...Facebook Messenger 4 Thought Facebook lost to WhatsApp & Viber? Well think again! The social networking giant, is still aspiring to make a mark in the world of instant messaging (guess buying your peers ain’t enough : P). Facebook recently rolled out updates for its Messenger app for Android and iOS users. For Android, the Facebook Messenger app has been updated to version 4.0, and for iOS to version 4.1. Can this be a game changer? Let’s find out! The Android update introduces features seen in the Facebook Messenger 4.0 for iOS released in end of March. This includes group messaging, as well as photo & message forwarding. The interface has been redesigned, and provides a great user experience. Also, much like WhatsApp, users can now pin contact shortcuts to their home screens - a feature also available in the new iOS app. You create a shortcut icon of any conversation with any of your friends and the shortcut will open that particular chat window directly. One feature that provides Facebook an edge over WhatsApp is the app's ability to make free calls (via Wi-Fi or mobile data) in all countries! Similar to Viber & Skype, users can call active friends without incurring any carrier charges. Had Facebook introduced video calls, it would have overpowered Apple’s FaceTime as well, hands down! Facebook Messenger showcases enough features to blast the competition. For instance, the Chat Heads feature alerts you when you have a new message: while...
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...Facebook website - Live News feed - Video calling and – message - online calling through messenger(fb app for chating) U can video call through facebook to ur frnds and family to communicate Facebook can also be seen as an instant virtual instant communication world through which you can keep in touch with family and friends. There are many communication tools available in facebook. There is the chat application which is a quick and easy way to use to stay in touch with friends and family across different time zones. There is also the video chat available through which you can do audio and video interaction at the same time. Facebook video chat can be conducted through the use of laptops, tablet and smartphones. - photo sharing - Status Another important communication tool is the Share This tool which can be used to share information with friends and family on your network. Let's say you see an article or information you think will be beneficial to people, you could always share the page with them. There are also different game applications available which you can make use of whenever you are bored or you feel like you want to relax. The creation of pages for business is also available. This tool can be used in marketing your product and making people aware of the use, the cost and how many people also make use of it - Groups (multiple communication in a single way) Academic use of Facebook at UWEC is not very common, but it can be a good way to connect...
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...I am not certain which one everybody else will choose but my two favored are Facebook and Instagram but I prefer Instagram over Facebook. They have different security features, altered creativeness, and ways to may everything simple. Beforehand, we chat about how Facebook and Instagram are not the same, let’s indicate the exciting connection between the two. Facebook owns Instagram, and that will help find then connect with Facebook friends on Instagram. This will also allow the user to link their Instagram posts to Facebook. Also, Facebook has friends and Instagram has followers. Nonetheless the key connection amongst the two stops here, so we can get down to business and point out some of the main differences now. Facebook and Instagram are similar but also very different in their own ways. Facebook is the big brother in this family and their active users are extremely high. While they both have great security features I think Instagram is safer to post and share pictures than Facebook. With Facebook someone can block a person but the timeline gives more information about them to other people. For example, the TV show Catfish expose people on the internet, "catfish" is an individual who makes a fake profile on social media sites using someone else's photos and false biographical evidence to make-believe to be someone they are not. All the time, if not most of it the fake profile comes from Facebook. With Instagram people can also block entirely by making the page private which...
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...Facebook Advertising Platform Gaining Competitive Advantage with user’s data 1 Executive Summary This research paper details a study of Facebook’s knowledge management. The user’s involvement, interaction and information were very important for the study. The main objective of the study is how Facebook utilises user’s information and help advertisers target the right audience. The study will be done using Porter’s Five Forces Model and Resource based Value to Facebook. The findings show that Facebook’s large database helped create an advantage over other platforms and benefited all the parties involved in the process. 2 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………3 About Facebook………………………………………………………………….3 Advertising…………………………………………………………………….…3 Conceptual Framework and Analysis ……………………………………………………5 Porters Five Forces Analysis……………………………………………………..5 Resource Based View of Facebook………………………………………………6 Conclusion and Recommendation………………………………………………………..7 References………………………………………………………………………………..8 3 Introduction As known Microsoft made computers easy for everyone to use. Google helps us search out data. YouTube keeps us entertained. But Facebook a social networking site has a huge advantage over those other sites: the emotional investment of its users. Facebook makes us smile, shudder, squeeze into photographs so we can see ourselves online later, worry when no one responds to our witty remarks, snicker over who got fat after high school...
