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How the digital age has changed our approach to death and grief
3:12PM | Wednesday, 4 March 2015 | Tony Walter
What can we learn from Leonard Nimoy, who knew he was dying, and used Twitter as a means to make peace with this fact, and to say goodbye to his friends, family and fans around the world.
Popular friends on social media can help save you from disasters
2:50PM | Thursday, 19 February 2015 | Manuel Cebrian, Caron Chen, Pascal Van Hentenryck and Yury Kryvasheyeu
Research shows friends can help save you in the event of any natural disaster, especially if they’re your popular friends.
Logging out? Why young people love to hate Facebook
2:47PM | Monday, 9 February 2015 | Brady Robards and Ariadne Vromen
Researchers, journalists writing about research, and young people themselves have been writing about the perceived decline of Facebook for a while now. But is it true?
Facebook shapes women’s body image – just not as you’d expect
2:41PM | Monday, 2 February 2015 | Jasmine Fardouly and Zali Yager
If you’re one of the world’s 1.3 billion regular Facebook users, you’ll know the feeling of being consumed by your news feed.
Pinterest to pin down users with more ads
1:56PM | Wednesday, 28 January 2015 | Kirsten Robb
Pinterest will start to push more ‘Promoted Pins’, otherwise known as ad content, on to its users in coming weeks.
Facebook: friend or foe?
1:02PM | Wednesday, 21 January 2015 | Steve Ellen
In the landscape of our social media options, Facebook is at the summit. It’s even assisted in overthrowing governments and enabled coordinated worldwide change.
Fake accounts won’t get you anywhere on Twitter
1:55PM | Tuesday, 20 January 2015 | Aleksej Heinze
If followers are simply accounts that do not have any human interaction or just re-tweet everything that your account says, they are of very little value.
Is social media the weak link in the fight against cyber attacks?
1:47PM | Tuesday, 20 January 2015 | Alastair MacGibbon
While there will always be a balance between utility and security, what is critical is for these companies to place value on the data and reputation of end users. The fact is, the convenience and massive consumer traction these sites offer come with a price.
Videos and photos drive social media use: Facebook gets it as Twitter struggles
1:11PM | Tuesday, 13 January 2015 | David Glance
With the pervasiveness of social media, it is still an unanswered question as to how fundamental a role it plays in everyone’s lives. Part of the complexity comes from the fact that we regard social media as being a uniform thing.
This startup wants to make socialising between dog owners a walk in the park
1:03PM | Monday, 5 January 2015 | Broede Carmody
A Melbourne-based startup is looking to make it easier for dog owners to socialise with one another and organise trips to the park or beach with their pets.
Why content quality is more important than ever on Facebook
12:36PM | Wednesday, 10 December 2014 | Michelle Gamble
Facebook recently issued a strong warning to brands, advertisers and marketers to steer clear of promotional posts if they don’t want to disappear from users’ news feeds.
What local social network startups need to do to thrive
12:15PM | Thursday, 4 December 2014 | Broede Carmody
Social network startups in Australia need to “carve out their niche” if they are to survive and prosper in a highly competitive environment.
The next social network your business needs to think about: Tumblr overtakes Instagram and Facebook as fastest growing social site
11:13PM | Wednesday, 26 November 2014 | Kirsten Robb
The multimedia micro-blogging website Tumblr has overtaken Instagram as the fastest growing social platform, according to research released today by the Global Web Index.
Meet the startup trying to create the Spotify for media content
11:16PM | Thursday, 20 November 2014 | Kye White
Australian startup inkl is the latest attempt to solve one of the media industry’s biggest problems – how to make people pay for online content.
Meet the social market place for miners
11:09PM | Tuesday, 18 November 2014 | Kye White
With social network startups popping up in numerous industry verticals, leave it to a Perth-based startup to create a social marketplace for miners.
Asia-Pacific region could lead the way on IoT, says Akamai
11:41PM | Friday, 14 November 2014 | Andrew Sadauskas
The Asia-Pacific region is likely to be an early adopter for the internet of things (IoT), creating opportunities for Australian startups, according to Akamai president of products and development Rick McConnell.
Are you ready for “emotional crowdsourcing”? This startup hopes so
11:20PM | Monday, 10 November 2014 | Kye White
Ello, Swarm, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter – if you thought there was no room for any more social networks, think again.
Why Stackla’s betting on social media trumping top-down advertising
10:04PM | Wednesday, 29 October 2014 | Kye White
Social media aggregation startup Stackla has raised $2 million on the bet that consumers care more about what fellow consumers think than top-down advertising.
Aussie social network to spring onto ASX with reverse listing
10:50PM | Tuesday, 21 October 2014 | Kirsten Robb
Spring.me, an Australian question-and-answer-based social networking site with five million regular monthly visitors, is looking to raise up to $5 million and hopes to list on the Australian Securities Exchange by November.
Is anything ‘private’ anymore? How social media and tech companies sniff out your data
10:41PM | Thursday, 16 October 2014 | Vanessa Emilio
Here are a few of the ways the big social media and tech companies are accessing your data and using it for profit.
