Latin music’s big night on Twitter

by M. Dorn on April 30, 2012 · 0 comments

Last night’s Latin Billboard Awards proved to be a big night for Latin music’s hottest artists, and for fans on Twitter. The conversation really took off on Twitter, both in Spanish and English — there were nearly half a million Tweets about the show, which was more than double last year’s volume. Fans particularly turned to Twitter to share their reactions when Don Omar and Maná won trophies, and during Marc Anthony’s Premio Salon de la Fama award tribute, sending thousands of Tweets during those moments.

Before the show started, folks behind the scenes were sharing pictures of the stars as they walked the red carpet:

A lucky fan in Miami for the Billboards shared the view from her seat during one of the performances:

Right after taking home an incredible 8 awards, Prince Royce took his acceptance speech to Twitter and made sure to thank his fans around the world:
Prince Royce made sure to thank all his fans:

The team at Trendrr also followed the Latin Billboards closely, and pulled together this infographic showing the way the show played out on Twitter, which you can check out here.

Whether you’re a Latin music lover, an aspiring electronic music producer, or want to re-live rock’s most memorable moments, Twitter is the place for music fans to connect with their favorite artists.

Source: Twitter Blog

Socialcam, Viddy, Instagram, Metacafe, Candy Crush Saga, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook pages by MAU

by M. Dorn on April 30, 2012 · 0 comments

Social video apps were very popular on our list of growing Facebook applications by monthly active users this week. Mobile video apps Socialcam and Viddy topped our list, with web integrations from Metacafe, Siz.net and Dailymotion also making appearances.

Titles on our list gained the most MAU of any apps on the platform, growing from between 700,000 and 13.5 million MAU, based on AppData, our data tracking service covering traffic growth for apps on Facebook.

Top Gainers This Week

Name MAU Gain Gain,%
1.   Socialcam 14,900,000 +13,500,000 + 964%
2.   Viddy 20,600,000 +12,800,000 + 164%
3.   Metacafe 10,800,000 +9,800,000 + 980%
4.   Younews.in 5,800,000 +4,800,000 + 480%
5.   Instagram 15,500,000 +2,300,000 + 17%
6.   Scribd 30,200,000 +1,900,000 + 7%
7.   Candy Crush Saga 3,800,000 +1,800,000 + 90%
8.   Siz.net 5,600,000 +1,800,000 + 47%
9.   Between You and Me 6,600,000 +1,700,000 + 35%
10.   Pandora 18,500,000 +1,700,000 + 10%
11.   Yahoo! Social Bar 41,700,000 +1,700,000 + 4%
12.   Terra 5,800,000 +1,600,000 + 38%
13.   Flixster 5,800,000 +1,300,000 + 29%
14.   Dailymotion 27,200,000 +1,100,000 + 4%
15.   Angry Birds 24,100,000 +1,000,000 + 4%
16.   Bubble Witch Saga 21,000,000 +900,000 + 4%
17.   schoolFeed 13,600,000 +800,000 + 6%
18.   Spotify 19,100,000 +800,000 + 4%
19.   Marvel: Avengers Alliance 5,700,000 +700,000 + 14%
20.   Truths About You 3,400,000 +700,000 + 26%

Socialcam grew by 13.5 million MAU and Viddy by 12.8 million MAU. These apps allows users to create and watch videos, sharing activity to Facebook each time. The mobile photo sharing app Instagram continue to grow significantly, as did the document sharing integration, Scribd. Two music applications, Pandora and Spotify, made our list, as well as a pair of quiz applications that publish feed stories with each answer.

Metacafe’s Timeline app led a list of website integrations that made our list, including Yahoo! Social Bar, Flixster and Dailymotion. These apps tend to institute automatic sharing for users who visit the sites. Finally, games on the list were led by King.com’s Candy Crush Saga.

All data in this post comes from our traffic tracking service, AppData. Stay tuned for our look at the top weekly gainers by daily active users on Wednesday, and the top emerging apps on Friday.


Source: Inside Facebook

[Freebie] “Left Behind” Wallpaper

by M. Dorn on April 30, 2012 · 0 comments

There are many photographers out there who would love to take close-up shots of insects, flowers and other beautiful stuff in nature. But this wallpaper will easily show you that even fallen leaves can be a beautiful backdrop that can end up as your personal wallpaper. While most of us wouldn’t even give a second thought to these dried-up, crispy remnants that blanket the ground and mark the change of seasons, there’s no reason for them to not be a source of inspiration or a poetic jab at time and the inevitable change that ensues.

preview [Freebie] Left Behind Wallpaper

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About the Author

This wallpaper is courtesy of Konstantin Escher, a psychology student from Germany with a love for photography. The shots he take only follow one rule: his personal preference. Check out his website and his Facebook page for more of his shots.

