Happy Social Media Day to All!

I was at the social media day celebrations conducted by @Mashable in Chennai city (India) Today. There were around 100 people who attended this meetup and it is probably one of the largest Mashable social media meetup’s in Asia. The closest competitor to Chennai is Bengaluru city.

The event started with the welcome speech by the organizer Sorav Jain (@soravjain). He explained about social media’s growth in India. He came up with some stats which showed the progress of India among the social networking website giants like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn over the last couple of years. India is one among the top 10 countries in twitter for the number of registrations. There are around 70 Lakh Indians in Facebook (14 million) and there are close to around 5 million professionals registered in LinkedIn from India.

Then, Sorav spoke about how social media can be used effectively in today’s life by using the power of social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Then started the introductions. I was very happy to see the diversification among the participants ranging from college students to CEO’s of big companies. This shows us that Social Media is here to stay.

Later the Games started. It was not just for fun but it was played for a cause. Every member contributed an amount (Rs.50 minimum) to enable game entry. The collected money goes to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). The great thing is that people from PETA were present at the event to support the cause. It was heartening to see that the participants contributed to the charities in excess to the game fee. This shows us that Social Media is here for a cause.

Then we had a Q&A session wherein four social media experts were selected as a panel and the other participants questioned them. It was a very interactive session where everybody learned something from the other.

The event ended in a great way with a group photo which will be published in Mashable.com. We had some hot samosa’s to fill our tummies as well.

I found a lot of new friends and I will be attending many such meetup’s whenever they are available. Being in the social media marketing industry one cannot miss such great networking opportunities.

It was a great evening with a lot of fun. Thanks to Mashable and Echovme for organizing such a great social media event.

Please use the hash tag #SMDchn while tweeting about this event.

A Message From Mashable’s Founder and CEO Pete Cashmore

Thanks All!!!

Dear All,

I love “The King Of The Jungle“, Do you ? This post is for people who love everything about the lions. Please comment on your favorite picture below.

1) Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle… when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.

2) A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. ~ Vernon Howard

3) A lion’s work hours are only when he’s hungry; once he’s satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.  ~ Chuck Jones

4) Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life. ~ Charles de Gaulle

5) I’m like a lion – I roar. If someone betrays me, I won’t be a victim. I don’t sulk, I get angry. I go immediately into retaliation. But it always comes from insecurity or pain. ~ Lisa Marie Presley

6) I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people. ~ George Bernard Shaw

6) The lion and the calf will lay down together, but the calf won’t get much sleep. ~ Woody Allen

7) Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.

8 ) The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort. ~ Chanakya

9) A lion sleeps in the heart of every brave man.

10) Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.

11) An army of asses led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by an ass. ~ George Washington

12) It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. ~ Elizabeth Kenny

13) Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people. ~ Will Cuppy

14) The lion is, however, rarely heard – much more seldom seen. ~ John H. Speke

15) To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior’s spirit. It takes power to do that. ~ Carlos Castaneda

16) The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth. ~ John Dryden

17) Lions, wolves, and vultures don’t live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together. ~ John Gay

18) After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him… The moral: When you’re full of bull, keep your mouth shut. ~ Will Rogers

19) A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. ~ Vernon Howard

20) Fainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus. ~ Alfred Victor Vigny

21) I think that if the beast who sleeps in man could be held down by threats of any kind, whether of jail or retribution, then the highest emblem of humanity would be the lion tamer, not the prophet who sacrified himself. ~ Boris Pasternak

22) I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give lion’s roar. ~ Winston Churchill

23) You have put me in here a cub, but I will come out roaring like a lion, and I will make all hell howl! ~ Carry Nation

24) The lion does not turn around when a small dog barks

25) Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. ~ Bible

Quotes Source: Brainy Quotes, Think Exist and Quotes Daddy.

Thank You.

Dear All,

Happy to share with you all that my photo is voted and selected as the “Picture Of The Day” by a reputed website www.PhotoVotr.com

Photovotr Link: Pic of the day

Another great news for me today. My other photo is published in discovery.com website .

Discovery.com Link: Discovery Planet Green

Thanks
Vinoth Chandar

My Recent Click:

“Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.” ~ Mother Teresa

My Recent Click:

At the physical level, yoga and its cleansing practices have proven to be extremely effective for various disorders.

Yoga is extremely effective in:

Increasing Flexibility – yoga has positions that act upon the various joints of the body including those joints that are never really on the ‘radar screen’ let alone exercised.

Increasing lubrication of the joints, ligaments and tendons – likewise, the well-researched yoga positions exercise the different tendons and ligaments of the body.

Surprisingly it has been found that the body which may have been quite rigid starts experiencing a remarkable flexibility in even those parts which have not been consciously work upon. Why? It is here that the remarkable research behind yoga positions proves its mettle. Seemingly unrelated “non strenuous” yoga positions act upon certain parts of the body in an interrelated manner. When done together, they work in harmony to create a situation where flexibility is attained relatively easily.

Massaging of ALL Organs of the Body – Yoga is perhaps the only form of activity which massages all the internal glands and organs of the body in a thorough manner, including those – such as the prostate – that hardly get externally stimulated during our entire lifetime. Yoga acts in a wholesome manner on the various body parts. This stimulation and massage of the organs in turn benefits us by keeping away disease and providing a forewarning at the first possible instance of a likely onset of disease or disorder.

Complete Detoxification – By gently stretching muscles and joints as well as massaging the various organs, yoga ensures the optimum blood supply to various parts of the body. This helps in the flushing out of toxins from every nook and cranny as well as providing nourishment up to the last point. This leads to benefits such as delayed ageing, energy and a remarkable zest for life.

Excellent toning of the muscles – Muscles that have become flaccid, weak or slothy are stimulated repeatedly to shed excess flab and flaccidity.

Source: www.healthandyoga.com

My Recent Click:

My Recent Click: Little red chair

I sat,
I waited,
On my little red chair.
Day after day I would wait,
Wait for you to meet me there,
At my little red chair.
Though you continued,
Not to come.

~By Thushshani Muruganantharajah

Recent report from Hitwise says Facebook is the No.1 website in the US in terms of web traffic.

The report says

“The market share of visits to Facebook increased 185% last week as compared to the same week in 2009, while visits to Google increased 9% during the same time frame. Together Facebook.com and Google.com accounted for 14% of all US Internet visits last week.”

Does this mean Google is pushed to the No.2 spot ?

Lets see some interesting infographics of  both the companies from Pingdom & onlineschools.org.

The main advantage for Facebook is the 400 million user base which grew up to this level from 200 million in just one year. The other pulling factor are your friends. When your friends are in Facebook, why do you want to go anywhere else? There are a few downsides though. Although Mr.Zuckerberg expects a 70 percent revenue growth in 2010, Facebook became positive in cash flow only around last September. Facebook must also work hard to set right the huge privacy issues which they are having right now.

But on the other side Google dominates on the $ value. With around $24.5 billion and after making $6.5 billion profit in the past year, Google will only get better to dominate the market in online TV and film distribution, improving its “Chrome” browser and enhancing its core “Search” & “Advertisement” Business. Google has also jumped in to the mobile market with its Android mobile platform. It got better with the acquisition of Admob and with the introduction of the nexus phone as a competition to Apple.

Apple hit back on the announcement of iAds in the WWDC 2010 Keynote. Today Apple has revised its developer agreement almost banning the competing ads. Now, What will happen to Google’s Admob? This makes Google’s life even tougher. See this interesting infographic from Gigao.

Conclusion: Google has to fight with Facebook as well as Apple to stay afloat in this Technology WAR. Iam sure both Apple (World’s No1 Technology company) and Facebook (World’s No1 Website in terms of traffic and user base) will be given a good run for their money by Google. Apple and Facebook on the other hand are great technology companies and they will surely push Google to the limits.

Whatever be the result, we are the ultimate beneficiaries because we will be getting new technologies and great gadgets as these giants continue fight among themselves. Let this healthy war continue...

If you like this article please share it using the links below. Please feel free to post views in the comments section below. Thanks!

Photographs in which the color “BLUE” is prominent.

The color of the sky and the ocean, blue is one of the most popular colors. It causes the opposite reaction as red. Peaceful, tranquil blue causes the body to produce calming chemicals, so it is often used in bedrooms. Blue can also be cold and depressing. Fashion consultants recommend wearing blue to job interviews because it symbolizes loyalty. People are more productive in blue rooms. Studies show weightlifters are able to handle heavier weights in blue gyms.

WWDC 2010 was fully packed, sold out in 8 days, people from over 50 countries here. Huge crowd poured in at the Apple WWDC 2010.

Everybody is excited and are awaiting to see new stuff from Apple.Over 5,200 attendees here with over 120 sessions and hands on labs by over 1,000 Apple engineers at WWDC.

Steve Jobs on Ipad: He Cites an email he got about a guy agreeing the iPad is magical because it got a girl interested in him at a cafe.iPad will be in 19 countries by the end of July. 8,500 native iPad apps currently.Along with the 200,000 iPhone apps, native apps downloaded over 35 million times.

17 apps per iPad already downloaded, “a great number.” In first 65 days, users have downloaded over 5 million books.

Steve moves to App store: Cites over 225,000 apps currently on App Store. 15,000 apps submitted per week. 95% approved within 7 days.

Explains 3 Top reasons for app rejection:

1: Doesn’t function or do what the developer says it does.

2. Use of private API’s.

3: They crash.

The World most popular game comes to the iPhone by end of June – FARMVILLE

All Facebook friends can be accessed in Farmville for the iPhone as well as all the same social functionality found on Facebook.

iPhone 4 is Announced:

iPhone 4 is very thin – 9.3mm thick, 24% thinner than current iPhone. This is the thinnest smartphone on the planet.

Retina Display: 326 ppi. 300 ppi is limit of the human retina when held 10-12 inches away from the eye. Text looks like “a fine printed book.”326 ppi. 800:1 contrast ratio also 4x better than 3GS. Uses IPS technology for superb color and wide viewing angle.Retina Display has 78% of the pixels of an iPad right in the palm of your hand.Apps automatically run full size but look even better because iPhone OS automatically renders text and controls in higher resolution.With higher resolution artwork, apps/games on Retina Display “look stunning.”

iPhone 4 powered by Apple’s A4 chip designed by Apple’s own team. Biggest component in iPhone is the battery. Bigger battery plus A4 processor, 40% more talk time. 7 hours talk time. 6 hours of 3G browsing, 10 hours of WiFi browsing, 10 hours of video. 40 hours of music. 300 hours of standby.

iPhone 4 has a Gyroscope:

3 axis gyro for pitch roll and yaw. Gyro + accelerometer = 6 axis motion sensing. New CoreMotion API’s for extremely precise location.Rotation of 3D objects is unbelievably smooth.Gyro joins 4 other sensors, accelerometer, compass, proximity and ambient light sensors.

The 4th generation iPhone4 comes with Dual mics, 802.11n. With 32GB of storage, quadband HSDPA/HSUPA, iIt is Capable of 7.2mbit down 5.8mbit up once carriers support that speed.

New camera system in iPhone 4 to take better photos with 5 megapixel camera. Backside illuminated sensor. 1.75 micron pixel size in sensor.5x digital zoom in camera app and tap to focus with LED flash.

Camera records HD video too. 720p at 30fps.Tap to focus video with built-in video editing.One-click sharing. LED flash can stay on during video recording. Record, edit, and share HD video right on your phone.

iMovie for iPhone can record directly in to timeline or choose from clips and photos on device.Pinching changes scale of timeline. Everything in the iMovie UI has awesome animations. Photos added automatically are Ken Burns effected. Camera records geolocation in to video.Music can be added, comes with a few tracks but any music from iPod library can be used.Can export to 360p, 520p, and 720p. Macro video shots and low light shots look amazing.

iPhone OS is now iOS 4. iOS4 has multitasking, folders, retina display integration, enhancements to mail, camera and photo apps, much deeper enterprise integration and tons of new features.

Folders can be renamed and go in the dock.

Bing is a third search option. Google will remain the default still.

Three stores on the iPhone: iTunes, iBooks, and App Store.

iAds is here for one simple reason: To help developers make free and low-cost apps for users.iAds look like, look very similar to AdMob.iAds keep users in the app when tapped instead of closing the app, loading the browser, and taking you to a random web site.

iAds enabled July 1st.$60m committed to second half of this year for iAds from advertisers.Apple expects to dominate 48% of second half of 2010 mobile advertising market after only 8 weeks of selling.

Video Calls with iPhone 4. Apple calls this “FaceTime”. Quality looks great.Apple will ship tens of millions of FaceTime devices this year.Based on many open standards, h.264, AAC, SIP, STUN, TURN, ICE, RTP, SRTP, Apple going to standards body tomorrow to make FaceTime an open industry standard.

That is the iPhone 4 for you. On sale from June 24th.

Price and availability, comes in two colors white and black just like spy shots.

Price with 2 year contract: $199 for 16GB model, $299 for 32GB model.iPhone 3GS will be $99. iPhone 4 will be in 88 countries by end of September.

iOS4 upgrades for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G (with not all features supported), and iPod touch (again with not all features and no first generation) for free on June 21st.

I hope the new iPhone is loved by one and all. Thanks to Steve Jobs & Apple, the greatest innovative technology company in the world. Thanks All!!!