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
Twitter joining the Location game
Similar to Foursquare and Gowalla – Twitter is now creating their own location services for user tweets. Users will be able to tag tweets with specific locations and also create new locations – much like Foursquare and Gowalla. When you click on the location below the tweet you will be presented a small window with […]
Read More | ShareSite showcases most bizarre Facebook updates
In ad-mist all the controversy over Facebook privacy controls recently – a new site has been created to try and get the message across to users about protecting their privacy. The site http://youropenbook.org aggregates some of the most bizarre public Facebook status updates you have ever seen. You are able to search on any topic […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare has 60,000 users in Sydney, Business Survey
It is now estimated that there are 60,000 people in Sydney using the Geo-location mobile service – Foursquare. A recent survey of local businesses using Foursquare has generated some interesting responses. Only 10% of businesses using Foursquare said they would be willing to pay for the service. This is an alarming rate, especially considering Foursquare […]
Read More | ShareHotmail finally ditches advertising tagline in footer
Hotmail is one of the most popular free web-based email sites in the world, and now known by many as Windows Live. Hotmail launched in 1996 and grew very fast to an audience of hundreds of millions of people around the world. Microsoft purchased Hotmail a short while later for US$400 Million. Ever since you […]
Read More | ShareTwitter creates Official World Cup 2010 page
Twitter has created an official page supporting the Soccer / Football 2010 World Cup. The purpose of this initiative it to gather all the football related tweets across Twitter and group them accordingly into teams, matches, players and so on. You will be able to see all the fixtures, live scores, trending topics and updates […]
Read More | ShareUltimate Social Media Demographic Statistics
I have found some very interesting data showing the demographical statistics of several social media sites including: Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, Digg,Reddit, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Ning. The below infograph shows demographic data across these sites measuring: user age, gender, income level, and education level. Each dot on the graph represents 1% One area i have noticed […]
Read More | ShareNokia and Yahoo Partner
Yahoo and Nokia have created a partnership to create cross-platform opportunities for each-other. Yahoo will become the global provider of Nokia’s Ovi e-mail and messaging system, which is available on all late model Nokia handsets. Nokia will power and use Yahoo’s popular maps service both online and on all mobile phone handsets. In 2009 Nokia […]
Read More | ShareFlickr and Facebook integrate
Flickr and Facebook have integrated their services so Flick users can connect their account to their Facebook profile. This will allow every photo upload on Flickr to be automatically posted across to your Facebook wall, if enabled. Only photos set as ‘public’ on Flickr will be upload to Facebook, ensuring the users privacy where required. […]
Read More | ShareUS FTC to Investigate Apple for Antitrust Issues
Apple is facing an antitrust investigation from the United States Federal Trade Commission, this time to determine whether its mobile advertising policies and iAd mobile advertising platform are considered unfair business practices. Apple has released a new terms of service for developers under iOS 4 and several terms explicitly explain the use of ‘pop-up’ style […]
Read More | ShareAmazing Twitter statistics – Infograph
Over 2009 / 2010 Twitter has seen enormous growth around the world. A huge number of celebrities, governments, and businesses have become actively involved in using Twitter. – Twitter has 106 million registered accounts. – More than 300,000 new accounts are created daily. – 55 million tweets are sent per day – 30% of tweets […]
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