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…
Conflicting ideas on the future of social networking
Mark Suster made some interesting predictions on the future of social networking at the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum, not all of which I agree with….
The politics of the Facebook friend
Though they’re much criticised for their idiosyncrasies, the comments section on any webpage holds a morbid fascination for me. I know that the attitudes…
Imogen Heap: Teaching us “Heaps” about the power of social media
Imogen Heap sits at her see-through piano, the inside lit by coils of red-and-white Christmas lighting, a Chinese gong and the skeleton of an…
How US diplomats are using social media, inspired by the Obama campaign
In 2009, the US embassy in South Africa embarked on a new approach to diplomacy. We set up a Facebook page, started a Twitter…