Tumblr Adds Live Video button

Tumblr users can now “post live videos through YouNow (iOS, Android), Kanvas (iOS, Android), Upclose (iOS, Android), and YouTube (Android-ready right now, iOS-ready in a few days)” directly onto their and other users’ dashboards. Tumblr confirms that live video posts can be saved after the broadcast ends and reblogged like any other posts. Tumblr will also send notifications when “anyone you follow goes live” and “pin their video to the top of your dashboard.”

Official Announcement

Twitter announced "Ready to go live"

Ready to go live? Now everyone can tap a new button on iOS & Android to easily broadcast on #Periscope from Twitter!
Twitter office announced

YouTube Adds Live Video to Mobile App: This Week in Social Media

YouTube will be “bringing the power of live video to creators everywhere” with the launch of live streaming on its mobile app. Mobile live streaming on YouTube “will have all the features your regular videos have – you’ll be able to search for them, find them through recommendations and playlists and protect them from unauthorized uses.” YouTube launched this new capability to a select group of users at VidCon and “will be rolling it out more widely soon.”

YouTube mobile live streaming will be baked right into the core YouTube mobile app. You won’t need to open anything else, just hit the big red capture button right there in the corner, take or select a photo to use as a thumbnail, and you can broadcast live to your fans and chat in near real time

Because it’s built right into the YouTube app, mobile live streaming will have all the features your regular videos have—you’ll be able to search for them, find them through recommendations and playlists and protect them from unauthorized uses. And since it uses YouTube’s peerless infrastructure, it’ll be faster and more reliable than anything else out there.

We think this will offer you an entirely new, more intimate and spontaneous way to share your experiences with your communities. We’re launching today with The Young Turks, AIB, Platica Polinesia, SacconeJolys, and Alex Wassabi at VidCon and will be rolling it out more widely soon.

Free up space on your iPhone

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People who are using Apple’s 16 GB iPhone variants tend to run out of storage. On this device, a user gets approximately 11 GB of user accessible storage as the rest of it is used by Apple’s iOS operating system.
After installing a few apps and storing photos, music and videos, a user normally runs out of storage.
According to a thread on Reddit, there is a trick you can try to reclaim some of the used-up space.
To see how the trick works, go to Settings > General > About and scroll down to Available.
Check how much storage is left and then head to the iTunes Store. Search for a film which is bigger than the space left on your phone. For example if the available space is 4 GB, choose a movie whose file size is greater than 4 GB.
Then click “Rent” at the top of the page. The user will not be charged as the phone does not have enough space to download it and a message will appear saying You don’t have enough available storage.
After clicking “OK,” head back to settings and check your available storage again. A significant increase in the available storage space should be visible.
You can repeat the entire process a few times.
“As of now, it’s unclear on how the trick works, but it probably has got to do with some cache and other storage from apps getting cleaned up,” the report said.

Downloading WhatsApp desktop app made easy

Here are the steps, posted by Neurogadget, that you will need to download and install WhatsApp desktop app on your computer.
There is already a web version of the WhatsApp application, named WhatsApp Web, which allows you to connect on your WhatsApp account via the web browser (such as Edge, Firefox or Chrome). 
Well, it seems that the developers of WhatsApp have finally released a “desktop” version of the application, but unfortunately, it is not as good as we all expected.
In fact, the new WhatsApp desktop application is actually almost similar as the WhatsApp Web, but instead of using a web browser it uses its own application. In other words, you will still be limited to the features that the WhatsApp Web came with.
First of all, you will need to download and install the application on your Windows PC. The WhatsApp application for Windows PC can be downloaded from the official WhatsApp website (whatsapp.com). Once you have downloaded the .exe file, install it on your computer.
After the application is installed on your computer, you will just need to launch it and to login on your WhatsApp account you will use the same procedure as on WhatsApp Web (scan the QR code using the WhatsApp Web feature from your mobile device). As expected, your mobile device will need to stay connected to the Internet or else you will not be able to send or receive messages on the WhatsApp application on Windows PC.
It is good to know that the WhatsApp application is available for both Windows and Mac users, so if you own a Mac device, you’re in luck.
Experts suggest users to log out from it or they will continue to be logged in and anyone who will use that computer will be able to read their messages.