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...3. MAIN STRATEGIC ISSUES WHICH FACEBOOK HAS TO ADDRESS 3.1 Company overview Facebook - operated by Facebook Inc, is one of the most popular social networking website by which registered users can create their profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues easily. It was first founded as a network for Harvard University in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and two of his roommates. Despite that Facebook’s primary operations are in the United States, it has become a global network. Its headquarters is at Melno Park, California. It is reported that the company had 11,996 employees; 1.55 billion monthly active users estimated revenue of about $12,087 million as of September 30, 2015 (Facebook) Besides, Facebook is now operating in social networking industry, a new rising phenomenon. It is web-based services that allow users to interact over the internet to share their interests and information in public. This industry takes an active role in gathering many people from all around the world in one place. According to Nielsen (2009), two-third of the world’s internet population access to a social network nearly 10% of all internet time; and Facebook had the highest average time per visitor among the 75 most popular networks worldwide. Furthermore, connecting people in the open world is the most Facebook’s mission along with the 12-year-development. It would like to bring users more opportunities for sharing thoughts and discovering the...
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...Date: ______________ o Be-back CURRENT PROVIDER Carrier: ________________________ ____ Monthly Bill: $ ______________________ Monthly Minutes: _______________ _____ WHAT DO I WANT IN A DEVICE? o Wi-Fi Calling o Keyboard o Touchscreen o Bluetooth 5 GB HIGH USE Customer Name(s): ___________________________________________ PRODUCT TYPE: o PP Contact Phone: ____________________________________________ o PP Dep $ ______ E-mail: ____________________________________________ o No Contract LIFESTYLE • What brought you in today? • How do you want to connect with friends and family? • What phone do you currently have? • What do you like/dislike about your current phone? • Will you be calling or texting internationally? WHAT DO I WANT TO DO? o Surf the web/send/receive large emails w/attachments (photos, videos) o Download music/games/movies o GPS Use Play o Games online o Video Chat Use o on Facebook (upload/download Post photo/video) o up driving directions (Google Maps) Look o Email (work/personal) o Send email without attachments o Post and comment on Facebook o Access a Website o Laptop mobility ---- Complete MBB RFG ---o Tablet connectivity MOBILE BROADBAND 200 MB LOW USE DATA PLAN Use T-Mobile Data Calculator for data usage estimate 10 GB HEAVY USE o Blackberry Messenger o Speeds 4G o Android o indows W o Blackberry o Tethering (create a hotspot) PCC Signal Strength Excellent Very Good Good Moderate Partner None 2 GB MEDIUM USE Based on outdoor coverage – indoor...
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... Student (MCA), Student (MCA), Rukmini Devi Institute of Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies, Rohini, New Delhi. Advanced Studies, Rohini, New Delhi. Hidden.brain.key1@gmail.com kraushan6102@gmail.com ABSTRACT In the previous years a new area of messaging applications has come up. These applications allows users to make free calls, video calls and send text messages over the internet instead of traditional communication methods which includes SMS,MMS and voice calls. While there are millions of users which are using these services but a very little attention has been paid over the security measure. In this paper we analyses one of the most popular mobile messaging application (Hike,) and evaluate the security flaws in it. We find that application uses user’s phone number as a unique key for the verification of account. Finally, practical results show that major security flaws still exist in the application, allowing attackers to delete messages, crash application. KEYWORDS— Hike attack, Hike crash 1. INTRODUCTION In the previous years, many new smartphone messaging...
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...phone line. It was loud, weird sound, when he kept pressing Enter, it showed the connection went back and forth in picture with consistent weird sound. When it comes to digital, I had a computer with internet called ADSL. It allowed us transferring voice, video and data through internet with cable. I remember the quality of calling was quite bad; the internet’s speed was quite slow back then. Optical cable came to play, literally came to my house with a staff installing the network. They called it 100 Mbps network. The speed was tremendously fast. Smart phone was getting popular at that time with 3G. At that time Voice over IP is very common. I could easily voice call or video call my friends in computer with decent quality. Today, unified communication is really common. We can’t live without it. It includes voice communication, instant messenger, audio and video conference and also collaboration(47 Kim and Solomon). • Differentiate store-and-forward communications from real-time communications. (How do store-and-forward communications differ from real-time communications?) Real-time communications can instantly communicate with other. For example, instant messenger like MSN (R.I.P.) google hangout, Whatsapp; audio and video conference software like Skype. Store-and-forward communications require recording and upload to the server. One can...
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...TERM PAPER TOPIC:ANDROID APPLICATIONS Acknowledgement I would gladly like to thank my faculty guide Ms. Riju Choudhary and it gives me immense pleasure to say that she was a constant support throughout helping and guiding me. I would say it wasn’t easy for her but she did her best replying to our mails n helping us in correcting our mistakes. She also helped us in selecting a topic of our choice and interest so we could work harder and with more interest. I was happy to have her as my guide and will look forward to work under her again. A special thanks to you mam. I would also thank my parents for their never ending care n support. Table of content 1. Introduction * History * Design * Features 2. Applications 3. Google play 4. The 100 best apps of 2012 5. The 12 best android tablet app 6. Android software development 7. References Introduction Android is a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices such as Smartphone and tablet computers. It is developed by the Open Handset Alliance, led by Google, and other companies. Google purchased the initial developer of the software, Android Inc., in 2005. The unveiling of the Android distribution in 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 86 hardware, software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. Google releases the Android code as open-source, under the Apache License. The Android...
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...William E. Lopez-Valentin Date: Jul 23, 2012 Trident University Strategic Analysis of Skype Introduction This paper will present a strategic analysis of Skype. I will discuss Skype Mission, Vision, Values, Goals / Objectives and strategic business. Skype was founded in Luxembourg in 2003, by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, creators of Kazaa, software designed to share music and movies. Throughout its history, framed by investment offers and sales of the company, Skype remains a large and prized signature in the world of technology. In 2005, eBay the product auction site through internet bought Skype for 2.6 billion dollars. Before the end of that year, the company introduced one of its flagship services: video calling. In 2006, Skype reached 100 million users worldwide. In the same year, it released version 3.0 of its software for Windows and 2.0 for Mac. From conception to acquisition Since in the changing world of technology everything cannot be 'rosy', in 2008 Skype began to have conflicts with eBay. On the one hand, the service implemented to enhance communication between buyers and sellers in the online auction service; was not leaving the desired results. On the other hand, the old system developers sued eBay for licenses used had expired. In 2009, eBay ended up selling 70% of Skype for 2.7 billion dollars to the group Silver Lake Partners. In 2010, the company reported net loss of $6.9 million. However, it is clear that the value of Skype...
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...Search (Google Now™), Google+,™ Local,™ Google Maps,™ Messenger, Navigation, Play Books, Play Magazines, Play Movies & TV, Play Music, Play Store,™ Hangouts,™ Google Voice Search,™ and YouTube™ Interactivity • VuTalk – draw and share notes in real time between compatible devices1 • QSlide Function – overlay up to two windows with adjustable sizing and transparency on the primary screen for easy multitasking • QuickMemo – create and share personalized memos by taking screen captures and adding handwritten drawings or messages • QuickMemo Overlay - hover a QuickMemo note over any screen such as Dialer or Browser and instantly share your personalized memos with every page • Home Button LED – specified colored and patterned light provides charging status and notifications such as alarms, calendar reminders, new messages, missed events and others • QuickTranslator – translate sentences and phrases from 44 different languages into 64 native languages • Polaris® Viewer 4 – PC-like office suite app for viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets • FileShare – share your files with other compatible LG phones • Quiet Mode – specify times to disable notifications for calls and messages • Multilanguage Support – select from 53 different keyboard input languages • Connect to Social Networks – send quick updates to Google+, Twitter,®2 Facebook,®2 and other social networks • Full HTML Web Browser with Google Search • Text, Picture, Video, and Voice Messaging† 1 2 2.5” 0.4” Connectivity ...
