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Twitter to change how shortened links are displayed
Twitter is making a change over the coming weeks as to how shortened links are displayed on the site. Twitter will be using shortened t.co links to better protect users from malicious sites that engage in spreading malware, phishing attacks, viruses, and other harmful activity. Basically an effort to improve security to Twitter users. The […]
Read More | Share20 Interesting Social Media statistics
20 Interesting Facts about Social Media #1 – Social media spending is expected to increase from $716 million in 2008 to $3.1 billion in 2014, which is a compound annual growth rate of 34% (CAGR) #2 – That 34% CAGR means that social media spending is growing faster than any other interactive marketing category #3 […]
Read More | ShareNew Tourism Australia Ad is a Hit on Social Media
The newly launched Tourism Australia TV spot has been a hit and miss with industry folk. Some local critics have gone as far as calling it “embarrassing”. But the social media community have shed a positive light on the campaign. In the first week, overseas markets has been supportive with research completed by Webtrends showing […]
Read More | ShareAre you addicted to Social Media? Infograph
Are you addicted to Social Media? Do you wake up in the morning, log-on to Twitter and send a tweet whilst still in bed? Do you reply to text messages or tweets during sex? Do you update your status on Facebook while in the bathroom? If you don’t log on to Facebook all day do […]
Read More | ShareYahoo and Facebook partner
Yahoo and Facebook are forming a partnership whereby Yahoo Mail users can view their friend updates inside their Yahoo Mail account and login to Facebook. Yahoo will also enhance its Yahoo Profiles service to incorporate social media updates. Yahoo Profiles is a service whereby Yahoo users can connect with each-other and share basic information like […]
Read More | ShareSolo Goes Social
Solo and the Qantas Socceroos have teamed up to create a new social media campaign which is designed to help gather supporters in the lead up to this years soccer World Cup in South Africa. I first got the heads up of the campaign when I pulled up behind a truck showing this signage: The […]
Read More | ShareBill Gates on Facebook and Twitter
Bill Gates and his father Bill Gates Senior describe some of their thoughts about using Facebook and Twitter to share their information on how the Gates Foundation is going. Video courtesy CNN.
Read More | ShareTwitter working on more language translations
Twitter has announced that they are working on several translations of the site to give non-English users a better experience using the site. Twitter is working on the following language translations at present – Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Turkish. At the moment Twitter is in invite-only mode with users helping the […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Testing New ‘Follow’ Like Feature
Twitter has started testing a new simple feature that allows a user to view a list of avatars that he/she is currently following that are the same to another user. Yes, it is very similar to Facebook’s ‘friends in common’ feature but we think it is the right step forward for Twitter users to connect […]
Read More | ShareTelstra launches Tribe® social networking tool
Exclusive to Telstra customers – a new social networking tool called Tribe® has been launched. Tribe® aggregates your Facebook, Twitter and MySpace into one single interface where you can access all sites from. Telstra customers simply browse to http://tribe.telstra.com from their mobile browser to access this feature, and there are no data / usage costs, […]
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