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In news that will surprise no-one, Facebook's latest earning report has confirmed Mark Zuckerberg's social network continues to expand in both users and cash. Billions of both. Bling time Facebook's latest earnings report confirms the network now has 1.55 billion users, with 1 billion of these logging on every day. Daily Active Users are up
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With a community of more than 400 million worldwide and around 6 million registered users in Australia, Instagram is one of the largest global mobile ad platforms. Online Circle Digital has just released Australia’s first ever Instagram Performance Report. We have analysed 300 Australian brands and social media Influencers’ accounts across 12 different industries. It
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While the US and northern hemisphere tend to get the lion's share of social stats and studies, the Australian and New Zealand markets are different beasts with different needs. That's why the Australian and New Zealand Social Media Report on SlideShare makes for refreshing reading. Kiwi collective The report finds that marketers on both sides
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LinkedIn is dipping its toe in the lucrative freelancer market with a new service called ProFinder. Pro tips ProFinder is a pilot program aimed at professionals working in the spiritual home of freelancers: the San Francisco Bay Area. It works like this: employers post job details on ProFinder, which is separate from LinkedIn’s existing “Job
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Taking the carrot over the stick approach to new customer acquisition, Google has announced that Google Apps for Work is now free for certain customers. Free lunch? In an official statement, Google explained that customers under an existing enterprise agreement with another provider are eligible for a free ride, until the contract expires. Google is
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Australia is being used as a test bed for Messenger's newest toy: Photo Magic. The feature scans your photos using face recognition making sharing more streamlined. Say cheese Photo Magic scans your recent photos, looking to match faces to your Messenger friends. Once a match is made you have the option of sending the pic
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While Apple is notoriously cagey about releasing hard figures, it has finally swept back the curtain on Apple Music to reveal its fledging service now has over 6.5 million paid users. Tune in The news was announced by Apple CEO Tim Cook, who also confirmed Apple Music has an additional 8.5 million people using the
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Keeping track of your documents and filing receipts when you’re on-the-go can be a headache, to say the least. Helping make sense of the madness is a new update from Documents. Papers, please Documents is an app that has long offered file management solutions, and the recently released version 5.0 has even more features for road
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Let’s face it, no-one likes the look of a clunky URL no matter how interesting the title. Thankfully Bit.ly has been helping shrink our links into digestible morsels for the past eight years. But there’s much more than link-shortening (and an awesome logo) to Bit.ly. Read on the find out more. Bits and bobs Bit.ly
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Ever at a loss for words? Gmail might have a solution for that: answering your emails for you. First responder The Inbox by Gmail app now scans the contents of your emails and suggests succinct responses. The idea is to help users on-the-go keep in contact with tapping out lengthy missives. Smarty pants? The new
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