent when he accidentally opens a top-secret email full of government secrets, which somehow downloads into his brain. Can the CIA protect him from terrorists before they can access the tremendous amount of government knowledge from Chuck’s brain? The third season of Chuck debuts on 10 January next year.

NBC entertainment has rolled out a game called “Mission: Chuck Me Out”. This game is designed to track users who mention “Chuck” on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace. Every tweet that mentions “Chuck” is gonna earn you a point.

The fan who racks up the most points between now and March 10 will be rewarded by having their photo appear during the NBC program in one of Chuck’s mental flashes. Apart from that, there are also tons of weekly prizes. You can visit the site for more info.

The game will run from December 10 through March 8, 2010

So far i have already chucked 13 times including the ones in the title, but i am not sure if this one counts icon smile Chuck Your Way Into Chuck With The Chuck Game . Are you thinking what i am thinking??
Am I really ready to spend 3 months trying to get my 1,2, or 5 seconds of fame????

Well, i am not decided over here, but if you wanna give a try, then all i can say is, “Chuck Your Way In!”

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Buy Friends and Fans On Facebook

December 14, 2009

For all those lonely people on online social networking sites like Facebook and twitter, there is a glimmer of hope to remove your loneliness if you believe that money can buy friends.

An online business promises to increase the popularity of clients on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The company uSocial.net, based in Australia, will buy you friends and fans.

“We believe you shouldn’t have to pay $2 per click for targeted keywords on Google pay-per-click ads.” Founder Leon Hill tells Flashnews that sales are up right now as people buy “friends this holiday season because they’re lonely.”

The company is selling packages of 1,000 to 10,000 fans on Facebook, starting at $197. Twitter followers are even cheaper to buy. The starter package of 1,000 followers costs $87, but gives a discount for 100,000 followers for $3,479 (a $1,500 discount).

The company, uSocial also sells “targeted YouTube views” to any video you upload, as many as 100,000 views for $942. “We deliver real people and not some kind of fake bot or script traffic…there is no risk in having your account banned by YouTube — and that’s our guarantee.”

[Source: CNBC news]

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