Facebook Messenger launches ‘hidden’ football game

In tribute to the UEFA Euro 2016 championship, Facebook has introduced a new football (aka soccer) game “hidden’ inside its Messenger app. Called KeepyUp. Users need to enter the football emoji to start it, NDTV reports.

To activate the game, you need to be running the latest version of Facebook Messenger for Android or iOS. Then, just send the football emoji in any conversation inside the Messenger app. 
Tap on the emoji after sending it, and Messenger opens the game up automatically. The challenge is to keep the football from touching the ground. The game keeps your best score intact for the next time you use the emoji and want to replay.
Messenger app has also received a redesign that adds several new features including a new home tab, birthday, and favorites section.
The new interface of Messenger will show the few recent messages at the top of the screen when the app launches. This will be followed by a new Favorites section, which will include people the user messages most frequently.
The Messenger will now also have an Active Now section where the app will show who the people who are currently available online are. 
There will be a new birthday section which will show the people who have their birthdays on the day which Messenger believes will prompt user wish them a happy day. Facebook says the new redesign is an update “aimed to make Messenger simpler to use by presenting more relevant information. The app now also includes a search bar at the top of the screen which will show results same as the Facebook mobile search.
Messenger team in a blog post said: “Up until now, most inbox experiences haven’t kept up with the new ways people connect. So, we’ve been thinking about how we can make it simpler and easier to find what you want to start a conversation.”
Messenger recently received an important feature that reintroduced support for SMS messages inside the app. The company has confirmed that the feature will be available via an update to all Android users globally.

Traditional, social media growing together

Advocates of social media try their level best to prove that this new source of mass communication is fast replacing traditional media, they cannot succeed in convincing a large number of people. 

I also believe that that is not the case and various popular television shows, particularly reality-based programs, are enough to prove my point.
During the last few days, I noticed that a popular television series or show prompts social media users to dedicate a hashtag. Through those hashtags, people discuss and analyze the content of various television programs. In other words, traditional media continue to feed the social media.
However, such an interaction based on television content is a new phenomenon. It does not mean that the new television shows are better or more interesting than before. It only means that the new media has transformed TV viewership pattern.
TV cast and crew can now get instant feedback from the audience or viewers. It has more or less become a theater-like experience where one gets instant feedback.
Joshua Malina, an American actor once told the New York Times, “I like the back-and-forth. I miss doing live theater, where you actually can hear someone chuckle at something you just said, or a gasp because something suspenseful has happened. On TV, you didn’t get that, but now there is a sense of immediacy to the reaction. It’s like, ‘Oh, there are people watching the show and responding to it.’”
That is why most TV shows these days are trying to unify their audience reactions by suggesting their own hashtags displayed on the TV screen. It is an acknowledgment from the producers of those shows that such interaction does matter.
A study by ShareThis, a social media content marketing company based in Palo Alto, California, shows a strong correlation between social engagement and tuning in to watch TV, as Media Post reported.
“On an average, 16 percent of viewers share (their views) about the shows they watch, but the percentages vary widely by genre. The social engagement rate among reality and variety show viewers is about 47 percent, while pure comedy shows only elicit an engagement rate of 9.5 percent.” concluded the study. Also “Most drama fans (34 percent) wait 24 hours until their shows end before yapping it up on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks. Yet the vast majority of reality and variety show viewers (70 percent) do most of their social engaging during the show.”
The interaction sometimes goes even further by engaging one of the cast or the staff of the shows like what is happening these days to Nasser Al-Qassabi, the lead star of one of the most popular TV series in the Kingdom.
The point is that traditional media and new media seem to be growing together and helping each other to widen their influence and to attract more audience.

