Social Media Statistics Australia – October 2013
Another month has flown by and it is time to post our social media report showing the most popular social networks in Australia over the October 2013 period. You can view our report for last month – September 2013, if you wish. We have been posting these monthly stat updates since January 2011 – well […]
Read More | ShareGoogle+ Finally Rolls Out Vanity URLs To Most Users
As of today, Google+ (Google Plus) is now offering vanity urls (“pretty urls”) to normal non business accounts. Previously vanity URLs were only available to verified accounts, businesses and brands. Google+ first started testing the vanity URL system in August 2012 so it has taken them awhile to finally roll this product out to the […]
Read More | ShareInstagram Reveals How Their Ads – ‘Sponsored Posts’ Will Look
Instagram have just announced how their first ads and sponsored posts will look on their site. Earlier in the month Instagram told their community ads were coming, and now the first brands to have signed up for Instagram’s advertising include: Ben & Jerry’s, Burberry, General Electric, Lexus, Levi’s®, Macy’s, Michael Kors, PayPal and Starwood – […]
Read More | ShareNew Twitter Feature Lets You DM Users Who Don’t Follow You
It seems Twitter has been rethinking the way users communicate on their site, particularly around their Direct Message (DM) feature. Twitter has just made a change on the site that lets users enable an option to allow any Twitter user to send you a Direct Message, even if you are not following each-other. This will […]
Read More | ShareInstagram Will Soon Start Showing Ads In Your Feed
This October celebrates 3 years of Instagram, and now the photo-sharing service has announced they plan on making money by including ads into the feeds of its 150 million+ users. This will now present an opportunity for brands to show off their pictures and videos via Instagram advertisements. The company saying: “Our aim is to […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – September 2013
Wow, 2013 is just flying by. Another month has gone and that means it is time for our monthly social media stats update. You can view last months report for August if you wish. September 2013 Stats: (Please note all stats represent the number of Unique Australian Visitors [UAVs] to the site over September – except […]
Read More | ShareMy Twitter Cull
Realising that I followed over 1,000 people on Twitter, a spring clean was certainly in order; but who would stay and who would go? Here are the fifteen Twerps who didn’t make the cut: First on my hit list was the high-brow publication that I like to pretend I read. I’ve never fully understood anything […]
Read More | ShareReview: MyKronoz ZeWatch Bluetooth Smartwatch
Today we are reviewing this new smartwatch called the MyKronoz ZeWatch BlueTooth Smartwatch, sent to us by MobileZap. There has been a lot of talk about smart-watches over the past year or so as Apple and Samsung are reportedly working on their own devices. However some manufacturers have shot ahead and already produced their own smart-watches to […]
Read More | ShareUber Offers Free Taxis In Sydney Till The End Of The Week
In-case you are not aware, Uber is the smartphone application (on iOS and Android) that can quickly order you a taxi with a few clicks. You can see your taxi approach turn by turn on your maps, and at the end of a journey you simply get out the cab with the trip billed to […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Tweets Intent to File For IPO
After much speculation from the technology and media community (over many years), Twitter has acknowledged that they are filing for their Initial Public Offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Facebook is now valued at over $100 Billion USD thanks to strong financial performance over the past year. It will be interesting to […]
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