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Bing Maps adds tool to estimate Taxi Fare for Sydney & Melbourne

Bing Maps has created a new tool to give you an estimated cost of a taxi fair from one point to another. The tool, very much still in beta mainly has US locations to choose from. However the tool does have Sydney, Australia and we are able to estimate taxi fares to and from various […]

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Tourism Australia Facebook campaign going well

David Correll on August 2, 2010 | Australia Facebook | Comments (0)

In 2008 Tourism Australia created a Facebook fan page for Australia and has now reached a fanbase of 500,000 people. To check out the page, Goto the Facebook Australia page on Facebook. Tourism Australia New Zealand Regional Manager Jenny Aitken says “The Australia Facebook page has been a great platform for relaxed and genuine conversation. […]

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Mitsubishi Australia goes Social and Viral

David Correll on July 28, 2010 | Advertising Australia social media campaign | Comments (0)

Mitsubishi Motors is promoting a new web advertising campaign. Here is the statement we received from Mitsubishi Australia: This morning thousand and thousands of Australians will receive the news that the ASX has crashed. The ASX, for those who don’t know, stands not only for the Australian Stock Exchange, but also the Active Smart X-over, […]

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North Ryde Tweet-up, August 4 [EVENT SYDNEY]

David Correll on July 27, 2010 | Business Social Media Events Sydney | Comments (0)

Hi All, Just to let you know Vivienne Storey has arranged another Tweet-up for the North Ryde (and north shore) folks. Details are: Wednesday August 4, from 7:30am Silverchair Cafe, 80 Waterloo Road, North Ryde To RSVP goto the following link: http://www.meetup.com/northrydecoffeemorning/ The North Ryde Tweet-up events are great for business people wanting to learn […]

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Cadbury Australia launches ‘Freida Smooth Moves’ Facebook game

David Correll on July 26, 2010 | Australia Facebook | Comments (0)

As brands are constantly looking to increase their social media footprint there is an ever growing need to distinguish themselves from the competition. Cadbury Australia has taken on the challenge with aplomb and recently launched a Guitar hero-like Facebook game which replaces the axe-wielding likes of Led Zeppelin with a tap dancing cow and a […]

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SMCSYD, Social Personas, August 10, [EVENT, SYDNEY]

David Correll on July 26, 2010 | Australia Social Media Events Sydney | Comments (0)

The Social Media Club Sydney (SMCSYD) is holding an event on August 10 @ The Ivy on George St starting at 6:30pm. Topic to be discussed: Social Personas: How different is the social media you from the real you? Speakers include: Bernard Salt (KPMG) Dr. Rebecca Huntley Tiphereth Gloria The event is sponsored by Carlton […]

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Australian Political Election 2010, heats up [VIDEO]

David Correll on July 21, 2010 | Australia Government | Comments (0)

Ok, the election is just around the corner. Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott are at it, hard.. check out the latest video of their campaigning. typical politics..

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Optus Holding Midnight iPhone 4 Launch Events, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane

David Correll on July 20, 2010 | Australia Brisbane iPhone Melbourne Optus Sydney | Comments (0)

Optus has confirmed that they are having a midnight launch event in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth for iPhone 4 Thursday, July 29. Who will brave the winter? Technically, the phone is not on sale until 12:01 Friday morning, but given the multitude of people lined up in previous years for the new iPhone, time […]

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Australian Mobile Internet Usage, July 2010

David Correll on July 18, 2010 | Australia Facebook iPhone Mobile MySpace Telstra Twitter | Comments (0)

Almost half of Australian mobile phone users have own an internet-enabled phone, however only a third go on the internet regularly. Australian mobile internet phone ownership now sits at 43 per cent. 29 per cent regularly are using the internet to search, email, find maps and social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn etc. […]

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