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
Nextstop Location service acquired by Facebook
Nexstop, a mobile location service has announced they have been acquired by Facebook. NextStop is a service that lets users create and browse through local guides and recommendations. Facebook is going to be shutting down Nextstop on September 1. Users are encouraged now to export their data. So why is Facebook acquiring this company? Facebook […]
Read More | Share3 Mobile gives free access to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare
Similar to other telco’s – 3 Mobile has announced customers on post-paid cap plans will now get free mobile internet access to social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare. Due to the popularity of social networking sites 3 is making this offer available with no time limits or data limits – you […]
Read More | ShareFacebook, 3 Billion ‘Likes’ per day
Facebook is now serving 3 billion ‘Likes’ per day. Helping the cause, Facebook’s social plug-ins are now on around 350,000 sites globally. That figure was about 200,000 almost a month ago and 100,000 in May. The ‘Like’ buttons is part of the main infrastructure behind Facebook’s powerful recommendation engine. They feed into user ad targeting, […]
Read More | ShareDanni Minogue posts Baby photo on Twitter
Danni Minogue has recently given birth her baby boy Ethan and showed him off to the world via Twitter. You can follow Danni on Twitter here. The photo posted 2 days ago has already received over 50,000 view and almost 800 Facebook ‘Likes’.
Read More | ShareMission Australia Facebook Project
Mission Australia recently undertook the ‘1234 Project’ on Facebook. ‘The 1234 Project’ was launched on Facebook on the 11th June, which involved 1234 donating a pair of socks to a homeless person each time a Facebook supporter ‘Liked’ the 1234 Project page. Their target was 12,340 pairs of socks, and this was met with socks […]
Read More | ShareAustralian Privacy Commissioner shames Google
Australian privacy commissioner Karen Curtis has said Google broke Australia’s privacy law when it collected private Wi-Fi data. Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, previously shamed Google over their ‘creepy privacy policies’. Curtis commented: ‘Collecting personal information in these circumstances is a very serious matter. Australians should reasonably expect that private communications remain private’. The Australian Federal […]
Read More | ShareReddit in money trouble
Social Bookmarking service Reddit has recently had a bit of a slump in earnings and they are looking for people to help. In a blog post titled ‘Reddit needs help’, the company has explained they have 4 engineers that are really stretched to just keep the site working properly – with outages and slow performance […]
Read More | ShareGoogle’s Social Media History
Over the years Google has made many attempts to join the social media realm. Some successful some not. There have been rumors lately that Google is launching a product Google Me which will be a Facebook competitor. Lets look at Google’s history with social media to date: – Feb 17, 2003, Google buys Pyra Labs […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare v Gowalla [FACTS]
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Over the past year there has been lot of talk about Geolocation mobile services Foursquare and Gowalla. There are more players in this space but these 2 hold a majority of the location market. A recent report by RJMetrics compared the services via their API data. Some key facts to note: – Foursquare now has […]
Read More | ShareAir New Zealand offering Foursquare specials
Air New Zealand is offering customers special deals when they check in on Foursquare. The way the promotion works is if you become a mayor of any of their 12 Airport venues you are given free access to their Koru lounges which is like ‘business class lounge’ in Australia. Some of the venues include: Auckland […]
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