Contact Us

If you would like to see your own beautiful artwork or photographs turned into wallpapers and shared amongst our readers like what we are doing here, drop us a line and we’ll see what we can do.

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Source: hongkiat.com

10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

by M. Dorn on April 30, 2012 · 0 comments

Back in the days when you lose the standard mobile phone, the loss is limited to just the hardware. The new owner would probably just remove your SIM card and put in his or her own and no one would be the wiser. But with smartphones, this situation presents a larger set of problems.

For starters, you will lose all your precious data: music, photos, apps and contacts. Getting a new phone would mean you have to start recollecting all these items from scratch. If hearing that gives you a headache, let me remind you that the person who has located your iPhone will also have access to all your online accounts: social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, personal emails — and if you are one of the many people who do their banking online, better change those passwords quick. In any case, identity theft has been made easier these days since your smartphone now carries your online identity.

While it is almost impossible to prevent you from dropping or misplacing your iPhone, it is possible to reduce the effects (and pain) of losing your iPhone and the contents within forever. Here are 10 useful apps (3 of them with step-by-step guides on how to use them) which can help you turn the tables in the event of your iPhone going MIA.

Recommended Reading: Top 10 Security Tools For Your Smartphone

Find My iPhone

Find My iPhone app allows you to use another iOS device to locate your missing iPhone on a map, protect your private data, display a message, play a sound at full volume (for few minutes) even if your missing iPhone was set to silent, and remotely lock your device. [Free]

To Use Find My iPhone Before iPhone is Lost or Stolen

  1. Upgrade your iPhone to iOS 5 or above.
  2. Register an iCloud account (Apple ID).
  3. Install Find My iPhone app.
  4. Turn on Find My iPhone by tapping Settings > iCloud > Find My iPhone. Tap Allow to confirm this option.

find my iphone 10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

Locate Missing iPhone with Find My iPhone:

As long as your Find My iPhone is turned on on the lost/stolen iPhone AND it’s connected to the Internet, you will be able to find your iPhone’s current location.

  1. Visit http://iCloud.com/find.
  2. Sign in your iCloud account using Apple ID.
  3. Click on the Find My iPhone button.
  4. Choose Locate an iPhone device if you have set up more than one iOS device.
  5. Your lost/stolen iPhone’s location will show on the map if your device is online.
  6. If your iPhone is offline, you can set an option to receive an email whenever your iPhone is connected to the Internet.

find my iphone 2 10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

GadgetTrak

GadgetTrak app increases your chances of recovering your lost or stolen iPhone by generating location reports, sending a discreet message to your device, and snapping a photo of the thief with the built-in camera. With its restriction on "Deleting Apps", the thief will not be able to delete GadgetTrak from your iPhone. [$ 3.99]

Install GadgetTrak Before the iPhone is Lost or Stolen

  1. Purchase and install GadgetTrak.
  2. Tap the GadgetTrak application icon on your iPhone to launch the app.
  3. Create an account and sign in.
  4. Set a passcode for GadgetTrak to prevent others from changing your settings or seeing the tracking status.

gadgetrak 10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

Recovering Lost/Stolen iPhone with GadgetTrak

  1. Visit http://trak.me to enable tracking.
  2. Select your device to log in.
  3. Once logged in, you’ll see your iPhone plotted on the map.
  4. Click the "View" button then select "Tracking Reports" on the top.
  5. The Camera allows you to snap a photo with a one-time fee of $ 0.99.

gadgetrak 2 10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

Device Locator

Device Locator allows you to track the location of your misplaced iPhone, sound an alarm on your lost or stolen iPhone, take a photo of the user remotely and send a message with sound. There’s no monthly or yearly fees involved. [$ 3.99]

Use Device Locator Before the iPhone is Lost or Stolen

  1. Purchase and install Device Locator.
  2. Launch the app by tapping the icon.
  3. Create an account in https://device-locator.com.
  4. Customize the settings in your iPhone.

device locator 10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

LoJack Your Stolen or Lost iPhone with Device Locator

  1. Visit https://device-locator.com and login to your account.
  2. Set it to emergency mode and lock the application from the web application.
  3. Track your iPhone’s recent location history, including the most recent position on a map.

