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 launches Gross National Happiness index to Australia
Everyday on Facebook users share how they feel with their family and friends through status updates. These status updates give you an idea of what that person is doing, how they are feeling and whether the mood is generally positive or negative. Facebook is now grouping together our collective status updates and measuring as a […]
Read More | ShareFacebook encounters privacy bug and disables chat
A bug in Facebook this week caused a security concern for its users as some of their pending friend requests and live chat messages where viewable their by their contacts/friends. In Facebook’s privacy settings there is a feature where you can “Preview My Profile” as if your friend/ contact was looking at it. However in […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Australia stats update
With the continued growth of Twitter in Australia it may be worth looking at the latest estimated stats courtesy of Google. Unlike in the US where Twitter has higher female participating, in Australia 66% of Twitter users are Male, and 34% Female. – There are approx 1.2 million Australian Twitter users monthly generating close to […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn stats update – Global and Australia
LinkedIn has seen phenomenal growth over the past couple years. Now-days on a global scale LinkedIn is signing up 1 million new members every 10 days, or just over 3 million members a month. With an estimated 500 million global professionals, LinkedIn is well on its way to well to truly capturing this lucrative market. […]
Read More | ShareSkype to roll out group video chat feature
Next week Skype is going to roll out a new feature on their VOIP software so up to 5 people can participate in a group video conversation. It is believe the feature will initially be free, but in the coming months Skype does plan to start charging for this service. Last year eBay sold Skype […]
Read More | ShareReporter dismissed over Logies ‘jokes’ on Twitter
Catherine Deveny whom worked for The Age has been sacked amid controversial comments she made over Twitter recently. Her comments stated she hoped 11 year-old Bindi Irwin “gets laid”, and that Rove McManus’s wife Tasma Walton “didn’t die too”. “You’ve got to understand the context of social networking to understand it” she said, trying to […]
Read More | ShareYahoo! Messenger app for the iPhone updated
Yahoo has updated their Yahoo! Messenger app for the iPhone so you can now chat to your Windows Live contacts through the application.
Read More | ShareYahoo and Samsung ink deal
Yahoo have partnered with Samsung to distribute their services on millions of Samsung devices around the world, such as: Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Front Page, Yahoo! Search, Yahoo! Flickr, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Contacts, Yahoo! Calendar, and Yahoo! Weather. It is good to see Yahoo partnering up with mobile hardware providers, something Microsoft […]
Read More | ShareAustralians want to ‘Save Seal Rocks’ – Thousands join Facebook group
There has been much talk about a resort style facility being built at Number 1 beach camping reserve – Seal Rocks, just near Forster on the NSW central coast. Seal Rocks is a very popular camping ground facility next to Sugarloaf Bay, offering affordable accommodation at one of the central coasts most picturesque beaches. Local […]
Read More | ShareHaving issues with Foursquare lately? – [UPDATE]
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If you use the Geo-location application Foursquare, you may have noticed lately there has been connection problems using the app which basically makes the service unavailable to users. According to Foursquare, who use the high tech Amazon EC2 cloud computing data center in Virginia – there has been problems with part of this cloud environment […]
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