Google just turned 14 years and yet so big.



Google's 14th birthday doodles



Google just celebrated its 14^th birthday yesterday 27 September.  Google is one of the most popular and biggest search engines you would ever find in the world. It has been established by 2 college boys, Lawrence "Larry" Page and Sergey Brin in 1998. The aim for open this search engine was to get people find another quick way to search through the internet. They never thought that it was going to be so popular in a way that it seems like the only search engine people are familiar with.

Google is only 14 this year but the way it is so popular, it is like it had been around forever. Google which was established on the 7^th of this month celebrates its birthday on the 27^th. Since 2002 Google has been celebrating its birthday with different birthday doodles, which shows how unique Google is.

Other Google Birthday doodles

 Google was just established in 1998 but the way it is so popular shows that they know how to communicate with their customers and have a very strong way of keeping that communication.  This all shows that people are really supportive and Google at the same time is not just a world’s biggest internet company but a company that is willing to cater for its customers. By the looks of things it is still going to stay the biggest.

Happy 14^th birthday Google!

DISADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL MEDIA



All social networking sites have its own disadvantages



As we all know that social media is a useful tool for communicating and engaging with other people, for businesses as well it is a great tool to use in communicating with its target audiences. Even though that is the case, social media also does have its disadvantages.  

One of the most disadvantages of social networks is privacy and protection; this is disadvantageous because most social networks always come up with problems of people getting involved in things like rape, murder, kidnaping, stalking etc. We all know that when creating an account of a particular social network people want to have many friends so they just add or accept any people without thinking and even maybe getting more information about that individual.

There are also other disadvantages besides this but we not getting in detail with them, include:

·         Negative comments whether as a business or an individual

·         It takes effort to gain credibility online.

·         Social networks can be addictive

By looking at the safety issue in a communications point of view, we all know that these social networking sites do have their policies on safety but such things still happen. People on the other hand are still ignorant about their safety when they are in these sites. Who is to blame in this issue? Did social networks put these policies just for the sake of it or are people being ignorant?  

On the front row of the Fashion Week via twitter





New York Fashion Week September 2012

Imagine watching a live fashion show at your comfort zone as if you sitting in the front row. This is the opportunity that Twitter users got during the New York Fashion week.  As the Fashion Week returned to New York this year, 06 September 2012. Twitter had given people an opportunity to watch the show with out actually being physically there. It acted as a guide to the show for people who could not actually have a chance to sit on the front row and watch the show.

"This week will be packed with the freshest fashion fun: events kick off today and run through next Thursday, September 13. Whether you’re at home or styling downtown, be among the first to spot next spring’s hottest trends and catch all of the behind-the-scenes moments." Twitter reported on it's blog. They mentioned that this will be done by joining twitter conversations and by using the #NYFW hashgtag and #DayInTheLife to see the models during their make-up sessions in the fitting room and other interesting staff. Not only hashtags were used to keep up to date with the show. It has also been mentioned that there were people who kept the twitter users updated about the show, they included:

 



A model backstage preparing for the runway

• Designers
• Bloggers
• Models 
• Fashion icons

What they did was keep people posted about the happenings of the fashion week. They did this by posting tweets and pictures about the whole show. (http://mashable.com/2012/09/10/twitter-fashion-week/).



A front row seat in the Fashion Week via twitter

It is amazing to find out how interesting social networks are. Almost all twitter users around the world had an opportunity to be part of this Fashion Week without going to NewYork , this is all thanks to twitter for bringing the show to people.