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January 5th, 2011
For some people, the thought of Twitter conjures up images of useless updates and links from people they know. It immediately makes them think of their pal Hamdi and his worthless Facebook updates: ‘Phew! Just back from da gym! Sweating buckets!!’ or ‘I’m so hungry I could eat a goat. No, wait, make that two goats XD!!’
Well. Yeah. There’s that. But, hold on… putting Twitter in the same league as other popular networking tools is also a mistake. Here are some reasons which put Twitter ahead of the game and might probably give you enough incentive to join.
1. Gather information. More importantly, let others gather it for you.
Face it, there’s a lot of information out there. An overwhelming amount… and you may not know all the places to look for the juicy bits.
And, while you can find articles and resources for what you need by yourself, when you follow knowledgeable people, they may be able to provide you with certain material that you may have previously been unaware of. After all, they are more experienced in their respective fields and so, are the best people to tell you about the latest or coolest things.
Also, if you follow people who are into the kind of stuff you’re into, you benefit directly from whatever information they put out there in the form of tweets. Just sit back and let all that great information come to you.
2. Receive breaking news
If anything happens, it’ll break on Twitter first. Has the moon been sighted for Eid tomorrow? Just log onto Twitter and you’ll be able to tap information from Muslims around the globe with updates every other second. Did that volcano erupt again? Find out what stranded passengers are thinking exactly at this moment.
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June 15th, 2010
If you too have been bitten by the World Cup bug, never fear, the intenet is here to make sure you get enough virtual pills to dull the pain.
Thanks to social media networks, the World Cup 2010 is enjoying its largest audience yet and is probably the first event of massive international interest to be celebrated over the triple W.
Through the internet, you have a number of options on how to keep yourself posted about what’s going down, no matter if you’re out with friends, at home or at *cough* work *cough*.
Website
First thing’s first: Bookmark the schedule off of FIFA’s website:
Remember to click on “Match times are currently set to your time zone, please click here to revert to local time.” to convert the time to your local time. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 25th, 2010
Facebook and Twitter may tell you what you’re friends are up to but Foursquare tells you exactly where they are. If you own a mobile phone, just head on over to foursquare.com and all you need to do is to sign up, get some friends & family to join (the more, the merrier) and you’re guaranteed to be kept busy for a while.
If you like hanging out or exploring your city, you might find it an interesting concept to know which of your friends are close by. The catch is that you have to “check-in” whenever you’re at some venue in your city. Doing this will broadcast your location to your friends. Say you’re at Papa John’s. Just check-in and if any of your friends happen to be close by, they’ll know you’re there and can decide to join you (or avoid you depending on what kind of friends you have!).
iPhone app for Foursquare
In order to make sure that people stay motivated to keep checking in to places, the makers have devised a clever little reward system which rewards a person with either badges or mayoralty for checking in. If you visit a venue more often than other people, you get to be “Mayor” of that venue. Your name and designation is visible to anyone who views the venue. Also, the more you check-in, the more badges you unlock. Plus, if you’re at a coffee shop like Starbucks, you have the option to leave tips for other people like “Don’t forget to try the Maltesers milkshake!” Read the rest of this entry »
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April 20th, 2010
No sooner did news of the iPad’s release come out that a slew of ‘iPad killers’ started creeping out of the woodwork. At the top of the list we have the German made Wepad, the Google tablet and the HP slate, all promised to be released later this year. It’s no wonder that 2010 is being called ‘The year of the tablet’.
Since trying to beat the iPad for its slick interface design and usability seems to be something of a lost cause, at least until someone comes up with their own little design revolution, what exactly do the others have to offer that the iPad doesn’t? Read the rest of this entry »
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January 22nd, 2010
Just when you thought that there couldn’t possibly be another networking site, out came Google Wave. Well, it’s not technically out yet. It’s still in its “get-an-account-through-invite-only” phase and isn’t visibly making much of a wave in the Middle East as of yet. Quite unlike abroad, where people are actually making money by peddling invites on ebay!
But, is it really any different from the others? I mean, for Google to walk into social networking territory amongst giants like Myspace and Facebook, wouldn’t it truly have to offer a unique experience that would make it stand out and be the communication medium of choice? Read the rest of this entry »
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