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
Wikipedia now 10 years old!
Wikipedia is now 10 years old. The site was founded in January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. The site operates as a not for profit charitable organisation – although with such huge traffic and unique visitors the site could have sold ad space on the site – however decided against this approach. The […]
Read More | ShareYahoo and Bing Australian Search Results merging this month
Last year in the USA – Bing replaced the results in a Yahoo! search queries with their own Bing results. Now later this month Bing will merge their results with Yahoo on both Bing Australia and Yahoo Australia. Therefore if you run a search on either Yahoo or Bing it should give you the same […]
Read More | ShareMySpace to lay off half their Staff
It has been reported that MySpace, will layoff half of its 1000 employees this week. The layoffs come as the social media site tries to restructure and overhaul the company in an attempt to save itself from poor financial situation. News Corporation had invested in MySapce to broaden its reach across the globe in the […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft to release Windows TV Set top boxes
Microsoft will be revealing new software to run on Set top box devices which enables a Windows TV experience. The Software will make use of Microsoft’s Windows Embedded platform and the Windows Media Center interface. The software will also be able to work with XBOX 360 devices, otherwise your computer. One of the devices will […]
Read More | ShareFacebook raises $500 Million in Funding
Facebook has raised an additional US$500 million in a new round of Venture Capitalist Funding. Goldman Sachs has invested $450 million and Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies has invested $50 million. This puts Facebook at a valuation of around US$50 Billion. There has been speculation that an initial public offering (IPO) will be set […]
Read More | ShareHappy ‘Social Media’ New Year
Hello All, I would like to take this opportunity again to wish you all a happy new year and prosperous 2011 ! I hope you all had great new years eve celebrations. I certainly had an awesome time and great start to 2011. It will be interesting to see how social media in Australia (and […]
Read More | ShareMerry ‘Social Media’ Christmas
Hello All, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Now get your keyboards fired up and start sending those Christmas tweets and status updates. How is social media going to impact your Christmas messages. Instead of email will you use Twitter and Facebook to […]
Read More | ShareMySpace Rebrand, Why?
Ok so for sometime now MySpace has been going with a new ‘black’ sharp look on their website and in their branding. Today i logged into the App store and MySpace have released an upgraded version of their iOS application. What confused me was why would MySpace move away from their long standing and popular […]
Read More | ShareFacebook looking to move into China?
At the moment Facebook is blocked in China – thanks to the great firewall of China. Facebook is looking to soon push north of 600 million users. Many western internet companies have failed to capture the Chinese internet market – mainly for 2 reasons. 1. Government intervention/ policies 2. The western companies do not understand […]
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Are we Facebook Mad?
Over the past couple years, it seems Facebook may be the biggest thing to happen on the internet. With now over 500 million users and growing daily, Facebook is no doubt one of the main website we are all thinking of and using. We are so obsessed many of us check our Facebook account from […]
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