Platforms to Read E-Books

Platforms to Read E-Books

Platforms to Read E-Books


Do you like to read your books online? In our age, it is a great choice because of both environmental reasons and accessibility. In our article, we will list platforms that you can read ebooks and enjoy them!

We listed the first three most popular ebook reading platforms, you can prefer the one that fits your needs perfectly.

Amazon Kindle

Kindle is the first platform that you can enjoy ebooks. Kindle offers you more than six million titles from books, journals, and newspapers. This huge library is one click away from you. The only thing you have to do is buy a Kindle reader. You will enjoy this experience.

Google Play Books

As an online platform, Google Play Books is a very good platform to choose from. You can buy books online via Google Play Books and carry them in your pocket or bag through the possibility to download them to your phone or tablet computer. There are five million titles available on Google Play Books.

Apple Books

As an alternative to Google Play Books, if you are using an Apple device, Apple Books is a very good choice. There are thousands of available different books that you can decide.

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Services of Amazon Company

Services of Amazon Company

Services of Amazon Company


Is there anyone who did not use Amazon service at least once? If there are, they are on the minority. Amazon is a huge company that increases its capacity every day. Services of Amazon too numerous to be counted, but in this article, we try to explain some of them to you.

Amazon.com

As we all know very well, the most well-known service of the Amazon Company is Amazon.com. It is an online marketing platform that offers its customers very quality service and fast shipping. You can benefit from Prime Services for a small fee.

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon got into the video streaming services and Company made a very good job! Amazon Prime Video has a very rich content library that you can enjoy from your devices.

Audible.com

Audible.com is the online audiobook service of Amazon. If you are interested in this area, we strongly recommend you try it!

Kindle

Different from Audible.com, Kindle is the service that you can read books, magazines, and newspapers. This service belongs to the Amazon Company too. It has over six million e-books available.

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What Streaming Platform Should You Choose?

What Streaming Platform Should You Choose?

What Streaming Platform Should You Choose?


Today there are many online streaming platforms. In this article, we examine some of them and inform you about the pros and cons of these platforms. So, you can choose a platform that perfectly fits your needs! If you are ready, we will start with the first one. 

Netflix

Netflix is the most popular streaming service. It has more than three thousand movies, and in total, fifteen thousand different titles. It offers you different packages that you can choose from. You make your choice in the accordance with your budget. 

Amazon Prime

As one of the services of the Amazon Company, Amazon Prime is a newly launched streaming service. Although it is new, it has already a big library. You can watch thousands of different kinds of movies, documentaries, cartoons, and more. It is a very good option for you. 

HBO Max

HBO is a very successful tv channel. In the streaming area, HBO Max does not fall behind. It has more than 10,000 hours of original content. You can reach amazing quality contents that you can enjoy.

 

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What Platforms Do Countries Use the Most?

What Platforms Do Countries Use the Most?

What Platforms Do Countries Use the Most? 


Social media is part of our lives. Have you ever wondered which countries spend the most time on social media? Or What platforms do countries use the most? If you have wondered, we will analyze all data with you now!

Most time spending countries

We listed the first eight countries that are spending the most time on social media.

  1. Philippines (4 hours)
  2. Nigeria (3 hours 36 minutes)
  3. India (2 hours 25 minutes)
  4. China (2 hours 19 minutes)
  5. USA (1 hour 57 minutes)
  6. UK (1 hour 50 minutes)
  7. Germany (1 hour 15 minutes)
  8. Japan (45 minutes)

We listed the most used platforms by the eight countries above. 

  1. YouTube (The 97.2 percent of the Filipino population uses YouTube actively)
  2. Facebook (The 86.2% percent of Nigerian population uses Facebook actively)
  3. Facebook (The 84.16% percent of the Indian population uses Facebook actively)
  4. WeChat (Over 1 billion monthly active users in China)
  5. Facebook (169.76 million monthly active users in the USA)
  6. YouTube (The 78 percent of the British population uses YouTube actively)
  7. WhatsApp (The 87 percent of the German population uses WhatsApp actively)
  8. YouTube (The 71 percent of the Japanese population uses YouTube actively)

 

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What is VLOG?

What is VLOG?

What is VLOG? 


Especially with the widespread use of YouTube, Instagram, and other kinds of video-sharing platforms, VLOG’s have begun to reach us more often. But, what is a VLOG exactly? Who shares them, what is the subject on it? In this article, we will try to answer all these questions and more one by one.

VLOG is an abbreviation for the term “Video Blog”.  Now, think about you are writing a blog, just like we do right now. You can write it on whatever subject you want to, right? You can share your life, experiences, or make a movie review. All of them are possible. To shoot a VLOG, the only thing you have to do is record yourself in a particular context. 

There is no restriction for being a vlogger. If you feel like one, you can record, share it and become one! When it comes to the number of people watching it, if you want to reach huge numbers, maybe it might be better to record your video according to the interest areas of the people. 

Long story short, being a Vlogger is simply about being creative. If you trust yourself, with the help of your video camera, you should start right now!

