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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

Cost of mobile apps? Apple, Android, BlackBerry, Windows, Nokia, Palm

Its interesting to look at all the mobile smartphone Application stores and see the percentage of paid apps to free apps. A recent report by Distimo has found that more than half of all paid applications are about $2 of less. BlackBerry is however the exception as they do not allow application less than $2.99. […]

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Bing and Google Click thru Rates, CTR

David Correll on July 5, 2010 | Bing Google Search Engines | Comments (0)

While Google still dominates the world of search engines, Bing made some noise quiet since its introduction, slow growth of market share each month. Some experts believe the Internet will soon be released Google "search engine Caffeine" is partly a response to Bing. If you search online you will find SEO professionals, who have been […]

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Julia Gillard joins Twitter

David Correll on July 5, 2010 | Australia Government | Comments (2)

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 […]

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North Ryde Tweet up, July 7, 7:30am

David Correll on July 5, 2010 | Australia Social Media Policy Sydney | Comments (1)

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 […]

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CISCO creates Android based Tablet PC

David Correll on July 5, 2010 | CISCO | Comments (0)

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 […]

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50 Most Popular Brand Fan pages on Facebook – Dec09-June10

David Correll on July 5, 2010 | General | Comments (1)

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 […]

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Amazon Cloud environment down-time

David Correll on July 5, 2010 | Amazon | Comments (0)

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 […]

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Foursquare reaches 1 Million check-ins per day

David Correll on July 5, 2010 | Foursquare | Comments (0)

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. […]

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iOS and Android Developer numbers [STATS]

David Correll on July 3, 2010 | Android Apple Mobile | Comments (0)

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 […]

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Apple accepts iPhone reception issue and working on Software fix

David Correll on July 3, 2010 | iPhone | Comments (0)

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 […]

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