Black Mirror TV series to highlight topics related to humanity's relationship to technology
Season 5 of Black Mirror has finally been confirmed on Netflix and will be officially released on June 5, 2019, and fans are thriving for its release! For those who don’t know what Black Mirror is, it’s a sci-fi anthology series that goes to show how technology can be threatening to our lives, and shows how impactful and dangerous it could be if misused. Black Mirror guides to show its viewers some of the worst-case scenarios of how technology could drive our lives to the near future if we people of the current generation are not cautious enough, and despite it being an entertainment show, this is definitely eye opening for many of us viewers. It’s useful to observe and take in some of the important highlights that the show dives deep into and how some of the episodes could have a possibility of coming to reality. The new upcoming season will have Miley Cryus cast in one of the episodes where it would be about a lonely teenager that yearns to connect with her favorite pop star who would be Miley Cyrus here but her charmed existence wouldn't be as quite as it appears it to be.
Many individuals here in Oman have mentioned how some of the great shows on Netflix are not offered to some regions and Oman tends to be one of those regions. Well, we have exciting news for some Omanis but Black Mirror will be available to watch here in Oman by the time it is released on June 5th! So expect to have your streaming devices, membership plans, and snacks ready! We are just a couple of weeks away from its release! Below is the trailer of the latest upcoming season of Black Mirror.
Trailers of the previous seasons for viewers who have not caught up with the show and would like to know more about the show.
Season 3
Season 4
Protecting Facebook Live from Abuse and threats
Facebook has been currently working on improving their security with their Facebook Live feature from all kinds of threats and abuse that could be infiltrated to the platform. Facebook states that the main use of the Live is to spread positivity, such of it could consist of broadcasting events that are happening, sharing moments or even raising awareness for a cause but Live can be abused and Facebook wants to take steps further to limit that abuse.
Live specifically tends to be the most challenging to regulate because the moments are being captured at that very moment and tackling certain threats would require further technical innovation to stay ahead. Facebook has invested $7.5 million with three universities in new research partnerships to help design and improve image and video analysis technology. Some of their new research would consist of
- Detect manipulated media across images, video, and audio, and
- Distinguish between unwitting posters and adversaries who intentionally manipulate videos and photographs.
Alongside, Facebook is strictly tightening its rules and regulations specific to Live. By doing so, it will be applying a “one strike” policy where if anyone violates its serious policies will be restricted from using Live for a period of time which could consist of up to 30 days starting on their first offense. On the other hand, taking these actions further would help take current technology to the next step to ensure the safety of its people and the prevention of any future threats and negativity, which is what current platforms, is in need of. Facebook would be one of the first platforms out there that would be working further ahead with this and this would be a benefit for many companies and influencers out there that would want to use the Live feature with great and improved security.
Currently, Instagram is the most used platform with their live feature here in Oman due to its reliability, but Facebook could be taking one step further with protection and security, which Instagram could greatly benefit from. Companies, influencers and other individuals here in Oman could take Facebook Live as a consideration as a starting alternate to broaden their perspectives, awareness, and options to what other platforms could offer and could help companies out there widen their range and target new audiences!
SriLankan Airlines - 'Take me Home' Contest
Srilankan Airlines held ‘Take me Home’ Quiz Contest for Diwali 2018. Ms Gayatri Aditya, a visual artist by Profession won the competition from Oman and a return Business Class flight ticket to her hometown in Chennai, India. It was her first Diwali with her family in 7 years. Mirrors Team was given the task to develop the video. The video shooting was held at Muscat International Airport
New video for Teacher's day with "Caribou Oman"
On the occasion of Teacher's Day and in collaboration with our client Caribou Oman, we would like to gift this special video to all the teachers who made us WHO we are today.
Happy Teacher's Day
2 info-graphic videos completed for MEDC
We have wrapped our latest project for Muscat Electricity Distribution Company (MEDC).
Two videos were just released on MEDC's official YouTube channel.
The first video explains the journey of the electricity bill starting from meter readings to the final stage of paying the bills.
The video also explains to customers the importance of updating customers data on MEDC's website www.medcoman.com which allows them to use the "SMR self meter reading" feature to make sure the customer receives an accurate bill with actual reading every month, and allowing the customer to pay through many different channels.
