Is Social Media a Fad?

Online Social Networking has had a significant impact on the lives of people by and large. It has transformed the way we connect and has propelled  baby faced geeks like Mark Zuckerberg to the  billionaires club.  As we get used to this paradigm shifting movement, it is time to ask the following profound question :

“Is Social Media a fad or the biggest shift since the industrial revolution?”

Although the short clip is not without an agenda–it wants to prove that we’re on the brink of a social media “revolution” from which there’s no turning back–the statistics presented in the animated short are hard to ignore.

Here are just a few of the notable social media stats:

– 96% of millennials have joined a social network.

– Social media has overtaken porn as the number one activity on the web.

– 1 out of 8 couples married in US met via social media.

– The fastest growing segment on Facebook is females 55 to 65 years old

Watch!!

A Cool Google Goggles Mobile technology !

Very cool technology by Google called Goggles was announced today for the Android phones and is available. The just released version 1.1 is immediately available for the Android phones.

The application is capable of translating foreign language text and can identify objects based on the pictures taken. Simply launch the Google Goggles application, take a picture of the text (on a menu, for example), and then Google will provide the option to translate.

Goggles is also offered in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish and more languages are to be included soon.

The Android 1.6 and new smartphones support Google Goggles. This is one of the few very interesting Android Apps that has gain so much media attention and the Android OS itself is ganing much attention recently as it competes head on with Apple’s iPhone OS and also Windows mobile

You can visit the website at http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#landmark

Fizzik: A new baby in the world of browser !

You don’t see many startups these days trying to innovate with new Internet browsers. After all, that’s an area dominated by the likes of Microsoft, Google, Mozilla and Apple. So, I was immediately intrigued when I bumped into a new browser which not only provides you all the features available with most of the browsers these days, but goes miles away in terms of multi tasking and smoothness. While exploring further about the company, named  Spry Hive Industries, I found that team of ex-Microsoft workers have built a new browser called Fizzik, which is entering a public beta today. Here’s the demo

As you can see in the video, the most interesting feature is the split-screen functionality which integrates content from YouTube, Twitter or other content sources. Is that enough to win you over?

Another amazing video ad from Google for Crome !

Monitoring Googles‘ advertising initiatives from last few months. On closely monitoring of the same, it seems that google has gone way long in terms of talking and promoting their products to handle their arch rival Microsoft. Here comes a latest Google Crome ad with excellent sense and humor :

Amazing Facts and Figures : You must know !

Its been said that learning never ends and one can keep on earning more if he keep on learning more. The more you have IQ, more you can engage and attrasct people. Few facts and Figures which you must know: