The U.S. government’s decision to ban TikTok, the immensely popular short-form video app owned by China’s ByteDance, has sent shockwaves through the tech industry,…
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…
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…