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Is Tumblr the NEW Twitter

Launched in 2007, Tumblr has been successfully growing in the shadow of other social media platforms; Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook to name a few.

Tumblr makes it easy for you to share text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from your browser, phone, desktop, email. In recent times, they even talked about video uploading. In essence it is the same platform as Twitter only with features that make it slightly more simple to use.

Is Tumblr the NEW Twitter? I very much doubt it. Twitter is still thriving and I don't see this changing for a good 18 months to 2 years yet. There is still a gap in the market for Tumblr but more a feature of adding value to your current social media strategy / business.

Nip Tuck - analyse beauty

Being a big fan of the programme, I was very excited about Nip Tuck's launch of goldenration on Facebook. A fantastic viral campaign! Launched to promote not only the programme but its new channel (FX). Golden Ration lets people evaluate how close they come to aesthetic perfection.

Golden Ration technology analysez uploaded photographs and calculates facial beauty.

I guess the idea is to uncover the most beautiful face on Facebook. High vanity but very clever - exactly Nip Tuck.

Check out the application here.

Montage-a-Google

Stumbled across this fantastic application earlier “Montage-a-Google” by Grant Robinson. Simply enter a search term and Google will grab twenty images ad arrange them in a montage grid. A twist is to play Guess the Google. See if you can guess the search term that created the montage.

Social networking sites ‘slow and inaccessible’

It’s official, although no surprise social networking sites like Facebook are failing to deliver efficiency to its users.

Netimperative reports “research from the website monitoring company has shown that web 2.0 sites are slow to open or fail to load properly. WatchMouse monitored the time it took the social networking sites to load.”

The worst offending site of 104 monitored was Facebook. However, given Facebook’s popularity, users still won’t be deterred. Their only weakness would be a new entrant in the marketplace or a new generation of media.

Click here to read the full article.

Magazine covers with your PHOTO

Courtesy of Trend Hunter, I came across magmypic – fake magazine covers with your photo on. It’s the one and only site on the web where you can upload a picture and turn it into a magazine cover!

It’s a very novel idea that is bound to appeal to myspace, facebook and bebo users as you can grab the embed codes for your blog – rather like I’ve done. Hhmmm.

Options include People, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Time, Vogue, National Geographic, Fortune and Sports Illustrated.

Expect the magmypic trend to pick up once a teen facebook fanatic gets wind of it.

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SectionSeven - Fantastic Navigation

I came across this fantastic animated and navigational website earlier through Plastic Pilots. Called SectionSeven, they are a creative design and development office with a passion for the interactive and static visual disciplines. I love the illustrations. The aesthetics of the site remind me of the apple website.

It takes a while to get used to, but after that it really is a joy to scroll and explore through.

Microsoft secret plans for Zune 80 leaked!

Courtesy of Tech Buzz, it has been reported that details of their NEW 80GB digital media player were leaked, and by an unnamed Microsoft source.

Tech Buzz reports “According to their source, Microsoft will launch a new website called “Zune Originals”. People who buy Zunes from this site can customize it by choosing different colours, up to five lines of custom text, and 25 preset logos to be etched on to the surface of Zune before delivery.

The second good news is that Zune Software won’t require you to delete your entire music library if you want to sync your Zune with another computer. I think Microsoft is really taking some strong steps to level up with Apple. First, they let their old customers upgrade their firmware to get the new interface, and now customizable Zune along with better software for Zune.”

Will it rival the Apple iPod?

The best EVER website!

A company’s website tool is a very important sale feature. It some instances, it can make or break a company. Take a look at this website HEMA – online winkelen courtesy of my brother, Chris Kelly at Lbi. Every company wants their customers to scroll their website, to check out products etc... Take a look at this brilliant animation, reminiscence of the ‘Honda Cog’ and ‘Brylcream Effortless’ TV adverts. It has to be a contender at next years Cannes festival and for webbyawards too. It quite simple is the best bit of website animation I ever seen! Take a look at the screen grab, and then take a look for yourself.

ADVERTISING AGENCIES meet FACEBOOK

A very interesting article on psfk titled ‘Advertisers and Agencies To Visit Facebook Turf’ by Joel Horowitz.

Finally, agencies and companies alike are starting to come to terms with the power social networks and consumers have on brands. Consumers write about brands both on blogs and social networks 24/7, so it makes sense for ad agencies to tap into this market. The only downside of this is the cost implication. Facebook founders will demand a fortune.

Read the article here.