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Logo Developments of the Top Brands in The World

Asif Ahmed — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:15:52 +0000

Logo is something which defines the Brand of a Company. We Identify the Companies with their logos. but the logos we see today were not the same 5 or 10 years ago. I am listing few companies who have emerged as big brands and are recognized with their Logos only.

Apple

Apple is the Company which is owned by Steve Jobs and is the Manufacturer of few great products such as iPod, Mac, iPhone and the most recent iPad. Steve names the Company Apple because it was his favorite fruit. At first it’s logo had Isaac Newton sitting under an Apple tree but later it got changes into a multi colored fruit then to a totally black one and now the current one with a glass effect.

BMW

Everyone know that BMW is a car manufacturing company, but only few would be knowing that it was originally an Aircraft company with a Bavarian flag which has been used in the Logo also. Not much has been changed in the logo but it has been made more rich in texture now.

Cannon

Now, every guy who has a even a little interest in Photography, must be knowing about cannon, the company start their making cameras in 1934, the first one was called Kwanon, as u can see the logo which has the Buddhist Goddess with a thousand arms.

IBM

IBM is International Business Machines, earlier it was International Time Recording Company (ITR) but changed it’s name in 1924. IBM too has simplified it’s logo yet very unique.

Google

Google is just 10 year company and it’s logo has been pretty much the same, but you can see the development in it. it really gives the feel of Web 2.0.

Microsoft

Initially it was Micro-Soft when Bill Gates started the company in 1975, later it became Microsoft and the logo has been almost the same since 1987. In 2008 it rebranded with a new punch line of ‘Your Potential. Our Passion. One of the most simple Logos on a multi million dollar company.

Mozilla Firefox

Our very own browser Mozilla Firefox which is the most popular browser in the world, had been named Phoenix previously, in 2002, later names Firebird and then finally became Firefox which is still the same. it has been tweaked a little bit to suit the web 2.0 environment.

Mercedes

Here is another Car company which has been experimenting with it’s logo since 1902. finally settled with an awesome logo. which has been the mark for Mercedes.

Nokia

Our very own most popular Mobile phone company, based in Finland, but it wasn’t always a mobile phone company. It too has changed its business from one point to another. It too had too many logos.

Pepsi

One of the most popular Soft drink in the world is Pepsi, but it was called Pepsi Cola initially, as the logo for it was the same till it was sold to Loft, inc by Caleb Bradham. Has seen a lot of changes in the logo.

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Twitter Applications Exposed

Twitter Applications Exposed

Asif Ahmed — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:05:23 +0000

Twitter became one of the most popular social networks in the world, Used be Millions of humans all over the world from different countries and different languages.

People looking for software to make it easy using their popular social networks, Tools that are helping them to share idea easy and fast ” Sending new updates, Reply to new Twitt, Adding news, images,files,stories ect” , That is why Twitter App developed.

We can different this tools in several categories Examples

1: Notification Of the new Twittes, Sending updates and reply to Twittes.

2: Uploading Images and Files.

3:Adding new designs to the background.

4:Shorten the Links in twitter.

5: Adding latest Twittes to your site

Ill Write about each of these categories in individual articles. And wish you enjoy reading. I will start with

“Notification Of the new Twittes, Sending updates and reply to Twittes.”.

We can collect all notification tools in three different categories,

A: Twitter Notification for Browser.

B: Twitter Notification for Os.

C:Twitter Notification for Iphones.

A: Twitter Notification For Browsers

Twitter Tools for FireFox, Firefox and twitter to lovely Applications one for os and other for web but no one in the world doesn’t love both applications. There are many FireFox Plugins for twitter notification and posting updates, I will mention from theme the list below.

Twitbin is a firefox extension that allows you to keep up with all of your Twitter conversations right from your browser sidebar. Send messages, receive messages, share links, and more from Twitbin, the best twitter addon for firefox out there.

TwitterBar ** Winner of Mozilla Mobile Add-ons Challenge! **
TwitterBar allows you to post to Twitter from Firefox’s address bar. A small Twitter icon sits to the right of your address bar; clicking on it will post your tweet, and you can hover your mouse over it to see how many characters you have left.
You can also post by typing “–post” at the end of your tweet. Clicking the Twitter icon when visiting a webpage will send a tweet containing the URL of the webpage you are currently viewing.

Ludicrous

“Post to Twitter” is a search plugin for Mozilla Firefox which allows you to quickly post statuses (or “tweets”) to your Twitter account from the Firefox search bar. It is not an extension — it is a Firefox Search Engine. This means you can activate and install it in about five seconds, and start using it straight away without having to restart Firefox.

