Media 2.0

You can now read The New York Times articles on WhatsApp

The New York Times is publishing articles on WhatsApp. For the first time Whatsapp users will be able to read their news from the…

Online publication Quartz Africa launches in mission to cover the ‘next billion’

Renowned US publisher Quartz launches its second international chapter in Africa today, reiterating a ripple of international interest in the region which is said to…

Popular tech site ReCode bought by Vox Media conglomerate

The media landscape has been in flux for quite a while now, with digital eating into print publishers’ business models and more global audiences…

How EWN used data journalism to give context to Soweto attacks

Xenophobic attacks broke out in Soweto last week spreading to other areas around Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Khayelitsha in the Western Cape. News organisations were quick…

Blurred lines: stop trying to define a journalist in the age of social [#Highway2014]

In 2014, is it still important to discuss and compartmentalise what a journalist is? Dan Gilmor, author of We The Media, reckons that the…

Not just for magazines: why digital publishing is a smart business decision

Time and money are the two key components of running and maintaining a profitable business. Another factor that’s key to a business’ success is…

Beyond memes: BuzzFeed gets $50-million from Andresseen Horowitz

Venture capital firm Andresseen Horowitz has just announced a US$50-million investment in hugely popular media tech company BuzzFeed, tallying up its total valuation at…

Revenge: A Jason Calacanis-inspired Techcrunch Disruptor?

American Internet entrepreneur and blogger Jason Calacanis used to be a good friend and business partner with Techcrunch founder, Mike Arrington. Together they launched…

Content aggregators: Just a race to the bottom

Frédéric Filloux over at “Monday Note” has written a good analysis looking at news aggregators: Aggregators: The good ones vs the looters He likes…

The Media Tsunami: How much media is too much media?

How much media content should I produce? As a professional journalist this has been a question that I’ve struggled with over the past five…

What WikiLeaks means for a government’s assault on media freedom

What happens when a government moves to clamp down on media freedom? It might simply force journalists in that country to adopt the WikiLeaks…

The rise of eBooks and the myth of affordability

Major drum roll from the guys at Amazon.com for their announcement that “Amazon.com customers now purchase more Kindle books (eBooks) than hardcover books.” The…

Twitter breaks news, but will it break journalism?

Twitter’s value to breaking news quickly and efficiently is beyond doubt, but the accuracy of the news being reported is far from perfect. This…

Newspass: Why Google’s paywall plans may just work

Google has been quietly testing a new paywall system for publishers it is calling “Newspass”. According to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Google has been…

Interview: Helen Zille on Twitter, Facebook and why Julius Malema isn’t interesting enough to follow

Western Cape Premier and Democratic Alliance Leader Helen Zille has taken charge of all the web has to offer; including a Facebook Page, Twitter…

Twenty useful tips for dissecting mobile web design

With the current surge in popularity of smartphones and web-capable phones, increased focus has been put on designing for mobile. There are however some…

Could social networking actually be a threat to democracy?

Most analysis about social networking tends to focus on the phenomenon’s utopian qualities, but rarely take the dystopian view which focuses on its negative…

Media engineer: Part hack (journalist) and part hacker (software engineer)

Burt Herman organised a fascinating event a few weeks ago, bringing together journalists and software engineers to produce news apps for the iPad. The…

How to approach content in the digital age

The phrase “User Generated Content” (UGC) has always been a troubled notion. At its heart it emphasises a divide between the user and the…

Dan Gillmor in Cape Town: Transparency is key

Pics by Tino Kreutzer Dan Gillmor, author of We Media and acclaimed citizen media advocate, was in Cape Town to speak at the University…

Citizen journalism & the gatekeepers

As the web 2.0 movement rolled on, the excitable hype mongers were already reading media’s last rites. The zealots proclaimed that the publishing model…

Which CMS? WordPress vs Joomla vs Drupal

It’s the big question. I’ve had the opportunity to work with all three of these Content Management Systems (CMS) in various guises, and in…

SecondLife, another graphic World Wide Web?

At the beginning of this year I blogged about the amazing work that Adam Pasick was doing with Reuters in Second Life, the virtual…

How VR Meditation Apps Like Realms of Flow and Others Are Redefining Our Connection with Reality

How forex trading is transforming startup investment strategies

How One Energy Project Could Reshape Climate Action

South Africa’s online grocery boom signals digital shift

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

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Vivo update – a big safety gain

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