The Netflix matchup between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul has redefined what a modern boxing event can be, fusing old-school boxing prestige with digital-age…
Why Automattic’s WooThemes acquisition is so important to South African startup space
The acquisition of WordPress theme developer WooThemes, along with its signature ecommerce product WooCommerce, by WordPress.com holding company Automattic is massively important to the…
Google, university researchers create astonishing timelapses from stock photos
There are millions upon millions of stock photos available online and many of them are of the same places. That makes sense. After all,…
Netflixification in full force: 330m to subscribe to OTT TV services by 2019
If your idea of watching TV involves the terms “binge-watching” and “Netflix”, and if you’re completely baffled by the sight of ad break, then…
#AskMmusi: was Mmusi Maimane’s Twitter town hall actually a triumph?
Depending on who you ask, the decision by newly elected Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane to host a Twitter town hall on Wednesday…
Dentsu Aegis’ John Brown buyout shows how the digital agency model is changing
Global advertising mega-conglomerate Dentsu Aegis has acquired content marketing specialist John Brown Media for an undisclosed sum of money. John Brown Media was established…
Mystery group creates publicly accessible online Sapa archive
A group of civic-minded hackers have come together to launch SapaFiles, a publicly available, searchable archive of articles belonging to the recently shuttered South…
34 hilarious Tweets from Mmusi Maimane’s #AskMmusi Twitter Town Hall
Update: The author of this piece has reconsidered his views and written a piece explaining why. Read more: #AskMmusi: was Mmusi Maimane’s Twitter town…
Boobs, cats, anything: Derick Watts & The Sunday Blues give a lesson on going viral
If you’ve ever worked in the creative department of a digital marketing agency, chances are you will have had a client ask you to…
Mobile adspend set to top $105bn by 2019
It’s difficult to overstate the importance of mobile. According to GSMA, there are currently around 3.6-billion unique mobile subscribers around the globe, with another…
The Snapscan effect: how mobile payments made QR codes relevant in South Africa
Flash back a few years and things weren’t looking great for QR codes. The Matrix barcode, first designed for the automotive industry in Japan,…
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