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‘IE users are dumb as a bag of hammers’ story revealed to be a hoax

The BBC is reporting that a story which claimed that Internet Explorer users have a lower average IQ than users of other browsers is…

Twitter vs BBC over UK gagging-order lawsuit article

If you thought that a lawsuit seeking to individually sue more than 30 000 people for sending out 140-character-long messages in one fell swoop…

Mobile web content in East Africa [Report]

Vodafone recently concluded a policy paper on “Broadband in Emerging Markets”, also titled “Making Broadband Accessible for All“. The position and reason for this…

‘Facebook is the most appalling spying machine ever invented,’ says Assange

Despite desperately fighting off a Swedish extradiction order from the United Kingdom, Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange has still managed to find time to sit…

RIM CEO abruptly stops BBC interview citing ‘national security issue’

“Alright, so it’s over, [the] interview’s over. Please, you can’t use that Rory, it’s just not fair… We’ve dealt with this, this is a…

Webby Awards nominees announced, from Angry Birds to the BBC

With a plethora of award shows, Hollywood devotes an entire season to discovering who was the best of the best, but for the web,…

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…

Citizen journalism, let's keep our heads shall we?

Did this interview with Herman Manson of Media Toolbox a popular media newsletter. Here are the questions:

To what extent is the M&G planning to make use of citizen/participatory journalism?
What are people writing about on your blogging service and how does this influence the content of your website and the paper edition?
Do you think participatory journalism will grow beyond community newspapers (for which it does seem perfect) to national news organisations locally? Internationally the BBC recently announced a move to integrate more citizen generated content into its services.

My answers over the page

Surviving the great dot.con

As Google embraces the stock exchange, many dot.com kids are rubbing their hands with glee at what could signal a return of the good times. Matthew Buckland has been through dot.boom and dot.bomb and spent lots on expensive therapy to forget it all, but here he reminisces.

War of the web

As United States and British forces push through Iraq towards Baghdad, another kind of war is in progress: a battle between TV, radio, newspapers and websites to be the first to bring their audience breaking news on Iraq.

Mine’s bigger than yours, I think

It’s billed as the most measurable medium in the world, yet ironically, for a long time internet measurement in South Africa has been in…

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

South Africa’s Deskless Workers: A Workforce Under Strain

How AI is Rewriting Urban Planning in Developing Regions

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

German luxury cars require a rethink for China

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Vivo update – a big safety gain

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