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 Reports Q4 and Full 2012 Year Revenues
Facebook has just reported their Q4 financial results and full 2012 year revenues. The results are interesting and Mark Zuckerberg says more people use Facebook everyday on their mobile compared desktop computers. In the 4th Quarter Facebook achieved: Revenues: $1.59 billion versus $1.53 billion expectations 618 million daily active users For the first time ever, […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Acquires Short Video Service – Vine
In an interesting move, Twitter has acquired a short video service application called Vine. Vine is an iOS application and allows you to embed a short 6 second or less video in your tweets, and also the option to send to Facebook. The app is also integrated with Foursquare so you can check-in with any […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare Shows Us What 500 Million Check-ins Look Like, Australian Usage Still Significant
Over the last 3 months, Foursquare users have checked in 500 million times all around the world. The team at Foursquare have put together this neat infographic showing a world map with the check-ins, giving us an interesting visual on where the service is most used. Lets look at Australia: We can see users are […]
Read More | ShareInstagram Reaches 90 Million Monthly Active Users
Instagram has updated their press page recently to release a number of new statistics to the public. Here are the important numbers you need to know about Instagram: 90 million Monthly Active Users 40 million Photos Per Day 8500 Likes Per Second 1000 Comments Per Second Even after all the (over-hyped) backlash about Instagram changing their Terms of Service, […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn Answers To Be Retired January 31
In a surprising move for many, LinkedIn has decided to retire their Q&A product – LinkedIn Answers on January 31, 2013. This feature has been on the site ever since 2007 and whilst has always got use from users it’s clear not enough to satisfy LinkedIn in keeping this product alive. One of the issues for many […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Launches Graph Search – Their Answer to Social Search
Facebook have just held a press conference at their Menlo Park headquarters and announced a new (search) product, Facebook Graph Search. This is Facebook’s answer to social search. You will be able to ask Facebook questions and instead of getting a load of links like regular web search – Facebook will present you with the […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media in Australia – 2012 Year in Review
Over 2012 we have seen Australians further embrace Social Media across all spectrums of society. Not just individual users, but companies, government departments, organisations, not for profits, industry associations, politicians, celebrities – all sorts of people and entities are now using social media. In fact over half of the total Australian population is now signed […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – December 2012
January 1, 2013 – a new year, a fresh start. Happy New Year to all. To keep our stats moving along we will briefly report our latest social media statistics for Australia showing the most popular social networks over December 2012. As the December/ January period in Australia is summer holidays we are seeing a […]
Read More | ShareIs Keek the Video Instagram? The Kardashian’s Sure Love Keek
There has been a fair amount of speculation about when will a Video type Instagram service come? Well it’s been here for sometime, since early 2011 actually. It’s called Keek, a Canadian startup – and the Kardashian’s love it, all of them. Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kendal, Kylie, Kris Jenner and even Scott Disick. Truth be […]
Read More | ShareCelebrating the Life of a Loved One? There’s An App For That
While the digital world turns without the funeral industry, a funeral director in Melbourne decide it’s time to adopt a proactive approach in funeral planning with the Memory Maker app. Memory Maker (available for iOS and Android coming soon) gives the user a funeral planner at their fingertips. A world first, this app has certainly given Tobin Brothers Funerals […]
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