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Mvelase is a graduate of UCT with a Bachelor of Social Sciences majoring in Politics & History. He has a blog, which sadly he often forgets exists. He concerns himself with the important things in life:
Left wing social issues; politics, both international & local; television, the trashier the better; Britney Spears & Madonna, waiting for their latest releases and bacon. All these important issues and more you can find Mvelase dealing with on the aforementioned neglected blog, and the overtaxed Twitter account.
As is the case with every major international event in the last two to three years, in which Twitter has achieved its full enmeshment into popular culture, we yet again are being promised that this Olympics will be the most tweeted event of all time. Really? Yeah, well, colour me bored.Sure the London Games set to kick off today will, in partnership with US broadcaster NBC, be officially “curated” by Twitter. This means that millions of tweets from, in addition ...
Following Barack Obama’s successful 2008 election campaign which relied heavily on social media, it’s hardly surprising that Obama and social media are practically synonymous in the world of politics.What's less known though is the prominent role social media, under the guidance of Foreign Secretary Hillary Clinton, has played in his Presidency’s foreign policy. Memeburn, along with other international media, was afforded the chance to hear Washington’s thoughts on social media and foreign policy, via a virtual press conference conducted by ...
2011 was the year Twitter truly came into its own -- from being a key tool in the deposing of dictators, and essential to democracy's "primal scream" --- users of the social network shooting out bursts of 140 characters have made the service much more than anyone ever imagined it could be.While the service has reached these heights, to its future investors, what has probably been most noteworthy has been how it has grown.2011 saw it finally cracking the ...
The year 2011 saw the web become the great democratic tool it's always had the potential to be. That does not, however, mean it stopped doing what it's best at: providing us hours of meaningless entertainment with meme, after meme, after meme.And while nothing in 2011 was able to unseat the cat as the king of the internet, more than a few put up a spirited fight for that top position. So here you go: some of the ...
"Tis' the season to be jolly fa la la la la," says the carol. In actual fact, it’s the season to be silly. We've Christmas-fied our malls, offices, and houses and if you feel that just isn’t enough; there's one more thing that you can imbue with the spirit of commercialism.App makers, or the pet rock salespeople of the 21st century as I see them, have also gone all Christmas for us.So, if you fell and hit your ...
Whether long or short haul, if you’ve done any kind of travel, you’ve experienced the awkwardness of being stuck next to the kind of person you would not care to be spending any time, much less hours, with. Looking to alleviate this, Dutch airline KLM, may soon announce the launch of "Social Seating," if reports are to be believed.
A simple concept; using your social media profiles, Facebook and LinkedIn according to USA Today, you will be able to pick your ...
While primarily advertised as a place where online adult entertainment could be safely hosted, the web’s answer to a red-light district -- the recently launched .xxx domain name -- is seeing a brisk trade, but not from adult entertainment companies.As the promo pitch for .xxx sites states, “perhaps you’d like to create an adult entertainment website”, however, it’s the remainder of that pitch statement, “or maybe you’re here to keep your brand from being registered as a .xxx by someone ...
Despite being a late entry into this years book market, the 630 page authorised biography of Steve Jobs has emerged as Amazon’s most bought book of 2011.Taking into account both sales of traditional hard-copies of the book and downloads onto Amazon’s Kindle e-readers, Walter Isaacson’s comprehensive and candid telling of the life of the iconic co-founder of the world’s most successful tech company has shot to the top of the list, Amazon announced.Though initially slated for a Christmas release, following ...
Facing a slew of complaints from early adopters, Amazon is promising an update for its much hyped Kindle Fire tablet, the New York Times reports. The question remains, however, what does this mean for the much-vaunted device's future?"In less than two weeks, we're rolling out an over-the-air update to Kindle Fire," a company spokesman is quoted as saying by the newspaper.As the company presents reviews of the Fire on the website, one would understandably believe them to be overarchingly ...
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