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Google Launches Encrypted Search HTTPS
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You are now able to run an encrypted search using the Google search engine. Simply goto https://www.google.com The feature brings the same security you experience with online banking or shopping. The encryption makes it incredibly hard for anyone in between your computer and Google’s servers to see what search you are running. Also when clicking [...]
Pacman 30 year anniversary on Google
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Today is the 30 year Anniversary of the game, Pacman – launched in 1980 by Namco Bandai Games Inc. If you goto the front page of Google.com.au or Google.com you can play Pacman. Check it out!
Google I/O Conference Day 2
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Google unveils more details about the Android Operating System – Android 2.2 (code name Froyo) firmware update with improved speed (apps 2x-5x faster), market place and new features. Java Script runs 2x-3x faster on OS 2.2 The Android Market place has 50,000 applications and 180,000 developers. According to AdMob the Android operating system is No1 [...]
Social Media event for Sustainability, Melbourne 25 May
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On Tuesday the 25th of May there is a Social Media event for continuing and enhancing sustainability of our natural environment. Basically web, tech and digital folks are meeting up to see how they can use social media to promote sustainability of our natural environments in Australia and globally. The event is taking place at [...]
Foursquare growing at 15,000 users per day
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Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley has commented that the service is generating 15,000 new users per day now. This is quiet an achievement for Foursquare, who have stuck a deal with Starbucks in the US. If you become a mayor of your local Starbucks you get a $1 discount on selected beverages such as a frappachino. [...]
TweetDeck secures another $3 million VC funding
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TweetDeck is a social media tool that can be used on mobile or desktop devices to manager your Twitter account and more recently Foursquare and Google Buzz. Betaworks is the company behind the additional $3 million funding to Tweetdeck. Twitter has recently launched their own application simply called Twitter (used to be called Tweetie). TweetDeck [...]
7 reasons why Foursquare will be successful
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OK so we know Foursquare is a location-based service that allows users to check into venues, add tips and stay ‘intouch’ with friends. But is there really a point, Why is Foursquare going to be successful? 1. Its fun to check in, be ‘seen’, become a mayor, gain points 2. You know where your friends [...]
Google Wave opened to public
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Google has now made their Google Wave product available to everyone, finishing its closed BETA preview. Google Wave (wave.google.com) is an online space where organisations and individuals can collaborate, share ideas, documents and projects in a live cloud environment.
Google App Engine for Business released
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So Google has unveiled their App Engine for Business – the same scalable cloud infrastructure their own business runs on This product has been around for consumers but now Google is looking to the enterprise market. Google will be partnering with VMware for this and will allow companies to build, host and develop applications in [...]
StumbleUpon signs up 10 Million users
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Yesterday StumbleUpon signed up its 10 Millionth user to their site. StumbleUpon was purchased by eBay in 2007, but then was purchased by independent investors a little while later. In April 2008 they had reached 5 million users, now a little over a year later have hit 10 million. StumbleUpon key facts: – 118% growth [...]
Foursquare releases their own App Store
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Foursquare has released their own App store that allows users to interact with the Foursquare API and add photos and videos etc to your Foursquare check-ins. To check out the app store goto: http://foursquare.com/apps/ There are 18 Apps available so far including Hootsuite & Squarepik. Other apps include: Soovox Dev Miso for iPhone Love A [...]
Google I/O conference Day 1 San Francisco
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Recap from Google I/O conference Day 1 – San Francisco What does I/O mean? mainly known for the input/output function, but Google is redefining it as innovation/openness. HTML5 is seen as the future of web development and applications, even mobile applications – allowing speed and less bandwidth consumption. Google co-founder and CEO Sergey Brin admits [...]
Google TV gearing up with Intel and Sony
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There has been much talk about Google TV for some time now, but what does it exactly mean? Google has partnered with Intel and Sony to provide an internet based Television service to consumers. Intel will provide the software via a consumer electronics (CE) operating system based on MeeGo Linux. Sony will provide the hardware [...]
Microsoft launches social media aggregator Spindex
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Microsoft has launched a social media aggregator – www.spindex.me Spindex aggregates regular social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. In addition to that it looks at RSS feeds, bookmarking services, and Microsoft’s Bing. Currently the system is in a closed private-beta mode – but users can sign in with their Windows Live ID. The tool [...]
Google claims that Microsoft Office 2010 lacks Cloud Collaboration
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Microsoft has responded to the comments by Google that Microsoft Office 2010 lacks the online calibration needed, something Google claims Google Apps and Google Docs does well. Tracy Overby, senior marketing manager – Microsoft Office Products responded with: ‘Microsoft delivers the best productivity experience and we have the results to prove it. After more than [...]
BlackBerry Australia Blockparty
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BlackBerry Australia is hosting a big party in the launch of their new BlackBerry Pearl 3G smartphone on the 17th of June. My first smartphone was actually a BlackBerry pearl and at the time seemed to be way ahead of the competition (well there wasn’t any competition really to BlackBerry a couple years ago). I’d [...]
My name is David Cowling and I am the Founder and Chief Editor of Social Media News AUS and I also run my own 
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