10 Social Networking Sites You Do Not Know

We have been using social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Have you ever wondered about other social networking sites which still run now without popularity? Though they are not popular like Facebook or Twitter or YouTube, they still have their unique features. There should be a specific reason behind the biggest social networking sites why they became popular. People are much driven towards Facebook and Twitter just because of the unique features they bought. User interface is one of the important aspect to be considered before they could design a social networking site. In that case, I can say that Twitter and Facebook really gives an interface which is much easier to users of all age groups. There are some social networking sites you do not know or you haven’t heard of.

Initially, when we got an internet connection, our online presence was much seen on Orkut and when days passed by, we moved to MySpace and finally to Facebook and Twitter. Now, I could see some people moving from Facebook to Google+ which really combines the concept of Facebook and Twitter. We still do not know where people would go in future. As far now, business people are finding much profit from Social networking sites like Facebook. They even find customers on Facebook. Business is now done through technology.

Let us jump into the topic. I have listed some of the social networking sites you do not know.

#1 Minti

Minti is a site especially made for parents who care about their child the most. Parents can ask any type of questions on the site and other parents can respond their ideas or suggestions to them. In turn, any two parents can be connected to communicate with them. Parents can also get advises from others for seeding good behavior or health of their child. Parents can share photos of their child’s achievement or any other with other parents. Also, Minti allows you to share your birthday or someone in your family’s birthday with others. Minti helps in connecting various families across the world.

#2 Blauk

Blauk was founded by Samson Manickaraj on 29 February, 2012. Blauk allows a user to post photos, status, videos or thoughts either anonymously or by name. Anonymous posting on Blauk works once when you get four or more than four friends. It is exclusively designed for college students. Blauk allows them to collect information about their looks, dressing sense etc. from other people either anonymously or by name. Blauk makes a person to rectify his or her attitude by receiving suggestions from friends and other people.

#3 LifeKnot

LifeKnot allows people to connect by interest. Like other social networking sites, LifeKnow too allows you to share their activities, interests and other information on user’s profile. LifeKnow allows you to search for people with common interest and hence you can easily connect with the people who has interest same as yours. Hiking, Mountain hiking, boating, aviation, computer, food, fitness, farming and over 1,000 activities are  grouped on LifeKnot.

#4 Tylted (Cellufun)

Tylet is a mobile social networking site which is featured for gaming. With games, users can become friends with other people. Their slogan is, “where games make fun” is really powerful. They have become partners with AT&T, Verizon, MetroPCS, Virgin Mobile, AOL etc. Cellufun was the name before an year ago but now, they have branded themselves as Tylted.

#5 FullCircle

FullCircle was founded on 2009 and it was formerly known as MyTalk. FullCircle is not public. The membership of FullCircle is available in 33 different countries. Like Tylted, FullCircle also works on mobile. They behave as a location based service portal for users engaging FullCircle via mobile.

#6 Wellwer

Wellwer allows members to share ideas, thoughts and news with friends. Wellwer was founded by a Bulgarian student, Yanislav Iliev doing his marketing at Plovdiv University. The site was launched on 2011 but officially founded on 2010. The site is available in English and Bulgarian language.

#7 Xt3

Xt3 is a social networking site which keeps you updated with church news and events. The site is exclusively designed for Christians and has been lauched on behalf of World Youth Day 2008 at Sydney, Australia. This site has been rated as the best site for publication from Australian Catholic Press Association Awards.

#8 LifeTango

Lifeatango allows you to share your goals with your friends. Once when you have shred, you will be receiving from the members of LifeTango where they support your goal. You can very well getinspired about your activities which you do to attain the goal. Goals like “Learn Chinese”, “Reduce weight” etc. (mostly short term and common goals) are shared there.

#9 Friends Reunited

Friends Reunited is an England based social networking website which is usually used by the people to share about jobs and research. The company think that the reunion can be made among the people through jobs, research and dating.