Zuckerberg’s cyber accounts hacked

Mark Zuckerberg had a bad Monday. According to The Guardian, the Facebook founder briefly lost control of both his Twitter and Pinterest accounts, after a hacker broke in to both, defacing the pages.
If the hacker, who went by the name OurMine, is to be believed, Zuckerberg’s weakness was in re-using passwords: They say they found his details in a database of 117 million passwords hacked from social network LinkedIn in 2012.
From there, they were able to gain access to his Twitter account, where they tweeted “you were in Linkedin Database … DM for proof”, and his Pinterest account, the name of which they changed to read “Hacked By OurMine Team.”
The hackers also claimed to have broken in to Zuckerberg’s account on (Facebook-owned) Instagram, but Facebook denies this happened, telling VentureBeat that: “No Facebook systems or accounts were accessed.”
Prior to the hack, Zuckerberg hadn’t tweeted from his Twitter account for four years. His last message on the service was a link to a now-deleted blogpost about SOPA, an American anti-piracy law, while the majority of his 19 tweets stem from a two month period in early 2009.
It is perhaps relaxing to know that Zuckerberg appears to have the same security weaknesses as the rest of us. Reusing passwords is a bad idea even if you aren’t a billionaire with a target painted on your back: The only account that should be at risk if LinkedIn gets hacked is a LinkedIn account, not a Pinterest and Twitter account too.
Twitter also supports two-factor authentication, ensuring that anyone trying to log in to the site must also have access to the phone number of the person whose account they’re logging in to. Pinterest doesn’t have that security feature, though, and even Twitter only introduced it a year after Zuckerberg’s most recent tweet.

Facebook pushes mobile users to Messenger app

Facebook users on Android devices are being notified that they will no longer be able to access messages without the Messenger app, the BBC reported.

The function for members to read messages by accessing the social network on a mobile phone web browser is being disabled.
A message currently appears informing users of the coming change. On some handsets the Play Store then launches.
Facebook said the move is an extension of its 2014 Messenger policy.
“Using the Messenger app is faster and enables richer interactions. We’re continuing to bring the best experiences we can to the 900 million people on Messenger,” it said in a statement.
Messages are already inaccessible via the official Facebook app.
However, some experts described it as “a hostile move.”
“Surely the mobile site is much used by people who have good reason not to download the app,” Devin Coldewey, a tech guru, wrote.
Some users have complained that they do not wish to use the app, citing battery life and privacy concerns.
Analysts believe messaging is a key area for the company. “This move underlines what an important platform messaging is becoming for Facebook,” Martin Garner from CCS Insight said.
“Messaging is undoubtedly the next growth driver for revenue but it also will be key to developing highly sophisticated artificial intelligence solutions.
“People will get used to a dedicated messaging app despite their initial objections. Facebook just needs to make sure that the app is well-written and does not start becoming a big drain on battery life.”
Facebook also denied that it is listening to users’ phone calls through their smartphone’s microphones, after suggestions that the company is eavesdropping on conversations to target adverts.
The social network’s smartphone app asks for access to a phone’s microphone for features such as recording video and voice messages, but reports last week claimed that its use of the microphone was more sinister.

6 Visual Apps for Creating Social Media Content

All apps mentioned are available for iPhone users and all screenshots are taken from an iPhone 6. A few apps (Photo Grid and Kanvas) are also available on the Google Play store for Android users.

#1: Kanvas

Kanvas is an app for both iPhone and Android. You can create a variety of content types, including quote images, GIF bursts, video, flipbooks, and more. Once you install it and set up your free account, Kanvas helps you create each of these content types by tapping on the plus icon at the top right of your home screen.

Note: When you create an account, you’re also creating a profile on the Kanvas network. To set up your profile, tap on the profile icon at the bottom right of the screen, and thentap on Settings.

Set up your Kanvas profile (optional).

You can customize your 140-character bio, username, and location, as well as your profile image and cover photo. This is also where you’ll want to set all of your Kanvas creations to be saved to your camera roll and optionally be private.

Edit your Kanvas settings.

From here, you can create some great media, such as:

Quote Images

To create a quote image, tap on the plus icon at the top right of your home screen. Next, tap on Thought and type the quote you want to share.

Types of content you can create with Kanvas.

You’ll then select a background color and/or add a GIF background from GIPHY.

Create a quote image (thought).

You then have the option to share the quote image to your social networks or just to the Kanvas network. You can also use the selector to make your quote image private. Tap Done when you’re finished.

Share your image.

It saves automatically to your camera roll in M4V format at a resolution of 480 x 480.

GIF Bursts

To create a GIF burst, tap on the plus icon at the top right of your home screen. Next,tap on GIF. Switch the camera from rear- to front-facing if needed, and hold the GIF button down while moving your camera across the scene you want to record.

Create a GIF burst with your camera.

You can then add text.

Add some text (optional).

