Tag: "Facebook"
Video Infograph: This is Why the World is Obsessed with Facebook
Yes – we are all obsessed with Facebook, that is nothing new. Here is a cool infograph going into a little more detail about the uptake and some great stats you may not have known about Facebook. Enjoy. Infograph by Alex Trimple
Read More | ShareThe Social Media Effect: It’s Role in Social Change and Social Responsibility
Social Media allows those of ‘like mind’ to band together no matter how far apart they are in distance, and create a collaborative effort to create social change
Read More | ShareWhat is Google Social Search and why do I care?
Google Social SearchThe latest news in the Google-sphere is that yesterday the global search giant announced their social search results will no longer be hidden at the bottom of the results page but will now be integrated with the normal results. But what does this really mean – does it spell a search revolution or is it a tad overrated?
Read More | ShareFacebook Photos [STATS]
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Facebook now has 600 million members globally and half of these log in on a daily basis. Facebook’s growth curve is also on the steady rise and has not shown any signs of flattening out yet. So lets look at how users are uploading photos on Facebook. – At the end of 2010, there were […]
Read More | ShareBing launches new Bing Toolbar
Microsoft’s Bing has launched a new Toolbar with several integration points to make your daily internet browsing easier. The Bing toolbar comes with tools such as news (localised), Bing maps, weather, mail integration (hotmail, yahoo, or gmail), Facebook integration, Video search, a Bing text translator, and of course a Bing search box. This is extremely […]
Read More | ShareAustralian Facebook users pass 10 million
Facebook’s head of U.S. agency relations Sarah Personette has released some interesting statistics about Facebook usage around the world. In Australia there are now over 10 million registered users, and 66% of these users return daily. This shows Facebook marketing is now able to reach a significant total of the Australian population. In comparison, the […]
Read More | ShareNews Corp ready to sell MySpace
News Corp bought MySpace in 2005 for $580 million, when the site was the most popular social network on the internet. At this time Facebook started to gain more traction and by 2008 was the clear leader in social networking. This equated to bad timing by News Corp, and a hugely successful product by Facebook […]
Read More | ShareSearch for Facebook deals in Australia soon – facebook.com/deals
With the deal a day market becoming increasingly competitive over the past couple months, Google trying to buy GroupOn in the US, Yahoo Australia buying spreets.com.au for $40 million AUD – Facebook is now getting in on the action with their own deals service through their mobile check-in platform. If you use a Facebook mobile […]
Read More | ShareWhat exactly are Sponsored Stories, and how do they work?
If there’s one thing Zuckers has gotten much better at, it’s making money. Lord knows with an active population greater than the entire North American continent, it can’t be hard. The latest in his escalating advertising arsenal is the innocently named ‘Sponsored Stories’. In reality, ‘sponsored’ is just another term for ‘paid’ and ‘stories’ is […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Adds HTTPS Support
Facebook has increased security on the site by allowing users to access the site via a HTTPS (Secured) connection. You are able to turn on HTTPS so whenever you are on Facebook this is via the secure connection. This is done by the following: – goto https://www.facebook.com/editaccount.php – click ‘account security’ There will then be […]
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