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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

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Australia and the Social Web

Australia and the Social Web

As Australian’s we spend more time on social media sites than any other country in the world – at around 8 hours per month for the average user. But what sort of social networking activities are we getting involved in and to what extent? Australian social media figures: – Approximately 5 million Australian users of […]

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Foursquare updates app for iOS4 – version 1.9

Foursquare updates app for iOS4 - version 1.9

Foursquare has updated their iPhone application to be fully compatible with the new iOS4 operating system. This is version 1.9 of the Foursquare iPhone app. Upgraded features include fast app switching, high resolution pictures and icons for the iPhone 4?s retina display, and a map views. The Map view allows you to view where all […]

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Facebook Applications now tell what Private Data is Shared

on July 1, 2010 | Facebook | Comments (0)
Facebook Applications now tell what Private Data is Shared

Facebook is rolling out a new feature that requires 3rd party applications to inform users exactly what parts of their profiles will be shared to make the applications work. Applications already had to ask for user permission to access anything in their profiles that wasn’t public. But these apps didn’t actually have to specify what […]

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YouTube facts and figures

on July 1, 2010 | Youtube | Comments (0)
YouTube facts and figures

YouTube has grown into the largest video sharing and video content site there is today. Have a read over some very interesting facts about the site: 2005 February 2005, the origional founders registered the domain youtube.com April 23, 2005 – first video uploaded to the site May 2005 – beta launch June 2005 – embedding […]

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AdMob May 2010 Mobile Metrics Report released, Android Apple battle

AdMob May 2010 Mobile Metrics Report released, Android Apple battle

Google’s Admob have released their May Mobile metrics report giving the latest information on mobile operating system market shares. The main fight is between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems. Apple is the clear leader at the moment but Android is making some significant gains. In terms of mobile ad requests, Apple is leading […]

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Facebook iPhone app updated for iOS4

on July 1, 2010 | Facebook | Comments (0)
Facebook iPhone app updated for iOS4

Facebook have today updated their iPhone app so it is compatible with the new iOS4 operating system. As a result you can expect fast app switching using multitasking and support for high resolution icons/graphics. Facebook is the most popular iPhone application to date and a little strange it took them so long to get the […]

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Facebook launches Recruiting Tool for pages

on June 30, 2010 | Facebook | Comments (0)
Facebook launches Recruiting Tool for pages

Facebook has launched a new app called Work For Us which enables your Facebook company page to become a recruiting tool – allowing companies to post jobs and receive applications via Facebook. The application went live earlier this year, and has now passed the 1,000 business users Once companies have installed the app, a ‘Work […]

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Foursquare secures $20 million in VC funding

on June 30, 2010 | Foursquare | Comments (0)
Foursquare secures $20 million in VC funding

Foursquare has completed their second round of Venture Capitalist funding – securing $20 million mainly from VC firm Andreessen Horowitz. There has been speculation that Facebook or Yahoo was going to purchase funding but this latest move puts that issue to rest. Foursquare now employs 27 people and is close to reaching 1.8 million users […]

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Social Media and Online Video [STATS]

Social Media and Online Video [STATS]

Over the past couple years the use of video across the web has exploded. Video used to be a technical and ‘hard to create’ media – but now with an abundance of online tools it is easier than ever for regular internet users to create and watch videos online. Social Media Video statistics to take […]

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Australians getting more involved in Social Media

Australians getting more involved in Social Media

Over the past year in Australia users going to social media sites and forums have increase 36.1% over the year. This means that social media usage is overtaking search engines as the most visited web destination by Australians. Facebook has benefited more of our adaption to social media. Facebook accumulated 56.4% of all social networking […]

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