Vincent Maher

Can features like Chat Cards and Newsfeed make Mxit cool again?

Not so long ago, Mxit appeared to be caught in something of a malaise. Alan Knott Craig Jr, the man who promised to change…

Photo-based MXit app shows impressive growth — 400k users in one month

An app inside mobile social network MXit is showing some fairly impressive growth. The app, called JudgeME, was developed by mobile social network builder…

Business of social media

I did a presentation, below, at a Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) forum event on the business of social media. I spoke with…

Redesigning & rebuilding the Mail & Guardian Online

Redesigning the M&G Online, the country’s oldest news website. Pics below of the first meeting with myself, Vincent Maher (Strategist), Riaan Wolmarans (Editor) and…

The local web: The year that was 2007

It’s been a cool year for the Web in South Africa. Year of the blog? We saw the arrival of two blog aggregators Afrigator…

Will Facebook eventually replace the Windows & Mac desktop?

Had the privilege to meet up with Saul Klein, E-commerce VP at Skype and founder of the Open Coffee club, who was in the…

Patricia De Lille wants govt to regulate her very own words

The Independent Democrats’ (ID) Patricia De Lille has called on government to regulate blogs in South Africa. I did a second take at the…

Is Google a monster?

On Poynter emedia tidbits on which I am a fellow contributor, the big question is asked of the dot.com mega success story, Google: “Can…

When Gutenberg invented the printing press, he freed the publishers. But when the World Wide Web was pioneered by Tim Berners-Lee, it was said that the readers were now freed. The age of the internet has given unprecedented power to the reader by creating one of the most democratic and accessible forms of publishing yet – the blog.

Sex in Afrikaans: Showmax documentary wants to start a conversation

FNB pays R13-million to three customers in vaccine lottery

South African HR software startup, Wamly, secures second round investment

Partech launches accelerator to help European startups expand to Africa

Cybersecurity firm Performanta teams up with innovative EdTech NGO to grow skills

Studio-Ready: Why the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Gives You a Lot to Smile About [Sponsored]

What is Wordle? How to play the viral web game

Microsoft announces plans to acquire Activision Blizzard

Audi brings electric vehicle fast-charging to South Africa

Road test: Toyota’s GR Yaris hot hatch

The 2022 new Ford Ranger is a bakkie for the future

Vincent Maher

Can features like Chat Cards and Newsfeed make Mxit cool again?

Photo-based MXit app shows impressive growth — 400k users in one month

Redesigning & rebuilding the Mail & Guardian Online

Patricia De Lille wants govt to regulate her very own words

The blog phenomenon

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