Tag: "Mobile"
Facebook buys Gowalla
It has been reported that Facebook has purchased Geo-loation mobile application, Gowalla. Gowalla has competed with Foursquare for several years and always been the smaller of the 2 location based social networks. Gowalla is based in Austin, Texas and has around 30 employees. It has been speculated these employees will move in Facebook’s mobile division […]
Read More | ShareAmazon working towards Smartphone
According to CitiGroup, Amazon.com is looking to compliment their tablet lineup with their own smartphone devices. The phone is expected to be a mid-range device and use a Texas Instruments processor and internal chips from Qualcomm according to Mark Mahaney, a CitiGroup analyst. The total component list is not expected to exceed $100USD. The move […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Fashion
How is the fashion industry using Social Media? Leading fashion and luxury brands are positioning themselves online by showcasing their products to the masses. Whilst such brands are only affordable to a small segment, the branding opportunities from social media is well worth the time and investment for these companies. So lets look at various […]
Read More | ShareGoogle+ Competition Fail
We recently reported that competitions were not allowed on the Google+ social network. We thought this was a little strange as both Facebook and Twitter have a lot of competition activity and surely Google want to compete in attracting users this way. So Android (Google owned mobile operating system software) is holding a competition on […]
Read More | ShareRoamz – Local – Social – Mobile
Roamz is a local start up in Surry Hills, Sydney who have created a new geo-location mobile application for the iPhone. The application merges local, social and mobile technology to provide users real time data about what is around them, anywhere in the world. Roamz is integrated with other social media sites such as Facebook, […]
Read More | ShareBret Taylor on Facebook Mobile
Bret Taylor, Facebook CTO has had a video interview with TechCrunch, giving some great insights into Facebook’s mobile platform. Recently Facebook launched a suite of new mobile products – an iPad application, Facebook Messenger, and also totally revamped their Mobile Site to match their application layout. Bret goes on to say of Facebook’s 800 million […]
Read More | ShareFacebook releases iPad application
Facebook has finally released an iPad application for accessing their social network. Facebook’s iPhone application has been available around 3 years and its good to finally see an official Facebook iPad app. There have been many 3rd party Facebook iPad apps, but they didn’t feel right to me. I have just installed their iPad app […]
Read More | ShareWhat is Social Media?
Over the next couple of days we are going to get back to some Social Media basics. I often receive emails from people who are starting out in social media, and don’t want to be baffled by more advanced SM topics, they want generic definitions. Many users come to this site for basic information and I want […]
Read More | ShareTxt Spk – Yea/Nah?
The English language has undergone countless evolutions throughout the thousands of years it has been utilised. From the Elizabethan Ages where Shakespeare captured the hearts of many with his eloquent dialogue in Romeo and Juliet, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night,” and until […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Picture upload Feature released
Twitter has released a new feature to their site that allows users to upload pictures and photos directly to Twitter, which are then attached to a status update. The service is actually hosted by Photobucket, and no doubt there is an interesting commercial arrangement behind the deal, but no details have been disclosed yet. Twitter […]
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