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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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Microsoft still King, by the numbers

Microsoft still King, by the numbers

There has been so much hype lately with tech companies hitting record sales levels. But generally we don’t hear all that much in regards to how Microsoft is going. 7.1 million Projected iPad sales for 2010. 58 million Projected netbook sales in 2010. 355 million Projected PC sales in 2010. Apple also says 100 million […]

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Google rolling out Facebook competitor – Google Me

Google rolling out Facebook competitor - Google Me

There have been several reports around the net that Google is going to be releasing their Facebook competitor soon called ‘Google Me’. Yahoo already has a twitter like service – Yahoo MeMe which sounds a little the same. Kevin Rose the Founder of Digg tweeted the following statement: Ok, umm, huge rumor: Google to launch […]

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Problems with new iPhone 4 reception

on June 28, 2010 | Apple iPhone | Comments (1)
Problems with new iPhone 4 reception

There has been alot of talk about reception problems with the new iPhone 4 causing lots calls and drop outs. Steve Jobs and Apple have said not to hold the phone in the lower left hand corner, or alternatively buy a special case from Apple for $29. This comes down to an issue with the […]

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Facebook the movie coming – The Social Network

on June 26, 2010 | Facebook | Comments (1)
Facebook the movie coming - The Social Network

Columbia Pictures (in association with Sony Pictures) has recently released the first trailer for its new movie on Facebook, The Social Network. The teaser is really limited in detail but it does leave a lot of interest in my opinion and i can’t wait to see the movie. The movie is partyl based on the […]

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Google Launches Google Voice then gets Sued

on June 25, 2010 | Google Legal | Comments (0)
Google Launches Google Voice then gets Sued

Frontier Communications Corporation is claiming that Google Voice infringes on one of its patented products. On Tuesday 22 June Google opened to the public Google Voice, its new communications service that links one phone number to multiple devices owned by the account holder – such as home phones, work, mobile – all contactable through one […]

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Windows 7 sales very strong, 150 million so far, 7 every second

Windows 7 sales very strong, 150 million so far, 7 every second

Microsoft has spent considerable time developing their new operating System Windows 7 and it looks like they are reaping the rewards already. Windows 7 was launched in October 2009 and has sold 150 million copies so far – that is 7 every second. A lot of these sales are going to enterprises whom did not […]

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Russian President Medvedev goes to Twitter HQ, Apple HQ

Russian President Medvedev goes to Twitter HQ, Apple HQ

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has recently gone on a tour of Silicon Valley in California in an effort to create a similar tech central in Moscow, Russia. Medvedev went to Twitter HQ where he met co-founders Ev Williams and Biz Stone and even created a Twitter account and sent out his first tweets – learning […]

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[HUGE] Facebook and Twitter Integrate

[HUGE] Facebook and Twitter Integrate

Twitter has announced that it is bringing major updates to their connections with Facebook and LinkedIn. A new Facebook app has been created – the Twitter app for Facebook. http://apps.facebook.com/twitter/ This allows you to post your Tweets onto your Facebook profile, lets you see which of your Facebook friends are on Twitter – and even […]

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Facebook ready to launch Location Based Services

Facebook ready to launch Location Based Services

There has been alot of competition lately location-based services (LBS) market (applications such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Brightkite) and that has now sparked interested from Facebook Twitter has just launched their own Twitter location features showing they too want to capitalise on this rapidly expanding segment. That moves the whole Twitter service one step close to […]

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Google voice now open to the public

on June 23, 2010 | Google | Comments (0)
Google voice now open to the public

Google has announced that its popular internet-based phone service Google Voice is now open to the general public. The announcement was made by Craig Walker and Vincent Paquet, Google Voice Product Managers. Google has clarified that Google Voice is still currently limited to the U.S – not Australia just yet. Here is a preview from […]

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