First Look: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer Hits the Web [VIDEO]

The first full-length trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, one of the most hotly anticipated movies of both 2010 and 2011, has finally made its debut on YouTube and the web.

The Harry Potter series has already proven itself a social media phenomenon. Last year’s release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince scored more Facebook, Twitter and YouTube than almost any other film of 2009.

First Look: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer Hits the Web [VIDEO]

Twitter to gives updates of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's visit to the US.

Saudi Arabia's Washington Embassy will use popular social networking site 'Twitter', to give updates during King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's visit to the US.

Tweets from '@SaudiEmbassyUSA' will highlight Saudi Arabia's involvement in the G-20 Summit, as well as items of interest about the long-standing Saudi-US relationship, the embassy has said in a statement.

In addition to Twitter, the embassy has expanded its social media content to YouTube, www.youtube.com/saudiembassyusa.

Press conferences and video related to Saudi Arabia, as well as third-party speeches and interviews will be posted on the website.

Twitter to gives updates of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's visit to the US.

Google to Rival Facebook with a New Social Networking Site?[RUMOUR]

Citing a "very credible source," Digg founder Kevin Rose tweeted that Google is readying "Google Me," a social service intended to compete with Facebook.

Although Google tried to foray in Social Networking with its Buzz but it was a complete failure. 

Google to Rival Facebook with a New Social Networking Site?[RUMOUR]

FIFA World Cup Bringing Down Twitter?

CNN.com’s Twitter buzz counted more than 300,000 World Cup-related tweets during the first game, and some data we just received from Trendrr also shows a huge spike, with up to 150,000 tweets per hour during the game (note: the time line on the graph below is MST).

Mark Ghuneim from Wiredset, the agency behind Trendrr, told me a few days ago that he expects the World Cup to be record-breaking. “It will be the largest conversation in social media,” he said.

Twitter already had some availability issues earlier this week, leading to a complete outage of about 90 minutes on Wednesday,

FIFA World Cup Bringing Down Twitter?

Coca-Cola Promoted Trend Garners 86 Million Impressions on Twitter

In just 24 hours, Coca-Cola’s first Promoted Trend garnered 86 million impressions and an engagement rate of 6%, according to the company’s Global Interactive Marketing Vice President Carol Kruse in an interview with The Financial Times.

Coca-Cola is the second company to reach Twitter audiences by advertising as a Trending Topic on Twitter.Coca-Cola is the second company to reach Twitter audiences by advertising as a Trending Topic on Twitter. First was Disney Pixar Toy Story 3

Coca-Cola Promoted Trend Garners 86 Million Impressions on Twitter

Twitter Sets New Record: 3,283 Tweets Per Second.

Twitter’s biggest tweets per second record to date was during last week’s NBA finals. That record was shattered yesterday as Twitter users published 3,283 tweets per second at the close of Japan’s victory over Denwark in the World Cup.

Previous record of 3,085 tweets per second was for NBA.

Both of these recent records are staggering given that Twitter — during normal daily activity — averages roughly 750 tweets per second. The Japan-Demark World Cup figure means that activity swelled 438% above average.

Twitter Sets New Record: 3,283 Tweets Per Second.

First Look: “The Social Network” [VIDEO cum PIC]

Columbia Pictures has just released the very first teaser trailer for its upcoming film.

The Social Network, otherwise known as “the Facebook movie,” is based in part on the book The Accidental Billionaires. It chronicles the formative days of Facebook, from its founding in Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room through its early rise to success.

Written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher, the film stars Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg. It hits theaters this October.

First Look: “The Social Network” [VIDEO cum PIC]

Obama, Lady Gaga compete for Facebook fan record.

Facebook publicists told CNN on Thursday that the pop star and the president are neck-and-neck in the race to become the first living person with more than 10 million fans on the social networking site.

As of early Friday, Obama was in the lead, with 9,058,881 fans. Lady Gaga trailed behind with 9,023,966.

Both of them were more than 4 million fans behind the No. 1 individual, Michael Jackson, who had 13,285,811. The singer died a year ago.

Obama's page, which is run by the group Organizing for America, includes photographs of his recent Gulf Coast visit and links to speeches from news conferences.

Obama, Lady Gaga compete for Facebook fan record.

Russian Dmitry Medvedev president joins Twitter as well as first Russian to recive iPhone 4.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev got more than 15,000 followers in less than 12 hours after officially opening up his Twitter account during his visit to the US.

Twitter Inc. has confirmed that Medvedev has a verified account with the social networking and microblogging service.

Medvedev's account is both in English and Russian, and he has so far added only two microblogs: US President Barack Obama and the US White House.

Russian Dmitry Medvedev president joins Twitter as well as first Russian to recive iPhone 4.

US Football match might set new Net Record.

The match between the U.S. and Algeria on Wednesday could set a new record for internet traffic.

Akamai's Net Usage Index, which tracks visitors per minute on the company's vast network of websites. In the minutes following Landon Donovan's game winning goal in the 91st minute of action (which sent the US to the round of 16), traffic spiked to 11.2 million visitors per minute, which move the event past the 2008 presidential election as the second highest traffic day of all-time.

The overall traffic record was set earlier this month during the first day of World Cup action, where traffic exceeded 12 million visitors per minute. We'll wait and see what the final numbers are from Akamai, but for the moment, it looks like Donovan's goal will go down in Internet history at least as a solid No. 2.

US Football match might set new Net Record.

LinknedIn gets overhauled, likes,follows and comment section appears[VIDEO].

Over the next few weeks, LinkedIn will be rolling out a complete overhaul to its Groups feature to make creating and following conversations easier and more engaging.

Previously have to click either “Start a Discussion” or “Submit News” to add a conversation to a group. Now both of those functions have been combined via a publisher box that is prominently displayed at the top of the page.

LinkedIn’s follow system has also been expanded. You may not know this, but the business social network actually gives you the option to “follow” individuals if you want to see what they’re saying in different groups, but aren’t his or her connection. That feature is now prominent, not only for people but for conversations as well. If you stumble across a great debate in a group and want to keep tabs on it, all you have to do is click “follow discussion” and it’ll appear in your news feed and in your inbox.

LinknedIn gets overhauled, likes,follows and comment section appears[VIDEO].

Apple, Google more trusted than Facebook, Twitter.

Americans trust technology heavyweights such as Apple, Google and Microsoft more than social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, according to a new poll.

Nearly half of 2,100 adults questioned in a Zogby Interactive survey said they trusted the big three technology firms "completely" or "a lot," compared to eight percent for Twitter and 13 percent for Facebook.

But all of the companies rated higher than traditional media.

John Zogby, the president and CEO of Zogby International, said big companies have had the time to build brand equity, while Facebook and Twitter do not have the corporate identity.

Apple, Google more trusted than Facebook, Twitter.

This Man Will Do Anything You Tweet Him.

David Perez must be one trusting guy. Because for the next six days, he's agreed to do anything you want him to do, as long as you tell him to do it over Twitter.

Breaking the law is out, he said. And maybe nothing that will make his mom wince too hard. But everything else sent to his Twitter account, @DavidOnDemand, the 29-year-old Chicagoan said, is fair game.

"There will definitely be antics involved in this," Perez said.

And as he embarks on his bold and potentially bizarre adventure, his Internet-enabled masters will be able to follow along with a stealth cam attached to his glasses that will stream live video over the Web.

"You'll be able to see and hear everything I do," he said.

This Man Will Do Anything You Tweet Him.

Virgin America Offers Free Flights to Twitter Influencers.

Virgin America has partnered with Klout, an analytics service that tracks users’ influence on Twitter (based on variables such as the quality and number of followers and retweets), to extend free flights (plus tax) to influencers in Toronto.

