People who tweet urls:your tweet is going to get shorter.

Any tweet that includes a url will now be reduced by 2 characters from today. This takes it to 118 characters, or 117 for https links.  This was first announced to the Twitter development community by Twitter in December. It’s just now being implemented and goes live today.

Such change is a result of Twitter’s t.co link wrapper. Since it extends the maximum length of a link wrapped by t.co from 20 to 22 characters for non-https URLs, and from 21 to 23 characters for https lengths, you now have less tweet landscape to work with.

When Twitter users post a link within a tweet, Twitter automatically wraps the link in their own proprietary wrapper (t.co). This happens even if another url shortener is used such as bit.ly and others. Twitter supports this method as they believe it helps keep the Twitter ecosystem safe and helps avoid computer viruses. There are obviously key benefits to them being able to track all urls for watching trends and enabling future monetization on such data in the future.

Links for “export,” “share,” and “report” now appear at the bottom of the left-hand column on event pages. Those features are also available via the new drop-down menu under the gear icon.

After you Click export it wil go to your calender

Google uses computer vision techniques to match your image to other images in the Google Images index and additional image collections. From those matches, we try to generate an accurate “best guess” text description of your image, as well as find other images that have the same content as your search image. Your search results page can show results for that text description as well as related images.

Among these things Google improved its search by image on Google image search

Smart search

Now if you search by image, Google will try to be smarter about the best guess answer they give you. For example, if you uploaded an image of a specific type of fruit, previously Google would say it was fruit. Now Google will try to guess the type of fruit.

Knowledge Graph

Also, when you search by image, if Google has a knowledge graph result available for the image, Google will show it. For example, uploading a picture of Neuschwanstein Castle may return the knowledge graph answer for it.

You are not alone to promote you business in social media, according to reports there are around 3800 marketers who use these social media for there business. These social media channels like facebook, twitter, Google+, linkedin etc.. Used to raise brand awareness, build communities and drive sales, and a full one third of these professionals invest 11 or more hours each and every week into their social marketing efforts.

According to reports 94% of marketers use social media to promote there business. In  2012 Around 83% of marketers said social media was important to their business where as in 2011 it was 62% .A significant 59% of marketers are using social media for 6 hours or more and 33% for 11 or more hours weekly. It’s interesting to note that nearly 15% of marketers spend more than 20 hours each week on social media.

There’s a direct relationship between the marketer’s age and time spent marketing with social media. The younger the marketer, the more time he or she spends on social media.

People aged 20 to 29 years spend more time than other age groups using social media marketing (with 43% spending 11+ hours weekly, up from 41% in 2011), followed by 30- to 39-year-olds (35% spending 11+ hours per week, down from 37% in 2011).

The main advantage of social media marketing is increasing publicity, exposure and traffic. A significant 85% of all marketers indicated that their social media efforts have generated more exposure for their businesses. Increasing traffic was the second major benefit, with 69% reporting positive.

Marketers who have been using social media agreed that it has increased there sales. Even Small business owners with 2 or more employees were more likely to see improved sales from social media.

Those who invest the most time in social media marketing gain the most business partnerships. Of those with 3 years or more of experience, 72% saw new partnerships. However, 44% of people who’ve invested at least 6 months in social media marketing also report new partnerships were gained. Some of the Marketers who spent 1 year in social media where successful in building up the fans.

Facebook,Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs and YouTube were the top six  social media tools used by marketers, with Facebook leading the pack.Selfemployed and small business owners are likely to use blogs and linkedin.Large business were likely to use facebook,twitter and google+.For marketers Facebook have become number one choice then comes twitter,linkedin,youtube and blogs.

How will marketers change their future social media activities?

When marketers were asked how they will change their social media use in the near future. Survey-takers were asked to indicate whether they will increase, decrease, remain the same or not utilize various social media networks and tools. Marketers plan on increasing their use of YouTube/video (76%), Facebook (72%), Twitter (69%), blogs (68%), Google+ (67%) and LinkedIn (66%) in that order.

When asked to marketers which social media tools they most want to learn more about. Google+ stormed into first place as the social network marketers most want to learn about, replacing Facebook as the leader from the 2011 report. Blogging was second and Facebook followed at a close third.

Social media outsourcing

When asked marketers if they were outsourcing any of their social media marketing efforts. The overwhelming majority said no. In 2011, the number of those who were outsourcing doubled since our 2010 report, from 14% to 28%. In 2012, the number increased slightly to 30%.Design and development, analytics and content creation are the top three areas that social media marketers are outsourcing.

