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Retail and the Internet of Things: addressing the elephants in the room [Pt 1 of 2]

By now, anyone with an eye on retail has probably come across one version or another of the cornucopic marketing opportunities presented by the…

South Africa votes: 7 digital tools to help keep you informed ahead of May 7

South African citizens are heading to the polls on 7 May. Let’s be honest, while democracy and the functions of inner-government are incredibly important…

Perpetuating the IT, business divide: an insider’s perspective

As an active participant inside the South African SME IT industry for 20 years, I feel that I am allowed to reflect on how…

All of a sudden, things aren’t looking so bad for Microsoft

Over the last few months people have been asking a lot of questions about Microsoft. That’s understandable. Steve Ballmer’s retirement was sudden and, even…

Discover Digital VoD service acquires sports content, looks to make internet TV big in SA

Discover Digital is a digital entertainment business planning to launch an alternative Video-on-Demand (VoD) TV service in South Africa later this year. This recent…

It’s official, Nokia has got a new daddy… I mean owner

It is official, straight out of Redmond. Nokia Devices and Services business now has a new owner. Microsoft’s protracted acquisition of Nokia has been…

Why Facebook’s desktop decline, Apple’s iPad issues are really one and the same

Two of tech’s most important earnings calls for this quarter took place on Wednesday. On the face of it, everything looks like pretty dandy…

Education brought to Amazon by internet “distance-learning”

The internet has allowed a school to sprout in a remote area of the Amazon where teachers tend not to linger due to harsh…

The Amazon, Walmart & FT app rebellion: What it means for you

If you take the time to read some of the many articles on mobile app strategy, you’ll find that they focus on trying to…

7 simple search strategies for your PPC campaign

If you’re a search newbie and want to quickly learn the ropes of the Pay Per Click (PPC) world then using Google Adwords and…

Rumour: BlackBerry Messenger Music may be launched next week

Quoting what it calls “people familiar with the matter”, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported that Canada’s Research in Motion (RIM) is developing…

SMS is dead. Well, almost.

SMS is dead – more accurately, dying – and why wouldn’t it be? Hundreds of millions of consumers around the world are wising up…

Googarola and the mobile marketing supernova

Google’s US$12.5-billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility has set the digital community ablaze with a fresh crop of gripping hypotheses about its mobile end-game. This…

Rumours of the PC’s demise have been greatly exaggerated

The personal computer is not dead nor is it dying. Hype and slick marketing may be painting such a scenario, but that is not…

Mobile and the future of African entertainment: Q&A

From rural communities to small business owners, the impact of mobile technology in Africa is widespread. In addition to the impact on commercial business,…

What Google’s Motorola Mobility deal means for its patent war

Google has tipped over the patent-war applecart by acquiring Motorola Mobility for US$12.5-billion. This move by Google will hopefully put the current Nortel patent…

How Microsoft is changing version control for images

If you’re used to working with version control systems like CVS, Subversion or Git in order to keep track of changes to your code,…

Marketing across connected devices: How to do it

In the good old days of online marketing there was a screen size you designed for and that was that. Your website always worked…

What has the digital revolution actually done for musicians?

There are few industries that have felt the move to digital and online more acutely and publicly than the music industry. The rise and…

Is there really a ‘best time’ to send email newsletters?

Without doubt, “when is the best time to send email newsletters?” is one of the most frequently asked questions in email marketing today, and…

‘A peer report card’ for your AdWords account

One of the most frequent questions clients ask me is: “How am I doing compared to my competition?” Owing to the fact that many…

The group buying collapse is coming

Group buying. Daily deals. Social commerce. Call it what you will, but the sheer number of blatant knock-offs that have sprung up in global…

Online behaviour tracking and the erosion of your privacy

Marketing and media companies are always looking for innovative ways to gauge consumer behaviour and activity online. It affects how accurately they’re able to…

Opera Mini Data Campaigns Reshape Mobile Access in South Africa

Affordable 5G Phones Could Accelerate Digital Inclusion

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel