Facebook’s new design “Timeline” and Google Plus’ neat organization and visual impact have given it users something to talk about. Twitter has decided to follow its competitors’ strategies and give its users something to talk about as well. The social network has unveiled a new set of changes and modifications in its design.

The new design, dubbed Fly Twitter, proposes a new and fresh design for its users. The slogan, which appears on twitters official site (http://fly.twitter.com/index_en.html), portrays the new design by saying: ”Yours to discover. A faster, simpler way to stay close to everything you care about.” Although not yet publicly available, it will be introduced in the coming weeks to its 300 million users.

The new design will basically consist of four areas: Home, Connect, Discover and Me. According to Twitter, the Discover Page will be one of the most significant since it will expose trending topics and popular discussions that are being discussed around the web. On the other hand, the Connect area will be the platform where everything that users do–such as mentions, retweets and followers–will be placed.

These changes have clearly developed to grant the social media site a place in the market since its competitors have applied new designs too. ”Today we introduce a new version of Twitter. We’ve simplified the design to make it easier than ever to follow what you care about, connect with others and discover something new,” Twitter said in a post on its official blog.

“What we’re announcing today is just the beginning. We now have a framework in place that we will quickly build and iterate upon to help users connect with whatever is meaningful to them.” New apps for iPhone, Android and TweetDeck have been released this Thursday, December 8.

Twitter’s new image will integrate a lot of simplicity and visual impact. The users will be able to count on an easier way to navigate through the the page, and newer applications with different page areas will offer something different.

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Whether you manage multiple social media accounts as a professional or for personal use, or your knowledge of hashtags is limited, HootSuite can prove itself a useful tool for you.

According to hootsuite.com, they describe themselves as a social media tool, useful for organizations that use the social web to launch marketing campaigns, distribute targeted messages across multiple channels or to identify and develop audience. Working with HootSuite’s unique social media dashboard, teams can collaboratively schedule updates to social networks via web, desktop or mobile platforms plus track campaign results and industry trends to rapidly adjust tactics.

HootSuite was launched in December 2008 by Invoke Media and quickly grew in user base which includes governments, artists and organizations such as The White House, Martha Stewart Media, SXSW and Zappos. Praise so far includes awards from Mashable’s Open Web, Canadian New Media, and Shorty Awards.

Beyond the fact that HootSuite is used for online brand management, it can be a helpful tool for personal use as it assists the management of multiple social media accounts at the same time. It gives easy access to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and WordPress. It can be downloaded for free as a mobile application.

It works with iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry or Android mobile devices so user can monitor and message from anywhere. The application allows the publishing of the same messages on three social media platforms at the same time. What is more, users can select from over thirty analytic modules including facebook insights, twitter growth or Google analytics visitor’s traffic.

For instance, there are basic facebook statistics available that allows tracking of how many visitors your account has, their gender and nationality. As a Twitter tool, all tweets created by observed persons are available — moreover it enables quotations of tweets, sending them via e-mail or tracking all messages with subscribed tags.

Additionally you can use the Google analytics tool very easily. With one click you can check statistics and this is helpful if you have your own blog and you want to track traffic or check popular websites that can be useful for you. There are also apps like Foursquare that shows your friends and where they’ve signed in recently — all you have to do is click on a map.

The free version allows for management of five profiles. For more you have to join the PRO version at 5.99$ per month. Now you can decide what kind of social personality you are and whether you need HootSpot task manager or not.

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