Is there such a thing as too much bandwidth? Yes, if you’re trying to sell yet another undersea cable connecting Africa.
Category archives: Tech
Mobile games – the next big thing (expect 71% of South African cellphone users to be playing them)
The classic arcade games are making a comeback – on smartphones. We unpack the new era in gaming.
Freelance goes ‘e’
Last month’s arrival of the global freelance portal Elance in South Africa was inevitable; it already has a deep virtual presence.
In SA Samsung tablet sales figures are closing in on iPad numbers
by Arthur Goldstuck The days of the iPad’s dominance of the tablet market are numbered. Until recently, more than two thirds of tablets sold across the world have been made by Apple. That has afforded the manufacturer the luxury of dictating the direction of the market, from size to functionality to case studies of ideal …
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Listen before you jump into social, says Diane Charton
Acceleration Media is an old hand at the digital media game. It was launched as a specialist online media company more than 12 years ago, at a point in time when everybody was talking about the potential of online media but when advertisers were not nearly as invested in the medium as they are today.
Angry Birds and the battle for consumer hearts
Most of the 67 000 delegates to the recently held Mobile World Congress in Barcelona were there to make business decisions about their future investments in smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices and applications.
Nashua Mobile, Nokia, take on BlackBerry Internet
Nashua Mobile has introduced a near-unlimited data package for selected Nokia phones that directly challenges the R59/month BlackBerry internet Service.
How South Africans would re-imagine banking for the better
How South Africans would re-imagine banking for the better
SENSEable cities
Carlo Ratti and Assaf Biderman head up the SENSEable City Laboratory, a research initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where they study the built environment through deployment of sensors and hand-held electronics.
Media corrections and our social reputations
The modern news cycle has been diminished to a matter of minutes — even less on services like Twitter. And it seems to just keep speeding up.