Today, all media is social media. You no longer simply watch a TV show, read the news, go to the movies or listen to a song. You tweet about the unrealistic plot twist of the TV show. You share a link to the news article with your Facebook friends. You edit together your own sarcastic movie trailer and post it on YouTube. And you share your music playlist through Spotify. It's no great secret that we are no longer just "consumers" of content, but commentators, sharers, creators and re-mixers. Gadget-makers recognize this trend and are creating devices that have social aspects built into their digital DNA. But the landscape of social devices is expanding quickly to include everything from your digital camera to your TV. Here's our list of the five most innovative social media devices, offering a glimpse into the future of your fully integrated life. Instant streaming video is one of the fastest-growing forms of online content and has tremendous potential to integrate with social media. Th is post w as done by G SA Content Generator DE MO.
Through subscription services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus, Crackle and HBO GO, consumers can stream their favorite movies and TV shows on their favorite device with a click of a button. Gadget-makers are quickly jumping on this trend. The most exciting devices are a new generation of set-top boxes that stream high-definition video from the Internet directly onto your TV. Devices like Roku, Boxee, Apple TV and Google TV connect to the Internet via WiFi and to your TV via a HDMI cable. The devices are loaded with Web apps to instantly stream video, music and photo content from sites like Netflix, Vudu, YouTube, Pandora, Spotify, and Flikr. For example, both Roku and Boxee include a Spotify app. With Spotify, users can stream millions of free songs through their TV. They can also share their Spotify playlists on Facebook and see what their friends are listening to right now. This was created with GSA C ontent G enerator DE MO.
Roku has developed its own Facebook app for the set-top box called the Facebook Photos and Videos channel. By syncing your Facebook account with the Roku app you can stream full-screen video clips and browse large-format photos from your Facebook news feed or your friend's walls. Companies like Zynga, which had a breakout hit with FarmVille, have proven that gamers want to share their high scores and challenge friends via social networks. Not only could you play with other gamers around the globe, but you could talk trash using voice and chat. Today, bbarlock.com all gaming consoles come with Internet connectivity and the power to interact with a large community of gamers worldwide. WiiU, the latest gaming console from Nintendo, is proof of the gaming industry's commitment to making the game console the all-in-one portal for both entertainment and social interaction. The Xbox 360 dashboard used to include Facebook and Twitter apps to share screenshots and in-game comments with friends, but Microsoft dropped the apps in its 2012 mandatory software update.
Sony's PlayStation 3 console includes PlayStation Home, a virtual world in which your personal avatar interacts with other PS3 users and competes in free online games. This may be because PlayStation reps actually respond to their tweeters. In a September 2012 blog post, Mike Elgan of Computerworld wrote about the "rise of the social picture gadget." He cited the explosion of Pinterest - which is driven almost entirely by images - as only one example of how pictures are the most social media of all. A picture, after all, is worth 1,000 words, which is a lot more generous than Twitter's 140 characters. Consumers crave gadgets that allow them to take high-quality pictures and instantly share them via their favorite social media networks. Smartphones are wonderful for this. The iPhone 5 comes with a built-in 8 megapixel still camera, and pictures can quickly be edited and posted on countless social networks. Digital camera manufacturers are taking notice of the rise of the social picture gadget and hoping that there's a market for high-resolution cameras with extensive social media features. The WiFi-enabled S800c runs Google's Android operating system and includes a 3.5-inch (8.89 centimeter) touchscreen. Samsung's DV300 is also WiFi-enabled and includes a "social sharing" option to upload photos and videos directly to social networks like Facebook, YouTube, Picasa and Photobucket. Both cameras have on-screen keyboards to create short titles and captions to go along with the photos. When Nielsen polled American consumers in July 2011, only 3 percent used a tablet device to access social media. Tablet users have a different relationship with their device than smartphone users, and this relationship affects the way they use social media. Tablets are larger and bulkier than smartphones, which makes them less inherently "mobile" than devices that easily fit in your pocket. Social Media Presence: Xbox vs.
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