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 To Acquire WhatsApp
Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook will be acquiring WhatsApp. The deal is worth a combined USD $16 billion – $4 billion in cash and approximately $12 billion worth of Facebook shares. The WhatsApp service is currently used by over 450 Million people, with 1 million new users signing up everyday. Post by Mark Zuckerberg.
Read More | ShareLinkedIn Rolling Out New Functionality Allowing Users To Post Blog Articles
For some time LinkedIn has had their ‘Influencer Program’ where by leading business figures can post public broadcasts and blog posts on their profile. This was a good move by LinkedIn to vary their content base and capture unique opinion from business leaders all around the world. LinkedIn have now announced that this functionality, called […]
Read More | ShareNew Social Network, Hula – Lets You Share Your STD Status Online
A New Social Network called Hula (previously Qpid.me) allows users to share some very personal information – their STD Status. The website allows users to find their closest STD clinic, store their STD status in an online profile and only share the results with certain people or partners whom they grant access to. To get […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn Hits 50 Million Members in Asia Pacific, 5 Million In Australia
LinkedIn have announced in a company blog post that their social network now has 50 million members residing in the Asia-Pacific region, with over 5 million registered users in Australia. Specifically, the figures are: Australia – 5 million members India – 24 million China – 4 million Indonesia – 2 million Philippines – 2 million […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Celebrates 10th Birthday – A Look Back Over The Past 10 Years
On the 4th of February, 2004 – TheFacebook went live to college students at Harvard University. Today, over 1.2 billion people from all around the world use Facebook to connect with family, friends and organisations. Let’s have a look back at Facebook over the past 10 years and their major milestones. Feb 2004 – Service […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – January 2014
Hope everyone had a great January and enjoyed the sunshine. It’s time to report our monthly stats report showing the most popular social networks in Australia over January 2014. Social Media Statistics Australia - January 2014 1. Facebook – 13,000,000 users (according to Ad tool) 2. YouTube – 12,400,000 UAVs 3. WordPress.com – 6,500,000 4. Tumblr – […]
Read More | SharePinterest Site Update Now Includes Support For GIF Images
Over the last couple of years we have seen a ‘comeback’ with people posting GIF type images. GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format, created in 1987 – most commonly known for animation and movement in images. Pinterest has made a website update today whereby they now support GIF file uploads to their site. All images […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Introduces Trending Public Topics
Facebook have announced the release of a new product – Trending public topics that show up in your newsfeed, in many ways similar to Twitter. Specifically the Trending Topics show up to the right of your newsfeed like the following screenshot: Users can then click on the Trending Topic of choice and it will show […]
Read More | ShareTelstra Sells 70% Of Sensis For $454 Million
In more local internet related news – Telstra has agreed to sell a major stake, around 70% of their Sensis business to a private equity firm in the US. Telstra will retain ownership of the remaining 30%. The total price will be around $454 million AUD, which is low considering some market analysts were expecting value […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Announces Retirement of ‘Sponsored Stories’
Facebook has announced that soon Sponsored Stories will be removed as an Ad option on the Facebook site. However advertisers will still be able to target ads based on your friendship activity, more precisely called ‘Social Context’ – socially contextual related ads. Facebook described the new ads as follows: Marketers will no longer be able […]
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