Snapchat Update Brings Filters, Replay Function & Speed, Time And Temperature Overlays
Just in time for your Christmas and Summer holiday celebrations, Snapchat have made a number of updates to their application, bringing several pieces of new functionality to users. The latest update 6.1.0 includes: Smart Filters – Add data overlays to your Snaps – Speed, Time and Temperature. Visual Filters Replay Special Text Front-Facing Flash Up […]
Read More | ShareHow To Make Your iOS7 Device Last Almost 1 Week Without Charging
Many people have reported that the new iPhone software is helping conserve battery life, others say it is draining faster than ever. Leading a busy life means you often can’t rely on having a charger close by, and when your battery is running low it can impact your daily workflow. Trying to conserve battery so […]
Read More | ShareInstagram Launches Private Messaging, Photos & Videos
Instagram have just announced a major update of their application to version 5.0, which now supports sending private messages, photos and videos to your friends. The latest update is flagged Instagram Direct. Kevin Systrom, Co-Founder of Instagram help a press event in Manhattan, New York today where he told reports further details about this latest […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Reveals Top Australian Topics Of 2013
Every year we see Facebook release some country specific data allowing us to see what different parts of the world are talking about. They have just released their Australian data today, along with about 20 other major countries Facebook have published info on. Most talked about topics (by Australian Facebook users): 1. Vote 2. Kate […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Tweaks Desktop & Mobile Newsfeed To Surface Higher Quality Content
Facebook has made a change to their newsfeed algorithms to help surface more quality and interesting content to it’s users – such as news stories, and less ‘cheesy’ content, like memes. The change will take effect on both desktop and mobile versions of Facebook. Facebook Engineers Varun Kacholia and Minwen went on to say that average referral […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – November 2013
Christmas is just around the corner, and it is now time to report our Australian social media statistics for November 2013 – showing the most popular social networks our fellow Aussies are currently using. As always, you can view the report for last month – October 2013 if you wish, or our whole archive of […]
Read More | ShareSnapchat Hits 400 Million Photo Sends Per Day, 70% Of Users Being Female
Self destructing photo app Snapchat, now sends 400 millions photos and videos per day on behalf of users. This is double the volume of sends from June when around 200 million photos and videos were sent each day. Earlier in the month we say Facebook make an offer of $3 Billion USD to acquire Snapchat, which was […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Prompts Users For Red Cross Donations In Light Of Philippines Disaster
It seems Facebook are doing their bit of ‘Social Good’ by currently prompting users to Donate to the Red Cross Charity in light of the recent natural disasters in the Philippines. Many users when logging into Facebook are seeing the following notification at the top of their newsfeed: Then allowing users to make a donation […]
Read More | ShareTwitter IPO Sees Stock Price up 72%
Twitter made a grand entrance on their Wall Street debut with shares from the initial public offering (IPO) price of $26 USD shooting up to over $50 USD at one stage in late trading. At the end of the day, the stock closed with a one-day gain of 73 percent at $44.90USD. Twitter offered 70 […]
Read More | ShareAustralians Are a Nation of Gamers – the Digital Australia 14 iGEA Report
The Australian Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (iGEA) has just released its latest annual “Digital Australia” report analysing our nation’s gaming habits. And without any surprises, it came to the conclusion that we Aussies love computer games. However, there are some nice little surprises in there that should get our minds percolating and salivating at […]
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