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
Spotify Launches in Australia
Spotify, the Swedish based music streaming service has come to Australia and also New Zealand. In fact in Sweden and Norway Spotify has overtaken iTunes as the number 1 online music service. Australian users will have full access to the 16 million songs, which you can stream over your computer or through your smartphone (namely iPhone or […]
Read More | ShareIE9 Marketshare Growing in Australia
It seems as though Microsoft’s latest web browser – Internet Exploer 9, is growing market share in Australia. Comparing to Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera – this graph from statcounter.com as of May 2012, shows IE9 browsing (light blue line) at 20%. Also interesting to note IE8 is in 2nd place at 13%. With strong […]
Read More | ShareVideo Blog: Social Media Weekly Recap 21-05-12
Hi All, It’s been a little whilst since the last video blog update so I wanted to get back into this and recap on the last week of social media news. A fair amount has happened so here is the video summary: Topics Discussed: Facebook IPO – First Day Trading, $104 Billion USD Value Microsoft’s […]
Read More | ShareFacebook IPO – First Day Trading, $104 Billion USD Value
Early this morning Australian time – Facebook shares started trading on the NASDAQ and the company raised more than $16 Billion USD. At the end of trading on Day1 Facebook is valued at $104 Billion USD. Mark Zuckerberg still holds 55.8% of the voting power of Facebook shares and also owns over 18% of the […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft’s Bing redesigns Social Search
Google has been an undisputed leader in the search engine industry and it has dominated the market so much that sometimes people wonder how life was five or ten years BG. So many search engines have been launched in the recent years but none of them has been able to take even a slice of […]
Read More | ShareWhy is a LinkedIn company page so important to your business?
Social media networks were originally seen as a place where idle people chitchatted their day away. However, these days, social media networks have become more than a website where people complain about their hair or their pets. Social media networks are setting the stage for useful conversations, and businesses are taking notice. Businesses are taking […]
Read More | ShareWhy is Instagram so Addictive?
One picture is said to be worth a thousand words, but Instagram pictures have proven to be worth much more. One billion dollars’ worth to be exact, as this is the price that Facebook paid for the photo app in April 2012. And why not, considering all the big numbers that this photo sharing application […]
Read More | ShareLots of Retweets equals SEO Gain for your website
Search engine optimisation is a delicate task that requires a lot of time and effort in order to achieve success. Since search engine optimisation is responsible for most of the traffic generated by a website, it is advisable to use every trick in the book, but carefully. One of the best tricks that website owners […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Organ Donor option now available to Australian Users
Australian Facebook users now can declare their organ donor status on Facebook. Simply follow these steps: 1. Goto your Timeline and click Life Event 2. Click the Health & Wellness button 3. Press the Organ Donor button 4. Fill in any details you would like, or just press Save. During this step Facebook also show […]
Read More | ShareInstagram Networking Group – LinkedIn
Do you love using Instagram? I want to create a place where by social media professionals and enthusiasts can network together and discuss this new photo social network. There is no doubt Instagram has taken the world by storm, now with over 40 million accounts around the world and over 100 photos being uploaded every second. In […]
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