Gowalla officially shut down
Mobile geo-location app, Gowalla has now official shut down. We reported sometime ago that Facebook purchased Gowalla - mainly as a talent purchase. Gowalla staff members and CEO Josh Williams have been busy working on the new Facebook Places API. You can see the blog post from Facebook here, which goes on to explain that the API […]
Read More | ShareWhat the Facebook is Kony?
I was planning a quiet night in, then Kony happened. It started on my News Feed on my way to work this morning – ‘”Kony 2012 WATCH!”. I assumed it was a European DJ Set. It didn’t stop once I got in to the office – every colleague had something to say about this illusive […]
Read More | ShareWelcome to the 1K Club
Today marks kind of a special day for this blog. This will be the 1000th post on the site. I started this blog back in early 2010 and started posting articles in May 2010. Why did I start socialmedianews.com.au? Well there were a couple of reasons: 1. Social Media was starting to gain real traction […]
Read More | ShareKONY 2012 – what is it? It’s Viral Marketing
Yesterday my Facebook feed exploded with people sharing the KONY 2012 video, saying they were speechless, amazed, and that something must be done. But what the KONY 2012 video really is, is viral marketing taking on a new form. We’ve all encountered viral marketing before, usually a funny or gimmicky video or picture that you […]
Read More | ShareWhat is Kony 2012?
The social media scene has exploded through sharing information about the “Kony 2012” campaign, leading to the video going viral. Within hours of the YouTube video “Kony 2012” being uploaded by activist group Invisible Children, hundreds of thousands of people from across the world were sharing, tweeting and actively getting involved. The Kony 2012 campaign […]
Read More | ShareTwitter is a playground where we love to hate
Twitter lumps us all in to the one cyber classroom where celebrities, even politicians are fair game – just ask @KRuddMP. The only thing that divides us on this virtual playground are our opinions, and what typically bands us together, is our joint disapproval of someone; there is defiantly no “Like’ button on this social […]
Read More | ShareGoogle+, 50 Million Daily Active Users, 100 Million Monthly
Google’s vice president for engineering - Vic Gundotra has released some interesting new information to the public about their Google+ social network. We all keep a close eye when Google releases user number about + so we can see growth. Around January 20 their social networking site reached 90 million users. In summary Mr Gundotra released the […]
Read More | ShareHow to avoid being a twit on Twitter
One week in and only 43 followers under my belt I am by no means an expert but I’m learning the ropes fast. It is probably the last thing I need: a new Social Media account. After months of resisting I’ve finally joined Twitter and I’m not flying the coop anytime soon. With a Facebook […]
Read More | ShareTimeline rolls out to Facebook Pages
It’s what many of us have been waiting for – Facebook Pages can now get the Timeline profile layout, similar to user profiles. This will allow companies to bring new creativity to their pages and also down the road will allow for even better app integration. Another key feature that has been released in this […]
Read More | ShareNew Google Privacy Policy
Starting from tomorrow March 1, Google will consolidate the privacy policy on over 60 of their web properties into one single and simplified privacy policy. Google has created a page explaining the new policy here: http://www.google.com/policies/ However several privacy advocates and the public in general has come out expressing their concern about this update, as […]
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