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.

Here are hot new devices coming from Huawei this year

Africa set to be next global technology hub, say experts

Climatetech is about more than just saving the planet’

SA private equity firm partners with Irish-based fund

Wait…Is this smartphone all screen and no frame? | Red Magic 8 Pro

Here’s how to take a picture with Facebook, Ray-Ban Stories glasses

Hot new Molly Medusa: Queen of spit game soon on Nintendo Switch

These Volkswagen cars are coming to SA in 2023

Why Tesla is offering huge discounts on its cars

E-tron Q8 is Audi’s big play this year

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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