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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5nw2r4/social_tv_market) has announced the addition of the "Social TV Market: Global Advancements Forecasts & Analysis (2012 - 2017)" report to their offering.

Social TV Market is set to take the television industry by storm as television manufacturers are betting big money in this technology. There exists a diversity of players in the Social TV ecosystem, as the industry is open to experiments and is witnessing many a tie-ups between broadcasters and social networking companies. While some broadcasters are amalgamating Social TV within their own platforms; there are many, who are integrating Twitter into their Social TV platforms for enhanced custom experience and participation. Industry players such as BBC and CNN, on the other hand have signed deals with social networking players such as Facebook, as social networking companies are aggressively trying to venture into this space.

Social is truly emerging as a coalition of television and social media, wherein newer formats are being developed to enhance viewer engagement and encourage paid transactions. Many media and tech companies such as Hearst, Time Warner, BSkyB, and Google are backing several Social TV startups, with huge investments. This report provides insights on the social TV market, key market players, future scope, drivers, restraints and challenges of the market. The report also analyzes global adoption trends and future growth potential across different geographies.

This study estimates the global market of Social TV by the end of 2017. This market research study provides detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis of the global Social TV market. The report provides a comprehensive review of major market drivers, restraints, opportunities, winning imperatives, challenges, and key issues in the enterprise mobility market. The market is further segmented and forecasted for major geographic regions, North America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The competitive scenario and market share of the top players in the Social TV market is discussed in detail. The top players of the industry are profiled in detail with their recent developments and other strategic industry activities.

Key Topics Covered:

1 Introduction

2 Executive Summary

3 Market Overview

4 Trends & Forecasts For Social TV & Related Areas

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65pc of communication among pals via Facebook and texts

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Tunisia to bring the attackers of its embassy here last month to trial and pledged to continue support for the democratic transition in Tunisia, the cradle of the Arab Spring. "I call upon ...

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Washington, October 13 (ANI): Social daters and professional online dating coaches have given some advice on how to use social networking sites to find "The One."

They start by pointing to the fact that you can increase your chances of meeting someone who shares your interests by. Social sites offer a place where people can meet each other by what they say about their passions.

"You get to know a lot about someone when they write a review, even without having to spend time with them," the Huffington Post quoted one social dater who met her boyfriend on Yelp as saying.

The comments section of wesbites like Amazon.com, YouTube, Goodreads, Google+, Pinterest or any place where people hang out online can be used to find romance.

Including some personal details in your profile offers an instant icebreaker, so don't leave it blank and don't shy away from mentioning that you're single.

According to online dating coach Julie Spira, "Nothing is more powerful than the Facebook relationship status."

Expand your social circle through social media sites. Whereas stalking people you've never met is frowned upon on Facebook, buddying up to strangers won't get you any weird looks on the likes of Twitter, Instagram or even Yelp. And those strangers can set you up.

"Twitter for me was like having another group of friends who could set me up with people," Christina Coster, who met her boyfriend on the micro-blogging site, said.

An easy way to go about this on Twitter would be by first fostering a fresh group of friends by following people who share your interests, along with the people they follow or mention in their tweets.

It could be something even simpler that helps break the ice - one person's now-boyfriend started tweeting with her because he thought her profile picture was cute.

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The new application programming interface is intended to let developers integrate social features directly into the browser, though it doesn't sound like it's ready for prime time yet.

Firefox is going social, at least in a tentative sort of way.

Mozilla announced today that its Firefox Beta for Windows, Mac, and Linux will support Social API, a framework designed to let developers integrate social-networking features directly into the browser. Mozilla was quick to point out that the Social API support is "preliminary" at this point, suggesting it isn't fully baked and ready for prime time.

Mozilla didn't offer many details on how the social features might be integrated into the browser. It did say that it envisions developers allowing the browser's users to "to keep up with friends and family anywhere you go on the Web without having to open a new Web page or switch between tabs."

Mozilla may not be waxing prolix about its social-browser plans here, but its previous steps in this direction give you a sense of where it might be going. Last year around this time, Mozilla launched Firefox Share, a browser add-on that made it possible to share out links to Twitter, Facebook or Gmail directly from the browser -- i.e., without needing to visit those sites directly.

Share, in turn, built on Mozilla's earlier, failed link-sharing add-on F1. Similarly, other "social" browsers like Flock and Rockmelt have integrated social functions directly. The Rockmelt browser, for instance, supports built-in chat, link sharing, reading recommendations from your social-network "friends," and access to newstreams from Twitter, Facebook and other services.

Social API is presumably aiming for something similar, though Mozilla says it doesn't expect the new interface to be limited to social uses. The organization hopes e-mail providers, news outlets, and financial sites will also use the interface to integrate their own features into the browser.

Mozilla will start testing the Social API "soon" and will open it up to Firefox Beta testings in the coming weeks. The first implementation will involve integration of Facebook Messenger, which will presumably allow users to send and receive Facebook messages without having to visit facebook.com.

A new version of Mozilla's browser, Firefox 16, was re-released yesterday, one day after the company yanked the software to address security flaws.

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A new survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project suggests social networking and politics could be a dangerous mix.

Friends disagree with friends about political issues and usually let their disagreements pass without comment, according to the study.

About 38 percent of social media users have discovered through a friend's posts that their political beliefs were different than the user thought they were.

Very liberal users and very conservative users are often the most likely to have acted for and against others on social media.

Study breakdown:- About 25 percent always agree or mostly agree with their friends' political postings. - Roughly 73 percentof users "only sometimes" agree or never agree with their friends' political postings. - About 66 percentof users say they usually ignore political the posts. - Approximately 28 percentsaid they usually respond with comments or posts of their own. - Only 5 percentsaid it depends on the circumstances.

The report is based on data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International from Jan. 20 to Feb. 19, 2012.

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