Number Crunch: PayPal

16/11/2015 SMK Editor

Elon Musk is know for many things: inspiring Iron Man, starting Tesla and generally being a modern day Renaissance Man. He also really likes magn ....

Facebook earnings report: we're really big and really rich

16/11/2015 SMK Editor

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 ....

Australia’s first Instagram Performance Report

13/11/2015 SMK Editor

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 ....

New Zealand Social Stats

13/11/2015 SMK Editor

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 ....

LinkedIn launches ProFinder for freelancers

12/11/2015 SMK Editor

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 profession ....

Google for Work gets update

11/11/2015 SMK Editor

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 ....

Messenger launches Photo Magic feature for facial recognition

11/11/2015 SMK Editor

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 yo ....

Apple Music has 6.5 million users

10/11/2015 SMK Editor

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 c ....

SMK's app of the week: Documents

10/11/2015 SMK Editor

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 Documen ....

Number Crunch: Bit.ly

09/11/2015 SMK Editor

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 a ....

Google for Inbox will now write replies to your emails

09/11/2015 SMK Editor

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 you ....