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 Says It Received 546 Data Requests From Australian Authorities In First 6 Months of 2013
Facebook has revealed that in the first 6 months of 2013, Australian Authorities have made 546 requests for users data in regards to 601 user accounts. Of these requests, 64% had some data produced to the government authorities. In the United States there was 11,000 - 12,000 data requests involving 20,000 - 21,000 users. 79% of these requests for US […]
Read More | Share9 Million Australians Use Facebook Every Day
The Facebook operation in Australia have released a number of interesting stats today as we see the company globally share more insights about particular regions and demographic stats. Australian user metrics: 12 million MAU = Total monthly active users (desktop and mobile) 9 million DAU = Total daily active users (desktop and mobile) 9.8 million […]
Read More | ShareCan Social Media Predict The Election Result?
That is the big question everyone is asking. Both sides have been working tirelessly on getting their social media followers to Like, Comment on and Share their latest political messages. We have seen the Facebook pages for both Liberal and Labor explode over the past month. Just going on the Facebook comments and Tweets there […]
Read More | ShareInstagram 4.1 Lets You Upload Videos From The Camera Roll
As detailed on the Instagram Blog, they have updated their iOS and Android apps so that users can now upload videos from their camera roll. Instagram have released a number of new features in this update v4.1: Automatic Straightening for iOS There are few things more distracting than a crooked horizon in a photo. We’re happy […]
Read More | ShareYes – You Can Go Almost 1 Week Without Charging Your iPhone
The iPhone has revolutionised mobile phones as we know it today – however one very common annoyance is having to charge the phone almost daily just to be able to use it. The battery does drain fast, even on the latest iPhone 5 model. If you are a heavy user you may even need to […]
Read More | ShareFacebook To Let You Embed Status Updates Like Twitter
Facebook has announced that they will allow users to embed status updates on external websites to Facebook. Similar to Twitter, this will allow Facebook content to spread even further across the web, in addition to the Facebook Like Button and their other social plugins. This feature is not publicly available just yet – only a […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – July 2013
It is the first day of the month and that means today we post our monthly report showing Social Media Growth in Australia over July 2013. You can view last months report here if you want to see the figures for June. July 2013 Stats: (Please note all stats represent the Unique Australian Visitors to the […]
Read More | ShareHamilton Island Proves Social Media’s Positive Effect on Travel Desires
Hamilton Island’s Ultimate Instameet social media campaigns have proven to be the Island’s most successful standalone PR activity to date, according to new results released today. Following the inaugural Instameet, Hamilton Island witnessed $2million room revenue growth over the campaign period, compared to the same time last year, as well as a nine per cent […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Posts Record Earnings At US$1.81B for Q2
Earlier this morning Facebook released their Second Quarter Earnings Report for 2013. The news is in, and it’s good for Facebook – they have posted a record revenue for the quarter of US$1.813 Billion, with mobile ads counting for 41% of total revenue. Net Income for Q2 was US$333 Million. For anyone doubting Facebook and […]
Read More | ShareYouTube Launches Off-Site Subscribe Buttons For Your YouTube Channel
If you have a YouTube Channel and use the service extensively, you will be happy to hear that today YouTube has created off-site subscribe buttons – allowing developers to add the ‘Subscribe Button’ to external websites encouraging more user subscribes. Previously the only way to subscribe to someone’s channel was on the YouTube site itself, […]
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