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
How To Make Your iOS7 Device Last Almost 1 Week Without Charging
Many people have reported that the new iPhone software is helping conserve battery life, others say it is draining faster than ever. Leading a busy life means you often can’t rely on having a charger close by, and when your battery is running low it can impact your daily workflow. Trying to conserve battery so […]
Read More | ShareInstagram Launches Private Messaging, Photos & Videos
Instagram have just announced a major update of their application to version 5.0, which now supports sending private messages, photos and videos to your friends. The latest update is flagged Instagram Direct. Kevin Systrom, Co-Founder of Instagram help a press event in Manhattan, New York today where he told reports further details about this latest […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Reveals Top Australian Topics Of 2013
Every year we see Facebook release some country specific data allowing us to see what different parts of the world are talking about. They have just released their Australian data today, along with about 20 other major countries Facebook have published info on. Most talked about topics (by Australian Facebook users): 1. Vote 2. Kate […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Tweaks Desktop & Mobile Newsfeed To Surface Higher Quality Content
Facebook has made a change to their newsfeed algorithms to help surface more quality and interesting content to it’s users – such as news stories, and less ‘cheesy’ content, like memes. The change will take effect on both desktop and mobile versions of Facebook. Facebook Engineers Varun Kacholia and Minwen went on to say that average referral […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – November 2013
Christmas is just around the corner, and it is now time to report our Australian social media statistics for November 2013 – showing the most popular social networks our fellow Aussies are currently using. As always, you can view the report for last month – October 2013 if you wish, or our whole archive of […]
Read More | ShareSnapchat Hits 400 Million Photo Sends Per Day, 70% Of Users Being Female
Self destructing photo app Snapchat, now sends 400 millions photos and videos per day on behalf of users. This is double the volume of sends from June when around 200 million photos and videos were sent each day. Earlier in the month we say Facebook make an offer of $3 Billion USD to acquire Snapchat, which was […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Prompts Users For Red Cross Donations In Light Of Philippines Disaster
It seems Facebook are doing their bit of ‘Social Good’ by currently prompting users to Donate to the Red Cross Charity in light of the recent natural disasters in the Philippines. Many users when logging into Facebook are seeing the following notification at the top of their newsfeed: Then allowing users to make a donation […]
Read More | ShareTwitter IPO Sees Stock Price up 72%
Twitter made a grand entrance on their Wall Street debut with shares from the initial public offering (IPO) price of $26 USD shooting up to over $50 USD at one stage in late trading. At the end of the day, the stock closed with a one-day gain of 73 percent at $44.90USD. Twitter offered 70 […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – October 2013
Another month has flown by and it is time to post our social media report showing the most popular social networks in Australia over the October 2013 period. You can view our report for last month – September 2013, if you wish. We have been posting these monthly stat updates since January 2011 – well […]
Read More | ShareGoogle+ Finally Rolls Out Vanity URLs To Most Users
As of today, Google+ (Google Plus) is now offering vanity urls (“pretty urls”) to normal non business accounts. Previously vanity URLs were only available to verified accounts, businesses and brands. Google+ first started testing the vanity URL system in August 2012 so it has taken them awhile to finally roll this product out to the […]
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