Tag: "Sydney"
Foursquare updates iOS app, 3.0.1 – gets HTTPS encryption
Geolocation mobile application, Foursquare has just released version 3.0.1 of their iPhone/ iOS application. The new version fixes a few small bugs that the last major update, V3 unveiled. Foursquare has also taken extra security measures for its users by using HTTPS by default across smartphone applications, mobile site and even regular websites. That’s right, […]
Read More | ShareSydney Twestival 2011 coming soon – 24 March
Sydney Twestival is coming up next week in an effort to support Redkite charity. Twestival (or Twitter-Festival) are offline events organised via Social Media (generally Twitter) in an effort to support a cause or charity. This trend is becoming increasingly popular and again this year Sydney Twestival will take place. Here is the event info: […]
Read More | ShareVodafone apologises to customers, Great!
Today I received an email from Vodafone (as probably all other customers did) from Australian CEO Nigel Dews. Nigel goes on to explain that he and the company are apologising for customer dissatisfaction and problems experienced over the past year. They go on to explain growth has been fast, and probably too fast for their […]
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 | ShareSocial Media Marketing Event Sydney: Coming Feb 2011
Social Media Marketing has exploded over 2010. Australia has been quick to following behind the USA and UK. Marcus Evans is holding an event – Social Media Marketing – The Way Forward in Sydney February 28 to March 1, 2011. This may be a good event for marketing professionals who have embraced the social technologies […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Places now officially available in Australia
Hi All – a quick update to let you know that Facebook Places on the Facebook iPhone application is now officially available in Australia. You can now check-in and add new venues on Facebook places. What do you think? Will you be using this service? Do you already use Foursquare?
Read More | SharePowerhouse Museum and Social Media
The Sydney Powerhouse Museum is embracing social media in order to connect with more people and details about the museum’s attractions. This Wednesday The Powerhouse Museum is participating in the worlds first “Ask a Curator” day , an international initiative to connect people with museum curators through social media. On this coming Wednesday September 1st, […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media For Women [Event Sydney]
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Social Media Women is a networking event and group that encourages women to participate in social media activities. The event is held ever Second Tuesday of the month at the The Oxford Hotel, 134 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst from 6 – 8:30pm. To signup to the events goto the Social Media Women eventbrite page. To find […]
Read More | ShareBing Maps adds tool to estimate Taxi Fare for Sydney & Melbourne
Bing Maps has created a new tool to give you an estimated cost of a taxi fair from one point to another. The tool, very much still in beta mainly has US locations to choose from. However the tool does have Sydney, Australia and we are able to estimate taxi fares to and from various […]
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