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- Facebook ready to launch Location Based Services
- Google voice now open to the public
- How does the world spend its time online? [statistics]
- Apple iOS 4 reviewed
| Facebook ready to launch Location Based Services Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:16 PM PDT  There has been alot of competition lately location-based services (LBS) market (applications such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Brightkite) and that has now sparked interested from Facebook Twitter has just launched their own Twitter location features showing they too want to capitalise on this rapidly expanding segment. That moves the whole Twitter service one step close to a location based service like Foursquare and Gowalla. There has been rumor that Facebook will create their own location features for months now. As to what exactly Facebook is doing in the location arena has been unknown, but now Facebook has officially announced their plans. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has given more details about their location plans at a Developer Garage event in London. This was the first developer conference outside of the US. Mark commented: ‘We are finishing designing our application soon and hope to offer it soon’ he told the conference in regard to the soon to be released geolocation app and related features. Facebook now says it has been working on these features for a considerable time, but they are not going to be new ideas or 'revolutionary.' It looks as though the Facebook features will tie in well with existing Location Based Services. Twitter recently launched Places, its own style on location services. This allows users to check into various locations and display that location tagged on Tweet. The Twitter service also works with Foursquare and Gowalla. It looks like Facebook may follow a similar approach. Facebook's location features were initially scheduled for a launch around April, however possible due to the privacy issues Facebook has delayed the plans. It is thought many other projects were put on hold due to the privacy issues. Now the dust has settled in regards to the Facebook privacy controversies we can expect to see new product launches by Facebook – with this location services launch highly anticipated by both users and developers. Technorati claim token: 56WAUFD28NG8 © admin for Social Media News, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us |
| Google voice now open to the public Posted: 22 Jun 2010 07:55 PM PDT  Google has announced that its popular internet-based phone service Google Voice is now open to the general public. The announcement was made by Craig Walker and Vincent Paquet, Google Voice Product Managers. Google has clarified that Google Voice is still currently limited to the U.S – not Australia just yet. Here is a preview from Google about the Voice service. When released to Australian users all you need is a Google account and visit google.com/voice Google voice gives you a Google number whereby you can direct any incoming calls to any of your normal numbers at home, office, or mobile. © admin for Social Media News, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us |
| How does the world spend its time online? [statistics] Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT ![How does the world spend its time online? [statistics]](http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.socialmedianews.com.au%2Fhow-does-the-world-spend-its-time-online-statistics%2F&style=normal "How does the world spend its time online? [statistics]") As Global internet users how are we spending our time online? Here are some interesting statistics for you to think about: - 22% of our time is spent on social networking sites - 42% of our time is spent viewing websites - 36% is other activities such as email, web searches, commerce, shopping. On a per person basis we on average: - view 2600 web pages per month - across 89 domains - logging onto the net 57 times Over 50% of Australian internet users access social media on a regular basis. Australian internet users spend about 8 hours per month on social media/ networking sites. The most popular online brands we visit, in order: © admin for Social Media News, 2010. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:41 PM PDT  So what is the iOS 4? iOS 4 is the latest update of Apple’s mobile operating system, which is the software used by all models of the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The main new features of iOS4 are: multitasking, iBooks app, unified emails, Spotlight Search (allowing support for Wikipedia and regular internet searches), a digital zoom for still photos, customisable wallpaper selection and the ability to sort applications into folders for easier app management. You will need iTunes 9.2 to get the iOS4 upgrade. Simply plug your iPhone or iPod Touch into your computer, and you’ll be prompted to upgrade to iOS4, which is free. Which Apple Devices Support iOS4? The original iPhone and iPod Touch do not support iOS4 at all. The iPad does not support iOS 4 at the moment (that should change at a later date however). The iPhone 3G and 2nd generation iPod Touch both support limited versions of iOS 4 – only some iOS4 features are compatible. The iPhone 4, 3GS, and iPod Touch (3rd gen) all have: multitasking and customizable wallpapers. Multitasking does not work on the regular 3G iPhone. The iPhone 3GS and 3rd generation iPod Touch get all new software features. Every new feature available in the iPhone 4 is available on the 3GS. However there are some hardware specific apps that are not available for example the iPhone 4 has a front facing camera so 3GS owners do not get the special app update for that. How good is iOS4? It’s pretty good! I tested out iOS 4 on a 3GS iPhone. There has been much criticism about iOS 4’s weak multitasking – and i have to admit the multitasking is rather limited compared to other smartphones. Multitasking with apps like Skype or streamed audio in the background is handy. Using other apps and multitasking is more like pausing the apps in the background. For example an IM app i was using more so paused the app than keep it running in the background. You can switch to other ‘open’ apps by double clicking the home button – then the app will have to refresh itself for new data. All being reviewed – the update is probably the most feature packed iOS update from Apple to date. The 3 highlights for me have to be multitasking, unified inbox and camera zoom. The backgrounds are nice although you have to be careful with custom pictures that the colour combination does not clash with colours of apps. Many iPhone 3GS users are reporting big speed improvements across the board and i’m happy to say this was noticeable. Switching between apps by double clicking the home button is rather quick and swish. In terms of the iBook app, who is going to read a book on a smart phone screen? I certainly am not. In my opinion the iOS4 is definitely worth getting the update. One major query i have noticed – the iOS4 update is not available for the iPad!! Apple better hurry along and get the iOS4 update on the iPad as having old iPod Touches feel more advanced than the ‘magical’ iPad – all because of a software upgrade is well.. crazy. The iPhone 4 and iPad apparently have the same hardware chip so i don’t see why Apple wouldn’t push the update to the iPad as quickly as possible. Have you upgraded to iOS4, what are your thoughts? © admin for Social Media News, 2010. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us |
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