Category Archives: Twitter

Twitter debuts New optimized Mobile Website for Mobile Users

Posted by on September 28, 2011 No comments

Twitter, the most popular micro-blogging platform have launched a new mobile website, an optimized one for those user who tweet using their phones. According to the company, plenty of people were still accessing its old Web site when tweeting from their phones, so Twitter revamped the old site http://m.twitter.com for them.

Twitter debuts New optimized Mobile Website for Mobile Users

New optimized Mobile website will help those users who are not using special apps like Tweetie or Twidroid.

Here also, Redesign & optimization is the major work that can be seen on the new website. When you log in, there are four tabs for your Twitter stream, mentions, favorites, and direct messages.

Twitter debuts New optimized Mobile Website for Mobile Users

Twitter’s mobile team, said the site works best on Webkit browsers on the Android, iPhone, Nokia S60 and Palm Web OS phones. The company will work out a better interface for Blackberries and other phones later on.

But the infamous fail whale, signaling the service is over-capacity and down is still there on Twitter mobile too.

15 Google Wave Invitations are Here – Grab them [Giveaway]

Posted by on September 27, 2011 10 comments

Google started sending out invitations some time before for the limited preview of Google Wave to the first 100,000 signups for Wave, and you can see the excitement on every tech blog and forums that are filled with users asking for Google Wave invites.

So, Now we have come up with a giveaway on InfoRids in which 15 lucky winners will get  Google Wave Invitations. Last month we have came out with a contest Win Copies of Chetan Bhagat’s Latest Book “2 States” | Giveaway from Inforids, for our readers & it was loved by many.

Rules of the Contest are Simple

1. Follow us on Twitter.

2. Tweet the following line:

Inforids is giving 15 Google Wave Invitations -  http://bit.ly/8Afdvz – Grab them Now [Giveaway]

4. Comment below with your Tweet link & Twitter user name & Email, like this:

Twitter: @techprism
Link:  http://twitter.com/techprism/status/6265703486
Email: inforids@gmail.com

Google Wave Invites Left: 10

Wave Invites Sent: 5

Selection of Winners

Simply Comment & get your Invite. Thats so easy. 

Contest Deadline: 17 December 09

Any Questions, queries, views, Share them below.

New Streamlined version of Orkut is on Facebook Footprints

Posted by on September 24, 2011 1 comment

The spanking new version of Orkut is the latest buzz among Orkut lovers. And why not, because of redesigned version that not only looks awesome but this time Orkut developers have concentrated on performance as fewer pages, faster browsing are implemented in this new design.

New Streamlined version of Orkut is on Facebook Footprints

Recently Google Waves came with web buzz & Yahoo came with Yahoo Meme overstepping Twitter.

Orkut has had strongest markets of India and Brazil. So, The race among major social networks like Facebook & FriendFeed is getting more close. In September, Orkut attracted 51 million unique visitors across the world, down from 54.5 million in July, according to comScore.

Facebook is about six times larger than Orkut worldwide, and even Twitter recently surpassed it with 58.4 million global visitors just to Twitter.com

Major Improvements & Changes new Orkut are:

  • Simpler and faster

    Lesser page clicking & faster access of pages.

  • One-stop notifications

    Larger pictures, easier to access notifications, targeted friend suggestions, and key updates closer to the top of your homepage.

  • Fast photo uploads and photo sharing

Select multiple photos and upload them 3x faster.

  • Personalization power

State your status! &  customize your profile and homepage with your    choice of 5 colors.

  • Video chat

    Face-to-face just got a lot easier,  new video chat feature rolls in.

  • Friends’ updates on your homepage

Inline comments for status messages, photos and videos, plus easy to   use inline video play.

So, what do you think this redesign on orkut can put more challenges to major social networking sites like Facebook & Friendfeed? Would this new streamlined Orkut will attract a larger social network now?

Comment & share with us your views.

If you are a Blogger, You have to Tweet – Says Technorati Analysis

Posted by on September 24, 2011 2 comments

Yes if you are a blogger, you blog, then you have to Tweet. Why? Lets see.

Bloggers use Twitter much more than does the general population. Yes it is true. Bloggers say they use Twitter to promote their blogs, bring interesting links to light, and to get a feel for what people are talking about.

In year 2009, the trends set by Twitter, the most eminent microblogging service today have made a huge impact on bloggers & have came as the leading blogosphere trends for this year. This is what State of the Blogosphere 2009 report from the blog search engine, Technorati analysed while leading blogosphere trends for 2009.

