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
News Corp Exec: MySpace lost its way
News Corp Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chairman Chase Carey fielded questions on MySpace at in New York late last month, admitting: ‘Clearly, MySpace lost its way a bit’. Carey went on to comment about the future of MySpace: ‘We’ve spent a lot of the time since last summer right-sizing, went through some layoffs, bringing […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Chrome Operating System coming out Q4
The Google Chrome OS is set to be released in the fourth quarter of this year. Google announced nearly a year ago that they were building the Chrome OS. The Chrome OS is an open source operating system designed for netbooks and built for speed, startup times, and speedy access to the internet. The OS […]
Read More | ShareGoogle adds Bing like picture to search page
We all know Google has the plain white search page and often changing Google logo. In a recent blog post Google is giving users the option to change their background logo on the search page which can be uploaded from the users computer or Picasa Web album. This allows the Google homepage to somewhat resemble […]
Read More | ShareSteve Jobs at D8 Conference, 1 iPad sold every 3 seconds
Steve Jobs has spoken at the D8 conference in California recently to give some further insights into Apple Inc as it is today, and how the company is impacting users and business world-wide. Steve thinks that Apple passing Microsoft in share market evaluation is great for the industry but in real terms ‘doesn’t matter’. Steve […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media campaign to reduce smoking rates
The Cancer Council of South Australia has recently been using several social media channels to spread their messages about anti-smoking campaigns. Cancer Council SA CEO, Professor Brenda Wilson said social media has the potential to reduce South Australia’s smoking rate from 20% to 17%. Every year a little over 1100 people die from smoking. The […]
Read More | ShareMark Zuckerberg on Facebook privacy: VIDEO
Q&A session with Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the latest privacy changes by Facebook. Mark discusses how users will be able to edit their privacy settings in a much simpler format that previously available. Mark says it was never Facebook’s intention to make settings complicated for users. As a result the engineering team has been […]
Read More | ShareGoogle to stop using Windows OS
Google has reported that they are going to stop using the Windows OS for employees – mainly due to security concerns. Google will is looking to switch to other operations systems such as Mac OS, Linux, and Google’s upcoming Chrome OS in an effort to increase security. However certain Google employees will still be able […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare specials do attract customers in Sydney and Australia
We have seen the success of retailers and restaurants in the US using Foursquare as a marketing tool, but in Australia we have not seen all that much action yet. However, I noticed Wagamama in Sydney CBD has been one of the earlier businesses in Australia to use Foursquare as a marketing tool. The have […]
Read More | ShareTourism Australia Using Social Media in New Campaign
Social meda is playing a big part in Tourism Australia’s latest new global advertising campaign that launched today. The new campaign features a social site which encourages Australians to upload any images and stories that they may have from around Australia. Each image is then placed on a Google map of Australia giving a very interesting […]
Read More | ShareWhen Jetstar Met the iPad
The iPad is making it’s way all over the ground in Australia but now it is taking to the skies. Jetstar is looking at trialling an in-flight rental service for the iPad to be rolled out on selected domestic flights later this month. The iPads will be preinstalled with videos, e-books, magazines, games and music. […]
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