Online accounting

In this you can easily see your detail accounts of your business.You can acess your accounts from work,home or on the go.Invite others to view your accounts by sharing your credentials and can ask for advice very easily.You can keep track of accounts,money incoming,money out going and expense claim easily from online,which gives you a accurate result.The dashboard for the account is good in look and fell,displays everything in graph.The data is completely secured even if your computer is lost.

Bank Reconcilation

Get your bank statements imported and categorized automatically.Including credit cards,paypal and support for over 160 foreign currencies.It helps to keep your business status up to date. Xero will match most of your bank transactions automatically. Just click OK to reconcile. You can also create custom rules to automatically match more complex transactions, like split payments

Invoicing

Get better control over income & revenue by scheduling your accounts receivable. Create and send professional invoices automatically & get paid online. Payments, returns and credits are tracked automatically.It also allows you to design your own template with your logo.You can apply different layouts for varios types of transactions and customers.You can also glance any overdue invoices.Allows you to add inventory items to speed up invoicing while tracking goods and services sold.It also provides facility foraccepting credit card payments,customers can just click payment link on your invoices and make direct payment using credit card or paypal.

Add-ons

It allows us to pick up a wide range of powerful addons. Manage all aspects of your business by integrating your accounts with advanced
payroll, CRM, inventory management systems, plus a wide range of other
specialized software. Setup is so easy, you can be up and running in a minute.

Security

Xero ensures highest level of security and never allows to lose your data even if computer is lost.It protects your financial information and does not allow unauthorized access and system failures.

  Google Search our friend,I think we never    miss it a single day also.Google    search always brought information from accross the web with right results.Google says the search is still limited because people cant find your own stuff on the web, the people you know and things they’ve shared with you, as well as the people you don’t know but might want to… all from one search box. Now, search gets better by including photos, posts, and more from you and your friends. When signed in with Google+, you’ll find personal results and profiles of people you know or follow. You can even expand your world by discovering people related to your search.

Google have introduced three new feature in this

1. Personal Results- which enable you to find information just for you, such as Google+ photos and posts—both your own and those shared specifically with you, that only you will be able to see on your results page; 
2. Profiles in Search- both in autocomplete and results, which enable you to immediately find people you’re close to or might be interested in following; and, 
3. People and Pages-which help you find people profiles and Google+ pages related to a specific topic or area of interest, and enable you to follow them with just a few clicks. Because behind most every query is a community. 

Facebook users have another chat mesenger called Chit Chat messenger.It is desktop as well as web based facebook mesenger.Chit Chat provides rich interface for chating with smiley, change font and change formatting of the font.It support almost all modern browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, IE9, etc. and also in tablet devices.

Advantage

1.Highly dynamic tab solution for organizing multiple conversations has been  updated and enhanced

2.A buddy list and messaging window

3.Direct access to Facebook features such as status updates and profile pictures

4.No need to download any software.If you have a internet connection compatible Internet browser and Facebook account with an online friend.

5.Many options for customizations

6.Supports Facebook user Group

7.It supports tabbed instant message system.

Just search for your keyword as you would normally do and in the top of the search results you’ll find a new text box saying Join the discussion about “keyword”

Clicking on it and instantly share this topic with your friends or circles

Thanks facebook and Googleplus for bringing verification badges for celebs.It made us to identify the real and the fake.

 Facebook

The Verification badges for celebs in Facebbok looks like this  

In Google Plus

 A badge is somewhat like a certification made on a particular user’s profile. It takes the form of a dark grey checkmark on top of a lighter gray circle. When a mouse hovers over the mark, it changes form to include the phrase ‘Verified name’. It is located next to a user’s name that has been verified accordingly by Google+.

It has been said that by this it will be easy to judge the real account.As of its implementation, the badge is only viable to celebrities, actors, public figures, politicians, and users who have been added by a myriad of users to their circles.

So friends dont get fooled by sending the request to fake account.Look at the badge and confirm the things.

The Google Earth globe is made from a mosaic of satellite and aerial photographs taken on different dates and under different lighting and weather conditions. Because of this variance, views of the Earth from high altitude can sometimes appear patchy.

Share With Google+

They have added the option to share a screenshot of your current view in Google Earth through Google+. If you’ve already upgraded to Google+, you can share images of the places you’ve virtually traveled to with your Circles, such as family, friends or your local hiking club. To try this new feature, simply sign in to your Google Account in the upper right hand corner of Google Earth and click “Share.” Images of mountains, oceans, deserts, 3D cities, your favorite pizza shop on Street View—you can now experience all these amazing places around the world with people on Google+.