By Wicked Mike
Let's face it: Facebook withholds information so that fact and hype are difficult to differentiate.
With Facebook aiming for a $10-billion initial public offering (IPO) in 2012 that would value the company at $100-billion, and i...
Views: 110 | 2 Comments » | posted on Friday, February 3rd, 2012 | Tags: Facebook, Facebook IPO, Google, Mark Zuckerberg
Today, among corporations, governments, and individuals alike, there is much optimism regarding Africa's future. One of the main reasons for this is the continent's enviably youthful population, whose median age is only twenty years old.
Africa's ...
Views: 352 | No Comments » | posted on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 | Tags: Africa, African economy, dennis muchiri, employment, IBM, ICT, skills shortage, software development, technical skills
By Bre Carter
This week, Facebook started launching a profile redesign called Timeline. While the social media giant is known for constantly tinkering with its product, and although it has often made news for rolling out new features and designs t...
Views: 545 | 1 Comment » | posted on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 | Tags: facebook, facebook timeline
By Antonio Petra
The future of the web is connected platforms. This is a bold statement, I know, but it is human nature to need parameters whilst at the same time revolt against institutions whose parameters are too onerous. No one platform can ev...
Views: 115 | 2 Comments » | posted on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 | Tags: Facebook Connect, google, social media
By Benedict Matjiu
After months of worn-out adverts punting soccer deals, owners of companies doing own voice-overs and endless tweets of self-promotion, I find myself asking has "underground" become the new above-the-line?
Noah (CEO of Cell C)...
Views: 212 | 2 Comments » | posted on Thursday, February 24th, 2011 | Tags: celebrity marketing, Cell C, endorsement, Eugene Khoza, Kagiso Lediga, Lady Gaga, Trevor Noah
By Dominique Pienaar
Social networks, blogs and virtual worlds are no longer on the fringe -- they are very real factors that can influence the perception of companies large and small. Customers, partners and competitors are openly and frankly eng...
Views: 218 | 2 Comments » | posted on Thursday, February 24th, 2011 | Tags: social media
By Muggie van Staden
If you run a business chances are you already run part of your business "in the cloud". And if you don't then you will, in the very near future.
The growth of cloud computing -- or Internet-based applications and services -...
Views: 354 | 1 Comment » | posted on Monday, October 25th, 2010 | Tags: none
By Wesley Lynch
As the after-effects of the global recession continue to suppress demand, many businesses are discovering the benefits of an online strategy.
A great example is British retailer Marks & Spencer. Hard hit throughout the reces...
Views: 321 | 11 Comments » | posted on Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 | Tags: commerce, recession
By Wesley Lynch
The e-business provider arena has grown into an enormous, complex industry with numerous specialist areas in the last 10 years. And yet providers continue to claim one-stop shop status and fail to carve out clear niches.
As a r...
Views: 211 | 1 Comment » | posted on Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 | Tags: none
By Dr Pieter Streicher
The fall-out from the ban of bulk SMS in India serves as a dramatic reminder about just how entrenched those 160 characters have become in the daily lives of both people and businesses the world over.
When the Indian gove...
Views: 239 | 1 Comment » | posted on Monday, October 18th, 2010 | Tags: civil unrest, SMS ban
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