Advertising and Media

I’m calling it: digital advertising is finally coming of age

Although tablets have become ubiquitous, their potential for engaging consumers in new ways is still being explored. Tablets and tablet advertising offer a new…

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…

These are the ingredients you need for a winning pitch book

A lot goes into winning a pitch. From getting the fundamentals right to sheer chemistry, you never know what could sway a decision in…

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…

6 customer care myths it’s time to leave behind

Proper customer service is often left behind and is only handled when a “customer issue” arises. It is important to recognize that excellent customer…

3 things you need to know about the platform agnostic publisher

The world of online publishing is constantly evolving. A 20-year-old industry that quickly became more powerful and influential than its older print sibling is…

Nobody killed anybody: the case for radio and video in the internet age

Death is society’s favourite topic. The minute something new comes along, we predict the death of the old because it must be so. No…

What The New York Times tells us about the weaknesses of native advertising

Native advertising is the world’s worst idea and I can’t believe the New York Times management is so gullible and clueless in agreeing to…

Arianna Huffington launches news site for the one percent

Are you a member of the ultra rich elite? Ever wished there was a news website written for people like you, by people like…

13 of the global ad industry’s best efforts for 2013

This year has been a pretty good one for advertising. Rather than new trends coming in there has been an evolution of existing ones. …

From epic splits to real beauty sketches: 14 of 2013’s most watched ads

A few years back, the kind of ad that went viral on YouTube wasn’t all that different to your average TV commercial. It just…

Blogging was supposed to topple mass media — so what happened?

Om Malik, publisher of GigaOm, recently posted some thoughts about his 12 years of blogging and he came to the conclusion that blogs today are where…

Gmail’s image changes will affect the way you report results: here’s how

Google recently announced some significant changes it’s made to the way it references and caches images. These changes came with no warning, leaving people…

LG’s New 100-Inch QNED TV Is a Game-Changer for Home Entertainment in South Africa

ASUS Taps Into South Africa’s AI Obsession With Smarter Devices

HONOR 400 and 400 Pro Redefine AI Smartphone Innovation for South African Users

SA SMBs are AI-Ready – ASUS Report Shows Local Businesses Are Already Seeing Real ROI

Ocellics Reinvents Fund Factsheets with Automation-Driven Platform for Investment Managers

AWIEF 2025 Awards Nominations Now Open

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves