I have always found it interesting to follow certain technology companies on the stock markets, but now that Facebook is preparing for IPO this just got a whole lot more interesting. I also like to keep tab on our large Australian companies, not so tech related. How do these Rank? Rank Company Market Cap (billions [...]

We have just reported that Facebook has filed their IPO. According to the SEC filing, Facebook has given us some new stats, which I’ll summarise: Facebook now has 845 million users signed up to the site – on track to 1 billion users this year?  483 million daily active users 2.7 billion Likes and Comments [...]

It has finally happened – Facebook has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise $5 billion USD. In the process many of Facebook’s employees will be able to sell their own shares in the company – as a result many will become millionaires. This is a conservative IPO for Facebook as [...]

Here is our monthly report showing the latest users numbers and statistics for the most popular social media sites in Australia. As per previous reports, all the figures below are Unique Australian Visitors to the site (UAV’s), or an average between the UAV’s and user numbers reported by reputable sources. Social Media Statistics Australia – [...]

There are several report floating around about a letter Bill Gates wrote to Steve Jobs as he was dying. Apparently the letter meant so much to Steve Jobs he kept it by his bed in his last days alive. Mr Gates hasn’t released many details about the letter but has said: “I told Steve about [...]

So you have been tasked to create a Social Media Plan for your company, business or client – but where do you start? I will outline a very simple process I run through every time I am looking to create a social media plan for a new business or product: 1. Research Before you even [...]

As Twitter moves into more and more countries around the world, Twitter will begin censoring content and tweets to certain country users. For example in Australia, United States, UK etc we have the freedom to say anything we pretty much like, however in certain countries the freedom of speech is somewhat restricted and if an [...]

Google has opened up their Google Plus social network so teanagers aged 13-17 are now allowed to use the site. Previously Google banned any users under 18 from using the website. Google has also added increased security and privacy controls for users aged under 18. So are we going to see lots of teens singing [...]

Apple has just released their financial results for Q1 2012. How does this sound: Revenue – $46.33 billion USD Profit – $13.1 billion USD Apple now has $97.6 billion USD in cash 15 million iPads sold last quarter, 55 million in total. 37 million iPhones sold last quarter, more than any other smartphone manufacturer. Apple [...]

I got a tip from Justin Toladro at lifeinsurancefinder.com.au about a neat video infograph they did showing you how different social networks deal with your account when you die. This is probably not something you have considered before but it’s important to understand how this information is deal with. You can see the full graphic [...]

Hello Sydneysiders, We are holding a Surry Hills Social Media Club meetup on Thursday 9th of February. Details are – Date: Thursday 9 February Time: Start- 6:15pm Location: Clock Hotel Address: 470 Crown Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 Here is the location on Google Maps: View Larger Map Please RSVP if you would like to [...]

I am getting this Login popup prompt from the Moz Toolbar. Specifically being requested by http://lsapi.seomoz.com I am not sure why this is happening and I never actually signed up to SEOMoz, just downloaded the toolbar. If anyone knows how to fix this please do let me know. The SEO Moz toolbar is a fully [...]

The world of SEO has changed, no longer can you optimise title tags to get a good search engine ranking – it really is about building a high number of high quality inbound links. This alone can take you to the top of Google rankings. So should you devote all your time on SEO to [...]

Many companies are asking themselves – Do we need a Corporate Blog? Blogging has become so mainstream, many small, medium and large companies have corporate blogs – so how do you know if your business needs a blog? In fact many businesses are creating their own blog just because ‘it’s what everyone else is doing’. [...]

Apple has just announced that they will be releasing iBooks 2. iBooks is an official iOS application made by Apple currently available on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices for reading e-books. Now Apple is building iBooks 2 which will primarily be used for educational purposes in Schools and Universities. So Apple’s aim here [...]

In what is set to transform how our Facebook profiles look – Facebook has revealed 60 new developer partners whom have built lifestyle Facebook applications. We reported previously about a limited number of Lifestlye apps currently available, we are now going to see social developers worldwide want to integrate their products into the Timeline profile [...]