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
Facebook and Foursquare talking
There has been rumors lately about a potential acquisition or some form of partnership between Facebook and Foursquare. Foursqaure, whilst small in size has already been successful in monetarising the business by partnerships with US companies such as History Channel, Bravo, MTV, VH1, Zagat, the Wall Street Journal, and more. Facebook is interested in expanding […]
Read More | ShareApple iAd Advertising Network
With the upgrades iOS 4 Apple has created their own advertising platform to the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad products. The iAd platform uses rich media ads such as text, video, audio, games, maps, and more to interact with users. Apple sells, hosts, and serves the ads with developers receiving 60 percent of the advertising […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn For Blackberry Has Been Updated
Blackberry users can now download a new version of LinkedIn. The Blackberry Bold, Curve, Pearl, Storm and Tour devices are now all compatible to use with our favourite professional social networking app. Version 1.1 also includes some bug fixes and tweaks. Download the update: www.linkedin.com/blackberry
Read More | ShareSocial Media stats in Australia- Facebook, Blogger, MySpace
On a per capital basis Australia has one of the highest uptakes of social media in the world. Out of our population of 21 million, 14 million Australians are internet users. The most popular social media sites in Australia are: Facebook, Blogger and MySpace. Facebook has 9.2 million Australian users which is almost 66% of […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare v Gowalla v Brightkite
In Australia Foursquare has gained alot of users and attention over the past couple months. Not quiet at the same level, Gowalla a similar Geo-location service has enjoyed success in Australia with more game like features. Brightkite is another new entrant to the market and whilst not as big as Foursquare or Gowalla they have […]
Read More | ShareiPhone 4 v HTC Evo vs. Droid Incredible showdown
Steve Jobs has finally told us how great the iPhone 4 is so why not compare the device against Google’s most advanced models. Who is better!? Andriod devices have become very popular over the last 6 months and models have been released and Google + HTC have pushed the devices to US and Asian markets. […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft adds new social search feature to Bing
Microsoft has added a new social search feature to the Bing search engine allowing users to see the trending topcis on Facebook and Twitter. You are able to access the Bing social search at the following link www.bing.com/social No doubt there will be a lot of trending tweets about Justin Bieber 🙂 Microsoft Senior Vice […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Revolution in Australia
BoxHill Institute in Melbourne, Australia is an education provider and Eric Qualman has put together a presentation on some key social media statistics in Australia and world-wide. To summaries: – Australia is the most prolific social media users in the world beating the USA and UK on a per capita basis. – In the US, […]
Read More | ShareTwitter to change how shortened links are displayed
Twitter is making a change over the coming weeks as to how shortened links are displayed on the site. Twitter will be using shortened t.co links to better protect users from malicious sites that engage in spreading malware, phishing attacks, viruses, and other harmful activity. Basically an effort to improve security to Twitter users. The […]
Read More | Share20 Interesting Social Media statistics
20 Interesting Facts about Social Media #1 – Social media spending is expected to increase from $716 million in 2008 to $3.1 billion in 2014, which is a compound annual growth rate of 34% (CAGR) #2 – That 34% CAGR means that social media spending is growing faster than any other interactive marketing category #3 […]
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