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
Julia Gillard joins Twitter
Australia’s first female Prime Minister – Julia Gillard has now officially joined Twitter. Julia’s first tweet: I’ve decided it’s time to take the Twitter plunge! Hopefully I’ll master it. JG. Yes – we hope so too! : ) You can follow Julia on Twitter at http://twitter.com/juliagillard Gillard now has over 10,000 followers just 1 day […]
Read More | ShareNorth Ryde Tweet up, July 7, 7:30am
Vivienne Storey from BlandsLaw is heading a Tweetup this Thursday July 7 at North Ryde. Want to discuss Twitter topics with fellow Northern Sydneysiders? Want to discuss the legal implications of Twitter? Social Media Policy? Coffee? 🙂 Details are: North Ryde Tweetup When: Wed 7th July from 7.30am Where: Silverwater Cafe 80 Waterloo Rd, Macquarie […]
Read More | ShareCISCO creates Android based Tablet PC
CISCO CEO John Chambers has unveiled a new Tablet PC they have been working on – The Cisco Cius. This is expected to be the first business tablet designed for mobile access and work. The device has a virtual desktop and telecommunication system, front facing 720p HD camera and a second – expected for video […]
Read More | Share50 Most Popular Brand Fan pages on Facebook – Dec09-June10
Below is a list of the 50 most popular brands with Facebook pages. Celebrities / music bands etc have been left off the list. Creating a Facebook fan page is a great way to expose your business in a viral way to new customers and contacts. The top 100 list is made up of many […]
Read More | ShareAmazon Cloud environment down-time
Amazon.com has one of the most sophisticated cloud computing environments today (along with Microsoft). This enables the company to scale their computing requirements and resources as and when they need. During holiday periods of high traffic they can easily boost the hardware required to keep their site operational and speedy. Last Tuesday Amazon.com had a […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare reaches 1 Million check-ins per day
Foursquare has now reached 1 Million check-ins per day coming from around 1.8 million global users. This shows a good % of Foursquare’s user base is accessing their product on a daily basis. Foursquare recently got $20 million in a second-round venture capitalist investment mainly by Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the company at around $95 million. […]
Read More | ShareiOS and Android Developer numbers [STATS]
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There are alot of developers now developing apps for both the iOS and Android operating systems. AppStoreHQ.com put together a survey of all their developers on both the iOS and Android and the stats looking something like this: – 43,185 iOS developers – 10,199 Android developers – 1415 developers building apps on both platforms. Apple […]
Read More | ShareApple accepts iPhone reception issue and working on Software fix
Apple has now accepted the iPhone 4 antenna reception issue and is working on a software fix to try and rectify the situation. However the fix is not exactly concrete. Apple claim that the phones are displaying a faulty reception reading, ie the number of reception bars displayed is actually too much. If your iPhone […]
Read More | ShareApple iAd Advertising Platform released
Apple has said the iAd will push mobile advertising into the mainstream adverting markets and also fuel the 3rd party apps market with it. There has however been comments from developers and advertisers that its proprietary nature is too limiting in their eyes. Now it is up to Apple to convince otherwise. Steve Jobs presented […]
Read More | ShareGoogle acquires ITA Software for $700million USD, enhancing Travel Search
Google has purchased ITA Software (www.itasoftware.com), a company known for its airfare search and pricing system QPX. The ITA Software is used by many US and international airlines. The acquisition was done in $700 million USD, cash. No stock purchase this time from Google. This is an area Google feels they have some ground to […]
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