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Social Media During The Pandemic

Social Media During The Pandemic

Social Media During The Pandemic


We are living in hard times. It is quite mentally sufficient to manage lockdowns, policies, social distancing. We want to explore a different path of the pandemic, what do you think about the social media habits of people during a pandemic? Is it decreased or increased? We will examine all of these in our article.

Since we all have been our houses, we are almost united with our phones. Exit from Instagram, log in to Twitter, watch some videos from YouTube, and message with friends from WhatsApp… We know that this loop takes hours but you still have the energy to spend more hours.

We also should not look at negatively. The Internet provides us many beneficial services during pandemics. We can video chat with our relatives that we can not meet face-to-face. We can socialize by playing games. Also, we all can follow the recent news.

Also as an important fact during the COVID-19 is our mental health status. Sometimes social media can be very helpful to spread good thoughts and positivity. Since we live in the environment that we need it most, it is good to reach these messages.

This situation is reflected closely in the use of applications. Many video chatting applications, social media platforms, and more have increased their number of users and use of services.

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From Past to Today: Instagram

From Past to Today: Instagram

From Past to Today: Instagram


All around the world around 1 billion people are using Instagram. They share pictures, looking at the stories of their people, and looking at Explore section daily. As a basic Picture sending application, how did Instagram achieve this kind of success? In this article, we will be dive into the history of Instagram.

 In 2010 Instagram was launched by its creators  Kevin Systrom ve Mike Krieger with the name of Burbn. Creators achieved gain big investments in the app and through this they manage to develop it.

 Before it was sold to Facebook, Instagram had almost 30 million users. In 2012, Instagram has been sold to Facebook. 2012 was a big year for the development of Instagram because when the firm launched Instagram to the Android devices, it increased the number of users in a huge amount.

Why is Instagram so popular?

The lack of application that was only focused on pictures might be an answer. The purchase by Facebook was an important step too. Today Instagram did not lose its focus on Picture sharing. Looks like we will use this app in our daily life for a quite long time.

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Nostalgic Look To The Past: Social Media Platforms

Nostalgic Look To The Past: Social Media Platforms

Nostalgic Look To The Past: Social Media Platforms


Everything changes so quickly and as humanity, we adapt to these changes. Have you ever thought about the social media platforms we used to use but not anymore? If you have, you will be familiar with the ones that we will memorialize in our article.

Myspace

Even if it still exists, it is not popular as it used to be. Myspace was the most visited website in the year 2006. Even if it is not popular today, we can say that the period of Myspace helped social media to became what it is today. 

Vine

What can you show in 6 seconds? Today we are with many platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, and so on. As a baseline to them, Vine was o the most popular video posting platform of its time. Unfortunately, it also did not adapt to the time and lost its popularity.

MSN

Do you old enough to remember sending vibration to your friend? If you do, that means you experienced the good old times. MSN was the chatting service that had created by Microsoft. It launched in 1995. It is a big step on the path that reached us to the massage services like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, and so on.

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Safely Use of Social Media

Safely Use of Social Media

Safely Use of Social Media

Today, social media is a big part of our lives. Almost every day, countless numbers of people checking new posts on Instagram, reading tweets on Twitter, liking updates on Facebook, and so on. But how safe are we? 

Your phone, computer, tablet, or whatever device you are using, storing your data, is a fact. And this data can obtain by hackers. You may say “What can anybody do with my data?”, in this case, we will answer; Everything! On an illegal level, hackers can reach everything you do and do whatever they like with it. 

If you think the platforms that you are using are innocent, you are also wrong. Legally, the platform you are using can use your data for advertisement purposes.

What Should You Do?

To protect yourself from hackers: 

  1. 1.       Do not give all the personal information yours anywhere
  2. 2.       Create a strong password
  3. 3.       Use “Privacy settings” effectively

If you have concerns about the platform that you are using, you should aware of the algorithm on the platform, the ads that you saw probably had been determined especially to get your attention. You should not let economical purposes get you. Do not click everything you saw.

 

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Which Music App Should You Choose?

Which Music App Should You Choose?

Which Music App Should You Choose?


Many different services provide you service to listen to music. Are having trouble choosing one of them? Do not worry! We will examine some of the most popular music streaming services. Let’s start!

Apple Music

Apple Music is one of the platforms that you can listen to music without any kind of a problem. It is trustable and provides you to listen offline. Also, it is easy to use but does not present the possibility to discover new pieces very often. As a music streaming platform, Apple Music is a good option to choose.

Spotify

On the other hand, Spotify presents a very big possibility to discover new pieces with its playlist that organized according to your music taste. It also provides listening offline. Also, you can reach many different Podcasts via Spotify. With all these qualities, Spotify became a very strong option.

Youtube Premium

As a new in the market, Youtube Premium has many things to offer! We all benefit from the services that YouTube ensures us. Although it is amazing, ads can be boring. Also, you can not watch videos or listen when the screen of your phone is closed. YouTube premium eliminates these cons and offers you to watch and listen whenever you want. Also, there are no ads!

 

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