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MTN's got its business brains in the cloud
[Thabiso Mochiko] MTN Business has launched a pilot project for its MTN cloud bouquet of services that will among other things provide a single point of contact for its customers‚ it said on Thursday, 6 December 2012. 7 Dec 2012 06:41
Purchase mobile computers wisely to maintain productivity
[Jerker Hellström] Higher productivity, increased labour costs and a strong trends towards true mobility in the work place are all factors that have put the spotlight firmly on 'total costs of ownership' for computers and devices. Organisations will have to start spending more on durable and reliable mobile computers rather than looking for bargains, if they want to avoid losing valuable productive time. 7 Dec 2012 05:24
Quirk
Quirk to host SA's first Digital for Working Professionals Workshop Series for 2013
[Issued by Quirk] Quirk Education will be hosting their first digitally focused week-long programme of contact workshops for 2013. These half-day workshops aim to equip the local market with global best practice principles and techniques based on the working knowledge and experience of the greater Quirk agency. 6 Dec 2012 12:33
Amorphous
Steers unveil new website and value-driven menu
[Issued by Amorphous] In February this year, Steers - winners of Leisure Options' 'Best Burger in Joburg' for the 17th year running - partnered with leading full-spectrum digital agency, Amorphous. The product of this partnership is a progressive presence that sets Steers apart in South Africa's fast food digital playground. 6 Dec 2012 12:03
Blue Magnet Digital Solutions
Top 10 SEO tips for 2013 for non-SEO specialists
[Gillian Meier, Issued by Blue Magnet Digital Solutions] Search engines have very complicated scientific algorithms that they use in order to determine which web pages come up first on results pages. Google for instance, has over 250 different variables (each holding a different weight) that it uses to determine which pages should rank for certain search queries. 6 Dec 2012 11:26
Digital Media and Marketing Association
DMMA reports on digital industry highlights in 2012
[Issued by Digital Media and Marketing Association] At the beginning of 2012, the Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA) announced its plans to accelerate the growth of the digital industry within a South African context. The DMMA has made significant headway this year towards achieving this objective by implementing a number of key initiatives. 6 Dec 2012 10:50
Inevitable that Caxton and I would fall out - Alec Hogg
[Gill Moodie] Many in the industry really felt for Alec Hogg in October when he walked away from Moneyweb, the company he built from nothing into a highly respected player in the media industry. Hogg tells Bizcommunity why he's philosophical about the move, what he's doing with his year's restraint of trade and what was so different about the values of majority shareholder Caxton and his own that made it impossible for him to stay on as Moneyweb CEO and board member. 6 Dec 2012 06:47
PictureNet
Associated Press renews licence with Johannesburg picture agency, PictureNet
[Issued by PictureNet] The association between PictureNet, a South African picture agency and US newsgathering agency Associated Press (AP) has been renewed for its 10th year. This enables PictureNet to source a vast selection of historical, commercial and breaking news photographs as they happen and make them available to its clients in Africa. 5 Dec 2012 11:46
Artifact Advertising
Great cinema brought to life on Facebook
[Issued by Artifact Advertising] Cinema's greatest moments are being brought to life on Facebook for Ster-Kinekor and Cinema Nouveau by Artifact Advertising, who has recently been appointed as Ster-Kinekor's digital agency in charge of managing its social media platforms. 5 Dec 2012 09:13
The digital disaster we know nothing about
[Dr Julie Reid] According to a treaty South Africa agreed to with the International Telecommunications Union, we are committed to switching off our analogue television broadcasts by 2015, and start broadcasting via digital signals instead. It sounds simple enough. It also does not sound particularly exciting, does it? 5 Dec 2012 07:08
Lange 360
Emerging markets favour homegrown social media
[Issued by Lange 360] Social networks in emerging markets, like Russia's Runet and Mxit in South Africa, provide unique applications that give them massive regional advantage over standardised global platforms such as Facebook. This was the conclusion drawn by communication experts from Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the annual Worldcom EMEA conference in Moscow. 4 Dec 2012 11:26
Bluegrass Digital
Zombies app takes over Cape Town
[Issued by Bluegrass Digital] Bluegrass Digital, an innovative Cape Town-based agency, has recently teamed up with Kalahari.com to create an exciting, new Zombie app for die hard gamers who've attended the rAge Expo. 4 Dec 2012 10:53
What brands can learn from publishers
[Athar Naser] Online publishers have been perfecting the art of creating online content since the advent of the web. While advertisers have long been using digital to get their message to the consumer, they've only just recently started emulating what publishers do best - developing content that keeps consumers coming back for more. 4 Dec 2012 10:17
AfricaCom 2012 produces two new bloggers
As part of AfricaCom 2012, two new writers were launched into the technical writing world, as the successful winners of a youth competition. The winners, Lauren Leonard (19) and Simone Johnson (21) spent three days at the event immersing themselves into the world of technology and are now blogging. 4 Dec 2012 09:38

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