It seems that social media’s seamless crossover to mobile isn’t going to be a future reality – it’s happening now. With over 1.25 billion active monthly users all over the world and over a billion active users bringing Facebook wherever they go through their mobile devices, it looks like there’s no stopping Zuckerberg‘s brainchild from further growth and expansion.
Okay, so 3 seconds isn’t a whole lot of time, but it is possible to make a lasting impression even in that very short time span. Just think of that breathless last 3 second countdown before a rocket launch, for example. Adding a 3 second intro to your YouTube videos, brief though it may be, will help you make your channel’s branding more consistent. The best part? It’s extremely easy to do and you won’t have any problems following the steps even if you’re new to this whole YouTube creation gig.
People like me have a crazy number of tweets to track. As I write this article I am sitting over 45,000 tweets with over 200,000 followers. Sifting through all of these tweets historically becomes near impossible. A neat Twitter tool has been released allowing people to lookup the very first tweet of any Twitter account. It is called first-tweets.com
There have been a number of apps that have tried to succeed in the providing information regarding your ambient location. SocialRadar works by providing you with real-time information regarding the people around you by connecting to your Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, and Foursquare accounts to pull information about locations and recent activities. Know who’s nereby, see how you are connected to them, and discover what they have been up to. You are able to control aspects of your privacy. It does this by combining your phones location with chatter from the social networks. It is currently available for iOS and they are working on a version for Android and Google Glass.
Here are updated stats for the top 10 Facebook fan pages as of February 2, 2014.
Here are updated stats for the top 10 Twitter accounts by most followers as of February 2, 2014.