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
Foursquare tips for business owners
With the success of Geo-location services such as Foursquare and Gowalla, there are several ways business owners can interact with Foursquare users checking into their venue. 1. Encourage people checking into your veune to leave ‘Tips’ and ‘To Dos’ As a business owner of say a restaurant or retail out let- if you can get […]
Read More | ShareBing Maps and Foursquare to integrate
Microsoft’s search engine Bing plans to add user content from Geo-location social network Foursquare to their maps product. Microsoft said in a blog post that Foursquare “tips” (ie comments) that Foursquare users submit for a restaurant/venue will show up on Bing maps. This is an interesting move by Foursquare and Microsoft. Currently Foursquare uses Google […]
Read More | ShareFacebook meet turns to murder for Sydney teen
Police have found the body of 18 year old Leumeah teenager, Nona Belomesoff. Nona met 2 men on Wednesday the 12th of May after chatting on Facebook for a supposed camping outing but instead have been missing ever since. A 20 year old Leumeah man has been charged with murder, refused bail and will appear […]
Read More | ShareNSW Premier Kristina Keneally denies Twitter lies
This week NSW parliament passed legislation granting same sex couples to officially register their relationships in the state of New South Wales. However some concerned Australians asked NSW Premier Kristina Keneally why she was not present for the vote, via Twitter. Kristina rejected suggesstion she missed the vote because of her strong Christian beliefs/morals in […]
Read More | ShareBelinda Neal Twitter rant
New South Wales politician Belinda Neal has sparked an angry reaction from fellow Twitter users after she had a rant on Twitter about the Australia Labour Party all leaving the office early on Friday afternoon. Belinda tweeted “The NSW Branch of the ALP has all gone home early. The only person in the office is […]
Read More | ShareFacebook to review privacy policy
In light of all the Facebook privacy changes over the last 6 months, Facebook now says they are going to simplify their privacy controls. Many users have complained how Facebook has handled their personal information and sharing with 3rd party advertisers/ applications. Several well known technology bloggers have voiced their concerns for Facebook urging users […]
Read More | ShareSydney teen Facebook meeting goes bad
Nona Belomesoff, an 18 year old lady of Cecil Hills met up with 2 men she met off Facebook earlier in the week. Since then her parents and friends have not see or heard anything from Nova – her phone is turned off and all are concerned for her welfare. One of the men, a […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media fans take up new browser – Flock
So there already some very established players in the Internet Browser market. Internet Explorer has had majority of users for years. Firefox, Safai and Google Chrome have all built up a loyal fan base aswell. A new browser has launched – Flock – a Mozilla based open source which is fast, small in size and […]
Read More | ShareZuckerberg in trouble over leaked IM chat
Mark Zuckerberg founder of Facebook is facing heat over a leaked Instant Message conversation dating back to 2003. It can be seen he is mocking users who join his social network, which was at the time call The Facebook, in which he operated from his Harvard dorm room. The conversation reads: Zuck: Yeah so if […]
Read More | ShareHelloTxt V Ping.FM – battle of social status distribution
If you like sharing your social content across a wide variety of social networks it is smart to use a distribution service to help keep all your feeds in one central place. There are 2 main players that come to mind. HelloTxt – www.hellotxt.com Ping.FM – www.ping.fm Both system will post your status updates across […]
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