Tag: Apps

A decade in Social Media

Social Media,It’s been a decade since I have been  on the online space ,officially part of various social media platform.The oldest being the social networking site  and The most recent being Snapchat.And in between  part of various other platforms which did not survive too long to be part of the decade evolution.

In this  past decade the platforms that I have been part of ,are Facebook and  twitter.Twitter took over my Interest ,because  of interactions between the people who you thought you wouldn’t be accessible to Facebook for having  different friend circle as part of a platform.while enjoying the best of both the worlds .I Jumped into WordPress as a blogger,blogging my experiences of life and experiences worth sharing . It then summed up my life   as WTF !! WordPress,Twitter and Facebook . 

But, Wait ! Then Instagram took over as soon as Mobile cameras became the most handy camera’s of our time.Messaging became more convenient through WhatsApp and the online world evolved .Each applications becoming a mirror application of one another. Trying to be the one stop app.But,yet we like our apps for their own reasons.

I have been surviving on so many platforms. and the reason, I believe is the personality each of the apps portrays . My  Facebook friends won’t be interested in blogging articles or my Instagramers won’t like “the” Photography element missing from my photos of the picture perfect landscapes around the world.

The platforms that  I am part of enhances my personality perceive me Unconsciously in the following ways below:

Twitter-An intellectual/Influencer

Facebook-Anti Social

WordPress -A Critic

WhatsApp-Can’t talk WhatsApp only too busy to make and take  calls.

Instagram -A Photographer

LinkedIn-The  networker.

But,Each of these platforms tells me one thing.

That my friends circle too should  also be split into  different groups! Imagine having only a group of intellectuals or being part of an anti-Social group only How boring and monotonous it  would be.

snapchat like app by Facebook?

So what if Facebook cannot acquire snapchat ?but they can surely try their hands on making something similar.So here we are with “SLINGSHOT”an app which is very similar to snapchat but with a few twist ,just like you send pictures and they disappear in no time in snapchat ,here you would have to send a sling (reply to a sling) to view the picture,message and then only a picture can be viewed .
Through Slingshot, users can take a photo, add images and text and other creative accoutrements.
This app was accidentally launched on the iTunes Store on Tuesday ,but Is only available in a few select countries .
And The Slingshot app requires iOS 7.0 or later and will apparently be compatible with iPads. The app will be optimized for the iPhone 5.
It seems like the next app which would be driving people to share the username on the social networking .Its the app that again will let you
quickly share moments—little and big—with all your friends. Shoot a photo or video of what you’re up to and sling it to a bunch of people. They won’t be able to see your shot until they sling something back. Tap on a shot to react, or simply swipe it away.

Apps !!!

What is the need to be on every app that’s new ?
With apps coming every month ,and so many of them these days .people are going crazy by installing them and using them as a way of communication .
The people are the same using these app ,there would hardly being anybody who isn’t there on your social networking accounts ,we have reached a point in life where we need these new apps to remind people every now and then that yes we are here ,and that might just be the reason why we people have to be on all these social apps ,well it doesn’t really make sense ,it’s the same people ,the same thing you talking about and doing the same thing ,while some we are texting what we are doing ,while in some we are sending a picture and while some are using important headlines to get noticed .its just the same thing
So how long will we follow people on apps ,instead of meeting and calling them and being like the normal people we used to be .

What’s Next for Facebook?

Facebook’s acquisition of mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, is by far Mark Zuckerberg-led company’s largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple Inc have ever done.

Facebook said it is keeping WhatsApp as a separate service, just as it did with Instagram, which it bought for about $715.3 million in two years ago.
 Facebook has just acquired whatsApp for $19billion. Here is an social networking site which is a decade old and the other is a messaging app which is not even  5 years old,so that bring a question on my mind does Facebook want to take over the social world ? after even acquire Instagram almost two years ago .
 quite similar to Facebook and here are the few similarities
You can block a number ,like a friend on Facebook 
You can also update status here just like you do on Facebook 
thats not all you can share photos,upload videos and change profile picture regularly 
but the difference is its one of the most popular “messaging app”which is used instead of SMS  in today time .
WhatsApp is available on free download on Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Nokia, and Windows smartphones. All Android phones running the Android 2.1 and above, all BlackBerry devices running OS 4.7 and later, including BlackBerry 10, and all iPhones running iOS 4.3 and later.
Also a drawback of whatsApp is you can’t sent friend request like you do on Facebook as once somebody as your contact and whatsApp he can already view your profile the details like your ,status,pictures .Since you are on his/her contact and if you too are on whatsApp .WhatsApp Inc. was  founded in 2009 by Americans Brain acton & Jan koum (CEO) who are ex-employees of Yahoo !