#10 Traineo

Traineo is just similar to LifeTango but Traineo concentrates on losing weight of a person. They give motivation to get inspired and thus you can continue your exercise to lose several mass. They also give tips on food habits which you want to follow for losing weight.

Have you used any of the above sites? If so, please share with us, your experience right there. Or, if you think any of such social network useful which you know but others do not know, then you can very well share below. You will be considered as an awesome person here.

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5 Effective Ways to Minimize Typo Errors on Blog Post

Bloggers do mistakes while writing a post but those mistakes can be minimized by following certain methods. Mistakes on a blog post doesn’t look fair and professional. Those mistakes would really create some bad illusion about the author while a reader reads your blog post. Every content on your blog should be productive and every blogger would wish that every article posted by him/her should receive a decent traffic. To make your blog attractive and professional, your site’s layout and design alone doesn’t speaks but also the way you write. Remember that you get subscribers just because they want to read your blog and not just for the sake of the design. Learn ways to minimize typo errors on blog posts.

Imagine that you are reading some article on Mashable or FirstPost or NDTV news or any other top blogs and if you find some mistake, what will be your thought? You may think bad about the site why they have recruited such a person as author, right? And, also you question, “Why? Don’t they proofread the article again after typing?”, Right?

Visitors who are pouring from search engines think that you may help them fulfilling their needs. Initially, they just scan your article to check whether they have got the right page they want. When it is helpful, they start to read your article from the beginning to learn the complete stuff what you have shared. They image you as a silly guy when your writing contains spelling errors or grammatical errors.

Therefore, it is always recommended to check the post before making it live on your blog. Below are few tips that can help you to minimize mistakes while blogging.

#1 Use Microsoft Word

Use a best Office package like Microsoft Office Word that contain features to detect and rectify spelling errors and grammatical errors automatically. By using Microsoft Word, you can also avoid typographical errors which you face often. The powerful Auto Correct option in Microsoft Word will really make you stand professional without any errors while you publish the article on your blog.

#2 Read Twice or Thrice

I have seen some newbie bloggers who publish their post instantly after writing. They just aim to make more traffic and number of posts on their blog. Always remember that making more number of posts daily will never make you a successful blogger unless your content is good.

I just read a blog post today morning about marketing. I don’t want to mention the blog name which I read but I really have to appreciate the author for the great write up but his article contained spelling errors and grammatical error at couple of places. It made me think bad about the author for his laziness. If he had read and checked his article twice after typing, he might have minimized errors.

#3 Do not always believe on “red underline”

When you write contents, you may look for the “red underline” which will notify you regarding the spelling errors. Sometimes, remember that your mistake might also resemble another word which is valid in the dictionary. Your blog writer window does not know how to form a good English sentence. They help you in checking the spelling mistake but not the sentence formation. Microsoft Word sometimes help you!

Consider a situation that you are typing something at greater speed as thoughts come out fluently from your mind. At such speed, sometimes we may miss pressing a key or might press the wrong key. In that case sometimes, the wrong word tallies correctly with the dictionary and you won’t get notified by a red underline.

For example, imagine that you are typing at a great speed and at a place, you need to type “form” but you have mistakenly typed “for”. You have missed the key “m” while typing. Also, what if you have typed “from” instead of “form”? In certain cases, the entire meaning of the paragraph gets changed when a single word is misspelled.

#4 Mutual Check with Friends

This is one of the powerful methods to check mistakes on your blog posts. Sometimes we become lazy enough to read the post which we have written. So, let us make others to read and let them rectify us.

Ask your fellow blogger or your close friend (preferably a blogger) to read your blog. Let him list down mistakes available on you blog post. Never ever feel bad about that as he/she is your friend. He/She might laugh at the mistake which you have made but remember that he/she is your friend and he/she won’t tell anyone.

Also, land on your friend’s blog and find some mistakes. List all mistakes to him/her and ask to rectify as soon as possible. By this way, you can rectify mistakes on your blog and also make yourself equipped with knowledge.

