CHAPTER 20: Social Media and Skype
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Bump
It’s possible you may prefer to socially network
the old-fashioned way. You still can. The Bump
app, shown to the right, is available for both
iPhones and Android. This app allows you to
share your contact information by launching the
application and then literally touching another
Bump user’s phone.
You’re not limited to just DROID users. Android
and iPhone Bump users can share contact info
with each other this way. You do need a
reasonable network connection because the
Bump app transmits your information over cell or
Wi-Fi networks, not Bluetooth. Android users can
also use the Bump app to share free apps from
phone to phone.
Buzz
Google has been trying to compete in the social
media arena, but so far it hasn’t made much
progress. One of its latest endeavors is its Google
Buzz (Buzz) service. This service is part of Gmail,
but it behaves like a separate service. Google has
been heavily promoting Buzz, so it may end up
becoming more popular as a social and self-
promotional tool.
Buzz allows for long posts that can embed
photos and videos, as shown to the right. You
can create private or public posts and follow the
posts of your contacts. Posts in your Buzz stream
are often bumped to the top of the list based on
who last replied. Thus, the more popular Buzz
users tend to dominate the conversation. You can
feed Twitter posts into Buzz to allow threaded
comments on them, but Buzz posts do not feed
back to Twitter.
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