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
AdMob CEO Omar Hamoui on Google and Apple
AdMob is the only real major advertising platform on the current iPhones and iPads. However with Apple announcing news term of service is iOS4 this means any 3rd party applications cannot send data to a 3rd party provider like AdMob does. This could mean Apple shuts AdMob out of the iPhone and iPad markets which […]
Read More | ShareiPad numbers by Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs has given us some insightful comments into the iPad at yesterdays Apple WWDC. In particular the iBooks and iBookstore is looking especially promising for Apple and its publishers. Steve gave us the following stats about the iPad yesterday. – 2,000,000 iPads sold since April, that’s once every 3 seconds. – 8500 native iPad […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare CEO Dennis Crowley a grown up Justin Bieber?
Is it just me, or does Dennis Crowley look like a grown up Justin Bieber? Maybe their hair looks similar. Does anyone if Dennis does a ‘cute’ hair flick like Justin? I think there is some sort of resemblance going on 🙂 What do you think? Do you even care? 😮
Read More | ShareFoursquare CEO Dennis Crowley disses Google
Dennis Crowley the CEO and Co-Founder of mobile Geo-location start-up Foursquare has been known as an outspoken tech enthusiast. Dennis sold his last start-up, Dodgeball, a mobile check-in service similar to Google. The product sat inside Google’s den but not much was made of it, not doubt not getting the full amount of attention Dennis […]
Read More | ShareApple World Wide Developer Conference recap
Steve Jobs has highlighted about the new iPhone 4 to be released in Australia around July. Nothing else was mentioned on Day 1 at the Apple Apple World Wide Developer Conference. Below is a summary of changes for the iPhone 4. Hardware upgrades – 5MP camera – LED flash next to camera lens – tap […]
Read More | ShareApple Safari 5 browser showcased at Apple Developers Conference
Apple Safari version 5 will be showcased at the Apple Developers Conference in California USA. Already receiving praise for being one of the fastest browsers on the net, Safari 5 comes with a number of improvements over the previous version. 1. Safari Reader A new browser based RSS reader called Safari Reader becomes part of […]
Read More | ShareNew Tourism Australia Ad is a Hit on Social Media
The newly launched Tourism Australia TV spot has been a hit and miss with industry folk. Some local critics have gone as far as calling it “embarrassing”. But the social media community have shed a positive light on the campaign. In the first week, overseas markets has been supportive with research completed by Webtrends showing […]
Read More | ShareThe iPad Gets its Own Clothing Line
Australian clothing label iClothing has designed a specific line for the iPad. A nice little black number for the girls and mens tees have been designed with a pocket in the front to help carry and store your flash new iPad. The mens tees are currently on sale for $44.95 and the girls black iDress […]
Read More | ShareNational Cyber-Security Awareness Week in Australia
It is National Cyber-Security Awareness Week in Australia, June 6-11 – 2010. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has asked Facebook to upgrade their user interface with a button where users can immediately report online crime to the police with a single click. This initiative is run by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital […]
Read More | ShareAre you addicted to Social Media? Infograph
Are you addicted to Social Media? Do you wake up in the morning, log-on to Twitter and send a tweet whilst still in bed? Do you reply to text messages or tweets during sex? Do you update your status on Facebook while in the bathroom? If you don’t log on to Facebook all day do […]
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