Advertising and Media

Is Business Insider really worth $100m?

It looks like Business Insider, the New York based news site is for sale as co-founder Henry Blodget does an extensive round of media…

Amazon pokes fun at Apple, Jony Ive in its new Kindle Fire HDX ad

Used to a nice soothing voice with a British accent telling you why the latest iDevice is oh so ‘magical’? You’ve probably been watching…

The latest target in Microsoft’s ‘Scroogled’ campaign? The Chromebook

Apparently not content with a series of bizarre ads and an even more bizarre clothing line, Microsoft has fired off the latest salvo in…

7 top digital marketing trends to watch in 2014

2014 should be a very interesting year in digital marketing. Businesses are beginning to show more mature digital mindsets which are driving their agencies…

The 5 minute guide to scraping data from PDFs

Every data journalist knows the feeling: you’re working on a massive project, you’ve finally found the data… but it is in PDF format. Last…

4 components to succeeding in a digital world: data and the Internet of Things [part three and four]

The world we live in is vastly different to what it was just a couple of years ago. There can be no doubting that…

What PandoDaily’s NSFW merger tells about the state of tech reporting

Tech news site PandoDaily is merging with NSFW, a magazine based in Las Vegas, in a bid to “double down on investigative reporting.” The…

Six reasons why your email marketing campaign is failing

In the midst of the rise of social media and mobile marketing, email marketing still continues to rake-in an impressive ROI, but that doesn’t…

The other WikiLeaks: 8 whistleblowing sites you probably don’t know about

Last year a website called WikiLeaks and a man called Julian Assange made the world’s most powerful governments quiver in fear. No army or…

Turning users into customers

Social media sites have spent the better part of the last year drastically focusing on how their users can turn fellow users into customers….

Daily Maverick reveals ‘iPad-only’ daily newspaper

The proposed iMaverick iPad app. Looks very much like a magazine. For the past week, readers of South African upstart news and analysis site,…

The small screen that killed the traditional advertising model

Vodacom mobile media executive, Jason Probert, believes that traditional advertising is in “steep decline”. He cites a key event in 2009 where internet advertising…

The power of mobile

If anyone needed to be reminded about the power of mobile as a medium, we were given a wake-up call by US-based digital marketing…

How to make the most of your email design

Good old Murphy’s Law dictates that no matter how much time, energy and testing you put into creating that stunning email campaign, it will…

Media piracy: You’re not as anonymous as you might think

Enforcing statutory penalties on intellectual property infringements in the media industry is moving up a notch. In the US, a federal judge recently agreed…

Is your SEO company ethically sound or one big, fat conflict of interest?

SEO companies and Conflicts of Interest are too often a carefully guarded secret from clients. Are they illogical, irrational, or just plain unethical? In…

New tools in news gathering: Curation and verification in journalism

I recently wrote about the Oriella survey of journalists that found that most do not use social media or blogs for verifying and sourcing…

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…

Lenovo at MWC 2025: AI-Powered Laptops, Sustainable Concepts, and a Glimpse into the Future

Smart Tech: Turning the Tide on South Africa’s Water Crisis

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

Verto Launches Global Business Award to Fuel African Startup Expansion

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs