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Facebook launches Listen With
Facebook has launched a new feature where you can listen to music (live) with your Facebook friends. This needs to be done by a Facebook music service application, eg Spotify, Rdio and plenty others. To listen to music with a friend, open up your Chat and look for the music symbol – this shows people […]
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Facebook announced this week that they would be providing a new way for US or Canadian members of the site to find help for friends that they suspect may be thinking of ending their lives. It works like this, you see a comment or status update that a friend has made that causes you concern. […]
Read More | ShareNapster Finally Shuts Down
Napster was the origional Peer to Peer music software sharing platform, created by Sean Parker (who now has major stakes in Facebook, Spotify, Plaxo, and others). Napster had consistent legal issues since it’s inception, mainly Music companies prosecuting Napster for allowing the distribution of their content illegally. As a result the company has changed hands […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Music Service due in 2 weeks
There are rumors floating around that Google’s music service could be launching within the next 2 weeks. This will be a similar system to iTunes that Google are adding onto their free music store system at http://music.google.com – which currently lets users store up to 20,000 of their songs in the cloud for free. You […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Picture upload Feature released
Twitter has released a new feature to their site that allows users to upload pictures and photos directly to Twitter, which are then attached to a status update. The service is actually hosted by Photobucket, and no doubt there is an interesting commercial arrangement behind the deal, but no details have been disclosed yet. Twitter […]
Read More | ShareShould you Buy Facebook Fans?
As part of your Social Media Marketing and Policy, you may be looking at Facebook to drive traffic to your product, service or website. A well executed Facebook marketing plan can yeild high viral interaction, so if you have more fans will you have more chance of ‘going viral’? To get more people sharing your […]
Read More | ShareVodafone down, Easter Weekend, Social Media prevails
So this Easter Sunday, all of us Vodafone customers are enjoying out Easter Lunch/ Dinner, trying to send a SMS/TXT message but it seems the entire Vodafone TXT message network was down, and has only just come back. From 2:30pm, noone on Vodafone could send SMS till about 8pm, 24/04/11. Checking the Vodafone Network Status […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Press Release Service Launched
Hello All, I would like to make you aware of a new service here at SocialMediaNews.com.au We have launched a Press Release Service whereby you can submit your media releases to us for publishing on the website. This is a great way to get your product, application, brand or website some extra attention in-front of […]
Read More | ShareNextstop Location service acquired by Facebook
Nexstop, a mobile location service has announced they have been acquired by Facebook. NextStop is a service that lets users create and browse through local guides and recommendations. Facebook is going to be shutting down Nextstop on September 1. Users are encouraged now to export their data. So why is Facebook acquiring this company? Facebook […]
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New Geolocation service Scoville goes into Private Beta
Scoville, a new Geolocation service has launched which allows users to share their favourite Foursquare check-ins with their connections, and comment/discuss them. Scoville is integrated directly into the Foursquare API and can access your Fousquare friends list (and also Twitter and Facebook if you wish). The aim of the service is for you to create […]
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