F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Nokia ditches Ovi label
Four years ago, in what was widely seen as a ill-conceived move, Finnish mobile giant, Nokia, announced the launch of Ovi. Finally, after sticking…
Crowdsourcing: A new kind of social media marketing campaign
Adam Skikne recently noted in a column, that social media marketing tools are not really like “the intrusive, traditional forms of advertising that have…
BlackBerry PlayBooks recalled over ‘integral issue’
After a long wait, and less than a month into it being available to the public, Research In Motion’s (RIM) much awaited, slated but…
Obama proposes new cyber-security law
With “hacktivism” on the rise — practiced by organisations and groups such as Anonymous — and in face of the Sony saga to name…
Facebook vs Google: The dirty tricks campaign
Journalists and bloggers around the world last week woke up to an email screaming in all caps: “Google quietly launches sweeping violation of user…
Julian Assange recognised as 21st century Nelson Mandela
Joining the likes of Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was, on Wednesday at London’s Frontline Club, awarded the Sydney…
Farmville goes Gaga: Watch out for the sheep on motorcycles…
Adding yet another weapon to her arsenal in her drive to overwhelm the world, pop singer Lady Gaga has announced that she will be…
Location based social-networks: Who’s using them, where, why and how? [infographic]
Beyond being something that constantly comes up on my Twitter feed, which I used to view as irritating, location based services (Foursquare in particular)…
President Zuma joins Twitter: South Africa tweets back
With very little fanfare, the office of the South African Presidency, in a fitting move — not via a press-conference or a press release…
Microsoft close to US$7-8 billion Skype deal
A week has barely passed since news broke that internet telephony company Skype was potentially up for sale. Today those rumours were bolstered with…
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