device locator 2 10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

More Apps

iHound

iHound helps locate and keep your iPhone safe with remote locking, remote data erasing, location tracking and siren alerts playing. It’s a free download but users are required to subscribe at least 3 months which costs $ 3.99. [$ 3.99/3 Months]

ihound 10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

If Found+

If Found+ replaces your iPhone background wallpaper with a message if you have lost your iPhone. Even if your iPhone is locked with a passcode, a good Samaritan can reach you if he/she finds your phone. [$ 0.99]

if found+ 10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

Mobile Spy

Mobile Spy allows you to monitor your iPhone in real time by providing reports of incoming and outgoing calls, SMS, GPS locations, contact list, e-mails, website URLs, photos and videos. [$ 99.97/year]

mobile spy 10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

Phone Trace 4

Phone Trace 4 tracks your lost or stolen iPhone’s real-time location reports and provides you with the new number of the person who is holding on to your iPhone. It also can send emails, SMS and some commands remotely. [$ 7.99]

phone trace 4 10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

Motion Alarm

Motion Alarm plays a customized alarm to alert you or the unauthorized iPhone holder when a preset level of movement is reached. It also provides GPS tracking so you’ll be able to receive a position report in your email Inbox. [$ 1.99]

motion alarm 10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

Navizon

Navizon marks the positions of your lost/stolen iPhone with a real-time and accurate live locating system. [Free]

navizon 10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

Find My Friends

Besides Find My iPhone, the Find My Friends app can be used as an iPhone device tracker as well. By using your family members’ or friends’ iPhone (which has been accepted and added previously), you’ll be able to see your iPhone’s location on a list or on a map. [Free]

find my friends 10 Useful Apps to Recover a Lost or Stolen iPhone

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Source: hongkiat.com

Who’s Behind the Agency Twitter Feed: McCann Erickson

by M. Dorn on April 30, 2012 · 0 comments


In a special series, Ad Age introduces you to three executives responsible for marketing their shops via social media. First in our lineup is Bruce Stockler.




Source: Advertising Age – Latest News

Gunny shoots to the top of this week’s emerging games on Facebook

by M. Dorn on April 30, 2012 · 0 comments

Vng Corp.’s Vietnamese language artillery shooter Gunny tops this weeks list of emerging games with a 500 percent gain of 50,000 monthly active users. Gunny’s in-game graphics and gameplay are identical to the DDTank games, which makes it seem to be a localized entry in the series. This is also the first time Gunny showed any significant traffic gains since November 2011.

In the No. 2 spot is Chinese language RPG ??? ??????? (“The Wolong Yin official Traditional Chinese”), which also gained 50,000 MAU for a 125 percent increase. MindJolt had six games on the list this week with gains greater than 50 percent. 40 Yard Dash was up by 30,000 MAU for a 60 percent gain. Bench Press gained 30,000 MAU for a 50 percent bump. King of Sweden increased by 30,000 MAU for a 100 percent gain. Dots II rose 50 percent with a 20,000 MAU gain. Clammit increased by 10,000 DAU for a 100 percent gain. Finally, Coconutz on the Beach was up by 50 percent with its 10,000 MAU increase.

Only one other game had a gain larger than 50 percent: Plinga’s Pioneers surged by 300 percent with a 15,000 MAU gain.

Name MAU Gain Gain,%
1.   Gunny 60,000 +50,000 + 500%
2.   ??? ??????? 90,000 +50,000 + 125%
3.   40 Yard Dash 80,000 +30,000 + 60%
4.   Bench Press 90,000 +30,000 + 50%
5.   King of Sweden 60,000 +30,000 + 100%
6.   Dots II 60,000 +20,000 + 50%
7.   Trash Tycoon 90,000 +20,000 + 29%
8.   ???? ??? ????? ???? 90,000 +20,000 + 29%
9.   Pioneers 20,000 +15,000 + 300%
10.   Armies 40,000 +10,000 + 33%
11.   Bet Tycoon – Betting Game 40,000 +10,000 + 33%
12.   Bouncing Balls 50,000 +10,000 + 25%
13.   Bowman 40,000 +10,000 + 33%
14.   Bricks Breaking 40,000 +10,000 + 33%
15.   CarChaos 50,000 +10,000 + 25%
16.   CasinoZone – Slots, Blackjack, Video Poker & more 80,000 +10,000 + 14%
17.   CBSSports.com Franchise Basketball 50,000 +10,000 + 25%
18.   Clammit 20,000 +10,000 + 100%
19.   Classic Mines 80,000 +10,000 + 14%
20.   Coconutz on the Beach 30,000 +10,000 + 50%

All data in this post comes from our traffic tracking service, AppData. Come back next week for our top weekly gainers by monthly active users on Monday, our daily active users on Wednesday, and the top emerging apps on Friday.


Source: Inside Social Games

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