You have the option to share the burst to your social networks or just to the Kanvas network. You can also use the selector to make your burst private. When you’re finished, tap Done and your GIF will automatically be saved to your camera roll in M4V format at a resolution of 480 x 480 (ironically, not an actual GIF). You can use Imgflip to convert the file into an actual GIF.

Videos

To create a video, tap on the plus icon at the top right of your home screen. Next, tap on Video. Switch the camera from rear- to front-facing if needed using the icon at the bottom right. Hold the video button down while recording for up to seven seconds.

Create a video with your camera.

Next, you can adjust speed of the video. If you slow it all the way down, it will be a total of 15 seconds.

Change the speed of your video.

You then have the option to share the video to your social networks or just to the Kanvas network. You can also use the selector to make your video private. When you’re finished, tap Done and it will automatically be saved to your camera roll in M4V format at a resolution of 480 x 480.

Flipbooks

To create a flipbook, tap on the plus icon at the top right of your home screen. Next, tap on Flipbook and select the images you want to include in your flipbook from your camera roll.

Create a flipbook from your photos.

You can then add text to your flipbook.

Add some text to your flipbook (optional).

You can also edit the speed at which your flipbook will go through your photos.

Change the speed at which each image is displayed.

Share the flipbook to your social networks or exclusively to the Kanvas network. You can also use the selector to make your video private. When you’re finished, tap Done, and it will automatically be saved to your camera roll in M4V format at a resolution of 480 x 480.

Note: I found that even after selecting the slow speed, it still played the 110 images I selected very fast, so the video was a total of 14 seconds. You may need to play around with the number of images versus the speed. Fewer images = slower speed. You may also want to consider the video slide feature of Photo Grid (described later) as an alternative.

Paintings

To create a painting, tap on the plus icon at the top right of your home screen. Next, tap on Paint. Use the tools and colors to create a painting or drawing on your screen.

Create a drawing or painting.

Either share the painting to your social networks or just to the Kanvas network. You can also use the selector to make your painting private. Tap Done when you’re finished. It will automatically be saved to your camera roll in JPG format at a resolution of 1242 x 1242.

Custom Images

To create a custom image, tap on the plus icon at the top right of your home screen. Next, tap on Custom and use the guide to create your custom image.

This custom image allows you to add a photo background, stickers (similar to those from Facebook), text overlays, and drawings to your image.

Create custom images.

Share the image to your social networks or just to the Kanvas network. You can alsouse the selector to make your image private. When you’re finished, tap Done, and it will automatically be saved to your camera roll in JPG format at a resolution of 1242 x 1242.

After you’ve created any of the above media, you have several options. You can go to your profile and tap on anything you’ve created.

Delete or reshare images you’ve created from your Kanvas profile.

In the top-right corner, tap on the three dots to delete the image from Kanvas. This won’t remove it from your camera roll or any networks you’ve shared it to. Alternatively,tap on the Share icon at the bottom right of the media to share it to more networksor copy a link to it that you can send to others that can be viewed on mobile or desktop browsers.

Get a link to your Kanvas creations that can be shared on mobile or desktop browsers.

#2: Adobe Spark Video

Looking to make a video? Adobe has an iPhone app for that called Adobe Spark Video. All you need is a script. The app does the rest. When you open the Adobe Spark Video app, tap on the + at the bottom to begin your first project.

Start a new project or explore other projects for inspiration.

You can choose from seven preconfigured templates to promote your idea, tell what happened, tell a hero’s journey, describe something important to you, share a personal growth experience, teach a lesson, or get your audience excited about an event.

Or you can start from scratch.

Choose a template or start from scratch.

After you make your selection, you’re guided through the process. For example, if you choose to teach a lesson, you’ll get six template pages to share an overview of the lesson, the lesson concept, an example, an explanation, a problem for your audience to solve, and a summary.

Get to know the dashboard.

At the top right of the screen, you’ll find options that affect the entire video. Tap the magic wand to change the theme of the video.

Choose a theme.

Once you’ve selected a theme, tap on the pencil icon to configure specific theme details, such as colors and fonts.

Edit your theme.

After you create all of your pages, come back to this screen and change specific pages’ colors and fonts to preview all of your pages with those settings.

Tap the music icon if you want to add background music to the entire video.

Choose some music.

For each page, you have several options. To change the length of time each page will be displayed in the video, tap on the time indicator under the page. Each page can be shown for a maximum of 10 seconds.

Determine the duration of time for each page to be shown.

If you want to change the layout of each page, tap on the layout icon at the bottom right of your page.

Change the layout for each page.

To add icons, photos, and text to each page, tap on the plus sign on the page.

Add icons, photos, and text to your pages.

To record your voiceover for each page, use the orange button at the bottom.

Add voiceovers to your pages.

When you finish the first page, tap on the next page at the bottom of the screen to work on that page. If you want to add more pages, tap the + button on the bottom right. To preview your video so far, tap the play button on the bottom left.

Once your video is complete, tap on the sharing icon at the top right. This allows you toadd the title, subtitle, credits, and category to your video. To choose the video thumbnail, tap on the pencil icon at the top right of the video.

Finalize your presentation video, save, and share.

Now you have the option to share your video to a variety of social networks, or download it to your camera roll. Videos saved to your camera roll are in M4V format at a resolution of 1280 x 720. Videos are also saved with a Told With Voice credit, credits for any Creative Commons images and music used (when applicable), and a link to the Adobe Voice website.

At the bottom of the app screen, tap Projects to access your projects or tap Explore to see videos by others for inspiration.

#3: Ripl

Do you have simple images that you want to turn into more than just image quotes?Consider creating quote animations with a tool like Ripl. Ripl is a freemium iPhone app (free if you don’t mind their watermark at the bottom right of your images or animations). The paid version is $9.99 per month.

The app allows you to create Canva-like images, but with animated features. Here’s how it works.

To start, tap the giant + sign at the bottom.

Create a new animation.

Tap on Add Photo(s) to select a photo from your camera roll. Next, add the text you want to have on top of your image.

Choose your photo and add some text.

Tap the arrow at the top right to customize the layout, font style, and colors.

Choose your layout.

If it’s your first time using the app, you’ll see a Ripl watermark in the lower-right corner of your image. If you want to remove the Ripl watermark, tap on it. This will give you the option to subscribe to Ripl Pro for $9.99 per month.

Try Ripl Pro (optional).

In addition to removing the watermark, you can add a custom watermark with your business logo, profile photo, or another image to brand each Ripl image or animation you create. The pro settings page is also where you can access a link to your auto-renewal to cancel your pro account if you choose.

Create a custom watermark with Ripl Pro.

Once you’re finished editing, you have the choice to create your image as an animation or a still.

Choose to share your image as a still or animation.

Next, choose a specific network to share your image, or save it to your camera roll. Ripl Pro is required to save animations to your iPhone. However, there is a workaround by sharing it to Instagram, which automatically saves to your camera roll since Ripl can’t post to Instagram.

Share your image or animation.

The resulting animation is saved to your camera roll as an 11-second M4V file at a resolution of 640 x 640. You can share your animation anywhere, including Instagram.

#4: Photo Grid

Photo Grid is an app for both iPhone and Android that allows you to create collages using photos in your camera roll. Once you download the app, you can set up an account or just use the tools to create your collages.

Photo Grid options.

Collages

To create a collage, tap on Grid and select up to 15 photos.

Choose photos for your collage.

Photo Grid arranges your photos automatically. You can then edit the layout, ratio, border, background, and filter; add text and stickers; clip an image from your camera roll; or add more photos from your camera roll.

Edit your collage.

When you’re finished, tap Save to add it to your camera roll. You can also send it to other social networks or to your Photo Grid profile.

Save or share your collage.

Based on the eight example images above, the stitched image resulted in a JPG that was 3072 x 3072.

More About Stitches

Another useful feature similar to the Grid is Stitch. Instead of a collage, Stitch allows you toselect up to nine photos and stitch them together into one long vertical image. You can then edit the layout, ratio, border, background, and filter, add text and stickers,clip an image from your camera roll, or add more photos from your camera roll.

Stitch several photos into one long vertical image.

When you’re finished, tap Save to add it to your camera roll. You can also send it to other social networks, or to your Photo Grid profile.

Slideshows

You can create a slideshow using the Video Slides feature. It allows you to select up to 50 photos from your camera roll. You can also edit the total length of time for the slideshow based on how long the images are displayed, or how long you want the video to be.

Create a slideshow with up to 50 photos.

You can also add music and transition effects, edit the order of the images, add borders, and change backgrounds.

Edit your slideshow to include music, transitions, and more.

