David Correll
Editor and Founder of SocialMediaNews.com.au. I also run a Social Media Agency where I do consulting work and Social Media Management. Connect with me: Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook or contact me here. Alternatively, you can send me an email at david@socialmedianews.com.au
A Letter to Lachlan
from Tim ON THE ROYAL WEDDING The wedding has been slated for St Peters, Westminster so as to avoid the comparisons with Diana that might have arisen from St Paul’s. Yet the engagement ring is Diana’s. It has not even been re-cut. Other English Royals have done something similar. They have been given a stone […]
Read More | ShareSydney Twestival 2011 coming soon – 24 March
Sydney Twestival is coming up next week in an effort to support Redkite charity. Twestival (or Twitter-Festival) are offline events organised via Social Media (generally Twitter) in an effort to support a cause or charity. This trend is becoming increasingly popular and again this year Sydney Twestival will take place. Here is the event info: […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn Lauches new Social News product: LinkedIn Today
LinkedIn has just launched a new news product for their site, which is a Social News Service called LinkedIn Today. This allows users to follow news publications or blogs and keep regularly updated via LinkedIn of any recent news. An algorithm determines what is the most appropriate news for you, determined by your contacts and […]
Read More | ShareApple releases iOS 4.3
The iPad is launching in the US in a few days time. Apple has prematurely released iOS 4.3 for the following Apple products: – iPhone 4 – iPhone 3GS – iPad – iPod touch (4th generation) – iPod touch (3rd generation) This update comes with a number of software updates, including: -> Personal Hotspot which […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare 3.0 Released for iPhone/ iPad
Geolocation application, Foursquare – has released version 3.0 of their iPhone/ iPad application. This is a whole new design and comes with 3 main areas of improvement and development. 1. Personalised Recommendations Using data from your friends and the entire Foursquare community (check-ins and tips), there is now a new explore tab that will give […]
Read More | ShareBooty Appreciation Day, mmmm ok.
I don’t normally write articles of this nature, but today on Twitter a trending topic emerged that is close to my heart. The topic trending the most on 8/03/11 is #bootyappreciationday Do you know someone with a great booty? Let them know how good it is today. Do you have a great booty? Well let […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft urging users to ditch IE6!
For years many of us have been complaining about Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) – security issues, poor page optimisation and loading, and generally being outdated with far newer features. However a sizable portion of the internets users are still using this browser that is now 10 years old – about 12% of the internet population […]
Read More | ShareSteve Jobs & Apple unveil iPad 2
Steve Jobs has unveiled Apple’s iPad 2 in San Francisco yesterday. What is new about the iPad 2? Here is a summary: – Its an all new design, not just a tweak of the 1st gen iPad – Comes with a new A5 chip, with dual core processors, which is twice as fast the 1st […]
Read More | ShareGoogle’s Algorithmic Farmer Update Aims to Rank High Quality Unique Sites
Google has recently rolled out the Google Farmer Update, a major improvement on Google’s secret ranking algorithm, aiming to better rank high quality websites on its search results pages and web index. Danny Sullivan of SearchEngineLand (a popular US Search Engine Blog) has named it as Google ‘Farmer’ update so that there will be a […]
Read More | ShareVideo Infograph: This is Why the World is Obsessed with Facebook
Yes – we are all obsessed with Facebook, that is nothing new. Here is a cool infograph going into a little more detail about the uptake and some great stats you may not have known about Facebook. Enjoy. Infograph by Alex Trimple
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