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What’s Happening? on Twitter.com
Soon – your Twitter experience will be completely different.
Twitter announced a new version of the Twitter.com interface on September 14. The new interface will be gradually rolled out to users over the next few weeks.
One of the major components of the new design is the ability to view multimedia (eg. photos and videos) right on Twitter. What does this mean for a business?
- 140 character tweets become much more engaging and informative
- it increases the importance of including multimedia in tweets
- it opens up new opportunities to brand your tweets
Twitter has partnered with many companies to support the multimedia functionality on Twitter. For example, Flickr, Justin.TV, YouTube, Ustream. Creating and using accounts on these channels will help you create a multimedia experience for your audience.
Here is a link to Twitter’s video about its new design http://twitter.com/newtwitter.
Tags: multimedia, Social Media, Twitter, what's cool
Vancouver Social Media Day & Canada Day
This past week has been full of celebrations. If you missed out, here’s a recap for you.
On June 24, Victoria, British Columbia became the first city to proclaim June 30 as Social Media Day. See the signed Social Media Day Proclamation. Vancouver was not far behind as you can see in this photo of Pete Cashmore holding the Vancouver Social Media Day Proclamation.
On June 30, people around the world celebrated Social Media Day, which was initiated by Mashable on June 8. Check out what people did to celebrate on Flickr and on YouTube.
Of course, Social Media wasn’t the only big event that happened this week. Canadians across the country took some time to celebrate Canada Day on July 1. Everyone had their own way of celebrating which were shared through photos and videos.
Through online media, these two celebrations, one in its inaugural year and the other being the 143rd year, allowed people to share, connect and communicate across boundaries, time zones and cultures. The way we celebrate together today is vastly different from what was possible, 10 years ago, 20 years ago, let alone 143 years ago.
The world has changed.
Victor
eMarketing Strategist
Tags: canada day, flickr, online media, social media day, Vancouver, what's cool, youtube
3 Cool Google Chrome Extensions
Browser plugins or extensions are programs developed by third-parties and can be attached or integrated into your existing browser. Google Chrome, has many extensions to choose from, but here are 3 you might want to check out.
SEO Site Tools – great for someone needing to do a quick SEO analysis.
goo.gl URL Shortener – simple and quick tool for shortening your current website URL to post on your social network of choice.
Note Anywhere – this tool lets you post notes anywhere on a webpage and saves it for you to see when you visit the page again.
Tags: browser plugins, chrome extensions, google url shortener, note anywhere, seo site tools, what's cool
YouTube: 24 Hours of Video Uploaded Per Minute
YouTube just announced that 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute. Don’t know what’s more astounding, YouTube’s ability to process that much content or people’s ability to generate that much content?
Tags: upload, video, what's cool, youtube
3D TV Wars
Three major players have come out with 3D televisions for household consumers. Panasonic, Samsung and Sony all use different technology so the battle will be to see who will win market penetration first. Of course, the stylish 3D glasses from each manufacturer will also play a role.
Tags: 3D TV, magnify digital, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, what's cool
