Social Media Is Becoming More Than Just Social Media
If you're been keeping up with the news lately, you'll quickly agree that social media has made a major transformation. The major social media networks, such as Facebook and Twitter.com, have taken steps to enhance their services well beyond that of a traditional social media platform. Both now offer more services and products than ever before and that is likely to continue well into the future. What are these groups aiming for and what types of gadgets will they introduce to the public in the coming months? You'll find out below.
Despite lagging behind in terms of users, Twitter is still a formidable competitor to Facebook. However, the group behind the social network is not going to sit by idly, while waiting to be squashed by their current nemesis. Although they haven't entered the virtual reality market, the company has taken extensive steps to try and draw in additional users. The most notable is the company's partnership with the National Football League. The coming season of football will be streamed directly on the company's platform. This will most certainly encourage more users to sign up and use the service.
In fact, it is safe to say that cord cutters and the like will jump aboard as quickly as possible. The social media network will now stream Thursday Night Games to their users. As for Facebook, the company isn't looking to the past. Instead, they have their sights set on the future. In particular, the group wants to revolutionize video games and possible entertainment as a whole. They've done this by teaming up with Oculus to release the Rift headset. The company will undoubtedly attract games to their platform, as they have done so effortlessly in the past by allowing mobile games on their platform.
According to recent reports from Facebook, over one million individuals used Oculus on the Gear VR last month. Amongst these individuals, the average time of use was right around twenty-five minutes. The 21 games, which are available on the Gear VR, are also available on the Rift. In the future, Facebook plans to provide users with three hundred and sixty degree photos within their News Feeds. Of course, Facebook will have a major competitor in this area. According to reports, the Samsung Gear VR headset will ship a total of 3.5 million headsets this year and this will greatly surpass that of other virtual reality headsets.
Unfortunately, both social networks have been hit with negativity as of late. Facebook has been accused of manipulating their news feed to censor out conservative voices. On the other hand, Twitter has seemingly started a war with the federal government, by denying their access to the platform's data. How these actions will factor into the equation remains to be seen.
However, there is one thing that is safe to say. Neither social network is going to disappear. In fact, Twitter is making big news and it is almost certain that the company's platform will continue to flourish for many years to come. If you haven't jumped aboard yet, you should definitely consider doing so in the future.