you can use the following jquery code to show bootstrap popover, pls see the working fiddle here
$(function () {
var showPopover = function () {
$(this).popover('show');
}
, hidePopover = function () {
$(this).popover('hide');
};
$('#fb').popover({
content: 'Facebook',
trigger: 'hover',
placement:'top'
})
$('#tw').popover({
content: 'Twitter',
trigger: 'hover',
placement:'top'
})
$('#tb').popover({
content: 'tumblr',
trigger: 'hover',
placement:'top'
})
$('#fl').popover({
content: 'flickr',
trigger: 'hover',
placement:'top'
})
$('#yt').popover({
content: 'youtube',
trigger: 'hover',
placement:'top'
})
.focus(showPopover)
.blur(hidePopover)
.hover(showPopover, hidePopover);
});