About 73 percent of bloggers use Twitter, compared to about 14 percent of the general population. About 52 percent of Twittering bloggers are syndicating their blog posts to Twitter.

Technorati found that blogs with more than 100 page views a day received just 0.83 percent of their page views from Twitter referrals.

In fact, some bloggers (26 percent) spend so much time on Twitter that it has eaten into the time that they spend updating their blogs.

Now look at the bloggers are not using Twitter. Among the bloggers who don’t use it, 35 percent say they simply don’t understand the point of it. Another 54 percent say they feel no need to blog the details of their personal lives, in spite of the popularity of personal musings.

Technorati’s report also focused on the growing political influence of bloggers. The blogosphere’s impact on elections, from local politics to national elections, is growing. (Image Credits: Technorati)

Do you agree with the report from Technorati? Is Twitter is impacting the global nature & future of blogging? If yes, How?

Comment & Share your views with us. Follow Inforids on Twitter.

Win Copies of Chetan Bhagat’s Latest Book “2 States” | Giveaway from Inforids

Posted by on September 23, 2011 52 comments

Inforids.com is glad to announce Win Copies of Chetan Bhagat’s Latest Book “2 states (The story of my marriage)” contest here.

Rather than giving a cash prize, we have planned to launch a joint contest with Techravings.info with a prize which is worthy for our blog readers in India. So, here is a chance to win your own copy of Chetan Bhagat’s latest book ’2 States’.

We are thankful to Aditya from Techravings.info (a tech blog updated on a regular basis to give away tech related tips & guides)  for sponsoring & managing the fantastic book to our readers.

If you have read Chaten Bhaget’s Best Sellers Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center and The 3 Mistakes of My Life, you would definitely like to win “2 States” in this contest.

Prizes

3 Copies of Chetan Bhagat’s “2 States – The Story Of My Marriage” Book Three Winners will be chosen. Infroids will send each of the three winners their very own copy of Chetan Bhagat latest book ’2 States’.

About the Book

Chetan Bhagat latest book ’2 States’ is about a boy and girl from two different states of India, who fall in love and want to get married. Of course, their parents don’t agree. What happens next is what the book is about.

From the author of blockbusters Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center and The 3 Mistakes of My Life, comes another witty tale – 2 states – about inter-community marriages in modern India.

About the Author

Chetan Bhagat is the author of three blockbuster novels, Five Point SomeoneOne Night at the Call Center (2005) and The Three Mistakes of My life (2008). All the three books have remained bestsellers since their release and have inspired major Bollywood films. The New York Times called Chetan the ‘the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history.’ Seen more as a youth icon than just an author, this IIT D/ IIMA graduate is making India read like never before.

So ready to win in this contest? Read on for the simple rules of this contest.

Rules for this contest

Participation is very easy. To participate in this contest and be eligible for winning the prizes, you have to follow these simple rules.

  1. Re-tweet this post using the green color re-tweet button placed near the top of this post.
  2. Subscribe to our email updates.
  3. Suscribe to Techravings.info email updates.
  4. Once you have tweeted about this contest, leave a comment with a link to your twitter message status. Your comments here is must for participation/entry in this contest. Comment here with your email address that is used for our email updates subscription.

Contest Deadline

  1. This contest will end on 7th November, 2009 at 5 PM IST.
  2. Winners will be chosen randomly using Random.org & announced shortly after the deadline of this contest.
  3. Winners will be further communicated for shipping details.
*Update to Participants:

1. Please include your email in the comments through which you have subscribed Us & techravings.info email updates, if you have not already. 2. Do not forget to Activate the Subscription by clicking the confirmation link in your Inbox if you want to make entry to this contest. Good luck to all of our beloved readers.

*Contest is Closed. Results will be declared soon. Good luck to all participants. You can follow us on Twitter to get updates.

Results: The Winners are Here

How to Twitter from your Gmail account using TwitterGadget

Posted by on September 20, 2011 3 comments

Twitter is now most popular micro blogging, it is no less than an addiction & has become very common service to meme “what are you doing”. So, making this service more useful I have come up with a great tool which allows you to use Twitter while checking email on Gmail.

Gmail, the most used powerful service from Google, has a very good feature called Labs, which adds usability power to your Gmail account by adding various addon features & more experimenting features that are under developments.

