Tech Ravings

It is no doubt that Twitter makes you a good summary writer. However to save on 140 characters limit that Twitter imposes, people on Twitter use many sorts of acronyms. I don’t use much of mobile devices and I was never in habit of texting (prior to joining Twitter). So, for my first year on Twitter these acronyms seemed to be like creative ways to curse me. However, it was later that I realized that people on Twitter are not so rude to cuss me. Rather, they were using shorthand version of some commonly used words. In this post, we will see some most commonly used Twitter acronyms so that you may not mistake these as a creative curse.

Twitter is the most happening thing on the web today. Unlike other social media components, it gives you a global view and lets you find real-time trends and topics. Another great thing about Twitter is that it is full of things less-known. Twitter contests and tremendous chance to win BIG on Twitter is also a hidden (or a lesser-known) side of Twitter.

Twitter community sees numerous Twitter contests being announced every day. These contests offer a large variety of prizes – from iPads to large amount of cash. Twitter contests or giveaways are like lottery. However, your chances of winning here are tremendously higher and you can enter any number of Twitter contests without spending even a dime. With a nice scheme and little patience, you will soon realize that Twitter contests are one of the most addictive things on this web 2.0 world; especially when you start grabbing cool prizes and start winning good fortunes.

Though social media trends show that Twitter’s growth has slowed down, but Twitter contests are not going to die anywhere soon. Instead, they are growing and increasing in numbers every day. A major portion of Twitter contests are from companies that are looking to be promoted

Google Buzz is the talk of the town these days. When this Google Buzz thing first came out, I found that it was pretty nasty for Google to launch a social networking thing where the market is almost saturated. I even tweeted my opinion (which was obviously not good) about Google Buzz on my twitter profile (link). For those who still do not know Google Buzz, it is the new social network that targets to hit FaceBook and Twitter. While most people believe that it is pretty hard for Google to occupy a greater part of this social networking market, I believe that Google Buzz does contain some pretty nice features that provide it an edge over other social networking websites such as Twitter, FaceBook, MySpace, etc.

Twitter offers various business advantages. It is a fact that companies offering market analysis services and softwares charge dearly for such things. Very small numbers of people actually know that Twitter can provide a wealth of marketing knowledge and market analysis for free. The only thing required to gain this wealth is by knowing the right way to extract it from Twitter.

The most astounding thing about Twitter is that it offers results in real-time. This real time result helps you gain a snapshot of how people are reacting towards a certain product category or towards a certain market. This information comes in very handy when your business is in a competitive niche where people change their tastes and opinions in a moment’s notice. The only way to survive and be profitable in such a niche is by staying ahead of your competitors and by knowing what the consumer demands at present.

In this post, we will see some simple yet effective steps that can supercharge your business research and marketing on Twitter.

Number of blogs is increasing at a daily rate. A large number of blogs start every day and a large portion of them fail to achieve the desired success. It is here that we should realise that the need for effective branding strategies is increasing and there is a strong relation between blogging and Social Media branding. Social Media branding not only brings in opportunities to stand out amongst other bloggers of your niche but also offers you the prospect of reaching out to a better-targeted audience. Further, Social Media branding also provides an opportunity to illustrate to your readers what you are about and why they need to pay attention to your blog. In short, Social Media branding stands out amongst others slew of techniques that bloggers employ for promoting their blog.

According to TechCrunch, 175 million people login to Facebook every day. Whilst you may think that the Facebook.com is the only way in which to Login to Facebook, this is no longer the case.

Backupify is an online tool which lets you back up your social networking profiles and web-based data. Most of our data, nowadays, is hosted on one or the other website. For instance, most of our pictures are hosted on Flickr or on our social networking profiles. Many people believe that this data is safe and there is no chance of losing this web-based data. However, the fact is that there may be a chance of losing this data. A major glitch or in an even of hacking, you may lose your data stored on web servers. An easy way to avoid such mishap is by backing up your web data.

If you are a social media enthusiast and you wish to have a photo booth running at your birthday party or any such parties, then here is a perfect app for you. I recently came across PartyBooth, an application that turns your web cam into a photo booth kiosk.

I recently discovered and implemented ConversationList. It is a Twitter application which creates a Twitter list based on the people whom you mention in your tweets. The list is automatically updated daily, so that it always reflects the people that you are paying attention to right now. If you @reply (or @mention) someone, they’re added to your list. If you stop talking to that person, they drop off your list.

FaceBook applications are rakish little add-ons that you can add to your account to add a bit of fun and utility. If you’re willing to enhance your FaceBook experience by using proper applications, then here are some of the apps you should definitely give a try.

Pieces of Flair – A nice and neat FaceBook application that allows you to find or create buttons/flairs that you can put on your FaceBook profile. This application can be well-used for expressing your political views, social ideas or anything else that you support. You can add it as a box on your profile or display it all in a tab. [Link]

Farmville - If there can be some other name for this application, “ADDICTIVE” would have been the most suitable. With over 75 million monthly active users, this is the most popular game for FaceBook enthusiasts. It is essentially a game where you act as a farmer does in real life – you till your land, grow crops, sell crops, meet goals and earn ribbons. Besides, you also get to help your friends, find hidden items and decorate your farms. It is indeed a great way to pass your time on FaceBook and