Google+ privacy settings

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Shakthi
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google-logo-plus.pngGoogle has a hot cake in their hands and they just opened it up to public. I am sure that you are going to see many millions throng the site and usage will climb meteorically in the next few days/weeks. But then, this is yet another public Social platform and all the dangers and threats that lurk everywhere else are present here too. All the proverbial problems that are there in sharing info are inherited here too. So if you are a Google+ newbie and are looking for a fast start. Here are six important things that you need to do to protect your privacy.

(Infographic coutesy ZoneAlarm)

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World without Facebook [Infographic]

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Shakthi
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Ever since it came on to the scene, Facebook has taken everyone’s imagination by storm, I hardly know anyone without access to facebook. Most of my buddies virtually live on the site,thanks to smartphones and tablets . So, how big a deal is Facebook, we can understand that with the infographic below courtesy Singlegrain

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Google+ Vs Facebook [Infographic]

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Shakthi
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Now that Google+ is open to general public and Facebook is now trying to take cognizance of the competition, let us try and explore the comparison with a infographic courtesy SingleGrain .But before looking at the graphic and extrapolating, it is worth remembering that Facebook really has nothing left to prove and is an established player, all said and done Google+ is really a rookie in this space!

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Google+ is not really that big a plus

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Shakthi
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google-logo-plus.png The jury is still out on who will win the Facebook vs Google+ fight and I would rather not venture into taking sides there. Instead I gather that it would be pertinent to share my first impression of this supposedly “ultimate” social media platform. I would like to add a disclaimer here and clearly state that I am NOT taking sides, just telling you what I feel. So here we go on another long overdue blog post.

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Twitter and Facebook : is there a comparison ?

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Shakthi
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Whenever I get into any conversation with people who are in any way having to do anything with Social Media,they invariably end up asking me a question.Twitter or Facebook , which is better? I generally wiggle out of such scenes with a wry smile or a quizzical look.More often than not,the conversation goes on and there are a bunch of vociferous speakers arguing for one or the other.I cannot understand how we can even think of both in the same league.They are not .So is the comparison valid? Read on

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The role of a blog in building a brand

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Shakthi
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Whenever someone asks me what is a nice way to get started on Social Media, I tell them to go get a blog first.Twitter,Facebook and other sites are there , but you are what your blog is.Without a blog,running a targeted and credible social media campaign or just maintaining your on-line identity becomes an uphill task.In today’s post,we will try and understand why a blog is indispensable for your on-line presence and why it defines you on the internet in today’s information age.

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Twitter Sentiment : The mean mystical beast

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Shakthi
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Here I go, it has been a while and there have been no new posts . This one is dedicated to everyone’s favorite buzzword : twitter sentiment. Sentiment, as it is classically defined, is about feeling.And feelings can be good or bad , sometimes they are mixed too. On a platform like twitter,just the sheer size of it’s user base makes sentiment tracking and analysis a HUGE challenge and a particularly interesting one.Let us try and delve into twitter sentiment and it’s measurement today

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How to deal with twitter bullying

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Shakthi
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Like all my other blog posts,let me start by saying what a wonderful thing twitter is.As a medium,it is very powerful and flat in structure.As a community it is simply teeming with voluminous updates that are chronicling just about all facets of life.As a tool for expression,it gives you incomparable reach.But then nothing is all good and sweet.Every place has a big bully and twitter is no exception to that rule,hence they exist here to. What do we do when faced with one ? Let us look at this in this post

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Is twitter trend a reliable indication of sentiment ?

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Shakthi
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Twitter is many things, a huge platform full of real time updates from all over the world is one of the most important ways of describing twitter.Given that definition,one can understand that twitter is a powerful tool for getting information from all over the world.But there is one question that we need to answer to substantiate this, is twitter a reliable source of information ? Can we shut our eyes and trust what we see on twitter ? Can we use that info to draw inferences and make strategies ? This is a very relevant and important angle , let us take a look at this today

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HOW TO : Overcome and get out of a twitter controversy

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Shakthi
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Twitter is very much like the real world and comes with a quota of good and bad.All of us would love to not see or avoid thinking and tackling the bad as much as possible,but then it is there and we need to face it.Let us try and see how to overcome and get out of a twitter controversy, something that all of us face sometime or the other

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