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Media invited to final draw volunteers training programmeMembers of the media are invited to attend tomorrow, Friday 6 November 2009, the opening session of the three-day training session at Good Hope Centre, Cape Town, for the 362 volunteers who will be working at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final Draw, to be held at Cape Town International Convention Centre on 4 December. 5 Nov 2009 Motherboard.TV documents chalkboard bloggerMotherboard.TV, an online video network and community, recently travelled to Monrovia, Liberia to produce a five-minute documentary on Alfred Sirleaf, Liberia's blackboard blogger. Starting in 2000, Sirleaf's chalkboard blog has been going strong; readers line up in droves to read his updates which he collects from around the city. 30 Oct 2009 B2B editors take to twitter with TwitterfestToday, Wednesday, 21 October 2009, is the second and last day of the first TABPI Twitterfest. 21 Oct 2009 IFRA Expo 2009 info available on multiblogHighlights from the recently held IFRA Expo 2009 are available on the WAN-IFRA Magazine multiblog at www.wan-ifra.org/blogs/ifraexpo09. 19 Oct 2009 Connect with Highway Africa, DCI onlineShare ideas, expectations, projects and general feedback for next month's Highway Africa 2009 and the Digital Citizen Indaba (DCI) conferences via www.highwayafrica.com, blog http://highwayafrica.wordpress.com, DCI website and blog www.digitalcitizenindaba.com, Twitter profiles @highwayafrica09 and @dcindaba and Facebook group Friends of Highway Africa. 13 Aug 2009 Victoria N'dee Uwadoka, keynote speaker at BarCamp NigeriaVictoria N'dee Uwadoka will be speaking at the BarCamp being hosted in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday, 25 April, 2009. 24 Apr 2009 Justin Hartman to present at BarCamp NigeriaSouth Africa's Justin Hartman will be speaking at the BarCamp being hosted in Lagos, Nigeria. 17 Mar 2009 CNN Multichoice African Journalist Awards 2009 deadline extentionThe CNN MultiChoice African journalist awards competition entry deadline has been extended from 16 February 2009 to 16 March 2009 and the judging will take place in April. 17 Feb 2009 Fresh look for the MFWAThe Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) recently launched its redesigned website: http://www.mediafound.org/. 8 Nov 2007 Podcasters, get on your podium!Apple, 5FM, Coca-Cola and MINI are running a podcast competition with more than R250 000 in prizes up for grabs. 14 Mar 2007 USA Today website goes socialUS: The relaunch of www.usatoday.com towards the end of last week is a move towards the news site becoming “a full on social network, integrating user generated content in intelligent and interesting ways,” according to Techcrunch’s Michael Arrington. 5 Mar 2007 Classifieds site revamped for enhanced usabilityOne of the key features of the newly relaunched Junk Mail site is the ability to upload pictures online for free, which significantly increases the user’s likelihood of selling. 5 Mar 2007 Second M&G podcast in the pipelineThe Mail & Guardian will soon be launching the Mail & Guardian TechNews podcast, which will consist of a five-minute round-up of local and global technology news, a five-minute feature discussion and a few minutes wrapping up the latest news on the local blogosphere. 1 Mar 2007 Online travel section flies soloIndependent Online (IOL)'s travel section, which previously featured as a channel on the IOL main page, is now a standalone travel site, www.ioltravel.co.za, due to an increasing demand for online travel content. 24 Jan 2007 Free net TV from Skype foundersIOL Technology reports that the founders of Skype are trialing a free online television service that is supposed to be a "'piracy-proof' Internet platform based on the open-source Mozilla web browser... 18 Jan 2007 Film board cracks down on online distribution of adult materialITWeb reports that the Film and Publications Board has given online distributors of adult material in South Africa until the end of December 2006 to discontinue their services. 7 Dec 2006 Yahoo, Reuters join up for eyewitness picturesNEW YORK: Yahoo and Reuters yesterday, Tuesday 5 December 2006, launched a news contribution system, "You Witness", for citizen journalists to contribute eyewitness photos and videos of news events that will be selectively edited by Reuters and distributed to other news outlets. 6 Dec 2006 South African dances her way to LAAmy Rosslind, an 18-year old dancer from Cape Town, is literally dancing her way to Los Angeles after recently winning one of five spots in the European final of Nike's online Dance to LA competition. 30 Nov 2006 Yahoo also to deliver newspaper adsSAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo is following in the footsteps of Google by announcing "a strategic partnership with more than 150 daily United States newspapers to be their main source for online adverts", reports IOL Technology. 22 Nov 2006 Yet more online motoring sitesJunk Mail Publishing has taken Allicat's (a division of Junk Mail Publishing) SA Automart, Buy & Sell 4x4 and Truck & Trailer online. 13 Nov 2006 Scouting out property businesswww.propertyscout.co.za not only finds homes for users to buy or rent, it is also a directory of products and services related to the property industry. 10 Nov 2006 Google muscling into radioIt appears that Google is preparing for its continued expansion into the multi-billion dollar radio industry, reports IOL Technology. 9 Nov 2006 Mango increases site bandwidthDue to the high demand for tickets, Mango has beefed up capacity to www.flymango.com. 3 Nov 2006 Nutritionist to give sweet adviceCanderel has partnered with nutritionist Mandy Marcus to create an online consumer advisory column. 25 Oct 2006 Newsletter for building connectionsProfinder, an initiative by The Virtual Works that brings architects, design and construction professionals together, is now publishing an email newsletter called Building Connections. 23 Oct 2006 News resource for travel and tourismTravelWires.com is a new online interactive daily news resource for the South African travel and tourism industry, offering up-to-the-moment industry news, events, product launches, services information and vacancies. 16 Oct 2006 Teen title revamps websiteseventeen magazine's new-look website (www.seventeen.co.za), which went live yesterday, Wednesday, 4 October 2006, has been designed by Prezence, a Cape Town-based digital marketing and new media agency. 4 Oct 2006 Making online auctions snappyOnline marketplace bidorbuy has recently introduced the 2 Hour Snap Auction, a special that occurs once a week on a Friday and only gives bidorbuy users a two-hour window in which to place a bid. 2 Oct 2006 Google News versus Belgian court: is there a case?John Burke of Editor's Weblog is questioning whether there is enough evidence in the court case against Google News in Belgium to uphold the court's original decision. 26 Sep 2006 Closer ties for two Silicon Valley giantsGoogle CEO Eric Schmidt is to join the board of directors at Apple Computer, reports IOL technology.co.za. 31 Aug 2006 |
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