House party

In today's blog post i wanted to talk about a new app that i think might be a big thing if they play their cards right. House party is a video chat app, well you might ask whats new? It allows for up to 12 members to be in the same chat room with all high quality audio and video. Why do i think it might be the new big thing? Well first of all i hear people talking about it all around, with good reason as it's a free reliable application that fills a purpose people actually need. Video chat is used everyday but it is still not as big as texting and phone calls and here is where i think house party comes in. Having a specified friend list, as soon as you go onto the app a notification is sent to all your friends that your in the chat room. Then your friends can join and one by one you can have a real group discussion going on. I am already noticing a ton of applications for this app as it sometimes tough to organize a large group of people and with the help of house party you can all be listening in at the same time and try and decide what your doing for dinner, or even discuss the upcoming party your throwing. I can also see it do well in the world of business as we all know that conference calls are a hassle and having a quick easy one two step with house party it really eases the whole experience. All in all i think this is a great product that will help shape our future if it continues on this path, and i can only imagine all the stuff they'll be able to add late on in it's lifecycle     

Social media fame

Celebrity status is something a lot of people want and only a few get, but in today's world more and more people are finding this so called "fame" all from an app on their phone. whether it may be Facebook, Instagram, or even snapchat day by day more people are finding ways to get their personality out there and in some cases the turnover has been amazing. Now most celebs are famous for a reason, they are artists, athletes, actors and they have a skill that not every one else does. In this social media world we are seeing people go viral over a single phrase they said or even just a dance that they might have done and they can even go on and create a career out of it. Now people might thing that sure they might have the fame but they do not have the fortune and this is where it gets interesting. Things like running ads on their page or promoting a product can net them anywhere between 1000-3000 USD an ad and that is a lot of money looking at how much work was put in. Another facet of this is the youtube culture where you see influencers get as many as 55 million subscribers by putting out simple gaming videos or comedy sketches. They are slowly learning to create a brand out of themselves, selling merchandise to there fans and in some cases they go on onto bigger and better things. Is this where we are heading, internet fame? It certainly has it's benefits but it is not easy to get to that spot, there has to be something there that makes people coming back just like anything in this world. Now where it gets interesting is back where i am from and thats the middle east. Day by day more and more people are getting famous just off of snapchat alone, they are getting to do ads every day and they are seeing the rewards from it. Not only that but business are rising because of this new found culture agency's are battling over these people as to who gets to represent them. The scary part is that this has been going on for just the last five years and i can't imagine what's next. All in all we now have a way to put ourselves out there independently and a lot of good can come out of it.