I am recently using this technique to minimize mistakes on my blog. Sometimes, this process goes much interesting. When I find some mistakes on my friend’s blog, he rectifies them instantly and before that he’ll reply me, “Oh god! Again a mistake? Ah! Fine. Correcting it. And, let me find bugs on your posts. I’m now a cop! You’re dead!”. We really feel happy about correcting mistakes. He’s a good friend to blog with me.

#5 Get a good keyboard

If you are leaving mistakes while you are typing, then it’s probably because of your keyboard and not you. Try using a good keyboard that suits your fingers well. Let the gap between the keys be there so that you can type easily. Buy a keyboard in which keys are neither extremely soft nor extremely hard. Before buying a keyboard always try typing something with your new keyboard. When you are comfortable with your fingers while typing, you can buy that keyboard or else ask for another model or brand.

Do you have any other means to minimize typo mistakes on blog posts? If any, please comment below so that you become important to us and our readers.

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Amazon Kindle Fire HD Starts at $214 in 170+ Countries

We recently heard about the announcement of Amazon Kindle Fire which was released at United States. Though people expected to be released in other countries, the company did not have any plans to release in other countries. Some of the sources said that Amazon Kindle Fire was unfit for certain undeveloped or developing countries as it missed some features. It was said that Kindle Fire was a dumbest device without the Amazon’s content. That should be the reason why Amazon did not release in other countries. But this time, Amazon has announced that the Amazon Kindle Fire HD will be released in over 170 countries and it is available for pre-order.

Amazon Kindle Fire HD has a great hardware configuration that runs on a high performance 1.2 GHz dual core processor. The display resolution is up to 1280 x 800 pixels. Amazon kindle Fire HD is rated as the first tablet which has a dual antenna WiFi for faster downloads and faster streaming on videos.

The screen delivers a high quality of picture which readily competes with other popular tablet computers. The front facing camera is used to make a Skype and other video calls.

Amazon Kindle Fire HD is available in both 7 inch and 8.9 inches. The Kindle Fire 8.9 inch tablet will deliver picture at resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels. Both 7 inch and 8.9 inch model is available in two different storage capacities viz 16 GB and 32 GB. The user can use up to 12.6 GB whereas the 26 GB is usable for the user on a 32 GB device.

Sensors such as Accelerometer, gyroscope and Ambient light sensors are present in the device which will be helpful in lot of applications. The device not only delivers a high quality of display but also it delivers a good quality of sound. The Amazon will start shipping to people around the world in the month of June of this year.

What’s your thought on Amazon Kindle Fire HD? Share your thoughts in comments below.

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How To Get New News Feed on Facebook Before Official Update

Tips & Tricks On Web is back with Facebook tricks and tips. Facebook tricks do not work always. Some of the Facebook tricks are evolved by taking an advantage of a bug that exist on the site. When people started exploiting them, the site’s performance is considerably decreased and thus the company fixed those bugs to provide a comfortable interface for normal Facebook users. For example, you might have learnt about inserting animated pictures on Facebook but then, later it didn’t worked as Facebook fixed those bugs. Now, you can get new news feed on Facebook before anyone gets. This method is not official and so you won’t be viewing the stable interface as announced by Facebook.

This method will just change the design or style of your Facebook news feed which looks like the new news feed. But still, the official update will reach you soon. If you haven’t registered for Facebook’s new news feed, you can join the waiting list. You may follow this trick if you want to get new news feed on Facebook before your friends get or before the official update.

You will need the following browser to enable new news feed on Facebook:

• Google Chrome

If you are a Firefox user and if you would like to get new news feed, then you should switch to Google Chrome while browsing Facebook. It’s fine if you are already a Google Chrome user.

Step #1: Add this extension to your Google Chrome.

Step #2: Refresh your browser and you’re done!

After you refresh the browser, you will see a black screen. Just hit on the “Get Started” button to experience a new news feed.

Note: News feed which you get by this Google Chrome extension is unofficial and it just changes the CSS codes of the Facebook site for you alone. If you haven’t got the new news feed officially yet, you will get an official update soon. Facebook is slowly rolling out updates on Facebook for people around the world.

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