F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Reinvented toothbrush crushes Kickstarter crowdfunding goal
In 1498, the bristle toothbrush was invented by the Chinese. Back then, the bristles were hog’s hair and the handles bone or bamboo. It…
Kickstarter’s 2014 score card shows a total of $529 million pledged by 3.3 million backers
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has released its 2014 breakdown, which shows a total of US$529 million was pledged by 3.3-million backers. Some 22 253 projects…
Tumblr now has buy, pledge, and get involved buttons
In the last six months Tumblr has overtaken Instagram as the fastest-growing social media platform, and now it seems that the site wants to…
The numbers behind the humble Potato Salad Kickstarter campaign
So the guy who recently raised a massive US$55 492 via crowdfunding pledges on Kickstarter did so by wanting to make enough money to…