The offer includes free round-trip airfare (Wi-Fi included) between Toronto and San Francisco (SFO) or Los Angeles (LAX) between June 23 and August 23. Those who received invitations for the offer — whether or not they decide to accept the flight that comes with it — were also invited to Virgin America’s Toronto Launch Event on June 29.

Klout measures data through user-created content, indicating influence through interaction and size of networks. It then tabulates a score as its influence metric through 25 variables broken into three categories: True Reach, Amplification and Network Scores.

Virgin America Offers Free Flights to Twitter Influencers.

Facebook Location Features similar to Twitter Confirmed and will be out Soon.

Mark Zuckerberg confirmed to press in London today that Facebook will indeed be launching location-based features in the near future.

According to reports, the young CEO told attendees at a local Facebook Developer Garage event, “We are finishing designing our application soon and hope to offer it soon.”

In March, The New York Times reported that location features would be launching in April. In May, Advertising Age said location would come to Facebook in June.

Facebook Location Features similar to Twitter Confirmed and will be out Soon.

There is no need to pay for the usage of Facebook.

If you go to Facebook.com and search for the terms "Facebook free" or "Facebook charge," you'll find hundreds of groups with names like, "If 1 Million People Join Before 9th July 2010 Facebook Will Stay Free!" or "If Facebook Charges A Fee We Will Discontinue Using It." Some of these groups have dozens of users, others have thousands.

During a recent press conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said while Facebook users do care about privacy, the question of whether or not Facebook will eventually charge for its service is actually a much bigger concern among the site's 500 million users.

But are these fears justified?

There is no need to pay for the usage of Facebook.

Facebook earned $ 800 mn in 2009.

Facebook's financial performance is stronger than previously believed, as the Internet social network's explosive growth in users and advertisers boosted 2009 revenue to as much as $ 800 million, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

The company also earned a solid net profit, in the tens of millions of dollars last year, one of the sources said.

That growth in profit and revenue underscores how Facebook is increasingly making money off its 6-year-old service, which ranks as the world's largest Web social network with nearly half a billion users.

That sort of performance is likely to whet the appetites of investors keen for a public share float, despite the company's insistence that an IPO is not a near-term priority.

Facebook earned $ 800 mn in 2009.

Celebrities’ Twitter Followers Have Zero Influence.

Sysmos found that the Twitter followers of social media heavyweights were the most influential of the bunch and followers of celebrities by contrast, have little to no authority.

Celebrities

Celebrities seem to have large amounts of followers with low Twitter authority levels. This could be because they attract everyone from all walks of life. Some people may only be on Twitter to see what their favorite stars have to tweet about.

As the table above shows, most users following these celebrities have a very low authority ranking, partly because they have few followers themselves. Britney Spears has particularly low authority followers, whereas Barack Obama stands out within the three groups with followers who have an average authority ranking of 2.4.

Celebrities’ Twitter Followers Have Zero Influence.

Bebo solded to Criterion Capital Partners by AOL.

Originally acquired by AOL for $850 million back in 2008, Bebo has clearly been a colossal flop for AOL, and as the company refocuses on content, makes little sense strategically. Along those same lines, AOL unloaded ICQ to DST a little over a month ago.

The buyer of Bebo is said to be Criterion Capital Partners, a hedge fund.

The Internet company has been publicly looking for an acquirer for some time, and in April, news leaked that AOL would likely shut down the site if a buyer was not found.

Bebo solded to Criterion Capital Partners by AOL.

TweetMeme’s Retweet Buttons Auto-Translate Tweets.

Two parts of the button have translation features,

Firstly the button itself and the pop-up you get when you click to do the retweet are now translated into 7 languages English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Portuguese. We will then be putting up an area to crowd source the translations to other languages.
Secondly we have integrated Google Translate to automatically translate any stories you retweet into your own language. This automatically detects if translation is required and prompts you when it has made the change, it is a simple one-click to revert the translation if that is not what you desire.

The new language support is on top of an impressive feature set,

TweetMeme’s Retweet Buttons Auto-Translate Tweets.