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 Removes Check-ins, Directs Users To New Swarm App
Lately there has been a lot of changes going on at Foursquare, as we see the company pivot into a new direction with their geo-location services and check-in features. Users will no longer be able to ‘check-in’ on the Foursquare app, they are instead directed to download the new app called Swarm which offers similar […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman & Jeff Weiner Share Their HR Insights, Among Other Things [VIDEO]
I have always enjoyed listening to these 2 vigorous entrepreneurs, Co-Founder Reid Hoffman, and CEO of LinkedIn Jeff Weiner. As part of their ongoing LinkedIn Speaker Series, Reid wanted to take the opportunity to talk about his new book The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age, explaining how the employer-employee relationship is broken – and how managers now face […]
Read More | ShareSnapchat Rolls Out New Group Sharing Features – Ideal For Events & Concerts
Snapchat has rolled out a new feature called ‘Our Story’, where users in the same location can contribute snaps to big story. Users not at that location can then watch the story unfold from many different users perspective. From the Snapchat blog, they go on to say: Snapchat has always been about sharing your point […]
Read More | ShareThree In Five Australian Males On Snapchat Use It To Sext
Marketers and brands are failing to exploit social video such as Vine, Instagram Video and Snapchat despite evidence of greater engagement with users compared to other content types, a major study of Australian social video use has found. While social video is in its relatively infancy, it is gaining in popularity, particularly with women. Some […]
Read More | ShareApple To Purchase Beats Electronics For $3 Billion USD
Apple has announced on their press site that they have entered into an agreement to acquire the Beats Electronics business, famous for making the Beats headphones created by co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre. The deal is worth $2.6 Billion in cash, and $400 Million in stock (USD). It is expected that Jimmy Iovine and Dr. […]
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