With the world’s attention on the Mobile World Congress and the very latest in smartphones, we ask: which is the most popular mobile phone in South Africa? You may never have heard of it.
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At last, co.za grows up
After more than a decade of market demand the process of co.za domain registration in South Africa has finally been modernised and the market for domain name registrations has been opened up.
HP: “We’ve got our swagger back”
Celebrity CEO Meg Whitman grabbed the headlines at last week’s HP Global Partner Summit, but the key moment was presided over by Jim Zafarana, head of workstations. We ask him about the company’s rebirth.
Nokia hints it could enter tablet race
During a round-table interview with a group of South African journalists, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop dropped strong hints about the company’s entry into the tablet market.
BlackBerry and Nokia reborn
At a conference in Amsterdam and a launch in South Africa last week, BlackBerry and Nokia respectively revealed that they would remain a formidable force in Africa.
Forget about customised business phone numbers
Still using a custom phone number that lets callers key in a word instead of a number? Well, your number is obsolete, along with several other innovations you thought were cutting edge.
Punk’d out of ATL funk
Alistair King, group creative director of the King James Group, doesn’t bother to hide his enthusiasm for the latest, possibly bravest, move within his agency to further define its offering in a competitive market, where budgets are shifting from above-the-line to integrated campaigns and what was traditionally considered below-the-line work.
Occupy Twitter in the name of the global citizen
Twitter can now censor tweets by country. National borders, drawn on paper and defended with razor wire and guns in the physical world, now have a presence on the internet as well. You won’t find politicians complaining — but maybe the rest of us should.
Tomas Roope on successful hybrid communication
Tomas Roope has been doing multimedia since 1991. That was before most of the rest of us even realised it existed. So listen closely.
RIM appointment points to possible sale
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) Monday announced that it was replacing its co-CEOs with Thorsten Heins, ostensibly paving the way for a new phase in product evolution, but possibly also preparing it for sale.