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04 December 2013
Opinion: Why Snapchat will never be worth $3 billion

It was the number that ricocheted across the Internet, a number so large it couldn't be real: 3 billion. Dollars. In cash. Facebook reportedly offered that tidy sum for Snapchat, the disappearing-message app that has become tech's most sought-after startup.
03 December 2013
News: Facebook pushes news to the top -- literally

Facebook wants to be your newspaper. You already read updates from your friends and family with your morning coffee, but only about half of you get actual news--we're talking world events here, people--from the social network. Facebook wants to change that.
02 December 2013
News: Report: Apple buys Topsy for at least $200 million, gaining deep access to Twitter

Apple has acquired Topsy, a social media analytics company that analyzes a range of data from Twitter, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report.
News: Indian politicians and their fake followers

A sting operation in India by Cobrapost, an undercover investigation outfit, has revealed many startling facts about social media malpractices by Indian politicians and corporates. One of them is that some of India's top politicians such Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) of BJP and Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor ) of Congress Party have millions of fake followers.
News: Extra! Extra! Facebook now highlighting the news with updated rankings

Facebook is retooling its ranking system to make some news articles appear more prominently at the expense of other content such as certain photos, the company announced Monday.
29 November 2013
News: Encrypted social network vies for disgruntled WhatsApp, Facebook users

With the look of Google Plus and Facebook-like elements, a new social network named "Syme" feels as cozy as a well-worn shoe.
28 November 2013
News: Hockey lays out Government digital plans for SMBs at Google's 2013 eTown awards

Treasurer and MP for North Sydney, Joe Hockey, took the time to lay out the new Government's approach to getting SMBs digital, as his constituency was crowned Google's 2013 eTown.
News: A quiet social network makes China happy in recent crackdown

China's recent crackdown on online rumors may have quieted the nation's social networking websites, but local authorities take that as a sign of progress and want to regulate the Internet even more.
27 November 2013
News: Optus claims global innovation award

Optus has taken home two global awards for its use of social media and call centre solutions at the recent Contact Centre World's annual global award ceremony.
News: ARN congratulates top female channel performers: WIICTA

The winners of the second annual ARN Women in ICT Awards (WIICTA) have been named at a glittering luncheon in Sydney.
News: Contest crowdsources tech solutions to America's problems

There are plenty of apps that let you share clothes, hail cabs, and procure food on-demand, but there are few that make your community a better place to live. Two civic-minded online organizations are trying to encourage tech solutions for actual problems with Ideation Nation, a civic hacking competition.
26 November 2013
News: LinkedIn notches one million NZ members

LinkedIn New Zealand has reached the one million mark for members from the country.
News: APAC strengthens digital marketing content strategy

About 75% of APAC marketers are strengthening their digital marketing content strategy this year, according to Adobe APAC Digital Marketing Performance Dashboard Report 2013.
News: Oops -- YouTube's new commenting system actually increased spam

Call it a work in progress. YouTube is now trying to stanch the increased flow of spam on its site, just weeks after a new system was employed to clean it up, the company recently said.
News: Can a celebrity news team help revive Yahoo?

Yahoo has been hiring hotshot journalists to boost its news cred, and Monday's addition of Katie Couric could help with the company's efforts to reinvigorate itself. But it has to get the content just right.
News: Who else but Kogan? Zuckerberg urged to post his first selfie

The term ‘selfie' went from social media slang to officially-recognised noun when it entered the Oxford Dictionary in August (and was even named 2013 Word of the Year), and online electronics retailer, Kogan, is now looking to capitalise with what it calls the Zuckerberg Selfie Stick, "in honour of the creator of the go-to platform for selfies," Facebook.
22 November 2013
News: Twitter tightens security against NSA snooping

Twitter has implemented new security measures that should make it much more difficult for anyone to eavesdrop on communications between its servers and users, and is calling on other Internet companies to follow its lead.
Opinion: How to report spam and other violations on Facebook

Facebook can be a source of amusement--and annoyance. Spam. Obnoxious faux-inspirational quotes. Ill-informed political opinions. Personalized ads that are totally irrelevant to you. Luckily for you, Facebook makes it easy to block posts that bug you and report them if necessary.
News: Facebook's Sandberg says teen decline exaggerated

Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg said rumors that the social media company is falling out of favor with teenagers have been greatly exaggerated.
21 November 2013
News: One out of seven people use social networks, study shows

About one in seven people around the globe use a social networking site at least once a month, and that number is expected to see grow significantly over the next several years, according to eMarketer.