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
How does the world spend its time online? [statistics]
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As Global internet users how are we spending our time online? Here are some interesting statistics for you to think about: – 22% of our time is spent on social networking sites – 42% of our time is spent viewing websites – 36% is other activities such as email, web searches, commerce, shopping. On a […]
Read More | ShareApple iOS 4 reviewed
So what is the iOS 4? iOS 4 is the latest update of Apple’s mobile operating system, which is the software used by all models of the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The main new features of iOS4 are: multitasking, iBooks app, unified emails, Spotlight Search (allowing support for Wikipedia and regular internet searches), a […]
Read More | ShareBing donating money to BP oil spill via Twitter
Bing is setting aside $100,000 USD to donate to help clean up the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This effort is being lead through Twitter. Bing has said if you Re-Tweet (RT) the following: Retweet this & @Bing will donate $10 to @CNN’s Gulf Telethon up to $100K. More at http://bit.ly/howtodonate. #BingforGulf […]
Read More | ShareApple iOS4 released today
The latest version of the iPhone Operating System (OS), iOS4, is due for release for iPhone and iPod Touch later today for Australia (and users globally) as the US comes online. The iOS4 upgrade is the probably the most significant update made to the iPhone Operating System. It is really jam packed with new features […]
Read More | ShareAustralian Government to buy Telstra copper network
The Australian Government has negotiated a deal with Telstra to buy their entire copper network for $11 Billion. The deal is awaiting shareholder and regulatory approval. Telstra will decommission its monopoly of copper cables and make room for the Australian government’s fiber and move its customers to the new fibre 100Mbps National Broadband Network (NBN). […]
Read More | ShareFacebook’s Secret Strategy Logo
When Mark Zuckerberg took his hoodie off at the D8 conference we all saw the Facebook logo printed on the inside. This seems like a cool idea by Facebook. There was some controversy when people originally say this print. There have also been some hoodies on eBay for sale. What do you think of the […]
Read More | ShareLatest Twitter statistics update
Twitter recently hit its 10 billionth tweet in February this year. This has come from about 80 million users currently using the site. A majority of Twitter’s users and usage has come in the last 6-12 months. User retention rate is around 40%. Alot of people come and leave. Many people drop the service after […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft to update Bing entertainment search results
Microsoft is planning to improve the search results on Bing in relation to searches about music, television shows, movies and games. Senior Vice president of Microsoft’s Online Audience Business, Yusuf Mehdi, will be giving exact details during a press conference in West Hollywood, California on Tuesday 22nd June. TV show search results such as local […]
Read More | ShareMore Google Admob acquisition details revealed
More details have emerged about Google’s acquisition of the mobile advertising network AdMob. We aleady know the Google purchased Admob for US$750 million in stock and cash – but what was the exact split? The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have released details that Google sold $530 million in stock, indicating that Admob investors […]
Read More | ShareWordPress user statistics
Now that WordPress 3.0 is out lets look back at how WordPress has grown over the years and attracted new users. There are now about 11.4 million WordPress.com blogs created. These blogs are hosted for free by WordPress and the URL layout is something like www.yourname.wordpress.com These 11.4 million blogs have now posted more than 200,000,000 […]
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