5 reasons why twitter stands out from rest of the social networks

This is very socially active world as far as internet is concerned and through out the day you will find the social networks buzzing with people and their views.

Among all the social network TWITTER stands out from the rest because of the following reason

1. The prime reason is twitter is not just limited to your friends and sometimes it is not at for the normal friends that you share you day with. For example- if you are a blogger and you have just have your friends as your followers then it would be a very tough task for you get readers for your blog. (or like most of us you have to force your friends to read your work)

2.The second reason is twitter is simple to handle, you just need to choose your user name and put your basic information there, which is not even compulsory and you are started.

3. Just 140 words which means you don't have think a lot and can post as many times as possible

4. Powerful search, you can find celebrities to local talents and from bloggers to surfers. Everyone is present on twitter. Further the Hash tag or # has a revolutionary impact as you can find any topic just by the use of hash-tag, at the same time it allows thousands from across the world to tweet on the same topic and see what others are writing about that topic. You can also see the most trending topic i.e., the topic about which the highest number of people are tweeting.

5. Freedom to share anything you like and from anywhere you like, i.e, you can share text, quotes, links, pictures and videos or any combination of them. You also have the freedom to share from mobiles and tablets. This is one of the most popular mobile apps in the world.

The Geo-tagging and finding your brands and offers are also great positives of twitter.

Do we need to deactivate our social network accounts

I'm definitely a great supporter of social networks as it has given power to the masses. There are millions who have got their voice heard because of the social networks but there are always some drawbacks.

The most important drawback is that while it gave a lot of good people the voice to spread love and gratitude around at the same time it has given many negative people the voice to spread the hatred. For example you can find some bullies in your social network whi will keep trying to demoralize you.

You can also find people snooping into your information and stalking you day and night. The social network has also become a tool for weirdos in the world who will keep disturbing you with their activities.

No one can tolerate all this intrusion in one's life.So, you definitely need a break and you can definitely take it by deactivating the account because if you don't then in the back of your mind you will keep thinking about it. ;)

Another big challenge is coping up with the constant pressure of social network which puts a lot of pressure into your mind. You may seem to ignore it but things like who followed me, who unfollowed me, did he/she replied to my message, they are having a great time, I should also, why haven't they tagged me into that post. That person is in more people's circle then he must be better person than me.

All these above thoughts impact us and puts a lot of pressure on our brain. It may impact our mental health. So, like everyone else you also deserve a rest and so does your mind.

Don't worry and enjoy the holidays and if possible keep the social networks away. :D

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iGoogle : Retiring in few months

iGoogle, one of the pioneering products in the internet which provided people an customized and personalized view. igoogle was launched in 2005 before anyone could understand where the web development and app development will move towards. Looking back it tells you that how early google predicted and created an internet app for the people which gave them personalized touch.

iGoogle provided people the chance to have all their searches and pages at one place, one can even have an app of facebook and twitter on their home page.It was a very convenient way of surfing the web. People can have their local news and weather updates at their home page and most importantly all this this can be customized.

iGoogle is going to retire on November 1, 2013. Google has given users enough time and opportunity to retrieve their personal data or export their personal data. With the new technologies taking over and more people are shifting from desktop to mobiles for surfing, the use of the customized home page has been reduced.

Thanks and goodbye iGoogle.

PS - If you still want use it in its last days, do go to -www.igoogle.com or http://www.google.com/ig

GOOGLE+ : 3 new features

Google is working very hard to compete with other social networks specially with facebook. Now it has come up with new set of changes for google+.

Firstly they have changed how the home panel looked like, though they also have clean tabs but this time the tabs are looking more prominent, further it's a drop down menu which declutter the whole space.It gives the due space that was required in it.

Secondly they have improved the section of "photos", it has more sub sections in it, further it lets you visit the most prominent of your photos at one go. Though google is also saying it will provide a better quality for the images in this they would be direct competition with the facebook, where people are really comfortable in  sharing their pictures.

Another important change is with the google hangout, you can directly connect with hangout with a button at top right hand side.Now you can check which circles are enabled for hangout and change the settings as required. Though group chat facility was already present in it for long now.

Have great time hanging out.

Twitter : tool for politics and advertising

Twitter took the world by storm when it started. A micro blogging site which enhanced the reach of every individual and made available every news from every corner of the world to its subscribers. One of best things was people were able to get instant update on any topic which is happening around the world.

Twitter became like the group chat feature which people were aware of, the difference of the "group" was the whole world. Twitter though thought to be a mixture of the interfaces of blogging and social networking but later people understood it was neither of the two. 

Twitter was in its own league, with every celebrity becoming a part of  it, it became more of popularity network. Now a celebrity's popularity is also measured by the twitter followers they have.

It was about time, the intelligent or rather witty people saw a great market in this and captured the whole system. Earlier people liked the witty jokes and sarcasm by the unknown profiles ("eggs") but then people understood the marketing behind it. Now every second person is either promoting a seo site, a internet marketing site or any e-commerce site.

News channels and their editors are busy promoting their news articles, their videos or their review. If you have ever subscribed to any of them you know how many breaking news a day you are bombarded with in your timeline.

The new breed in this promotion game are the politicians who have got a very easy way to get into the people lives and tamper with their thoughts. Political parties are having a team of people who are busy creating favorable trends for their political parties, which recently led to chaos in twitter. 

So now when people are visiting twitter, they are like, Is there any real person here ? Is there anyone with unbiased opinion ? The sad state is most of the time the answer is negative. So keep "follow" and "unfollow" till you find the right people.

“Facebook’s founding presidents against each other”

Finally there is something to worry for the people of facebook, there real and reel life founding presidents will now be pitted against each other. Sean Parker, the founder president of facebook, who have given many vital suggestions to the facebook team like changing the name from “thefacebook” to facebook and has been instrumental in their progress will now be having competition from the person who portrayed him in the famous movie “Socialnetwork” , Justin Timberlake.

Justin Timberlake is already known to people for his music and acting but now he’s in mood to add some corporate skills to his foray. Justin has recently bought “myspace”, once the numro uno of social networks, in partnership with specific media.

Myspace has been a very big player in social networking scene.Myspace was infact the leader in social networking before facebook overtook it in 2008. Since then myspace has seen huge downfall in its userbase. The downfall of myspace and other social networking sites meant growth for facebook which remains the leader in social networking by a huge margin.

Last year myspace has been bought by specific media in partnership with Justin Timberlake. From then on it has come a long way ahead. It has covered a lot of ground. The most successful strategy for myspace has been the launch of its facebook application, which currently has 2,000,000 monthly users which is really a huge number. As the application states “Myspace, home of the largest catalog of free streaming music on the web”. This has really worked for myspace moreover they won’t have to worry much about their publicity as they could always use “Justin” for it, so there’s quite a lot of profit they are having right now.

With facebook going public and lots of changes coming into its designing section there is a possibility that facebook may start losing some grounds which it has cherished for some time now. Whatever happens, one thing is for sure people are definitely going to get a better service and a more comfortable interface in the future. Hail social networks.