British band The Kooks were cookin' in Cape Town and Joburg last weekend, all part of the latest #5GumExperience - a brand activation that had fans fighting servere cases of FOMO in their efforts to win tickets. Ruth Cooper travelled to the secret location in Cape Town, a film studio warehouse in Salt River, for a
Flippin' Kooky night.
While being in a band like The Kooks must seem like all play and no work, there's always some ground work to be covered to make sure your IP rights are covered. Phillip Haupt, a trademark attorney at law firm Adams & Adams, explains how "most up-and-coming artists/bands do not appreciate the value of their names and images," and how to remedy this by simply
registering these as trademarks.
Nope, turns out it's not all drugs, sex and rock 'n' roll...
Love a good history fix? Do you find really,
really old ships deeply fascinating? If you're in Cape Town, make your way down to Quay 6 at the Waterfront; you are in for a treat! The
92-year-old Sedov will be docked in the harbour until this Wednesday, 24 April - the last time she was here was in 1936, that's 77 years ago!
On a green note, do you and your company have a recycling progamme in place? No? Well there's no time like the present; this week is
Green Office Week. Dorota Boltman, divisional director of Rainbow Paper Management, explains the negative effects of industrialised paper on the environment, how recycling could benefit a business, and small steps to implementing a recycling strategy at the office.
Have a gloriously green week!
Sindy Peters, Group Head: Content
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Telkom has withdrawn an appeal against a ruling by the Competition Tribunal - given in August last year - after complaints from the South African Value Added Networks Services (SAVA) and various other bodies. The company has agreed to pay the R449m fine originally imposed by the Tribunal. 
When the National Airways Corporation (NAC) identified several weaknesses with its current back-up strategy, it turned to Altonet and the HP Autonomy LiveVault solution to address them. 
South African businesses are being urged to realise the vast environmental and business benefits of recycling unwanted paper, as paper consumption shows no signs of abating. 
With a R1.3trn consumer credit market boom in South Africa, online lending has provided a new way for consumers to dig themselves into debt. 
Simfy Africa, the South African music streaming service, has chosen Prezence Digital to develop the BlackBerry version of its music services app. Simfy Africa is a partnership between the European streaming provider Simfy and local digital content company eXactmobile. 
GKxIM, a specialist mobile creative and technology agency, has launched augmented reality apps that are educational aids, receiving international media attention at two major trade shows. 
In association with Cybercellar, abuzzWine has released an application for Android users that enables users to buy wine from hundreds of participating wine estates. 
SAN FRANCISCO,USA: Netflix shares jumped 24% on Monday (22 April) after earnings figures indicated that original programmes and other tactics are luring viewers to the streaming Internet video service. 
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera on Friday reported a slight decline in first quarter profit and sales amid strong competition and falling revenue from traditional voice traffic and texting. 
LONDON, UK: A top Google executive on Monday (22 April) insisted that the company's "key" role in developing Britain's electronic commerce should be taken into account in the row it faces over its controversial tax arrangements. 
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: A judge dismissed for the second time a billion-dollar lawsuit by entertainment giant Viacom in which it claimed that YouTube was "knowingly" profiting from pirated video clips. 
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Twitter on Wednesday began to allow ads to be targeted at users based on the words written in 'tweets' and messages forwarded to followers at the popular social network. 
HELSINKI, FINLAND: Finnish mobile phone company Nokia announced on Thursday (18 April) that it lost €272m in the first quarter of the year, reducing the €928m it lost in the same period last year. 
DALLAS, US: Metaio has announced the opening of an all-new office in Dallas, Texas as part of a company-wide initiative to invest resources into research and development of Augmented Reality (AR) core technologies. 
NEW YORK, US: Facebook said on Tuesday that features from its new Home software for Android-powered smartphones will begin spreading this week to Apple's popular iPhones. 
WASHINGTON, USA: Google suffered disruptions on several of its cloud-based services including Google Mail for about two hours on Wednesday (17 April) for reasons that were not disclosed. 
SINGAPORE / JOHANNESBURG, SA: Mobile devices are more important to consumers than money, keys or food, yet marketers are yet to unlock the full potential of mobile. 
BOSTON, USA: The digital clock over the finish line read 4:09:44 when two explosions in the historic heart of Boston turned the 117th running of the city's iconic marathon into a horrific scene of carnage. 
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