Alternatives.. Alternatives.. Alternatives! saran 10:40 PM

When I got my new phone, I was quite happy about it. My old one, Sony Ericsson W550i was a music phone, not a phone for social networking. Of course I was able to install Snaptu and Opera Mini in it, still I needed something much more productive. I went for a phone with wireless connectivity, 3G support, GPS etc etc, and I finally settled on Nokia 5800 Express Music.

Now, when I explored the Ovi App Store, I found out that some best apps for social networking like Gravity came with a price tag. Its true that the best things in life don't come for free.. but what I think is Better things in life come for free!

I was unhappy on one thing. I could see a numerous social networking apps for iPhone and Android, even Blackberry, but not for Symbian. Recently I joined Foursquare. There also, this same thing was a problem. They had apps for Android and iPhone, but for symbian, it was their lame site. I felt "damn!! screwed!! No single social networking service has their own app for Symbian."

And then, I began to search for alternatives. And yes i got them! in fact, now i am totally happy!!

Given below are a list of the alternatives that i am using now.

Facebook+Twitter: Snaptu

Twitter+Foursquare: Waze

Gtalk, Yahoo Messenger, MSN, ICQ etc etc: Nimbuzz

Twitter Client: Gravity (of course it is not free.. but one can easily download the full version using the link.)

Sharing: PixelPipe

Always remember: The better things in life come for free! ;)

Happy 6th Birthday Facebook...!! (Infographic) saran 8:28 PM

Launched on February 4, 2004, Facebook has come a long way from a Harvard-only networking site to the world's favorite social networking site within a short timespan of 6 years. It is undoubtedly the social networking giant. It has redefined the term Social Networking, to a more meaningful form.

Below is a closer look at what kinds of numbers and user activity this growth translates.

Muhammad Saleem is a social media consultant and a top-ranked community member on multiple social news sites. Follow him on Twitter for more social media insights

Courtesy: Mashable

Integrating Facebook and Twitter into Gmail saran 6:57 PM

Google has just launched Google Buzz , which "has stormed the web like a swarm of locusts. An array of strong features, integration with Gmail, and lots of press have turned Buzz into an overnight phenomenon" (courtesy: Mashable) . But for me, it was a bit disturbing and a BORING!!

Some of us know and MOST of us are unaware of the fact that we are actually able to integrate Twitter and Facebook into our Gmail. YES!! it is possible.. And by doing so, u won't have to sacrifice tweeting and facebooking.

By using third party gadgets, we'll be able to club Facebook, Twitter and Gmail into a same window! Aint that good?

Here I'll be giving a step by step procedure on HOW TO INTEGRATE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER INTO GMAIL.

Step 1: Go to Gmail Labs and activate "Add any gadget by URL". You'll be able to find it towards the bottom of the list.

Step 2: After completing step 1, go to Settings -> Gadgets.

Step 3: Add the TwitterGadgetApp, by copy-pasting the below mentioned URL on to Gmail Gadget Settings.

https://twittergadget.appspot.com/gadget-gmail.xml

Step 4: Next, we add the Facebook Gadget, the same way we added the TwitterGadgetApp.

Copy-paste the below mentioned URL on to Gmail Gadget Settings.

http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/104971404861070329537/facebook.xml

Refer to the screenshots.

TwitterGadgetApp:

Facebook Gadget

Thats it..!! Now Buzz, Twitter and Facebook are wrapped together in a single packet!! Now you don't have to sacrifice tweeting and facebooking even if u are bloody addicted to BUZZing.. :)

Along with all that.. I am putting forward a question.. With all those Buzz, FB and Twitter along with Gmail, Ain't that information overloading.??? :(