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.

You can now use your FNB card with Apple Pay

Catalyst Fund names Inclusive Fintech startups, three from Africa

Woman-led edtech Ambani wins I’M IN 2021 accelerator

SA agritech Khula! launches app after closing R20m funding round

Xiaomi climbs to number 2 smartphone maker spot in Q2 2021

Twitch local pricing expands: Here’s the new subscription price for South Africa

PlayStation 5 console sales top 10 million

VW Golf 8 GTI arrives: Here is the price for South Africa

JAC brings N55 electric truck to South Africa

Converting and driving a bulletproof bakkie

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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