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Why people prefer Tiktok, social media for news

So people don’t rely on traditional news sources anymore? We find out why. This is according to a recent study that noted a steady…

Kicked off WhatsApp? WhatsApp to stop working on some smartphones

Social messaging giant WhatsApp will be leaving some phones in the past as it migrates into the future with faster-operating systems. With this shift,…

Move over iPhone: This is the ultimate converged phone

Now this is the true iPhone killer we have all been waiting for. Sorry for all you guys that spent your $$$ buying the…

The future of the newspaper

From: “European papers optimistic on future — with web’s help” (Sent to me by M&G Online editor, Riaan Wolmarans.) …but European editors interviewed by…

A cellphone & the power of the blogosphere

I’m a gadget freak. Need the latest with most buttons. Gotta have Gotta have… you know how it is. It’s an expensive little vice…

50m bloggers, 6bn people — but who gets to speak?

Ethan Zuckerman, the founder of Tripod and activist site Global Voices Online, emphasised just how difficult it is to get news about Africa, especially…

Newspapers will not die, ever

Listen up. Newspapers are NOT going to die or be “replaced” — not ever. Had an interesting pow wow with Ben Hammersely, “special prototypes…

The great convergence sideshow

It’s always been cheap and easy to publish on the web. Big professional, online publishers share the same medium as small-time, personal homepages. Online publishers typically publish at a lower cost than newspapers or magazines, making it an affordable option for shoestring publishers and budding entrepreneurs. It’s why they are in the web business in the first place.

The internet goes from free to fee

If only the internet had been invented by a businessman. It’s a common lament of internet publishers who are buckling and wheezing under the financial strain of running unprofitable websites

Netocracy

If Karl Marx were alive today this is the book he would have written. This is the bold, if not slightly ambitious, claim of…

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…

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…

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…

Cocking Up Convergence

Let’s start with the good news. We have a Convergence Bill. It has good intentions. It aims to promote the growth, diversity and the…

SA’s quiet revolution

Somewhat of a quiet revolution appears to be taking place in South Africa’s media world. Late last year News24 launched their 24-hour interactive news…

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