Category: Facebook
Facebook for BlackBerry 2.0 now available in beta
BlackBerry has just announced that version 2.0 of the BlackBerry Facebook application is now available. This is a siginificant step forward as the previous version was missing some key features according to user reports. The new layout is much close in terms of functionality to what iOS and Android apps have. New features include: – […]
Read More | ShareVideo Infograph: This is Why the World is Obsessed with Facebook
Yes – we are all obsessed with Facebook, that is nothing new. Here is a cool infograph going into a little more detail about the uptake and some great stats you may not have known about Facebook. Enjoy. Infograph by Alex Trimple
Read More | ShareThe Social Media Effect: It’s Role in Social Change and Social Responsibility
Social Media allows those of ‘like mind’ to band together no matter how far apart they are in distance, and create a collaborative effort to create social change
Read More | ShareFacebook Photos [STATS]
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Facebook now has 600 million members globally and half of these log in on a daily basis. Facebook’s growth curve is also on the steady rise and has not shown any signs of flattening out yet. So lets look at how users are uploading photos on Facebook. – At the end of 2010, there were […]
Read More | ShareAustralian Facebook users pass 10 million
Facebook’s head of U.S. agency relations Sarah Personette has released some interesting statistics about Facebook usage around the world. In Australia there are now over 10 million registered users, and 66% of these users return daily. This shows Facebook marketing is now able to reach a significant total of the Australian population. In comparison, the […]
Read More | ShareSearch for Facebook deals in Australia soon – facebook.com/deals
With the deal a day market becoming increasingly competitive over the past couple months, Google trying to buy GroupOn in the US, Yahoo Australia buying spreets.com.au for $40 million AUD – Facebook is now getting in on the action with their own deals service through their mobile check-in platform. If you use a Facebook mobile […]
Read More | ShareWhat exactly are Sponsored Stories, and how do they work?
If there’s one thing Zuckers has gotten much better at, it’s making money. Lord knows with an active population greater than the entire North American continent, it can’t be hard. The latest in his escalating advertising arsenal is the innocently named ‘Sponsored Stories’. In reality, ‘sponsored’ is just another term for ‘paid’ and ‘stories’ is […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Adds HTTPS Support
Facebook has increased security on the site by allowing users to access the site via a HTTPS (Secured) connection. You are able to turn on HTTPS so whenever you are on Facebook this is via the secure connection. This is done by the following: – goto https://www.facebook.com/editaccount.php – click ‘account security’ There will then be […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – January 2011
With Australia day over lets look at the Social Media Statistics across Australia for January 2011 – which sites are most popular? what is the trend? and can we see any new trends/ players in the Australian market? I think the most important stat to note is the number of Unique Australian Visitors (UAVs) per […]
Read More | ShareRumor: Facebook looking to launch their own smartphones
There has been speculation that Facebook and HTC are working together to create a Facebook-branded smartphone. The devices will run on a tweaked/modified version of the Google Android Operating System. There has been no confirmation from Facebook that they are indeed working on phone, so we will have to see over the coming months if […]
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