Gmail labs feature using which you can embed twitter into your Gmail inbox. TwitterGadget is a new tool that essentially allows you to have all of the main features of Twitter inside of Gmail as a Google Gadget.


To Use Features of Twitter inside of Gmail  follow these three steps:

Log into your Gmail Account & Go to Settings.

Click the ‘Labs‘ Icon & Enable ‘Add any gadget by URL‘, then click ‘Save Changes‘

Click ‘Gadgets‘ & Enter the URL

http://www.twittergadget.com/gadget_gmail.xml

& then click ‘Add‘

You’re done! Enjoy using Twitter in Gmail.

Yahoo Meme Oversteps Twitter | Allows you to Meme Text, Photo, Audio & Video

Posted by on September 17, 2011 No comments

Meme (meme.yahoo.com) from Yahoo! is a light blogging and self-expression tool available in beta. With that launch, Yahoo Meme can be accessed to everyone who is having an Yahoo account.

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Meme helps people quickly share what they are interested in and passionate about – including text, photos, video, music – with the world. Its design is incredibly simple to use and supports multimedia and text formats.

Just Meme Photos, Audios, Videos in Addition to Text

Yahoo Meme is built just an Step Over Twitter, the most popular Mini-Blogging platform. Why? Lets see.

What Yahoo Meme offers to People?

* Post own content(Text, Photo, Audio, Video) and repost the content of others that they find interesting
* One-Click reposts for simple and easy publishing
* Follow other Meme users and comment on their posts
* Remove content from their Meme including previous updates, reposts, comments, etc.
* Check out the most popular posts
* Consume and create content via their mobile devices
* Content limits are up to 2,000 characters and up to 7MB per photo

What Yahoo Meme offers to Developers?

Meme offers an open API built on top of the YQL (Yahoo! Query Language) platform. Developers can use this open API to create new applications based on Meme as well as easily create mashups with other products through YQL.

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Top 6 Twitter Profile Secrets for Twitter Users

Posted by on September 3, 2011 3 comments

If you are a twitter user like other 40 million users, how you can use twitter more effectively.

Here are the top 6 twitter profile secrets for twitter users.

[1] Choose your username wisely. It should be simple & clear. You can either go for your website name or your name.

[2] Use a profile image that is clean & good. It should convey some meaning.  It will be better if you relate to your website. A close-up, company’s logo or other catchy and meaningful image on your profile display image will be nice.

[3] Don’t write long bio in your profile. Keep it clean and catchy. Let visitor search for that.

[4] Use keywords (for which you want to be found) in username & bio.

[5] Design custom background image for your twitter profile. It shoud be simple & clean enough so that visitor feel it interesting in each visit.

[6] In website column, apart from website or blog URL you can put effective landing page’s URL to make first impression very impressive.

This can help you increasing your foloers on twitter. You can follow me. Follow Techprism

How to submit your web site to Bing search engine? Obtain Bing’s Traffic

Posted by on September 1, 2011 3 comments

Microsoft new search engine, Bing.com ready to apply decision approach to its searches, & with its arrival bloggers need to mark the presence of their website & blogs in this newly search engine. It is important to submit your websites/ blogs to Bing.com to direct queries & searches into your websites, thus increase traffic ultimately. Here are the 3 easy steps to do that.

Step One

To Submit your website URL to Bing.com, go here :  It requires you must login using any of your Live / Hotmail ID. Just Sign in to your live or Hotmail account & you will be redirected to URL submission Page.

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Step Two

Enter your web address & Sitemap URL. Click Submit.

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Step Three

Now you need to Authenticate your ownership. For that either go for uploading the file into the ROOT directory which they provide with the provided content or go for the Meta tag authentication.

Adding Meta Tag to blogger Account

It will give you a meta tag code, you need to add that code in your blog’s head section.

Please do the following steps to add meta tag to your blog.

Please open Blogger.com -> Layout -> Edit HTML – > Expand Widget Templates

Please search for

Just paste the meta info given by Bing.com under the head tag.

All Done. Enjoy search results traffic from Bing.com now.

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Twitter (micro blogging) in plain English[Video]

Posted by on September 1, 2011 No comments

Once again the highly creative people over at the Common Craft show have put together an easy to follow and informative video, this time demonstrating the simplicity and beauty of Twitter. Its a nice Video explaing the twitter beauty & usage in plain English.

If you want to follow me on twitter, go here. Easy & instant, twitter is growing its usage day by day & now its most eminent micro-blogging medium today.

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