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Adobe DPS now powers over 75% of mobile digital reading

Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) — a codeless app generator for publications — now powers more than three-quarters of all digital issues consumed on…

Roll out the red carpet: Webfluential launches Africa’s first continent-wide blogger awards

South African startup Webfluential, a platform that aims to connect South Africa’s most influential web users, is launching Africa’s first blogger awards. The startup…

Facebook ads: pay up or get lost in the noise

If entertaining an increasingly attention-divided online audience wasn’t already difficult enough, Facebook has made a strategic move that forces brands to invest in advertising….

Life after Koos Bekker: where to next for Naspers?

There’s a quote from outgoing Naspers chief executive Koos Bekker buried right at the end of Sunday’s City Press article that tells you an…

Untangling the future of PR: Q&A with Press Friendly founder Joel Andren

Press Friendly is the startup du jour that is being heralded by both PR Flacks and Journos as the future of PR. Dodging the…

With 465-million users, WhatsApp announces it’s going into voice calls

Not content with basically murdering SMS, it seems the WhatsApp team is setting its sights on the next level: voice. Speaking at Mobile World…

10 ways to promote better conversation on your site

Every site wants it but conversation can be costly. “We want to give our audience a platform but have you seen what they are…

Curation: A proxy for ‘social media’?

Curation is a hot topic and it’s a topic that is being enthusiastically adopted by many in social media — so much so that…

Whatever happened to the floppy disk? 8 tech blasts from the past

Modern philosophers have suggested that the rate of technological innovation increases exponentially (see Moore’s Law). That means most of us, even those under 25,…

‘Jennifer Aniston sex tape’ pokes fun at internet memes

In a smooth and elegant new advertising campaign for Smart Water, Hollywood celebrity Jennifer Aniston touches on all the popular memes of the day…

Al Jazeera: Handling traffic spikes with cloud services and Drupal

The recent Egyptian revolution which saw the overthrow of former President Mubarak garnered world wide publicity with millions of viewers tuning in to Al…

Churnalism: Journalism from press releases

Journalists love to write original stories but there is also a lot of re-write work that has to be done: quick shorts, events, announcements,…

It’s time for publishers to engage, the Facebook way

I hear similar sentences from bloggers and publishers all the time – “that was a great story but no-one saw it” or “you’ll a…

Africa.com: The domain that launched a startup

Teresa H. Clarke is the chairperson and CEO of Africa.com LLC. In February 2010, she re-launched the high-tech company after resigning from her position…

Why journalists could (and should) become professional explainers

Information is cheap. It has to be, if a fourteen year old with no security clearance can learn state secrets with a regular dial-up…

Games are from the future, but load times are from the past

I’m not usually one to be a show-off, because history has shown me that whenever I try to show how cool I am, inevitably…

Google initiates remote app removal for Android malware

The “Droid Dream” series of malicious attacks to the Android Market last Tuesday saw internet powerhouse Google yet again extend their far-reaching safety net…

Why the iPad 2 is actually the iPad 1.5

The amount of hype leading up to the iPad 2 launch by Steve Jobs earlier this week may have been an unprecedented favourable push…

What developments can you expect from email marketing in 2011?

2010 has come and gone and arguably the biggest industry prediction that came to pass was the rise (and rise) of social media and…

Multiple DDOS attacks threaten WordPress and int’l governments

In a day of multiple cyber-attacks across the web, WordPress, the government of South Korea and 29 international government agencies were threatened by DDOS…

Five steps to looking good online

“The first ten Google results on a search of your name are now your resume,” says author and reputation.com CEO, Michael Fertik. If online…

Integrating marketing and social media remains a challenge

According to industry sources, social media spending will become a larger percentage of companies’ marketing budgets. But as trends analyst and digital intelligence company eMarketer…

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