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Wiki Loves Monuments to launch world’s largest photography comp in SA

The world’s largest photography competition, Wiki Loves Monuments, is being launched next month in order to capture South Africa’s heritage. Besides the theme, the…

China could seriously use Tesla’s electric cars: here’s why

Electric car maker Tesla has started taking preorders in China and set up a Weibo page. It seems clear that someday soon, Tesla’s electric…

Ballmer departure may have been more sudden than Microsoft let on

Steve Ballmer’s retirement may have been more sudden and a lot less smooth than Microsoft suggested when it made the announcement on Friday. According…

Steve Ballmer to retire from Microsoft within the year

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will retire within the next 12 months, the company announced today. The Redmond-based giant says Ballmer, who has been CEO…

Pay per gaze — has Google gone one step too far?

Google is well known for being innovative in the online advertising space. Its flagship advertising program, Adwords, has grossed over $50bn since its inception…

iPhone 5S, Manning and a new Batman: #StuffToKnow on the web this week

The rumour mill is at it again in anticipation for the upcoming tech as launches are around the corner from Apple and Samsung. There…

Does your email campaign have a mobile strategy? Here’s why it should

My dad would always know who to blame for the high phone bill each month by looking at the wall opposite to where our…

Why we love and hate Google

net savvy Why we love and hate Google Local online publishers need to keep an eye on Google Publishers love and hate the world’s…

Revenge of the amateurs

Now South Africa has its own citizen journalism offering via Johnnic’s commendable reporter.co.za One of the first images of the Asian Tsunami crisis came…

’The future of advertising is the internet’

The future of advertising is the internet. And that’s not from my mouth. It’s from Bill Gates’. At an Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) conference…

Online + print = better journalism

Much has been written about how websites are increasingly threatening newspaper readerships. Much has been written about the supposed antagonistic relationship between the two…

The future of online advertising

net savvy The future of online advertising Here’s a prediction: Expect online advertising to increasingly resemble television commercials. Soon there won’t be too much…

International traffic on local websites: Name in Lights

On Google’s news page recently, Matthew Buckland saw the name of East London’s Dispatch Online above some world famous brands. But could they cash…

Why SA’s Online Journalism is Rubbish

When will online journalism make a real impact in this country? Matthew Buckland says that until online starts to publish more original stories, it’s…

Online advertising: Behind the Growth

If it’s not the traffic or the advertising model, why is online experience a massive growth in revenues? Matthew Buckland finds some answers in…

The online advertising edge

A great philosopher once said: I think, therefore I click. I think his name was Desmond or something, but click he did. After the…

Online advertising: Cautious Optimism

I’ve always wondered where the gazillions in online advertising revenue went. If the pundits and their skyward-pointing graphs were to be believed, I doubt…

The power of information

People are still asking today how it was that the world failed to mobilise during the Rwanda genocide. Nearly a million Africans were hacked…

Audio streaming online: Dare to Stream

Radio “streaming” may draw in a surprising amount of listeners, but the business prospects have yet to evolve. Matthew Buckland considers the current landscape…

South African websites: Who’re the Big Fish?

South Africa’s online publishers pulled in about 3,5-million unique users or readers and about 106-million page impressions in the month of August. It’s the…

Mugabe’s Online Nightmare

Net Savvy Mugabe’s Online Nightmare The Daily News website and Zimonline continue to publish news critical of the Mugabe regime, and there’s not much…

Google ads fuel dot.com recovery

In case you were one of the billions who thought Google was just a search engine, think again. It’s so much more. It is…

Cellphone and new media — Promised Land?

There is a common lament among online publishers these days, and it goes something like this: If only the internet was invented by a…

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

How iGaming is becoming more accessible in South Africa

HP Ditches the 15-Minute Wait: Is This the End of Customer Service Hell?

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Koop’s AI Housekeeper: Could This Be the Solution to SA’s Startup Compliance Headache?

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs