My Interview w- Random "Young" internet-users on Social Networking sites
Google+ versus Facebook.. I did not ask their names (they were minors) hanging out at the Public Library. But they answered for the interview.
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Wajam is a social search engine that lets users get recommendations from friends by letting them search through public and private data shared on social netw...
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Social networking appears to be the best channel for monitoring, promoting, announcing and engaging like-minded people.
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are once again the top three social-media platforms, not just for individuals, but also for corporations and organisations. In fact, traffic on these three platforms has risen substantially in Thailand over the past couple of weeks.
According to Zocial Inc, a company that monitors and analyses social media, traffic on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pantip.com surged from October 12 to November 11.
It found that Twitter, with 800,000 messages, appeared to be the most used channel to convey messages against the amnesty bill. Also the Thai phrase "sud soi" or end of track/lane was the most frequently used term across the board.
Zocial also learned that the number of women discussing political issues had risen. Previously, the ratio between men and women in relation to politics-based discussions was 70:30, but this time the ratio changed to around 60:40.
At Pantip.com, there were more than 6,000 topics on politics, while a total
of 198,399 comments posted were directly related to the controversial amnesty bill.
Meanwhile, 2,382 photographs related to the fight against the amnesty bill were posted on Instagram, which won more than 500,000 "likes".
It is clear social-media will continue to have a dynamic effect on people's lives on a daily basis, with comments and ideas - positive or negative - going "viral" very quickly.
The latest message to go viral was one quoting Tan Passakornnatee, chairman and chief executive officer of Ichitan Group, in which he allegedly said the anti-amnesty bill protests were not large enough.
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Social media becoming key communication channels
Boston, MA (PRWEB) November 15, 2013
Garagesocial, the online social networking community for automotive enthusiasts and consumers, announced today that it will begin distributing private beta-keys this December 2013. Garagesocial is a new social network for people to discover, list and share their vehicles online. The site allows enthusiasts, vendors, racing professionals and bloggers to gather online and showcase their favorite vehicles on a centralized platform.
By creating an interactive and user-friendly interface, the company aims at Connecting the Automotive World through new and innovative ways. The site gives users the opportunity to build personal profiles for their vehicles with albums, spec sheets, descriptions and tags. Users can display the cars they have owned, currently own, wish they owned or have previously driven. Garagesocial users also have the added ability to buy, sell or rent vehicles through the site. Live Facebook integration and information legitimacy verification are a few of the advanced features offered by the networking site. The company plans to introduce company pages where vendors can sell and promote their automotive products online.
President and Founder, Maxime Rassi, describes Garagesocial as the universal key to a whole new dimension of automotive networking. Rassis personal project allows users to network with vehicle owners, locally or internationally. Rassi plans on creating the ultimate automotive social network, where enthusiasts can find and discover anything relevant to this industry on a single platform.
Recently, Garagesocial exhibited at the annual SEMA Show from November 5-8, 2013 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. A press conference and a live demonstration of the networking site was held at the SEMA Show Media Center. The Garagesocial team also hosted an Xbox competition, the winners were awarded an iPad Mini, iPod Touch or an iPod Nano. The Boston startup plans on exhibiting this upcoming March at the 2014 SXSW Interactive Trade Show in Austin, Texas.
For more information and a recap of Garagesocials SEMA events, visit the following: SEMA Pictures (all photos): http://bit.ly/1bniFbq SEMA Video: http://bit.ly/1bsQefY SEMA Brochure: http://sdrv.ms/1dnnzrS
About Garagesocial, Inc. Garagesocial is a revolutionary automotive social networking community for people to discover, list and share their vehicles online. Started in Boston, MA in 2013, the companys objective is Connecting the Automotive World through new and innovative ways. Garagesocial has representatives in Texas, London, and Paris and is actively seeking more partners.
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A social media thread proved strong enough to pull a New Jersey teen back from possible suicide, according to authorities.
And it was a social networking first for officers from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department -- using Facebook and other outlets this week to track down and help a troubled 18-year-old whose three-word online posting seemed to say suicide.
"Thinking of jumping," the teen posted to his Facebook profile alongside a photo of the George Washington Bridge spanning the Hudson River.
A concerned Facebook friend who saw the post contacted police in Paterson, N.J., alerting authorities to the apparent suicide threat, according to Port Authority spokesman Joe Pentangelo.
The alert was just the beginning. Pentangelo gave this scenario of events:
Paterson police called Port Authority officers, who serve the major bridges and tunnels of New York and New Jersey.
A photo of the young man was downloaded from his Facebook page and distributed to officers searching the bridge -- unsuccessfully -- for the teen among the bridge's pedestrians.
An officer assigned to Port Authority police's emergency services, Lt. Thomas Michaels, set out to contact the young man through Facebook, leaving his cell phone number on the page and urging the teen to call him.
And Port Authority Sgt. Nadine Rhem also took to Facebook, sending more offers of support and assistance.
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