Mobile marketing is in its infancy as it struggles with usability, measurement and education – yet all bets are it’s going to be big. By Herman Manson
Category archives: Tech
Windows 7 Review: Windows as it should be?
On April 30 Microsoft unveiled the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) – the final Beta version of the upcoming release of its new operating system – to the developer community. Today (5 May) it goes live to the public. The initial Beta released in January has been polished, updated and improved. Microsoft have also included new functionality, namely XP mode, which uses Virtualisation to run older XP programmes natively in Windows 7, promising 100% XP compatibility. Will this release be the one to finally set aside Windows XP (and kill off Vista)? STEVEN AMBROSE blows his download data cap again, downloads all the bits, and puts Windows 7 RC to the test.
Election boost for SA Twitter news feeds
Heightened interest in news around the recent general elections seems to have boosted the fortunes of a number of South African news organisations on Twitter.
Why the Digital Going is Good in Bad Times!
The forthcoming Net Prophet event (May 14th) will be available free of charge to delegates registering online. The event aims to change the way consumers and professionals alike view the Internet business opportunities currently available to them. One high profile speaker at this year’s event is well known and respected owner of World Wide Worx, …
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New competition for ad agencies aim to demystify mobile ad jargon
Vodacom Mobile Media has launched the Vodacom Mobile Advertising (MAD) Challenge, specifically designed to educate, inform and entertain advertising and media agencies about the power of mobile advertising through interaction with mobile platforms and services.
Jesus vs. Pope? Animated battle over condom a pop culture hit
The Pope says condoms are bad. Patrick Boivin thinks this is what Jesus would do…
Local media channels see healthy Twitter growth
After jumping from the 5th to the 1st spot on Mark’s Twitter News Ranking Index MyNews24 not only maintained its position but grew its number of followers by more than 450. Radio 702 continued its surge up our rankings from 4th position to 2nd place though in terms of the number of followers it’s not yet seriously challenging MyNews24 for the top spot.
Live tweets from the Habari Digital Media Symposium!
Pedro van Gaalen from Hello World Agency has agreed to Tweet for MarkLives live from the Habari Digital Media Symposium currently taking place in Cape Town. Follow his updates on our Twitter site.
We also have the speaker presentations live on Slideshare!
Don’t expect to make Facebook millions
The fast-breaking storm of social networking has left marketers flailing about for shelter, a path to the calm in the eye of the storm, or at least a way to harness the energy in the turmoil. Some are turning to self-appointed experts, and some try to learn it as they go along. Somewhere in between comes a new guide to ‘Facebook Marketing’, with an umbrella of a sub-title that goes ‘Leverage Social Media to Grow Your Business’. Does it live up to its promises? Arthur Goldstuck tests it against the social weather.
Create Withtank
Withtank.com is a very cool South African start-up with a remarkable sitebuilding tool offering entrepreneurs and creatively inclined web users a way to get a website without much of the costs usually associated with doing so. Alan Alston, one of the founders, chatted with Mark about his dream to keep the Web simple and easy, how it’s maxing out his credit card and what cool features and partners he plans adding in the near future.