Judge Dismisses Class-Action Lawsuit Against Instagram
You may remember last December when Instagram changed their Terms of Service – there was much outcry from users and even celebrities/ brands using the service. Many people had concerns that Instagram would start selling user photos without notice. After the outcry Instagram reverted their Terms of Service to their original terms before the proposed change. […]
Read More | ShareYahoo Profit Up After 1 Year with Marissa Mayer At The Helm
Yahoo have just released their Q2 2013 Financial Results, 1 year after Marissa Mayer was appointed as the company’s CEO. The reaction from investors and commentators has been mixed but there are a couple key points to take away from this update: Net Profit up 46% from a year ago to $US331 Revenue fell 1% to $US1.07 […]
Read More | SharePSY’s YouTube Channel Reaches Over 3 Billion Views
Korean pop star PSY has reached an incredible feat on YouTube – with his channel reaching over 3 billion views over the weekend. Only 2 other artists have achieved such popularity on their YouTube/ Vevo channels – Justin Bieber and Rihanna. PSY does hold the record though for having the first video on YouTube reaching 1 […]
Read More | ShareLocal Newcastle Girl Visits Gold Coast Club, Risky Picture Goes Viral, Ends In Disaster
Warning: This story certainly shows the darker side of social media and the contents are of sensitive nature. So last night as I was relaxing at home, flicking through my Facebook newsfeed – I noticed one particular post getting a lot of attention and commentary. Looking a little closer I saw this was indeed a […]
Read More | ShareOverly Sexual Roxy Ad Causes Social Media Stir
Australian women’s surfwear brand Roxy has been slammed on social media for using an overly sexual advertising promotion for their latest pro surfing contest – the Pro Biarritz 2013 in Biarritz, France. The video shows an attractive female surfer (presumed to be five-time world champion - Stephanie Gilmore) waking up in the morning, putting on a white shirt, […]
Read More | ShareAs Instagram’s Video Gains Momentum, Twitter Starts Email Marketing Vine To New Users
Instagram’s new video service has been live for about 2 weeks now, allowing users to post short 15 second clips to their profile. Instagram’s video has a number of features to better Vine (such as image stabilisation and video filters – not to mention the much larger audience) – and now Twitter are trying whatever […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – June 2013
Today we post our montly report, showing the most popular social networks in Australia over the month of June 2013. You can see our report from May which has a number of interesting insights and commentary from last month. June 2013 stats: (Please note the numbers below are the number of Unique Australian Visitors to […]
Read More | ShareSnapchat Now Sending 200 Million Photos A Day, Attracts New Investors at US$800M Valuation
It looks like Snapchat is currently right in their peak growth period. We saw back in April when Snapchat announced 150 million photos were shared through their app each day from 5 million daily active users – up from 60 million per day in February. Then earlier in June we saw a major update to […]
Read More | ShareThe Social Media ‘Flipout’ – Is It Becoming A Regular Occurrence in Digital Life?
When I created this blog in early 2010, the social media industry wasn’t as hyped up as it is today. In 2010 (in Australia) the industry was slowly building momentum. Many of us had Facebook accounts, but other social networks like Twitter and LinkedIn were still in their major growth periods. Over my 3 years […]
Read More | ShareInstagram Updates App to Now Include Video – Users Can Share Short 15 Seconds Clips
We reported earlier in the week there was some speculation about a Facebook Press Event being held on June 20. Some thought Mark Zuckerberg would be unveiling a new RSS reader to take over from the retirement of Google Reader. However today, Instagram have confirmed that they have shipped version 4.0 of their app which […]
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