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...Arnaldo Perez Consumer Behavior Current Topics Assignment 2/13/13 Blackberry 10: The topic I will be covering is the Blackberry 10. Upon its initial press-conference (no official U.S. release yet), many smart phone users turned it’s eye towards the former leader of smart phones to see what the rumored Blackberry 10 would consist of, and with much anticipation there was a lot of praise as well as skepticism. The Blackberry team (run by Research In Motion: RIM) displayed the new models: the touch screen Z10 and its QWERTY Keyboard counterpart (for those who still demanded a keyboard). Features that were innovative to the new Blackberry 10 (aside from full-screen touch capability, video chat that other phones offered) is the brilliant Blackberry HUB. The HUB allowed for easier view of the things that “everything important to you easy to view in a single space”. The HUB is powered by single swipes to view messages, get in and out of menus, programs for easier multitasking, therefore leaving the pages that you are currently on in menu blocks (similar to the windows phone square tiles). The big issue with the new Blackberry 10, are trying to gain back all the customers that it lost to iPhones and Android powered devices. Blackberry has not kept up with the ways of these smart phones since 2011 (when Android had grown in popularity). This brand is a cult classic, famous for its comfortable size and keyboard, it lacked in many areas. In a market where it is now pre-dominantly...
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...* History Main articles: History of Facebook and Timeline of Facebook 2003–2005: Thefacebook, Thiel investment and name change Z uckerberg wrote a program called Facemash on October 28, 2003, while attending Harvard University as a sophomore (second year student). According to The Harvard Crimson, the site was comparable to Hot or Not and used "photos compiled from the online facebooks of nine houses, placing two next to each other at a time and asking users to choose the 'hotter' person"[14][15][16] To accomplish this, Zuckerberg hacked into protected areas of Harvard's computer network and copied private dormitory ID images. Harvard did not have a student "Facebook" (a directory with photos and basic information) at the time, although individual houses had been issuing their own paper facebooks since the mid-1980s, and Harvard's longtime Freshman Yearbook was colloquially referred to as the "Freshman Facebook". Facemash attracted 450 visitors and 22,000 photo-views in its first four hours online.[14][17] The site was quickly forwarded to several campus group list-servers, but was shut down a few days later by the Harvard administration. Zuckerberg faced expulsion and was charged by the administration with breach of security, violating copyrights, and violating individual privacy. Ultimately, the charges were dropped.[18] Zuckerberg expanded on this initial project that semester by creating a social study tool ahead of an art history final exam. He uploaded 500 Augustan...
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...created a massive platform that reaches over a billion people. Facebook has been successful driving revenue by developing algorithms and application programming interfaces. These revenue drivers turned their social networking platform into an advertising tool, connecting third-party businesses to quality consumers. Although Facebook’s user base and revenue are growing at very rapid rate, there is concern with their future strategy. This paper addresses that concern and the doubt that the revenue streams the company has developed will be sustainable in the long-term. Examining Facebook’s history, competition, financials and target markets will reveal a direction for the future. Recommendations are made for a long-term strategy to diversify revenue streams and maintain year over year growth in profitability through: global markets, emerging technologies and integration. Keywords: Facebook, social networking, technology, advertising, data, Internet user, global market, application development, mobile, beacon Analysis of Facebook to Develop a Business Strategy Maintaining Revenue Growth in the Future Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in a dorm room at the campus of Harvard University in February 2004. Its initial purpose was to form a social network exclusive to Harvard, allowing the viewing of students’ personal details to the entire student body and to create a platform for communication. Within four months, Facebook had expanded to thirty colleges and had 150,000 users. With...
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...New Trends Over the past few months there have been a lot of articles on the relationship between technology and the tourism industry. There’s plenty happening, and so many things to be excited about and hopeful for. To summarize, here are five (5) ways that technology is set to transform the tourism industry. • Messaging According to data courtesy of a Skift report, it shows that across the social media sphere messaging has been the fastest-growing behaviour since 2010. Platforms such as WhatsApp, WeChat and Facebook Messenger each have more monthly users around the world than Instagram, Snapchat and Pinterest combined. And it’s a trend that looks set to continue as we move forward. The user base of instant messaging platforms is growing at an incredibly fast rate. This, alongside an active base of users, is to be expected, as many people replace older methods of communication with the latest offering from WhatsApp and the like. Instant messaging provides that which technology should provide a substantial upgrade on the normal way of doing things. Texting, faxing and writing letters are becoming increasingly obsolete, as group messages and direct...
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