“Think of Augmented Reality as half virtual and half real. It takes existing physical spaces and supplements or “augments” them with information, objects, actions or interactions.” Some applications include: Location based Restaurant finder with reviews Location based Travel points of interest Virtual pet for the iPhone Public transportation schedule and station finder Virtual objects you can interact with in the real world Look at the videos to see great examples: More @ Demystifying Usability
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17 Ways How Search Engines Rank Pages
There are a lot of factors involved in the way how search engines rank pages: Internal vs. External Links Value of the Anchor Text Page Rank Trust Rank Domain Authority Geographical Location Link Type For the full list and explanation read SEOmoz
Tagging “@” friends on Facebook Status and Posts
Just as in Twitter: “Now, when you are writing a status update and want to add a friend’s name to something you are posting, just include the “@” symbol beforehand”. More here Via SEW
Hasbro: Monopoly Game with Google Maps
On the 9th of September Hasbro will launch the live worldwide game Monopoly City Streets using Google Maps as the game board. “It would appear that Hasbro, makers of the Monopoly game, is attempting to turn the franchise into a massively multi-player online game” More on the blog Via TechCrunch
There are 20 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute
The iPod can hold 83.3 days worth of audio. There are 10 billion photos on Facebook. Ever wondered what this means in terms of physical storage? How many VHS tapes? How many CDs? How many cassette tapes? See this. Via Digital Inspiration.
50% of Tweets are published using Mobile and web-based tools
93.6% of users have less than 100 followers 21% of users have never posted a Tweet New York has the most Twitters users 85.3% of all Twitter users post less than one update/day Want more? Read this. Via Econsultancy
40% of Tweets are Pointless Babble
If Twitter was a Village formed by 100 people, 5 of them would be known as loud mouths who create 75% of all the Twitter conversations. Twenty people would be dead because they have not tweeted at all, and 50 users would be lazy, whereby they have not tweeted at all in the past week. Moreover, from the average 100 tweets, 40% would be pointless babble… See the full study at Information is Beautiful Via CMSWire
Top 20 Countries for Social Networks Engagement
ComScore released last month results over an interesting study to identify the “Top 20 Highest Engagement Social Networking Country Audiences“. With 6.6 hours and 1307 pages per visitor per month, it was surprising that Russia has the most engaged audience, followed by Brazil and Canada. Mexico is ranked #11, with 4 hours and 488 pages per visitor per month. Read the Press Release.
What the F**k is Social Media: One Year Later
Juan, a friend from Avatar, sent me this file, which was developed by Espresso. Great introduction to Social Media for those companies wanting to start a conversation. What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later
The Social Media Venn Diagram
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