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
Cadbury Australia launches ‘Freida Smooth Moves’ Facebook game
As brands are constantly looking to increase their social media footprint there is an ever growing need to distinguish themselves from the competition. Cadbury Australia has taken on the challenge with aplomb and recently launched a Guitar hero-like Facebook game which replaces the axe-wielding likes of Led Zeppelin with a tap dancing cow and a […]
Read More | ShareSMCSYD, Social Personas, August 10, [EVENT, SYDNEY]
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The Social Media Club Sydney (SMCSYD) is holding an event on August 10 @ The Ivy on George St starting at 6:30pm. Topic to be discussed: Social Personas: How different is the social media you from the real you? Speakers include: Bernard Salt (KPMG) Dr. Rebecca Huntley Tiphereth Gloria The event is sponsored by Carlton […]
Read More | Share1 million new PayPal accounts per month
eBay’s online commerce site, PayPal, is now getting 1 million new account signups per month. eBay generated $2.215 billion in revenue during Q2. PayPal on the other hand generated $817 million in revenue. Over the last couple years eBay has been losing ground to Amazon and other online retailers. The online auctioning system was popular […]
Read More | ShareGetting Fired because of Twitter [COMEDY VIDEO]
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You have probably seen the EVO 4G vs. iPhone video. He is a video of Peter, an employee of Stack o Slacks, who gets in trouble with his boss because of his Tweets. Very funny, watch!
Read More | ShareGoogle to release more updates of Google Chrome
Google has said they want to release a stable release of their browser, Google Chrome, every 6 weeks. No Doubt this is being done so new features can be rolled out to its users faster and faster. The pre-beta release of Internet Explorer 9 really is light years ahead of the competition with very sophisticated […]
Read More | ShareFlickr upgrades iPhone app for High Defintion
Quick Update: I really enjoy using the Flickr iPhone app, great for taking photos on the go and upload to your account – couldnt get any easier. Even uploading 1MB files over 3G is fairly quick. Flickr has now released version 1.2 of their application that Allows High Definition (HD) video and picture uploads. If […]
Read More | ShareMark Zuckerberg ABC Interview [VIDEO]
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Diane Sawyer from ABC News in the US has interviewed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook HQ in Palo Alto. Here is the interview: Mark started Facebook when he was 19 years old and the company now employs 1600 people around the world. What do you think?
Read More | ShareBreaking down Facebook’s 500 Million Users
Ok, so Facebook has now hit the 500 million user make. Lets look at how this is broken-down. Of the 500 million users: 34% reside in North America 32% in Europe 9% in South America 3% in Africa 20% in Asia 2% in Australia Looking at Australian Facebook statistics, of our total population – there […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft Revenue Surges thanks to Office 2010 and Windows 7
Windows 7 was released to consumer in October 2009 and 9 months later 175 Million copies have been sold. This takes the title as the fastest selling Operating System in History. According to Microsoft in their last quarter they have $16.04 billion in revenue, a 22% increase. During the 2009-2010 Fiscal year Microsoft’s revenue was […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft to Give a Free Windows Phone 7 Device to Every Employee
Quick Update on Microsoft’s Windows 7 Phone. Microsoft is now going to give every employee in certain operation department around the world a free Windows 7 Phone. Considering that Microsoft hires almost 100,000 people globally this will be a great way to get phone out in the tech community. If you know someone who works […]
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