#tweetsfreebies

"How my Twitter Header would look if it was animated"

February, 10 2014

Last week I posted a video on this blog about my animated Twitter background that came to a still:

Video: February 4, 2013 "Adios birds, clouds, butterfly and pixels" Yesterday,  my animated Twitter... http://t.co/fKPsYwRupe

— Dunn edu (@TweetsFreebies)

February 4, 2014

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Today, I wanted to show you how my new Twitter Header image would look if it was animated.

People who know me, know that I love graphic designs, it makes me relax to play with pixels. Also being a pixel animator, I decided to animate "Twilights", my latest creation.

I also made it available to download for free, from one of my website named: Social Tweets Freebies. 

This design fits in Twitter Headers but it will become a still image once you click the "save" button.

Funny, when I first uploaded it, for a nanosecond...I thought that animated Twitter headers were allowed...but no.

If you visit the Free Animated Designs page on Social Tweets Freebies, you will also be able to grab our cute Valentines Day animated gifs. 

That's it for today, see you later.

Michelle Dunn

ICT tools and Mobile Web Consultant

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"Counters for the #MobileWeb Twitter users"

February 6, 2014

The mobile Twitter UX just changed for those of us who access Twitter using our iOS devices. We now have counters beside the Retweets and the Favorites of each Tweet.

It makes a difference being able to see how many people Retweeted of Favorated a particular Tweet.

This is a time-saver to immediately be able to gauge the popularity of a Tweet without having to go to the second screen like before. 

I posted a snapshot of my Twitter mobile profile and one snapshot of a profile that has millions of followers.

How head spinning it must feel to have one of your Tweet Retweeted 15.4 K times!! At the same time one must feel happy to have such a powerful reach, just one Tweet from them can change the life of someone.

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow.

Michelle Dunn

#mobile gadget: What do you think about the iBag?

February, 5 2014

Was reading about the iBag today. It’s in fact a smartpurse equiped with LED lights, GPS, locking mechanism and auto SMS capacity that aims at preventing mindless usage of credit cards.

The programmable iBag flashes lights when it detects you’re approaching a forbidden store, locks the purse up and sends SMS to people of your choosing to alert them that you’re about to spend money on something.

I don’t know about you, but I would just cut the cards up.

For those of you interested in reading more about the iBag, here’s the link to their YouTube video:

http://bit.ly/iBagDel

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow.

February 4, 2013

"Adios birds, clouds, butterfly and pixels"

Yesterday,  my animated Twitter background stopped moving.

Back in June 2011, I wanted to show my graphic designs and marketing creativity and stand out from the Twitter flock at the same time.

I was one of the first to create a Twitter animated background for my profile and until yesterday, I was one of the few among the 645,000,000 (1) Twitter profiles that exist in the whole wide world, to still have movement on my Twitter profile page.

What made this background special was the fact that I had integrated a QR Code as well in the animated background. I was also one of the first advocate for this marketing tool.

Later, in October 2011, Twitter decided not to accept animated gif backgrounds on their platform. 

However Twitter kindly allowed me to keep the animated background in place, that is why I never changed it.

It made me feel proud and special. I want to thank the Twitter team for letting me enjoy it from June 2011 to February 2014. It was pure joy and I’ll be forever grateful! 

The background was not visible via tablets or smartphones but It was part of my view everytime I was accessing Twitter via my desktop.  

I will miss my animated background but as Dr. Seuss said:

"Don’t cry because it’s over, Smile because it happened!"

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow.

Michelle Dunn

ICT tools and Mobile Web Consultant

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February 3, 2014

New throw in the air Panono Mobile Camera

This is a new camera that captures 360 degrees of your surroundings when you throw it in the air.

It not only captures everything in panoramic size photos around you but, it is built to work via the cloud with your iOS or Android mobile devices.

This new camera is in pre-order stage. Follow this link if you are interested to know more about the Panono camera:

http://panono.com/ballcamera/

To conclude, I think this is a great idea for a camera but I would be careful where I throw it not to damage or loose it!

For example, I would not throw it in the air while rafting in the Lachine canal nor would I use it near the Montréal F1 Grand Prix race track!

I would also attach a @TileApp or @Chipolo to it in order to be able to track it down should I loose it in the woods somewhere.

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow.

#mobileweb ” Do you have a Mobile Strategy?”

February 1, 2014

Do you have a Mobile Strategy?

If your company is painfully waking up to the fact that online business is now happening on the mobile web, it is not too late to elaborate a mobile strategy.

How to manage daily petabytes of data generated by the mobile web community and turn them into leads is one of the biggest challenge in my opinion.

Here’s an article about 3 aspects of a mobile strategy:

• Managing & extracting leads from mobile web data

• Creating UX apps for your business

• Security planning

Hoping this article will inspire you:

http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-business/3-mobile-strategy-priorities-for-2014/d/d-id/1113330

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow.

January 30, 2014

Lucrative Free Games Apps

Today’s blog post features a link to an article via @lmirani entitled: ” Why free games are increasingly the most profitable apps”.

Leo Mirani, explains that free games get their users “…hooked before being asked to shell out.”.

According to this article, gamers are “…spending more on games for mobile phones than they are on handheld gaming…”

In my opinion, people are carrying their mobile devices with them everywhere and humans like to have fun so if free apps give them fun and pleasure on the move, it is no surprise that they become so popular.

I don’t play games but having tested FarmVille myself years back, I agree that once the game gets into you, you don’t mind spending a little for more luscious gaming pixelated accessories.

So in the end, these games are free with in-app purchases offers and ads that make them highly lucrative because of the mobile amusement they provide to gamers.

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow for the last day of #blogfor30.

#blogfor30 -Day 19- ” #blackphone is a #Mobile Privacy Shield “

January 20, 2014

@Blackphone_ch is a mobile privacy shield

The blackphone is a new Android smartphone built by an international team to specifically protect the users privacy.

It is scheduled to be released in February 2014.

Jon Callas, it’s Co-Founder, described it in the following video as being ” … configured, set-up, modified so that the privacy aspect of it are all melded together…”

Link to the blackphone video:

www.bit.ly/BlackPH

To know more about this new privacy shield smartphone, you can visit their website at:

https://www.blackphone.ch/

If you want to follow the blackphone Twitter account, click on this link:

https://twitter.com/blackphone_ch

Privacy Shields

In our day and age, it is no secret that technology is used to monitor people’s behaviors without their consent or even their knowledge.

Privacy is no more, but the blackphone might be the first device of its kind built for the “whole purpose” of shielding the users privacy.

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow.