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
Apple releasing iOS 4.1 next week
Apple will be releasing iOS 4.1 next week for iPhone and iPod touch users. Upgraded features are to include bug fixes, HDR photos, Game Center, TV show rentals and the functionality to upload HD video over Wifi. In November, iOS 4.2 will be released, including to the iPad so it can finally have the multitasking […]
Read More | ShareAppStore hits 250,000 applications
It has been a little over 2 years since Apple launched the AppStore. The store now has over 250,000 applications from around 50,000 developers. Books and Games are the 2 most popular categories, with about 30% market share combined. Around 30% of the apps are free, 70% are paid-for applications. In comparison, the Android Marketplace […]
Read More | ShareMore people using Facebook Places in Australia through US VPN
As previously mentioned more and more people in Australia are accessing Facebook places via a VPN hack – it seems people will goto any lengths to be the first users of new social media technologies like this. So you may ask, how are people accessing Facebook places through a USA VPN? People are signing up […]
Read More | SharePowerhouse Museum and Social Media
The Sydney Powerhouse Museum is embracing social media in order to connect with more people and details about the museum’s attractions. This Wednesday The Powerhouse Museum is participating in the worlds first “Ask a Curator” day , an international initiative to connect people with museum curators through social media. On this coming Wednesday September 1st, […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare passes 3 Million user registrations
Mobile based social network, Foursquare has now passed 3 million user registrations globally. Whilst Foursquare’s popularity in Australia has not grown significantly over the past couple months, the USA and Europe continue to lead the way with new user signups. Its estimated that around 16,000 people join the mobile service each day now. It is […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Security team coming to Australia
A member of Facebook’s security team will visit Australia and meet with child-safety advocates. Recently 3 Australian men were arrested over a child-porn ring they were running on Facebook. Facebook removed the accounts that were part of the original offenses, but it is alleged the accused then opened new accounts on the site before being […]
Read More | SharePeople using Facebook Places in Australia via VPN hack
Ok so we know Facebook places is not available in the Australia yet. However it seems when Facebook created the product it may have been a rushed launch – Facebook is restricting access via your location using your IP address. However they don’t even check your GSP coordinates at all. This post on the mactalk […]
Read More | ShareYahoo USA and Canada Search now powered by Bing
Yahoo US and Canada now has its search results powered by Microsoft’s Bing search engine. Yahoo will also be moving its advertisers across to Microsoft’s adCenter platform but that is still very much a work in progress. more to come as we hear local Australian news on this venture.
Read More | ShareApple iAD’s live in Australia, incorporating Google ads
Whilst we haven’t heard much from Apple on the iAD advertising platform lately – if you use international applications on your iPhone in Australia you will notice some of then now have iAD’s. I noticed Echofon (Twitter client), has put ads at the top of the screen near the search button – possibly getting people […]
Read More | ShareRicky Ponting happy for players to use Twitter and Facebook
Ricky Ponting said he is happy for players to use social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook while touring England. However the English teams management has banned the use of these social networking sites and have also put clauses in players contracts stipulating the terms. Ponting believes if the players are promoting the game, […]
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