Category: Australia
How I use Social Media to keep connected with my Family
Back in 2003, my mother got a job as a nurse at Frankston Hospital in a little suburb of Melbourne called Frankston. Always being a tight knit family, my dad and I left South Africa with her to settle down in Australia. It was an exciting adventure on one hand (especially since we were experiencing […]
Read More | ShareCommBank readying for Social Commerce
Commonwealth Bank has updated their mobile platform, with the iPhone, Android and Windows 7 Phone all getting updates to their native applications. CommBank has also released a new application specifically for the iPad. Their new iPhone app has plenty of upgraded features and offers an interactive tour for users if they wish to see the […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Australia Infograph – July 2011
I was looking at the Facebook stats in Australia last night and wanted to put my thoughts in a blog post. Instead of a traditional article I want to create an infograph to display the findings. These stats are correct as of July 2011, and I have got the data from the Google AdPlanner Tool, […]
Read More | ShareMobile Browser Market Share Australia – July 2011
I was having a look today at the mobile browser market shares in Australia over the past month (June-July 2011). This is basically showing the popularity of the mobile phones most used for mobile internet surfing. We wrote about Mobile Browser Market shares for Australia in May if you want to check previous figures. The […]
Read More | ShareLooking back, Yahoo Australia’s purchase of OzTips
It was an interesting move around 1 year ago when Yahoo Australia purchased sports tipping website, Oztips.com. Due to Yahoo’s strong market position as a leading sporting news publication in Australia it was a strategic move to get its news users moving across and complementing their sports tipping service which can be played amongst family, […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – June 2011
It’s that time of the month again where we collate our Social Media Statistics for the most popular social networking websites in Australia – June 2011. Please note I used checkfacebook.com for the Facebook stats, and for all other sites I use the Google Adplanner tool, which allows you to view Australian unique visitor stats […]
Read More | ShareSurry Hills and (Darlinghurst) Social Media Club LinkedIn Group
Hello All, I previously wrote about my idea of making the Surry Hills (and Darlinghurst) Social Media Club. I am now looking to get the ball rolling further and have created a LinkedIn group where we can discuss the group in better detail and also arrange our club meetings. Feel free to join here: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3976089&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr […]
Read More | ShareAustralia Post integrates Social Media
Australia Post has now jumped on the social media bandwagon (and so they should), and are offering online support and advice to its social network followers. From a quick scan of their Twitter and Facebook accounts I can see they are offering a lot of feedback and responses to user questions. In terms of general […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare raises another $50 million VC funding
Geolocation Mobile App – Foursquare recently hit 10 million users worldwide and is signing deals with major companies who want to integrate with Foursquare on an almost weekly basis. Foursquare has now raised another $50 Million USD from tech venture capitalists; Andreessen-Horowitz, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Union Square Ventures, as well as Spark Capital. Rougly 1 […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Bans Aboriginal Rap video, then reverses decision
South Australian Aboriginal rapper Colin Darcy, stage name: Caper, recently made a song/ video called “How Would You Like To Be Me”. Apparently Darcy was sitting around in his local community when he heard some racial slurs about Aboriginal people that really made him angry. In order to vent his frustration and anger Darcy made […]
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