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Nowadays a lot of social networks revolve around sharing pictures, like Flickr or Instagram for instance. A couple of weeks ago, we brought the whole Netvibes experience to our iPad users in a move towards a unified experience. Now seems like a good time to demonstrate the power of our dashboards with one simple visual example.

And what better way to do so than with adding an Instagram photostream in Netvibes?

It’s easy!

1. Create: Add Content > Add a Feed
2. Paste: http://instagr.am/tags/[any tag]/feed/recent.rss
3. Edit: Change [any tag] into whatever tag you want to search for

Voila! You’re done. Now the fun part is viewing it. You can switch your new Instagram feed app into Magazine View (click the little gear icon).

Or you can also view everything in Reader View by selecting your new Instagram feed app (or a whole Tab just filled with Instagram feeds) and switching to Mosaic display.

Want even more photos? Try it out with other photostreams (like Flickr or Picasa) or even with regular news sites that make use of nice image enclosures (like Yahoo Sports, Joystiq or GigaOM to name but a few).

Got any other cool tips or tricks? Share them below.

Until now, iPad users were automatically redirected to the mobile version of Netvibes — which works great on any mobile device. But we wanted to go a step further to offer a version specifically designed for the iPad, optimized with a smooth touch experience and even more features.

Grab your iPad, log on to www.netvibes.com and see for yourself. We made a lot of code & cosmetic improvements to allow our iPad users to enjoy the full power of our dashboards:

• Drag & drop apps or tabs easily with the touch of your finger
• Personalize your dashboard design and layouts, just like on your computer
• Follow new trends with Drag & Follow using our new Social Search app
• Switch from landscape to portrait simply by rotating your iPad
• Access all your Netvibes web apps right from your dashboard

Now you can enjoy the full Netvibes experience, right from your iPad, including the Widget view that our desktop users love so much. See all your apps, move them around, simply create the perfect dashboard for you, with the tip of your fingers. Or stick to the Reader view if your prefer to display your newsfeeds. You now have the choice!

This is just the tip of the iceberg. We are embarking on a journey to bring a unified user experience across all devices and all screen sizes — with native-like UI features. Imagine being able to access your Netvibes apps and dashboard anytime, from any device, seamlessly. Perfectly in sync. Perfectly designed.

Update: the full Insights video is now online, watch it for free!

This Thursday, join us for Financial Services: The New Social Ticker.

We will explore how both institutional and retail financial services can accelerate their product innovation processes by identifying opportunities in social media, emerging regulations and collaborative knowledge sharing. Examples include: State Street, Fidelity, Hartford Life, Metlife, AXA, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, HSBC.

When? April 5th 2012
US time: 10am PT, 1pm ET
EU time: 10am CET (Paris time)

Every month, Netvibes Insights takes you behind the scenes of today’s top brands using dashboard intelligence. Who are the influencers? How do people perceive their products? What are the differences between their social media strategies?

Join us as we feature industry experts and their insights into the future of social media and digital content in financial services. We’ll learn how companies like BNP Paribas, HSBC and Fidelity handle their online presence.

We’ll also discover:

• How institutional and retail financial services tackle social media and traditional PR differently
• What regulations the expert community is really concerned about (Solvency II and data privacy for insurance companies, and EMIR and UCITS 4 for financial markets)
• How to develop products faster by listening to the online conversation and by using the collaborative tools of our Dashboards (like SmartTagging)

Click here to register for free!

Wouldn’t it be great if you could keep an eye on social chatter and discussion boards in real-time, all in one app? Now you can with our new 3-in-1 Social Search app.

It combines 3 indispensable social monitoring tools together:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• BoardReader

Social Search lets you search for any topic across all 3 services and delivers results to you in one merged stream, all in real-time. Just type a keyword, click and go. It’s easy.

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Ever wish you could save time and automate reports to your team or clients? Want to quickly export social analytics from Netvibes Premium to your spreadsheet or presentation? Now it’s easy with our new visual reporting and exporting features for Netvibes Premium.

Now you can get automated, custom designed reports sent to your team, clients or yourself – including your latest social analytics charts.

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