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
Instagram is Almost Ready to Roll out their Web Based Social Network
According to the Instagram blog, they are about to release a full web version of their social networking app – so we can now Like, Comment and Update our Instagram profiles from the official Instagram.com website. For some time many users have been relying on WebStaGram, Statigram, GramFeed and other 3rd party web viewers to […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – October 2012
Happy Halloween. Now we have that out the way let’s look at the most popular social networking websites in Australia over October 2012. For the past couple of month’s figures have been fairly static across the board, but we are still seeing some networks experiencing strong growth – mainly Instagram and to some degree Pinterest. […]
Read More | ShareA Problem With Instagram’s Popular Page – 15 Reports And Your Photo Is Removed
I received an interesting tip from a reader over the weekend about Instagram’s popular page. Since the recent update the popular page is now called the Explore Page or Explore Tab. On this page we see many popular users and celebrities get their photos promoted – because they receive such a large amount of likes in a […]
Read More | ShareWas Albert Einstein Right About Technology?
Is this what we have come to? In the coffee shop… Get together in a restaurant… Enjoying the beauty in a Museum… Pleasantly Chatting in a cafe… Enjoying a day at the Beach… At the Stadium supporting the team… Having fun with the girlfriend… Appreciating the Town in a convertible… Albert Einstein: “I fear the day […]
Read More | ShareWindows 8 Launches in Australia [VIDEO]
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At midnight last night, some electronics stores around Australia – namely Harvey Norman started selling Microsoft’s Windows 8 Operating System. I was not there, I was tucked into bed asleep but the people at Gizmodo Australia got this video of Gerry Harvey selling the first copy of Windows 8 in Australia. Do note this video […]
Read More | ShareThe Final Price Facebook Paid for Instagram: $715 Million USD
Facebook recently reported their quarterly earnings and the news is rather positive. To give you a recap on the most important highlights for their Q3 2012 earnings: Total revenue for the quarter – $1.26 billion USD Year-over-year ad revenue growth accelerated to 36% Ads in Facebook’s news feed make $4 million (USD) per day and […]
Read More | ShareApple Announces the New iPad Mini & 4th Gen iPad
On November 2, Apple will start shipping their latest tablet release – the new iPad Mini. The device will weigh just 0.31KG and 7.2mm thin, making it 53 percent lighter and 23 percent thinner than the current iPad 3. Preorders will begin on October 26 (the same day Windows 8 is realeased) – it’s going […]
Read More | ShareBill Gates gives his thoughts on Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Microsoft Surface [VIDEO]
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We don’t often hear from Bill Gates about Microsoft products anymore, but Mr Gates has given us his thoughts on Microsoft’s new operating system – Windows 8, Windows Phone at and their new tablet device – Microsoft Surface. Watch this video here to see what Bill has to say. Personally I am really excited to […]
Read More | ShareBrazilian Filmmaker Creates Short Film From Instagram Photos
We came across this neat video by Brazilian Filmmaker, Fernando Sanches who made a short video entirely from his Instagram photos. This film is called Summer Eleven. This was made in mid 2011 but only recently uploaded to Vimeo. Fernando obviously shot all the photos from his iPhone in locations such as Berlin, Lisbon, and Amsterdam. Pretty remarkable […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Launches Global Pages with Country Localisation
Facebook have announced that their Global pages product is coming soon, which will allow you to have 1 Fan-page but send different messages to users in different locations. This means brands can concentrate on promoting one particular Fan-page but still be able to send the right messages to targeted, local audiences. Here is an example of how a page is […]
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