What colors do the web’s most powerful brands use to distinguish themselves from others? The folks from COLOURlovers decided to find out, producing the infographic below as the result.

As it turns out, web brands love color. Only a few of them are predominantly grey or black and white. The most popular color is blue (nearly all big social networks use it), followed by a variety of reds and oranges. Also, many of the web’s top brands, such as Google and MSN, have a multicolored logo.

COLOURlovers used data from Alexa, Compete and Nielsen to compile the list of the top 100 brands on the web, and while one can always question their methodology, the infographic definitely paints an interesting picture concerning color usage by some of the most popular brands on the web.

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while searching on google , yahoo and bing for some web applcations I came across very attractive web applications, thought to share with my readers. Go through the list you will surely love it.

Hoy 6 de marzo, desde las 16:30  hora de Argentina,  se realizará el  primer encuentro de Patagonia Valley, desde Comodoro Rivadavia (Chubut, Argentina),  el cual será  el punto de partida para las nuevas relaciones, proyectos, ideas y  soluciones que se darán en la Patagonia.

Patagonia Valley es uno de los Valley´s de la región y siendo este el primer encuentro han decidido transmitirlo en vivo.

Para que se animen a verlo, deben saber que se hablará sobre eEmprendedorismo, comunicación, marketing, social media y derecho informático.  Para ello están como invitados Jonathan Baldovino de Doppler, Juan Pittau de Google AdWords y Gaby Menta, fundador de varios emprendimientos en la Web.

Además, se contará con la presentación de algunos Elevator Pitches.

Patagonia Valley en Twitter y en Facebook.

“So it can benefit everyone.”

That’s what a Google employee said today as he tried to explain Google’s recent push to have websites use the ‘rel=”me”‘ meta HTML tags to identify pages a user owns on the web.  It’s not a bad strategy – index the entire web, know every single website out there, and when they change, and now the web is your network.  The thing is, since the “open” web hasn’t had a natural way of identifying websites owned by users, Google, the current controller of this network, needed a way to do it.  Why not make people identify their websites to Google’s SocialGraph network, and call it “open” so it benefits everyone?  I’m sorry, but the “open” web that we all grew up in is dead now that 2 or 3 entities have indexed it all.  This is now their network.

Let’s contrast that to Facebook, the “Walled Garden”, criticized for being closed due to tight privacy controls and not willing to open up to the outside web.  Of course, all that is a myth – Facebook too has provided ways for website owners to identify themselves to Facebook on the “open” web, making Facebook itself the controller of that social graph data, thereby giving Facebook a new role in who “owns” the “open” web.  Facebook has even made known in its developer roadmap its intention to build an “OpenGraph API”, making every website owner’s site a Facebook Fan Page in the Facebook network.  Don’t kid yourself that Facebook wants a role in this as well.  They’re a major threat to Google, too because of this.

Then there’s Twitter, just starting to realize how to play in this game, now starting to collect user data for search in their own network.  Don’t count them out just yet, as they too will soon be trying to find ways to get you to identify your website on their network.

So we’ll soon have 3 ways of identifying our websites on the “open” web.  I can identify my site through Facebook, as you see by the Facebook Connect login buttons scattered around.  I can identify myself in the Google SocialGraph APIs, which, if you view the source of this site you’ll see a ‘rel=”me”‘ meta tag identifying my site so Google can search it.  Who knows what Twitter will provide to bring my site into its network.  Each network is providing its easiest ways of identifying your site within their own Social Graph, and calling it “open” so other developers can bring their stuff into their networks easily, without rewriting code.

I think it’s time we stop tricking ourselves into thinking the web is open at all.  Google is in control of the web – they have it all indexed.  Now that we are seeing that he who owns the Social Graph has a new way of controlling and indexing the web, which we are seeing by Facebook’s massive growth (400+ million users!), I think Google feels threatened.  They’ll play every “open” term in the book to gain that control back.  Of course the new meta tags are beneficial – is it really beneficial to “everybody” though?  I argue the one entity it benefits most is Google.  Yeah, it benefits developers if we can get everyone to agree on what “open” is, but that will never happen.  I think it’s time we accept that now that the web is controlled and indexed by only a few large corporations, it is far from “open”.  ”Open” is nothing more than a marketing term, and I think we can thank Google for that.  No, that’s not a bad thing – it’s just reality.

Do these technologies really “benefit everyone” when no other search startup has a remote chance of competing with owning the “open web” network?

Further note:

How do we solve this?  I truly believe the only solution to giving the user control of the web again is via client-side, truly user-controlled technologies like what Kynetx offers.  Action Cards, Information Cards, Selectors, and browser-side technologies that bring context back in the user’s hands are the only way we’re going to make the web “open” again.  The future will be the battle for the client – I hope the user wins that battle.

