Facebook Timeline is rolling out Worldwide today. “Timeline gives you an easy way to rediscover the things you shared, and collect your most important moments. It also lets you share new experiences, like the music you listen to or the miles you run. Starting today, timeline is now available everywhere.” To Activate the new profile, [...]
Written on 15 Dec 2011 by Vincent AbryGoogle just launched a spam detection tool for comments in Google +. Working like Askimet for WordPress Blogs, this algorithm will be refined over time with user moderation. When Google Plus detects a suspicious comment, it is grayed out like in the picture below (so it’s not published immediately). Then the Google + account owner [...]
Written on 14 Dec 2011 by Vincent AbryFacebook has decided to go even further in suicide prevention, providing a Live-Chat assistance. This new service will be available only in the United States at the beginning. “The new service goes a step further by enabling an instant chat session that experts say can make all the difference with someone seeking help. The science [...]
Written on 13 Dec 2011 by Vincent AbryGoogle just introduced facial recognition on photos hosted on Google+ social network. Called “Find My Face“, the tool is similar to the same Facebook’s tool, except that here it is an option and not a default setting on all accounts. “By turning on Find My Face, Google+ can prompt people you know to tag your [...]
Written on 12 Dec 2011 by Vincent AbryStarting yesterday Twitter updated its tweet/follow buttons quietly on all sites that had previously installed them. This time the entire site + the mobile version + Tweetdeck have a redesign. This new version will be available within the next few weeks, except for mobile.twitter.com and Twitter for iPhone/Android that is available immediately. As you can [...]
Written on 08 Dec 2011 by Vincent Abry2 days ago, I published here a list of Twitter Trending Topics for 2011, established by Hootsuite. This time, here’s the official Twitter List. Hashtags (keywords preceded by #) Top List : Egypt no1, no surprise : Most discussed topics on Twitter : -Category Technology: Mac App Store, the new Sony NGP and Guitar Hero [...]
Written on 08 Dec 2011 by Vincent AbryThe change is subtle but you will certainly catch it : Twitter has quietly put live its new buttons. It’s a light new design but you can now see the little blue bird and a darker color for the text (more visible among all others competitors…). Example on this site with the buttons around my [...]
Written on 07 Dec 2011 by Vincent AbryWhich keywords or expressions were trending on Twitter in 2011 ? Here’s the answer thanks to WhatTheTrend/Hootsuite. Still number 1 in the World : Justin Bieber… , soccer/football, Lady Gaga and NBA. These top 10 lists were extracted from a total of 207 000 Hashtags. Top 10 Trending Topics for 2011 : 1. Justin Bieber [...]
Written on 06 Dec 2011 by Vincent AbryOut Lady Gaga (16.4 million followers) Queen of Twitter and Justin Bieber (coming fast behind with 15 million) … because on Google+ the star is : Britney Spears. Well it’s clear that in comparison to Twitter this G+ performance is just the beginning… It’s impossible to say if Miss Britney will stay at first place very [...]
Written on 29 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryGoogle+ debuts its first Television commercial. First ad below was shown on TV during the Lions vs Packers NFL game on Thanksgiving.
Written on 28 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryGoogle policies are clear on this point : it’s forbidden for companies to post promotions, contests or sweepstakes directly on their Google+ Page. Instead it’s possible to create a link to the page that contains the contest or special offer, as long as it’s allowed in the country of the owner of the page. Google [...]
Written on 21 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryGoogle just announced the official launch of its Google Pages + badges to put on a website or a blog. All you have to do is to visit this page https://developers.google.com/+/plugins/badge/config and enter your Google+ ID number (you can see it in your URL). This code is clearly for PAGES (even if it works also for [...]
Written on 17 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryGoogle just unveiled Google + Pages for Businesses. These pages are intended for local commerces, businesses/organizations, brands and products, Arts/Artists & Sports Groups. Category “Other” is also available. These pages are the equivalent of Facebook fan pages. For the moment we can not say they are very advanced but we can hope that improvements will [...]
Written on 07 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryFacebook just launched Trusted Friends, an additional layer of security that can give the keys to your account to your best friends. These super-friends will be useful if your account is hacked or you have forgotten your login. In this case, you will need to ask three of your trusted friends to send you the code [...]
Written on 28 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryGoogle announced some new features in Google + like Whats Hot Posts and Ripples, in addition to support for Google Apps. What’s Hot displays the most popular posts or current trending images, content and videos on google +. A really interesting feature that will allow to see the most shared or commented posts. You could already see something [...]
Written on 27 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryIt’s official: Google just announced that Google Plus now supports Google Apps Accounts for Businesses and Universities. Google + may be particularly attractive for internal business video-conferences through Hangouts. How to setup Google + on Google Apps ? This must be done manually (full explanation here) unless you have chosen to automatically enable new services (in this case [...]
Written on 27 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryAn important milestone in the life of Google + : in France the new social network has surpassed Twitter in terms of unique visitors for the month of September. According to figures from Nielsen/Mediametrie for the month of September 2011 (note: G + opened to everyone on September 21), Google + recorded 3.04 million unique [...]
Written on 25 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryUbermedia is launching Chime.in, a new social network which is actually a mix of Twitter, Facebook, blogs, Digg and Reddit. The company is known for its applications based on Twitter as Ubersocial (formerly UberTwitter, an app. For iPhone, Android and Blackberry) or Echofon (family of twitter apps). But conflicts between Ubermedia Twitter and slowed the development of Ubermedia who was accused by Twitter from abusing the API. The acquisition of Tweetdeck by Twitter did not help when we know that Ubermedia wanted it. [...]
Written on 18 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryStrange title for an infographic … Wordstream work presents the main failures and missteps of the social network. Privacy issues (recurring item), difficulty to configure account parameters and the different levels of visibility/security, waste of time spent online on the site to chat / change your profile photo / watch pictures of LOLcats (because we [...]
Written on 17 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryNew feature on Google + : it is now possible to share Circles with your contacts. It’s like Twitter Lists, but private. How to share a circle with your friends? Go into “Circles”, click on the circle you want to share and press “share”. Then enter names or emails of people who will receive this [...]
Written on 26 Sep 2011 by Vincent Abry