A new digital player called Native has arrived on the South African scene, formed from a merger of three established digital agencies: Johannesburg-based Brandsh and Cambrient, and the largely Cape Town-focused Stonewall+.The new CEO of the entity is former 2.0 Media Chief Creative Officer and film-maker Jason Xenopoulos, who apparently put the deal together with a vision of creating a "full service digital agency". Memeburn understands that the merger was put together in a remarkably short amount of time ...

Many journalists working for traditional media are reticent about joining the digital revolution, but there is little doubt that social media has helped build a more cohesive and supportive traditional journo community.Here are five ways in which Facebook has bolstered the solidarity of those still working for ‘the old order’:Emotional support In the movies and in real life too, many newsrooms once came custom-fitted with a dingy whiskey-soaked bar across the road where journalists in scruffy old leather jackets would ...

YouTube continues to grow at an astonishing pace, with 24 hours of video uploaded every single minute. As an acquisition and branding channel, placing ads on YouTube has become a simple, yet sophisticated way of reaching potential customers. With a global audience now exceeding 400 million people and a massive diversity of available content, it’s important for marketers to know how to place ads on videos which are relevant to your brand.Google recently released a Beta version of their Video ...

Do you remember how to create a graph by hand out of a set of data, or how to design a survey? Probably not. Or what about that course you took on an introduction into statistics and methodology? Remember how it took a year to learn the basics, only to discover you couldn't really use them at all.Thankfully the times have changed and the toolbox of science is now wide open for everybody. The rise of cloud computing and the ...

Time Magazine released its list of top 50 websites for 2010 yesterday, featuring what the magazine rates as the top online properties in a range of categories from news, health, education, games and social media.In the social media category, Time reckons the top five sites for 2010 are Gowalla, Foodspotting, LinkedIn, StockTwits, and Tumblr.Gowalla, says Time is a "more fun" Foursquare. Like Foursquare, Gowalla lets you "check in" to real-world places using your smart phone, and the site plots ...

Gmail users have just received a completely new weapon to add to their arsenal of total communication: The ability to make cheap voice calls from your Gmail account to mobile phones and landlines.Before this new development, the ability to communicate using voice required both Gmail users to be logged in and sitting in front of their computers. All that has changed and the folks over at Skype must be shifting nervously in their chairs.In a bid to encourage ...

The value of Linden Lab, which operates the virtual world Second Life, has plunged by more than 21%, according to SharesPost, which tracks the private secondary market.In late June, Linden Lab brought back founder Philip Rosedale as interim CEO, after CEO Mark Kingdon stepped down.The current value of Linden Lab is estimated by SharesPost to be about $271-million or about $100-million less than a year ago.The plunge in value appears related to recent news that the company is closing the ...

Geeks have truly inherited the internet. Okay, let's face it, they invented the internet -- which means they're worth following on Twitter. While many of the people on this list weren't born into geekdom, others have been geek legend for generations. This isn't a Top 10, it's more like a Random 10, suggesting some cool people to follow that might not be on your twitter radar.Neil Patrick Harris @actuallynph He plays Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, successfully ...

Hello, my name is Ryan and I have a problem. I have been struggling with this addiction for almost 2 weeks now and I can’t seem to shake it. The Blackberry Bold 9700 has taken over my life. It has seduced me into the BB universe and has quite literally hijacked my social circle. All who use it, swear by its convenience and ease of use, and I agree completely.The Blackberry is inching ever closer to that elusive smartphone ...

We live in a world of ubiquitous computing -- there are ever more computing devices everywhere.We will soon live in a world of ubiquitous video cameras. You probably have one staring at you right now just inches away from your face -- the camera in your laptop or desktop. There are video cameras on street corners, business premises, highways. The Brits have the most video cameras per head of population but other countries are catching up. The CCTV technology is ...