Tag: "user"
Skype Now Allows Guest Users To Join Your Audio, Video & Group Chats By Invite
Skype have rolled out a new update this week that allows non-registered users to join an existing audio, video or group chat. Previously, to talk with others on Skype you would need a registered username and password – Skype is now opening up the service to anyone. You can send people a special web link […]
Read More | Share9 Million Australians Use Facebook Every Day
The Facebook operation in Australia have released a number of interesting stats today as we see the company globally share more insights about particular regions and demographic stats. Australian user metrics: 12 million MAU = Total monthly active users (desktop and mobile) 9 million DAU = Total daily active users (desktop and mobile) 9.8 million […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Settles with FTC
Facebook has today settled a dispute with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Facebook made a number of ‘privacy mistakes’ with its users such as: In December 2009 making your Friends list public without approval or warning. 3rd Party Facebook Applications were getting a lot more user data that specified on the site. Facebook has […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Plus User Numbers Australia – September 2011
We previously reported Australian Google Plus user numbers for August – and I’ve been keeping track of global stats going around. Paul Allen has been analysing Google Plus user numbers since the launch of the site, and his recent analysis (https://plus.google.com/117388252776312694644/posts/EwpnUpTkJ5W) puts Google Plus at around 50 million users globally. Now in my opinion the […]
Read More | ShareAustralian Google Plus User Numbers – August 2011
It has been widely reported across the internet (ComScore data) that Google Plus now has 25 million registered users. Basically anyone can get into the system now if someone else using the site invites them. If you are looking for a Google + invite, leave your email in the comments field below (in the email […]
Read More | ShareMobile Search Market Share Statistics, April 2011 – Australia
Today let’s have a look at the Mobile Search Market share amongst the leading Search Engines being used in Australia. The 3 main search engines used in Australia are (obviously): – Google – Bing – Yahoo Here is a graph showing the current market shares: As you can see Google has over 99% of the […]
Read More | ShareYahoo to release Instant Search Feature
Yahoo is looking to rollout a new Instant Search Feature similar to Google Instant Search – called Yahoo Search Direct. Search Direct will show you the latest trending topics on the internet, and also pre-fill the search form to predict and displaying common search queries. The product is currently in Beta and can be accessed […]
Read More | ShareCreate your own Infograph with Foursquare
Geolocation and mobile application – Foursquare, has had a 3rd party developer build a web app that will quickly build you an Infograph from your Foursqure check-in and user data. To build your own infograph goto: www.fourgraph.me and sign in with your Foursquare credentials. This tool was developed recently at a Foursquare ‘hacker’ day at […]
Read More | ShareWordPress 3.1 Released
WordPress 3.1 was released last night. New features include: – redesigned linking workflow (makes linking to your other posts and pages easily). – an admin bar in the header when viewing your site, allowing quick post/page creation. Initially I am not a big fan of this, but hey it might grow on me. There is […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media – Australia
Over 2010 we have seen a lot of hype and leadership from the United States in regards to social media. Generally in technology and computer trends the USA (and then UK) lead the pack in user adoption. In Australia however, we spend more time on social networks per month than any other country in the […]
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