Facebook launches Listen With
Facebook has launched a new feature where you can listen to music (live) with your Facebook friends. This needs to be done by a Facebook music service application, eg Spotify, Rdio and plenty others. To listen to music with a friend, open up your Chat and look for the music symbol – this shows people […]
Read More | ShareFacebook to Reach 1 Billion Users in August
According to a study by iCrossing – Digital Marketing Agency in the UK, they have estimated the continued growth of Facebook user numbers. According to their study and the continued linear growth of Facebook users – it is expected Facebook will reach 1 Billion users/members by August 2012. Here is the chart they have put […]
Read More | SharePhony Facebooking: we’re all guilty
It scares me. As a journo, I find, the best place to source information is on Facebook. Even if I’m interviewing an Olympic athlete, first I’ll ‘Fresearch’. Where else will you find out how much they loathe Nickelback or think Shane Warne should be PM. These are some of the better admissions I’ve come across. Some things your 478 nearest and dearest FB buddies […]
Read More | ShareCES – Google – Samsung – Amazon – Ecosystem
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is in full swing in the US, and CNET have posted a great video on YouTube with comments from Google, Samsung and general tech developments. The video goes for over 1 hour but gives some great insights into future technology developments.
Read More | ShareGoogle Search integrates Google Plus
Google has made an update to search so that when you are signed in to your Google+ account, you will now get personalised search results from people you are connected with through Google Plus. This means photos, status updates and comments from your friends will now have prominence in Google Search. The best way to […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Panda SEO
Over the second half of 2011, Google rolled out many Panda updates to their search algorithms – dramatically changing the search engine rankings for many web sites around the world. Google Panda was aimed at removing the prominence of low quality websites from Google search. In conjunction with traditional SEO metrics, Google is now looking […]
Read More | ShareThe Social Media Lifestyle
I asked myself this question last night: What is the best way to integrate social media into my lifestyle? What a bizarre question you may think this is, but in fact more people are talking about this than you may realise. If you run your own business, or have social media responsibilities in your current […]
Read More | ShareInstagram – Facebook Integration Revamped
Instagram has made some improvements in the way photos are posted from the App to your Facebook profile/ timeline. Previously Instagram would post a small thumbnail size photo to your Facebook profile, with a link to view the image on Instagram. This process has changed. Now when you post an Instagram photo to your timeline, […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Growth Australia – 2011 [INFOGRAPH]
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Tweet We had a busy 2011, reporting the news and compiling our social media statistics. As a result we have compiled an infograph showing the growth of each major social network over 2011. Table below shows Unique Australian Visitors to the site per month, users numbers reported by a reputable source, or an average of […]
Read More | ShareClint Acworth: Teachers Behaving Badly Online
It has been a long running concern for education bodies, how to monitor the use of social media in schools. Now, the tables have turned, with former Sheldon College employee, teacher Clint Acworth accused of fraudulent Facebooking. In what reads like a Hollywood script, it is alleged Clint Acworth created an online life so removed […]
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