Tag: "tech"
Let’s Put it in Perspective – Market Capitalisation
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 [...]
Read MoreFoursquare Statistics – December 2011
Dennis Crowley, Foursquare Co-Founder and CEO has just released some interesting statistics about their geo-location mobile app. Stats include: 4 million check-ins per day 30 million venues world-wide 600,000 merchants using the business tools/ offers products 170,000,000 (170 million) API calls per day You can watch the full interview with Tech Blogger Robert Scoble at [...]
Read MorePage rank Vs Alexa Rank
If you are a webmaster, what is more important to you – a good Google Page Rank or Alexa Rank? Page Rank depends on the level of incoming links your site has, where as your Alexa rank is determined by the amount of traffic you are getting (from users with the Alexa toolbar installed). Google [...]
Read MoreGoogle+ V Facebook
Google’s new social networking product, Google+ has been released in ‘limited’ beta mode where only a handful of people (ie prob a couple hundreds of thousands of people) got an invite. I did put my email in the signup area but didn’t get an invite. Google’s Vice President of Social, Vic Gundotra has come out [...]
Read MoreSocial 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 MoreNextstop 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 [...]
Read MoreFoursquare CEO Dennis Crowley disses Google
Dennis Crowley the CEO and Co-Founder of mobile Geo-location start-up Foursquare has been known as an outspoken tech enthusiast. Dennis sold his last start-up, Dodgeball, a mobile check-in service similar to Google. The product sat inside Google’s den but not much was made of it, not doubt not getting the full amount of attention Dennis [...]
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