When they announced Facebook to be the winner of 'Best Social Network', it obviously didn't come as a surprise, but when they declared John Cena as a must-follow 'athlete', it not only surprised me but also annoyed me a little bit.
Nevertheless, I was quite happy to see that Harry Potter & Deathly Hallows was awarded as the 'Best Social Movie Campaign', specially because it was also our top contender for excellent examples of how Hollywood movies leverage social media'. Also, it was interesting to see Super Junior winning quite a few awards, they have been all over the place...be it YouTube, Must-Follow Band or Best Mobile Game.
Let's have a brief look at all the winners below:
Up-and-Coming Social Media Service: CrowdTap
Must Follow Musician or Band in Social Media, Best Mobile Game, Viral Video of the Year: Super Junior
Must-Follow Non-Profit on Social Media: The Trevor Project
"The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth."
Most Innovative Mobile App: Vlingo
It is a voice recognition app which is very much like 'Siri'. "The Vlingo Virtual Assistant turns your words into action. Vlingo combines voice to text technology with its "intent engine" to help you quickly complete your desired action. Simply speak to your phone or type a command through the ActionBar to get just about anything done while on the go."
Most-Useful Tablet Based App: Flipboard
Viral Campaign of the Year: NOH8 Campaign
A campaign started in 2008 against California's ban towards same-sex marriages (Proposition 8). "The NOH8 Campaign is a photographic silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska (http://www.bouska.net) and partner Jeff Parshley in direct response to the passage of Proposition 8. Photos feature subjects with duct tape over their mouths, symbolizing their voices being silenced by Prop 8 and similar legislation around the world, with "NOH8" painted on one cheek in protest."
Best Branded Mobile App: Domino's Pizza
Breakout Startup of the year: Get Glue
"GetGlue is a leading social network for entertainment. Users check-in and share what they are watching, listening to and reading with friends; get fresh recommendations, exclusive stickers, discounts and other rewards from GetGlue partners."
Best Music Service: Spotify
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Most Social TV show: MTV Rodies
Some More Awards:
Most Innovative Use of Social Media for Marketing: Coke
Digital Company of the year: WWE
Game of the Year: WWE'12
Best Smartphone: iPhone 4S
Must-Follow Media Personality on Social Media: Ellen DeGeneres
Check out rest of the winners here.
Since we are talking about the best of social media and technology, I would like to share some interesting facts and figures with you.
Did you know?
-There are more Facebook users than the total number of motor vehicles in the world.
-An average Facebook user has 130 friends.
-On an average 1736 tweets are sent every second, Twitter's record is 8900 tweets/second.
-An average Twitter person has 115 followers.
-Number of LinkedIn users are 15 times the population of NYC.
-YouTube generates 92,000,000,000 page views every month. (I don't think I've used so many zeros ever before), with 490,000,000 unique visitors.
-60 'years' of videos created by 3 major US networks is equal to 60 'days' of videos uploaded on YouTube.
-60% of people admit using their smartphone while going to the bathroom.
-When it comes to social media, women are 10% more active than men.
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