Image courtesy Leo Reynolds

UPDATE: DeWitt Clinton of Google, who wrote the quote above this post is in response to, issued his own response here.  The comments there are interesting, albeit a lot of current and former Google employees trying to defend their case.  I still hold that no matter what Google does now, due to the size of their index, any promotion of the “open web” is still to their benefit.  I don’t think Google should be denying that.

UPDATE 2: My response to DeWitt’s response is here – why didn’t Google just clone Facebook’s APIs if their intention was to benefit the developer and end-user?

Data intelligence and research company Semiocast conducted a study, based on 2.8 million tweets gathered over a period of 48 hours in February, which showed that only half of messages on Twitter are in English.

To identify the languages, Semiocast used technology that can identify the language in which short messages are written, differentiating between 41 languages in all major writing systems.

Besides English, which accounts for some 50% of all messages on Twitter, the other most prominent languages on Twitter are Japanese (14% of messages), Portuguese (9%), Malay (6%) and Spanish (4%). Looking even further, Italian, Dutch and German each account for 1% – 2% of all messages on Twitter.

The folks at Semiocast claim that English had a two-third share on Twitter back in the first half of 2009, which points out to strong international growth for Twitter in the last six or so months. It’s good news for Twitter, which has lately been struggling to retain its high growth rates from 2008.

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Susan Payton is the President of Egg Marketing & Public Relations, an internet marketing firm. She blogs at The Marketing Eggspert Blog, and teaches marketing courses at Marketing EggSchool. Follow her on Twitter @eggmarketing.

We all know about Tweetups and online events, but what about events that you didn’t specifically invite the Twitterati to attend? Conferences, meetings and parties are all events that might not have started online, but which can definitely benefit from online promotion and mention.

Leverage your offline event with some smart social media marketing. Here are seven ways you can maximize exposure of your event using online tools.

1. Blog About It

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Before, during and after your event, blog about it. Blogging beforehand can alert others about your event and encourage them to learn more or register to attend. Live blogging during your event can create buzz and excitement for those who were unable to attend (and provide them a snippet of what they missed, which will encourage them to look for your next event). Blogging after can provide a recap, as well as info on upcoming events.

SXSW attendee Allen Stern liveblogged several sessions at the 2009 event. His blog posts are little more than notes from the presentation, but they do a good job of relaying the highlights to readers quickly.

2. Post Photos on Flickr

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Everyone loves seeing photos of themselves (as long as they’re flattering). By posting photos of your event on Flickr and tagging them with people’s names, you can generate interest in your event from the people who attended and those who follow them on various social media channels.

BlogHer posts photos from its conferences and events both in the header on its website and in its Flickr stream. It invites participants to upload their own photos from the events into the Flickr stream, which encourages interaction.

3. Put it on Facebook

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You can also post the photos and tag them on Facebook. The added benefit of doing so on Facebook is that when you tag someone, it appears on their wall. Anyone who is a friend of someone you tagged can see the photo. The idea is that it will lead them to want to learn more about the event (because hey, they want their photo put on Facebook from a cool local event too). Note that you’ll only be able to tag people that you’re connected to.

If your event or company has a Facebook Page, you can include highlights from the event, like quotes from keynotes, activities, awards or even faux pas from speakers.

For even more interaction, visit the profiles of those that attended and leave custom comments: “Hope you got that wine stain out of your blouse. Sorry about that!” “Great comment you made at the keynote presentation!” Etc.

The Wine Conference, an annual event held in Houston, posts updates on the conference to its Facebook Page. Here the event posts logos for its sponsors, photos from events, and blog links about the conference.

4. Post Photos to Twitpic

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Twitpic is a great tool that allows you to take a photo with your phone or camera and upload it directly (via a shortened URL) to Twitter. Anyone following you on Twitter will see your tweet and the link to the photo, and can click to view it.

During your event, what better way to show those not in attendance what they’re missing than by taking photos and sending them in real time? Save your hi-resolution photos to be processed later, but upload snapshots from your phone instantly to create a sense of visual livestreaming as the event is underway.

5. Tweet the Event

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Don’t overlook the best real-time tool in social media for your event. Sending tweets out to your followers is a great way to keep everyone updated on what’s happening. Whether it’s an awards show where you can share the winners before journalists write about them, or a conference where you can tweet soundbites, Twitter is a great tool for connecting people online and offline to your event.

Make sure your organization or business doesn’t have legal objections to you tweeting from the event. If the event covers trade secrets or other sensitive stuff, you may be entangled in more legal issues than you can shake a stick at if you’re not careful. The NFL banned tweeting from football events this season, for example, and is imposing fines for those that violate the ban.

6. Use Hashtags

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The easiest way to track tweets and other mentions of your events on social media platforms is to ask all participants to use a # with a designated keyword or phrase when discussing it.

