There are a number of specialists who all contribute to analysing and interpreting big data. We'd like to add a less obvious specialisation into the mix, namely animation and gaming.
By Glenn Gillis 7 Mar 2014 06:54
As you can imagine, SXSW Interactive attracts "digital natives" from all over the world that essentially wouldn't be able to survive without their mobile apps. Here is my list of top apps for SXSW Interactive 2014...
By Mark Schefermann 7 Mar 2014 07:52
Look at them over there. They're leaders in innovation. It's written on their wall in bold typography, on their website in luxurious .gif while their LinkedIn profiles deem them thus as well. They are captains of industry, masters of the future, legends of the letter 'i'.
By Travis Bussiahn 7 Mar 2014 06:40
Winning the right to broadcast the Oscar Pistorius trial came with clearly defined restrictions, one of which prevented the media from showing the faces or publishing photographs of witnesses who had not consented to being filmed.
By Sulaiman Philip 6 Mar 2014 08:23
Having recently returned to South Africa from a 15 year tenure in London, I am constantly amazed at the number of small, local businesses that don't have their own websites.
By Grant Bushby 6 Mar 2014 14:49
Yolisa Phahle has been promoted to CEO of M-Net South Africa, as from 1 April 2014. She is currently the director for local interest channels at M-Net.
7 Mar 2014 09:09
The Loerie Awards Travelling Exhibition, a highlight on the Loeries annual calendar, arrives at its first stop at CityVarsity, in Cape Town from Monday 10 March until Friday 14 March 2014. Entry is free and the exhibition is open from 8am to 5pm.
7 Mar 2014 08:22
The eighth in the trendtalk series will be held at the Plascon Auditorium in Cape Town, from 3.30-5pm on Tuesday 18 March 2014.
7 Mar 2014 08:28
Eskom is in a much better position to manage load shedding than in the last episode in 2008, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Thursday, 5 March.
7 Mar 2014 06:06
Following the 2013 launch of its first MBA in Music & Creative Industries, the Henley Business School in Africa will give away a scholarship, worth over R220,000, to a candidate who was amongst the attendees, exhibitors and speakers at the annual Design Indaba in Cape Town.
7 Mar 2014 09:17
Absa took sponsorship to a new level in 2014, by creating a platform for up and coming designers in South Africa to be recognised at its stand at the 2014 Design Indaba Expo.
7 Mar 2014 08:52
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies will hold talks with food processing companies to share views on how the agro-processing sector can be expanded to stimulate job creation.
7 Mar 2014 06:23
Cabinet has welcomed the Department of Science and Technology's continued support for the National Science Festival, known as Scifest Africa.
7 Mar 2014 06:59
Selfies are on the rise. And we're all guilty of taking a few of our own and exposing them to the social networking world.
By Daphney Mngomeni 6 Mar 2014 11:33
LONDON - British advertising regulators on Wednesday ordered Irish bookmaker Paddy Power to immediately withdraw a campaign offering "money back if he walks" about the murder trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius.
6 Mar 2014 14:38
Launched in South Africa on 5 March, local viewers now also get to see the international rebrand done by award-winning agency, Monarchy. With a strong new logo packing a solid punch of attitude and character, boldness is personified, passion reinvented and boundaries extended with a cinematic view on crime as never seen before.
Issued by Monarchy TV 6 Mar 2014 10:41
espAfrika, organiser of the annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival, has announced that all tickets have been sold out! For South Africa's first live multi-stage music festival and one that is known as "Africa's Grandest Gathering" this is yet another reason to celebrate as the CTIJF approaches its 15th anniversary.
Issued by espAfrika 6 Mar 2014 11:32
The 18th of January saw the end of the very successful 'Carling Black Label Rewards' campaign; the latest installment in what is now the Carling way - doing TTL campaigns like no one else and turning the industry on its head!
Issued by 34 6 Mar 2014 09:44
The contentious Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill was eventually passed by the National Assembly on Wednesday, 5 March, but only after a delay as too few MPs were in the house to constitute a quorum.
By Linda Ensor 6 Mar 2014 10:04
Zappar is an app that brings brands to life by using augmented reality to turn one-dimensional communications into vibrant, animated, three-dimensional brand experiences via mobile or tablet.
6 Mar 2014 11:16
At Interbrand it is believed that 'brand-led design' - where brand and design are approached together - does more than create effective design - it creates brand and business value.
Issued by Interbrand Sampson De Villiers 6 Mar 2014 10:05
StockFood, one of the world's leading food media agencies, is announcing a complete website re-launch for the South African market. The new website is designed to facilitate searches in all four product categories of StockFood: images, videos, features and recipes.
Issued by Greatstock 6 Mar 2014 11:52
Omesan Nair is a PhD student at UCT who is currently involved in the SABS Design Institute's 43 Challenge. Omesan is developing a cellphone app that enables health workers who do not have easy access to laboratories to take a photograph of body fluids and have it analysed via the app.
Issued by SABS Design Institute 6 Mar 2014 12:35
The Responsible Drinking Media Awards (RDMA) are open for entries in nine categories. Closing date for entries is 30 May 2014. The awards will be made in Cape Town on Friday, 27 June.
6 Mar 2014 09:48
At the recent Jozi Film Festival, the Audience Choice Award went to iNumber Number, a South African thriller written and directed by Donovan Marsh. (video)
6 Mar 2014 10:19
Entries for the 2014 Prism Awards have closed with 36 consultancies, several corporates and NGOs competing for one of the most sought-after awards in public relations and communication industry.
6 Mar 2014 11:51
On Saturday, 15 March, the Good Hope FM Adventure Race promises to be a day packed full of fun and excitement that everyone can enjoy. Taking place in the Overberg, the race has become a very popular annual event; hosted by SA Forest Adventures it is one of the largest mixed adventure races in South Africa.
Issued by Good Hope FM 6 Mar 2014 12:34
Toshiba uses simultaneous shipment (simship) to release 50,000 pages in 20 days for the Windows 8 launch, through its language and localisation partner Rubric.
6 Mar 2014 10:46
If you're the kind of person who cares more about what kind of office you work in than set office hours or medical aid, it hardly makes sense for you to be looking for your next employer on a traditional jobs board or in a newspaper.
Issued by Creative Spark 3 Mar 2014 09:57
Kenya's leading mobile operator Safaricom has warned its shareholders to be cautious of reports over its planned buyout of rival yuMobile as they could have an effect on the company's price.
7 Mar 2014 06:10
Global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, Huawei, has opened its first store in Africa, based at Vodacom World in Midrand, Johannesburg.
6 Mar 2014 13:16
On 4 April 2014 Mobile World Magazine will be hosting the third West Africa Telecom Summit in Ghana at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.
6 Mar 2014 11:21