TwitterNotifier

As the name suggests, TwitterNotifier notifies you with updates from your Twitter friends. Instead of being located in the sidebar, it’s activated with a small icon in the right bottom corner of Firefox. Of course, you can also send Tweets with it. Also, when your friends write new tweets, a small balloon box appears in the right-bottom corner in a browser window. If you click it, your friend’s Twitter page will open in a new tab.

Echofon

Echofon is a family of Twitter apps. Previously Echofon for iPhone was called “TwitterFon” and Echofon for Firefox was called “TwitterFox”.

Twitter Opera widget

The Twitter Toolbar This handy and easy to use short cut/quicklinks toolbar brings Twitter so close that it is only one click away. You’ll have access to a large variety of highly requested tools & resources. And – just as important – the Twitter Toolbar is absolutely FREE to use!

Twitter now – Click on it to update your Twitter account. You will get a pop-up which lets you update your twitter status &check messages.

Bookmarklet

Add Twitlet bookmarklet, and you’ve got a handy way to send updates from anywhere. To get started, head over to the Twitlet site and click the create button – you’ll then be asked to provide your Twitter credentials. Drag the generated link to your bookmarks toolbar, and you’re finished.

B: Twitter Notification for Os.

There are some twitter app for Operating systems(Windows-Mac-Linux) The function of those app is to display latest twits from your friends, updating status,Adding blocking and follow other without opening the twitter website.

I will include some of those app the most popular Apps

TweetDeck

TweetDeck is your personal browser for staying in touch with what’s happening now, connecting you with your contacts across Twitter, Facebook and more.TweetDeck shows you everything you want to see at once, so you can stay organised and up to date.

Twhirl

twhirl is a desktop client for the Twitter microblogging service. Most of the features available on the Twitter website are accessible through twhirl, too. Plus, a lot of usability enhancements have been added.twhirl is based on the new Adobe AIR platform that allows web development techniques to be used to create desktop applications. It is powered by the Flash-based Flex 3 framework, also from Adobe.

Tweetie

Tweetie is free to download and try for as long as you want. It’s full-featured and has some of the most beautiful ads around (courtesy of Fusion Ads). You can register to keep your timeline ad-free for only $19.95.

Canary

Canary source code is written in Objective-C (Cocoa) and is currently released under an MIT-style license at GitHub.

You can download this project in either zip or tar formats.

C:Twitter Notification for Iphones.

Tweetie-Iphone

The Twitter client that redefined Twitter clients is back, and it’s even better. Rewritten from the ground up with a fast and powerful new core, Tweetie 2 offers the most polished mobile Twitter experience around.

TwitterFon

TwitterFon is a simple, clean, easy to use, and is a superfast Twitter client for your iPhone and iPod Touch.

TwitterFon is focused on ease of use and 80% of your daily Twitter tasks, such as see your friends/replies/messages timeline, see favorites, and send/reply a tweet. You can also search tweets, get twitter trends, upload photos to twitpic.com, and update your location information.

Wish You Enjoy Reading

How to Gain More feed Readers

Asif Ahmed — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:27:56 +0000

This one is Simple, I think After reading this, apply it to your blog and it will increase the rate of getting Feed Readers.

Tell Visitors that Subscription is Free

Most of Bloggers use Feed Reader to Burn Their blog’s feeds, and Feedburner give codes to put in blogs. But it uses the word Subscribe. Few reader think that the Subscription will cost them something. So they don’t take interest in it. All you have to do is to tell people that the Subscription is Free. say like, Subscribe for Free, this will grab the attention of many visitors and they will happily Subscribe to your blog’s feed as far as it is Free.

Place the Subscription Link Smartly.

Well, this one is important too, the placement of the Subscription link is very important. You might have put your link in the sidebar, but few readers won’t notice if your blog’s sidebar has a lot of things. Put the link on the top of the sidebar. it should be first thing in the sidebar. Also, use Bold Fonts, or bigger fonts to attract some eyeballs.

Show Your Feed Count

Feedburner allows you to show feed counts, so use it. If you already have got something like 100 or 200 feed readers showing in the feed count, more and more visitors will grab your blog’s feeds. It’s same like Fashion, people seem to like what other like.

Show Your Subscription link on Each Page, above or below every post.

Most of the people come from Search engine and they land on a single page, instead of the homepage, So you should show your Subscription link on every page. To do so, add the code in Single.php file from theme editor inside wordpress, or use any plugin ( people who don;t know coding are recommended to use plugins,)

Go Outside your blog and search for readers.

Just like you go to forums and promote you blog, or twitter handle, you can promote your Blog’s Feed. As you will be able to convey your message afterwards also, unlike a normal visitor who once visits and never comes back. Make your Subscription link your Signature in forums, emails etc.