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…
Interview: Cell C CEO on blogs, social media and the end of cellphone calls
Lars Reichelt, CEO of Cell C, announced some time ago a strong push by the mobile operator into innovation and social media. The smallest…
Content sites, not social networks the hot ticket for reaching women: study
When it comes to connecting and communicating with women an old-fashioned, bog-standard website may be a better bet than the in-vogue world of social…
Cell C responds to Facebook, YouTube jibes with full page newspaper ad
Major South African mobile operator Cell C on Sunday took the unprecedented step of issuing a full page apology in various Sunday newspapers in…
Wikipedia, SA govt unwittingly call Blatter a penis
The South African government has unwittingly referred to FIFA President Sepp Blatter as a “Bellend” — a popular British slang name for the tip…
South Africa, Naspers and the Facebook connection
Emerging market internet media giant Naspers has announced that it will acquire a 28.7% stake in Digital Sky Technologies (DST), the Russian internet company…
Turn your Outlook email into a social network
Starting today, Microsoft Outlook users can view their social networks as they look through their email. The newly-launched Outlook Social Connector integrates Facebook and…
Interview: Walter Pike on mobile, Google and augmented reality
Walter Pike is a South African marketing maven who has embraced the digital age with unusual clarity of vision and foresight. We got in…
News24 launches iPad app
News24, one of the largest online publishers in Africa, has continued their strong push into mobile computing by launching an iPad application to complement…
CAR, Getaway magazines to be available on iPad
South African online publisher RamsayMedia has announced it is to make digital editions of its titles available on iPad “within weeks”. The media house…
Mig33 riding the emerging market mobile wave
The Singapore-based mobile social network and chat service mig33 claims to have grown to about 40-million registered users almost exclusively by virtue of its…
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