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Eric Schmidt has an interesting job at Google. His official position is co-CEO with founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin but his job title should be CLR or Chief Lightning Rod because he is often entrusted with announcing unpopular policies or making comments that bring a lot of media attention, ...

At the annual blog awards ceremony in the prestigious One & Only Hotel in Cape Town, Western Cape Premier Helen Zille spoke about how "bloggers are the new voice of society" and how blogs "link the local with the big picture".The premier, no slouch herself on the social media scene ...

Sports stars around the world have embraced Twitter as a way of keeping their fans informed of what they are up to, and as a way to stay in touch with friends and families when they are on the road. Memeburn has put together a Twitter list of some of ...

Social media is rarely out of the news these days, and it seems that everyone in South Africa is climbing aboard the Twitter bandwagon. I thought I would look back at recent events and see what lessons can be drawn.September has seen the #afrispam incident, which was reported on ...

Apple's iPad has just been launched in Nambia. For a once-off payment of N$1 999, and an additional N$400 per month, you can walk the streets of Windhoek with a (dust-protected) iPad under your arm.South Africans have been clamouring for the iPad for some time now, but have been told ...

Justin Bieber has arrived in South Africa on holiday. He tweeted just before his flight from New York's John F Kennedy Airport: “Wow. I am so tired. Good thing this flight is going on a 30 hours. That's right I'm going to be the youngest person to go to the ...

Frédéric Filloux over at "Monday Note" has written a good analysis looking at news aggregators: Aggregators: The good ones vs the lootersHe likes Techmeme, run by Gabe Rivera, which he dubs one of the "good" aggregators. And I agree that Techmeme is one of the good ones. He doesn't like ...

Over the past few years, as I’ve become more and more engrossed in the twittering world, I’ve noticed a technique develop amongst various luminaries and gurus which I’ve now officially named: the Vague Tweet.What is the “vague tweet”? Let us start with what it isn’t. It isn’t saying anything, for starters. ...

Microsoft has never been big on supporting standards that were not developed in-house, but external pressure has forced the Internet Explorer (IE) division to start complying with open web standards. The beta version of IE9 has just been made available and there is a lot of talk in the media about its HTML5 support. ...

South Africa's two largest cellular operators both launched the iPhone 4 at separate events last night. And by 11AM on Day One, Vodacom SMSed all their customers to say "Thanks for your interest. The newest Smartphone in the world was however SOLD OUT on its debut."It's not clear whether this ...