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Social media is massive now, we get it. You don’t need me to tell you that Facebook’s 1 billion monthly active users and Pinterest’s meteoric rise mean big business (and big bucks) to savvy companies.But with this rise comes a boom in business for self-proclaimed social media gurus, and I should know. That said, there’s no excuse for the boom in bloated job titles, from ‘Digital PR Commando’ to ‘New Media Ninja’, that is sweeping through LinkedIn like a trending ...
Sometimes all it takes is a few wrong words to cause an unrivalled uproar -- a fact which celebrities are very well acquainted with. Social media sites are a magnet for collecting those wrong words. Here are seven impressive examples showing how a little tweet can make a big noise.50 Cent wants to make a positive impactHe tweeted:"Speaking of MILF. I wanna do something that impacts kids in a positive way, that's why I'm opening an abortion clinic. Ima ...
You are nobody until Saturday Night Live makes fun of you. So it is safe to say that Google Glass has arrived. During this weekend's SNL's Weekend Update skit, Fred Armisen graced the SNL newsdesk as tech blogger Randall Meeks to demonstrate the ease and discreetness of Google Glass."I used to spend so much time of my life looking down at my phone, and now, thanks to Google Glass, the phone is up here and I can use it ...
Funny or Die, comedian and actor Will Ferral’s comedy website, today launched iSteve, the free 80-minute long “autobiographical” spoof of the late Steve Jobs. We’ve linked to the full, free film (Funny or Die has disabled embedding of iSteve for “reasons”). For those who don’t have around 80-minutes to burn, view the trailer instead:iSteve, which was delayed due to the Boston Marathon bombings, stars the fair-faced Justin Long as Jobs, Jorge Garcia who everyone knows as Hurley from Lost as ...
North Korea’s missile belligerence has been the target of an awful lot of humour, but the folks at Taiwan’s Next Media Animation have taken things a step farther and gone interactive with Best Korea Smackdown, a flash game that tasks players with shooting down North Korean nukes as supreme leader Kim Jong-un attempts to ride them into their targets.The game is extremely simple, and it’s really more of a gimmick than it is a game. Gameplay involves pointing the mouse ...
Jeez. Self-employed techies. A big part of our working life is the coffee-shop-hop. We find our favourite places and we build relationships. We choose preferred tables, menu items and waiters and over time, people begin to know us by name.But then… There are six types of people who make coffee-shop-hopping unpleasant. You know who they are; you’ve engaged with them before. So we’ve gone one step further, by naming (and hopefully shaming) each member of the Coffee Shop Mafia.Vinnie: ...
You don't often hear the words "social media" and "African Union" mentioned in the same breath. And if its latest press release is anything to go by, you can see why.The African Union Commission (AUC), which acts as the executive and administrative branch or secretariat of the African Union (and is somewhat analogous to the European Commission), has requested that "hackers" in the social media space stop impersonating its chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma."It has come to the attention of ...
I recently received an awkward notification. A woman I had blocked on Facebook wanted to connect with me on LinkedIn. I had blocked her because, after a second meeting, I had realised that she was loopier than a theme park ride, and I felt a little suffocated at the 23rd missed call in the hour-long status meeting I had.
This was nearly two and a half years prior to the notification that exploded in my inbox with the tactless ...
The Vatican has a new boss. The papal conclave has chosen a new Pope and the Catholic church can breathe a sigh of relief because it is no longer leaderless.Benedict was just getting into Twitter when he stepped down as the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church. Being the Pope is hard work and being the Pope on social media is doubly hard.Pope Francis has already proven that he will not just be another Pope, as evidenced by ...
This is clever. Anyone reading about the R140-million a South African provincial government spent on its website was probably left wondering how it could possibly justify doling out so much for something whose only real cost appeared to a be US$40 WordPress theme.Well a digital studio has come up with a nifty quote suggesting exactly what would be required were the site to be worth its R140-million label. The South African-based company, called Quick. The company says it "uses ...
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