Keek is the next Vine?

In the last post, you learned about Vine, the app that allows you to create a nine second looping video clip to upload to your Twitter account. Keek is a direct competitor but instead of 9 seconds, they give you 36 seconds. The website says, “The fastest way to share video updates with friends Share 36-second video updates via webcam, iPhone, Android or Blackberry. Posting keeks is a fun way to meet new people, stay up to date with friends and tell the world what you’re up to in real time.”

Teens seem to be using Keek more prevalently than Vine perhaps because it gives you more time to communicate. When you create a Vine clip, you have to be bit more clever to make the 9 seconds enjoyable to watch.

Have you discovered Keek?
http://www.keek.com/

Have you tried Vine?

Have you tried Vine? You need the Vine app to post clips up to your account and then ultimately to Twitter. Vine allows you to create a video clip and then loop it for nine seconds. You can see what Vine clips look like here.

Get your 9 seconds of fame with Vine.
https://vine.co/

Quote Land

Are you looking for a qood quote to lead your day, week, month or perhaps year? If you are looking for inspiration then you should head to Quote Land. I make it a point to visit Quoteland as a pick me up.

Here is a quick example of a quote from the website. “Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.” – Anonymous

http://www.quoteland.com/

Setup a Silent Ringtone

Do you set your mobile phone on vibrate and miss important calls? If you want to Ignore unwanted calls but answer important calls, you should try a silent ringtone.

How does it work? You record a silent ringtone for all calls and then setup specific ringtones for callers you would answer. For example your wife would have a specific ringtone but a telemarketer would get the general assigned silent ringtone.

Here’s a link how to setup a silent ringtone.
http://www.cultofmac.com/188109/ignore-unwanted-contacts-with-a-silent-ringtone-ios-tips/

P.S. So how do you get the most out of your mobile phone? The answer is to keep it up to date and to customize your phone with the features you need.

Twitter Lingo: MT

Do you know Twitter lingo? You may be aware if you put RT in a tweet it means “Retweet”. To me a RT is like forwarding an email. Did you know that MT is a “Modified Tweet”? An MT is essentially updating the original tweet so you send it as your own and conform to the 140 character limit.

If you are not on Twitter, sign-up and discover what you are missing. Even if you don’t want to tweet you should secure you name and listen in.

Read more at this post I found about it.
http://stwem.com/2011/06/16/what-does-mt-mean-on-twitter/

What Do People Search For?

I am always fascinated what people are searching for online and analyzing trends. Google has a just a tool to look at online trends called “Zeitgiest” which means “the spirit of the times”. Annually Google groups the past years most popular searches so you can see in a snapshot the trends. IN the past, I have mentioned this tool, however what I did not mention is that you can look back in the archives until 2001.

http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/

Disney Commonsense

The Disney Channel recently has issued a public service announcement from it’s current lineup of stars about being smart online. When you surf online, there are rules of the road and knowing those rules will help you navigate at a heightened awareness. Four short videos entitled: “Stand Up”, “When I Was Bullyied”, “Think Before You Send” and “Rules of the Road” help you get on the path to online safety.

http://www.Disney.com/commonsense

Plaq Spotter

Prevent plagiarism with Plaq Spotter, a new free-to-use plagiarism checker. Simply type in a webpage and the site will scan it’s database and display results. If you are looking for a online tool to spot duplicate content sources, then you should try Plaq Spotter.

http://www.plagspotter.com/

Best iPad & iPhone Apps for Parents

A few years ago, I told you about Yappler, a site dedicated to sharing the best of the best iPhone apps. Now fastfoward, the site just published the best iPad apps for parents. Do you have any to add?

Best iPad & iPhone Apps for Parents

• Chore Bank – track allowance, chore completion and spending money
• iEmergency ICE Family PRO = access to your family’s medical information
• Safe Driver – documents acceleration, braking, cornering and speed
• FBI Child ID – convenient place to electronically store photos and vital information about your kids
• My 9 Months – a guide to a healthy pregnancy
• Find My Kids Footprints – track your kids and privately share locations with family and friends
• Kids In Mind – movie Reviews for Families = objective and complete information about a film’s content
• Food Additives 2 – find out which food additives are considered safe or not
• A Parent’s App For Healthy Kids – track how many servings of each food group have been fed to your loved ones
• CareZone Mobile – manage private information about a child, parent or other family member
• Baby Monitor HD – watch and listen to 4 cameras simultaneously and monitor your babies from anywhere
• Channel One News for Parents – covers national and world events, politics, science, technology and human interest stories
• PowerSchool for Parents – real-time access to student information

http://yappler.com/article/1843/18-useful-apps-for-parents-iphone-ipad

2 Rules of Instragram

So you have the app Instragram? Do you post pictures using its myriad of filters? I like the app but I rarely feel I have an image worthy of posting. On the other hand, I think I maybe in the minority because I see many pictures posted everyday.

I heard the other day on Fee’s Company the two rules of Instagram and I thought I would share them. For once, I actually agreed with the show on Instragram use.

Two Instragram rules
1. Only post good pictures – no blurry images or pictures of ceilings
2. Don’t post numerous photos in a row from the pose – no differences in the pictures

Are you on Instragram? Soon Polaroid is releasing an Instagram version of its camera? Will that bring the camera back?
http://Instragram.com