Tag: Social Media
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Facebook Acquires Instagram
That’s right, Facebook acquires Instagram for $1 Billion in cash and stock. Here are some points regarding this acquisition (from what Mark Zuckerberg) wrote: “We plan on keeping features like the ability to post to other social networks, the ability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you want, and the ability to have…
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Instagram for Android gets tablet support
Good news for Instragram users on Android device. Instagram is now supporting tablet. It also support WiFi-only devices like Samsung’s Galaxy Play. Download now.
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Flickr: Photo Sharing or Photo Storage Service?
If you read this blog, or meet me in person, you probably know me as Flickr fan. Yes, among services owned by Yahoo!, Flickr is one of my favorite. I have friends who love to use Flickr and also bring some people to Flickr. So far, they’re enjoying it. Well, at least I heard some…
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Sample Photos: Here are picplz filters in action
Instagram got its popularity these days. It’s exclussively available only for Phone, iPad, and iPod touch users. Just to remind you, Instagram got its 150,000,000 photos uploaded to the service last August. Also, Klout made Instagram as one of the Klout score factors. There are some similar services offer what Instagram offers, for example Streamzoo,…
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So, what is the best Twitter Client?
Not exactly a Twitter client, but tool to manage social media accounts like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and more. When I created my first Twitter account in 2006, there weren’t any applications for desktop or mobile. But, it’s 2011 and the service grows so fast. It’s around one billion tweets sent per week (according to…
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about.me offers free email for its users. Do you use it?
I decided not to use it. I’m using about.me service to create my personal splash page. You can see mine at about.me/thomasarie. It looks good, and very useful to display multiple online profiles like Twitter, Facebook, or even Instagram. Everything works great. Few days ago, about.me users received an email informing about an offer to…
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I don't send Instagram photos to Flickr automatically. Why?
I like taking photos using my iPhone 4 and send them to Instagram. At the same time, I also like Flickr. iPhone 4, Nokia N8, and Flickr should be a great combination. Both Instagram and Flickr have their good and bad. And, I think both services can not be compared. Each service has its own…
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Instagram and how Instagram works with its users
Yes, I’m joining Instagram under @thomasarie username. Having a desired username for Instagram username is easy and should be painless. But, that didn’t happen to me at first. I wanted to have @thomasarie as my username, but I was a little bit unlucky. I contacted Instagram support team after doing some attempts to get my…
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Hello iPhone 4!
Two weeks ago, I bought myself a black iPhone 4. So did Lala. She bought the white one. I decided to buy it after I searched for reviews, looking up what I can do with it, and also how people work with this gadget. I was lucky because there was a great deal I didn’t…
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Klout Adds Five New Networks
If you like to analyze influence using a service called Klout — or, you like to analyze your own Klout score — this might be a good news. Klout just added five new services to build (hopefully) better scoring. You can now add services like Tumblr, Instagram, Blogger.com, Flickr and Last.fm.The additional services try to…
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Instagram now received more than 150,000,000 photos!
Instagram announced another milestone yesterday on their blog: Today, we’re excited to announce that more than 150 million photos have been shared on Instagram and Instagrammers now share photos with one another at a rate of 15 photos per second. And, it only took less than a year to hit that impressive statistics! And, I…
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Apa Kabar Indonesia (TVOne): Luna Maya, Media Sosial dan UU-ITE
Tadi pagi, diskusi Apa Kabar Pagi Indonesia TVOne mengangkat salah satu isu yang saat ini banyak dibicarakan — khususnya untuk masyarakat pengguna teknologi internet — yaitu tentang kasus yang melibatkan Luna Maya. Bagi saya yang menjadi menarik karena bukan tentang kasus Luna Maya dengan pihak yang langsung terkait — dalam hal ini infotainment — tapi…
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Nokia Messaging for Social Networks Beta: First Impression
Two days ago, I gave Nokia Messaging for Social Networks Beta a try on my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. This application will help Nokia users to keep update with the social media services — in this case Facebook and Twitter. Of course, it’s still in beta so I should not expect too much. The installation process…
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Jogja Wall Nation: Mural Competition
There will be an event in Jogjakarta called “Jogja Wall Nation” this weekend (October 14-15). It’s a mural competition. The competition will take place in Malioboro area. What makes it different is that the event will start in the evening until early in the morning. I got news that right now (when I write this…
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10 Reasons Why I Love Posterous
After using Posterous in the last few weeks more frequenlty, I feel that I like it more than before. It feels right. These are 10 reasons why I like Posterous — and why you should love it, too. 1. Email-friendly, of course One of the internet feature I regularly check is email inbox. Sometime, I…