The second video is explaining the services provided by the new automated call center recently released by MEDC.
Both videos where done in info-graphic style focusing on simplifying the information for viewer.
41 Social Media Tips for Omani Small Business Owner
- What’s your social media goal? If you don’t know where you want to go, it’s pretty hard to get there.
- Promote your most popular posts – and that goes for blog posts as well as social media posts.
- If you hate tracking, at least track with Facebook Insights. It’ll show you a lot about your Page progress.
- How do you get the conversation going on social media? Try humor and controversy. They’re very powerful.
- Social media is a powerful thing, but never mistake fooling around with being productive. Stay focused!
- Click FB Insights’ “Posts>When Your Fans are Online” to see your audience’s peak posting times. (Post during these times!)
- Look for questions repeated over and over on your chosen social networks. Provide the definitive answer.
- Analyze your own tweets. Which types got most retweeting? Most Interaction? Questions, graphics or ?
- Don’t be shy with your social media presence. Go for it – but be authentic – and be social!
- Still trying to be everyone’s “friend”? Each connection counts – and speaks loudly about who you are to your other connections.
- If you want your social content to social content to attract, do your best to share quality tips that are really unique.
- Make sure you speak with an identifiable, individual voice when posting social content. Your posts should never sound “canned”.
- Be consistent and post regularly during your audience’s peak posting times on any social networks you’ve chosen to frequent.
- If you use Pinterest regularly, make sure you also access http://nitrogr.am/ for powerful, easy to use Pinterest analytics.
- Use http://nitrogr.am/ for easy hashtag monitoring. (Let your social networking friends know about this, too.)
- Posts people skip most? Highly personal negative posts complaining about illness and problems. (Do you agree?)
- Include a mix of rich media in your social content. Video, photos, Instagram and Vine looping video clips.
- Vine video clips loop. Instagram video clips don’t. Vine streams on Twitter; Instagram videos on Facebook.
- Vine videos are 6 seconds long. Instagram are 15 seconds. How can you use this information for your marketing?
- Tapping your screen for a Vine video starts filming. Tapping your screen for an Instagram video just adjusts focus.
- Be sure you don’t use any banned hashtags with your Instagram photos or videos: http://thedatapack.com/banned-hashtags-instagram/
- Use Instagram hashtags to crowd-source user-generated content as well as extend your own reach.
- Remember that Instagram hashtags are not case-sensitive and don’t work with spaces or special characters.
- If your preferred social platform doesn’t have good native analytics, look for third party sites that provide it.
- Give your new product campaign a name – and start talking about it on your social media.
- Make sure all new product posts are made regularly. Don’t let gaps occur. Keep it fresh in people’s minds (without overdoing it.)
- Don’t tell everyone too much at once about your upcoming project. Mystery breeds interest! Hints and teasers are part of the fun.
- Use surveymonkey.com to create free surveys. You can ask questions for your new product idea and share the link on social media.
- If you’re advertising on Facebook, remember your ad images, including the thumbnail, cannot include more than 20% text.
- Take advantage of the fact you can now use text, arrows and calls to action in Facebook Cover –photos.
- Facebook Profile photos are square and display at 160 x 160 pixels – but remember Facebook wants you to upload at 180 x 180.
- At the very least, include a Facebook app tab leading to your sign-up page or form (and use a clear, easy-to-read call to action.)
- You can display 3 custom app tabs of your choice in your Facebook header section. Make the most of this “real estate”!
- Only your short description displays in your Facebook header section, but fill out your Profile 100% for max searchability.
- Select “Replies On” in your Page Admin panel “Manage Permissions” section to increase the conversation on your Page.
- If you consistently get endorsements that are not relevant on LinkedIn, be aware you can remove endorsements completely.
- Check “Who’s Viewed Your Profile” in LinkedIn to see who is finding you – as well as the keywords they used.
- In your LinkedIn Privacy and Settings page, "Select what others see when you've viewed their profile” to keep it private - or not.
- In Google+ posts, encase text in asterisks for bold and underscore it to create italics. (Share this tip!)
- Did you know Google+ makes animated .GIFs from your photos? Just type the keyword “motion” in your Photos section to find them.
- Use the Google+ Ripples feature to track your posts by clicking the top-right arrow in your post.
