Chandrashekhar Poddar

Live streams are now, mainstream. Live video has grown faster than most mediums, because it establishes a real-time connection and facilitates a conversation between the streamer and the audience. Nowadays, most social media platforms and video platforms allow you to stream live video. But, between the 2 major platforms, YouTube and Facebook, which one is actually the best for you to live stream to? On this blog post, we’ll talk about YouTube live vs. Facebook live. Here, you’ll find a side-by-side comparison between Facebook and YouTube, to help you decide where to focus your live streaming efforts as a brand or individual. Regardless of the platform, you prefer, keep in mind that they are the 2 biggest platforms out there. If you want to build an online audience, it’s wise to have an online presence on both. You can share different content on each of them, but for live streaming events and intricate live videos, you can and should go live on both platforms at the same time. This way,...

Three years ago, Facebook was the dominant social media site among U.S. teens, visited by 71 percent of people in that magic, trendsetting demographic. Now only 51 percent of kids ages 13-17 use Facebook, according to Pew Research Center. <p> </p> Three years ago, Facebook was the dominant social media site among U.S. teens Three years ago, Facebook was the dominant social media site among U.S. teens, visited by 71 percent of people in that magic, trendsetting demographic. Not anymore. Now only 51 percent of kids ages 13-17 use Facebook, according to Pew Research Center. The world’s largest social network has finally been eclipsed in popularity by YouTube, Snapchat and Facebook Inc.-owned Instagram. “The social media environment today revolves less around a single platform than it did three years ago,” the researchers wrote in a survey published on Thursday. Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube is the most popular, used by 85 percent of teens, according to Pe...

While deleting their Facebook accounts in the wake of the  Cambridge Analytica scandal , many Facebook users were surprised to discover that the social media behemoth stores far more information than what they ever expected. Tens of thousands of people across the world have started deleting their Facebook accounts over privacy issues. Many  leading tech industry pioneers have also slammed Facebook  and its founder  Mark Zuckerberg, who admitted last week that the Facebook scandal over privacy flaws was "a major breach of trust" . In fact  #DeleteFacebook  has remained one of the top trends across social media platforms. Users who logged in to Facebook to delete their profiles after the privacy scandal discovered that Facebook stores data and complete logs of all incoming and outgoing calls from a users phone as well as store data of all SMS messages, according to a report in The Guardian. #DeleteFacebook , the movement u...

We take a look at the features that are offered by WhatsApp, Google Duo, and Facebook Messenger and keep them side by side to let you know if the app is worth your time. WhatsApp, Google Duo, or Facebook Messenger – which is the best app for video calling? With the boom in the Internet scene of India, people began switching to video calls to just simply have a casual talk or discuss something important. The voice calls are still a first choice for many and is hardly to be replaced by video calls, but that doesn’t mean video calls are a dud. There are several apps that allow video conferencing and calls, along with additional features that come handy as move along to use them more frequently. The most popular apps in India that come with video calling feature are WhatsApp , Google Duo, and Facebook Messenger. We take a look at the features that are offered by WhatsApp, Google Duo, and Facebook Messenger and keep them side by side to let you know if the app is w...

We don't have the time to dig into all the different ways someone could measure time. Generally, we structure our lives around years, months, days, hours ... you know, the big ones. The easy ones. But time measurements can get as nitty gritty as you need them to. In Facebook's case, the company needed a unit of time that just wasn't there. So they invented an entirely new one. Walmart wants to buy Flipkart(at $20-23 billion), but SoftBank opposed to a sale Net Flick Allow us to introduce you to the " flick ," the new unit of time developed by a Facebook engineer . Chances are, you won't be measuring how long you've been on the treadmill or how long to cook your turkey in flicks. But for a select group, the new unit could become quite helpful. Initially created by Christopher Horvath in late 2016 and launched by Facebook Open Source in January 2018, the flick is equal to precisely one 705,600,000th of a second . It's just a tad longer than ...