Blogs

Want more likes and comments on Tumblr? Here’s how to get them

Another social network that has become very popular in the past few years but is marked by a lack of marketing data is Tumblr….

4 potholes everyone faces on the road to professional blogging

Blogging popped up in the late nineties, around the time free web publishing tools started becoming available to the general public (who remembers Geocities?)….

Ad-free blog raises $100k in subscriptions six hours after launching

If you want to survive online, you need ads. It’s just common sense, even Facebook and Twitter eventually figured out that you need ads…

How many pageviews make an insult insulting?

The global protests against the anti-Muslim Innocence of Muslims YouTube clip raises the issue that anyone could post a video insulting to a religion…

5 simple steps for making your blog posts kick ass

Blogs are lame, right? Everyone on earth has had a blog before. At one point your auntie from the sticks had a blog. Except…

5 top tips for bloggers who suck at working with images

Listen, if you’re one of those bloggers who would rather speak in public or jump off a tall building than figure out how to…

The law needs to provide better protection for bloggers

A recent ruling in a Portland, Oregon Court decided that a blogger cannot claim to be a journalist and is, therefore, not protected by…

Yo mama’s blog: 10 of the ‘best’

“Why don’t you write about the non-mumsy mom type sites? Or something like that. You know what I mean” was pretty much the brief…

Viral marketing with the creator of ‘The Oatmeal’ (SXSW2011)

Meeting Matthew Inman, you’d never guess that this shy, slightly built 27-year-old is the caustic genius behind The Oatmeal, one of the web’s most…

HuffPo backlash: Money changes everything

As is to be expected, there are a number of things that change when you are suddenly US$315-million richer. One of the first things…

Are bloggers the new celebrities?

Bryanboy, The Clothes Whisperer, Tavi. These are the names that are big in fashion blogging. So big that they are snapped up for major…

Is Gawker Media’s hydra-like content network ‘death of the blog’??

Gawker Media launched a redesigned version of its hydra-like content network this week, bringing with it talk of the “death of the blog”. Its…

Q & A: Vanessa Raphaely on blogging, fashion and 21st century media

Vanessa Raphaely, aka Hurricane Vanessa, is a force of nature in the local fashion and publishing worlds. Firing off humorous anecdotes, intelligent opinions and…

The WordPress evolution: 10 major media players that use it

Over the past three years WordPress has evolved from being predominantly blog-centric into a full, hands-on content management system (CMS) with more than 15-million…

10 of SA’s favourite women bloggers

These 10 remarkable women have all captured our online imaginations with their style, wit and wisdom. As the South African blogosphere matures and deepens,…

NASA announces arsenic-eating bacterium, ending ‘alien life’ speculation

So what were you expecting? A real-life alien to waltz out onto stage? Pictures of life lived happily on another planet? Intense speculation and…

Don’t feed the trolls: A guide to who they are and why they do it

They hide under the bridges of online anonymity, ready to pounce on unsuspecting forums, chat rooms, news sites and blogs. They can ruin a…

22 black SA bloggers you should be reading

The South African blogosphere has in the past copped its share of criticism for being rather male, and rather pale. In recent years, there…

What the Techcrunch deal means

Congratulations to Michael Arrington and team on the TechCrunch acquisition by AOL. Techcrunch is a leading Silicon Valley technology blog ranked 302 on Alexa’s…

‘Simple blogging’ with Posterous takes off globally

In June, blogging platform Posterous launched an all-out assault on other services, hoping to convince bloggers from WordPress, Blogger, and Tumblr to switch over….

Productivity On A Large Screen

Everlytic Launches Cutting-Edge AI Studio with WhatsApp Chatbots for Smarter Communication

Everlytic’s new API Communicator feature enhances customer engagement across multiple channels

Savant Launches Savant Build Cohort 3 to Accelerate Deep-Tech Innovation in the Green Economy

Simplicity at scale: The role of leadership in agile transformation

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

Google Cast and other Christmas goodies for Rivian

GM switches-off Cruise control on $10bn robotaxi project

CHARGE taking EVs off-grid in the North West