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UberEATS Cape Town gains weight, expands again

It was just over a month ago that UberEATS launched in Cape Town, coming a few months after the Johannesburg launch. Since then, we’ve…

Amazon’s S3 outage temporarily killed some of the internet

The last time the internet literally lost itself was October 2016, when global DNS giant Dyn suffered a DDoS attack. That was bad, plunging…

Google Keep is now a G Suite app, gains Docs integration

In a bid to integrate its products into everything (even within its other products), internet giant Google has announced that its Keep note-taking app…

Mozilla acquires read-it-later service Pocket

Mozilla isn’t known for its acquisition of companies at all. But the company has just announced major news, having purchased Pocket for an undisclosed…

ICYMI: here are the Bookmarks finalists for 2017

The IAB Bookmark Awards takes place on 16 March, but judges have recently narrowed down their shortlist to finalists. “We are thrilled with the response…

Google Allo is coming to the desktop (kind of)

Smart messaging app Google Allo is heading to the desktop, this according to a tweet from Google VP of communication products Nick Fox. The…

Cloudflare bug leaks personal information to search engines

US Internet giant Cloudflare revealed yesterday that a bug in its coding had put many users’ sensitive information at risk. Google Zero engineer Travis…

Next Einstein Forum on the search for 54 of Africa’s top young science and technology ambassadors

If you’re a young African with with a passion for community engagement and a strong track record in the science and technology spaces, then…

Always go full mobile: 5 reasons to operate your business from your smartphone

What started out as a subconscious experiment has resulted in emancipation from the laptop shackles and provided me with some new-found clarity. We’ve been…

Lies, damn lies & metrics — the death of digital media

Metrics are the most believable of lies. They come pre-packaged with cause and effect, giving us the comfort of feeling our actions have led…

Here’s who’ll be speaking at Digital Edge Live 2015

Digital Edge Live, the annual digital marketing trends event, has revealed its list of speakers for 2015. Now in its seventh year, the event…

Social media to contribute 13bn transactions to mobile money market

Mobile payments are a growing force around the globe — from the sophisticated tap ‘n go mechanics of Apple Pay to the continued dominance…

Microsoft’s big ad strategy for Windows 10? Babies

We already know that Microsoft’s Windows 10 launch is set to have a little more of the human touch than its previous efforts. On…

Connecting the Karoo: how the internet is changing South Africa’s semi-desert heartland

Back in the Victorian era of the late 1800s, farm life in the Karoo was hard and isolated. There were great distances between farmsteads,…

In digital, the idea is not in the execution

During my final year as an advertising student I attended the now defunct Eagle Awards breakfast. The international judges that year (2000) were David…

Want to beat your competitors online? Focus on magnetic content

Back in the day, having a website was all that you needed to be seen and succeed online. There were almost no competition for…

Apple’s new iPhone ad is a snarky swipe at its competitors

Apple has released a new iPhone ad and it is properly passive aggressive. The 30 second spot, released on Sunday, shows off the millions…

6 lessons we can learn from Nelson Mandela about dynamic storytelling

Storytelling that speaks straight to the human heart makes advertising campaigns memorable. Who can forget the BMW ‘Beats the Bendz’ ad campaign shot on…

Mobile will inevitably allow South Africans to ditch their wallets

After years of hype the mobile commerce bandwagon may have just rolled into town. And if projections are anything to go by, the days…

Publicis to acquire The Creative Counsel for ‘R1bn’ in biggest ever SA agency deal

Memeburn has it on good authority that French mega agency Publicis is on the verge of securing a deal that will see it acquire…

It’s time for SA’s digital media industry to have a serious conversation about ad viewability

South African marketers, agencies and publishers that are serious about helping to grow the accountability of digital advertising should embrace a shift in the…

Following consumer pathways through a multimedia world

Today’s consumers rely on a range of devices for inspiration, information, communication and entertainment – laptops, mobile phones, tablets, television, radio, gaming consoles and…

Amorphous New Media parts ways with Times Media Group

Digital agency Amorphous New Media has parted ways with the Times Media Group, which it has been a partially owned subsidiary of since 2007….

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