For example, in 2009, BlogWorld New Media Expo used the hashtag #bwe09 on Twitter to track all mentions of it. Many presentations used this hashtag or one relating to a particular topic as a way to field questions and comments during the presentations. For those unable to attend, following the hashtag was a great way to stay updated on soundbites from the conference.

7. Livestream Your Event

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If your event is a conference or educational platform, consider livestreaming it via web video. Using services like Justin.tv or Ustream.tv, you can broadcast your event live over the Internet. This helps expand your audience and interact with them, even if they are not present in person at your event.

Wrapping it Up

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Remember that you can get the most out of online promotion if you start long before the event. Map out a strategy that includes what you will do prior to the event, during, and after. Ask employees and attendees to assist you by posting their own take on the event through their blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr accounts. Make it as easy as possible for anyone to share their content and photos of your event online.

More social media resources from Mashable:

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- 5 Levels of Effective Communication in the Social Media Age
– Zen and the Art of Twitter: 4 Tips for Productive Tweeting
– The Tao of Tweeting
– How Social Media Has Changed Us
– 5 Tips for Building Lasting Online Friendships
– 4 Steps for Effective Online Networking

Image courtesy of iStockphoto, sjlocke

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Después de la etapa de nominación, en la que se recibieron 92 postulaciones por parte de la comunidad web, hemos seleccionado a las Startups que cumplían con todas las condiciones requeridas, entre ellas, poseer un producto escalable e innovador. Ahora, en la segunda ronda, cada persona podrá votar por cinco de las 43 Startup seleccionadas.

Las 10 Startups con más votos podrán presentar su producto frente a inversores, periodistas y la comunidad en general en un evento llamado Pio.la Ps10,que se realizará este mes de noviembre en la plataforma de Pio.la. Y, posteriormente,  un grupo de jurados exclusivo seleccionará la mejor.

Pio.la PS10 será un evento en vivo, libre y en línea desde cualquier lugar del mundo. Contará con el apoyo de las comunidades importantes que se centran en el espíritu de emprendimiento,  innovación en la región y nuevas empresas.

Startups seleccionadas:

Next week the famous Carsonified Event “Future of Web Design” takes place in New York City and here you will see what to expect from this great event. The best web designers in the world will take place to talk about different topics that will bring up your web game to the next level. Check it out!

First you need to visit the event page http://events.carsonified.com/ to get a good felling of what’s going on.

This year FOWD will take place in NYC on November 16th and 17th.

To Find out about Event Location and Schedule visit http://events.carsonified.com/fowd/2009/nyc

On November 16th you can choose from 8 different workshops to attend, here is what’s on the list.

Open Web Standards for the Rich Web – Molly Holzschalag

Real World Accessibility for Web Designers – Derek Featherstone

WordPress Theme Development for Web Designers – Elliot Jay Stocks

How to Design Effective Web Content – Kristina Halvorson

How to build a HTML5/CSS3 Website Today – Steve Smith

Design Secrets of digg.com’s User Interface – Daniel Burka

How to use JQuery to Enhance your Web Design – Karl Swedberg

Best Practices in Web Typography – Dan Rubin

On November 17th, the Conference will take place and this is what will go on:

Progressive Enrichment with CSS3 – Dan Cederhom

Feedback informing design: Listening, really listening, to your users – Daniel Burka

3 Dimensional thinking for web designers – Mike Kus

Accessibility in a Web 2.0 World – Derek Featherstone

Stop Worrying & Get On With It: Tips and Tricks for designing for the Modern Web – Elliot Jay Stocks

Partner Presentation – Bill Buxton

New York Shorts: Vimeo – Blake Whiteman

Familiar Futures: Making Mars Feel Like Home – Kyle Sollenberger

The Long and Short of It: Panel Discussion – Liz Danzico, Jason Santa Maria, Paul Ford, and Kristina Halvorson.

HTML5 Killed XHTML2: And the Mysterious Future of Markup – Molly Hozschlag

FOWD Keynote: “Space: What does it mean?” Joshua Davis

Meet the Speakers

We’ve got some awesome speakers lined up for you this year at FOWD. Here’s who we’ve got lined up so far. Don’t forget to check back for updates to the speaker list. Click here to check the list.

For all the abduzeedo users, I will be attending the event and would like to meet up with all our users that are going, leave a comment and will set it up.

Last year FOWD was in New York as well and here you can watch all the content:

Dan Mall

The Experience Layer: Using Flash, JavaScript, and other technologies to engage users.

Derek Powazek

The future of community and crowd-sourced design

Hillman Curtis

Then minutes of Design Inspiration

Mike Kus

Whatever happened to the Art in Design?

Nicholas Felton

Charting Daily Data

Nick La

Finding Inspiration from your Environment

Patrick Haney

Web Design Fundamentals: Learning from the past to the better future

Paul Boag

Educating clients to say yes

About the author

Hi! I’m Paulo Canabarro and I’m here to post some really cool stuff for you, if you have any ideas or any requests please get @ me – paul0v2@abduzeedo.com you can also Follow me on twitter!

