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Postcard: Write once and share your Content across social networks

Posted on February 26, 2014 by New Net News Service

By: Arjun Mandaiker

Almost all social network managers gripe about the fact that sharing Content on multiple social networks is tedious. Then, there’s the issue of storing this data securely. There is help at hand for community managers. Postcard is a recently launched iOS app that helps you simultaneously share Content on multiple social sites.

The highlight of Postcard is the “Custom Network” feature which enables you to post Content on your own Website. You can use your Site to host the Content & get traffic from the social networks where you shared the Content.

Postcard also offers a WordPress plugin that helps you link the app to your WP blog. This is how you will be able to host Content shared through PostCard on your blog or Website. The Content posted on your blog is does not have character restrictions like in some social networks.

The WordPress plugin offers features like shortcodes that enable easy display of the gallery, feed or archive of your Content. This plugin is offered free of cost on WordPress.org. You can use the app & the plugin to build an archive of the data shared on social networks.

Postcard is a creation of designer Kyle Newsome who says he was motivated to build the app to help users solve Content control & ownership issues prevalent in social media. Users can utilize Postcard to keep their blog fresh & updated. You can update your social networks & direct the ensuing traffic to your Website. Kyle is currently developing an Android version of the app.

Postcard claims it does not store any Content or create social networks. All the data is stored on your phone. Custom Network only directs Content to your blog where you can store & own it.

In short, Postcard helps Content creators to host Content on their website, share it on social networks & direct the resulting traffic to their site. Thus they are assured of ownership of the Content which they can archive on their site to be presented & sorted in a convenient manner.

The free download supports 3 networks, & you can buy 2 more for $0.99, 5 more for $2.99 & unlimited networks for $4.99 via in-app purchases.

Click here to download Postcard on your iOS device.

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Digital conversation just went pop with social sharing app Pop

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Arjun Mandaiker

Pop is a newly launched mobile app that enables users to “visually” tell a joke or story. Users simply need to capture a video or photo on their phone cameras, & then add Online media like a movie snippet or animated GIF to it. That becomes a Pop. To see the whole Pop, the end-user needs to press down on it & hold down to view the underlying GIF.

Simple to set up, Pop is helpful in delivering a punch line as well as to tell meaningful stories. The app combines both visual & social storytelling. You can share the Pop you create with contacts in the app as well as with outside contacts like on social network Facebook, or by emailing, texting or tweeting a link.

Pop is a product of the team that earlier created Zeega which is a similar platform for telling interactive digital stories. The major difference is Zeega is meant for laptops while Pop has been designed for mobiles.

Pop can be used as a social sharing app to create & to continue visual conversations. The creators of Pop say they were stimulated by how Netizens use memes, GIFs, movie scenes and other media to express their feelings about personal & public issues. They felt visual stories & conversations had their own charm & appeal that was fundamentally different from bland text interaction.

Pop lets you record real-world scenes on your mobile & combine them with Online media to create interesting visual stories. Users can utilize the vast GIF library of a provider named Giphy to add a relevant GIF to their photo or video. This stock of available GIFs is updated constantly to ensure the images are trending & timely.

The creators of Pop are based in San Francisco, Brooklyn & Oakland in California. The app was released earlier this month. The parent company Zeega Inc. says it’s now working on the Android version of the app.

Click here to download the free app on your iOS device.

Image credit: iTunes/Pop

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