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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

North Ryde Tweet-up, August 4 [EVENT SYDNEY]

Hi All, Just to let you know Vivienne Storey has arranged another Tweet-up for the North Ryde (and north shore) folks. Details are: Wednesday August 4, from 7:30am Silverchair Cafe, 80 Waterloo Road, North Ryde To RSVP goto the following link: http://www.meetup.com/northrydecoffeemorning/ The North Ryde Tweet-up events are great for business people wanting to learn […]

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MySpace plans Relaunch to Boost user Involvement and Numbers

David Correll on July 27, 2010 | MySpace | Comments (0)

MySpace for a long time was Australia’s most popular social networking site, and still today is a prominent figure in the space. However in mid-2008 Facebook overtook MySpace as the No1 social networking site and has grown by a huge amount since then. Facebook now attracts around 8.7 million unique users in Australia compared to […]

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Cadbury Australia launches ‘Freida Smooth Moves’ Facebook game

David Correll on July 26, 2010 | Australia Facebook | Comments (0)

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 […]

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SMCSYD, Social Personas, August 10, [EVENT, SYDNEY]

David Correll on July 26, 2010 | Australia Social Media Events Sydney | Comments (0)

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 […]

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1 million new PayPal accounts per month

David Correll on July 26, 2010 | eBay PayPal | Comments (0)

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 […]

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Getting Fired because of Twitter [COMEDY VIDEO]

David Correll on July 23, 2010 | Twitter | Comments (0)

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!

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Google to release more updates of Google Chrome

David Correll on July 23, 2010 | Google | Comments (0)

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 […]

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Flickr upgrades iPhone app for High Defintion

David Correll on July 23, 2010 | Flickr iPhone | Comments (0)

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 […]

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Mark Zuckerberg ABC Interview [VIDEO]

David Correll on July 23, 2010 | Facebook | Comments (0)

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?

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