He aquí el Tío Google -nuevamente- con su siempre-dispuesto-a-diluir-un-poco-los-humos-de-Mozilla navegador Chrome, que mejora y se adapta una vez más mediante un nuevo beta que, además de ajustar el rendimiento general a “óptimo” nuevamente (un 30% superior en comparación a la última iteración), debuta una nueva característica para sincronizar marcadores entre diferentes PCs.

El nuevo “bookmark sync” es ahora accesible mediante le menú de la llave inglesa de la interfaz de Chrome, para lo que apenas basta con ingresar los detalles de nuestra cuenta de Google para ponerlo en marcha. Después de esto, cualquier cambio realizado a los marcadores en una máquina dada se sincronizará de manera automática e instantánea en el resto de las instancias del navegador en otros sistemas (que hayan firmado con la misma cuenta, por supuesto).

O, en las palabras del equipo de Chrome:

De manera semejante, Mozilla se encuentra también trabajando en una solución de sincronización de contenido, que ha bautizado como Weave y que, a diferencia de Personas, aún no ha alcanzado la madurez suficiente como para verse integrado en la próxima instancia de Firefox … aún.

• Descarga el último Beta de Chrome en este enlace.

Este post ha sido publicado originalmente en TechTear.com- Blog Magazine de Tecnología, Internet y Negocios

Compártelo

Cada vez las compañías lanzan nuevos e innovadores servicios para poder interactuar con aquellas personas con las que tenemos algo en común, dándonos la posibilidad de acceder y participar en nuestras cuentas desde cualquier lugar del mundo a través de una infinidad de equipos o dispositivos que actualmente se distribuyen en el mercado. Estos dispositivos cada vez más compactos, robustos y rápidos que sumados con un software inteligente, ágil y con una interfaz practica e intuitiva para el usuario, sin duda hacen una poderosa maquina para comunicarnos y desenvolvernos en los medios sociales.

Actualmente se está aplicando mucho el ingenioso concepto de realidad aumentada, en donde se le puede añadir al mundo real objetos y características virtuales, y que ha sido muy bien implementado en varias áreas con alto grado de utilidad, pero que aún falta mucho para poder explotar todas las posibilidades que ofrece que parece que no tuvieran limite. En Latinoamerica se comienzan a realizar las primeras investigaciones e implementaciones principalmente en para fines publicitarios, educativos y artisticos como es el caso de Bakía en Colombia, Proyecto EDRA en Chile y The Pool Argentina, por nombrar algunos casos. Con esto se logra que el consumidor se sumerja en una nueva experiencia más real e interactiva. Así que, es posible mediante estás tecnologías y aplicando este concepto, presentar la realidad aumentada como el futuro del social media. A continuación un vídeo sobre un prototipo de interfaz de usuario por la empresa TAT, en dónde claramente se muestra una convergencia de los medios sociales de un usuario los cuales son referenciados a través del reconocimiento facial de la persona.

Click here to view the embedded video.TAT augmented ID

Así que ¿este es el futuro del social media? más que eso, la realidad aumentada revoluciona las interfaces de usuario y los medios de comunicación social son una aplicabilidad que tiene mucho potencial. Imaginen apuntar las cámaras de sus dispositivos a una persona y que automáticamente puedas ver su tarjeta de presentación, sus actualizaciones en el Facebook y el Twitter, descargar la presentación que está haciendo en esté momento compartida en SlideShare, escuchar lo que está escuchando en el Grooveshark, y todo lo que se les pueda ocurrir de obtener de la información en las redes sociales, solo que está vez de una forma más cercana y natural.

Por otra parte, estas aplicaciones no necesariamente son desarrolladas por la misma empresa que ofrece el servicio. Aunque muchas implementaciones se hacen web, eliminando en gran parte problema del funcionamientos en la gran cantidad de plataformas tecnológicas, sin duda el hecho de permitirle a desarrolladores externos crear su propia aplicación para conectarse con estos servicios públicos a través de las APIs es una muy buena forma para que el servicio pueda ser usado en aquellos dispositivos que necesitan de una aplicabilidad especial como son los dispositivos móviles.

Los expertos en cada área adaptan el acceso a la red con tecnología que manejan, como por ejemplo un cliente Twitter sobre Android que use el reconocimiento de voz para tuitear. Así que mi recomendación es que en la medida que sea posible si son dueños de un producto de social media o cualquier servicio publico masivo es muy conveniente desarrollar un sistema robusto y flexible para poder entregar APIs a terceros y así ellos se encargan de que los servicios de ustedes tengan más accesibilidad, con eso ganan ustedes y apoyan la creación de nuevos productos.