So there is this online media sales house right, small fry really, just one guy selling space on a website at a time when internet advertising was fairly undeveloped in the South African market. It’s not really even a sales house, more like a sales guy with a bit of ambition.
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Press freedom, the commission and you
How wonderful that, in South Africa’s high-volume politics, the chance to step back from the abyss still presents itself.
Rocket Internet enters SA market with Zando, numerous ecommerce plays
Zando, a new online fashion ecommerce play funded by Germany-based Rocket Internet, launched three months ago and is literally aiming to rocket through the online retail market to be in the same league like services such as Kalahari.net and Takelot.com.
Is there such a thing as too much bandwidth?
Is there such a thing as too much bandwidth? Yes, if you’re trying to sell yet another undersea cable connecting Africa.
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.
Capitec’s 6 P’s of marketing
Building a bank brand on straight talk turned a micro-lender with banking ambitions into South Africa’s fastest growing retail bank. Herman Manson finds out how.
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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Magazine covers we love (this week)!
MarkLives.com runs a regular slot featuring the best local and international magazine covers every week. We recognise well thought out, powerful and interesting (and hopefully all three in one) magazine covers and celebrate the mix of pragmatism, creativity and personal taste that created each of them. By media bloggerMediaSlutZA.
Global skill, cultural exchange Toffie Pop Festival’s aim
Starting on Friday 30 March and ending Sunday 1 April 2012, the annual Toffie Pop Festival, a festival/conference hybrid that celebrates contemporary popular culture, publishing, design and art, is once again taking place at the Cape Town City Hall.
Marketing insight: Why no number for the “new iPad”
The new iPad has two remarkable features: a dazzling Retina Display, and a complete lack of version number. We explores what this means.