Note: Image collages don’t have a watermark; however, video slides do have a Photo Grid watermark in the bottom-left corner. You’ll see it before saving your video. You canremove the watermark by tapping on it and making a one-time purchase of $1.99.

Remove the Photo Grid watermark for $1.99 (optional).

When you’re finished, tap Save to save it to your camera roll. You can also send it to other social networks or to your Photo Grid profile. The resulting video from the above configuration of 40 images at three seconds per image was an M4V file, two minutes in length, at 640 x 640 resolution.

#5: Adobe Spark Post

If you’re a fan of using Canva with your desktop browser, you’ll feel right at home using Adobe Post to create images on your iPhone. When you open the Adobe Spark Post app, you’ll see example images in different categories to use as inspiration and remix as your own.

Create a new post or get inspiration from others.

You can also tap the green + button to create a new design using a photo from your photo library, your camera, free Adobe stock images, your Lightroom app, or your Creative Cloud account.

Choose a photo from a variety of sources.

Once you’ve selected a photo, choose the type of social post you plan to create. You can create images for a variety of purposes, such as for Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest posts, Facebook ads, or blog posts. You can create images for your Facebook cover photo, Twitter header image, LinkedIn cover image, YouTube video thumbnail image, or Etsy cover image. Or you can design images in specific sizes and aspect ratios such as square, 2:1, and so on.

Choose your image’s destination, size, or purpose.

After choosing your image’s purpose, you can edit the design, palette, and photo filters.

Editing options for your post.

Note: If it’s your first time using the Adobe Post app, you’ll see an #AdobePost watermark on your photo. If you want to remove the watermark, tap on it and share the link via email (even if it’s just to yourself).

Tap on the Design icon to select the design of the text overlay on your image.

Change the design.

Tap on Palette to change the overall color theme of your text overlay.

Change the color palette.

Tap on Photo to change the filter on the photo itself.

Change the overall color filter.

Tap on your text overlay to edit it, including the font and font details.

Change the text.

If you want to change your image from a blog post to an Instagram image, for example, tap the double rectangle icon at the top center of the screen. If you want to change the photo, tap on the photo icon next to it. When you’re finished with your image, tap on the save icon at the top right to download it to your photo library or send it directly to a specific network.

Save or share your post.

Based on your installed iPhone apps and sharing settings, you can share images directly from this screen.

#6: Tweetroot

Do you enjoy creating tag or word clouds? If so, Tweetroot is a free iPhone app that lets you create tag clouds from a specific Twitter account’s tweets, tweets with a specific hashtag, and tweets mentioning a specific Twitter account’s @username.

The app requires you to authenticate using your Twitter account, but if you don’t like the idea of giving the app access to your main Twitter account, you can effectively use any Twitter account to access its features, even if you ultimately want to create a tag cloud for your own Twitter account.

Once you’ve authenticated the app with a Twitter account, you can start creating your tag clouds. Tap on the egg icon to create tag clouds from a specific Twitter account’s tweets, the # icon to create tag clouds from tweets with a specific hashtag, or the @ icon to create tag clouds from tweets mentioning a specific Twitter account’s @username.

Create a tag cloud from a user’s tweets, a hashtag’s tweets, or user’s mentions.

Based on your choice, you’ll be prompted to enter a username or a hashtag.

Enter the username or hashtag you want to create the tag cloud for.

From there, you’ll get a customizable tag cloud using the icons at the bottom of your screen. The paint roller allows you to change the color palette, the text icon allows you tochange the font, the slider icon allows you to change the number of words and placement, and the checkmark allows you to save your tag cloud.

Edit your tag cloud’s colors, font, and word selection.

Save the image to your camera roll or share to your social networks. It will be saved as a JPG with a resolution of 1024 x 1024.

You can use Tweetroot to highlight the top words you’ve tweeted, the top words tweeted about an event you attended, the top words tweeted by a competitor, the top words tweeted about you or a competitor, the top words tweeted about your industry, and a lot more.

In other words, it’s not just good for creating visual content; it’s good for research, too!

In Conclusion

There are many great free and premium apps for iPhone and Android users that allow you to create amazing visual content for your social media networks. These are just the tip of the iceberg.

What do you think? Have you tried any of these apps? Do you have additional tips and insights? Please share your thoughts in the comments below!